This Podcast Will Change Your Life.
369 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis Podcast Will Change Your Life is a long-form interview show hosted by writer, teacher, trainer, coach and content creator Ben Tanzer and housed at This Blog Will Change Your Life. The show focuses on conversations with authors, creatives and changemakers from around the world.
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This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter Twelve - Cool, Not Removed
December 22, 2022 06:56 - 13 minutes - 4.77 MBCool, Not Removed was published as part of the short story collection So Different Now, which was released by CCLaP in 2011. The collection represents Part Two of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). Cool, Not Removed is read by Patrick Wensink (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO Patrick Wensi...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life is a most excellent Episode Three Hundred - Absolutely Literal.
December 16, 2022 07:14 - 1 hour - 26.1 MBThis most excellent 300th episode stars the most excellent Sara Lippmann (LECH, JERKS, Doll Palace). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Lippmann's home office in the New York City borough known as Brooklyn in December 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter Eleven - Stevey
December 15, 2022 02:46 - 17 minutes - 6.06 MBStevey was published as part of the short story collection So Different Now, which was released by CCLaP in 2011. The collection represents Part Two of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). Stevey is read by David Masciotra (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO David Masciotra is the author of se...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter Ten - In A Single Bound
December 07, 2022 23:42 - 13 minutes - 4.74 MBIn A Single Bound was published as part of the short story collection So Different Now, which was released by CCLaP in 2011. The collection represents Part Two of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). In A Single Bound is read by Seth Berg (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO Seth Berg is a hatc...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Ninety-Nine - I Want My Life To Be About Something Else.
December 02, 2022 19:22 - 1 hour - 25.8 MBThis episode stars Coco Picard (The Healing Circling, The Chronicles of Fortune, Green Lantern Press). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Picard's former home somewhere off on the East coast of the United States in September 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter Nine - So Different Now
December 01, 2022 07:29 - 12 minutes - 4.14 MBSo Different Now was published as part of the short story collection So Different Now, which was released by CCLaP in 2011. The collection represents Part Two of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). So Different Now is read by Donald Quist (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO Donald Quist is au...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter Eight - Shooting Stick
November 22, 2022 06:58 - 10 minutes - 3.57 MBShooting Stick was published as part of the short story collection Repetition Patterns, which was released by CCLaP in 2008. The collection represents Part One of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). Shooting Stick is read by Hosho McCreesh (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO Hosho McCreesh is...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter Seven - Life As He Had Known It
November 17, 2022 19:07 - 19 minutes - 6.67 MBLife As He Had Known It was published as part of the short story collection Repetition Patterns, which was released by CCLaP in 2008. The collection represents Part One of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). Life As He Had Known It is read by Alice Kaltman (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO ...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Ninety-Eight - A Specific Sensibility.
November 17, 2022 02:26 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBThis episode stars Jackson Bliss (Dream Pop Origami, Counterfactual Love Stories, Amnesia of June Bugs). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Bliss' home in the City of Angels in September 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter Six - Pac-Man Fever
November 10, 2022 20:47 - 11 minutes - 4.04 MBPac-Man Fever was published as part of the short story collection Repetition Patterns, which was released by CCLaP in 2008. The collection represents Part One of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). Pac-Man Fever is read by Mark R. Brand (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO Mark R. Brand is a C...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter Five - Change Of Plans
November 03, 2022 04:48 - 12 minutes - 4.21 MBChange Of Plans was published as part of the short story collection Repetition Patterns, which was released by CCLaP in 2008. The collection represents Part One of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). Change Of Plans is read by Christopher Bowen (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO Christopher ...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Ninety-Seven - Easy Breezy.
