Hi everyone I'm Brinay Brown and this is unlocking us.

Wow are we unlocking something on the episode today?

You know how I do these podcasts with other emotion researchers and other people who study some of the stuff

I study.

Well, on this episode I am talking to Dr. Angus Fletcher, who is basically a professor of storytelling.

And I mean, he's technically a Shakespeare expert,

but he studies story.

And he is the author of the wildest, most amazing,

incredible new book that I just finished,

called Wonder Works, the 25 most powerful inventions in the history of literature.

You know how we talk about technology and we talk about inventions?

Angus makes the point that there are life-changing inventions in literature.

And he has this major background in neurobiology and he talks about how literature

actually changes who we are, helps us understand who we are, and teaches us how to think.

And it is just so much fun this conversation.

We talk about the literary inventions.

We ask them a lot of questions about what it means to read

and be changed by what we read, what we're doing well in schools, what we're not doing well in schools,

and how story works and how our mind works.

I cannot wait for you to be a part of this conversation.

Your last day of vacation and you found time for a deep tissue massage followed by a long mud bath and a two hour nap because you're an American Express Platinum Guard member and booked your stay at a fine hotel and resort through AMX travel, which means a 4 PM checkout.

And those relaxing vacation vibes can keep going at the airport in the Centurion lounge.

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