Stories of You

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Stories of You
Image: Jo Christian Oterhals
Interviewer(s): 
Jim Fleming
Steve Paulson
Anne Strainchamps
02.19.2012

Who are you?

A man? A woman?

Are you a success? A failure?

A parent? An athlete? A wallflower?

A Christian? A Buddhist? A baker? 

If we are only a collection of stories about ourselves... what's the truth of who "we" are? 

Looking for UNCUT interviews? Here's Jonathan Harris and Gangaji.

Looking for the link to Cowbird? Here it is!

Related Link(s): 
Cowbird

  1. Narrative Identity 101

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    The evidence is mounting... "we" are mostly who we think we are. Our identities are mental constructs, cobbled together from memory and stories. Jonathan Adler gives us a crash course in narrative identity and mental health. 

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  2. Forget Your Self

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    Producer Sara Nics on the story behind this show... how she's tried to come to terms with our narrative selves.

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  3. You & Your Brain

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    Neuroscientists say that about a quarter of our mental energy is dedicated to maintaining our narrative identities. Julian Keenan says there's got to be an evolutionary benefit for all that "self".

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  4. Contemplating Our Selves

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    American spiritual teacher Antoinette Varner - also known as Gangaji - says it's possible to transcend our stories about ourselves. She tells Steve Paulson that to truly know yourself, just drop who you think you are, and pay attention to the "I". You can also hear the UNCUT version of this interview here.

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  5. Stories of Us

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    Rather than making our stories better - or attempting to stop telling them altogether - Jonathan Harris is helping people combine their stories in a bid to unveil the "ecstatic truth" of human life. Anne Strainchamps asked Harris about his storytelling platform, Cowbird.

    Listen to the UNCUT interview here.

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