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STORYBEAST

A podcast for story lovers, Storybeast explores how we weave tales and why we love them. Co-hosts Ghabiba Weston and C. Shack chat with each other and legendary guests about different elements of various books, tv shows, plays, and other modalities to explore this fundamental aspect of humanity. Come for the story, stay for the snacks.

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01:02:20

Episode #106: Dr. Grace Nosek on sleepover energy,...

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2025/10/16

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Dr. Grace Nosek.Dr. Grace Nosek is a long-time community organizer, storyteller, and sociolegal scholar focusing on environmental justice and democracy. She centers justice, joyful community, storytelling, civic engagement, and systems change in her work and

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00:39:36

Episode #105: Welcome to Spooky (book) Season

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2025/10/10

Welcome to another episode of Storybeast where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode, you'll hear:the highlights for Crafting Horrorsome spooky book recommendationsa translation tangenta long chat about tea and coffeeFor more storytelling content to your inbox,⁠⁠⁠ ⁠subscribe to our newsletter⁠. Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks!A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on

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00:54:15

Episode #104: Intuitive writing, being your own fan,...

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2025/10/02

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Sheila Masterson.Sheila Masterson is the author of six books, including the gothic fairytale romance SONG OF THE DARK WOOD, the emotional epic romantasy, THE LOST GOD Series, as well as its standalone spinoff, A LEGACY OF STARS. Her forthcoming dark fantasy romance,

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01:00:07

Episode #103: Lady Serial Killer in the Wild West,...

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2025/09/26

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Heather Herrman.Heather Herrman is the author of the adult horror novel, Consumption, and the Junior Library Guild selected Young Adult Novel, The Corpse Queen. The Lady or the Tiger, a new YA novel by Heather about a female serial killer in the Wild West will be

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00:42:17

Episode #102: Welcome to Season 5! On updates,...

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2025/09/18

Welcome to another episode of Storybeast where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode, you'll hear:updates on writing, Storybeast, and what's to comea nod to Leigh Bardugo's TedTalkCourtney sharing about the muck and sparkle of revision lifeabout the introspective writing journey no one wants to talk aboutabout communes, capitalism, cows (and potatoes)Storybeast's summer book stack aka your new fall TBRall about our upcoming horror

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00:43:23

Episode #101: SNACKDOWN SMACKDOWN Season 4 Finale!

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2025/04/18

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode of Season 4 Part 2:Courtney and Ghabiba reflect on the past seasonThe duo discusses the concept of "dreaming big" and how to do it when you feel like you can'tThe banter is as high as the heat as Ghabiba explains the concept of the snackdownThe beasts battle it out in an epic snack battle with the menu you voted for!Ghabiba and Courtney wish

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01:05:22

Episode # 100: Arabian Nightmares, bleeding through...

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2025/04/10

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Daniel Habib.Daniel Habib is an American-Lebanese author, teacher, and acclaimed filmmaker. A student of King, Barker and Ito, his prolific screenwriting career has birthed numerous successful series and feature films, earning both critical acclaim and commercial

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00:42:24

Episode #99: Advice for Space: on scene setting and...

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2025/04/04

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode of Season 4 Part 2:Ghabiba introduces the topic of today’s discussion, “space,” with a pun (please clap)The duo pulls apart concepts of scene setting, feelings in spaces, and connect it to the last G&C episode on “time.”The beasts discuss the pressures to create quickly and how it can conflict with a creative’s need to playCourtney recommends Zoe York to

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01:15:05

Episode #98: On debuting, mental health, and I WISH...

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2025/03/27

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing Legendary Eva Des Lauriers.Eva Des Lauriers is the author of the Young Adult romance, I WISH YOU WOULD, out with Henry Holt & Co (BYR) May 21, 2024. When she isn’t writing, you can find her wandering through the redwoods, staring at the sea, or pretending she’s in a music

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00:42:33

Episode #97: How to use time to your advantage in...

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2025/03/21

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode of Season 4 Part 2, the Beasts:discuss various ways time is used in storieshow time done well is often unnoticeable, but executed poorly can ruin a storygive examples of how time is used in Six of Crows, the Way of Kings, Arcane, and New Moon.use every opportunity to make puns about timeCourtney discusses her use of a ticking clock in her novel, Lady of

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01:14:15

Episode #96: On atmosphere, short stories, horror,...

