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026: "Show Me the Way

Tales of finding one's direction -- be it magnetic or true. A dotted line that leads the way... An explorer's bastardized discovery in the Arctic... Long lost stars to help find your way... and what was lost, now found.
INTRO: "A Dotted Line"CHAPTER 1: "A Rock in the Water"CHAPTER 2: "Star Light, Star Bright"CHAPTER 3: "What Was Lost"
***** C R E D I T S *****Dustin O'Halloran "Opus 28"Marc Streitenfeld "Into The Fray"The Cinematic Orchestra "Arrival of the Birds"Russell Silva "Lost & Found"
Written & produced by: @russellsilva
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025: "Gods Among Us"

Explore the godship of ancient deities, brand marketing, and self-proclaimed messiahs... phony or otherwise. What does it say about humanity that we strive to become God?
INTRO: "Wholy Holy"CHAPTER 1: "Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing"CHAPTER 2: "Can I Get a Witness"CHAPTER 3: "It Takes Two"
***** C R E D I T S *****Fariborz Lachini "Fall in Love Again"Richard Anthony Jay "Written in the Ground"Emile Pandolfi "Once Upon A December"Ludovico Einaudi "Giorni Dispari"Russell Silva "Benign"
Written & produced by: @russellsilva
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024: "M'aider, Mayday, May Day"

We explore the interconnecting ribbons of both May Days and maydays. The historical account of the day itself... a dramatic distress call... the inception of the fight for workers' rights... multiplying vs. adding... and more original music.
INTRO: "They Launched Mayday"CHAPTER 1: "Eight Hours"CHAPTER 2: "Break Glass"CHAPTER 3: "Save Our Ship"
***** C R E D I T S *****Hammock "Mono No More"Balmorhea "Limmet"Olafur Arnalds "This Place Is A Shelter"Ibi (Moby cover) "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters"The Album Leaf "The Light"Super Apprenent "Ukulele Relaxation"Russell Silva "S.O.S."
Written & produced by: @russellsilva
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023: "The Sky is Falling"

 
Join as we look both above and below to understand the true fate of things: War games in the Caribbean... Falling garbage... Words written in the stars...
INTRO: "Then Let Us Run"CHAPTER 1: "Cooler Heads Will Prevail"CHAPTER 2: "Space Stuff"CHAPTER 3: "As Above, So Below"
***** C R E D I T S *****Nick Cave & Warren Ellis "Moving On"British Sea Power "Woman of Aran"Nick Cave & Warren Ellis "Rather Lovely Thing"M83 "Raven Rock"Ludovico Einaudi "Run"Nick Cave & Warren Ellis "The Boy"Sennen "Where the Light Gets In"Russell Silva "Thumbs & Fingerprints"
Written & produced by: @russellsilvasupport.storycastpodcast.com

022: "Consider the Alternatives"

How does truth face up to the alternative? Fire up the fake news from 1933... An alternative take on St. Patrick's tale... Discovering truth...
INTRO: "ALT"CHAPTER 1: "Fake News"CHAPTER 2: "Alternative Facts"CHAPTER 3: "No Other Alternative"
***** C R E D I T S *****Michele McLaughlin "The Lonely Ballerina"Max Richter "On Reflection"Max Richter "Zero Balance"Chad Lawson "She Walks In Beauty"Russell Silva "Fortress"
Written & produced by: @russellsilvasupport.storycastpodcast.com

021: "Through the Looking Glass"

 
Tales of alternative realities where all the rules have changed... A thirty-year timeout, political spelunking across the pond, discovering leverage to fix a new problem, and a journey through fire.
INTRO: "Begin at the Beginning"CHAPTER 1: "We're All Mad Here"CHAPTER 2: "Curiouser and Curiouser"CHAPTER 3: "Come to the End: Then Stop"
***** C R E D I T S *****Musical Mandalas "Spring Seance"Rafter "Ending"Julianna Barwick "The Magic Place"Arvo Pärt "Spiegel im Spiegel"Dustin O'Halloran "We Move Lightly"Nick Cave & Warren Ellis "The Boy"Rhonda Mackert "Night Song"Hammock "I Can Almost See You"Russell Silva "Forged by Fire"
Special thanks: Belinda B.
Written & produced by: @russellsilvasupport.storycastpodcast.com

