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Foreshadowing: The Guts of Storytelling

Season 3, Ep. 9

In this week's episode, we're trying to bring storytelling devices into our real lives, with the help of Frasier, Hamilton, Hemingway, The Sopranos, Cool Runnings, and much, much more.


Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.


Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2022/12/S03E09.html

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