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2025/03/13

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Ruth McKell have the pleasure of interviewing Legendary Taylor Grothe.Taylor Grothe is an autistic, nonbinary queer writer passionate about voice-driven narratives centering on strong, compelling femmes and enbies. A 2024 Nonfiction MFA Candidate in Fairfield University's Creative Writing Program, their work can be found

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00:54:07

Episode #95: MAJOR Revision Updates (and how to take...

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2025/03/07

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode of Season 4 Part 2, the Beasts:discuss some amazing achievementsgive revision tips for pantsersget real about embracing "the suck" of hard tasks and balancing that with real lifetalk about some amazing snacks (like usual, but also, these really are good)For more storytelling content to your inbox,⁠⁠⁠ subscribe to our newsletter. Feel free to reach out if you

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01:07:16

Episode #94: Freaks, monsters, Hozier, and story...

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2025/02/27

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing Legendary Maddie Martinez.Maddie Martinez was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her love of stories began with desert plumes and watermelon sunsets. She has a Bachelor's in Political Science from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and a Master's in

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00:27:43

Episode #93: FANGIRLING OVER ARCANE + Corruption Arcs

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2025/02/20

Welcome to a special FANGIRLING episode, in which your Beasts (Courtney and Ghabiba) discuss Season 1 of Arcane with the incredible ⁠⁠Ruth Mckell⁠⁠. In this episode, you'll hear: Major fangirling!! And spoilers!!! Don't say we didn't warn you! Different corruption arcs in Arcane and how we view them Jinx apologists defending her Theories for season 2Thank you for joining us on this mini series. We hope to do more. If you have special requests for future FANGIRLING topics, let us

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00:52:35

Episode #92: On fiction, framing devices, and lady...

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2025/02/13

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Alix E. Harrow.Alix E. Harrow is the NYT-bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, Starling House, and various short fiction, including a duology of retold fairy tales (A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended). Her work has

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00:42:29

Episode #91: FANGIRLING OVER ARCANE + Strong Female...

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2025/02/06

Welcome to a special FANGIRLING episode, in which your Beasts (Courtney and Ghabiba) discuss Season 1 of Arcane with the incredible ⁠Ruth Mckell⁠. In this episode, you'll hear: Major fangirling!! And spoilers!!! Don't say we didn't warn you! What makes a strong female character A discussion of various characters and if they qualify as "strong" Different types of strength Join us for final (for now) FANGRILING OVER ARCANE episode to discuss corruption arcs. Are you

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01:13:10

Episode #90: On milk candy and writing books for...

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2025/01/30

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston has the pleasure of interviewing legendary Gabriella Buba.Gabriella Buba is a mixed Filipina-Czech writer and chemical engineer based in Texas who likes to keep explosive pyrophoric materials safely contained in pressure vessels or between the covers of her books. She writes adult romantic fantasy for bold, bi, brown women who

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00:44:22

Episode #89: FANGIRLING OVER ARCANE + Character Foils...

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2025/01/27

Welcome to a special FANGIRLING episode, in which your Beasts (Courtney and Ghabiba) discuss Season 1 of Arcane with the incredible Ruth Mckell. In this episode, you'll hear: Major fangirling!! And spoilers!!! Don't say we didn't warn you! Character foils Relationship foils Storytelling strategies and how these relate to theme Join us for the next FANGRILING OVER ARCANE episode to discuss strong women. After that...corruption arcs, anyone? For more storytelling content to

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00:45:26

Episode #88: On the power of boredom, horror, and...

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2025/01/16

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Katherine Arden.Katherine Arden is the New York Times Bestselling author of books for adults and children, including The Winternight Trilogy, The Small Spaces Quartet, and The Warm Hands of Ghosts. She lives in Vermont. In this episode, you'll hear about: the

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01:25:47

Episode #87: Happy 2025! New year, new rambles

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2025/01/10

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode of Season 4 Part 2, the Beasts: get real chatty about things they love, but insist they are not sponsored (really, they are not) talk about goals and themes for 2025 Courtney says numbers and Ghabiba does the math (it's book related, promise!) Discuss burnout and how to avoid it this year Claim Emily Rath as their own and get real into the

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