The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

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Episode 320: Howard Bryant Jun 10, 2022

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Howard Bryant (@hbryant42) is a senior writer for ESPN and the author of several books, including Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original (Mariner Books).

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Episode 319: Neal Bascomb Jun 03, 2022

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Neal Bascomb is the author of several book and these days he's most excited about his newsletter Work/Craft/Life (workcraftlife.substack.com).

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Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Episode 318: Greg Donahue May 31, 2022

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Greg Donahue (@GregJDonahue) is a freelance journalist and the author and reporter behind the Atavist original "The Fugitive Next Door."

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Sponsor: Athletic Greens

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Episode 317: Brad Listi May 27, 2022

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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

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Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Episode 316: Chip Scanlan May 20, 2022

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Chip Scanlan returns to talk about his new book 33 Ways to Not Screw Up Your Journalism. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod

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Episode 315: Tad Friend May 13, 2022

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Tad Friend is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of the memoir In the Early Times: A Life Reframed (Crown).

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Show Notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Episode 314: How 'Top Chef' Can Help Your Writing May 06, 2022

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No interview this week. Instead a short craft essay on how chefs can help us be better writers.

Sponsor: Athletic Greens, athleticgreens.com/EMERGING

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Episode 313: Katia Savchuk Apr 29, 2022

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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.

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Episode 312: Meredith May Apr 22, 2022

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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).

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Episode 311: Jane Friedman Apr 15, 2022

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Jane Friedman returns! We talk about her smattering of webinars, building author platform, and finding ways to "surprise" your readers.