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An example of how good storytelling can explain complex problems
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The news is all about he financial crisis we are in. Maybe you don’t have a financial crisis, I seriously hope you don’t. The financial world is already for a year searching for ways to get some grip on the credit crisis. So far without much success.
Difficult subjects
For a lot of people the financial crisis subject is kind of difficult. How could something simple like the loan for a house result in the collapse of some of the biggest financial institutions.
Masters of Storytelling
The voice is an incredible tool in storytelling, we (or I) often forget how good radio (or audio) can work in making a complex story simple. Ira Glass is a master in telling stories and it is great how an episode of the American Life series is devoted to the problem of the Giant Pool of Money.
No matter how difficult the problem is, if you can make a good story about it and know how to use your favorite tools, you can explain it.
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The Giant Pool of Money
Host Ira Glass talks with an NPR business and economics correspondent about two gatherings he attended—one at the Ritz Carlton and one at a community college in Brooklyn. The first was an awards dinner for finance professionals who created the mortgage-based financial instruments that nearly brought down the global economic system. The other was a non-profit conference for people facing foreclosure. Ira explains that today’s show lays out how the finance guys and the people facing foreclosure are connected by a chain of middlemen, and that together, they all brought about the current housing and credit crisis. [more]
Lessons from Ira Glass
Ira Glass talks in a series of videos giving tips on storytelling
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The NY Times also writes about this podcast
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/business/media/29carr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
And there is a part 2 - http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=365