As Told To Podcast
1) Episode 99: Matthew Winkler
Student journalist and first-time documentary filmmaker Matthew Winkler joins us to discuss his work on a film chronicling the life and career of Joya Sherrill, an unsung American jazz vocalist who wr...Show More
2) Episode 98: Michael E. Long
Podcast guest Michael E. Long calls himself “a professional explainer with a restive mind.” He is just that. Trained as physicist, Mike is the co-author of the international bestseller The Molecul...Show More
3) Episode 97: Emma Heming Willis and Michele Bender
“No two caregiving journeys are alike,” writes Emma Heming Willis, the wife of actor Bruce Willis, who was diagnosed in 2023 with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), a rare form of dementia affecting behav...Show More
4) Episode 96: Samuel G. Freedman
“Pull the heart of your work out of your chest and lay it out there for the gods,” podcast guest Samuel G. Freedman told his Columbia Journalism School graduate students on the first day of his final ...Show More
5) Episode 95: Jane Leavy
Jane Leavy is the New York Times best-selling author of Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy, The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood, and The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Cr...Show More
6) Second Printing: D. Watkins
Episode originally aired on Nov. 2, 2021. “Don’t make it out, make it better.” That’s a line from podcast guest D. Watkins, offered in the book trailer for his book of essays We Speak for Ourselves: A...Show More
7) Second Printing: Nell Scovell
Episode originally aired on April 11, 2023 “Writing is not what you start,” writes podcast guest Nell Scovell in her scathingly funny memoir Just the Funny Parts. “It’s not even what you finish. It’s ...Show More
8) Episode 94: Ivy Pochoda
Ivy Pochoda is the author of the critically-acclaimed novels Visitation Street, These Women, Sing Her Down, and the just-published Ecstasy, a reimagined contemporary feminist horror story hailed by th...Show More
9) Episode 93: Amy Silverberg
Amy Silverberg is a comedian and writer based in Los Angeles. Her stand-up comedy has been featured on Comedy Central, Hulu, NPR, and Amazon Prime. Her short fiction has appeared in Best American Shor...Show More
10) Episode 92: Carla Sosenko
Veteran journalist Carla Sosenko has written for The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, People, Self, Newsweek, and numerous other publications. Her work has also appeared in Time Out New Yor...Show More