Brendan O'Meara

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

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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!

Author

Brendan O'Meara

Category

Arts

Podcast website

brendanomeara.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Audio Magazine Issue 3: Heroes Video 30.12.2022

Michael Cuglietta, Andrew Sottile, Lori Sebastianutti, and Shawna Kenney bring you essays on the theme "Heroes." Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod or @creativenonfictionpodcast Show notes/newsletters: brendanomeara.com

Episode 348: Carl Hoffman 23.12.2022

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

Episode 347: Emily Fox Kaplan 16.12.2022

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: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Episode 346: Lyndsie Bourgon Video 09.12.2022

Lyndsie Bourgon (@lbourgon) is a freelance writer, journalist, and oral historian and author of Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod and @creativenonfictionpodcast

Episode 345: Sarah Souli Video 30.11.2022

Sarah Souli is a freelance journalist whose piece " A Matter of Honor " was this month's Atavist Magazine feature. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Episode 344: Rachel Dickinson 25.11.2022

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

Episode 343: Kristina R. Gaddy Video 18.11.2022

Kristina R. Gaddy is the author of Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Episode 342: Remembering Philip Gerard Video 11.11.2022

Philip Gerard was a beloved writer and instructor. He was the author of several books including The Art of Creative Research, The Last Battleground, and Cape Fear Rising. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Episode 341: Isidra Mencos Video 04.11.2022

Isidra Menco (@isidramencos) is the author of Promenade of Desire. It is published by She Writes Press. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com

Episode 340: J.B. MacKinnon Video 31.10.2022

J.B. MacKinnon is a freelance writer based out of Vancouver, BC. His piece, "True Grit," appears in the November issue of the Atavist Magazine. Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Episode 339: Jeff Pearlman Video 28.10.2022

Jeff Pearlman is the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson (Mariner Books). Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Episode 338: Remembering Matt Tullis Video 21.10.2022

Matt Tullis was a professor, author, journalist, and podcaster. Tullis Go Fund Me page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-tullis-family Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Episode 337: Ander Monson Video 07.10.2022

Ander Monson (@angermonsoon) is the author of Predator: A Memoir, A Movie, An Obsession. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod Beer Discount: athleticbrewing.com , promo code BRENDANO20

Episode 336: Cassidy Randall 30.09.2022

Cassidy Randall ( @cassidyjrandall ) is a freelance writer based out of Montana and she is October's featured Atavist writer.  Social: @CNFPod Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Beer Discount!: athleticbrewing.com , promo code BRENDANO20

Episode 335: Steve Brusatte Video 23.09.2022

Steve Brusatte (@SteveBrusatte) is the author of "The Rise and Reign of the Mammals" and a professor/research/paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Beer Discount: athleticbrewing.com , code BRENDANO20

Episode 334: Katrina Miller Video 16.09.2022

Katrina Miller (@__katrinarenee) is a physicist and writer who recently had a wonderful essay about trailblazing Black women in the physical sciences for Wired Magazine. Social: @CNFPod Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Beer discount: athleticbrewing.com , promo code BRENDANO20

Episode 333: Malaka Gharib Video 09.09.2022

Malaka Gharib (@malakagharib on IG) is a cartoonist and author of the graphic memoir It Won't Always Be Like This (Ten Speed Press). Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com N/A Beer discount: athleticbrewing.com , promo code BRENDANO20

Episode 332: David Maraniss 02.09.2022

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: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Beer Discount: athleticbrewing.com , code BRENDANO20

Episode 331: Seyward Darby Video 31.08.2022

Seyward Darby is the editor-in-chief for The Atavist Magazine and the author of Sisters in Hate. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Beer discount: athleticbrewing.com , use BRENDANO20 for discount. Newsletter: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod

Episode 330: Kim H. Cross 26.08.2022

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: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Episode 329: Alexandra Lytton Regalado Video 19.08.2022

Alexandra Lytton Regalado (@alexlregalado) is the author of Relinquenda, a collection of poems published by Beacon Press. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod

Episode 328 [RERUN]: My #HippoCamp21 Talk — In Their Words: Lessons Learned from the Best of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast Video 12.08.2022

In honor of HippoCamp22, I'm re-upping my HippoCamp21 talk. Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Episode 327: Donna Talarico, HippoCamper Video 05.08.2022

Donna Talarico is here to talk about HippoCamp22, the seventh iteration of the writer's conference focusing solely on creative nonfiction. If you use the promo code CNFPOD22 at checkout, you get $89 off your registration fee. Go to hippocampusmagazine.com/conference. Sponsor: Libsyn Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Show notes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com Social: @CNFPod

Episode 326: Jana Meisenholder Video 29.07.2022

Jana Meisenholder (@addsodium on Twitter) is a journalist whose latest piece appears in The Atavist Magazine. Sponsor: Libsyn Social: @CNFPod Support: patreon.com/cnfpod Shownotes/newsletter: brendanomeara.com

Episode 325: Kerri Sullivan Video 22.07.2022

Kerri Sullivan is the editor behind New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State (Rutgers University Press). Sponsor: Libsyn.com promo code FRIEND Support: Patreon.com/cnfpod Social: @CNFPod Show notes and newsletter: brendanomeara.com

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