The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

By Brendan O'Meara

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The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara is a weekly podcast that showcases leaders in narrative journalism, essay, memoir, documentary film, radio and podcasts about the art and craft of telling true stories.   Follow the show @creativenonfictionpodcast on Instagram and Threads and visit patreon.com/cnfpod to support!


Episode Date
Episode 409: Chain Smoking Book Projects with Earl Swift
Apr 26, 2024
Episode 408: North to Trees, South to Gold with Ruby McConnell
Apr 19, 2024
Episode 407: Alex Squadron Respects the Grind
Apr 12, 2024
Episode 406: When to Share a WIP with Darrell Hartman
Apr 05, 2024
Episode 405: Hallie Lieberman and the Drawer of Dead Pitches
Mar 29, 2024
Episode 404: Hanif Abdurraqib's Nod to Witnessing in 'There's Always This Year'
Mar 22, 2024
Episode 403: Elizabeth Rush Moves Toward Exactitude
Mar 15, 2024
Episode 402: The Stentorian-Voiced Dudely Bro-ness of Rob Harvilla
Mar 08, 2024
Episode 401: Jessica Camille Aguirre on Racking Up Rejections, Online Nothing Burgers, and The Atavist's "Watch It Burn"
Mar 01, 2024
Episode 400: Richard Blanco on Fever Writing and Finding the Poem within the Poem
Feb 23, 2024
Now in Paperback: 'Simple is the Way to Go' with Mirin Fader
Feb 16, 2024
Now in Paperback: Leslie Jamison — Make It Scream, Make It Burn, and the Bounded Infinity of Nonfiction
Feb 09, 2024
Episode 399: William Ralston Recounts a Harrowing Rescue for The Atavist
Feb 02, 2024
Episode 398: Emily Sohn Explores the Complicated Legacy of Virginia Kraft
Jan 26, 2024
Now in Paperback: Howard Bryant says, 'Everybody Gets Forgotten'
Jan 19, 2024
Now in Paperback: Matt Bell Refuses to be Done, Dammit
Jan 12, 2024
Episode 397: Leah Sottile Riffs on Kurt Vonnegut's Rules on Writing
Jan 05, 2024
Episode 396: Rae Nudson on Earning Trust, The Atavist, and the Pint-of-Ice-Cream Moment
Dec 29, 2023
Now in Paperback: Jackie MacMullan on the Fear of Failure, Writing that Teaches You, and the Final Chapter of 'Best American Sports Writing'
Dec 22, 2023
Episode 395: "The Six," Mini-Deadlines and the Twang with Loren Grush
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 394: Athena Dixon is OK with the Plateau
Dec 08, 2023
Episode 393: Katya Cengel and Finding Enough 'There' There for The Atavist
Dec 01, 2023
Now in Paperback: Susan Orlean on Writing for an Audience and the Entrepreneurial Nature of a Writing Career
Nov 24, 2023
Episode 392: Damon Brown Goes from Zero to 18,000
Nov 17, 2023
Now in Paperback: Glenn Stout on Combining the Things You Love, Effort, and the Poem That 'Knocked Him on his Ass'
Nov 10, 2023
Episode 391: For the Atavist Magazine, Lily Hyde Takes Us to Ukraine
Nov 03, 2023
Episode 390: How Did the Pitcher Pedro Martinez Help Will Harrison's Writing?
Oct 27, 2023
Now in Paperback: Dinty W. Moore on the Gift of Feedback, Reading Like a Mechanic, and Patience
Oct 20, 2023
Episode 388: Agency, Empathy, and the Ethics of Writing True Crime with Kim H. Cross
Oct 13, 2023
Now in Paperback: Andre Dubus III
Oct 06, 2023
Episode 387: Tom Donaghy
Sep 29, 2023
Now in Paperback: Jericho Brown
Sep 22, 2023
Episode 386: Lana Hall
Sep 15, 2023
Now in Paperback: Mary Karr
Sep 08, 2023
Episode 385: Robert Kolker
Sep 01, 2023
Episode 384: Nicholas Dighiera
Aug 25, 2023
I Hate Author Readings (And How to Fix Them)
Aug 18, 2023
Episode 383: Pete Croatto
Aug 11, 2023
Episode 382: Lucy Sexton and Joe Sexton
Aug 04, 2023
Episode 381: Michael Finkel
Jul 28, 2023
Episode 380: Wudan Yan
Jul 21, 2023
Episode 379: Alison Mariella Desir
Jul 14, 2023
Episode 378: Steven Moore
Jul 07, 2023
Episode 377: Carlos Barragan
Jun 30, 2023
Episode 376: John Vaillant
Jun 23, 2023
Episode 375: Hattie Fletcher and Stephen Knezovich
Jun 16, 2023
Episode 374: Christine Yu
Jun 09, 2023
Episode 373: Seth Godin
Jun 02, 2023
Episode 372: Anna Altman
May 31, 2023
Episode 371: Jen A. Miller
May 27, 2023
