In this excerpt from The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, host Brendan O’Meara talks to Seyward Darby about “Fault Lines,” her Atavist writing debut.
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Why Can’t We Be Friends
“Podcasts and other forms of ‘parasocial’ media reframe friendship as monetized self-care.
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What ‘Tiger King’ Gets Wrong About Tigers
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.
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The Podcast That Explains Why We’re All Wrong
How Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes debunk news scandals of the past.
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“Problems are just another word for life.”
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 […]
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‘S-Town’ Host Brian Reed Talks Ethics in Journalism
Katie Kilkenny interviews S-Town host Brian Reed on ethics and his approach to reporting on the popular investigative podcast.
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Appropriate for a Seven-Year-Old Child
Navigating life with a transgender child.
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Appropriate for a Seven-Year-Old Child
Navigating life with a transgender child.
Posted inNonfiction, Podcasts, Quotes
Playing Wii Tennis with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick
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 […]
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How Karina Longworth Is Reimagining Classic Hollywood—and the Podcast—in ‘You Must Remember This’
“I have consciously tried to refocus my attention away from being a film critic and toward being a film historian.”