The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

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Episode 231: Pete Croatto on Listening, Showing His Work, 'From Hang Time to Prime Time,' and Adding that Ding Dec 04, 2020

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So thrilled to have Pete Croatto (@petecroatto) back on the podcast after a 202-episode drought. His new book, From Hang Time to Prime Time (Atria Books), is out now.

In more than 300 interviews, Pete tells the story of how NBA became the behemoth it is today. But it all started in the late 1970s to the late 1980s.

You can now become a CNFin' Member by hitting up patreon.com/cnfpod and keep the conversation going on social media, @CNFPod.

Show notes, get your show notes! at brendanomeara.com.

Promotional support for this episode is brought to you by The Writers' Co-op Podcast.

Isolation Dec 01, 2020

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The first Creative Nonfiction Podcast Audio Magazine is on the theme of ISOLATION: Essays about feeling alone.

We bring you essays from Damon Brown, Magin LaSov Gregg, Gina Cardarelli, Kristina Gaddy, and April Nance.

You'll want to share this with your fellow CNFers because we're going to want to showcase the beautiful work done by these five authors, and we want to open up the possibilities to others.

This issue will be free and available for all time on the CNF Pod feed, but in order to access subsequent issues, you'll have to be a member at Patreon.com/CNFPod. The introductory tier, and all the other ones, will give you access to the magazine (among other things).

You'll want to follow the show @CNFPod on social media and plug into what these courageous writers are doing as well.

I hope you enjoy this very first audio magazine and I hope you'll consider submitting your work to the next one (HINT: the new theme and submission guidelines are at the end of this episode!).

From all of us here at CNF Pod HQ: Riff!

Episode 230: Meichi Ng, the Barely Functional Adult behind 'Barely Functional Adult' Nov 27, 2020

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Meichi Ng (@barelyfunctionaladult) came by the show to talk about her incredible illustrated memoir Barely Functional Adult: It'll All Make Sense Eventually (Harper Perennial).

To support the show, you can now become a member at patreon.com/cnfpod. Keep the conversation going on social media @CNFPod and check out the show notes at brendanomeara.com.

In this episode, we talk about the scary nature of publishing, how she developed her character for the comic, quitting, and holding onto positive messages in a negative world.

Episode 229: A License to be Curious with 'Fossil Men' author Kermit Pattison Nov 20, 2020

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Being a journalist gave Kermit Pattison the license to be curious. He is the author of Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind. It is published by William Morrow.

Keep the conversation going on social media @CNFPod and be sure to head over to brendanomeara.com for show notes and to sign up for the monthly newsletter.

Episode 228: Annie Duke Tells You How to Decide Nov 13, 2020

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Annie Duke is the author of How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices.

You can follow her @annieduke on Twitter and visit her website annieduke.com.

Keep the conversation going by linking up to @CNFPod on social media and sign up for the monthly newsletters at brendanomeara.com. Reading recommendations, podcast news, and a CNFin' Happy Hour for subscribers only!

Episode 227: The Futility of Reassurance and Being on the Hook with Seth Godin Nov 06, 2020

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"That's what the practice is. It's for people who have read enough blog posts or books to know the method, but for whatever reason look straight at the method and blink," says Seth Godin.

His 20th book is The Practice: Shipping Creative Work and it's a book for our troubled times.

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Episode 226: Edward Parnell's In Search of a Haunted Country in 'Ghostland' Oct 30, 2020

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Edward Parnell (@edward_parnell) comes by the show to talk Kurt Vonnegut, birds, grief, and his book "Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country." It is published by William Collins.

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Episode 225: Amalia Andrade Dances with Her Fears Oct 23, 2020

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"When you are being controlled by a fear, then you are not being yourself," says Amalia Andrade, @amaliaandrade_ on Twitter.

Amalia is the author and illustrator behind What You Think About When You Bite Your Nails: A Fear and Anxiety Workbook (Penguin Life, 2020).

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you download them and keep the conversation going on social media @CNFPod.

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Episode 224: Patrick Radden Keefe's Atypical Path to Narrative Journalism, Writing Books and Making 'Wind of Change' Oct 16, 2020

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"What can I leave out? And that point where I can start leaving things out becomes very liberating because then, in a way, the reporting continues, but it's narrowing," says Patrick Radden Keefe, a staff writer at The New Yorker, best selling author of Say Nothing, and host of Wind of Change.

Follow him @praddenkeefe and follow the podcast @CNFPod.

Episode 223: 'Why Are You Making it, and Who is it for?' with Kristen Meinzer Oct 09, 2020

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"I spend a lot of time thinking about promotion," says Kristen Meinzer, author of So You Want to Start a Podcast and How to be Fine, "because this is not Field of Dreams."

Follow Kristen on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and while you're at it, follow the show @CNFPod.

In this episode we talk about the nuts and bolts of why you should make a podcast and who should you make it for, structure, pet peeves, and the rigor of promoting your show.

Stay tuned to the end for my parting shot and Kristen's Bookshelf for the Apocalypse!

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