All Episodes
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S08 E30: STORY 2025 Highlights, Favorite Moments & Season Finale
In this season finale, Harris, Kate and Michael reflect on STORY 2025, and the transformative experience of storytelling events, emphasizing the importance of environm...
S08 E29: The Power of Leading an Intentional Family Story
In this episode of the Story OS Podcast, hosts Michael McRay and Harris III discuss the importance of leadership within the family unit, emphasizing the need for inten...
S08 E28: Living Room Leadership with Brittany and Geoff Anderson
Tune in this week as Michael McRay welcomes Brittany and Geoff Anderson, co-authors of brand new book Living Room Leadership and founders of Renala, for a conversation...
S08 E27: World-Changing Leadership Begins at Home
In this week's episode, Michael McRay sets the table for next week's conversation with Brittany and Geoff Anderson, authors of Living Room Leadership. After his divorc...
S08 E26: The Wild Way
Michael McRay welcomes listeners into a different kind of episode - a celebration of his fifth book, The Wild Way: Navigating the Space Between the Old Story and the N...
S08 E25: The Sacredness of Story
This week, Michael McRay and Harris III gather for a raw, timely conversation about what it means to treat story as sacred in a world that has reduced it to formulas a...
S08 E24: Everything is a Story with Kaitlin Curtice
This week, Michael McRay welcomes award-winning author and poet Kaitlin Curtice to celebrate the launch of her new book, Everything is a Story. Curtice, an enrolled ci...
S08 E23: Stories That Root, Stories That Release
Michael McRay prepares listeners for his upcoming conversation with Kaitlin Curtice, award-winning author and Potawatomi Nation citizen, whose new book Everything is a...
S08 E22: The Narrative of Emotions
Tune in as Michael McRay and Harris III explore the complex relationship between emotions and storytelling, diving into whether we're primarily emotional beings who te...
S08 E21: The Intelligent Messengers Within with Karla McLaren (pt. 2)
Join Michael McRay as he continues his conversation with emotional researcher Karla McLaren, diving deeper into how emotions serve as guides rather than problems to so...
S08 E20: Purpose Behind Every Emotion with Karla McLaren (pt. 1)
Michael McRay welcomes Karla McLaren, award-winning author and emotional researcher whose work has fundamentally reshaped how many understand inner life and emotional ...
S08 E19: The Internal Navigation of Storytelling
In preparation for his upcoming two-part conversation with emotional researcher and author Karla McLaren, Michael McRay explores why emotions are the fundamental archi...
S08 E18: Failure as Your Origin Story
In today's episode, Michael McRay and Harris III dive deep into how we define success and failure, exploring whether our culture's focus on mental health has inadverte...
S08 E17: Stepping Into Your Own Story with Jordan Geary
This week, Michael McRay sits down with Jordan Geary, Emmy Award-winning creative producer and executive at Sesame Workshop who has spent over 20 years crafting storie...
S08 E16: Becoming Better Stories
Michael McRay reflects on the profound idea that "self-authorship is a sacred act" and explores what it means to move from simply telling stories to becoming better st...
S08 E15: The Currency of Human Connection
Michael McRay reconnects with Harris III to unpack the conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama and explore the broader implications of moving from an information age to a wi...
S08 E14: Stories For the Sake of Stories with Pádraig Ó Tuama
Michael McRay sits down with his longtime friend Pádraig Ó Tuama, the Irish poet, theologian, conflict mediator, and storyteller who has profoundly shaped Michael's ap...
S08 E13: The Practice of Narrative Humility
This week, Michael McRay prepares listeners for his upcoming conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama, the Irish poet, theologian, conflict mediator, and storyteller who has ...
S08 E12: Agency Is Always an Option
To unpack the incredible conversation with researcher Ben Rogers about his groundbreaking research on the hero's journey framework, Harris III rejoins Michael McRay. T...
S08 E11: The Hero's Journey with Dr. Ben Rogers
Michael McRay sits down with Dr. Ben Rogers, a researcher at Boston College, to explore his groundbreaking research proving that people who view their lives through th...