Writers Who Don't Write
71 EpisodesProduced by Jeff Umbro & Kyle Craner / The Podglomerate
Hosted by Jeff Umbro and Kyle Craner, this project began as a way for the two of them to get over their own fears of writing, and slowly morphed into an inspiring multi-year project to tell the stories others find difficult. Each episode brings a well-known creative into the studio to discuss his or… read more
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V.E. Schwab
October 17th, 2018
57:13
Victoria “V.E.” Schwab is the #1 NYT, USA, and Indie bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and This Savage Song. Her work has received critical acclaim, been …
Kwame Alexander
October 3rd, 2018
38:35
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times Bestselling author of 28 books, including SWING, SOLO, and REBOUND, the follow-up to his, …
Camille Perri
September 19th, 2018
51:54
Camille Perri is the author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy, and former books editor at Cosmo and Esquire. We sat down to talk with her …
Matthew Pearl
September 5th, 2018
58:16
This week we sat down with author Matthew Pearl to discuss his path from studying law to writing and researching six(!) novels including The Dante …
Jeff Pearlman
July 25th, 2018
1:03:43
We chat with journalist and author Jeff Pearlman about writing profiles, writing about sports and the people who play them, and what it takes to do great research. Jeff has written several books including but not …
Jennifer Wright
July 11th, 2018
1:08:40
Jennifer Wright is the Author of Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them, and It Ended Badly: Thirteen of The Worst …
Jim Butcher
June 27th, 2018
50:55
Jim Butcher is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and the Cinder Spires. He lives in the Rocky Mountains …
2018 Summer Reading List
June 13th, 2018
26:26
In this episode, in lieu of an author interview, Jeff and Kyle talk about the books they're currently reading, as well as the books that are on their respective reading lists for this summer. Kyle's fantasy heavy list …
John Green via Off Track
May 30th, 2018
34:18
This week on the show we're trying something a little bit different. Another podcast Jeff produces via The Podglomerate was able to get an interview with legendary author John Green, so we decided to play it for you. …
Melissa Albert
May 16th, 2018
52:58
This week on the show we speak with NYT bestselling author Melissa Albert, who's new novel The Hazel Wood is out now. We discuss what it's like to write your first novel, to write without knowing quite where you're …
Born to the Blade: Michael R. Underwood, Marie Brennan, and Cassandra Khaw
May 2nd, 2018
38:30
We sat down with Michael R. Underwood, Marie Brennan, and Cassandra Khaw; three of the four authors of Born to the Blade. Born to the Blade is a new serialized fiction offering from Serial Box - a company that …
Tom Rachman
April 18th, 2018
48:42
Tom Rachman is the author of four books, including The Imperfectionists, The Rise & Fall of Great Powers, Basket of Deplorables, and his most recent work The Italian Teacher. We spend a lot of time discussing Tom's …
Stina Leicht
April 4th, 2018
46:27
Stina Leicht is the author of four novels: Blackthorne, Cold Iron, Of Blood and Honey and And Blue Skies From Pain. Her Feminist essays were featured …
Paul Cantor
March 21st, 2018
1:06:09
Paul Cantor is a Writer and Music Producer who's written for major publications like Vice, Rolling Stone, Esquire, NY Mag, Fader, Vulture, and many …
Michael Finkel
March 7th, 2018
1:13:55
Michael Finkel is a journalist who has written for The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Men's Journal, The Atlantic, and Skiing Magazine, among others. He is the author of Stranger in the Woods and True Story, which was …
Dara Horn
February 21st, 2018
1:04:45
Dara Horn is the award winning author of Eternal Life, as well as four other novels: A Guide For The Perplexed, All Other Nights, The World To Come, and In The Image. She's also written a non-fiction book called The …
John August
February 7th, 2018
1:13:18
John August is the author of Arlo Finch and the Valley of Fire and the host of Scriptnotes and Launch. He’s mostly known as a screenwriter. His credits include Go, Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, Titan A.E., Charlie and …
Neel Mukherjee
January 24th, 2018
1:11:35
Neel Mukherjee is a Calcutta born author living in London. His third book, A State of Freedom, was just published by WW Norton in January 2018 and is …
The 2017 Recap
January 10th, 2018
39:58
Jeff and Kyle sit down to recap the books they read in 2017, what they're looking forward to in 2018, and where some of our previous guests are at in life and their careers.
