Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon
Episodes
Ordinary Soil: A Journey Through Land and Legacy + Carey Gillam on Monsanto
18 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For SEO, I’d make it shorter and keyword-rich: Alex Woodard discusses Ordinary Soil, a sweeping multigenerational novel about a Choctaw farming fam...
Syria’s Lost Democratic Revolution with Anand Gopal
12 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice talks with journalist Anand Gopal about his remarkable book Days of Love and Rage. It’s a deeply human story of the Syrian revoluti...
Lost Worlds: The Untold Story of Human Adaptation
06 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary What if the story we tell about civilizati...
Omar Zahzah: How Silicon Valley Suppresses Palestinian Voices | Terms of Servitude
28 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Writer's Voice, Francesca speaks with Omar Zahzah, Palestinian-American scholar, activist, journalist, and author of Terms of Servi...
America’s Death Penalty Crisis + Abdul El-Sayed on Healing Politics
21 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writer’s Voice: Elizabeth Vartkessian discusses The Undeserving and the human realities behind America’s death penalty system. Plus a...
Tim Weed’s The Gatepost + Farah Naz Rishi’s The Flightless Birds of New Hope
14 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writer's Voice: Tim Weed explores psychedelics, Mesoamerican mythology, and consciousness in The Gatepost. Farah Naz Rishi talks grief, ...
Caroline Bicks on Stephen King, Marie Adelmann on Adjunct Labor
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Bicks joins Writer’s Voice to talk about Monsters in the Archives, her fascinating exploration of Stephen King’s private papers, creative...
Women Who Changed Journalism + Nature’s Hidden Relationships
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s Writer’s Voice: Julia Cooke discusses Starry and Restless, her portrait of Rebecca West, Martha Gellhorn, and Emily Hahn, women whose ...
Bill McKibben on Solar’s Breakthrough, Anne Fadiman on the Hidden Life of Ordinary Things
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For Earth Day on Writer’s Voice, Bill McKibben on why solar may be arriving faster than we realize. Then, Anne Fadiman on frogs, pronouns, and the h...
Free Press 2025, Media Censorship & Daniel Ellsberg’s Moral Legacy
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. In this episode of Writer’s Voice, Francesca Rheannon sp...
Climate Fiction & Plastic Pollution: Stories of Survival and Solutions for a Warming World
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does climate survival look like—and what’s stopping us from getting there? This week on Writer’s Voice: Ellen Meeropol imagines communitie...
Philip Schultz’s ENORMOUS MORNING: Life, Poetry & Freedom
04 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Philip Schultz joins Writer’s Voice to talk about his new collection Enormous Morning—a moving exploration of aging,...
The Women Who Changed Journalism & A Novel of Extinction
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writer’s Voice: Julia Cooke on the women who helped invent modern journalism—and why history forgot them. And Ida Turpeinen on extinc...
Better Than AI? Expanding the Boundaries of the Human Mind: Justin C. Key + Nelson Delles
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when AI takes over medicine—and what can we do to strengthen our own minds? In this episode of _Writer’s Voice,_ Justin C. Key explo...
Victoria Woodhull’s Radical Life + The Booksellers Who Defied America’s Most Powerful Censor
14 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writer’s Voice: Two fascinating stories from women’s history. Eden Collinsworth tells the story of Victoria Woodhull—the first woma...
Jung Chang on Fly, Wild Swans: China, Freedom + the Fight for Truth
07 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Writer’s Voice, Francesca Rheannon speaks with bestselling author Jung Chang about her memoir Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself,...
Dignity or Survival? Two Writers Confront Freedom Under Pressure
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Political philosopher Lea Ypi reflects on dignity, archives, and the manipulation of history in Indignity. Then Eleanor Shearer brings us into the wor...
Daring To Be Free: Sudhir Hazareesingh on Slave Rebellion & Resistance
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Slavery was never passively endured. Sudhir Hazareesingh on the vast, global resistance of the enslaved — from Africa to Haiti. Plus: Jacqueline She...
Human Fracking? The Attention Liberation Movement vs. Big Tech
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Writer’s Voice, Francesca speaks with D. Graham Burnett, Alyssa Loh, and Peter Schmidt about Attensity!, a manifesto for what the...
Andrew Burstein on Thomas Jefferson: Slavery, Democracy, & The Idea of America
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Historian Andrew Burstein joins us to talk about his biography, Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History.
Coyote: Robert M. Dowling on Sam Shepard and the American Psyche
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Writer’s Voice, Francesca Rheannon speaks with biographer Robert M. Dowling about his biography, Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sa...
Nell Bernstein on Ending Youth Prison & Tamar Adler on Cooking As If People Matter
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nell Bernstein tells us about her book In Our Future We Are Free. It traces the grassroots movement that helped dismantle youth prisons across the Uni...
Entwined Lives: Bridget Lyons on the Intersection of Species, with Carl Safina on Alfie and Me
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Today we explore what it really means to share the planet ...
