Our Stories and Our Selves

The replication crisis in psychology has come about for a range of reasons, including the stories we tell outselves about research and science. In this eposide I dive into these stories, and the overlapping issues combined into the story of a crisis. I also do a deeper dive into self-fullfilling prophecies as after all prophecies are st ories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and about each other. Get in touch on OurStoriesAndOurSelves@gmail.com  or @ ourstories.bsky.social

Some oral cultures use their stories to recall all sorts of useful information about their area, plants and history among other things. This episode looks at how we can use stories to help our memories, and how stories told across generations can inform us about our world.  Also a bit about the challenges of telling history stories, no matter the medium. Get in touch on OurStoriesAndOurSelves@gmail.com  or @ ourstories.bsky.social Music from https://pixabay.com/users/good_b_m

As kids many of us learned to beware of strangers, but the truth is that stranger abduction in vanishingly rare. However the story still...

Joseph Campbell, in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces, theorised that the Hero’s Journey was the one story at the root of all...

Why do some people blame the victims? Or assume that there must have been a reason that some random accident happened? How do we react...

Just because something feels like it should be true, doesn’t mean that it is. Sometimes these common sense stories lead to creating more...

The moon has been a source of curiosity and stories for as long as we've been human. Stories about werewolves, the man on the moon and...

(apologies, I prepared this but failed to actually post it when the episode went live two weeks ago!) Shakespeare is one of the most...

History can be pretty boring when it’s a series of dry facts, but fitting it to a narrative arc, while engaging, can also lead to...

Sometimes fiction depicts reality and sometimes it can change it. This episode I look at several fiction stories which have change the...

There are so many reasons that some stories survive and others don't. In this episode I talk to Thomas O'Mahony, podcaster, podcast...

I’m working on a better system for managing my sources. The list below is mixed as it’s a work in progress so do get in touch if you have...

This episode is about Polio, and the stories about it that led to panics, stories that led to changes in the way medicine was practiced...

Episode 1 The Power of Stories Stories have been with us for as long as we’ve been human. We use them to entertain, to share information,...