Episode 162: Change the Frame with Adrian Nuno

About this episode

Bill Kirst converses with Adrian Nuno about the impact of storytelling and art on human connection.

There is a film that Adrian Nuno and I both saw for the first time on a big screen as kids. Same film, different theatres, different states. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Neither Adrian or I knew it then, but that movie quietly did something to us. It planted somewhere deep in our chest, the idea that a story told with honesty and heart could make a complete stranger feel less alone in the world. It was never hope, mistaken for a naivete. The connection was magical. That was, in fact, the whole point. We were living through a moment that is testing that belief. And I think the people best equipped to help us find our way back to our humanity are the ones who never stopped making things filmmakers, storytellers, authors, poets, all artists who refuse to look away. Adrian Nuno is one of those people, and I'm so glad I got to have this conversation with him. Enjoy the listen.

People in this episode

Host: Bill Kirst

Guest: Adrian Nuno

Topics covered

• storytelling
• human connection
• art
• filmmaking
• creativity

Keywords

• storytelling
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• humanity
• filmmakers
• creativity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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