Podcast

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

Arts, Books

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 visit patreon.com/cnfpod to support!

Episodes
54
Releases
Every two weeks
Typical length
1 hr 5 min
On air since
2020
Latest episode
3 years ago

Episodes

54 episodes, newest first

  1. Episode 360: Elizabeth Gonzalez James

    Episode 360

    Show notes

    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: http://Patreon.com/cnfpod

    Show Notes: http://brendanomeara.com

    Substack: http://rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com

    1 hr 3 min
  2. Episode 358: Erica J. Berry

    Episode 358

    Show notes

    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: http://Patreon.com/cnfpod

    Show notes/newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    Beer discount: http://athleticbrewing.com, enter BRENDANO20 at checkout for a discount.

    1 hr 8 min
  3. Episode 355: Flinder Boyd

    Episode 355

    Show notes

    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: http://brendanomeara.com

    Social: @CNFPod

    Support: http://Patreon.com/cnfpod

    1 hr 14 min
  4. Episode 354: Nile Cappello

    Episode 354

    Show notes

    Nile Cappello (@liketheriver_) returns to talk about her Atavist piece for Feb. 2023.

    Social: @CNFPod

    Show notes/Newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    Support: http://Patreon.com/cnfpod

    1 hr 5 min
  5. Episode 353: Isaac Fitzgerald

    Episode 353

    Show notes

    Isaac Fitzgerald is the author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confession (Bloomsbury) and a frequent contributor to The Today Show.

    Support: http://Patreon.com/cnfpod

    Social: @CNFPod

    Show notes/newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    1 hr 13 min
  6. Episode 350: Damon Brown

    Show notes

    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: http://Patreon.com/cnfpod

    Show notes/newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    1 hr 6 min
  7. Episode 348: Carl Hoffman

    Episode 348

    Show notes

    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: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    Show notes/newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    1 hr 17 min
  8. Episode 347: Emily Fox Kaplan

    Episode 347

    Show notes

    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: http://brendanomeara.com

    Social: @CNFPod

    Support: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    57 min
  9. Episode 344: Rachel Dickinson

    Episode 344

    Show notes

    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

    1 hr 8 min
  10. Episode 336: Cassidy Randall

    Episode 336

    Show notes

    Cassidy Randall (@cassidyjrandall) is a freelance writer based out of Montana and she is October's featured Atavist writer.

    Social: @CNFPod

    Support: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    Show notes/newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    Beer Discount!: athleticbrewing.com, promo code BRENDANO20

    1 hr 15 min
  11. Episode 332: David Maraniss

    Show notes

    David Maraniss is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of several biographies, his latest being Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe.

    Support: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    Social: @CNFPod

    Show notes/newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    Beer Discount: http://athleticbrewing.com, code BRENDANO20

    1 hr 5 min
  12. Episode 330: Kim H. Cross

    Episode 330

    Show notes

    Kim H. Cross is a freelance writer, an instructor, a mountain bike head coach and author of The Stahl House.

    Social: @CNFPod

    Show notes/newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    Support: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    55 min
  13. Episode 316: Chip Scanlan

    Episode 316

    Show notes

    Chip Scanlan returns to talk about his new book 33 Ways to Not Screw Up Your Journalism. Support: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    Sponsor: Athletic Greens

    Social: @CNFPod

    Newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    1 hr 4 min
  14. Episode 313: Katia Savchuk

    Episode 313

    Show notes

    Katia Savchuk (@katiasav) is a freelancer journalist and wrote an incredible piece for The Atavist Magazine. We talk to her as well as editor-in-chief Seyward Darby.

    Social: @CNFPod

    Support: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    Show notes/newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    1 hr 29 min
  15. Episode 306: Dan Schwartz

    Show notes

    Dan Schwartz (@danjschwartz) is a freelance investigative journalist based out of Colorado. He's got a new piece in the Atlantic about climate change and how local weathermen are the most trusted people to sound the alarm about it.

    Social: @CNFPod

    Support: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    Show notes and newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    1 hr 11 min
  16. Episode 303: Damon Brown

    Episode 303

    Show notes

    Get the gig you want with the skills you've got, that's the subtitle of Damon Brown's new book, Career Remix. It's published by Sterling.

    Social: CNFPod

    Show notes: http://brendanomeara.com

    Support: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    52 min
  17. Episode 301: Debbie Millman

    Episode 301

    Show notes

    Debbie Millman (@debbiemillman) is the host of the incredible Design Matters podcast and the author of Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People (Porchlight Books, 2022).

    Social: @CNFPod

    Support: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing

    Show notes/Newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    1 hr
  18. Episode 296: Bradford Pearson on Reporting, Ambition, and 'The Eagles of Heart Mountain'

    Show notes

    Bradford Pearson (@bradfordpearson) is a journalist, editor, and author of The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story Of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America.

    Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing

    Social Media @CNFPod

    Show notes and newsletter: http://brendanomeara.com

    Support?: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    1 hr 12 min
  19. Episode 293: The 'Supremely Tiny Acts' of Sonya Huber

    Episode 293

    Show notes

    Sonya Huber (@sonyahuber) is the author of the memoir Supremely Tiny Acts: A Memoir of a Day (Mad Creek Books).

    Show notes: http://brendanomeara.com

    Support: http://patreon.com/cnfpod

    Social Media: @CNFPod

    Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing

    1 hr
  20. Episode 291: 'Simple is the Way to Go' with Mirin Fader

    Episode 291

    Show notes

    Mirin Fader (@mirinfader) is a senior staff writer for The Ringer and the author of Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an MVP.

    She was twice featured as a notable selection in the Year's Best Sports Writing for her piece on Tyler Skaggs and Gigi Bryant.

    This episode is dedicated to Kim H. Cross.

    Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing

    Support: Patreon.com/cnf

    Social Media: @CNFPod

    Show notes: http://brendanomeara.com

    1 hr 10 min

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