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The Other 51
by Brian Moritz
Writing advice? We've got that. A podcast that gets your favorite writers to spill their secrets. Every episode is a new writer: comic artists to Broadway scribes, sports reporters to authors.
Episodes
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Touch 'Em All with Larry Keith
“Frank Deford. Dan Jenkins. John Underwood. The list could go on. We thought we were in Valhalla.” Larry Keith joins Brian to talk about his long career as a reporter, writer, and editor at Sports Illustrated. Larry, who worked at SI from 1970 to 2004, traces his career path from covering high...
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The Long Game with Leander Schaerlaeckens
“This wasn't gonna be a soccer book. This was gonna be a book about a weird soccer team.” Leander Schaerlaeckens returns to the show to talk about the writing and reporting of his excellent new book, “The Long Game: U.S. Men’s Soccer and its savage, four-decade journey to the top, or…
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America’s Founding Son with Bob Crawford
“I had this moment, this great joy and excitement, followed by an equal sense of panic and fear because, I got the deal to write the book, and then I realized I had to write the book!” Bob Crawford returns to The Other 51 for a deep dive into the research and writing of his excellent new book:...
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Big Fan with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur
“Here’s what I felt through this entire process in writing this book: I felt complete trust.” Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur join Brian to talk about their new book, Big Fan: Two Friends, 81,589 Miles, and the Wild, Wonderful Sports We Love. (*I’m told it’s actually 82,490 miles. Thank you to…
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Bosses of the Bronx with Mike Vaccaro
“I find it to be a pleasure. To be able to write a book is a privilege, but to do it, to me, is a pleasurable event. I just really enjoy writing. I still do.” Mike Vaccaro, my good friend, career mentor, and fellow proud St. Bonaventure graduate, joins me for a deep dive into his delightfully fun...
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Moses and the Doctor with Luke Epplin
“I approach these things almost novelistically. I start with character.” Luke Epplin joins the show for the first time for a deep dive into the writing and reporting of his new book, “Moses and the Doctor: Two Men, One Championship and the Birth of Modern Basketball.” Luke talks about how his...
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The Archives of Theara with Alysa Auriemma
Friend of the show Alysa Auriemma is back to talk about writing, motherhood, her new collection of short stories, her future books, and so much more. That “so much more” is Heated Rivalry. Yes, the full bonus episode, and more Heated Rivalry content, is here. But before that, Alysa talks about…
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BONUS EPISODE: Heated Rivalry with Alysa Auriemma
Our regularly planned episode with Alysa Auriemma , where we talk about writing and her new collection of stories and motherhood and all of the things, will be out next week. But we also talked a lot about Heated Rivalry. Well, Alysa had a lot to say about the show and the book series. As a…
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Only God Can Judge Me with Jeff Pearlman
Bestselling author Jeff Pearlman returns to talk all about the writing and reporting of his new book, “Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.” Jeff talks about how and when he decided to write a biography of Tupac, what made the late rapper a compelling topic, and how he’s similar...
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American Kings with Seth Wickersham
“I kept thinking, is there a single quarterback I can write about that I can tell this story through? And no matter who it was … everything felt too small. And so what I wanted to do was write about all of them, in a way, at every level.” It’s our 200th episode, and we’re celebrating by talking…
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Editing Anthologies with Danielle Sarver Coombs and Molly Yanity
“That’s why I do this. That’s why I’m involved in this. I was one of those young people who was endlessly inspired by female athletes and by women’s sport” Danielle Sarver Coombs and Molly Yanity join Brian to talk about the two scholarly anthologies they co-edited about the 2023 Women’s World…
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Episode 198: The Fast Track with Jane McManus
“It was the stories that I woke up the next day thinking about … I want complicated stories about complicated people making difficult choices and facing real things.” Journalist, professor, and author Jane McManus joins us this week to talk about her career, The Year’s Best Sports Writing, her…
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Episode 197: Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride with Will Leitch
“The challenge is to make you love Lloyd and make you realize that Lloyd is extraordinary and that you realize that before Lloyd does.” Will Leitch returns to the show to talk all about his new book, “Lloyd McNeil’s Last Ride.” which is out now and you should totally buy! Will describes how a...
