The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara
Brendan O'Meara
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!
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Aug 11, 2023 • 57min
Episode 383: Pete Croatto
Pete Croatto is a freelance writer and author of From Hang Time to Prime Time. He's back to talk about that strange post-book period.Newsletter: Rage Against the Algorithm on BeehiivShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @CNFPod and @creativenonfictionpodcast
Aug 4, 2023 • 1h 29min
Episode 382: Lucy Sexton and Joe Sexton
Lucy Sexton and Joe Sexton, father and daughter, team up for this braided piece for The Atavist titled "Held Together."Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpodSuds: Athletic Brewing.com, promo code BRENDANO20
Jul 28, 2023 • 1h 10min
Episode 381: Michael Finkel
Michael Finkel is the author of The Art Thief: A True Story of Passion, Obsession, and a Monumental Crime Spree.Substack: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpodSocial: @CNFPod
Jul 21, 2023 • 48min
Episode 380: Wudan Yan
Wudan Yan is a freelancer writer, journalist, coach, podcaster, fact checker, hiker. She wrote about food contamination for Undark.Substack: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpodSuds: Athleticbrewing.com, promo code BRENDANO20
Jul 14, 2023 • 1h 4min
Episode 379: Alison Mariella Desir
Alison Mariella Desir (@alisonmdesir) is an activist, marathoner, and author of Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us.Substack: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpodSponsor: Liquid IV, promo code cnfSuds: Athletic Brewing.com, promo code BRENDANO20
Jul 7, 2023 • 52min
Episode 378: Steven Moore
Steven Moore is the author of The Distance from Slaughter County: Lessons from Flyover Country (UNC Press). Show notes: brendanomeara.comSubstack: Rage Against the AlgorithmSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpodSponsor: Liquid IV, code cnfSuds: Athletic Brewing, code BRENDANO20
Jun 30, 2023 • 1h 19min
Episode 377: Carlos Barragan
Carlos Barragan is a journalist and MFA student at the Columbia School of Journalism and his piece for The Atavist is "The Romance Scammer on My Sofa."Substack: Rage Against the AlgorithmSponsor: Liquid IV, promo code cnfShow notes: brendanomeara.comSuds: Athletic Brewing, promo code BRENDANO20
Jun 23, 2023 • 1h 11min
Episode 376: John Vaillant
John Vaillant (@johnvaillant) is the author four books including Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World (Knopf).Show notes: brendanomeara.comSubstack: Rage Against the AlgorithmSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpodSponsor: Liquid IV, code: cnfSuds: Athletic Brewing, code: BRENDANO20
Jun 16, 2023 • 1h
Episode 375: Hattie Fletcher and Stephen Knezovich
Hattie Fletcher and Stephen Knezovich are part of a team that started Short Reads, short-reads.org a weekly email dispatch of flash nonfiction.Substack: Rage Against the AlgorithmSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpodShow notes: brendanomeara.comSponsor: Liquid IV, promo code cnfSuds: Athletic Brewing, promo code BRENDANO20
Jun 9, 2023 • 1h 2min
Episode 374: Christine Yu
Christine Yu is the author of Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes (Riverhead Books).Substack: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpodSponsor: Liquid IV, promo code CNFSuds: Athletic Brewing, promo code BRENDANO20
