{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Is Anything Real?","title":"Storytelling for Experts: Your Story Isn’t What Happened | Ep. 76 w/ Kyle Gray (The Story Engine)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e0de9d5f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1563,"description":"Your story is not what happened to you. It is the meaning you pull from the mess.\nIn this episode of Is Anything Real?, Adam W. Barney sits down with Kyle Gray, founder of The Story Engine, for a podswap conversation about storytelling, trust, expertise, and why smart people often struggle to explain what they do without turning their life into a documentary nobody asked to watch uncut.\nKyle helps experienced experts, coaches, consultants, and speakers turn complex knowledge into clear, sales-driving stories for webinars, stages, conversations, and offers that actually move people.\nThis conversation explores why “what happened” is not automatically a story, why the polished version is often not the most powerful version, and how experts can use story as a bridge between their experience and the audience’s recognition.\nAdam and Kyle get into:\nwhy smart experts struggle to tell simple stories\nwhy having “too much experience” can confuse your message\nhow stories serve different purposes in talks, webinars, sales, and coaching\nwhy the body sometimes remembers the real story before the brain does\nhow client language can help experts find better stories\nwhat happens when someone hears their own story from the outside\nwhy nonlinear stories often reveal more truth than polished success stories\nhow stories can help overcome objections before they happen\nwhy your audience does not need more information — they need a shift in perspective\nThe Story Signal Reset: four questions to make your story clearer\nThe big takeaway: Your story is not the archive. It is the bridge.\n\nAnd in a world drowning in content, AI summaries, pitch decks, and personal brands performing expertise, story may be one of the last trust engines we still know how to feel.\nGuest: Kyle Gray\nFounder, The Story Engine\nStorytelling strategist for experts, coaches, consultants, speakers, and founders\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylethegray/\nThe Story Engine: https://www.thestoryengine.co/\nEmail:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Qn6TLpgWpRcPjyPIUKbjo4kO0hmw0xfZwNq28E-eqNw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYTRk/YjIxZjYwNmEyOGI5/Nzc1ODRjNWM5NjQ3/MjE2NC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}