A podcast by James Kirkham

The Business of Storytelling

In an age where our machines can make almost anything, the most valuable thing left is the oldest human instinct. StoryCo meets the people proving that story isn't a soft skill — it's the defining currency of the modern economy.

Season One

The Guests

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John Yorke

Author of Into the Woods, former Head of BBC Drama

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Wez Saunders

CEO, Defected Records

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Ros Atkins

BBC Journalist & Presenter

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Netflix

Global Streaming & Original Content

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Anthropic

AI Safety & Frontier Research

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Michael Stevens

Creator of VSauce

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01

The Shape of Every Story Ever Told

with John Yorke

The man who literally wrote the book on story structure explains why every narrative — from EastEnders to a startup pitch — follows the same hidden architecture.

02

Sound as Story

with Wez Saunders

How Defected Records built a global brand not through marketing, but through music, community, and an unwavering narrative about what dance culture means.

03

Clarity Is the Story

with Ros Atkins

The BBC's master of explanation on why cutting through noise isn't about simplification — it's about finding the narrative spine of any subject.

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