The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

Chris Solomon is a contributing editor to Outside Magazine. We talk about his work for GQ, Outside, and freelancing in general. Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Leigh Baldwin and Sean Williams co-wrote and co-reported "Follow the Leader" for the July issue of The Atavist Magazine. We also hear from lead editor Jonah Ogles. Social: @CNFPod Sponsor: Athletic Greens Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Leah Sottile (@leahsottile) is the author of When the Moon Turns to Blood (12 Books) and the producer behind the podcast Bundyville. Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Ruby McConnell (@rubygonewild) is the author of Ground Truth and A Woman's Guide to the Wild. Sponsor: Athletic Greens Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Howard Bryant (@hbryant42) is a senior writer for ESPN and the author of several books, including Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original (Mariner Books). Sponsor: Athleticgreens.com/emerging Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Neal Bascomb is the author of several book and these days he's most excited about his newsletter Work/Craft/Life (workcraftlife.substack.com). Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: Patreon Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Greg Donahue (@GregJDonahue) is a freelance journalist and the author and reporter behind the Atavist original " The Fugitive Next Door ." Social: @CNFPod Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletters: brendanomeara.com

Brad Listi is the author of Be Brief and Tell Them Everything. He's also the host the wildly popular Otherppl podcast (@otterppl). Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com  

Chip Scanlan returns to talk about his new book 33 Ways to Not Screw Up Your Journalism. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Sponsor: Athletic Greens Social: @CNFPod Newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Tad Friend is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of the memoir In the Early Times: A Life Reframed (Crown). Social: @CNFPod Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show Notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

No interview this week. Instead a short craft essay on how chefs can help us be better writers. Sponsor: Athletic Greens, athleticgreens.com/EMERGING Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod

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: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Meredith May returns to talk about her new book Loving Edie: How a Dog Afraid of Everything Taught Me to be Brave (Park Row Books). Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes and the Rage Against the Algorithm newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Jane Friedman returns! We talk about her smattering of webinars, building author platform, and finding ways to "surprise" your readers. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com

Leah Flickinger is a features editor for Bicycling Magazine, Runner's World, and more. She edited Mitchell S. Jackson's "Twelve Minutes and a Life," which won the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Kelly Loudenberg is a filmmaker and journalist and she's here to talk about her piece for The Atavist. In this episode, we also hear from editor-in-chief Seyward Darby. Show notes and newsletter: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod

In a departure from your normally scheduled programming, we bring you a new spin on an old favorite. This is a reimagining of the conversation with the unbreakable Laura Hillenbrand. Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Greg Brennecka is a cosmochemist and studies meteors. He is the auhthor of Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong (William Morrow, 2022). Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com

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: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes and newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Matt Bell is the author of the craft book Refuse to be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts. It's published by Soho. Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Bill Donahue is the writer behind "The Voyagers," a production of The Atavist Magazine. We also speak to lead editor Jonah Ogles about editing this piece and what makes for a great profile and getting a piece of writing to "that good place." Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod

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: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod

Neda Toloui-Semnani (@Neda_Semnani) is a journalist and author of They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents (Little a, 2022). Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

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: patreon.com/cnfpod Sponsor: West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing Show notes/Newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Come find the meaning of life with Gloria Liu (@thats_my_line) as we dig into her work for Outside Magazine about burnout, among other topics. Social: @CNFPod Sponsor: West Virg. Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com