Oct 31, 202642 minS2
Kate Cherrell on Victorian séances, TikTok mediums, and why the dead never really go away. Episode Overview In 1871, a woman called Mrs. Guppy was airlifted three miles across London by spirits and deposited...
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StoryCo
Hosted by Telltale Industries · society · EN
About this Podcast:
Welcome to StoryCo presented by James Kirkham. Story is mankind’s oldest technology, and StoryCo explores how that tech is being supercharged by the world's best minds. In the new economy, story is our principal sales tool, our mental crutch and our map for our future. James Kirkham explores story holistically: as a business tool, self-help strategy, political map, and guide to humanity.Join us every Thursday with story thinkers who lead organisations from every imaginable sector : theorists, producers, writers and stars. If you like a good story, pass it on!Subscribe now!
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What is StoryCo about?
Welcome to StoryCo presented by James Kirkham. Story is mankind’s oldest technology, and StoryCo explores how that tech is being supercharged by the world's best minds. In the new economy, story is our principal sales tool, our mental crutch and our map for our future.
Who hosts StoryCo?
StoryCo is hosted by Telltale Industries. The show has published 35 episodes to date.
What has StoryCo covered recently?
Recent episodes include "TikTok Mediums, Victorian Séances and The Last Ever Witch | Kate Cherrell" (31 October 2026, 42 minutes), "The Science of How We 'Create' Ghosts | Professor Chris French" (29 October 2026, 45 minutes), and "Why I Sued The Met Police | David McKelvey" (22 October 2026, 39 minutes).
How often does StoryCo publish?
StoryCo publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 35 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on StoryCo?
Booking probability for StoryCo is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. StoryCo requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. StoryCo's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch StoryCo?
The strongest fits for StoryCo are Marketing, Advertising & PR. StoryCo has a society audience.
About the host
Telltale Industries hosts StoryCo, a society podcast with 35 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 29, 202645 minS2
Professor Chris French on ghosts, sleep paralysis, UFOs, and what 35 years of testing the paranormal actually found. Episode Overview Chris French grew up terrified of the dark and believed every second of Uri Geller’s...
- Oct 22, 202639 minS2
David McKelvey on contract killers, corrupt police, and why he believes two men are in prison for murders they did not commit. Episode Overview In 2008, David McKelvey was interviewing an informant at Ilford Police...
Episode #1
Shot at By The Taliban, BBC's Palestine Coverage and and Being Muslim After 9/11 | Mobeen Azhar
Oct 15, 202649 minS2Mobeen Azhar on the BBC's coverage of Palestine, why identity politics gives him the 'ick', and 20 years of stories nobody else would touch. Episode Overview Mobeen Azhar grew up in Huddersfield, the son of a bus driver...
- Oct 1, 202653 minS1
Ben Lewis and Arthur Brand on the Louvre heist, the art theft epidemic, and why stolen Renoirs end up as drug collateral. Episode Overview In October 2025, thieves arrived at the Louvre on scooters, erected a furniture...
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Episode #27
The Royal Secrets They're Actively Destroying Before You Can Read Them | Andrew Lownie Returns
Sep 24, 202648 minS1Andrew Lownie on Prince Andrew, royal secrets, and why the establishment is harder to crack than ever. Episode Overview Andrew Lownie came back to StoryCo because listeners asked for him. Since the first episode, the...
Episode #26
How One Journalist Exposed a $7 Billion Theft & Jailed a Prime Minister | Clare Rewcastle Brown
Sep 17, 202636 minS1Clare Rewcastle Brown on the 1MDB scandal, vexatious lawsuits, and why one blog brought down a government. Episode Overview Some $7 billion was stolen in the 1MDB scandal. It cost $8 billion to cover it up. Clare...
- Sep 10, 202646 min
Ben Macintyre on Operation Mincemeat, Agent Zigzag, and the strangest book he has ever written. Episode Overview In 1943, British intelligence floated a dead body off the coast of Spain with letters from an officer who...
- Sep 3, 202652 minS1
Misha Glenny on war zones, McMafia, and why this is the time of monsters. Episode Overview In 1994, Misha Glenny drove across Sarajevo Airport under sniper fire. A bullet entered his car, passed through the drive shaft...
- Aug 27, 202638 minS1
Thalia Kent Egan on vertical drama, AI theft, and why filmmaking shouldn't be brutal. Episode Overview Thalia Kent Egan was commissioned to write a 90-page vertical drama script. She was told she would direct it, that...
- Aug 20, 202639 minS1
Dr. Gab Astorga on microbial genomics, hiding the vegetables, and why science is not finished until it's communicated. Episode Overview Dr. Gab Astorga opens with the story of how tuberculosis invented the cowboy hat...
- Aug 13, 202646 minS1
Matthew Manning on poltergeists, laboratory healing, and why he gave up fame at the height of it. Episode Overview When Matthew Manning was 11, objects began moving around his Cambridge home. His father, an architect...
Episode #20
She Endured Eight Years of Coercive Control. Here's How She Wrote Her Way Out | Ros Barber
Aug 6, 202654 minS1Summary Ros Barber on coercive control, the Shakespeare authorship question, and why writing is a survival mechanism. Episode Overview Ros Barber was six months pregnant when she learned the insurance software her...
- Jul 30, 202650 minS1
Summary Joey D'Urso on dirty money, soft power, and why the shirt on your back says more about the world than you think. Episode Overview A Schalke shirt is thirty years of Germany's addiction to Russian gas. A...
- Jul 23, 202648 minS1
Summary Ben Lewis on the art market, the Salvator Mundi, and why the most beautiful objects are used for the ugliest purposes. Episode Overview In 2005, a painting sold at auction for $1,000. In 2017, the same painting...
- Jul 16, 202650 minS1
Summary Jago Cooper on living art, the Easter Island myth, and why things are better storytellers than people. Episode Overview What if artworks aren't objects but living entities? Jago Cooper, Executive Director of the...
- Jul 9, 202644 minS1
Summary Dr. Jess Venner on Pompeii, the ordinary people history forgot, and why resilience is a better story than disaster. Jess Venner grew up in Hainault on the end of the Central Line, at a school in special...
- Jul 2, 202646 minS1
Summary Emma Dabiri on hair, history, and why the Black/white binary is a design choice, not a fact of life. Episode Overview Emma Dabiri wrote a book about hair. Except it wasn't about hair. Don't Touch My Hair used...
- Jun 25, 202655 minS1
Summary Mike Figgis on Leaving Las Vegas , Timecode , and why the best creative work comes from stripping everything back. Episode Overview Mike Figgis shot Leaving Las Vegas in three weeks on Super 16 with a skeleton...
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