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Posted inNonfiction

Wearing All the Hats: A Chat with the Writer and Editor Behind The Atavist’s New Issue

by Brendan O'Meara September 21, 2022November 9, 2022

In this excerpt from The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, host Brendan O’Meara talks to Seyward Darby about “Fault Lines,” her Atavist writing debut.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Why Can’t We Be Friends

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 15, 2021October 19, 2022

“Podcasts and other forms of ‘parasocial’ media reframe friendship as monetized self-care.

Posted inBlog Post, Podcasts

What ‘Tiger King’ Gets Wrong About Tigers

by mikedang April 30, 2020October 19, 2022

In this special bonus episode, reporter Rachel Nuwer walks through exactly how “Tiger King” misleads its viewers, and what its massive popularity means for big cats.

You're Wrong About Podcast
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events

The Podcast That Explains Why We’re All Wrong 

by heymarkarms November 12, 2019October 19, 2022

How Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes debunk news scandals of the past.

Posted inEditor's Pick

“Problems are just another word for life.”

by Krista Stevens May 8, 2017October 19, 2022

Born of a piece of performance art, Sleepover is a podcast by Sook-Yin Lee now entering its second season. In the show, three strangers spend a night together, sharing their stories in a bid to solve one another’s problems. Equal parts documentary and social experiment, Sleepover is transformative as a listening experience, creating true human […]

Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Podcasts, Quotes

‘S-Town’ Host Brian Reed Talks Ethics in Journalism

by Krista Stevens April 14, 2017October 19, 2022

Katie Kilkenny interviews S-Town host Brian Reed on ethics and his approach to reporting on the popular investigative podcast.

Posted inNonfiction, Podcasts

Appropriate for a Seven-Year-Old Child

by Brock Winstead October 5, 2015October 19, 2022

Navigating life with a transgender child.

Posted inNonfiction, Podcasts, Story

Appropriate for a Seven-Year-Old Child

by Brock Winstead October 5, 2015October 19, 2022

Navigating life with a transgender child.

Posted inNonfiction, Podcasts, Quotes

Playing Wii Tennis with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick

by Nick Leiber March 25, 2015October 19, 2022

A few years ago, Uber was barely started. Travis is at my house up in the mountains over the holidays, hanging out with me and my family. And he’s palling around with my dad. And my dad says, ‘Hey, let’s play a game of Wii Tennis (Nintendo Wii). And my dad had a Wii at […]

Posted inNonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

How Karina Longworth Is Reimagining Classic Hollywood—and the Podcast—in ‘You Must Remember This’

by Longreads March 17, 2015October 19, 2022

“I have consciously tried to refocus my attention away from being a film critic and toward being a film historian.”

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