Great Stories about Great Storytellers

About Great Stories about Great Storytellers

GREAT STORIES about GREAT STORYTELLERS shares insights into storytellers whose names you no doubt recognize—names like Edgar Allen Poe, Steven Spielberg John Grisham and Walt Disney—but reveals the backstories you probably never heard about them. The podcast features different kinds of storytellers—authors, directors, playwrights and even a poet or two. In short 10-15 minutes episodes, this fun and sometimes funny podcast features anecdotes and tidbits about storytellers, with each episode spotlighting a modern storyteller like Tom Clancy or a classical name like Charles Dickens, but in a very different light.

Publisher

Randy Overbeck

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Feb 2022

Latest episode

17 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

57 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Oct 2026

   Washington Irving and the Headless Horseman

   In this episode, you'll learn-- about Irving's personal connection to President George Washington as well as his relationships with other American presidentsabout the remarkable writing accomplishments of the first successful American writerhow he became the first American author to gain literary fame and success on both sides of the Atlanticabout the surprising origins of his famous stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"about his unusual and successful plan for marketing ...

2. 

   19 Sept 2026

   Langston Hughes--The Poet Laureate of Harlem

   In this episode-- how Langston Hughes drew from his international travels and experiences in different parts of the U.S. to create memorable poetry, novels, short stories, and playshow Langston Hughes' work earned his the title of "Poet Laureate of the Harlem Renaissance"how Hughes became the most successful African American poet in this countryhow several individuals inspired him and recognized his genius as a writer and made possible his success as a storytellerCheck out the bac...

3. 

   16 Aug 2026

   Judy Blume, the Groundbreaking Children's and YA author

   In this episode, you discover-- How traumatic events in her early life contributed to her honest and frank approach to storytelling, even for children and young adultsHow Blume struggled to get recognized by publishers, like many emerging writersHow her novel Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret became the breakthrough bestseller and transformed a genreHow her novels have been the target of book censors for decadesCheck out the backstories you never knew about the storytellers you love!

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

33

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

31

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