020: "You Better Watch Out"

All year long, while many of us are nice, some among us are indeed naughty... This time on The Storycast, punishing yuletide troublemakers, seeking out the heart of Christmas, and learning from our mistakes.
INTRO: "Naughty or Nice"CHAPTER 1: "Xmas Past"CHAPTER 2: "Xmas Present"CHAPTER 3: "Xmas Future"
***** C R E D I T S *****Singapore String Quartet "Waltz of the Flowers"Jim Brickman "We Three Kings"Matt Riley "Carol of the Bells"Shiluco "Greensleeves"Steven Sharp Nelson "Still, Still, Still"Russell Silva "Noel"
Written & produced by: @russellsilvasupport.storycastpodcast.com

019: "Muchas Gracias"

The many shades of "thank you," whether by words, action, or spirit. First, the inception of the American Thanksgiving and how the true tale differs from your textbook. Next, a dream of freedom by a true DREAMer... Finally, unearthing gratitude that hides in life.
INTRO: "Heartbreaker"CHAPTER 1: "For Whom the Dinner Bell Tolls"CHAPTER 2: "Ink & Paper"CHAPTER 3: "Thank You"
***** C R E D I T S *****Chad Lawson "A Love is Born"Christopher Ferreira "The Dancer"Philip Wesley "Light and Shadow"Cremaine Booker (Hans Zimmer) "Time"Russell Silva "Thank You"
Written & produced by: @russellsilvasupport.storycastpodcast.com

018: "Lesser of Two Evils"

Facing a creepy monster or two? A big decision? Or, just can't figure out how to vote? From Greek mythology to everyday life, The Storycast uncovers the conundrum of being struck between a rock and a hard place.
***** C R E D I T S *****
Nick Cave ft. Warren Ellis "Song for Jesse"Chad Lawson "Nocturne in A Minor"Waverly "The Defeat"Balmorhea "Remembrance"Russell Silva "Reason"
Written & produced by: @russellsilvasupport.storycastpodcast.com

017: "There's No Place Like Home"

Three very different stories of “home,” wherever that might be: A familiar heart beating in an unfamiliar place... An unlikely ghost story... And a song about phoning home...
***** C R E D I T S *****
Helen Jane Long - " The Aviators"Greg Maroney - "Dark"Clint Mansell - "The Last Man"Stephen Moccio - " Ow"Russell Silva - "Home"
Written & produced by: @russellsilvaWith contribution from: @therealsheenyp
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OFFSEASON: Short Storycast #5

SUPPORT STORYCAST SEASON TWO
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The Storycast is still between seasons and I’m really excited to share with you what’s in store this fall. The ball is already rolling on developing some interesting weekly themes and the stories that they tell. 
If you’d like to become a member of The Storycast community, you can support the show for as little as a dollar a month at support.storycastpodcast.com. And if you pledge at $5 or more, you’ll get a t-shirt or a coffee mug PLUS a super top-secret gift that’ll keep giving all throughout season two. Your support helps keep this show driving onward and upward, so thank you.
Next up in our “stories of summer” musical cover series is Grace Gatdula performing her version of “Boats and Birds” by Gregory and the Hawk. You can find this performance in the episode description or at storycastpodcast.com.
***** C R E D I T S *****
INTRO: The American Dollar - "Second Sight"
COVER: Grace Gatdula  - “Boats and Birds” (Gregory and the Hawk)
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016: "Ringing True"

