Why I Write Podcast
1) Episode 25 - Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. She’s known for her ability to distill and convey complex ideas with humor and clarity,...Show More
2) Episode 24 - Justin Dillon
Justin Dillon is an artist, entrepreneur, public speaker, and abolitionist. He is the founder and CEO of Made In A Free World, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending forced labor, human traffick...Show More
3) Episode 23 - Scott Sigler
New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler is the creator of fifteen novels, six novellas and dozens of short stories. Scott is the co-founder of Empty Set Entertainment, which publishes his Gala...Show More
4) Episode 22 - Bolaji O
Bolaji O is the founder of Brave Little Heroes Media, a publisher of children's books and mobile games. He specializes in writing humorous and uplifting stories for brave little heroes. Young Bolaj...Show More
5) Episode 21 - Grant Faulkner
Among many other things, Grant Faulkner is the executive director of National Novel Writing Month. If you are not familiar with NaNoWriMo (as it is known by), every November tens of thousands of peopl...Show More
6) Episode 20 - Lynnda Pollio
Lynnda Pollio was born in rural New Jersey and wandered through childhood feeling like she belonged somewhere else. As an adult, she moved to New York City and began experiencing life from many new...Show More
7) Episode 19 – Kevin Smokler
Kevin Smokler is the author of the essay collection Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched since High School, and we chat a bit about the books he was assigned to read i...Show More
8) Episode 18 - Byron Pitts
Byron Pitts is the co-anchor of Nightline and the chief national correspondent for ABC News. In the past, Byron has served as the chief national correspondent for CBS News and contributing corresponde...Show More
9) Episode 17 - Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson is a writer known to many of you, but she was unknown to me until I walked into a panel at the 2016 NCTE Annual Convention about censorship and instantly appreciated her frank an...Show More
10) Episode 16 - Erika Napolentano
Erika spent over eight years as an award-winning author, columnist, journalist, speaker, and business consultant before throwing most of it away in 2014 to return to a career in the performing arts. ...Show More