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Tom Schlesinger (https://tomschlesinger.com/#top) is a screenwriter, story coach, and teacher whose narrative expertise has shaped award-winning films and documentaries in North America and Europe.He describes seeing Midnight Cowboy at nineteen and deciding to work in film, and the people who shaped his approach, including screenwriter Waldo Salt and Joseph Campbell. Tom explains his view of story structure as the order in which an audience learns and feels things, and describes editing a documentary about the first integrated prom in Charleston, Mississippi.This is a conversation about storytelling, how structure works, and the role of emotion and the body in how stories affect people.The Other Stuff is hosted by @internetvin, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and possibly the most curious man on Earth. Produced by New.—Timestamps(00:00:00) Midnight Cowboy(00:03:52) Discovering Resonance and Storytelling Foundations(00:04:28) Waldo Salt, Screenwriting, and Early Career(00:10:51) The Kinesthetic Experience in Story and Life(00:13:40) The Field of Resonance and Relational Storytelling(00:17:40) Transformation Through Film and Personal Stories(00:23:33) Binary vs. Quantum Perception and Social Change(00:34:57) Quantum Physics, Consciousness, and Spirituality(00:43:02) Transformation, Somatic Experience, and Healing(00:55:14) Story Constellations and Embodied Storytelling(01:10:50) Blind Spots, Character Nuance, and the Writer’s Journey(01:26:53) Documentary Film Structure and Narrative Drive(01:41:57) The Hero's Journey: Archetype and Application(02:42:01) The Heroine’s Journey and Feminine Wisdom(02:59:03) Yin, Yang, and the Integration of Opposites—The Other Stuff PodcastYouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK0osV4LBB6zLfDk-KDV9FtDg7y0bJ3AWSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1kImmU1R1DYTeM1AKZRWkx?si=2feeadb93ad4419fApple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-other-stuff-with-internetvin/id1828762531Twitter: x.com/otherstuffpodInstagram: instagram.com/otherstuffpodinternetVin x.com/internetvinNewx.com/newsystems_instagram.com/newsystems_