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Episode 196: Love, Abby with Sam Borden
“I never really thought about it as something I would ever do a story on. I didn’t even think of it in terms of a story … these were just our friends.” Sam Borden from ESPN joins us for a deep dive into his moving feature story on the friendship between Abby Zittoun and the UConn women’s…
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Episode 195: Throwbacks with Michael Weinreb
Author, journalist and screenwriter Michael Weinreb joins Brian to talk about newsletters, carving out a writing career in the digital world, the intersection of sports, politics and culture and the value of works in progress. We start out by talking about Michael’s time writing for Grantland and...
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Episode 194: Magic in the Air with Mike Sielski
“I didn’t want this to be 300 pages of highlights. I wanted this book to surprise people in its depth and in the way it’s written and in the topics we cover.” Mike Sielski returns to the show for a deep dive into the writing and reporting of his new book, “Magic in the Air.” We start with the...
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Episode 193: Who Are These Women? with Jennifer Ashley Tepper
“What’s the book that I would write if I had time?” Jennifer Ashley Tepper joins us for a deep dive into her upcoming book, “Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy That the History Books Left Out.” Jennifer, a Broadway historian, producer and 2022 Tony Honoree (!!!), talks about how she came to the...
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Episode 192: Let's Find Out Together with Stuart Turton
“I’ve got this crazy idea, it would be Agatha Christie meets Lost. They were like ‘how are you gonna pull that off?’ and I was like ‘I have absolutely no idea.” Stuart Turton joins Brian to talk about the writing of his New York Times bestseller, “The Last Murder at the End of the World.” Stuart...
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Episode 191: We Wrote a Book with Matt Zimmerman and Lauren Burch
“After 190 episodes talking about other’s people writing, I finally get to talk about something I wrote!” Brian is joined by Matthew Zimmeran and Lauren Burch, and the three of them talk about their new textbook, Introduction to Sports Journalism. We talk about how Matt started the project and...
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Episode 190: Solving That Puzzle with Joe Posnanski
“I feel like my place as a writer is sort of that place between what happened and the mythology of what’s happening.” Joe Posnanski joins Brian for a deep dive into his new book, Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments. Joe talks about how he started with a list of more than 300 football...
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Episode 189: Take it Deeper with Tyler dunne
“I think those fans deserve the truth. They don't need to be pandered to, they don't need to be misled.” Tyler Dunne, the man behind Go Long and the best NFL feature writer working today, joins Brian to talk about Sean McDermott, Zay Jones and so much more. Ty talks about the aftermath of his…
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Episode 188: A Book on Ya Ya with Jenn Billinson
“I think the role of the critic is to bring that nuanced understanding and historical context to explain the music.” Dr. Jenn Billinson from Nazareth University joins Brian for a deep, deep dive into Cowboy Carter, The Tortured Poets Department, and the role of music writing in today’s media…
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Episode 187: Caution is Kindness with Jen Moritz
“When in doubt, choose not to harm somebody.” Jen Moritz, senior editor and inclusive language specialist (and Brian’s wife) joins us to talk about inclusive language. What is inclusive language? So glad you asked! Jen defines the term for us, and also describes how she got interested and…
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BONUS EPISODE: AP Style and obesity
Next week, our regularly scheduled episode with Jen Moritz will be out. We’ll be talking all about inclusive language. However. Early in April, the Associated Press announced updates to its style book. Including new guidance on writing about “obese, obesity and overweight” We, um, we have some...
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Episode 186: Working Stuff Out with Jared Paventi
“We all experience loss differently, but there’s common ground for all of us to find in that.” Jared Paventi joins Brian this week to talk all about his excellent Substack, Dirt Nap. Jared discusses how he came to write a weekly blog/newsletter/Substack/whatever we’re calling it about death and...