Discovery and Writing Before You're Ready
May 19, 2023
Episode 370: Christopher McDougall
May 12, 2023
Episode 369: Akeem S. Roberts
May 05, 2023
Episode 368: Tyler Hooper
May 01, 2023
Episode 367: Reid Mitenbuler
Apr 28, 2023
Episode 366: David Grann
Apr 21, 2023
Episode 365: Maggie Smith
Apr 14, 2023
Episode 364: Mitchell S. Jackson
Apr 07, 2023
Episode 363: Eric Pape
Mar 31, 2023
Episode 362: Svati Kirsten Narula
Mar 24, 2023
Episode 361: Ari Shapiro
Mar 17, 2023
Episode 360: Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Mar 10, 2023
Episode 359: Shannon McCaffrey
Feb 28, 2023
Episode 358: Erica J. Berry
Feb 24, 2023
Episode 357: Adam Popescu
Feb 17, 2023
Episode 356: Siku Allooloo
Feb 10, 2023
Episode 355: Flinder Boyd
Feb 03, 2023
Episode 354: Nile Cappello
Jan 31, 2023
Episode 353: Isaac Fitzgerald
Jan 27, 2023
Episode 352: Lauren Fleshman
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 351: Leah Sottile
Jan 13, 2023
Episode 350: Damon Brown
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 349: Madeline Bodin
Dec 30, 2022
Audio Magazine Issue 3: Heroes
Dec 30, 2022
Episode 348: Carl Hoffman
Dec 23, 2022
Episode 347: Emily Fox Kaplan
Dec 16, 2022
Episode 346: Lyndsie Bourgon
Dec 09, 2022
Episode 345: Sarah Souli
Nov 30, 2022
Episode 344: Rachel Dickinson
Nov 25, 2022
Episode 343: Kristina R. Gaddy
Nov 18, 2022
Episode 342: Remembering Philip Gerard
Nov 11, 2022
Episode 341: Isidra Mencos
Nov 04, 2022
Episode 340: J.B. MacKinnon
Oct 31, 2022
Episode 339: Jeff Pearlman
Oct 28, 2022
Episode 338: Remembering Matt Tullis
Oct 21, 2022
Episode 337: Ander Monson
Oct 07, 2022
Episode 336: Cassidy Randall
Sep 30, 2022
Episode 335: Steve Brusatte
Sep 23, 2022
Episode 334: Katrina Miller
Sep 16, 2022
Episode 333: Malaka Gharib
Sep 09, 2022
Episode 332: David Maraniss
Sep 02, 2022
Episode 331: Seyward Darby
Aug 31, 2022
Episode 330: Kim H. Cross
Aug 26, 2022
Episode 329: Alexandra Lytton Regalado
Aug 19, 2022
Episode 328 [RERUN]: My #HippoCamp21 Talk — In Their Words: Lessons Learned from the Best of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast
Aug 12, 2022
Episode 327: Donna Talarico, HippoCamper
Aug 05, 2022
Episode 326: Jana Meisenholder
Jul 29, 2022
Episode 325: Kerri Sullivan
Jul 22, 2022
Episode 324: Chris Solomon
Jul 08, 2022
Episode 323: Leigh Baldwin and Sean Williams
Jul 01, 2022
Episode 322: Leah Sottile
Jun 24, 2022
Episode 321: Ruby McConnell
Jun 17, 2022
Episode 320: Howard Bryant
Jun 10, 2022
Episode 319: Neal Bascomb
Jun 03, 2022
Episode 318: Greg Donahue
May 31, 2022
Episode 317: Brad Listi
May 27, 2022
Episode 316: Chip Scanlan
May 20, 2022
Episode 315: Tad Friend
May 13, 2022
Episode 314: How 'Top Chef' Can Help Your Writing
May 06, 2022
Episode 313: Katia Savchuk
Apr 29, 2022
Episode 312: Meredith May
Apr 22, 2022
Episode 311: Jane Friedman
Apr 15, 2022
Episode 310: Leah Flickinger
Apr 08, 2022
Episode 309: Kelly Loudenberg
Mar 31, 2022
Episode 308: The Year the Mountain of Manure Was Hit By a Flood
Mar 25, 2022
Episode 307: Greg Brennecka
Mar 18, 2022
Episode 306: Dan Schwartz
Mar 11, 2022
Episode 305: Matt Bell
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 304: Bill Donahue
Feb 28, 2022
Episode 303: Damon Brown
Feb 25, 2022
Episode 302: Neda Toloui-Semnani
Feb 18, 2022
Episode 301: Debbie Millman
Feb 11, 2022
Episode 300: Gloria Liu
Feb 04, 2022
Episode 299: Christine Grimaldi and "The Shadow and the Ghost"
Jan 31, 2022
Episode 298: Rachel Krantz is 'Open'
Jan 28, 2022
Episode 297: Sonia Weiser is Looking for a Hobby
Jan 21, 2022
Episode 296: Bradford Pearson on Reporting, Ambition, and 'The Eagles of Heart Mountain'
Jan 14, 2022
Episode 295: Wil Haygood Talks 'Colorization,' Black Films in a White World, and Meeting James Baldwin
Jan 07, 2022
Episode 294: 'We Wish to be Able to Sing', Mike Damiano Talks About His Atavist Story
Dec 31, 2021
Episode 293: The 'Supremely Tiny Acts' of Sonya Huber
Dec 24, 2021
Episode 292: Chip Scanlan says, 'A Writer is Someone Who Writes. Period.'
