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S6 E267 Strength To Be Human ---Stopping the Politicalization of Writing

S6 E266--Strength To Be Human -- The Need To Be Published

S6 E265 Strength To Be Human --Can You Love Writing and Still Be a Creative Writer?

S6 E264 Strength To Be Human -- Global Mail Bag 4

S6 E263; Strength To Be Human -- Thoughts on Play Submissions

S6 E262: Strength To Be Human -- Being Human...Is Not a Bad Thing

S6 E261: Strength To Be Human -- Interview w/Marilyn Johansen

S6 E260 -- Strength To Be Human -- Writing as Self Examination

S6 Ep 259 -- Strength To Be Human -- Art and Truth

S5 E258 Strength To Be Human -- Interview With Tohm Bakelas

S5 E257 Mindspeak -- The Stupidity of Artificial Intelligence

S5 E256 Strength To Be Human -- Interview w/Rosie Accola

S5 E255 Strength To Be Human -- Interview With Elizabeth Mathiasen

S4 E254 -- Strength To Be Human --Interview with Bruno Rescigna

S4 E253 --Strength To Be Human -- What is a Writer

S4 E252 --Strength To Be Human -- Interview W/Monique Berry

S4 E251 -- Strength To Be Human -- Stupid Terms for Stupid Times

S4 E250-- Strength To Be Human --Interview With Bruce Levine

S4 E249 -- Strength To Be Human -- Sacred Art or Propaganda

S4 E248 Strength To Be Human-- interview With SG Ellerhoff

S4 E247 Strength To Be Human -- Global Mail Bag 3

S4 E246 -- Strength To Be Human -- Audio Literary Memoir IV: Excavating Memory From Journal

S4 E245 -- Mindspeak -- Recognizing the Road to Madness

S4 E244 -- Strength To Be Human -- Interview With Thomas Willemain

S4 E243 -- Strength To Be Human -- Classic Spotlight Series --- Thoughts on Battlestar Galactica

S4 E242 Strength To Be Human -- Interview With Ralph Greco Jr (Special Editor’s Edition)

S4 E241 -- Mindspeak -- Is Sleep, Living?

