The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

Anna Altman is a freelance journalist. This is her second time writing for The Atavist.  Substack: Rage Against the Algorithm Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Suds: Athletic Brewing, use BRENDANO20 at checkout

Jen A. Miller (@ByJenAMiller) is a freelance writer and author o f Freelance Writing for Laid-Off Journalists (and Those Who Want to Quit) . Substack: rageagainstthealgorithm.substack.com Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod

A couple crafty-type essays this week. Substack: Rage Against the Algorithm Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: patreon.com/cnfpod

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  

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

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 ch...

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.  

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 .

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

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

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

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  

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

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

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

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