Talking Writing
Episodes
Lisa Borders on the Sustenance of Art in Dark Times
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Borders, author of three novels, talks with TW creative director John Vogel to talk about her newest book. Last Night at the Disco (Regal House P...
Michael Jamin and the Importance of Small Moments
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode television writer and showrunner Michael Jamin sat down with TW creative director John Vogel, about his collection of personal essays...
Antonio Michael Downing on Inner and Outer Colonialism
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Author and musician Antonio Michael Downing sits down with TW creative director John Vogel to talk about Antonio Michael's books Black Cherokee and Sa...
Joanna Walsh on Collective Internet Aesthetics
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Multidisciplinary writer Joanna Walsh sits down with TW creative director John Vogel to talk about Amateurs! How We Built Internet Culture and Why It ...
Pia Leichter's Pivot to the Creative Club
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Pia Leichter, founder of Kollektiv Studio and author of Welcome to the Creative Club, talks with TW creative director John Vogel about her experience ...
Molly Gaudry Experiments With Personal Storytelling
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode author Molly Gaudry sits down with TW founder and publisher Martha Nichols. Molly holds degrees in fiction, poetry, and experimen...
Nic Brown: Making Peace with his Musical Past
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, TW Creative Director John Vogel sits down with drummer and author Nic Brown to talk about his memoir Bang Bang Crash (Counterp...
Victor Manibo on Touching the Work Regularly
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Victor Manibo, a 2022 Lambda Literary Emerging Voices Fellow, sits down with TW Community Manager Neva Talladen to discuss the drafting process for hi...
Tom McAllister on Writing Education and Community
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TW Creative Director John Vogel interviews author Tom McAllister about his new essay collection It All Felt Impossible (Rose Metal Press, 2025). For t...
Andrew Boryga on Identity Politics in Publishing
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TW Creative Director John Vogel talks with Andrew Boryga, author of the satirical novel Victim. The two talk about the autobiographic backdrop to the ...
Sasha Wizansky's Juggling Act
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TW Community Manager Neva Talladen talks with visual artist and graphic designer Sasha Wizansky about her experience starting Pencil Magazine. The mag...
Athena Dixon's Highs and Lows of Writing
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our last episode of the season, TW Creative Director John Vogel interviews author Athena Dixon, our first repeat guest for the podcast. A year and ...
Steve Hoffman and the Art of Authentic Traveling and Writing
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TW proofreader Jess Barnett hosts award-winning Minnesotan food writer, Steve Hoffman, for a conversation about the unique joys and challenges of trav...
Reimagining David and Bathsheba with Jeanne Blasberg
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TW Podcast Production Manager Sarah Tulloch interviewed author Jeanne Blasberg this past September. Jeanne Blasberg is an award-winning and bestsellin...
Mary Carroll Moore: Finding Connection Through Fiction
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TW Creative Director John Vogel interviewed author Mary Carroll Moore this past November. Mary pursued a decades-long career as a food and cookbook wr...
Nadia Pupa on the Publishing Process from Start to Finish
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TW’s Community Manager Neva Talladen talks to the CEO and Co-Founder of Pique Publishing. In 2022, she was inspired to launch The Editor's Half Hour...
Laura Hartenberger: What's Wrong with Chatbot Writing?
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last May, TW founder Martha Nichols spoke with Laura Hartenberger, author of the definitive 2023 essay “What AI Teaches Us About Good Writing” in ...
Naomi Cohn On Reimagined Lexicons and Writing Forward
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TW’s Neva Talladen talks to writer Naomi Cohn about her book The Braille Encyclopedia: Brief Essays on Altered Sight and the reclamation of self it ...
Jianna Heuer on Rediscovering and Sustaining Her Writer Self
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW’s Neva Talladen talks to author Jianna Heuer about blown-up whale parts, opening a bookstore during the 2020 pandemic, and writing a revenge nove...
Maris Kreizman on Publishing and Pop Culture
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Creative Director John Vogel interviews writer Maris Kreizman, creator of the Tumblr blog and book Slaughterhouse 90210 and the podcast turned Subs...