Dec 17, 2021
Episode 291: 'Simple is the Way to Go' with Mirin Fader
Dec 10, 2021
Episode 290: 'Only in Oregon': How Drawing Political Cartoons is All About the Writing with Jesse Springer
Dec 03, 2021
Episode 289: The Atavist's 'Feast for Lost Souls' with Annelise Jolley and Zahara Gomez
Nov 30, 2021
Summer
Nov 26, 2021
Episode 288: And the Category Is ... Ricky Tucker
Nov 19, 2021
Episode 287: Boomerang with Achy Obejas
Nov 12, 2021
Episode 286: Jen Winston on Essay Collection as Memoir
Nov 05, 2021
Episode 285: Tony Perrottet and 'The Butcher of Havana'
Nov 01, 2021
Episode 284: Kim H. Cross on Scenes, Structure, and The Stahl House
Oct 29, 2021
Episode 283: Freelancing, Abundant Mindsets, and Writing from a Place of Anger with Jen A. Miller
Oct 22, 2021
Episode 282: Jeannine Ouellette on Wanting to be Devastated, Self-Scrutiny, and Her Memoir 'The Part That Burns'
Oct 15, 2021
Episode 281: Susan Orlean Tackles Ledes, Generating Story Ideas, and 'On Animals'
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 280: Laura Todd Carns and 'Searching for Mr. X,' an Atavist Original
Oct 01, 2021
Episode 279: Athena Dixon on Opening Doors, Day Jobs, and the Personal Essay
Sep 24, 2021
Episode 278: Having a 'Blast' with Volcanologist Jess Phoenix
Sep 17, 2021
Episode 277: Allison K. Williams Talks Planned Practice, Living a Writer's Life, and Her New Craft Book 'Seven Drafts'
Sep 10, 2021
Episode 276: Earl Swift Takes Us to the Moon
Sep 03, 2021
Episode 275: Nile Cappello and Her Atavist Story 'The Girl in the Picture'
Aug 31, 2021
Episode 274: Ruby McConnell on Stalling Out and Finding Hope Through Writing
Aug 27, 2021
Episode 273: My #Hippocamp21 Talk — In Their Words: Lessons Learned from the Best of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast
Aug 20, 2021
Episode 272: The Arc of a Goal with Shanna B. Tiayon
Aug 13, 2021
Episode 271: Brin-Jonathan Butler, 'The Passenger,' and 'Giving Up the Ghost'
Aug 06, 2021
Episode 270: How did Daniel Kolitz Pull Off His Atavist Story?
Jul 31, 2021
Episode 269: The Visionary Life of Cecilia Brown, Making Pictures, and This American Life
Jul 30, 2021
Episode 268: Overcoming Bad Viewing Hygiene with The Ringer's Alison Herman
Jul 23, 2021
Episode 267: Suzanne Roberts on Big Wins, Rejection Clubs, and 'Bad Tourist'
Jul 16, 2021
Episode 266: The Expansive Nothing You Have to Fill with Kristen Radtke
Jul 09, 2021
Episode 265: 'No Place Like Home' with Ariel Ramchandani and Seyward Darby
Jul 02, 2021
Episode 264: Rachel Monroe Talks About the Things Writers Don't Tweet About
Jun 25, 2021
Episode 263: Michelle Weber and Catherine Cusick Break Out the Pipe Wrench
Jun 18, 2021
Episode 262: Passion + Desperation = Bob Welch
Jun 11, 2021
Episode 261: Wudan Yan and Jenni Gritters Talk All Things Coaching, Freelancing, and Mindset Monsters
Jun 04, 2021
Episode 260: Jordan Michael Smith Spins a True-Crime Yarn for The Atavist
May 31, 2021
Episode 259: Lilly Dancyger on Building Community and Finding Her Father in 'Negative Space'
May 28, 2021
Episode 258: The Saturation of Not Doing It with Brian Broome
May 21, 2021
Episode 257: From the Backside to the Vatican with Joe Drape
May 14, 2021
Episode 256: G'Ra Asim and His Mixtape to His Brother 'Boyz in the Void'
May 07, 2021
Episode 255: Maddy Crowell and the 'Invisible Kid,' Plus The Atavist Gets a New Look
Apr 30, 2021
Episode 254: Elena Passarello on Weird Freelance Work, Podcasting, and Oatmeal Brain
Apr 23, 2021
Episode 253: Julie DiCaro Won't Be 'Sidelined'
Apr 16, 2021
Episode 252: 60 Songs that Explain the 90s ... and The Ringer's Rob Harvilla
Apr 09, 2021
Episode 251: Glenn Stout Brings to Life The Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid: America's First Gangster Couple
Apr 02, 2021
Episode 250: Lindsay Jones and Her Atavist Story 'The Lives of Others'
Mar 31, 2021
Episode 249: Ximena Vengoechea on Life Audits, Listener Drain, and Reclaiming the Lost Art of True Connection
Mar 26, 2021
Episode 248: Humble and Important Gifts with Bronwen Dickey
Mar 19, 2021
Episode 247: Jason Naylor, In Living Color
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 246: Jenni Gritters on the Freelance Life, Not Waiting for Perfect, and Sh*t Sandwiches
Mar 05, 2021
Episode 245: Phil Hoad and his Atavist Story 'Cat and Mouse'
Mar 01, 2021
Episode 244: Jackie MacMullan on the Fear of Failure, Writing that Teaches You, and the Final Chapter of 'Best American Sports Writing'
Feb 26, 2021
