Storytelling makes us human
Monkeys use tools; elephants emote; dolphins communicate—but humans are the only ones who tell stories. From creation myths to space exploration, caves to condos, stories are how we find meaning in an ever-changing world. Listening to someone tell a story is primal; it’s how we understand our families, our cities, ourselves. Stories are how we create, share, and learn culture.
Narrative podcasts are the timeless human tradition of storytelling, adapted for today’s mobile, digital age.
Narrative Podcasts: co-founders
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Laura Joyce Davis
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Laura Joyce Davis teaches podcasting at Stanford University, where she helps students turn climate change research into stories to save our planet, and manages podcast production for the award-winning State of the Human.
Laura is CEO and cofounder of Narrative Podcasts, the Executive Producer of Shelter in Place, and a Podcast Magazine Top Influencer in Podcasting. Her work has been recognized with a Social Impact Award for Mentoring and DEI initiatives, a Fulbright scholarship, a W3 Podcasting Silver Medal, a Golden Crane honorable mention, and the International Women’s Podcasting Awards.
She brings a novelist’s sense of character development and story arc to podcast training, from interview editing to scriptwriting and sound design.
“Art is the scream inside you waiting to get out.”
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Nate Davis
CREATIVE DIRECTOR & STORY EDITOR
Won his first essay-writing prize in elementary school, a second one in college, and a national Radio-Mercury award in advertising. Wandered through ad copywriting, searching for the humanity inside electronics, car insurance, custom homes and more.
In 2021, came back around to his true vocation with Narrative Podcasts: storytelling and teaching. With Laura, co-founded their podcast training intensive, online course, and workshops; four of their students have won or been shortlisted for their own awards.
Brings an copywriter’s keen eye for script editing, strategic thinking, and energetic collaboration to podcast training, their course curriculum, and private coaching.
“Great stories begin from truth.”
Narrative Podcasts: the team
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Sarah Edgell
DESIGN DIRECTOR
Visual omnivore including painting, ceramics, textile, graphic, & web design
Clients include Colorado Symphony, Urban Peak, Historic Denver, and ColonTown
Chief hiker, cheerful dissenter, ceramic maker, chihuahua handler
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Melissa Lent
PROJECT MANAGER
Winter 2021 intensive training program grad; current podcaster
Co-writer and main VoiceOver for “hyphenated identity”
Multimedia specialist at the Center for an Urban Future
Polyglot, Notion nerd, native New Yorker
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Tish Ambal
SOCIAL MEDIA
Helps female podcasters shine on social media
Based in Cebu, Philippines (home of the best mangoes on earth!)
• Corporate 9-5 escapee, mantra-sharer, encouragement-giver, goal-setter
Need some help editing your podcast? Or with launching or marketing? Or you want to network, find freelance work, or try out a shorter podcasting course? See our Resources page for folks we recommend, and links to other ideas and materials we’ve shared.
Get to know us; get to know podcasting
On ou YouTube channel, we share tips on podcasting and creative work in general, give overviews of our course and workshops, and share readings of books we find inspiring. Here’s a sample tip video — based on my experience judging a podcast award show for the third time. Making an interview podcast? This one’s for you.
