All Episodes

Meryl Branch-McTiernan Takes Us Back to Lockdown

Erik J. Brown on His Banned Books

K'wan Refuses to Choose Lanes

Juliet Diaz, Athena Dixon, and Tom McAllister: A Reading and Q&A

Ramona Ausubel's Practical Advice

Brian Trapp Writes His Twin into Literature

Michael Sanchez Looks Behind the Curtain

Lisa Borders on the Sustenance of Art in Dark Times

Michael Jamin and the Importance of Small Moments

Antonio Michael Downing on Inner and Outer Colonialism

Joanna Walsh on Collective Internet Aesthetics

Pia Leichter's Pivot to the Creative Club

Molly Gaudry Experiments With Personal Storytelling

Nic Brown: Making Peace with his Musical Past

Victor Manibo on Touching the Work Regularly

Tom McAllister on Writing Education and Community

Andrew Boryga on Identity Politics in Publishing

Sasha Wizansky's Juggling Act

Athena Dixon's Highs and Lows of Writing

Steve Hoffman and the Art of Authentic Traveling and Writing

Reimagining David and Bathsheba with Jeanne Blasberg

Mary Carroll Moore: Finding Connection Through Fiction

Nadia Pupa on the Publishing Process from Start to Finish

Laura Hartenberger: What's Wrong with Chatbot Writing?

Naomi Cohn On Reimagined Lexicons and Writing Forward

Jianna Heuer on Rediscovering and Sustaining Her Writer Self

Maris Kreizman on Publishing and Pop Culture

The Weird Punk of Northern Liberties

Dr. Tamara Mitchell-Davis’ Guide to Self-Publishing Success

Perception vs Reality in the Music Industry With Jay Mumford

Sean Michaels on AI, Poetry, and the Future of Creativity

Minaa B on Healing Trauma Through Community Care

What We're Obsessed with Now: On Technology

Jonathan Kravetz on Publishing a Debut Novel

Naomi Baron Is Worried About Bots Doing the Thinking for Us

Russell Baker on Technological Sustainability and Doing Good-er

Work Won’t Love You Back With Sarah Jaffe

The Intense Aesthetic Experiences of Writing Poetry With Alan King

Angie Elita Newell on Crafting Accessible Native American History Fiction

Saundra Gilliard on Prioritizing Feminine Storytelling and Connection

Parenting Roundtable With Bekka Palmer, Matt Buccelli, and Toya Gavin

Adam Gnade on the Realities of Life as an Artist

Illuminating Collective History With Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones

NFTs, Web3, and the Future of Publishing With Nifemi Aluko

Amy Belfi on the Cognition, Neuroscience, and Creation of Music

Ink-Making, Place-Based Art, and an Artist Community With Jason Logan

Current Obsessions With the Talking Writing Staff

Athena Dixon on Exploring Isolation, Art, and Connection

Tuan Phan: The Trouble with Memory

WART on Connecting With the Creative

JoeAnn Hart on Confronting Climate Change Hopes and Realities

Ambitions for the Future of Climate

Weird Music Episode 5 - Why Is Live Music Dynamic?

Weird Music Episode 4 - Two Entirely Different Things

Weird Music Episode 3 - Growing Projects on the Side

Weird Music Episode 2 - When Ideas Float Out of the Ether

Weird Music Episode 1 - Communicating Through Art

Brad Schreiber on the Quantifiable Power of Music

Dana Humphrey on Writing a Memoir in the Third Person

Kelli Russell Agodon: Writing, Family, and the Spaces They Share

David Santos Donaldson Goes to the Wilderness

Nicki Pappas: Finding Community Among the Excommunicated

Richard Zimler: Making Connections Between Times, Between People

Anjan Chatterjee: Combining Aesthetics with Neuroscience

Why Do We Do This? #CreativeLifer

Editors Can't Eat Prestige: Rachel Kambury and the HarperCollins Strike

The Trouble with Money and Publishing

Vote for Art: Writers and Artists Remake the World

Jamey Robinson's Path Through Music

Sarah Fay's Cautionary Tale About Misdiagnoses