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Episode 185: Slime Time with Alex Brightman
“Come in for the show, stay for the tears.” Alex Brightman joins Brian to talk about Broadway and writing, including a deep dive into his play “The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers.” A two-time Tony Nominee (for School of Rock and Beetlejuice), Alex tells Brian how a YouTube series, a production…
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Episode 184: Very Sparkly Writers with Joe Iconis
“Oh, I wrote a musical about me. I really did. This is just me.” Joe Iconis, one of the best writers on Broadway and one of Brian’s favorite people, joins us on The Other 51 to talk all about The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical. Yep, that’s the name of Joe’s most recent show…
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Episode 183: Show Up with Liz Robbins
“Do the work. Show Up. Show you care by listening.” Liz Robbins joins Brian to talk about her remarkable career as a journalist, covering everything from the NBA to U.S. immigration policy. Liz tells stories about what it was like to cover sports in Cleveland in the late 1990s, including how she...
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Episode 182: Feel Like a Writer with Dave Karpf
“I ended up throughout the midst of the pandemic feeling like I couldn’t write anything anymore.” Dave Karpf, author of the must-read “The Future, Now and Then” on Substack, joins Brian to talk about writing, the internet, and more. Dave and Brian discuss this week’s news about Bluesky opening...
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Episode 181: Working with Words with Wendell Barnhouse
Wendell Barnhouse joins Brian to talk about his long and storied career as a sports journalist. Wendell talks about what it was like to cover Duke-Kentucky in the 1992 NCAA men’s Tournament (the Christian Laettner shot), how doing layout and editing stories for 13 years helped him be a better...
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Episode 180: Get It On the Page with Joe Posnanski
Joe Posnanski joins Brian this week to talk all about his new book, “Why We Love Baseball.” In the introduction to this book, Joe writes that "This is the book I always hoped would be on the shelf” of his library when he was a kid. In this episode, he tells Brian why this would have been the...
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Episode 179: North Star with Sam Borden
Sam Borden of ESPN joins Brian this week to talk about reporting, interviewing, and life as a foreign correspondent. Sam has probably the best job title of anyone we’ve had as a guest on the podcast — Global Sports Correspondent for ESPN. Sam talks about how he got that job, how he built a...
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Episode 178: Post-Threads World with Jenn Billinson
Dr. Jenn Billinson from Nazareth University joins us to talk about the state of social media, and what the heck is going on with Twitter and Twitter replacements. Short answer: It’s a mess Jenn and Brian talk about their reactions to Threads, why that seemed to fizzle out, and what’s next for...
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Episode 177: A Newsman's Newsman with Chuck Pollock
How did a guy who started his career in radio become one of the most influential newspaper sports journalists in the history of Western New York? Chuck Pollock, Brian’s former boss and the longtime sports editor and columnist for The Times Herald in Olean, N.Y., joins Brian to talk about column...
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Epsiode 176: Adams Was a Baller with Bob Crawford
Bob Crawford, podcaster, history buff, and the bass player for The Avett Brothers (Brian’s favorite band), joins Brian this week to talk his new podcast series, Founding Son: John Quincy’s America. Bob and Brian talk about what made John Quincy Adams stand out as a story worth telling, how Adams…
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Episode 175: Everything's About Us with Scott Nover
Scott Nover, a technology and media reporter for Quartz, joins Brian to talk about AI, media economics, and why it’s so interesting to write about media. Scott takes a break from watching the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on artificial intelligence for this episode. For real, though …...
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Episode 174: Ride the Writing Wave with Arielle Beth Klein
Arielle Beth Klein, a playwright and actor, joins Brian to talk about her newly published play, "My Shiksa Boyfriend," and all things writing and creative. Arielle tells us what it's like seeing her play for sale in the Drama Book Shop, and what it's like signing copies of her play to sell in the...
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Episode 173: Low-Risk Person with Will Leitch
Will Leitch returns to the show to talk all about the writing of his excellent new novel, "The Time Has Come." Will tells Brian how the writing of this book (“a feel-good book about a shooting!”) differed from his first novel, “How Lucky.” Will discusses how he structured the book, whether the…
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Episode 172: Primed to Write with Jenn McClearen
Dr. Jenn McClearen, an assistant professor at the University of Texas and author of the Substack newsletter Publish not Perish, joins Brian to talk about what makes academic writing so vexing, and some strategies to improve your writing and time management. They talk about the crazy coincidence…
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Episode 171: Now I Just Cry with Alysa Auriemma
For the record seventh time, Alysa Auriemma joins Brian to talk about writing. This time, the main topics are social media, making space for creative work, her next novel, and (of course) so much more. Alysa talks about the reaction her first novel, All Daughter’s Rise, received and what the...
