web02.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:18:40 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Tatter - Episodes Tagged with “Stories” https://tatter.fireside.fm/tags/stories Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:00:00 -0500 This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. en-us episodic Politics and Policy Michael Sargent This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. no politics, policy, law Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 48: The Episodic Man (Discussing Donald Trump w/ Dan McAdams) https://tatter.fireside.fm/48 d62bee63-992e-4566-a4ad-4c76a8946da4 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:00:00 -0500 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent Discussing the personality and narrative of Donald Trump, with Northwestern University's Dan McAdams. 1:03:12 no ABOUT THIS EPISODE Dan McAdams is The Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, as well as Director of the Foley Center for the Study of Lives. McAdams's areas of interest and expertise include personality and personal narrative. He's also written about the personality and narrative of Donald Trump, going back to when Trump was merely a candidate for President. Trump is now U.S. President (and will remain so, at least for the time being, since he was acquitted in a Senate impeachment trial). McAdams has written a new book about the temperament and personal narrative of Trump. With its release about a month away, I spoke to McAdams, and feature that conversation in this episode. LINKS --Dan McAdams's profile at Northwestern University (https://www.psychology.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core/profiles/dan-mcadams.html) --Foley Center for the Study of Lives, at Northwestern (https://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/foley/) --The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump: A Psychological Reckoning (The Oxford University Press page for McAdams forthcoming book) (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-strange-case-of-donald-j-trump-9780197507445) --"The Mind of Donald Trump" (June 2016 Atlatic essay by McAdams) (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/the-mind-of-donald-trump/480771/) Special Guest: Dan McAdams. Trump, presidency, Big Five, personality, narrative, stories ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Dan McAdams is The Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, as well as Director of the Foley Center for the Study of Lives. McAdams's areas of interest and expertise include personality and personal narrative. He's also written about the personality and narrative of Donald Trump, going back to when Trump was merely a candidate for President. Trump is now U.S. President (and will remain so, at least for the time being, since he was acquitted in a Senate impeachment trial). McAdams has written a new book about the temperament and personal narrative of Trump. With its release about a month away, I spoke to McAdams, and feature that conversation in this episode.

LINKS
--Dan McAdams's profile at Northwestern University
--Foley Center for the Study of Lives, at Northwestern
--The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump: A Psychological Reckoning (The Oxford University Press page for McAdams forthcoming book)
--"The Mind of Donald Trump" (June 2016 Atlatic essay by McAdams)

Special Guest: Dan McAdams.

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Dan McAdams is The Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, as well as Director of the Foley Center for the Study of Lives. McAdams's areas of interest and expertise include personality and personal narrative. He's also written about the personality and narrative of Donald Trump, going back to when Trump was merely a candidate for President. Trump is now U.S. President (and will remain so, at least for the time being, since he was acquitted in a Senate impeachment trial). McAdams has written a new book about the temperament and personal narrative of Trump. With its release about a month away, I spoke to McAdams, and feature that conversation in this episode.

LINKS
--Dan McAdams's profile at Northwestern University
--Foley Center for the Study of Lives, at Northwestern
--The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump: A Psychological Reckoning (The Oxford University Press page for McAdams forthcoming book)
--"The Mind of Donald Trump" (June 2016 Atlatic essay by McAdams)

Special Guest: Dan McAdams.

]]> Episode 15: Where True Stories Lie https://tatter.fireside.fm/15 71e34191-9fde-4c56-a4ff-2c24765076d9 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:30:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A conversation about stories, especially the ones we tell about people struggling against injustice, and what good (and harm) those stories might do. 35:35 yes This is a conversation with four people who all know stories well, and who were willing to think with me about how stories can work for and against those fighting injustice. Jonathan Adler is a psychologist at the Olin College of Engineering, who has studied the stories people tell while addressing mental or physical health challenges. Skylar Bayer is a marine biologist who is currently working on marine policy in DC as a Dean John A. Knauss Fellow in the U.S. Senate, and is also a storyteller. Tara Clancy is a storyteller and host with The Moth, and has appeared on The Moth Radio Hour, Snap Judgment, and Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, and she's also the author of a recent memoir (The Clancys of Queens (https://www.amazon.com/Clancys-Queens-Memoir-Tara-Clancy-ebook/dp/B01AQO15XK)). Adriana Salerno is a mathematician at Bates College, a storyteller, and a blogger. LINKS Health Story Collaborative (http://www.healthstorycollaborative.org/) Skylar's 15 Minutes of Fame (on The Colbert Report) (http://www.cc.com/video-clips/xlk2nw/the-colbert-report-the-enemy-within---dr--skylar-bayer) The first story I ever heard Skylar tell (https://www.storycollider.org/stories/2016/1/4/skylar-bayer-phoning-home-from-alvin?rq=skylar%20bayer) "Hail Mary Softball," a story by Tara (in the New York Times) (https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/hail-mary-softball/) "Extra Mile" a story told live by Tara, at a Moth event (https://youtu.be/-UpGcY9Gtq0) inclusion/exclusion (a blog on diversity and inclusion in math, and beyond, of which Adriana is editor-in-chief) (https://blogs.ams.org/inclusionexclusion/about-the-editor/) The first story Adriana ever told at The Corner (https://youtu.be/Vr-3joKbNgg) The Corner, which is where you can hear great stories told live in Maine, September through May (http://www.cometothecorner.com/) Special Guests: Adriana Salerno, Jonathan Adler (psychologist), Skylar Bayer, and Tara Clancy. This is a conversation with four people who all know stories well, and who were willing to think with me about how stories can work for and against those fighting injustice. Jonathan Adler is a psychologist at the Olin College of Engineering, who has studied the stories people tell while addressing mental or physical health challenges. Skylar Bayer is a marine biologist who is currently working on marine policy in DC as a Dean John A. Knauss Fellow in the U.S. Senate, and is also a storyteller. Tara Clancy is a storyteller and host with The Moth, and has appeared on The Moth Radio Hour, Snap Judgment, and Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, and she's also the author of a recent memoir (The Clancys of Queens). Adriana Salerno is a mathematician at Bates College, a storyteller, and a blogger.

LINKS
Health Story Collaborative
Skylar's 15 Minutes of Fame (on The Colbert Report)
The first story I ever heard Skylar tell
"Hail Mary Softball," a story by Tara (in the New York Times)
"Extra Mile" a story told live by Tara, at a Moth event
inclusion/exclusion (a blog on diversity and inclusion in math, and beyond, of which Adriana is editor-in-chief)
The first story Adriana ever told at The Corner
The Corner, which is where you can hear great stories told live in Maine, September through May

Special Guests: Adriana Salerno, Jonathan Adler (psychologist), Skylar Bayer, and Tara Clancy.

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LINKS
Health Story Collaborative
Skylar's 15 Minutes of Fame (on The Colbert Report)
The first story I ever heard Skylar tell
"Hail Mary Softball," a story by Tara (in the New York Times)
"Extra Mile" a story told live by Tara, at a Moth event
inclusion/exclusion (a blog on diversity and inclusion in math, and beyond, of which Adriana is editor-in-chief)
The first story Adriana ever told at The Corner
The Corner, which is where you can hear great stories told live in Maine, September through May

Special Guests: Adriana Salerno, Jonathan Adler (psychologist), Skylar Bayer, and Tara Clancy.

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