Plot Twist Radio

In this episode of Plot Twist Radio , Erin sits down with Anastasia Drinevskaya , a producer, film director, and creative entrepreneur whose career spans podcasting, film, music, theatre, and strategic media. Anastasia shares her journey from prime-time television and editorial leadership in Russia to producing influential podcasts like Business Untitled in New York City. Together, they explore po...

Welcome back to Plot Twist Radio , where we celebrate the weird, the wild, and the “how did you even write this?” moments of creativity. Today’s guest is Eric Magun , a filmmaker and screenwriter turned award-winning novelist, and his new psychological thriller, Thank God For The Sinners , is making serious noise in the thriller and horror space. This isn’t one of those calm, quiet writing-process...

Today’s guest is someone who lives at the intersection of humor, music, and meaning. Will Ettante is a lifelong musician and performer whose path has taken him through entrepreneurship, venture capital, and corporate coaching—yet music has always remained at the center of his story. With absurdist lyrics, sharp wit, and an unmistakable emotional honesty, Will transforms everyday chaos into songs t...

Today on Plot Twist Radio , Erin interviews Jesse Kavadlo — an author, musician, and professor whose work lives at the intersection of sound and story. Jesse’s upcoming book, Rock of Pages: The Literary Tradition of 1980s Heavy Metal (releasing December 11 ), explores how the music of the 80s wasn’t just loud… it was meaningful, mythic, and deeply literary. Jesse shares how he wrote the book with...

Today’s guest is someone whose work asks a deceptively simple question: What happens when you really go back—and look again? My guest is Amy Weinland Daughters , the award-winning author of Dear Dana and the hilarious, heartfelt novel You Cannot Mess This Up . In this book, Amy sends her protagonist—at 46 years old—back to 1978, where she’s forced to spend 36 hours in her childhood home with her n...

“Sometimes the best stories don’t start in film school… they start in an argument.” Today’s guest is proof that creativity doesn’t always arrive politely—it shows up in the middle of a late-night debate, challenges everything you think you know, and dares you to prove your point with a story. After a 22-year career in law, Monte Albers de Leon began screenwriting on a dare—sparked by a heated conv...

Welcome to Plot Twist Radio , where we talk about the stories that shape us, challenge us, and sometimes refuse to behave. Today’s guest is Sue William Silverman — an award-winning author known for her fearless explorations of trauma, identity, desire, spirituality, and mortality. Sue is the author of multiple acclaimed memoirs, including How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences , Love Sick ,...

I’m joined by Heather Snodgrass , the debut, award-winning author of A Love Letter to Reading: a novel that fuses adrenaline-fueled suspense with the healing power of music. Her protagonist, Ariana Rossi, lives a life split straight down the middle: nurse by day, trained assassin by night. But in the darkest corners of that double life, it’s music, not violence, that keeps her grounded, alive, and...

In this episode of Plot Twist Radio , host Erin Egnatz sits down with acclaimed Americana singer-songwriter Digney Fignus to explore the deep connection between music and narrative. From his early days in Boston’s rock scene to his evolution as a roots-driven storyteller and former Columbia Records artist, Digney has built a career on songs that feel like short stories set to sound. We talk about...

Today’s guest brings us a story that started exactly the way childhood creativity does — with a simple doodle. Susan K. Fairchild is a lifelong artist and the debut author of The Turkey Hands , a children’s book that was born not from a sentence or a scene, but from a traced hand that suddenly came alive on the page. From that one sketch grew a joyful, mischievous story about play, imagination, an...

In a world that loves certainty, what if curiosity is the real act of leadership? This episode features Bill Hulseman, an educator and leader whose work lives at the crossroads of faith, education, and culture. Together, we unpack how belief systems shape institutions, why pop culture matters more than we think, and how advocacy begins with listening. From Harvard Divinity School to middle school...

Plot Twist Radio's inaugural episode kicks off with a Hollywood comedy legend: Guest: David Zucker (Director, Writer, Producer — Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie 3–5, BASEketball, and more) “The Art of the Spoof — Finding Humor in the Unexpected” This episode dives into the creative genius behind the most iconic parody films ever made and how David Zucker continues to shape comedy for new...