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Stories & Reflections

Stories & Reflections

By: Mark David Gerson
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Award-winning author and master storyteller Mark David Gerson shares stories that entertain and inspire, stories that remind us of our shared humanity.

We are all storytellers. Even when we don’t realize we’re doing it, we express ourselves in story. It’s one of the things that connects us, that make us human.

Long before our cave-dwelling ancestors developed language, they were carving their stories into cliff walls and grunting them around the fire. Long before we could form recognizable words, our infant gurgles told the stories of our day.

Stories not only communicate our lives, they give meaning to our lives. That’s as true of the stories we hear as it is of the stories we tell.

That’s why I created Stories & Reflections: to share some of the stories that matter to me. Because if they matter to me, chances are they will also matter to you.

That’s the thing about stories: However personal they might be on the surface, whenever they’re shared from the heart, they are always universal.

I’ve written more than two dozen books, both fiction and nonfiction, and I’ve spent decades exploring the stories that shape our lives. On this podcast, I tell a mix of stories. Some are mine — real or imagined. Some could be yours.

But whatever I share, it’s always about me and about you and about what it feels like to be us…about what it feels like to be human in a complicated world.

My stories may not always begin with the words “once upon a time.” But they are no less magical. Stories always are.

So hit the play button, and let’s step into that magic together.

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Episodes
  • 026 – The Source of All Stories (Bonus Episode)

    026 – The Source of All Stories (Bonus Episode)
    Jun 25 2026
    "Not all my real life experiences make it into my fiction, yet a surprising number do, including my 2002 experience at an ancient Hawaiian temple on Maui. This excerpt from my fantasy novel The SunQuest, is the fictionalized version." (Hear the real-life version in Episode 25.)
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    9 mins
  • 025 – Trial By Fire

    025 – Trial By Fire
    Jun 23 2026
    "As hard as it can be to see some days, I'm more certain than ever that when I listen for the voice of that higher consciousness — when I listen for it, listen to it, trust it, surrender to it and act on it — I'm always on the right path. And I'm always taken care of."
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    25 mins
  • 024 – Still Breaking All the Rules at 93!

    024 – Still Breaking All the Rules at 93!
    Jun 16 2026
    That’s Emmeline Mandeville: unapologetically feisty, singularly eccentric and incorrigibly herself. I want to be just like her when I grow up!
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    22 mins
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