DISC Radio: Recent Episodes
Dutch International Storytelling Center
Last year we started our our first public storytelling project. We talked a lot about what we wanted to do, before we got to a question that's at the core of what we believed as storytellers: What story changed your life?
The inaugural season of DISC Radio is made up of six conversations, that explore answers to this question. We spoke with six very cool people and got six very different stories, each that inspired me in ways I did not expect. Beautiful stories of love, perspective, and deciding where to go next. Stories that changed their lives, and if.you're lucky, they might change yours too!
Sahiti brings your her take on the MythLab and this season of stories in her first-ever podcast production!
Xina Mercken is a storyteller who splits their time between Amsterdam and Groningen, where they run the Grand Pillow Society. Xina eventually changed the name of the main character in her story to Delmar, hence the title discrepancy.
Pleun van Vliet is a storyteller, performer, and clinical forensic psychologist based in Amsterdam.
One of DISC's directors, Francine de Graaf is a storyteller and musician based in Scheveningen, a seaside community near Den Haag.
https://www.policymythology.com (Connor McMullen) is a story engineer based in The Hague, Netherlands. He is part of Dutch International Storytelling Centre, as is the host of DISC Radio.
https://www.sahitisarva.com (Sahiti Sarva) is a data scientist, policy engineer, and storyteller based in India. Later in this season she will also serve as guest host!
We open Season Two by introducing all of the wonderful storytellers who have made this project possible. We also introduce you to two mysteries in this series, and invite you to think about them as you explore thishttps://www.discstorytelling.com/the-mythlab ( DISC MythLab project.)
In this final episode, we look back on what we've learned during Season One, the big lessons and the small ones. Then we are joined by Pleun van Vleit for a look at what is coming in Season Two.
Our last big conversation of the season takes us on a final journey into life-changing stories. This time Sasha shares with us her own crossroads experience, one where she learned to listen to her own voice as much as those around her.
We call another old friend of DISC, Ojas. He brings us a story he has only recently heard, and with it all the excitement a new story carries. Together we explore what it means to be human, and...hair.
We talk to one of our own, DISC Director Norihiro Terazawa (or just Terra). He takes us back to a moment he was standing at a crossroad, with a book in hand. It lead him on the journey that one day made DISC a reality (though that is another story).
I didn't know what story Constantine was going to tell, but I knew psychedelics were going to come up somewhere in our conversation. In this episode, I call an old friend who found new purpose as an aspiring social worker. We reminisce, reflect, and get far out on this short trip.
You may recognize this story, but Glenda Eoyang delivery and reflection on Plato's Allegory of the Cave is well worth a listen. As director of the https://www.hsdinstitute.org/index.html (Human System Dynamics Institute), Glenda works with complex situations, and she applies many of these same skills to analysing her own story.
Our first story from a great friend of DISC, Xina. Xina is a storyteller who splits their time between Amsterdam and Groningen, and has for us today a story about stories. Specifically how many different ones we might be able to tell ourselves.
To kick things off, Connor McMullen provides some of the background for this season, where we set out to ask friends, strangers, storytellers, and "non-storytellers" alike our big question: What story change your life?