Episode 243: Claire McNear of The Ringer Talks All Things Writing, Jeopardy!, and the Late Great Alex Trebek
Feb 19, 2021
Episode 242: 'How Are You Going to Change the World?' asks Damon Brown
Feb 12, 2021
Episode 241: Carolyn Holbrook and the Indispensable Nature of Writing and Teaching
Feb 05, 2021
Episode 240: Scott Eden Pans for, Finds Gold in his Atavist Story 'The Gilded Age'
Jan 31, 2021
Episode 239: Alexandra DiPalma Leads the Podcast Workshop
Jan 29, 2021
Episode 238: Ashkan Soltani Stone and Natale Zappia Rock Out with 'Rez Metal'
Jan 22, 2021
Episode 237: A Fiction/Non/Fiction Festival with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell
Jan 15, 2021
Episode 236: Michael Leviton on Quantity Over Quality, Play and His New Book 'To Be Honest'
Jan 08, 2021
Episode 235: Athletic Brewing's Mason Gravely says 'Make It Easy to Say Yes'
Jan 01, 2021
Episode 234: Lamorna Ash Goes Out to Sea in 'Dark, Salt, Clear'
Dec 25, 2020
Episode 233: Lee Gutkind on Magical Moments, the Rope Test, and 'My Last Eight Thousand Days'
Dec 18, 2020
Episode 232: Change is the Only Constant with Glenn Stout
Dec 11, 2020
Episode 231: Pete Croatto on Listening, Showing His Work, 'From Hang Time to Prime Time,' and Adding that Ding
Dec 04, 2020
Isolation
Dec 01, 2020
Episode 230: Meichi Ng, the Barely Functional Adult behind 'Barely Functional Adult'
Nov 27, 2020
Episode 229: A License to be Curious with 'Fossil Men' author Kermit Pattison
Nov 20, 2020
Episode 228: Annie Duke Tells You How to Decide
Nov 13, 2020
Episode 227: The Futility of Reassurance and Being on the Hook with Seth Godin
Nov 06, 2020
Episode 226: Edward Parnell's In Search of a Haunted Country in 'Ghostland'
Oct 30, 2020
Episode 225: Amalia Andrade Dances with Her Fears
Oct 23, 2020
Episode 224: Patrick Radden Keefe's Atypical Path to Narrative Journalism, Writing Books and Making 'Wind of Change'
Oct 16, 2020
Episode 223: 'Why Are You Making it, and Who is it for?' with Kristen Meinzer
Oct 09, 2020
Episode 222: Catherine Grace Katz on One-Word Distillations, the Thrill of Research and 'The Daughters of Yalta'
Oct 02, 2020
Episode 221: Power Couple Ashley Molesso and Chess Needham Bring You 'The Gay Agenda'
Sep 25, 2020
Episode 220: The Unreality of Elisa Gabbert
Sep 18, 2020
Episode 219: Matt Hongoltz-Hetling — $30 Stories, Brute-Force Freelancing (And Some Bears)
Sep 11, 2020
Episode 218: Mary Pilon, Louisa Thomas, Seasoned Losers
Sep 04, 2020
Episode 217: Lidia Yuknavitch on Usefulness, Riding the Wave, and Being a Word Creature
Aug 28, 2020
Episode 216: All-Star Break and a Work-in-Progress
Aug 21, 2020
Episode 215: Jean Guerrero on Community, Journalism in the Age of Trump, and Her Stephen Miller Biography 'Hatemonger'
Aug 14, 2020
Episode 214: Seyward Darby's Deep Dive into the 'Sisters of Hate'
Aug 07, 2020
Episode 213: Tornados, BDSM Potlucks? Welcome to Tomboyland with Melissa Faliveno
Jul 31, 2020
Episode 212: Kevin Guilfoile on Uncovering the Chaos and 'A Drive into the Gap'
Jul 24, 2020
Episode 211: What to Do When You Hate the Work with Rose Andersen
Jul 17, 2020
Episode 210: Stephanie Gorton Looks to the Past with 'Citizen Reporters'
Jul 10, 2020
Episode 209: The Evolution of Beth Roars
Jul 03, 2020
Episode 208: From Floundering to Freelance Superstar with Wudan Yan
Jun 26, 2020
Episode 207: Every Story is a Workshop with Roy Peter Clark
Jun 19, 2020
Episode 206: Neal Bascomb on Deep Research, Failed Novels, and Locking into Nonfiction
Jun 12, 2020
Episode 205: The Art of Biography with Larry Tye
Jun 05, 2020
Episode 204: Peter Brown Hoffmeister on Self-Control, Internal Drive and Regret in Memoir
May 29, 2020
Episode 203: Emma Copley Eisenberg — A Window into Journalism World
May 22, 2020
Episode 202: Ruby McConnell — ... And Nothing but The 'Ground Truth'
May 15, 2020
Episode 201: Walter Thompson-Hernandez on Journalism as Ethnography in 'The Compton Cowboys'
May 08, 2020
Episode 200: Nick Flynn as Bewilderment
May 01, 2020
Episode 199: Keith Law's 'Inside Game'
Apr 24, 2020
Episode 198: Rani Shah — Blue High Heels, Dude Hats, and Wisdom from a Humble Jellyfish
Apr 17, 2020
Episode 197: Eva Holland — Coping by Going into Reporter Mode
Apr 10, 2020
Episode 196: How to Be Fine with Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer
Apr 03, 2020
Episode 195: Ben Cohen and 'The Hot Hand'
Mar 27, 2020
Episode 194: Michael Schulman — Driven by Joy, New Yorker Profiles, and the 'Secret Word'
Mar 20, 2020
Episode 193: Allison Fallon — Find Your Voice
Mar 13, 2020
Episode 192: Paul Lisicky — The Book Teaches You What It Wants to Be
