Great Stories about Great Storytellers
GREAT STORIES about GREAT STORYTELLERS shares insights into storytellers whose names you no doubt recognize—names like Edgar Allen Poe, Steven Spielberg John Grisham and Walt Disney—but reveals the backstories you probably never heard about them. The podcast features different kinds of storytellers—authors, directors, playwrights and even a poet or two. In short 10-15 minutes episodes, this fun and sometimes funny podcast features anecdotes and tidbits about storytellers, with each episode spotlighting a modern storyteller like Tom Clancy or a classical name like Charles Dickens, but in a very different light.
Great Stories about Great Storytellers
Author Conan Doyle Tried to Do What?
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Randy Overbeck
Who hasn’t heard of Sherlock Holmes? This episode examines the strange relationship between Sir Author Conan Doyle and his creation, Sherlock Holmes, the most famous fictional detective in history.
In this edition, you’ll learn—
- The remarkable, multifaceted background of the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- How the author resisted the popularity of his most famous creation
- The extraordinary step Doyle took regarding his character, Sherlock Holmes
Check out the backstories you never knew about the storytellers you love!