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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 visit patreon.com/cnfpod to support!

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75:28

Episode 423: Rhana Natour and Eman Mohammed Take You...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/08/02

Rhana Natour (@rnatourious) and Eman Mohammed (@emanit) collaborated for their Atavist story "Coming to America" about a teenage girl from Gaza who lost her legs in an Israeli airstrike and the journey she's on to walk again.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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73:38

Episode 422: Thirty Years of "The Last Shot," Lessons...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/07/26

Darcy Frey is the author of The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams, a masterpiece of a book celebrating its 30th anniversary. It's out with a new audio version performed and read by J.D. Jackson.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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72:57

Episode 421: Cole Heilborn says, "We're Gonna Find...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/07/19

Cole Heilborn (@portsideproductions) is a filmmaker and found of Port Side Productions, a film company focusing on outdoor storytelling. His film, Inches to Miles, made in partnership with Athletic Brewing, follows three remarkable people as they train up to and compete in the Lake Placid Ironman.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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74:10

Episode 420: Rebecca Renner Makes the Pig

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/07/12

Rebecca Renner (@rebeccarennerfl) is freelance journalist and the author of Gator Country: Deception, Danger, And Alligators in the Everglades (Flatiron Books)."The reader is the one who creates the scenes. I just give them the ingredients."Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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68:58

Episode 419: Maggie Gigandet Red Paperclipped Her Way...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/07/05

Maggie Gigandet is a freelance writer whose piece "The Extra Mile" appears in the Atavist Magazine.In this episode we also hear from editor-in-chief Seyward Darby.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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83:11

Episode 418: Surrendering to the Subconscious with...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/06/28

John Julius Reel (@johnjuliusreel) is a writer, memoirist, and language teacher who lives in Spain with his family. He's the author of My Half Orange: A Story of Love and Language in Seville (Tortoise Books).Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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84:05

Episode 417: 'Stories Can Save Us' and the Enduring...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/06/21

Justin Heckert (@justinheckert) is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in countless publications from Esquire to The Ringer, from Garden & Gun to the New York Times Magazine. Justin wrote the afterward to the late Matt Tullis's post-humous book Stories Can Save Us (Univ. of George Press).Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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66:47

Episode 416: A Lifelong Search for Voice with Acamea...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/06/14

Acamea Deadwiler is an essayist and memoirist and the author of Daddy's Little Stranger.This is a really rich conversation about how her book was once a collection of essays, but she had to rewrite it as a more cohesive memoir, finding voice, breaking down a piece of writing like game tape, and what playing basketball and getting cut taught her about a career in writing.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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69:04

Episode 415: Sam Jefferies, Hammering Out Screed

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/06/07

Sam Jefferies is the author of Legacy on Ice: Blake Geoffrion and the Fastest Game on Earth (Univ. of Wisconsin Press).Sam talks about how he built scenes, folded in the book writing and reporting around his family and day job, listening to tape on commutes to get the material into his bloodstream, and maintaining a sense of individual style without exhausting the reader.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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57:11

Episode 414: John Rosengren on Cuts, Note Taking, and...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/05/31

John Rosengren is a journalist based out of Minnesota whose "Anatomy of a Murder" marks Issue 151 for The Atavist Magazine.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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56:44

Episode 413: Young Woman and the Sea, from Book to Movie

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/05/24

Glenn Stout is the author of Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World. It's now out in movie theaters and re-issued as a movie tie-in paperback by Mariner Books.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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57:46

Episode 412: Leaving the Emotional Moments Unsaid...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/05/17

Lilly Dancyger (@lillydancyger) is a writer and editor whose latest book is First Love: Essays on Friendship (Dial Press).In this episode Lilly talks about her trepidation around writing a true-crime memoir, braided essays, book marketing, and when to let the emotion of the moment do the talking.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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75:27

Episode 411: The Heart Part and Big Dreams with Isa...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/05/10

Isa Adney (@isaadney) is a writer and documentary producer and the author of The Little Book of Big Dreams: True Stories About People Who Followed a Spark (She Writes Press).Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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79:22

Episode 410: Brian Fairbanks and "The Last Shall be...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/05/03

Brian Fairbanks is an author and journalist whose piece for the 150th issue of the Atavist Magazine, The Last Shall be First, chronicles the actions of a corrupt New Orleans cop and his trail of victims still crying for justice.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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62:39

Episode 409: Chain Smoking Book Projects with Earl Swift

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/04/26

Earl Swift is the best-selling author of Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery (Mariner Books).In this episode we talk about how Earl strings together book projects and what this story from more than 100 years ago still says about today.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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62:50

Episode 408: North to Trees, South to Gold with Ruby...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/04/19

Ruby McConnell (@rubygonewild) is one of our great environmental writers and her latest book is Wilderness and the American Spirit. It's published by Overcup Press.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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64:59

Episode 407: Alex Squadron Respects the Grind

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/04/12

Alex Squadron is a sports writer for Slam Magazine and the author of Life in the G: Minor League Basketball and the Relentless Pursuit of the NBA.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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58:20

Episode 406: When to Share a WIP with Darrell Hartman

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/04/05

Darrell Hartman (@dwhartman) is the author of The Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media. It is published by Viking.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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77:55

Episode 405: Hallie Lieberman and the Drawer of Dead...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/03/29

Hallie Lieberman (@hallielieberman) is a journalist, writer, and historian. She's the author of Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy. Her latest piece for The Atavist is "The Handcuff Man." Visit magazine.atavist.com to read it.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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62:51

Episode 404: Hanif Abdurraqib's Nod to Witnessing in...

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O"Meara ·

2024/03/22

Hanif Abdurraqib is poet, critic, and author of several books, including There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Random House).In this episode we talk about his nod to witnessing, specificity, intentionality, making it, and LeBron James.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

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