Tell Me More

Tell Me More

Kathryn Nicolai joins Meg Wolitzer on Tell Me More for a conversation about storytelling, sleep, creativity, and the surprising ways stories shape our lives.

As the creator of Nothing Much Happens, Kathryn has spent years helping listeners find rest through gentle bedtime stories. In this discussion, she shares how storytelling became a lifelong practice, the role stories play in helping us feel safe enough to sleep, and why ordinary moments can become extraordinary when we pay attention to them.

The conversation also explores aphantasia, a condition that affects the ability to visualize mental images, and how Kathryn's experience of the world has influenced her approach to memory, creativity, and writing.

Topics discussed:

• The power of storytelling

• Sleep and bedtime rituals

• Creativity and writing

• Living with aphantasia

• Imagination and memory

• The origins of Nothing Much Happens

• Why stories help us rest