This show from award-winning "So, What's Your Story?" was aired on Houston's KPFT on Wednesday, April 3. The guest storyteller, Warren Holleman, delivered stories about discrimination. However, the innovative format and style is both unexpected and riveting. His skill as a teller is off the chart, and that is no hyperbole.
Discrimination is fought with empathy. We learn empathy through stories. Every story lover knows this. Consider science: As we connect with characters in a story, our brain releases oxytocin, often known as the bonding or love hormone. But these stories need to move us, take us to a place where we follow these characters and shadow their experiences. Lots of storytellers do this but none does it better than Warren Holleman, retired Professor of Behavioral Science at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. But this celebrated position isn’t the seed of this evening’s stories. Rather, it is Warren’s remarkable sense of inquiry, research and artistic skills, and relentless hatred for hate that make his stories special.
Please enjoy one of the most reqarding 60 minutes of your life. Peace
Hank Roubicek
Producer, "So, What's Your Story?"
Wednesdays, 6PM CST
KPFT 90.1 FM, KPFT.ORG