The Present Tense (and Other Storytelling Secrets)
Listen in as The Moth champ Matthew Dicks coaches a dad on how to talk about life with his autistic son.
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Listen to Episode 262 of Slate’s The Gist:
Today on The Gist, professional storyteller Matthew Dicks is here to coach our winning listener Frank Kennedy. We’ll hear stories from Frank’s life raising an autistic son, and hear ideas for how to better integrate them into a larger story. For the Spiel, a story of Kansas punishing people on welfare leads to an amazing stat.
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