The Greats Story Lab™

Sparking Wonder, Meaning, and Wisdom through Storytelling

The Greats Story Lab™ is a pioneering edumedia™ studio and creative research lab. We blend storytelling, emerging technologies, and the deep traditions of human wisdom to create films and media experiences that spark joy, wonder, and moral imagination.

What We Create

The Greats Story Lab™ is an edumedia™ studio dedicated to creating original films and story-driven learning experiences rooted in the world’s great stories. Our work spans documentary and narrative film, short-form and long-form web series, course-format learning programs, immersive XR (AR/VR) media, and story-driven digital experiences designed to bring classical, historical, and literary wisdom to modern audiences.

Through original productions and collaborative projects, The Greats Story Lab™ produces, publishes, and distributes edumedia™ that blends rigorous scholarship, cinematic storytelling, and emerging technologies for education, cultural formation, and public engagement.

Formats & Platforms

We produce, develop, and distribute:

  • Documentary and narrative edumedia™ films;

  • Educational and cultural edumedia™ web series and vertical shorts;

  • Online and hybrid edumedia™ learning programs and course-format experiences;

  • Immersive and interactive edumedia™, including XR (AR/VR);

  • Story-driven edumedia™ digital experiences and educational games;

  • Companion learning materials, editorial guides, and open-access publications.

How It Works

Behind every film, XR experience, or digital release lies a rigorous research-to-storytelling pipeline.

Our academic partner, The Translatio Project, studies a growing library of foundational texts, such as Boethius, Augustine, Marie de France, and Dante, using human-in-the-loop markup to identify moments of awe, moral decision-making, and character formation across wisdom traditions.

While The Translatio Project, directed by Professors SJ Murray (Baylor University) and Matthieu Boyd (Fairleigh Dickinson University), focuses on academic research outputs such as peer-reviewed articles and white papers, The Greats Story Lab™ translates that scholarship into inspiring public edumedia™: films, series, and immersive experiences designed to spark joy, wonder, and reflection.

Explore our public projects on Dante and Boethius, and learn more about our XR work currently in development.

Building Community in an Age of Distraction

  • Users in 63 countries (and counting)

  • Over 10 Million views on YouTube.

  • 18 juried awards (including three gold Tellys and Communicator Awards of Excellence) for our edumedia™ short films.

  • Logic for Peace Award from for democratizing access to education (United Nations SDG4), January 2025.

  • Completed projects include documentary films, educational web series, and digital learning experiences & courses, with additional formats currently in development.

What’s Next

  • A new episode premieres every Friday on YouTube;

  • After the success of our award-winning DanteMinutes Season 1 (Inferno), Season 2 (Purgatorio) is in production;

  • A new limited series on Homer’s Odyssey premieres January 2026;

  • Our first feature-length edumedia™ unscripted film on Boethius is currently in the edit;

  • Our first edumedia™ VR/360 video prototype premiered at Baylor University in the Spring of 2024.

Collaborate with Us

The Greats Story Lab™ collaborates with educational institutions, cultural organizations, foundations, publishers, and media partners to develop original edumedia™ projects.

We work with partners to conceive, produce, publish, and distribute films, course-format learning programs created by leading educators, immersive experiences, and story-driven edumedia™ that serve both educational and public audiences. Whether you’re a scholar, educator, creator, technologist, or simply someone who believes in the power of story, we’d love to hear from you.

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How You Can Help

As a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, we welcome introductions to foundations and funding partners who share our mission. Because our edumedia™ projects are released in free, open access, we operate on a “pay-what-you-want” model. All donations are tax-deductible.

“We’re just getting started.” ~ Walt Disney