Our Own Worst Enemy, with Sal Amato
Sal Amato has spent almost five decades in entertainment — he started as a kid actor in a 1978 Betty Crocker commercial, became one of the y...
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Uncorking a Story
The Uncorking a Story podcast features curiosity conversations with bestselling authors. Listen in as interviewer and author Michael Carlon digs into what makes successful writers tick.
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Some Stories Carry You, with Dena Shusterman
In this conversation, Dena and Mike talk about the oral tradition both of them grew up inside, what happens when a writer traces a coping me...
Everyone is Creative, with Zara Marielle
"Everyone has that thing inside of them that they could nurture, but maybe some people have been taught that they can't or they shouldn't be...
The Search for Self, with Margaret Eastman Smith
"It's not selfish to want to find a sense of self. It's not selfish to really be pushing the question of what is deeply etched in my heart t...
Gerald Patnode on History, Empathy, and Untold Stories
"What must it have felt like to be a white attorney defending a Black man in 1890, at the height of racism in the United States? I think the...
Cowboys, Pottery, and Broken Things
"Good writing should help readers see their own experiences and feel their own emotions through the characters and ideally understand that t...
Carol Snow on The Girl on the Beach
"You really have to love the process. It can't be about, 'Oh, if I am an author, everyone will respect me so much.' You really have to love...
Downloads from Spirit, with Katherine Marie
"You're not alone. You really have guidance and support available to you. For all those people that are sitting there in silos that are frus...
Nikki Mamanno on Breaking Good
"I've been at the bottom of the mountain and I've looked up and it looked like the top was a million miles away and it felt like I couldn't...
Jim Carlon on Keeping the Faith
"Imagine somebody who's been disconnected from this church and he's reignited. That fire is back, that spark is back. Imagine what that one...
Square Hearts and Second Chances, with Julee Balko
"It was just as important for me to write a love story where the woman falls back in love with herself as much as falling in love with a man...
From Friends to Lovers, with Jenn Bouchard
"It took me two and a half years to write a first draft. The second book? Six months. I think it is something that I became more comfortable...
12 Years to AI Singularity, with Dr. Peter Solomon
"Every AI agent has to have a happy history of growing up and cooperating with humans. That has got to be the guardrail." — Dr. Peter Solomo...
Through Her Eyes, with Dr. Kate Sorokas
PULL-OUT QUOTE "I truly dreamed it up during my first nap as a new mom." — Dr. Kate Sorokas --- ABOUT THIS EPISODE Dr. Kate Sorokas holds a...
In the Blood, with April Henry
"I wrote a book and tried to find an agent and did not succeed. I wrote a second book that got an agent and no sales. I wrote a third book —...
You're Not Broken, with Marci Hopkins
"I went to bed a victim and I woke up the next day and just something was different. I just surrendered. I knew that I couldn't do this anym...
The Gift of Starting Over, Ralph Brewer
"If you can raise your hand and say, I need a little help here — guess what? That expedites the process of getting better so much more." — R...
When Art Imitates Life, with Liz Lazarus
"I write for myself, but I edit for the reader." — Liz Lazarus --- ABOUT THIS EPISODE Liz Lazarus is an engineer by education, a GE Healthca...
Pass the Trauma, Please, with Todd Diamond
"Most Holocaust memoirs start in camps. This one begins in a Chinese restaurant." — Todd Diamond --- ABOUT THIS EPISODE Todd Diamond is an a...
The Roots of the Guava Tree, with Sonia Daccarett
"Even though we're so diverse, we're all the same. We're all longing for the same thing — to belong, have a purpose in life, to understand w...