The League of Extraordinary Storytellers
The League of Extraordinary Storytellers
Podcast Description
"The League of Extraordinary Storytellers" is a podcast that celebrates the visionaries, innovators, and orchestrators from the themed experience industry. Hosted by Theron Skees, creative leader and author of Creating Memorable Worlds, the podcast features video interviews with leaders from every discipline—designers, engineers, writers, technicians, and more—who come together to dream and build story-driven, transformative experiences. Each episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at the unique roles and collaborations that drive this dynamic industry.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on storytelling, design innovation, and collaborative experiences in the themed entertainment sector, with episodes that delve into topics such as the intersection of architecture and technology, the magic of live performance, and the challenges of entrepreneurship, highlighting transformative narratives in the design process.
“The League of Extraordinary Storytellers” is a podcast that celebrates the visionaries, innovators, and orchestrators from the themed experience industry. Hosted by Theron Skees, creative leader and author of Creating Memorable Worlds, the podcast features video interviews with leaders from every discipline—designers, engineers, writers, technicians, and more—who come together to dream and build story-driven, transformative experiences. Each episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at the unique roles and collaborations that drive this dynamic industry.
What happens when a story becomes something you can step into?
In this episode of The League of Extraordinary Storytellers, Theron Skees speaks with Francine Boon and Victor van Doorn of Sherlocked, the Amsterdam-based experience design studio behind award-winning immersive adventures, escape rooms, museum experiences, and city games.
The conversation explores play, mystery, realism, audience participation, environmental storytelling, emotional design, and the business of creating experiences that blur the line between fiction and reality.
Francine and Victor share how Sherlocked designs moments of wonder, why adults need permission to play, and how immersive experiences can help people return to the real world seeing it differently.
🎧 Listen now to explore how curiosity, craft, and human behavior come together in great immersive experience design.
Disclaimer
This podcast’s information is provided for general reference and was obtained from publicly accessible sources. The Podcast Collaborative neither produces nor verifies the content, accuracy, or suitability of this podcast. Views and opinions belong solely to the podcast creators and guests.
For a complete disclaimer, please see our Full Disclaimer on the archive page. The Podcast Collaborative bears no responsibility for the podcast’s themes, language, or overall content. Listener discretion is advised. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for more details.