Colum McCann
Novelist and founder/president of Narrative Four, a global non-profit using story exchange to build empathy; National Book Award winner and author of Let the Great World Spin and American Mother.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 44min
How Stories Can Save Us: Colum McCann on Narrative Four, Einstein, Freud, and the Power of Empathy
Colum McCann, National Book Award-winning novelist and founder of Narrative Four, uses story exchange to build empathy worldwide. He discusses the exchange-and-retelling method, its measurable effects on reducing polarization, real-world impacts connecting unlikely communities, and how art, science, and even AI shape the future of storytelling.
