Story Scientist Angus Fletcher in Conversation with #1 New York Times Bestselling Author James Clear

Join acclaimed story scientist Angus Fletcher in an illuminating and insightful conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits, James Clear. The two will discuss Fletcher’s groundbreaking new book, Primal Intelligence, an exploration of human potential offering a new neuroscientific approach to intuition, imagination, emotion, and commonsense.

Angus Fletcher is a professor of story science at Ohio State’ University’s Project Narrative, the world’s leading academic think-tank for the study of stories. He has dual degrees in neuroscience and literature, received his PhD from Yale, taught Shakespeare at Stanford, and has published widely on the scientific workings of novels, poetry, film, and theater. Angus is the author of Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature. His research has been called "life-changing" by BrenéBrown and "mind blowing" by Malcolm Gladwell; has been endorsed by psychologists, neuroscientists, and doctors such as Martin Seligman and Antonio Damasio; and has been supported by institutions from the National Science Foundation to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2023, he was awarded the Commendation Medal by the U.S. Army for his "groundbreaking research" with U.S. Army Special Operations into primal intelligence.

James Clear is a writer and speaker focused on habits, decision making, and continuous improvement. Along with authoring #1 New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits, which has sold over 20 million copies, James is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work has been featured in places like Time magazine, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and on CBS This Morning. His work has been praised thought leaders such as Brené Brown, Adam Grant, Arianna Huffington, Tim Urban, and others. His popular “3-2-1” email newsletter is sent out each week to more than three million subscribers.