Storytelling with Seth

Welcome to Storytelling with Seth This is Episode #73. Today I am talking with the creator of The Epics of Enkidu - Ahmed Alameen. Ahmed was inspired by his nephew to help spread awareness about Autism through a unique story.  He has published novels under the pen name A. H. Amin and became a national best seller with the fiction thriller, Psychs.  The story features a superhero wit...

Welcome to Storytelling with Seth  This is Episode #72 The Road to Delano with John DeSimone  My conversation with John begins with his novel The Road to Delano.   Together we walked through California's history.   We started with Cesar Chavez and the rights of farm workers.  Next we discussed the moral premise that is the backdrop for this story of Adrian and Ja...

Welcome to Storytelling with Seth   This is Episode #71 Meet Sam Dossa AKA Coach Sam UK Sam started as a coach within the Youth Sector in 2007 under the banner of Kindle Your True Power® He is recognized as one of the UK’s top trainers and coaches.  Sam has trained and spoke to over 8,000 young adults.  Now, Sam has over 12 years of extensive working experience as a Freelance Consul...

A Year of Personal Bests with Tony Loyd Welcome to Storytelling with Seth This is Episode #70. In Tony’s own words: "In December 2018, I told a friend, "I don't want to be alive." I didn't want to harm myself. I just didn't get the point. After years as a corporate executive and after launching a startup company, I just didn't understand the point of it all. That confession sent me on a journey to...

Welcome to Storytelling with Seth This is Episode #69 Reconnecting with Dr. Sarah Webb during Social Distancing The COVID-19 Epidemic has changed our landscape as a people, a community and a country. New terms like social distancing and shelter-at-home or shelter-in-place have created a sense of isolation for so many. But, it has also led to a resurgence of connections among long-lost and tre...

Welcome to Storytelling with Seth This is episode #68 The Coronavirus has changed the landscape of our country and world in just a few short weeks. The recent advancement of shelter in place recommendations can feel restrictive and confining.  Many authors, musicians, and artists have taken to social media to share their art. Some read books, others draw, some create games and challenges...

Welcome to Episode #67 of Storytelling with Seth It's time for another great interview! Stories are created by the few who choose to turn a dream into their profession.  It's a legacy of possibility that inspires the future.  This is the Story of Christina DuVarney: Christina DuVarney is the founder of Beautiful Disaster.  A movement with a mission that proudly proclaims, ...

Welcome to Season 3 of Storytelling with Seth  This is Episode 2! March 1-7 is Will Eisner Week.  Who was Will Eisner?  He was one of the first comic book artists and the creator of the syndicated newspaper comic strip The Spirit.  He also created one of the first graphic novels.  'A Contract with God defined the graphic novel format and cemented it as the potential of com...

Transitioning from the old year to the new takes more than one night of celebration on December 31st. Which is why it took over a month to get started on this highlights episode and set a course for 2020. The close of 2019 saw some great guests like Bill Protzmann of Music Cares and his Silver Bullet Playlist in November. #SilverBulletPlaylist So we start with an excerpt from that conversation. #M...

Follow the Links Below for More Ways to Find Bill Protzmann Bill Protzmann's Website  http://www.billprotzmann.com/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=bill%20protzmann%27s%20website Music Care Website https://www.musiccare.net/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=music%20care%20website Books By Bill More Than Human: The Value of Cultivating the H...

Time for a new episode of Storytelling with Seth This week covers violent video games, a new game about Ancestors that has no rules, Children talk climate change, a Santa Monica librarian makes the case for comic books, and the rise of elder gamers. The frustrating, enduring debate over video games - https://www.vox.com/2019/8/26/20754659/video-games-and-violence-debate-moral-panic-history Dave Eg...

Its story time! Its season 2 of Storytelling with Seth  Time for a fresh take on the stories that we tell, live, and share.   This week includes: Carli Lloyd's 57-yard field goal at a Philadelphia Eagles practice.  A look back at the US Women's National Team amazing World Cup summer.  The changes to the Statue of Liberty poem Spiderman's: Sony vs. Marvel conundrum Even mor...

*A Living Library in Fredericton https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/living-library-fredericton-multicutural-association-1.4612003?cmp=rss  *The Artist Who Draws Israeli and Palestinian superheroes https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-artist/from-batman-to-holy-land-comics-artist-sees-heroes-on-all-sides-idUSKCN1TL19P?utm_source=applenews  *DCN Podcast Excerpt Interview wit...