SEASON ONE FINALE! Rings are everywhere in this life. From the formative to the everyday, you may be surprised just how often a ring surrounds the ideas, moments, and semantics that we encounter everyday. Rings all around us tell the stories of us... First, The Champ who lived a life even more impactful outside the ring. Next, the true story of a little boy who learned that a ring to the operator would always find the information he’d need. Finally, how Saltwater Brewery is changing its rings to protect the sea.
The Storycast will return for season two in fall 2016!
--- C R E D I T S ---
PART 1 | PUT A RING ON IT
Lights & Motion - "The Spectacular Quiet"
Odesza - "Kusanagi"
PART 2 | THE CHAMP
Carly Comando - "Everyday"
PART 3 | OTHER WORLDS TO SING IN
San Solomon - "Balmorhea"
Ryan Stewart - "Autumn"
PART 4 | SIXER FIXERS
Sigur Ros - "Kafari"
RESEARCH
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THANKS TO
Jason Perry Stevens
 
@RussellSilva

015: "Start Your Engines"

Tales of the powerful force -- mechanical, conceptual, or otherwise -- that drives us. First, how Thomas Edison had his hand in the first ill-fated electric car of the early 1900s. Next, a stay-at-home, work-at-home dad who has a motor of his own. Finally, a family patriarch who on one afternoon literally became his grandson's motor.
--- C R E D I T S ---
PART 1 | INSTANT POWER
Julianna Barwick - "Call"
PART 2 | IT'S ELECTRIC
Ola Gjeilo - "Madison"
Thad Fiscella - "October Fade"
Explosions in the Sky - "An Ugly Fact of Life"
PART 3 | IDLE
Ludovico Einaudi - "Walk"
Hammock - "Turning Into Tiny Particles..."
PART 4 | A LIVING FORCE
Andrew Bayer - "We Will Return"
Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire"
RESEARCH
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THANKS TO
Charles D.
 
@RussellSilva

014: "All Bottled Up"

We get to the root of the idea of being "bottled up," in a variety of ways. First, a flight-attendant-turned-folk-hero lets off some steam... we go straight to the source to uncork the plight of the cloud-based workforce. Next, the town of McCloud, CA, and its tentative balance on the cusp of growth. Finally, how Ben Howard's upbringing bottled up his unique sound.
--- C R E D I T S ---
PART 1 | THE ROOT
Ludovico Einaudi - "Onde Corte"
PART 2 | IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN
This Will Destroy You - "God's Teeth"
Darin Schaeffer - "Water"
Aldy Santos - "Airplanes" (BoB feat. Hayley Williams)
PART 3 | A LEFTOVER MENTALITY
Jennifer Margulis - "McCloud, California: A Tiny Town on the Cusp"
Music scored by Russell Silva via SmartSound
PART 4 | DITCH THE NEWSROOM
Ben Howard - "She Treats Me Well"
RESEARCH
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THANKS TO
"A. J." for her interview in PART 2
Sheeny Parvez for her contribution in PART 3
 
@RussellSilva
@TheRealSheenyP

013: "From Whence We Came"

There are few things shared by every single human being on the planet who ever lived... and one of those precious things is having someone to call "mom." In a world where we spend so much of our lives figuring out who we are and where we are going, we all know precisely where we came from and at least most of us know the woman who made it all possible. First, a mother from the past employs a little ingenuity and persistence to help save her sons' lives. Next, a modern day mother's take on the plight of the "working mom." Finally, our future according to Mother Earth.
--- C R E D I T S ---
PART 1 | PENGUINS
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - "Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter"
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - "Silver Star of Bologna"
PART 2 | DUCK!
Hammock - "Take a Drink From my Hands"
PART 3 | MILKING THE CLOCK
This Will Destroy You - "They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending Light"
PART 4 | I TOLD YOU SO
Prince Ea - "Man vs Earth"
RESEARCH
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012: "Growing Green"

It’s something overlooked and underappreciated, yet so embroidered into our day-to-day existence and collective colloquialisms that once we go that extra yard to realize its true impact, those blades between our toes may just feel softer, and stronger, and more mighty than before. But, grass isn’t really about grass. It’s about growth, and wonder. We explore the lawn dilemma, growth through loss, and green of an illicit context.
--- C R E D I T S ---
PART 1 | GROWTH & WONDER
Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra - "Carnival of the Animals- Aquarium"
Inbal Segev - "Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major: Prelude"
PART 2 | THREES
Ludovico Einaudi - "La Linea Scura"
Philip Glass - "Metamorphosis Two"
PART 3 | I CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE
RESEARCH
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011: "Never Give Up, Never Surrender"