S4 E240 -- Strength To Be Human -- Interview With Mitchell Flanagan

S4 E239 -- Strength To Be Human -- Terms of Mischief and Misdirection

S4 E238 -- Mindspeak -- Falling in Love With a Fraud

S4 E237 -- Strength To Be Human -- Interview With Michael Adubato

S4 E236 -- Strength To Be Human -- What Exactly is Happiness

S4 E235 -- Mindspeak: Life Beyond Earth

S4 E234 -- Strength To Be Human -- Using Pain in the Creative Process

S4 E233: -- Strength To Be Human --- Finding Heroes in a World of Willows

S4 E232: --- Strength To Be Human ---Global Mailbag 2

S4 E231 --Mindspeak -- Creativity in the Age of Dangerous Information

S4 E230: Strength To Be Human -- Interview With Eva Wong Nava

S4 E229: Strength To Be Human -- Journals of Art -- Ariel Chart

S4 E228: Strength To Be Human -- Agents as Stepping Stones

S3 E227: Strength To Be Human -- Interview With Jennifer Brewer

S3 E226: Mindspeak --Puerto Rico

S3 E225: Mindspeak -- History of Pandemics

S3 E224: Strength To Be Human -- Interview With Alexandra Goodwin

S3 E223: Mindspeak -- RoboWars -- Send in the Drones

S3 E222: Mindspeak --- Global Mail Bag

S3 E221: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on C.S. Lewis

S3 E220: Mindspeak: The Global Power That is India

S3 E219: Strength To Be Human -- The Italian Character in American Cinema

S3 E218: Mindspeak ---- The Rise of Antisemitism

S3 E217: Strength To Be Human --- Interview With Nicole Bird

S3 E216: Mindspeak ---Worrying About Taiwan

S3 E215: Mindspeak -- Thoughts on All Things Dune

S3 E214: Mindspeak --- Leaving Afghanistan

S3 E213: When Dreaming Is Not Enough

S3 E212: Shame and Guilt in the Artist

S3 E211: Interview With Heather Cooke

S3 E210: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Arts

S3 E209: Mailbag 8 -- Writing as Personal

S3 E208: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Vaclav Havel

S3 E207: Constructing Lighter Topics With Relevancy in Mind

S3 E206: Connecting Self By Imbuing Closeness

S3 E205: Thoughts on Submission Tracking and Submittable

S3 E204: Context or Reflex: Battle for Truth

S3 E203: Writing Can Be Eternal

S3 E202: Faith Sees Without Eyesight

S3 E201: Doubt Dies of Thirst in a Rain Storm

S3 E200: Fear is Not Your Shepherd

S3 E199: Impatience Leads to Literary Disasters

S3 E198: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Emily Dickinson

S3 E197: Fighting the Superficial to Find the Truth

S3 E196: Open House -- Literary Questions

S3 E195: It's About the Words

S3 E194: Why Negative Moods Spark Creativity

S3 E193: Making a Living as a Writer in the 21st Century

S3 E192: Nostalgia as a Poor Substitute for Memory

S3 E191: Crash Course on Military Writing

S3 E190: Mystic Chords of Memoir

S3 E189: Increasing Your Literary Footprint

S3 E188: Creativity Cannot Be Taught

S3 E187: The Transformative Powers of Art

S3 E186: The Promise and Price of Solitude in Writing

S3 E185: Mailbag 7 -- Writing as Projection

S3 E184: Can Machines Create Art?

S3 E183: Writing as a Component of the Grieving Process

S3 E182: Planning Your First Poetry Book

S3 E181: Ailments and the Arts

S3 E180: The Loss of Passion and Imagination in the 21st Century

S3 E179: Overview of the Writing World

S3 E178: Interview With Jack Henry

S3 E177: Dream as a Muse

S3 E176: The Art of the Book Review

S3 E175: Audio Literary Memoir III: Podcast Behind the Scenes

S2 E174: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Maya Angelou

S2 E173: The Case Against Conformity

S2 E172: Germinal Joust -- Writing as Pledge

S2 E171: Germinal Joust -- Writing as Passion

S2 E170: Germinal Joust -- Writing as Priority

S2 E169: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Gene Roddenberry

S2 E168: Writing During Political Imprisonment

S2 E167: Mailbag VI: The World Speaks

S2 E166: The Mirror and the Window -- A Discussion on Self

S2 E165: Interview with Bombfire Lit -- Editors Leann Denman & Rich Boucher

S2 E164: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on John Ashbery

S2 E163: The Female Gender in Writing

S2 E162: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Octavio Paz

S2 E161: Writing During War Time

S2 E160: Interview With Steve Lang

S2 E159: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Edgar Allan Poe II (Terror & Temperament)