American Reich: Eric Lichtblau on Murder, Neo-Nazis, & the New Age of Hate
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Lichtblau talks about "American Reich", an investigation into white nationalism in America today.
The Relevance of Virgil’s Aeneid: A Conversation with Scott McGill & Susannah Wright
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. What does a 2,000-year-old epic have to say to us today ab...
Notable Episodes of 2025
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The ending of 2025 allowed us to reflect on some of our favorite episodes of the year. We had so many rich conversations in 2025 that this is by no me...
Modern Psychedelics: A Conversation with Joe Dolce
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Francesca Rheannon interviews Joe Dolce about Modern Psychedelics: The Handbook for Mindful Exploration—covering mental health breakthroughs, brain ...
The Return of the Siberian Tiger: Jonathan Slaght, TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Francesca speaks with Jonathan Slaght about his remarkable...
Builders of Terror, Ally to Justice: Charles Dick on Organisation Todt & Carla Kaplan on Jessica Mitford
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. This week on Writer’s Voice, we look at two stories from...
Positive Obsession: Susana M. Morris on the Life, Vision & Influence of Octavia Butler
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. In this episode of Writer’s Voice, Francesca Rheannon sp...
WE SURVIVED THE NIGHT: Julian Brave Noisecat on Story, Survival & the Power of Indigenous Truths
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. In this, our 1,000th episode of Writer’s Voice, Francesc...
Bruce Holsinger on AI’s Moral Dilemmas and Elizabeth George’s New Inspector Lynley Mystery
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. This week on Writer’s Voice, Bruce Holsinger tells...
The Wisdom of the Wild: Adam Nicolson on BIRD SCHOOL & Isabella Tree on Rewilding
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. This week on Writer’s Voice, we turn our attention to th...
Ben Passmore on Black Resistance & David Baron on the Martian Craze
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. In our first segment, comic artist Ben Passmore takes us o...
Cory Doctorow on Big Tech’s “Enshittification” & Bill McKibben on Solar Hope for the Planet
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. This episode of Writer’s Voice features two leading vo...
Edward Wong on China’s Imperial Past and Present: AT THE EDGE OF EMPIRE
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. In this episode of Writer’s Voice, we talk with Edward W...
Lives on the Margin: Evanthia Bromiley’s CROWN and Judy Karofsky’s DISELDERLY CONDUCT
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. In this episode of Writer’s Voice, we hear from two auth...
Ross Halperin on BEAR WITNESS: Fighting Gang Violence & Restoring Justice in A Violent Land
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Today, a gripping story of courage, faith, and friendship ...
Reality Winner on I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY: The Intercept’s Betrayal, Trump’s Double Standard, and the Egregious Espionage Act
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Today, a remarkable conversation with Reality Winner, the ...
SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE & BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES: Michael Mann and Chuck Collins on Defending Truth and Democracy
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Today, we look at two urgent threats to our world: the ass...
HOW TO SAVE THE AMAZON & ARCTIC PASSAGES: Andrew Fishman on Dom Phillips’ Legacy & Kieran Mulvaney on Climate and Power in the Far North
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary This week on Writer’s Voice, two stories...
HOLY GROUND & A YEAR OF COMPASSION: Catherine Coleman Flowers and Colleen Patrick-Goudreau on Justice, Hope, and Living Kindly
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary This episode of Writer’s Voice explores ...
Dickens the Enchanter & Plato and the Tyrant: Peter Conrad and James Romm on Imagination, Power, and Authoritarianism
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary In this episode of Writer’s Voice, we ex...
Breaking Barriers in the Wild: Bridget Crocker on RIVER’S DAUGHTER & Cassidy Randall on THIRTY BELOW
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary This episode of Writer’s Voice brings yo...
Covid Wars & How to Submit: Ronald Gruner on Pandemic Lessons + Dennis Sweeney on Getting Published
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary In this episode of Writer’s Voice, two a...
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on MISBEHAVING AT THE CROSSROADS & Catherine Coleman Flowers on Environmental Justice
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary Award-winning author Honorée Fanonne Jeff...
David Bollier on Why The Commons Could Save Us
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary This week on Writer’s Voice, we speak wi...
From Limp Bizkit to Reality TV: How 1999 Changed Everything
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary This week, Ross Benes joins us to talk abo...
Russell Shorto on the Origins of New York & Chris Pavone’s Thriller of Class, Money, and Morality
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform Episode Summary This week on Writer’s Voice, we explore N...
Exposing Hidden Agendas: Will Potter on Factory Farm Secrecy & Project Censored on Press Freedom Under Siege
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform Episode Summary Today, a double episode on press freedom un...
Michael German on POLICING WHITE SUPREMACY: THE ENEMY WITHIN
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform Episode Summary In this episode of Writer’s Voice, former...