For as much as we try and try again, we sure give up a lot too. When we are faced with failure, the decisions we make actually seal our final fate. First, a struggle against all odds in outer space. Next, a professional baseballer quits, but just so he doesn't have to give up. Finally, a fairy tale of perseverance from the animal kingdom.
--- C R E D I T S ---
PART 1 | BLOOD, SWEAT, & TEARS
Clint Mansell - "Together We Will Live Forever"
PART 2 | THIRTEEN
Jae Chong - "Fix You" (Coldplay Cover)
PART 3 | THE SMELL OF BURNT WOOD
Randy Newman - "The Natural Theme"
Jennifer Ann - "Mad World" (Tears for Fears/Gary Jules Cover)
PART 4 | ANIMAL TALES
Bear McCreary - "The Veil of Time"
--- R E S E A R C H ---
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010: "Hiding in Plain Sight"

What monsters lie beneath? So many things hide in plain sight in our world. First, dark origins of "Ring Around the Rosie." Next, a trickling contamination from an unlikely source. Finally, an unlikely family secret is finally revealed.
--- C R E D I T S ---
PART 1 | HIDE & SEEK
The Postal Service - "There's Never Enough"
Dustin Halloran - "We Move Lightly"
PART 2 | WE ALL FALL DOWN
Ludovico Einaudi - "Passaggio"
Ola Gjeilo - "Northern Lights"
PART 3 | MONSTERS
Sebastian Plano - "Heysatan (Sigur Ros)"
Olafur Arnalds - "Happiness Does Not Wait"
PART 4 | CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
Arvo Part - "Spiegel im Spiegel"
--- R E S E A R C H ---
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009: "There's Something in the Water"

What IS in the water after all? We set the story straight on the history of beer. Also, how home-brewing flourished during Prohibition. Finally, learn the "Five Levels of Drinking" for your own future excursions.
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008: "The Face of God"

Who/what is god? And what does he/she/it look like? One eyewitness account comes from a young child. Another from a legion of hungry pirates. Finally, Finland chimes in.

007: "I Can't Live Without You"

Three stories of love - both true and not - and the inseparable experiences that find, entwine, and define the way that we love. First, the most "intimate" relationship imaginable. Second, the everlasting heart beat of lifelong soul-mates. Third, a real life-and-death nursery rhyme.

006: "The Colors of Persuasion"

From Aristotle to the color wheel, tag along on a case study of understanding the art of "persuasion." We explore the famous "rhetorical appeals" of ethos, pathos, and logos. Find out how easily persuaded you may be...

005: "It's Elementary"

Elements rule our natural world, but one of them is the king of the jungle. First, a harrowing account of a mysterious death in Galway. Then, a semi-biographical tale of our civilization's history. Finally, a musical account of turning up the heat.

004: "Sweet Dreams"

What exactly are our dreams and the amazing powers they possess? First, we dive into many ideas about dreams, from the theoretical to the presidential. Next, a story inspired by the recurring dream of a pint-sized hippo-hunter. Finally, we serenade you to sleep with some remarkably dreamy facts.

003: "The Great Magnet"

The Great Magnet is everywhere! First, finding meaningful connections in odd coincidences. Next, a truly missed connection. Finally, finding beauty in the chaos of music.

002: "The Opposite of Peas"

Is "the opposite of peas" even a legitimate idea? First, we look to both five-year-olds and international tragedy for advice. Second, H.C. Anderson's short story of perspective about five peas in a pod. Third, George Carlin breaks down the pea argument once and for all.

001: "Lost at Sea"

In this first episode, we journey through the idea of being lost at sea. First, the harrowing (true?) tale of a fisherman who survived at sea for over 13 months. Next, the short story of a very young searcher who finds himself lost, then found. Finally, a beautiful musical forray into an old classic.