**This episode contains spoilers** As the lights went off in the theater showing The Way Back, I said to myself: "I'll sit on my box of Red Vines if the first scene doesn't have Ben Affleck doing what he does best--shovel concrete." Thus, I kept the snack

Exactly 25 years after the movie Outbreak hit theaters, Part II spreads to your ears. Where were you when Dustin Hoffman donned a hazmat suit and Rene Russo was bigger than Julie Roberts? Let's go back to 1995 because life imitates art far more than art i

Dave Matthews can now add "author" to his long list of accomplishments. If We Were Giants is a novel about a young girl who lives in a Volcano. Is she about to go on a Hero's Journey? It's this author's bet that she does. And that's a perfect segue into l

Amanda Knox got married recently and I was thinking about what a good domestic thriller it would make. In this episode of The Story of Your Life Podcast, I talk about Tying The Knox, and the plot points thereof. As they like to say in the music business,

There are several candidates running for the democratic bid for President. Non have the celebrity status of someone like Hillary Clinton. Celebrity is a main ingredient for political success in our image-driven world. Would good storytelling make a differ

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In this episode of the Story of Your Life Podcast, I breakdown the story of a guy who says he'll pay 25K for a girlfriend. No, it's not a modern-day retelling of Can't Buy Me Love. It's the power of the internet and promotion, productizing and curating th

Joe Burrow, Heisman Trophy winner and National Champion quarterback from LSU, has a "Star Story" that will inspire you to find your own. Learn how he went from zero to hero and will soon complete the process by being selected #1 overall in this year's NFL

Want better personal and business relationships for 2020? Your personal story is what people want to know. Learn how to uncover the one story that Hollywood would cut you a check for. It's not the one told in chronological order. This is the Story of Your

The true crime story of The Golden State Killer is a fascinating one, and thankfully it comes with a resolution--forty plus years in the making. But ... there is another story here that is equally as incredible. An author caught the killer, but didn't liv