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Rerun: Lillian Cunningham
December 27th, 2017
1:01:31
Writers Who Don't Write interviewed Lillian Cunningham in March of 2017 regarding her role as the editor of the Washington Post's On Leadership …
The Star Wars (Novelist) Episode
December 13th, 2017
1:06:17
Claudia Gray, Delilah Dawson and Ken Liu have authored nearly a dozen original Star Wars stories between them. They join the Writers Who Don’t Write this week to discuss writing within the Star Wars universe and …
Andy Weir
November 15th, 2017
1:09:36
Andy Weir is the author of The Martian and, most recently, Artemis. Though he's wanted to be a writer his whole life, it was just a few years ago …
Amy Rose Spiegel
November 1st, 2017
1:09:03
Amy Rose Spiegel is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor. Currently, she’s the editor-in-chief of Talkhouse Music, where musicians become critics and essayists. Previously, she was a story editor at Rookie and an …
Elliot Ackerman
October 18th, 2017
1:04:00
Elliot Ackerman is an American author and journalist, currently based in Istanbul. Prior to his writing career, he served five distinguished tours of …
Doug Stanton
October 4th, 2017
1:15:07
Doug Stanton is a journalist, lecturer, screenwriter, and author of the New York Times bestsellers In Harm’s Way and Horse Soldiers. Horse Soldiers …
Claire Messud
September 20th, 2017
1:13:55
Claire Messud is a recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Author of five previous works of fiction including her most recent novel, …
The McElroys
September 6th, 2017
40:28
Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy from My Brother, My Brother and Me have recruited their dad Clint for a campaign of high adventure. Join the McElroys as they find their fortune and slay an unconscionable number of …
Sara Novic
August 23rd, 2017
56:15
Sara Novic is the author of Girl At War, a critically acclaimed novel about the Croatian Civil War, told through decades and perspectives. Sara is …
Jennifer Brody
August 9th, 2017
1:03:05
Jennifer Brody is the author of the award-winning Continuum Trilogy and chats with us about YA, science fiction, world building and the film and book industry.
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Brendan O'Connor
July 26th, 2017
1:12:23
Brendan O’Connor is a reporter for the Special Projects unit at Gizmodo. In the past he’s written for The Awl and was a staff writer at Gawker (RIP). …
Dave Weigel
July 13th, 2017
1:07:51
Dave Weigel is a National Reporter for the Washington Post and author of the book The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock. He chats …
Ken Liu
June 28th, 2017
1:15:24
A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, Ken Liu is the author of The Dandelion Dynasty, a silkpunk epic fantasy series and The Paper …
Aaron Lammer
June 14th, 2017
1:08:12
Aaron Lammer is a proprietor of Longform.org and a host of the popular Longform Podcast. He writes songs with the artist Francis and the Lights, who …
Doree Shafrir
May 30th, 2017
1:05:18
Doree Shafrir is a Senior Tech Writer at BuzzFeed News and has worked as an editor or staff writer at Rolling Stone, the New York Observer, Gawker, …
Beau Lotto
May 17th, 2017
1:05:42
Beau Lotto is one of the few speakers to have given two TED talks, which have amassed over 5 million views combined. He has also spoken at Google’s Zeitgest Minds, Wired, G8 and made significant programme contributions …
Nathan Hill
May 3rd, 2017
1:11:55
Nathan Hill’s debut novel The Nix was named the #1 book of the year by Audible and Entertainment Weekly, as well as one of the year’s best books by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Slate, Amazon, and many …
Colin Barrett
April 19th, 2017
1:14:54
Colin Barrett is an Irish short story writer and the author of the critically acclaimed Young Skins. He’s won the Frank O’Connor International Short …
Bonus: Alyssa Cowit & Greg Dunbar of Live From Snack Time
April 12th, 2017
38:01
Alyssa Cowit teaches at an elementary school in New York City. In May 2015, she started the Instagram account Live from Snack Time with Greg Dunbar, …
Corinne Fisher
April 5th, 2017
56:36
Corinne Fisher is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor. She co-hosts the wildly popular Guys We F**cked: The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast with Kyrstyna …
Lillian Cunningham
March 22nd, 2017
1:06:10
Lillian Cunningham is the editor of the Washington Post's On Leadership section and host of the popular Presidential podcast. She sat down with us to …
Louise O'Neill
March 8th, 2017
1:04:54
Louise O'Neill is the Irish young adult author of Asking For It and Only Ever Yours. The Guardian called her the "best YA fiction writer alive today" …
Mike Brown
February 22nd, 2017
1:03:33
Mike Brown is a standup comic and writer based in Harlem, New York. He was named one of Rooftop Comedy’s Comics to Watch, Caroline’s Best of New …
Alana Massey
February 8th, 2017
1:08:07
Alana is a writer covering identity, culture, virtue and vice for basically every outlet there is, save The New Yorker which she gets into in this …
Bonus: Sanura Williams from MyLitBox.com
February 3rd, 2017
12:42
Writers Who Don't Write is brought to you this week by My Lit Box. Each month you’ll receive a newly released novel by a writer of color as well as …
Margaret Eby
January 25th, 2017
1:17:52
Margaret Eby is a journalist and critic who writes about books, movies, music, television, and various cultural ephemera. She currently works as …
Phil Klay
January 11th, 2017
1:14:45
Phil Klay is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in Iraq’s Anbar Province from January 2007 to February …
Blair Braverman
October 12th, 2016
