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Writer"s Voice

Francesca Rheannon

Talking to writers about matters that move us

society & culture books

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1:06:08

The Women Who Changed Journalism & A Novel of Extinction

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2026/03/27

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform.In this episode of Writer’s Voice, Julia Cooke discusses Starry and Restless, her group biography of Rebecca West, Martha Gellhorn, and Emily “Mickey” Hahn—women journalists whose restless lives and innovative writing helped shape modern literary journalism, even as their contributions were later minimized. “Women have been central to voice-driven narrative journalism for at least the last century

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58:41

Better Than AI? Expanding the Boundaries of the Human...

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2026/03/19

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform.On this episode of Writer’s Voice, we talk with novelist Justin C. Key about The Hospital at the End of the World, a gripping speculative story that explores the ethical and human stakes of AI in medicine. “Technology is best when it’s a tool wielded by humans.” Then, memory champion Nelson Dellis joins us to talk about Everyday Genius—and how ordinary people can train their minds for sharper

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58:42

Daring To Be Free: Sudhir Hazareesingh on Slave...

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2026/02/20

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform.Resistance Is the Story When we tell the history of slavery, too often we tell it as a story of suffering relieved by benevolent reformers. But what if resistance — not submission — was the central thread all along? This week on Writer’s Voice, we begin with historian Sudhir Hazareesingh, whose groundbreaking book Daring to Be Free reframes the history of Atlantic slavery as a history of

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57:25

Human Fracking? The Attention Liberation Movement vs....

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2026/02/13

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform.Episode Summary Something feels wrong with our attention — and with reality itself. In Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement, editors D. Graham Burnett, Alyssa Loh, and Peter Schmidt argue that this crisis is not about individual willpower. It’s about a multi-trillion-dollar industry built to monetize human attention. They call it “human fracking.” “These phones are

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1:00:01

Nell Bernstein on Ending Youth Prison & Tamar Adler...

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2026/01/24

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform.In this episode of Writer’s Voice, journalist Nell Bernstein examines the decades-long movement to end youth incarceration in the United States, drawing on her book In Our Future We Are Free. Bernstein traces how incarcerated young people, their parents, lawyers, and organizers pierced the invisibility of youth prisons and achieved a historic 75% reduction in youth incarceration nationwide. “Youth

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58:07

Entwined Lives: Bridget Lyons on the Intersection of...

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2026/01/15

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform.Today we explore what it really means to share the planet with other forms of life. We’ll talk with writer Bridget Lyons about her acclaimed book, Entwined: Dispatches from the Intersection of Species, a collection of essays that invites us to see animals, plants, and even ourselves in a radically more connected way. “Part of the reason I wrote this book was to encourage people, inspire people to

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56:32

American Reich: Eric Lichtblau on Murder, Neo-Nazis,...

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2026/01/09

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform.Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Eric Lichtblau joins Writer’s Voice to discuss his new book, American Reich, a gripping investigation that begins with the murder of Blaze Bernstein in Orange County and expands into a sweeping analysis of white nationalism in 21st-century America. “We’ve seen an enormous surge in hate crimes across the board… and this is horribly symptomatic of the rise of the

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33:30

The Return of the Siberian Tiger: Jonathan Slaght,...

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2025/12/18

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform.Francesca speaks with Jonathan Slaght about his remarkable book Tigers Between Empires: The Improbable Return of Great Cats to the Forests of Russia and China. Slaght tells the story of the 35-year Siberian (Amur) Tiger Project, one of the longest-running wildlife studies in the world, and how science, persistence, and cross-border collaboration helped bring a species back from the edge of

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59:42

Bruce Holsinger on AI’s Moral Dilemmas and Elizabeth...

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2025/11/20

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. This week on Writer’s Voice, Bruce Holsinger tells us about his new novel Culpability, a story about a family shattered by a self-driving car accident — and about the ethical and emotional consequences of artificial intelligence. Holsinger, whose earlier novel The Displacements explored climate catastrophe, turns his sharp eye … Continue reading Bruce Holsinger on AI’s Moral Dilemmas and Elizabeth George’s New

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57:21

The Wisdom of the Wild: Adam Nicolson on BIRD SCHOOL...

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2025/11/14

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. This week on Writer’s Voice, we turn our attention to the living world—and our place within it. First, writer Adam Nicolson joins us to talk about his luminous new book, Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood. It’s the story of how he built … Continue reading The Wisdom of the Wild: Adam Nicolson on BIRD SCHOOL & Isabella Tree on Rewilding →

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59:24

Ben Passmore on Black Resistance & David Baron on the...

