{"podcast":{"title":"Future of StoryTelling (FoST)","slug":"future-of-storytelling-fost-115518","podcast_index_feed_id":115518,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/0e819ae8-8e51-4a13-babc-d25aa3f6097c","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/future-of-storytelling-fost","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/6/20/21/5e74940c-f5b4-4aff-a164-cecf681d5255_podcast_thumbnails__2_.jpg","author":"Future of StoryTelling","episode_count":160,"summary":"The Future of StoryTelling (FoST) podcast is a series of conversations between FoST founder and CEO Charlie Melcher and some of the world’s brightest storytellers across a range of disciplines, focusing on how stories can help provoke positive and lasting change in the world. The Future of StoryTelling is a passionate community of people from the worlds of media, technology, and communications who explore how storytelling is evolving in the digital age.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T22:18:05.330946+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-of-storytelling-fost-115518"},"episode":{"title":"Building a Business Out of Play — Matt DuPlessie","slug":"building-a-business-out-of-play-matt-duplessie","published_at":"2026-04-30T10:00:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-of-storytelling-fost-115518/building-a-business-out-of-play-matt-duplessie","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-of-storytelling-fost-115518","url":"https://futureofstorytelling.org/fost-originals/podcasts/","audio_url":"https://audio1.redcircle.com/episodes/0c84f4bf-0209-476a-b28c-77098438ea18/stream.mp3","summary":"Matthew DuPlessie, Founder & CEO of Level99 and 5 Wits, joins Charlie Melcher to explore a different approach to immersive experience design. Level99 is built as an open world of short, high-intensity challenges. Guests move through it in small teams, choosing where to go, repeating rooms, and improving over time. Progress carries across visits, so the experience evolves the more you engage with it. Matt shares why they moved away from traditional narrative, and what changes when storytelling takes a step back and participation takes the lead. To learn more, visit our website at fost.org . To get your copy of Charlie’s book, The Future of Storytelling , visit thefutureofstorytelling.com/home . -- © 2026 Future of StoryTelling, Corp. Produced by Future of StoryTelling, Corp. 124 West 13th Street New York, NY 10011 Founder and CEO, Charles Melcher Director, Carolyn Merriman Assistant Producer, Tsuki Carlson in collaboration with Charts & Leisure Founder, Jason Oberholtzer Producer, Meghal Janardan Editor, Garrett Crowe Mix and Music, Michael Simonelli With special thanks to Matt DuPlessie, Madison Brown, Lor Simpson, David Gray, Bonnie Eldon, and Megan Worman.","meta_description":"Matthew DuPlessie, Founder & CEO of Level99 and 5 Wits, joins Charlie Melcher to explore a different approach to immersive experience design. Level99…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1788,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/future-of-storytelling-fost-115518/episodes/building-a-business-out-of-play-matt-duplessie/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-of-storytelling-fost-115518/building-a-business-out-of-play-matt-duplessie.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}