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Great Stories about Great Storytellers

Great Stories about Great Storytellers

By: Randy Overbeck
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 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.© 2025 Great Stories about Great Storytellers Art
Episodes
  • L. Frank Baum, the creative genius behind the Wizard of Oz and Wicked

    L. Frank Baum, the creative genius behind the Wizard of Oz and Wicked
    Nov 19 2025

    In this episode, you'll learn--

    • how Baum was destined to be a writer from his teens, thanks to gifts from his father
    • how Baum had feet and success in both the literary and drama world
    • how his Wizard of Oz series were the top children books of the time
    • how Baum, in his own writing, predicted several technology inventions

    Check out the backstories you never knew about the storytellers you love!
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    13 mins
  • Bram Stoker--the Haunting Victorian Storyteller Who Gave Us DRACULA

    Bram Stoker--the Haunting Victorian Storyteller Who Gave Us DRACULA
    Oct 18 2025

    In this episode, you'll learn--

    • how Bram Stoker became the #1 bestselling Gothic horror author
    • How Bram came to meet and befriend famous figures of the era including Sir Author Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde
    • what inspired Stoker to write such an original, haunting tale of evil
    • how Stoker died never knowing the popularity his work would eventually bring.

    Check out the backstories you never knew about the storytellers you love!
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    12 mins
  • Robert Ludlum--the remarkable mind who gave us Jason Bourne

    Robert Ludlum--the remarkable mind who gave us Jason Bourne
    Sep 19 2025

    In this episode, you'll learn--

    • how Robert Ludlum went the route of the theater to learn the essentials of great storytelling
    • how Ludlum learned to combine conspiracy theories, globe trotting spies and high stakes adventure
    • how his characters have been so popular other authors have written even more novels with Ludlum's characters
    • how Ludlum approached his writing to create such twisty captivating thrillers

    Check out the backstories you never knew about the storytellers you love!
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    11 mins
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