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The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

Brendan O'Mearabrendanomeara.com

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara is a weekly podcast that showcases leaders in narrative journalism, essay, memoir, documentary film, radio and podcasts about the art and craft of telling true stories.   Follow the show @creativenonfictionpodcast on Instagram and Threads and visit patreon.com/cnfpod to support!

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Episodes

Episode 370: Christopher McDougall

Christopher McDougall ( @ChrisMcDougall ) is the author of Born to Run and Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide. Show notes: brendanomeara.com Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod...

May 12, 20231 hr 8 minEp. 370

Episode 369: Akeem S. Roberts

Akeem S. Roberts (@akeemteam) is an illustrator, animator, and cartoonist who regularly draws for The New Yorker. Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com

May 05, 20231 hr 7 minEp. 369

Episode 368: Tyler Hooper

Tyler Hooper ( @thooper8 ) is the writer behind The Atavist Magazine piece " Titanic of the Pacific ." Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com Show notes: brendanomeara.com...

May 01, 20231 hr 15 minEp. 368

Episode 367: Reid Mitenbuler

Reid Mitenbuler (@reidmitenbuler) is the author of Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age (Mariner Books). Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com

Apr 28, 20231 hr 5 minEp. 367

Episode 366: David Grann

David Grann is the best-selling author behind The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder . He's also the author Killers of the Flower Moon, The Lost City of Z, and The Devil & Sherlock Holmes . Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com Show notes: brendanomeara.com...

Apr 21, 20231 hr 12 minEp. 366

Episode 365: Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith is a poet and the author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful. Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com Show notes: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Apr 14, 20231 hr 1 minEp. 365

Episode 364: Mitchell S. Jackson

Mitchell S. Jackson is the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of "Twelve Minutes and a Life" for his piece on Ahmaud Arbery for Runners World. He's also the author of Survival Math: Notes from an All-American Family and the novel The Residue Years. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com...

Apr 07, 202358 minEp. 364

Episode 363: Eric Pape

Eric Pape ( @ericpape ) is a freelance journalist and journalism instructor. In this conversation, Eric talks about his piece for The Atavist Magazine . We also hear from editor-in-chief of The Atavist Seyward Darby. Social: @CNFPod Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com...

Mar 31, 20231 hr 16 minEp. 363

Episode 362: Svati Kirsten Narula

Svati Kirsten Narula ( @svatikirsten ) is an editor and journalist whose " A Mountain Called Her Home " is a wonderful feature that ran in Outside Magazine about the life and death of Nanda Devi Unsoeld. Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com...

Mar 24, 20231 hr 5 minEp. 362

Episode 361: Ari Shapiro

Ari Shapiro ( @arishapiro ) is the host of NPR's All Things Considered and the author of the memoir The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening (HarperCollins). Social: @CNFPod Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com N/A Beer Discount: athleticbrewing.com , use BRENDANO20 at checkout...

Mar 17, 20231 hr 7 minEp. 361

Episode 360: Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Elizabeth Gonzalez James is a novelist and essayist whose chapbook Five Conversations About Peter Sellers (Texas Review Press) puts the creative in creative nonfiction. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show Notes: Brendanomeara.com Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com...

Mar 10, 20231 hr 3 minEp. 360

Episode 359: Shannon McCaffrey

Shannon McCaffrey (@shannonajc1) is the author and reporter behind "Sanctuary," a love story of sorts, for this month's issue of The Atavist . We also hear from Atavist editor-in-chief Seyward Darby (@seywarddarby). Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com Beer discount: athleticbrewing.com, enter code BRENDANO20 at checkout....

Feb 28, 20231 hr 11 minEp. 359

Episode 358: Erica J. Berry

Erica J. Berry ( @ericajberry ) is back, this time to talk about her book Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear (Flatiron Books). Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Beer discount: athleticbrewing.com , enter BRENDANO20 at checkout for a discount....

Feb 24, 20231 hr 8 minEp. 358

Episode 357: Adam Popescu

Adam Popescu ( @adampopescu ) is a Los Angeles-based journalist and writer and he recently wrote about his trip to Congo and the first national park to mine for Bitcoin . Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Athletic Brewing discount, enter BRENDANO20 at checkout ....