Mar 06, 2020
Episode 191: Alexander Norman on the Journey of Finding Voice, Ghostwriting, and the Dalai Lama
Feb 28, 2020
Episode 190: Adrienne Brodeur on Taking Your Story Head On, Loosening the Grip on Your Narrative, and Her Memoir 'Wild Game'
Feb 21, 2020
Episode 189: Damon Brown on 'Bring Your Worth' and the Secret Power of Cocktail Napkins
Feb 14, 2020
Episode 188: Katherine Keith — Say Yes to Life
Feb 07, 2020
Episode 187: Ander Monson — It's Electric
Jan 31, 2020
Episode 186: Brin-Jonathan Butler — Misfits, Status, and 'Tourist Information'
Jan 24, 2020
Episode 185: Tim O'Brien on Memory, Failure and his 'Maybe Book'
Jan 17, 2020
Episode 184: Kristina Gaddy — 'Flowers in the Gutter' and the Loving What's Underneath It All
Jan 10, 2020
Happy 2020, CNFers
Jan 03, 2020
Episode 183: Sonia Hamer — Crock-Pot Prose
Dec 27, 2019
Episode 182: Jake Gronsky — Discipline, Sticking Up for Your Work, and Always Having an Apprentice Mindset
Dec 20, 2019
Episode 181: Amy Fish — Starting Late, Dealing with Rejections, and How to Get Someone to Clean Up After Their Dog
Dec 13, 2019
Episode 180: Lindsay McCrae — A Year Among Penguins
Dec 06, 2019
Episode 179: John O'Connor — Finding Your Donkey
Nov 29, 2019
Episode 178: Elisa Gabbert — Tweet-Size Ideas and Letting Time Do the Work
Nov 22, 2019
Episode 177: Steven Moore — Essays About to Break, Keeping Track of the Positive, and 'The Longer We Were There'
Nov 15, 2019
Episode 176: Kevin Robbins — Limitations vs. Ambitions, Chasing the Greats, and 'The Last Stand of Payne Stewart'
Nov 08, 2019
In Order to Keep Going, You Must Start
Nov 04, 2019
Episode 175: Cassandra King Conroy — Mid-life Resurgence and Her Time with Pat Conroy in 'Tell Me a Story'
Nov 01, 2019
My Favorite Book on Writing
Oct 28, 2019
Episode 174: Bob Batchelor — Humble Beginnings, Breaking Free from Google, and 'The Bourbon King'
Oct 25, 2019
A Riff on Success featuring AC Shilton
Oct 21, 2019
Episode 173: Sonja Livingston — Expeditions in Devotion, Trust, and The Virgin of Prince Street
Oct 18, 2019
What's the Thing That Makes It Fun?
Oct 14, 2019
Episode 172: Christopher McDougall — 'Running with Sherman,' 'Born to Run,' and Finding Your Stride
Oct 11, 2019
Be a Fan First
Oct 07, 2019
Episode 171: AC Shilton — Arrival Fallacy, 'The Innocent Man,' and Chickens
Oct 04, 2019
Creating without Judgement with Chase Jarvis
Sep 30, 2019
Episode 170: Leslie Jamison — Make It Scream, Make It Burn, and the Bounded Infinity of Nonfiction
Sep 27, 2019
Episode 169: Chase Jarvis — Discover Your Creative Calling
Sep 20, 2019
Episode 168: Rachel Dougherty — Nonfiction for Kids, Day Jobs, and Finding Confidence
Sep 13, 2019
Episode 167: Steven Hyden—Woodstock '99, 'Break Stuff,' and Books as Roadtrips
Sep 06, 2019
Episode 166: Kate Hopper—Slap the Bass
Aug 30, 2019
Episode 165: Steven Kurutz—The Power of the Library, Getting to New York, and 'Fruitland'
Aug 23, 2019
Episode 164: Donna Talarico—Literary Citizenship and Hippocamp 2019
Aug 16, 2019
Episode 163: Fred Waitzkin — How Writing a Book is Like a Love Affair
Aug 02, 2019
Episode 162: Seyward Darby—Editing as Collaboration at The Atavist
Jul 26, 2019
Episode 161: Mark Kram Jr.—Letting the Dust Clear, Being a Late Bloomer, and Smokin' Joe
Jul 19, 2019
Episode 160: Chuck Klosterman—'Raised in Captivity,' Being Straightforward, and How Nonfiction is Closer to Bowling
Jul 12, 2019
Episode 159: Allie Rowbottom—The Page as Safe Place
Jul 05, 2019
Episode 158: Naomi Gordon-Loebl—F*ck-Yeah! Essays
Jun 28, 2019
Episode 157: Eric Ducker—'I Want This Weirder'
Jun 21, 2019
Episode 156: Sonya Huber—Creative Infidelities
Jun 14, 2019
Episode 155: T.D. Thornton—Horses, Cons, Boxers, Oh, My!
Jun 07, 2019
Episode 154: Julian Smith—Pitch Clubs, Falling in Love with the Work, and Aloha Rodeo
May 31, 2019
Episode 153: Amanda Petrusich—Clinging to Tiny Victories, Letting the Process Sustain You, and Wet Jeans
May 24, 2019
Episode 152: Philip Gerard—Fiction, Nonfiction, and the Writer's Magical Combination
May 17, 2019
Episode 151: Jenny Odell—How to Do Nothing
May 10, 2019
Episode 150: Ian Frisch—Good Ideas Know No Age
May 03, 2019
Episode 149: Anika Fajardo—Writing is About Communicating
Apr 26, 2019
Episode 148—Jericho Brown on Discipline, Burpees, and How Poets Are a Special Kind of Nerd
Apr 19, 2019
Episode 147—Meredith May on What Cracked Open Her Memoir, Nature as Parent, and Bees, Lots of Bees
Apr 12, 2019
Episode 146—Austin Kleon: Steal, Show, and Keep Going!