The Weekly Wrap on Storytelling with Seth ‘Batman’ Comic Writer Tom King to Co-Write ‘The New Gods’ Screenplay With Ava DuVernay  https://www.thewrap.com/batman-tom-king-new-gods-ava-duvernay/ * The master of Mister Miracle dives into Jack Kirby's Fourth World Did ancient supernovae prompt human ancestors to walk upright? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190528095301.htm * What e...

*How Action is the Story in John Wick 3: Parabellum  https://www.slashfilm.com/john-wick-action-storytelling-influences/ * Gun-fu is the combination of Japanese jiu-jitsu, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, tactical 3-gun, and standing Judo. It is rooted in Wuxia and can be traced back to the Qin dynasty. *Weapon Brown — The ReInvention of Charlie Brown http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/weaponbrown/ *A bitter...

*Science Fiction Doesn’t Have to Be Dystopian  By Joyce Carol Oates Does Ted Chiang’s new collection of stories — Exhalation — support the claim that technology can be a force for human—and robotic—good? * If God Is Dead Your Time Is Everything https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/20/if-god-is-dead-your-time-is-everything By James Wood Savagely compressed, Hägglund’s argument goes somet...

Remembering Mother’s Day, two legendary names on one date in history, and more on this edition of the Weekly Wrap. * Find me On Social Media Instagram https://www.instagram.com/seththewriter/ Twitter https://twitter.com/1MoreSingleton Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SethSingletonStoryteller/

On a Road to Self Acceptance with Tara Massan and Seth Singleton We start out with the weather. The Butte and Camp Fires have made the air quality in Oakland very dangerous.  I share a few personal examples including the joys and discomforts of wearing an air mask on a daily basis. Tara is enjoying a snowstorm that she describes as normal for where she lives in Minnesota. Tara welcomes the sn...

Science Comics: The Brain: The Ultimate Thinking Machine The Science Comics line is a wonderful marker for quality educational comics, and who better to teach about The Brain than a mad scientist? Science Comics: The Brain: The Ultimate Thinking Machine is written by Tory Woollcott and illustrated by Alex Graudins. Fahama is helping her crazily determined younger sister sell cookies door-to-door w...

Shazam! The Movie - https://www.dccomics.com/movies/shazam The heart of the story is one that we can all relate to as children and adults who remember being children or might not have grown up at all. The heartbeat? It’s hard to do the right thing. Hard for superheroes and the rest of us. But, even if you don’t have a family or find yourself making a new one, when you open your heart to people who...

The Weekly Wrap Intro 3-6-2019 * There’s No Such Thing as a Hard Game (Or an Easy One) https://variety.com/2019/gaming/opinion/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-hard-game-or-an-easy-one-1203176853/ * Rami Israel tells a story about learning to cheat and building a game that convinces you to believe.  #Gaming #Hard #Cheats Writing Trail of Deceptions https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/a-sus...

Sam Barlow's "Telling Lies" is not a sequel to "Her Story." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/what-is-telling-lies-her-story-creator-teases-latest-game-1197506 The latest project from 'Her Story' creator Sam Barlow stars Logan Marshall-Green, Alexandra Shipp, Kerry Bishe and Angela Sarafyan in a story the director describes as "'Sex, Lies and Videotape' meets 'The Conversation.'" * * M...

Meet Steve Heimoff  * Steve Heimoff was born in NYC and moved to CA in the late 1970s to go to graduate school, earning an MA in Educational Technology.   * After 4 years of directing a Career Planning and Placement Center at a Bay Area college, he switched direction and decided to combine two loves into a career: wine writing.   * About the Wine He was successful and beca...

Stranger Things Season 3 Trailer is here  https://youtu.be/YEG3bmU_WaI  Hosting the DC Comics News Spinner Rack Podcast  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-comics-news-podcast-network/id1318138081?mt=2&i=1000432596337  A Podcast Prediction Comes True https://dccomicsnews.com/category/podcast/  GDC 2019 is Here  https://www.gdconf.com   Preview of My Inter...

Avengers: Endgame trailer messed up my whole schedule.   Have you seen it yet? Did you ever think Letterers were a driving force in ESL Education? https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2019/03/letterers-jill-gerber-on-the-unsung-heroes-of-comics-in-the-classroom/ GDC is almost here http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/338424/GDC_101_is_back_for_GDC_2019_check_it_out_to_get_the_most_out_of_your_show...