Feb 17, 20231 hr 16 minEp. 357

Episode 356: Siku Allooloo

Siku Allooloo ( @discobou on IG) is a writer, poet, and filmmaker and we talk about her essays "Caribou People" and "Living Death." Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Newsletter/show notes: brendanomeara.com

Feb 10, 20231 hr 2 minEp. 356

Episode 355: Flinder Boyd

Flinder Boyd (@FlinderBoyd) is a freelance journalist whose piece "20 Minutes in Rucker Park" turns ten this year. He's also a filmmaker and a former professional basketball player. Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Feb 03, 20231 hr 14 minEp. 355

Episode 354: Nile Cappello

Nile Cappello (@liketheriver_) returns to talk about her Atavist piece for Feb. 2023. Social: @CNFPod Show notes/Newsletter: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Jan 31, 20231 hr 5 minEp. 354

Episode 353: Isaac Fitzgerald

Isaac Fitzgerald is the author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confession (Bloomsbury) and a frequent contributor to The Today Show. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Jan 27, 20231 hr 13 minEp. 353

Episode 352: Lauren Fleshman

Lauren Fleshman is the author of Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World (Penguin Press). Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Jan 20, 20231 hr 4 minEp. 352

Episode 351: Leah Sottile

Leah Sottile (@LeahSottile) is a freelance journalist and her latest project is Burn Wild, a podcast about eco-terrorism and the lengths people will go to save the planet. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Jan 13, 20231 hr 12 minEp. 351

Episode 350: Damon Brown

Damon Brown is the author of many books including Career Remix and Build from Now, and a content creator at youtube.com/@browndamon and career coach. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Jan 06, 20231 hr 6 min

Episode 349: Madeline Bodin

Madeline Bodin is the writer behind " The Curious Case of Nebraska Man " for the Atavist Magazine. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/Newsletter: brendanomeara.com N/A Beer Discount: Visit athleticbrewing.com , enter BRENDANO20 at checkout...

Dec 30, 20221 hr 34 minEp. 349

Audio Magazine Issue 3: Heroes

Michael Cuglietta, Andrew Sottile, Lori Sebastianutti, and Shawna Kenney bring you essays on the theme "Heroes." Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod or @creativenonfictionpodcast Show notes/newsletters: brendanomeara.com

Dec 30, 202243 min

Episode 348: Carl Hoffman

Carl Hoffman (@lunaticcarl on Twitter, @carlhoffmanstories on IG) is the author of five books, inclucing Liar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey into the Upside-Down World of Trump's MAGA Rallies (Custom House). Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Dec 23, 20221 hr 17 minEp. 348

Episode 347: Emily Fox Kaplan

Emily Fox Kaplan is a freelance journalist and she's featured in Issue 8 of Pipewrench Magazine for her piece "Searching for Zarahemla." Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Dec 16, 202257 minEp. 347

Episode 346: Lyndsie Bourgon

Lyndsie Bourgon (@lbourgon) is a freelance writer, journalist, and oral historian and author of Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod and @creativenonfictionpodcast

Dec 09, 20221 hr 11 minEp. 346

Episode 345: Sarah Souli

Sarah Souli is a freelance journalist whose piece " A Matter of Honor " was this month's Atavist Magazine feature. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Nov 30, 20221 hr 18 minEp. 345

Episode 344: Rachel Dickinson

Rachel Dickinson is the author The Loneliest Places: Loss, Grief, and the Long Journey Home (Three Hills Press). Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Nov 25, 20221 hr 8 minEp. 344

Episode 343: Kristina R. Gaddy

Kristina R. Gaddy is the author of Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Nov 18, 20221 hr 12 minEp. 343

Episode 342: Remembering Philip Gerard

Philip Gerard was a beloved writer and instructor. He was the author of several books including The Art of Creative Research, The Last Battleground, and Cape Fear Rising. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Nov 11, 20223 hr 2 minEp. 342
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