About Me
- Paul VanDeCarr
- "Inside Stories" is a blog and podcast about the many forms of storytelling -- from journalism to genealogy to psychology to film to literature to walking tours, and more. The regularly-updated blog features commentary, short interviews, links to current articles on storytelling, and occasional videos. An occasional podcast of 10-15 minutes features interviews, stories, and more. Write to paulvdc [at] gmail [dot] com for more information. Thanks for visiting.
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Some great sites on storytelling
- New Yorker fiction podcast - short story and discussion every month
- American Writers - creative writing podcast and blog
- The Story - radio show of stories behind the news
- The Moth - true stories told live on stage, without notes
- Speakeasy - Washington DC group has events, workshops
- The Storytelling Seminar - research and practice on storytelling
- Center for Social Media - resources on socially-engaged media-making
- NGS Magazine - from the National Genealogical Association
- Kimberly's Genealogy Blog - good how-to and commentary
- African American Lives - PBS mini-series on genealogy
- American Genealogy Magazine - defunct, but archives online
- Archaeology Magazine - news, views and more on archaeology worldwide
- National Council on Public History - making the past useful to the public
- Words and Silences - annual journal of Int'l Oral History Assoc.
- Oral History Association - journal, conference, etc.
- Contemporary Legend – journal on contemporary (urban) legend
- City Lore - to foster New York’s – and America’s – living cultural heritage
- Journal of American Folklore - traditional art, lit, knowledge, practice
- Lit Drift - blog on "storytelling in the 21st century"
- Wild Caught Stories - a rotary journal of creative community building
- National Storytelling Network - conference, magazine and resources for storytelling
- International Storytelling Center - sponsors festival, events, etc.
- Exhibitionist - magazine of the Nat'l Assoc. for Museum Exhibition
- American Association for State and Local History
- Museum - magazine on all kinds of museums, including history
- Telling Stories - oral histories conducted by high school students
- Streetside Stories - literacy arts nonprofit in San Francisco
- The Stanford Storytelling Project - weekly show of stories on a theme
- This American Life - weekly show/podcast of stories on a theme
- StoryCorps - nonprofit that gathers oral histories
- On the Media - WNYC show/podcast about media
- A Storied Career - blog on uses of storytelling, with a focus on work
- Nieman Narrative Digest - compendium of narrative journalism
- Columbia Journalism Review - magazine for a strong press, strong democracy
- Parabola Magazine - myth, symbol, ritual in art in world traditions
- Tin House - a quarterly literary journal, also sponsors events
- Granta Magazine - great fiction, essays, photos
- Creative Writing Now - ideas, tips, contests, free online courses
- Poets and Writers - resource for creative writers
- Narrative Magazine - new fiction and essays
- The Liquid Narrative Group - research at NCSU computer science dept.
- Center for Studies in Oral Tradition - has a journal as well
- Marvels and Tales - journal on folktale and fairy-tale
- Journal of Narrative Theory - academic journal
- Storyworlds - a scholarly journal of narrative studies
- Project Narrative - interdisciplinary research at OSU
- The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling - U of Houston resources page
- Image - quarterly journal on literature, art and faith, with other resources
- Animating Democracy - a project on the arts and civic engagement
- Center for Future Storytelling at MIT - stories and new media
- The Medium - NY Times blog on internet/TV convergence
- Center for Digital Storytelling - first-person stories and new media
- Lawyers and Literature - links and articles by WVU prof
- The Dulwich Centre - research on narrative therapy
- Foley Center for the Study of Lives - life stories
- Centre for Narrative Research - academic center in UK
- Center for Narrative Studies - leadership and social change
- Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine - online clearinghouse
- The Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University
- American Theater Magazine - news and features
- Theater Magazine - sharp writing on new and challenging work
- Film in Focus - smart writing/video about film
- Filmmaker Magazine - a magazine and blog about independent film
- Reality Roll Call - news about and casting calls for reality TV
People and Organizations Featured in the Podcast or in Videos
- 6th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops Reenactors
- Columbia Center for Oral History
- Ford's Theatre
- Forget Memory, author Anne Basting
- George King
- GLBT Historical Society
- HIV Story Project / Generations HIV
- Housing is a Human Right
- Junebug Productions
- Living in Emergency, documentary film
- Maya Lilly
- Neighborhood Story Project
- Newseum
- Ophira Eisenberg
- Program in Narrative Medicine
- Renaissance Journalism Center
- Rimini Protokoll
- Secret City
- smartMeme
- Starlight Runner Entertainment
- Storahtelling
- StoryCorps Memory Loss Initiative
- Susie Bright
- Teatro de los Sentidos / Theatre of the Senses
- Thousand Kites
- US Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Voices of Rwanda