The Weird Punk of Northern Liberties
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW's Creative Director John Vogel interviews Philadelphia punk trio Northern Liberties. The band consists of brothers Justin and Marc Duerr on vocals ...
Dr. Tamara Mitchell-Davis’ Guide to Self-Publishing Success
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Managing Editor Neva Talladen interviews Dr. Tamara Mitchell-Davis, award-winning author of #GoalGetter: Strategies for Overcoming Life’s Challen...
Perception vs Reality in the Music Industry With Jay Mumford
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Creative Director John Vogel interviews drummer and composer Jay Mumford from New York City. He is half of the funk duo the Du-Rites and author of ...
Sean Michaels on AI, Poetry, and the Future of Creativity
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, TW publisher and founder Martha Nichols interviews author Sean Michaels. Sean is an internationally bestselling novelist and...
Minaa B on Healing Trauma Through Community Care
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Managing Editor Neva Talladen interviews Minaa B, author of Owning Our Struggles, which is available for purchase now on our Bookshop page. Her wor...
What We're Obsessed with Now: On Technology
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, the TW staff get together to share their current technological obsessions. We discuss everything from software to hardware a...
Jonathan Kravetz on Publishing a Debut Novel
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Copyeditor Jess Barnett interviews Jonathan Kravetz, author of How We Were Before, which will be released Running Wild Press this month. His short ...
Naomi Baron Is Worried About Bots Doing the Thinking for Us
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW founder and publisher Martha Nichols talks AI with linguist and professor Naomi Baron. Mostly centering around Baron's recent book, Who Wrote This?...
Russell Baker on Technological Sustainability and Doing Good-er
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Creative Director John Vogel interviews Russell Baker, the creator of the sustainability platform A Modern Remedy (AMR), a company helping purpose-...
Work Won’t Love You Back With Sarah Jaffe
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Creative Director John Vogel interviews Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, ...
The Intense Aesthetic Experiences of Writing Poetry With Alan King
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Creative Director John Vogel interviews Alan King, a poet and author of the book, Point Blank. In this interview, which John collected as part of h...
Angie Elita Newell on Crafting Accessible Native American History Fiction
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW’s Podcast Production Manager Sarah Tulloch interviews Angie Elita Newell, a trained historian, and author of the novel All I See Is Violence. The...
Saundra Gilliard on Prioritizing Feminine Storytelling and Connection
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Managing Editor Neva Talladen interviews Saundra Gilliard, a professional storyteller, a playwright, and a personal transformation leader. The two ...
Parenting Roundtable With Bekka Palmer, Matt Buccelli, and Toya Gavin
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Creative Director John Vogel interviews Bekka Palmer, Matt Buccelli, and Toya Gavin. Each guest is a respected artist in their field and creates ar...
Adam Gnade on the Realities of Life as an Artist
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Creative Director John Vogel interviews musician and author Adam Gnade, who just released I Wish to Say Lovely Things. The two discuss the realitie...
Illuminating Collective History With Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Managing Editor Neva Talladen interviews Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones, author of The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History. In this episode, Neva and Claudi...
NFTs, Web3, and the Future of Publishing With Nifemi Aluko
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Managing Editor Neva Talladen interviews Nifemi Aluko, author of Toffy’s Divide. In this episode, Neva and Nifemi discuss the rise of Web3 option...
Amy Belfi on the Cognition, Neuroscience, and Creation of Music
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW Creative Director John Vogel interviews Amy Belfi, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Science exploring the intersectio...
Ink-Making, Place-Based Art, and an Artist Community With Jason Logan
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, the TW staff get together to share their current artistic obsessions. We discussed everything from community building, ink m...
Current Obsessions With the Talking Writing Staff
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, the TW staff get together to share their current artistic obsessions. We discussed everything from community building, ink m...
Athena Dixon on Exploring Isolation, Art, and Connection
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TW Managing Editor Neva Talladen interviews Athena Dixon, the author of The Loneliness Files. In this episode, Neva and Athena discuss the weight of l...