Apr 05, 2019
Episode 145—Investigative Reporter Scott Eden Talks Structure, Sprawl, and Picking Up the Phone
Mar 29, 2019
Episode 144—Vlad Yudin and the Independent Mindset
Mar 22, 2019
Episode 143—Blake J. Harris Talks Virtual Reality, Facebook, and His Unlikely Path to Nonfiction Writing
Mar 15, 2019
Episode 142—Jeff Goins on Amateurism, Clarity, and the Myth of the Starving Artist
Mar 08, 2019
Episode 141—Evan Ratliff on Garbage-ing, Legwork in Pitching, and 'The Mastermind'
Mar 01, 2019
Episode 140—James Carl Nelson on What It Takes to be a Writer, Jumping into the Action, and 'The Polar Bear Expedition'
Feb 22, 2019
Episode 139—Dane Huckelbridge and the Deadliest Tiger the World Has Ever Known
Feb 15, 2019
Episode 138—Connor Ratliff on Falling Backward into Show Biz and How Improv Made Him a Better Listener
Feb 08, 2019
Episode 137—Bozos on the Same Bus with Bronwen and Brendan
Feb 01, 2019
Episode 136—J. Hope Stein on Being a Not-So-Secret Secret Poet, the Sheer Love of Writing, and 'Little Astronaut'
Jan 25, 2019
Episode 135—Leanna James Blackwell Talks About Fallow Periods, Running with Ideas, and 90s Grunge
Jan 18, 2019
Episode 134—Harrison Scott Key on Finding the Nature of His Talent, Humor, and the Pull to Create
Jan 11, 2019
Episode 133—Vanya Erickson Speaks Fluent 'Boot Language'
Jan 04, 2019
Episode 132—Laura Hillenbrand on Research Workarounds, Reading Aloud, and Campfire Storytelling
Dec 28, 2018
Episode 131—Debbie Millman on Illustrated Essays, the Poem That Defines Her Life, and her Podcast 'Design Matters'
Dec 21, 2018
Episode 130—Alexandra DiPalma and the Podcasting Revolution
Dec 14, 2018
Episode 129—Lisa D'Apolito Talks 'Love, Gilda', Her Connection to Gilda Radner, and Documentary Film as Discovery
Dec 07, 2018
Episode 128—David Lee Morgan on Positivity, Trust, and Telling the Story Straight
Nov 30, 2018
Episode 127—Sam Chiarelli 'Digs' Deep with Dino Memoir
Nov 23, 2018
Episode 126—Glenn Stout on Shotgunning Ledes, Creative Chain Smoking, and 'The Pats'
Nov 16, 2018
Episode 125—Episode 125—Brin-Jonathan Butler Talks "The Grandmaster," Obsession, Madness, and the Power of Being an Outsider
Nov 09, 2018
Episode 124—Natalie Singer on Finding the Time to Write and Living a Creative Life Around Day Jobs
Nov 02, 2018
Episode 123—Elena Passarello on Listening to the Book, Polaroids, and Self-Doubt
Oct 26, 2018
Episode 122—Tracy Kidder on Writing Badly and Looking for People Over Subjects
Oct 19, 2018
Episode 121—Susan Orlean on Pacing, Structure, and 'The Library Book'
Oct 12, 2018
Episode 120—Eli Saslow, the Pulitzer Prize Winner on Empathy, Muscling Through Drafts, and His Book 'Rising Out of Hatred'
Oct 05, 2018
Episode 119—The Multi-Hyphenated Allison K. Williams
Sep 28, 2018
Episode 118—Earl Swift on Routines, Proportionality, and the Secret to Being a Fly on the Wall
Sep 21, 2018
Episode 117—Steve Brusatte and The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Sep 14, 2018
Episode 116—Adventures in Drawing with Scott Campbell
Sep 07, 2018
Episode 115—Candice Hare and Wide World of Horse Racing
Aug 31, 2018
Episode 114—Matthew Polly on Bruce Lee, Shaolin Temples, and Video Games
Aug 24, 2018
Episode 113—Jennifer Goforth Gregory: Your Ticket to Earning Six Figures
Aug 17, 2018
Episode 112—Paul Willetts Slays 'King Con'
Aug 10, 2018
Episode 111—The Empowering and Exciting Nature of Film with Emer Reynolds
Aug 03, 2018
Episode 110—Scott Neumyer on Podcasting, Writing, and Anxiety
Jul 27, 2018
Episode 109—Jean Guerrero Tries to Solve the Mystery of Her Father
Jul 20, 2018
Episode 108—Katie Baker on Working Outside of Journalism and Cultivating Enthusiasms
Jul 13, 2018
Episode 107—Matt Pentz on Collaboration, Hard Work, and U.S. Soccer
Jul 03, 2018
Episode 106—Rebecca Fish Ewan and 'The Forces of Gravity'
Jun 29, 2018
Episode 105—From Factories to the Front Pages with Jonathan Green
Jun 22, 2018
Episode 104—Elizabeth Rush on "Rising" and What It Means to Be a Woman in the Field
Jun 15, 2018
Episode 103—Persistent, Constant, Careful Work with Dennis Overbye
Jun 08, 2018
Episode 102—Jane Friedman on The Business of Being a Writer
May 25, 2018
Episode 101—Creative Writer's Toolbelt Host Andrew Chamberlain Brings the Hammer
May 18, 2018
Episode 100—Mary Karr Talks 'Tropic of Squalor,' Grinding Through Early Drafts, and Cellos
May 11, 2018
Episode 99—David Grann on 'The Killers of the Flower Moon' and Why Every Story is a Struggle
May 04, 2018
Episode 98—Lisa Romeo on Her Memoir "Starting with Goodbye" and the Power of Paper Habits
Apr 27, 2018
Episode 97—Jeff Geiger on Oral Storytelling, Failure, and Fear as Feul
Apr 25, 2018
Episode 96—Emily Poole Illustrated
Apr 20, 2018
Episode 95—Mike Sager on the Magical Nature of Creating, Suspending Disbelief, and Preaching Beyond the Choir
Apr 14, 2018
Episode 94—Finding Clarity with Kevin Wilson
Apr 07, 2018
Episode 93—The Hidden Life of Life with Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Mar 30, 2018
Episode 92—Ellen Stokken Dahl and "The Wonder Down Under"
Mar 23, 2018
Episode 91—Mary Pilon's Freelance Rumspringa and the Best Advice She Got from David Carr
Mar 16, 2018
Episode 90—Mary Pilon Brings You "The Kevin Show"
Mar 09, 2018
Episode 89—Sarah Minor Isn't Your Typical Writer
Feb 23, 2018
Episode 88—Rachel Corbett says "Stop Trying So Hard."