1:13:22
Blair Braverman is a nonfiction writer and dogsledder whose work has appeared in This American Life, The Atavist, Buzzfeed, Orion, The Best Women's Travel Writing and elsewhere. She is training for the Iditarod, a …
Mychal Denzel Smith
October 5th, 2016
1:18:19
Mychal Denzel Smith is a Knobler Fellow at The Nation Institute and a contributing writer for The Nation magazine. He has also written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Salon, Feministing.com, The Guardian, The …
Hollie Overton
September 28th, 2016
56:49
Hollie Overton is an author and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. She writes for or has written for the show's Shadowhunters and The Client List, …
Mark Manson
September 21st, 2016
1:09:42
Mark Manson is an author, blogger and entrepreneur. He writes personal development advice that doesn't suck. His new book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, was …
Stephanie Danler
September 14th, 2016
1:13:19
Stephanie Danler is a writer based in Brooklyn. She holds an MFA in creative writing from The New School and is the author of the newly released …
Evan Ratliff
September 7th, 2016
1:22:32
Evan Ratliff is the CEO, co-founder and editor of Atavist Magazine. This past July he collected 10 pieces of journalism from the magazine's five year …
Tanwi Nandini Islam
June 28th, 2016
1:09:12
Tanwi Nandini Islam, author of Bright Lines, a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, speaks to Writers Who Don't Write about running a retail business while maintaining a writing career, putting herself …
Reza Farazmand
June 22nd, 2016
51:21
Reza Farazmand draws comics and writes things at Poorly Drawn Lines (PDL). PDL's Wikipedia page is ridiculous, mostly because it's accurate, so I'm …
Ester Steinberg
June 15th, 2016
1:12:44
Ester Steinberg is a comedian in Los Angeles. She is the star of Oxygen’s hit show Funny Girls. Her dark comedy smoking whitefish is currently in development at ABC. She was recently featured in Time Out LA for her …
Matt Lubchansky
June 8th, 2016
58:45
Matt Lubchansky is a cartoonist and an editorial assistant at The Nib, which is a cartoon website relaunching this summer at First Look Media. He's the author/co-author of three books; co-author of the recently …
Dana Schwartz
June 1st, 2016
1:08:14
Dana Schwartz is an arts and entertainment writer for the New York Observer. She was formerly a New Yorker cartoon assistant and a staff writer and video producer at Mental Floss. She runs the parody Twitter accounts …
Tim Urban (Part II of II)
May 25th, 2016
1:11:01
Tim Urban is the head writer for Wait But Why, a very unique blog with a cult following that Kyle and I love. We love it so much, in fact, that we …
Tim Urban (Part I of II)
May 18th, 2016
1:16:24
Tim Urban is a writer for Wait But Why, a very unique blog with a cult following that Kyle and I love. We love it so much, in fact, that we convinced …
Jessica Pressler
May 11th, 2016
1:14:39
Jessica Pressler is a contributing writer for New York Magazine and has written for Elle, GQ, and a number of other outlets. She speaks to us this week about some of her profile pieces on the titans of the finance …
Jason Diamond
April 27th, 2016
1:11:23
Jason Diamond is an associate editor at Men's Journal and the author of the forthcoming book, Searching for John Hughes. Prior to this he was an editor at Jewcy.com and Flavorpill, and he founded the literary website …
Kevin Nguyen
April 20th, 2016
1:18:20
Kevin Nguyen is the editorial director for Google Play Books. Before this, he was a book reviewer at Grantland, worked at Amazon and Oyster Books, and has published online at The Paris Review, The New Republic, The …
Aaron Edwards
April 13th, 2016
1:03:34
Aaron Edwards is a mobile editor at Buzzfeed News. Before that, he was an editor at Breaking News, at Digital First Media's Project Thunderdome, and at the New York Times as a James Reston Reporting Fellow. He also held …
Lev Grossman
April 6th, 2016
1:18:15
Lev Grossman is TIME Magazine's book critic, their lead technology writer and the author of The Magicians, The Magician King and The Magician's Land. …
Ian Hunt
April 1st, 2016
52:40
Ian Hunt came on the show this week to tell us a story about definitely almost maybe potentially meeting Daniel Radcliffe in a story that is a lot like what it’s like to live in New York: dirty, confusing, exhilarating, …
Bijan Stephen
April 1st, 2016
1:06:14
Bijan Stephen, an associate editor for The New Republic. Bijan has written for Wired, The New Republic, Fast Company (Today in Tabs), TIME, and more than a dozen other outlets, is our guest on the show this week. …
Clive Thompson
April 1st, 2016
1:30:47
Clive Thompson, a journalist for Wired and The New York Times Magazine among many other outlets, is our guest on the show this week. He's the author of Smarter Than You Think and you can find him online at …
Laurie Frankel
April 1st, 2016
53:39
Laurie Frankel joins us via Skype from Seattle to discuss her work, her life, and her untold stories. Laurie is a writer, teacher and a parent. She’s …
Victoria Taylor
April 1st, 2016
1:15:07
Victoria Taylor is our guest on the show this week. Victoria has worked at ID PR, Reddit and WeWork and is a rock star in the community building world of the Internet. We discussed Shake Shack, books, making people …
Matt Gallagher
April 1st, 2016
1:02:04
Matt Gallagher was an Army Captain in Iraq in 2007 and 2008 and kept a blog called Kaboom during his tour. In June of 2008, the Army asked him to shut down the website. In this episode, we explore why, we discuss Matt's …
Teaser
April 1st, 2016
0:38
Writers Who Don’t Write is an hour-long longform interview show about …
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