Are politicians pushing away voters? Why are there only 6 story arcs for a story to follow? What's Ben's Story of the Day? Is the NBA Championship Final getting boring?

Published: May 30, 2018, 3:32 a.m.

b"The provincial election that is currently going on is easily the nastiest we've seen yet and we have to ask, are things getting out of control? Is the name calling and personal comments making you more likely to vote or are our politicians doing the exact opposite?-All of the stories you have come to love follow a pattern and mathematicians, yes mathematicians, from the University of Vermont have found that there are 6 story arcs for a story to follow. What are these story arcs and how can it be that from over 1700 English-language stories, only 6 story arcs exist?\\n\\nGuest: Gary Barwin, author of Yiddish for Pirates and former Writer in Residence at McMaster University-Ben's Story of the Day never has a dull moment, especially when people drive into fresh cement that buries their car up to the doors, get high and wear women's braziers to fill up bathtubs with potatoes and determine that cockroach milk is the next superfood. Are things sometimes gross? Occasionally, but never dull! What's Ben's Story of the Day? What's your story of the day?-For the 4th year the Golden State Warriors are going up against LeBron James for the NBA Finals Championship. Are things getting old or is seeing the best teams, that happen to be these two, go up against each other time and time again still exciting? Is it time for the Blue Jays to sell off as many players as they can and rebuild the team from the ground up?\\n\\nGuest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor at CHCH\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nToday was Ben's last time on The Scott Radley Show. To everyone who listens to and enjoys the show, thank you.\\n\\n-Ben S"