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2025/11/09

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. In our first segment, comic artist Ben Passmore takes us on a time-bending, darkly funny journey through more than a century of Black resistance in his graphic history Black Arms to Hold You Up. It’s a story of struggle, rebellion, and what liberation really … Continue reading Ben Passmore on Black Resistance & David Baron on the Martian Craze →

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1:05:47

Cory Doctorow on Big Tech’s “Enshittification” & Bill...

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2025/11/02

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. This episode of Writer’s Voice features two leading voices confronting the defining challenges of the 21st century — corporate monopolization and climate breakdown. Together, these conversations show that both the digital and planetary crises share a root cause — the concentration of power — and that … Continue reading Cory Doctorow on Big Tech’s “Enshittification” & Bill McKibben on Solar Hope for the

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57:52

Lives on the Margin: Evanthia Bromiley’s CROWN and...

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2025/10/19

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. In this episode of Writer’s Voice, we hear from two authors illuminating the human cost of broken systems — one through fiction, the other through investigative memoir. In the first half of the show, we speak with Evanthia Bromiley about her haunting and lyrical … Continue reading Lives on the Margin: Evanthia Bromiley’s CROWN and Judy Karofsky’s DISELDERLY CONDUCT →

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58:13

Ross Halperin on BEAR WITNESS: Fighting Gang Violence...

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2025/10/10

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Today, a gripping story of courage, faith, and friendship in one of the most dangerous countries on Earth. Ross Halperin joins us to talk about his extraordinary book Bear Witness: The Pursuit of Justice in a Violent Land. It’s the true story of two … Continue reading Ross Halperin on BEAR WITNESS: Fighting Gang Violence & Restoring Justice in A Violent Land →

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1:04:08

Reality Winner on I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY: The...

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2025/10/03

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Today, a remarkable conversation with Reality Winner, the NSA whistleblower who leaked proof of Russian interference in the 2016 election and paid for it with the harshest sentence ever imposed under the Espionage Act. Reality Winner’s new memoir, I Am Not Your Enemy, tells … Continue reading Reality Winner on I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY: The Intercept’s Betrayal, Trump’s Double Standard, and the Egregious Espionage

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58:27

SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE & BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES: Michael...

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2025/09/26

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Today, we look at two urgent threats to our world: the assault on science and the concentration of wealth. First, climate scientist Michael E. Mann talks about the book he co-authored with infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Hotez, Science Under Siege: How to Fight … Continue reading SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE & BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES: Michael Mann and Chuck Collins on Defending Truth and Democracy →

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1:07:55

HOLY GROUND & A YEAR OF COMPASSION: Catherine Coleman...

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2025/09/12

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary This episode of Writer’s Voice explores two inspiring approaches to building a more just and compassionate world. It’s part of September’s WV programming in honor of Climate Week. Two nationwide mobilizations are happening for Climate Week: Make Billionaires Pay and Sun Day. … Continue reading HOLY GROUND & A YEAR OF COMPASSION: Catherine Coleman Flowers and Colleen Patrick-Goudreau on Justice,

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1:10:26

Dickens the Enchanter & Plato and the Tyrant: Peter...

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2025/09/07

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary In this episode of Writer’s Voice, we explore the lives and legacies of two giants—Charles Dickens and Plato—through the eyes of authors who reveal new dimensions of their work. Cultural historian Peter Conrad tells us about his biography, Dickens the Enchanter: Dickens … Continue reading Dickens the Enchanter & Plato and the Tyrant: Peter Conrad and James Romm on Imagination, Power, and

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Breaking Barriers in the Wild: Bridget Crocker on...

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2025/08/31

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Episode Summary This episode of Writer’s Voice brings you two powerful stories of women adventurers who forged their paths in male-dominated outdoor sports. Bridget Crocker’s memoir River’s Daughter is a story of trauma and healing, rooted in her lifelong connection to rivers. From childhood … Continue reading Breaking Barriers in the Wild: Bridget Crocker on RIVER’S DAUGHTER & Cassidy Randall on THIRTY

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1:06:22

Russell Shorto on the Origins of New York & Chris...

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2025/07/25

Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform Episode Summary This week on Writer’s Voice, we explore New York from two perspectives: its dramatic colonial origins and its modern-day extremes. First, historian Russell Shorto reveals the pivotal moment when Manhattan shifted from Dutch to English hands—and how that “merger” shaped the DNA … Continue reading Russell Shorto on the Origins of New York & Chris Pavone’s Thriller of Class, Money, and Morality

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