Hollywood Storytelling Meets Medieval Philosophy


Dialogues #36

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“I personally believe that endurance is 99.999% of success...the rest of it is the spark of curiosity that gets you started.” – Dr. Sarah Jane Murray

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We're back with Season 2 of the podcast!

My first guest this season is Dr. Sarah Jane Murray, who is not only Professor of Great Texts & Creative Writing at Baylor University, not only a 2x Tedx speaker, not only the co-translator of the massive, three-volume medieval French Moralized Ovid, but an Emmy-nominated filmmaker who specializes in storytelling.

There's a lot to talk about in this near-two hour episode.

I don't know how she manages to do cutting-edge research and translating medieval philosophical texts, while creating educational, visual storytelling pieces for a broad audience that draws from figures like Dante and Boethius.

But we do talk about the crucial role of endurance in the podcast conversation.

For her bio and links to her Ted talks and other projects, check out the episode description.

Her story, filled with storytelling, is well worth a listen.

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