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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May 27, 2022 • 1h 27min
Episode 317: Brad Listi
Brad Listi is the author of Be Brief and Tell Them Everything. He's also the host the wildly popular Otherppl podcast (@otterppl). Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com
May 20, 2022 • 1h 4min
Episode 316: Chip Scanlan
Chip Scanlan returns to talk about his new book 33 Ways to Not Screw Up Your Journalism. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Sponsor: Athletic Greens Social: @CNFPod Newsletter: brendanomeara.com
May 13, 2022 • 1h 9min
Episode 315: Tad Friend
Tad Friend is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of the memoir In the Early Times: A Life Reframed (Crown). Social: @CNFPod Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show Notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com
May 6, 2022 • 16min
Episode 314: How 'Top Chef' Can Help Your Writing
No interview this week. Instead a short craft essay on how chefs can help us be better writers. Sponsor: Athletic Greens, athleticgreens.com/EMERGING Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod
Apr 29, 2022 • 1h 29min
Episode 313: Katia Savchuk
Katia Savchuk (@katiasav) is a freelancer journalist and wrote an incredible piece for The Atavist Magazine. We talk to her as well as editor-in-chief Seyward Darby. Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com
Apr 22, 2022 • 1h 8min
Episode 312: Meredith May
Meredith May returns to talk about her new book Loving Edie: How a Dog Afraid of Everything Taught Me to be Brave (Park Row Books). Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes and the Rage Against the Algorithm newsletter: brendanomeara.com
Apr 15, 2022 • 54min
Episode 311: Jane Friedman
Jane Friedman returns! We talk about her smattering of webinars, building author platform, and finding ways to "surprise" your readers. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com
Apr 8, 2022 • 1h 25min
Episode 310: Leah Flickinger
Leah Flickinger is a features editor for Bicycling Magazine, Runner's World, and more. She edited Mitchell S. Jackson's "Twelve Minutes and a Life," which won the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com
Mar 31, 2022 • 50min
Episode 309: Kelly Loudenberg
Kelly Loudenberg is a filmmaker and journalist and she's here to talk about her piece for The Atavist. In this episode, we also hear from editor-in-chief Seyward Darby. Show notes and newsletter: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod
Mar 25, 2022 • 29min
Episode 308: The Year the Mountain of Manure Was Hit By a Flood
In a departure from your normally scheduled programming, we bring you a new spin on an old favorite. This is a reimagining of the conversation with the unbreakable Laura Hillenbrand. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com