November 02, 2022 17:43 - 1 hour - 22.2 MBThis episode stars former (and forever) guest Giano Cromley (The Prince of Infinite Space, What We Build Upon the Ruins, The Last Good Halloween). It was recorded live and on a walk along Division Street in Chicago, IL that started and concluded at Rite Liquors in September 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter Four - What We Thought We Knew
October 27, 2022 06:03 - 18 minutes - 6.35 MBWhat We Thought We Knew was published as part of the short story collection Repetition Patterns, which was released by CCLaP in 2008. The collection represents Part One of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). What We Thought We Knew is read by Tom Williams (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO T...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter Three - The Gift
October 20, 2022 22:02 - 12 minutes - 4.28 MBThe Gift was published as part of the short story collection Repetition Patterns, which was released by CCLaP in 2008. The collection represents Part One of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). The Gift is read by Serena Makofsky (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO Serena spends her time writi...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Ninety-Six - You Hope You Get Things Right.
October 19, 2022 16:53 - 1 hour - 21.6 MBThis episode stars Ashley Marie Farmer (Dear Damage, Beside Myself, The Women). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Farmer's home in the Salt Lake City in August 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter Two - The Babysitter
October 13, 2022 16:11 - 18 minutes - 6.48 MBThe Babysitter was published as part of the short story collection Repetition Patterns, which was released by CCLaP in 2008. The collection represents Part One of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). The Babysitter is read by Cyn Vargas (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO Cyn Vargas is the au...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life presents: UPSTATE: The Podcast | Chapter One - Repetition Patterns
October 06, 2022 20:44 - 17 minutes - 5.84 MBRepetition Patterns was published as part of the short story collection Repetition Patterns, which was released by CCLaP in 2008. The collection represents Part One of the linked short story collection UPSTATE re-released in 2020 by Tortoise Books (and originally released under the title The New York Stories by CCLaP in 2015). Repetition Patterns is read by Judy Tanzer (BIO below). INTRO/OUTRO music is Drinking of Me and was generously provided by Monkey Wrench. READER BIO Being the m...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Ninety-Five - Many A Wooden Jew.
October 02, 2022 21:40 - 1 hour - 21.4 MBThis episode stars Jerry Stahl, yes that Jerry Stahl (Permanent Midnight, I, Fatty, Nein, Nein, Nein!). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Stahl's home in the City of Angels in September 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Ninety-Four - He's The Great Indoorsman.
September 16, 2022 04:39 - 1 hour - 23.8 MBThis episode stars Andrew Farkas (The Great Indoorsman, The Big Red Herring, Sunsphere and Self-Titled Debut). It was recorded in-person, yes, you read that correctly, at Longman & Eagle in Chicago, IL in July 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Ninety-Three - This Is An Adventure.
September 06, 2022 15:46 - 1 hour - 23.4 MBThis episode stars Eileen Joyce Donovan (Promises) on the occasion of the release of her new book A Lady Newspaperman's Dilemma. It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Donovan's home on the island of Manhattan in September 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Ninety-Two - Until The Story Stops Speaking To Us.
August 26, 2022 05:32 - 1 hour - 21.8 MBThis episode stars Jonathan Papernick (There is No Other, The Book of Stone, I Am My Beloveds). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Papernick's now former Massachusetts home in June 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Ninety-One - Don't Stop What You're Doing.
August 11, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 20.9 MBThis episode stars Kacy Tellessen (Freaks of a Feather). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Tellessen's office somewhere off in the great Northwest in July 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Ninety - Telling Good Stories.
July 21, 2022 19:16 - 1 hour - 25.3 MBThis episode stars Elizabeth Coffey and Mark Wish (Coolest American Stories). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Coffey and Wish's home in the City of New York in June 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Eighty-Nine - No Conversation is Perfect.
July 05, 2022 05:12 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBThis episode stars Brad Listi (Be Brief and Tell Them Everything, Board, Attention.Deficit.Disorder., Otherppl with Brad Listi). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Listi's home studio in the City of Angels in June 2022. BONUS MUSIC (for the Listi): Short Metal Blast by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 Internation...
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Eighty-Eight - A Lot Of Humanity.