S2 E158: Possible Futures of Writing

S2 E157: Audio Literary Memoir II

S2 E156: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Rod Serling

S2 E155: Mailbag V: 2020 in a Nutshell

S2 E154: The Creation of Concrete Minimalism

S2 E153: The Performance of Spoken Word

S2 E152: An Afternoon With Michel Weatherall

S2 E151: Identity, Integrity and Creative Cohesion in the Arts

S2 E150: Keeping a Journal, Jiving a Memory

S2 E149: Toying With Tangents -- Fantasy in Writing

S2 E148: The Dark Side of Guilt, Pride and Perfection in the Art World

S2 E147: Navigating World Travel in Literary Writing

S2 E146: How Evil Words Reduce Civil Behavior

S2 E145: The Value of Creative Writing Coaches & Courses

S2 E144: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Charles Bukowski

S2 E143: The Art of This Podcast: Behind the Broadcast

S2 E142: The Relationship Between Creativity and Mental Illness

S2 E141: The Long Road of Lost Potential

S2 E140: Toying With Tangents -- Science Fiction in Writing

S2 E139: Interview with Tammy Smith

S2 E138: Finding Your Voice as a Writer

S2 E137: The Agent in the Writing Process

S2 E136: The Morality of Money in the Arts

S2 E135: Mailbags, Windbags and Sandbags

S2 E134: Guidelines as Gifts for Writers

S2 E133: Grounding and the Role of Gravity in Writing

S2 E132: Philosophy of an Artist

S2 E131: Art as a Defense Against Madness

S2 E130: An Evening With Donald Dean Mace

S2 E129: Character in a Writer

S2 E128: Fundamentals of Poetry Composition

S2 E127: Alcohol in the Arts

S2 E126: Metal Future -- Interview With James Curl -- Biographer of Dio & Dokken

S2 E125: Self as an Obstacle

S2 E124: Interview With Ethan Goffman

S2 E123: Creativity in Coronaville

S2 E122: Peculiar Instruments -- Animals as Characters

S2 E121: Art in the Age of Corona

S2 E120: Interview With Michael Griffith

S2 E119: Peculiar Instruments: Ghosts as Characters

S2 E118: Interview With Linda Imbler

S2 E117: Toying With Tangents -- Horror in Writing

S2 E115: Grumpy Grammar Grapefruit

S2 E114: Interview with Phyllis Dodge

S2 E113: Metal Future ---Are Concerts Worth Going to Anymore?

S2 E112: Peculiar Instruments -- Houses as Characters

S2 E111: Transitions in Writing (Style/Genre/Theme)

S2 E110: Demons --Real or Imagined in Artists

S2 E109: Question the Quiet -- Selected Writings

S2 E108: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Jack London

S2 E107: Our Literary Influences

S2 E106: Metal Future -- Reflections on Rush

S2 E105: Essentials For An Independent Author

S2 E104: Digital Culture and Modern Literature

S2 E103: Mailbag III

S2 E102: Emotional Turbulence and the Writing Process

S2 E101: Suspect Language

S1 E100: Classic Spotlight -- Thoughts on O.Henry

S1 E99: Metal Future -- Rock Bands Retired, Retiring and UnRetired

S1 E98: Writing to Affect Change

S1 E97: Interview with Lynn Long

S1 E96: Interview With Catherine Shields

S1 E95: Vision vs Delusion & Mailbag 2

S1 E94: The Mechanics of Muse: What is Discipline

S1 E93: Flaws of Our Heroes / Writer's Burnout

S1 E92: Classic Spotlight -- Thoughts on Clive Barker

S1 E91: The Mechanics of Muse -- What is Perseverance

S1 E90: Vanity Insanity

S1 E89: The Mechanics of Muse: What is Talent

S1 E88: Metal Future-- Interview with Trey Saucillo

S1 E87: Rewriting and the Road to Renewal

S1 E86: Interview with Michelle Young

S1 E85: Illuminated Path Series -- Segment 3 -- Ingredients to Make a Writer

S1 E84: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Harlan Ellison

S1 E83: Interview With Alexander P Garza

S1 E82: Personal vs. Persona

S1 E81: Fear and Faith in Writing

S1 E80: The Personality of Prose

S2 E79: Candor and Communication in an Age of Denial

S1 E78: Healthy Habits and Heavenly Writing

S1 E77: Illuminated Path Series -- Segment 2 -- Understanding Publishing

S1 E76: Technology and the Arts

S1 E75: Mailbag ( Lit Mag & Podcast )

S1 E74: Tales of a Podcaster

S1 E73: Classic Spotlight --- Thoughts on Octavia Butler

S1 E72: The Rituals of Writing

S1 E71: Interview With Jasmine Ajamian

S1 E70: Illuminated Path Series: Segment 1 -- Basic Marketing For Authors

S1 E69: Literary Criticism and Editorship

S1 E68: Interview With Michel Weatherall

S1 E67: Interview With Agnes Vojta

S1 E66: Metal Future -- Thoughts on Metal's Future & Interview with Chris Bishop of Crobot

S1 E65: The Heaven and Hell of Social Media

S1 E64: Classic Spotlight -- Thoughts on Shirley Jackson

S1 E63: Writing and Identity