Monocular is a storytelling podcast that offers you a one-eyed look at the distant and not-so-distant past. Each episode presents a complete story in the form of an autobiographical essay written by Mikkel Elbech, a professional writer and Danish expat living in Hillsborough, North Carolina. For well over a decade, he has worked as a professional copywriter, journalist and interviewer, having probably written millions of words over the years. But the vast majority of these have had the goal of satisfying editors, clients, and project managers. With Monocular, he’s writing for his own pleasure and sharing his own stories. Here, he truly has the final word. Monocular is a Toro Town Storyworks production, and for more information about the company – a one-stop shop for all kinds of storytelling – please visit torotown.com.

Monocular
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Podcast Overview
Monocular is a storytelling podcast that offers you a one-eyed look at the distant and not-so-distant past. Each episode presents a complete story in the form of an autobiographical essay written by Mikkel Elbech, a professional writer and Danish expat living in Hillsborough, North Carolina. For well over a decade, he has worked as a professional copywriter, journalist and interviewer, having probably written millions of words over the years. But the vast majority of these have had the goal of satisfying editors, clients, and project managers. With Monocular, he’s writing for his own pleasure and sharing his own stories. Here, he truly has the final word. Monocular is a Toro Town Storyworks production, and for more information about the company – a one-stop shop for all kinds of storytelling – please visit torotown.com.
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Publishing Since
4/12/2020
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Recent Episodes

September 26, 2021
Corporate Sellout
A liberal arts student suddenly finds himself working for the quintessential kind of massive corporation: An insurance company. This is a classic fish-out-of-water story about colliding attitudes and the impossibility of adapting to this otherworldly universe. The liberal arts student in question was obviously me, and I was 25 years old at the time. I learned a lot from holding this job, and my views of what big corporations are all about were forever shaped by the experience.

December 30, 2020
Checking in at the Tokio Hotel
<p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 13.999999999999998pt;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;">Angry Danish teenagers clash with older music fans who try to lecture them on why they will eventually grow out of their obsession with a certain German emo band. A story about the concert review that generated more discussion than any other in the history of Denmark’s biggest music magazine.</span></p>

August 29, 2020
Yes, today, Satan (part 3)
<p>When you’re 17 years old and have just left satanism behind, what comes next on the long road of intellectual self-discovery? Regular old atheism? Nihilism? Or something else entirely? This is part three of a three-part episode about my journey to the Dark Side.</p>
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