Tuan Phan: The Trouble with Memory
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TW Managing Editor Neva Talladen interviews Tuan Phan, author of Remembering Water: A Memoir of Departure and Return (Hidden River Press). Tuan juxtap...
WART on Connecting With the Creative
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Vogel, our creative director, interviews artist and short story writer Christian McCulloch, also known as WART. WART's art has been featured on t...
JoeAnn Hart on Confronting Climate Change Hopes and Realities
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Tulloch, Talking Writing’s podcast production manager, interviewed JoeAnn Hart. JoeAnn is the author of Highwire Act and Other Tales of Surviv...
Ambitions for the Future of Climate
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of this summer’s Canadian wildfires, protesters are descending on Climate Week NYC, which includes today’s United Nations Climate Ambi...
Weird Music Episode 5 - Why Is Live Music Dynamic?
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the interviewed artists talk about their approaches to playing their music live. What are the challenges? Where is the wiggle room fo...
Weird Music Episode 4 - Two Entirely Different Things
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Performing live and recording music are very different acts, and the skill sets don't necessarily cross over. Some musicians are prone to creating thi...
Weird Music Episode 3 - Growing Projects on the Side
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most artists tend to have many different projects occurring simultaneously or over the course of their artistic lives. Here the artists interviewed te...
Weird Music Episode 2 - When Ideas Float Out of the Ether
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores the way that ideas come up and how they move through the process into becoming a piece of art. The path from vague idea to finis...
Weird Music Episode 1 - Communicating Through Art
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of the Weird Music podcast series focuses on an idea put forth by Stephen King in On Writing: that art depends on telepathy. While d...
Brad Schreiber on the Quantifiable Power of Music
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Vogel, Talking Writing's art director, interviews author Brad Schreiber on his latest book, Music is Power, and the influences that shaped his wr...
Dana Humphrey on Writing a Memoir in the Third Person
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Neva Talladen, managing editor of Talking Writing, interviews the self-published author Dana Humphrey. The two discuss creating such a vulnerable piec...
Kelli Russell Agodon: Writing, Family, and the Spaces They Share
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Vogel, Talking Writing’s art director, interviewed poet, writer, and editor Kelli Russell Agodon. Kelli Russell Agodon (she/her) is the author ...
David Santos Donaldson Goes to the Wilderness
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Talking Writing founder and publisher Martha Nichols talks to David Santos Donaldson about his novel Greenland, published by Amistad Press in 2022 and...
Nicki Pappas: Finding Community Among the Excommunicated
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TW's managing editor Neva Talladen speaks with Nicki Pappas, a writer and podcaster whose self-published memoir, As Familiar as Family, delves into th...
Richard Zimler: Making Connections Between Times, Between People
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TW's publisher, Martha Nichols, talks with novelist Richard Zimler. Their conversation focuses on Richard's latest novel, The Incandescent Threads, wh...
Anjan Chatterjee: Combining Aesthetics with Neuroscience
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Vogel, TW’s art director, talks with director for the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics Anjan Chatterjee about his paths in science and photograp...
Why Do We Do This? #CreativeLifer
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this closing episode for the year, the Talking Writing team discusses how they mix their creative lives with everything else. Publisher Martha Nich...
Editors Can't Eat Prestige: Rachel Kambury and the HarperCollins Strike
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the HarperCollins strike continues, we're running a fuller edit of TW managing editor Neva Talladen's interview with HarperCollins associate editor...
The Trouble with Money and Publishing
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode focuses on the financial sustainability of art and publishing. It features an interview by managing editor Neva Talladen about the curren...
Vote for Art: Writers and Artists Remake the World
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this spotlight episode about politics and art, we bring together readings from poets, interview comments, and excerpts from the essay "Is History W...
Jamey Robinson's Path Through Music
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Vogel, TW's art director, talks with Philadelphia musician Jamey Robinson about creativity, criticism, and intense aesthetic experiences. Robinso...
Sarah Fay's Cautionary Tale About Misdiagnoses
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode, TW founder and publisher Martha Nichols talks to Sarah Fay, author of Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses, abo...