212: Summer Echoes: My Abortion at 11 Wasn’t a Choice. It Was My Life
We flashback to the final story in a 7-part series in support of reproductive rights. The stories in the series were told live on stage in f...
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211: Summer Echoes: Is It Rape If You Were Blackout Drunk?
Originally published on April 2 of 2024, we bring you a story by Morgan Sutton that embodies everything a story should embody. The story use...
210: Summer Echoes: Birds Will Be Birds
Andrea and Allison continue their sabbatical and have left behind some of their favorites. Christopher Blackwell co-founded Look 2 Justice ,...
209: Summer Echoes: How to Write about Life When Everyday Is a Reminder of Death?
Originally published in November of 2023, we are talking about hot topic/cold prose and when and why to write in the present tense vs. past....
208: Summer Echoes: The Most Unique Essay We've Ever Aired
Today we continue the Summer Echoes Series with a story by Kimberly Elkins . Kimberly is the author of the novel, WHAT IS VISIBLE , which wa...
207: Summer Echoes: A Psychiatric Hospital Nearly Ruined My Life
This episode is about how to write a near perfect essay. The story was written by Banning Lyon who writes about a harrowing childhood experi...
206: Does Anyone Care About Saving Fossil Creek? Learn How Your Writing Can Build Trust
Today we bring you another story told live on stage at the Flagstaff Festival of Science in September 2024. This story is by Dr. Jane Marks...
205: How Are Jumping Rope and Tornadoes Related? A Braided Essay
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Andrea Askowitz called A Numbers Game . This story was previously published in Memoirland , a cur...
204: I Wish I Had Been Nicer to You Before You Died
On this episode, we’re going to talk about using the letter form (epistolary) and specifically not telegraphing. If you don’t know what tele...
203: I Lied About My Birth Experience. Writing Helped Me Work Out My Sh*t and Get to the Truth.
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Rachel Perse, who had severe anxiety after giving birth to her first child, but pretended she was...
202: When Anxiety is a Superpower
Today we bring you another story told live on stage at the Flagstaff Festival of Science in September 2024. This story is by Emma Lathrop an...
201: What Can You Learn by Watching How Trees Recover from Fire?
Today we bring you a story told live at the Flagstaff Festival of Science in September 2024 . We’re talking about making a connection from y...
200: When is a Gift More than a Gift?
Today on our show, we are re-running a story by Emily Henderson titled After Our Son Died, My Husband Gave Me The Most Meaningful Christmas...
199: The Passing of Sorrow
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Dana Shavin , who submitted her essay to the podcast. When it came in, we were blown away. The wr...
198: Why Do We Love Stories That Remind Us of Ourselves?
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Rachel Kramer Bussel . Her story was so relatable, that we realized sometimes we choose stories s...
197: Shut the F*ck up, Please
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Sarena Neyman. Sarena is in Allison’s 2nd Draft class, which contains writers who come together t...
196: My Abortion at 11 Wasn’t a Choice. It Was My Life
This is the final story in a 7-part series in support of reproductive rights. On election day, Floridians will have the opportunity to vote...
195: Florida’s Abortion Law Almost Killed My Wife
This is the sixth story in a 7-part series in support of reproductive rights. On election day, Floridians will have the opportunity to vote...
194: A Physician's Duty
This is the fifth story in a 7-part series in support of reproductive rights. On election day, Floridians will have the opportunity to vote...
193: Another Try at a Better Life
This is the fourth story in a 7-part series in support of reproductive rights. On election day, Floridians will have the opportunity to vote...