SEASON TWO: EPISODE seventeen
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I’ve always known that stories have power. It wasn’t until recently, while watching a scene unfold on screen, that I felt something inside me shift.
I cried, laughed, and felt all the emotions. Not because of what was happening to the character, but because I pieces of myself in them. Something I hadn’t admitted to myself or even omitted from memory. Something I hadn’t even realized needed releasing.
That’s what this week’s podcast episode is all about.
I sat down with the incredible Anna Campbell to talk about why certain stories reach us in ways regular conversations can’t. Why we feel emotional, even physical reactions to stories that have “nothing” to do with us, and how that reaction is anything but random.
Anna spoke about how storytelling, especially through media, allows us to bypass our usual filters. We let our guard down. We relate. We project. And sometimes, through that, we unlock things we’ve hidden even from ourselves.
She also talked about the responsibility of being a storyteller in today’s world. That when we share our truths, messy, incomplete, raw, we’re offering others the chance to feel less alone. To reflect and maybe even heal.
As a host, this conversation reminded me that we don’t need to live every story to learn from it. Sometimes, watching someone else walk through fire is exactly what helps us find our own way out.
Give this one a listen. It’s tender, powerful, and it might just unlock something for you, too.
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OUR GUEST
WRITER | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | ACTRESS
Anna Campbell was born in Portland, OR. After attending Vassar College, she moved back to the west coast to pursue her dreams of being an actor in Los Angeles, with her first speaking role being on Veronica Mars and her most recent on NCIS.
It took a few years before realizing that producing and directing were an essential part of having a significant voice in the stories being made, at which point she fully embraced being a hyphenate. NORA is her first feature film.
GUEST: Anna Campbell | INSTAGRAM: Anna Campbell
Host: Dawne Hanks | IG: @dawnehanks & @eliminate_girl_hate & @wait.holdup.what
Sound Editing & Mixing: Epiphany Recording Studio | IG: @epiphany_recording_studio