Feb 16, 2018
Episode 87—Hope Wabuke on Empowering the Marginalized, Starting from the Present, and Finding Her Experience
Feb 09, 2018
Episode 86—Noah Strycker on his Big Year in Birding, Community, and What to Leave Out
Feb 02, 2018
Episode 85—Jamie Zvirsdin on Sincerity, Permission, and Hard Work
Jan 26, 2018
Episode 84—Adam Valen Levinson: Young and Restless
Jan 19, 2018
Episode 83—Victoria Stopp on Battling Chronic Pain, Being Disorganized, and Writing in a Camper
Jan 12, 2018
Episode 82—The Language of the Gods
Jan 05, 2018
Episode 81—Google as Religious Experience and Trusting Self-Doubt with Rachel Wilkinson
Dec 22, 2017
Episode 80—The Wild Life of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Dec 15, 2017
Episode 79—From Potholes in Parking Lots to the Jungles of Borneo with Sy Montgomery
Dec 08, 2017
Episode 78—Louisa Thomas on Problematic Writers, Mercenary Work, and Picking Up the Phone
Dec 02, 2017
Episode 77—Blaire Briody says Good Reporting is Good Writing
Nov 24, 2017
Episode 76—Erica Berry on Binge Writing, Writing as Learning, and Werewolves
Nov 17, 2017
Episode 75—Chris Arvidson on "The Love of Baseball," Deadlines, Pacing, and Curiosity
Nov 10, 2017
Episode 74—Madeleine Blais says Reality is Compelling Enough
Nov 03, 2017
Episode 73—Patsy Sims on Book Research as Mini-education, Not Giving Up, and "The Stories We Tell"
Oct 27, 2017
Episode 72—Creative Nonfiction's Hattie Fletcher Kickstarts Year 2 of 'True Story'
Oct 20, 2017
Episode 71—Working Backward with Elizabeth Rush
Oct 13, 2017
Episode 70—Erica Westly on Softball and Structure
Oct 06, 2017
Episode 69—Matthew Mercier: From Edgar Allan Poe's Basement to The Moth Stage
Sep 29, 2017
Episode 68—Peter Brown Hoffmeister on Failure as Fuel, Staying Hungry, and Wolf Naps
Sep 22, 2017
Episode 67—Carol Marine on Daily Painting, Flow States and Overcoming Burnout
Sep 15, 2017
Episode 66—Brin-Jonathan Butler on the Risk of Chess, Obsession with Obsessives, and the Blessing of Struggle
Sep 08, 2017
Episode 65—How to Start Your Own Conference with Hippocamp Founder Donna Talarico
Sep 05, 2017
Episode 64—Matt Tullis on "Running with Ghosts," Aging Out of Jealousy, and Bringing a Reporter's Mind to Memoir
Sep 01, 2017
Episode 63—Bronwynn Dean Talks Marijuana, Gonzo Journalism, and the Power of Performance
Aug 25, 2017
Episode 62—Penny Lane is Her Real Name
Aug 18, 2017
Episode 61—Susan Orlean on Writing for an Audience and the Entrepreneurial Nature of a Writing Career
Aug 11, 2017
Episode 60—The Godfather of Creative Nonfiction: Lee Gutkind
Aug 04, 2017
Episode 59—Jessica Lahey Reads "I've Taught Monsters"
Jul 28, 2017
Episode 58—Get 1% Better with Joe Ferraro
Jul 21, 2017
Episode 57—Joe Donahue on the Art of the Interview
Jul 14, 2017
Episode 56—Sonja Livingston Serves Up 'Ghostbread'
Jul 07, 2017
Episode 55—Do Funny Things Always Happen to Nikki Schulak?
