In this episode we speak to Dr Mariam Tokhi and Dr Fiona Reilly, both clinicians who are also affiliated with the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health sciences. Mariam and Fiona are both involved in Australia’s fi

Episode 13: Audio stories beyond the narrative arc with Miyuki Jokiranta

Sep 18th, 2023 36m 59s

In this episode we speak to radio producer and podcaster Miyuki Jokiranta about audio stories. We discuss the challenges of capturing people’s attention via their ears as well as the seductive power of conventional modes of storytelling. Miyuki

Episode 12: Healing Trauma through Creative Writing with Edwina Shaw

Jun 19th, 2023 27m 33s

For this episode we spoke to Edwina Shaw, who teaches creative writing in schools, libraries and at the University of Queensland, and also is a writer herself. Edwina’s work focuses on the healing power of stories and in this episode we explore

Episode 11: Storytelling through objects with Sophie Woodward

Apr 28th, 2023 36m 21s

For this episode we spoke to Professor Sophie Woodward, University of Manchester, about her work with object-based methods. We asked Sophie why objects are so good at prompting people to tell stories, and what it is that we can learn from these

Episode 10: Talking Wounded Storytelling and Vulnerable Reading with Arthur Frank

Nov 28th, 2022 42m 58s

In this episode we speak to Arthur Frank about his life’s work on narrative. Frank is an Emeritus Professor in Sociology at the University of Calgary, Canada, and has won many accolades for his work on illness narratives and ethics of care. We

Episode 9: Indigenous Narratives in Colonial Archives with Rose Barrowcliffe

Sep 15th, 2022 36m 40s

In this episode we speak to Rose Barrowcliffe about changes to how First Nations narratives are collected and archived in settler-colonial countries like Australia. Rose is a Butchulla doctoral researcher at the University of the Sunshine Coast

Episode 8: Narrative research meets creative writing with Barbara Barbosa Neves and Josephine Wilson

Jul 29th, 2022 37m 45s

For this ‘What’s new’ episode we spoke to sociologist Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves, Monash University, and Dr Josephine Wilson, a Perth-based writer and scholar at Murdoch University, about their recent collaboration. Barbara and Josephine brought

Episode 7: The 'Dangers of Narrative' with Maria Mäkelä and Samuli Björninen

Apr 21st, 2022 45m 49s

In this ‘What’s New’ episode of Narrative Now we speak to Finnish narratologists Maria Mäkelä and Samuli Björninen, Tampere University, about their innovative research project named ‘Dangers of Narrative’. Taking a critical approach to the prol

Episode 6: Delving into ‘deep stories’ with Arlie Hochschild

Dec 2nd, 2021 39m 2s

In this ‘what’s new’ episode of Narrative Now we spoke to Arlie Hochschild, Emerita Professor at University of California, Berkeley and a world-renowned sociologist of emotion. We discussed her widely celebrated 2016 book Strangers in Their Own

Episode 5: Talking ‘Turning Points’ and Trans Memoir with Yves Rees

Sep 2nd, 2021 39m 58s

In this ‘what's new’ episode of Narrative Now we spoke to Dr Yves Rees about their book All About Yves: Notes on a Transition (2021), just about to be published with Allen & Unwin when this conversation was recorded in August 2021. The memoir

Episode 4: Telling Stories Now & Then with Ken Plummer

Jun 15th, 2021 42m 26s

In this ‘what’s new’ episode we speak to Emeritus Professor of Sociology Ken Plummer, a legend of narrative research, about his influential research on stories, where the field is at now, and what might be its future. In this quite warm and per

Episode 3: How to Put Yourself in the Story with Carla Pascoe Leahy and Sarah Rood

Apr 30th, 2021 39m 39s

In this ‘how to’ episode of Narrative Now we explore a question that may cross the minds of many narrative scholars, that is, how to include the author or researcher in the story that is being told. How we that answer question might also depend

Episode 2: Collective Narratives with Imogen Carr, Julia Hurst and Dave McDonald

Dec 10th, 2020 36m 57s

In this ‘what’s new’ episode of Narrative Now we dive into collective narratives. We talk to three researchers – Imogen Carr, Julia Hurst and Dave McDonald – who have three very different takes on what collective narratives are and can be helpf

Episode 1: How to Story a Book with Rachel Thomson

Sep 24th, 2020 36m 58s

In this first episode of Narrative Now we explore how to story a book. Working with narrative data provides a wealth of opportunities but also presents the challenge of choosing what or which parts of the stories to focus on and how to curate t

Episode 0: Introduction

Sep 21st, 2020 2m 36s

In this very brief introduction to the podcast we speak a little bit about what Narrative Now is intended to be and what you will encounter in this podcast series.

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