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Episode 170: Under the Hood with Evan Drellich
Evan Drellich joins Brian to talk about his new book, Winning Fixes Everything, about the Houston Astros' cheating scandal. Evan — who worked with Brian at the Press & Sun-Bulletin in Binghamton, N.Y. another lifetime ago — discusses how he and Ken Rosenthal broke the story of the Astros cheating...
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Episode 169: Damar Hamlin with Tyler Dunne
Tyler Dunne of Go Long tells us all about Damar Hamlin, what it was like to be in Cincinnati on Monday night, and about watching and covering football going forward. Why Damar Hamlins is exactly what the Buffalo Bills need The light in football’s most horrific hour Podcast: Damar Hamlin, life…
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Episode 168: Digital Media Suburb with Jeremy Littau
Jeremy Littau, a professor at Lehigh University, an expert in social media with some unfortunate opinions about candy, joins Brian to talk about the present and future of Twitter and new social platforms. Jeremy talks about where things stood with Twitter as of Dec. 7, when we recorded this. He...
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Episode 167: Rabbit Holes with Pablo Torre
Pablo Torre, host of ESPN Daily, joins Brian to talk about interviewing, curiosity in reporting, and how podcasting sits at the middle of his professional Venn Diagram. After a brief delay in starting this episode, Pablo talks about the career path that brought him to ESPN. He tells Brian how he...
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Episode 166: Kendall Oilers with Tyler Dunne
In our first-ever live event, Tyler Dunne returns to talk about his new book, “The Blood and Guts: How Tight Ends Save Football.” Listen to this episode for your chance to WIN A SIGNED COPY OF TY’S BOOK. Tyler tells Brian why he decided to write a whole book about tight ends. Because, let’s face...
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Episode 165: Walking Through Your Fear with Jeff Pearlman
Jeff Pearlman is back for either his 83rd or 905th appearance, depending on who’s counting. Jeff is back to chat about “The Last Folk Hero,” his outstanding new biography of Bo Jackson that is out this week. Jeff describes what makes Bo Jackson so iconic and interesting, and why the first thing…
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Episode 164: A 70-Word Sentence with Dr. Denny Wilkins
Denny Wilkins' story is that of a geology major from Massachusetts turned into a journalism professor at St. Bonaventure. It’s also the story of a professor who taught a generation of St. Boanventure journalism graduates — Brian included — to omit needless words. Denny and Brian, now colleagues…
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Episode 163: Finding Your Sweet Spot with Dr. Catherine Pearlman
Dr. Catherine Pearlman joins Brian to talk about her new book, “First Phone: A child’s guide to digital responsibility, safety and etiquette.” Catherine discusses her career as a social worker, parenting coach and writer, how she got a syndicated column, and the writing lessons she learned from...
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Episode 162: The Fan's Reporter with Shoshana of BWay Sho
What’s it like to be at the Tony Awards? How do you juggle being both a fan and a reporter? How do you go from being a TV reporter in West Texas to creating your own site to cover Broadway? What’s it like to spend an entire day wearing a fushsia ballgown around New York City? Shoshana from…
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Episode 161: Boom, Curtain with Grace Aki
Grace Aki, a playwright and performer, joins Brian to talk about her one-woman show, To Free A Mockingbird. Here’s the secret. Grace didn’t actually “write” her one-woman show. Well she did. She talks about how she incrementally developed her show over a number of years, and how she used voice...
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Writing advice? We've got that. A podcast that gets your favorite writers to spill their secrets. Every episode is a new writer: comic artists to Broadway scribes, sports reporters to authors.
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The Other 51 is created and hosted by Brian Moritz.
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