Jun 30, 2017
Episode 54—Andre Dubus III on his Accidental Memoir, the Love of Revision, and Getting the F*ck Off Social Media
Jun 23, 2017
Episode 53—Jessica Abel and the Power of Creative Focus
Jun 16, 2017
Episode 52—How to Write an 80,000-Word Book in 42 Days with Joe Drape
Jun 09, 2017
Episode 51—Jessica Lahey on Hidden Monsters, the Gift of Failure, and Keeping Your Butt in the Chair
Jun 02, 2017
Episode 50—Ted Conover's Deep Dive into Immersion
May 26, 2017
Episode 49—Dinty W. Moore on the Gift of Feedback, Reading Like a Mechanic, and Patience
May 19, 2017
Episode 48—Roy Peter Clark Redux
May 05, 2017
Episode 47—Shawna Kenney on 'Zines, Advice, and Finding Your Tribe
Apr 28, 2017
Episode 46—Editor Hattie Fletcher on Seeing Rhythms and the Power of Reading Slush
Apr 21, 2017
Episode 45—Bronwen Dickey Returns to Talk about the Paperback Release of Pit Bull, Troll Culture, and How Perfectionism Kills
Apr 14, 2017
Episode 44—Philip Gerard and the 'Thrill' of Creative Research
Apr 08, 2017
Episode 43—Mary Heather Noble on Emotional Charges, Emotional Distance, and Not Discarding Work
Mar 31, 2017
Episode 42—Roy Peter Clark, America's Writing Coach on Living a Life of Language, Lowering Standards, and the Meaning of Literacy
Mar 24, 2017
Episode 41—Jennifer Niesslein, the Full Grown Person behind Full Grown People
Mar 17, 2017
Episode 40—How to Be Like Mike (Copperman)
Mar 10, 2017
Episode 39—The Gentleman's Guide to Arousal-Free Slow Dancing
Mar 03, 2017
Episode 38—Philip Gerard Helps You Get Out of Your Head
Feb 24, 2017
Episode 37—Author Angela Palm is a Cartographer? Well, sort of
Feb 17, 2017
Episode 36—The Joyful Kim Kankiewicz Writes with Her Ears
Feb 10, 2017
Episode 35—Sybil Baker on Discovery and the Art of Being Different
Feb 03, 2017
Episode 34—Tom McAllister Talks Podcasting, Plowing Through First Drafts, and the Writer's Need for Urgency
Jan 27, 2017
Episode 33—Melissa Chadburn Shares All Her Secrets!
Jan 20, 2017
Episode 32—Kevin Wilson on the Comfort of the Uncomfortable, the Power of No Backup Plan, and the Five Minutes That Changed His Life Forever
Jan 13, 2017
Episode 31—Jen Miller on Freelancing, Tenacity, Running, and Swinging Her "Where's My Money Bat" (It's a Thing)
Dec 02, 2016
Episode 30—I read my Pushcart Prize-Nominated Essay "That Pickoff Play"
Nov 25, 2016
Episode 29—Pete Croatto, 10 Years a Freelancer (and counting)
Nov 18, 2016
Episode 28—Sarah Shotland Takes Us to Prison
Oct 26, 2016
Episode 27—Author Paul Lisicky on Writing in Unlikely Times, Simultaneous Projects, and Preserving Play
Oct 06, 2016
Episode 26—Kevin Robbins Talks Harvey Penick and the Sacrifices of Writing a Book
Sep 21, 2016
Episode 25—Elane Johnson on her Winning Essay, Accepting Your Work as Good, and Writers Block
Aug 04, 2016
Episode 24—Brin-Jonathan Butler Takes Us to Cuba
Jul 22, 2016
Episode 23—Tom Stanton on Key Moments, the Use of Timelines, and Starting His Own Newspaper
Jul 11, 2016
Episode 22—Jeff Krulik on "Heavy Metal Parking Lot," "Led Zeppelin Played Here," and His Kinship with Oddities
Jun 23, 2016
Episode 21—Bronwen Dickey on the Tao of Henry Rollins, Binaural Beats, and Her Three Rules for Any Writer
May 06, 2016
Episode 20—Glenn Stout Returns!
Mar 07, 2016
Episode 19—We Go Back in Time with Brian Mockenhaupt!
Mar 03, 2016
Episode 18—Mary Pilon
Feb 25, 2016
Episode 17—Brin-Jonathan Butler
Jan 27, 2016
Episode No. 16: Charles Bethea on Late-Night Pitching, the Anxiety of Reporting, and the Magnitude of Breakfast
Jan 11, 2016
Episode No. 15: Eva Holland on the Nature of her Hustle, Being Super Analog, and liking Faramir
Dec 28, 2015
Episode No. 14—Glenn Stout on Combining the Things You Love, Effort, and the Poem That 'Knocked Him on his Ass'
Dec 06, 2015
Episode 13—Greg Hanlon on the Audacity of Voice and the Value of Struggle
Oct 31, 2015
Episode 12—Sarah Einstein on writing an other-person-centric memoir, Jane Eyre, and Count Chocula
Sep 10, 2015
Episode 11—Carrie Hagen on Finding the Essence of Story
Jun 19, 2015
Episode 10—Joe DePaulo on Talese, Kramer, and What It Means to be Edited
Apr 20, 2015
Episode 9—Inside the Reporting Mind of John Scheinman
Apr 09, 2015
Episode 8—Maggie Messitt on Shi#y First Drafts and Making Documentaries on Paper
Mar 31, 2015
Episode 7: Richard Gilbert
Aug 28, 2014
Hashtag #CNF Episode 6—Brian Mockenhaupt
Jul 03, 2013
Hashtag #CNF Episode 5—Sheri Booker
Jun 21, 2013
Hashtag #CNF Episode 4—Harrison Scott Key
Jun 08, 2013
Hashtag #CNF Episode 2—Author/Nonfiction Editor Tom McAllister
Apr 12, 2013
Hashtag CNF Episode 1—Author Susan Kushner Resnick
Mar 20, 2013