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Episode 117: Tim Kreider on the Artist at Midlife
Ambition. Perspective. Competition. Kindness. These themes are at the heart of our conversation with essayist and cartoonist Tim Kreider. Drawing from…
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Christie Aschwanden
32:15
The Plight of the Mid-Life/Mid-Career Creative
Essayist Tim Kreider on ambition, perspective, competition and kindness
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Episode 116 Bonus: Paolo Bacigalupi on Why Creative Friends are Essential
“Success, you can’t guarantee,” says bestselling speculative fiction writer Paolo Bacigalupi.
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Christie Aschwanden
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18:58
Episode 116: Paolo Bacigalupi on Beating Burnout
“I had built up a lot of don’ts in my head about writing,” says bestselling author Paolo Bacigalupi.
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Christie Aschwanden
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33:29
Reigniting the Creative Spark
Finding "creative relief" with bestselling sci-fi author Paolo Bacigalupi
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Episode 115 Bonus: Nadia Colburn on the Gift of Failure and a Guided Writing Meditation
It’s all about the practice. In this bonus episode with poet, teacher and writing school founder Nadia Colburn, we talk about the gift of failure and…
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Christie Aschwanden
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16:17

June 2024

Episode 115: Nadia Colburn on Yoga, Mindfulness and Writing
What is our relationship with our bodies? Our past? The planet? The rest of humanity? We speak with Nadia Colburn about how she weaves together a yoga…
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Christie Aschwanden
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31:36
Writing as Contemplative and Embodied Practice
We ask "What does it mean to be a person now?" with poet Nadia Colburn
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Episode 114 Bonus: Katie Arnold on the Practice
It’s all about the practice.
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Christie Aschwanden
15:47
Episode 114: Katie Arnold on Zen and Writing and Running
What if we dropped our expectations and preconceived ideas about our creative practice? In this episode, we speak with elite runner, author Katie Arnold…
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Christie Aschwanden
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32:13
How to Follow the Story's Lead
Writing as a tool for discovery with runner and author Katie Arnold
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Episode 113 Bonus: Lydia Millet on Having a Career Outside of Writing
Why is getting older great for writing? In this bonus episode, we speak with fiction writer, editor and memoirist Lydia Millet about why she prefers to…
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Christie Aschwanden
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18:43
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