Episode

How to tell a story

Podcast: Harvard Thinking
Published: Oct 22, 2025
Duration seconds: 1990
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: https://harvard-thinking.simplecast.com/episodes/storytelling-_3WK3IgS
Audio: https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/ac2b9968-4d64-42e6-b97f-e96f88f429fb/episodes/99dbb829-9c96-451e-854e-d09c99f3e52c/audio/ff7c02ad-e0c8-4e0c-9e02-ec8d7a3ef8ec/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=tyge_lYM
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/harvard-thinking-6767250/episodes/how-to-tell-a-story
Markdown: /podcast/harvard-thinking-6767250/how-to-tell-a-story.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-thinking-6767250/episodes/how-to-tell-a-story/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-thinking-6767250/how-to-tell-a-story.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Episode Summary: Storytelling is a huge part of the human experience. But how do you tell a good story? There are elements of craft to consider for sure, but for many authors, creativity comes from a place deep within themselves and looks different from writer to writer. In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas talks with literary critic James Wood, award-winning novelist Lauren Groff, short story writer Nick White, and playwright Sam Marks about their writing process.