Language of the Soul Podcast

Storytelling is having a weird moment. Everywhere you look, “creativity” gets treated like a growth hack and “story” gets treated like a persuasion engine. We push back on that and make a different claim: story changes minds by touching hearts, and the real prize isn’t attention, it’s transformation. If you’ve ever felt pressure to “find your voice” for social media or self-bran...

What if the most powerful stories say almost nothing at all? We dive into a world flooded with images—pop-ups, trailers, remakes, and feeds—and trace how visual storytelling can either numb us with spectacle or wake us with meaning. From the fatigue of franchise blockbusters to the surprise of a humble shadow puppet performance, we unpack why certain frames cut straight to the limbic system while others leave us countin...

What if the images you trust most—tree, bridge, horizon, circle—are part of a shared vocabulary you already speak? We open with a rapid-fire symbol exercise that reveals how quickly a room converges on meaning, then follow those threads into design, myth, and modern storytelling to ask why certain shapes and colors feel inevitable. Is that universality taught by culture, etched by evolution, or both?

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What if catharsis isn’t a single dramatic release but a daily reset that turns judgment into compassion? We sit down with artist and educator Greg Spalenka to explore how story, image, music, and spiritual practice can move us from fear to presence—and why that shift might be the most important creative skill we have.

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"Take your broken heart—make it into art." —Carrie Fisher, actress.  In this episode—fifth in this season's exploration of the Language of the Soul book—we explore the mechanics of catharsis. From the moment Aristotle coined the term to assign cultural value to the ...

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When the plot of life breaks, the real story begins. We open Season Three of Language of the Soul Podcast by returning to the book that inspired it, using  Chapter One: STORY and TRANSFORMATION to map the path from crisis to opportunity, from strife to paradigm shift. Conflict resolution i...

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When the plot of life breaks, the real story begins. We open Season Three of Language of the Soul Podcast by returning to the book that inspired it, using  Chapter One: STORY and TRANSFORMATION to map the path from crisis to opportunity, from strife to paradigm shift. Conflict resolution i...

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We change minds by touching hearts. In this episode—second in this season's exploration of the Language of the Soul book—we explore how storytel...

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Returning to the Source

In Season Three, Dominick and Virginia return to "Language of the Soul: How Story Became the Means by which We Transform," the book that inspired the podcast. We set the tone for season three by engaging the book directly, clarifying our mission, and drawing a bright line...

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Welcome to season three of Language of the Soul Podcast. This season will explore the book that started at all: Language of the Soul: How Story Became the M...

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Join is for an author reading of Cirque, a whimsically absurd short story about the power of imagination. Cirque placed in the 2020 Writer’s Digest Short Story Competition and has been analyzed in college-level Humanities courses for its form, structure and literary themes.

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What if the most honest art you’ll ever make begins where control ends? We sit down with medicine woman, artist, and storyteller Alexandra Bourne to trace a decade-long pilgrimage that turned paintings into prayer and travel into ceremony. From a close call in Croatia to kickboxing in Thai...

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Enter a thought-provoking exploration of creativity, connection, and the power of visual storytelling with acclaimed illustrator and art director Brian Thompson. With over two decades of experience spanning video games, book illustration, and visual development, Thompson brings a unique perspect...

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Why do we cling to certain memories while letting others fade? Dominick and Virginia take you on a journey through time, challenging the oversimplified clichés that define entire decades and generations. Together, they dismantle the reductive portrayals of Gen X in contemporary media and examine...

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Episode two of a two-part series showcasing CTNX Animation Expo 2025. We roam CTN with Disney and Pixar veterans, educators, and fresh voices to ask how story, culture, and technology can revive animation beyond remakes. From Brave’s lush production design to real-time pipelines and indie ...

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The rain made CTN Animation Expo feel more intimate this year as Language of the Soul's booth became a revolving door for stories bridging Disney legends, gallery treasure hunters, and students abiding muse by chasing their first calling cards. We opened with the original premise of CTN's incept...

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What makes a writer? For René Urbanovich, it's an undeniable drive—the recognition that there's something harder than writing: not writing. In this profound conversation, René takes us deep into the heart of her literary auto-fiction memoir "Dreaming Cima and the Abandoned Mind," revealing...

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In today's thought-provoking episode, we welcome novelist Angela van Breemen to explore where forensics meets the metaphysical, how reincarnation reframes justice, and how storytelling teaches us who we are. In Angela's latest crime novel, Revenge Is Not Enough, a psychic visitation leads to a s...