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Once Upon a Time in Ojai: Why Stories Still Matter
Why, in an age of TikTok, streaming video and infinite distraction, do we still gather in a room to hear one human being tell us a story?
Ojai Storytelling Festival executive director Kara Martin joins Bret along with internationally acclaimed storyteller Noa Baum for a conversation about one of humanity’s oldest technologies: the well-told tale.
They talk about why stories can reach places that facts and arguments sometimes cannot; the overlooked art of listening; whether shared stories still function as connective tissue in an increasingly fractured culture; and what actually happens…
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