Narrative Now
Episodes
Episode 17: Tellable and untellable stories with Nikki Henningham and Wajeehah Aayeshah
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Narrative Now we speak to Nikki Hennigham and Wajeehah Aayeshah about the ethical aspects and challenges of telling stories that ar...
Episode Sixteen: Trauma-informed storytelling and community co-design with Tare Poole and Trevor Coad
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we speak to Tara Poole, Coordinator of Creative City Ballarat, and Trevor Coad, a project collaborator and survivor, from the Continu...
Episode 15: Learning from surveillance narratives in literature with Tyne Sumner
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we speak to Dr Tyne Daile Sumner, a literary scholar at the Australian National University. Tyne is currently conducting an ARC-DECRA ...
Episode 14: Narrative Medicine and the role of stories in health care with Mariam Tokhi and Fiona Reilly
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we speak to Dr Mariam Tokhi and Dr Fiona Reilly, both clinicians who are also affiliated with the University of Melbourne’s Faculty ...
Episode 13: Audio stories beyond the narrative arc with Miyuki Jokiranta
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we speak to radio producer and podcaster Miyuki Jokiranta about audio stories. We discuss the challenges of capturing people’s atten...
Episode 12: Healing Trauma through Creative Writing with Edwina Shaw
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we spoke to Edwina Shaw, who teaches creative writing in schools, libraries and at the University of Queensland, and also is a writer...
Episode 11: Storytelling through objects with Sophie Woodward
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we spoke to Professor Sophie Woodward, University of Manchester, about her work with object-based methods. We asked Sophie why object...
Episode 10: Talking Wounded Storytelling and Vulnerable Reading with Arthur Frank
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we speak to Arthur Frank about his life’s work on narrative. Frank is an Emeritus Professor in Sociology at the University of Calgar...
Episode 9: Indigenous Narratives in Colonial Archives with Rose Barrowcliffe
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we speak to Rose Barrowcliffe about changes to how First Nations narratives are collected and archived in settler-colonial countries l...
Episode 8: Narrative research meets creative writing with Barbara Barbosa Neves and Josephine Wilson
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this ‘What’s new’ episode we spoke to sociologist Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves, Monash University, and Dr Josephine Wilson, a Perth-based writer...
Episode 7: The 'Dangers of Narrative' with Maria Mäkelä and Samuli Björninen
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ‘What’s New’ episode of Narrative Now we speak to Finnish narratologists Maria Mäkelä and Samuli Björninen, Tampere University, about...
Episode 6: Delving into ‘deep stories’ with Arlie Hochschild
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this ‘what’s new’ episode of Narrative Now we spoke to Arlie Hochschild, Emerita Professor at University of California, Berkeley and a world-...
Episode 5: Talking ‘Turning Points’ and Trans Memoir with Yves Rees
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this ‘what's new’ episode of Narrative Now we spoke to Dr Yves Rees about their book All About Yves: Notes on a Transition (2021), just ...
Episode 4: Telling Stories Now & Then with Ken Plummer
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this ‘what’s new’ episode we speak to Emeritus Professor of Sociology Ken Plummer, a legend of narrative research, about his influential rese...
Episode 3: How to Put Yourself in the Story with Carla Pascoe Leahy and Sarah Rood
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this ‘how to’ episode of Narrative Now we explore a question that may cross the minds of many narrative scholars, that is, how to include the a...
Episode 2: Collective Narratives with Imogen Carr, Julia Hurst and Dave McDonald
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this ‘what’s new’ episode of Narrative Now we dive into collective narratives. We talk to three researchers – Imogen Carr, Julia Hurst and ...
Episode 1: How to Story a Book with Rachel Thomson
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of Narrative Now we explore how to story a book. Working with narrative data provides a wealth of opportunities but also present...
Episode 0: Introduction
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this very brief introduction to the podcast we speak a little bit about what Narrative Now is intended to be and what you will encounter in this po...