June 15, 2022 22:10 - 1 hour - 21.3 MBThis episode stars Jason Fisk (Sub Urbane, Sadly Beautiful, Salt Creek Anthology) on the occasion of the release of his debut novel The Craigslist Incident. It was recorded in-person, yes, you read that correctly, at Moody's Pub in Chicago, IL in June 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Eighty-Seven - A Whole Life.
June 07, 2022 22:28 - 1 hour - 22.5 MBThis episode stars Christine Marie Eberle (Finding God in Ordinary Time) on the occasion of the release of her new book Finding God Abiding: Daily Meditations. It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Eberle's home in Pennsylvania in May 2022 (where she encourages you to read only one meditation per day).
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Eighty-Six - I'm Still A Project.
June 07, 2022 18:22 - 1 hour - 22.5 MBThis episode stars Angelique Pesce on the occasion of the release of her debut novel American Pastime. It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Pesce's home in Connecticut, also the home of ESPN, which seems appropriate in May 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Eighty-Five - This Is What I Do Now.
June 03, 2022 21:15 - 1 hour - 22 MBThis episode stars Jared Yates Sexton (The Hook and The Haymaker, The Man They Wanted Me to Be, American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People and many more). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Sexton's home in the increasingly purple state of Georgia in April 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Eighty-Four - What We Call Grit.
May 27, 2022 20:08 - 1 hour - 21.2 MBThis episode stars Anita K. Newman on the occasion of the release of her debut children's book Clark the Colorblind Chameleon. It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Newman's home in Carver, Massachusetts, named for John Carver, the first governor of the Plymouth Colony, so there's that, in May 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Eighty-Three - Seasons Of Life.
May 20, 2022 04:51 - 1 hour - 20.8 MBThis episode stars Keith Lesmeister (We Could've Been Happy Here, EastOver Press). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Lesmeister's home, which just may be proximal to the Driftless Area (which is pretty cool if you don't know and which you'll learn more about on this episode of the podcast) in April 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Eighty-Two - Force Of Will.
April 29, 2022 21:54 - 1 hour - 21.7 MBThis episode stars Adam Robinson (Publishing Genius, Studio Friend, Good Book Developers). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Robinson's office in greater Atlantaland in April 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Eighty-One - The Thing That Was Missing
April 05, 2022 04:29 - 59 minutes - 20.3 MBThis episode stars Deborah S. Greenhut (The Hoarder's Wife). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Greenhut's home in The Garden State in March 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Eighty - On The Cusp.
March 29, 2022 20:21 - 1 hour - 22.7 MBThis episode stars Andrew DeYoung (The Temps, The Exo Project). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and DeYoung's home office in the great state of Minnesota in February 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Seventy-Nine - What We Talk About When We Talk About Taylor Swift.
March 18, 2022 18:28 - 1 hour - 25.1 MBThis episode stars Amy Long (Taylor Swift as Books, Codependence: Essays). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and what I believe must have been Florida in February 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Seventy-Eight - The Ingredients Of A Perfect Story.
February 23, 2022 23:22 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBThis episode stars Luke Jerod Kummer (The Blue Period, Takers Mad). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and an underground location outside New York City in January 2022.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Seventy-Seven - Brick By Brick.
February 01, 2022 03:36 - 1 hour - 22.1 MBThis episode stars Beth Gilstrap (Deadheading & Other Stories, I Am Barbarella: Stories). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Gilstrap's home in Kentucky, not North Carolina, in December 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Seventy-Six - Children Of The Shtetl.
January 05, 2022 20:24 - 1 hour - 21.8 MBThis episode stars Matthew Specktor (Always Crashing in the Same Car, That Summertime Sound, Los Angeles Review of Books). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Specktor's home in the City of Angels in December 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Seventy-Five - Filmic.
December 22, 2021 06:05 - 59 minutes - 20.4 MBThis episode stars Lee Matthew Goldberg (Stalker Stalked, Grenade Bouquets, Runaway Train and so many more). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Goldberg's home on the island known as Manhattan in October 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Seventy-Four - Operant Conditions.
December 08, 2021 06:27 - 1 hour - 22.6 MBThis episode stars Diane Grimard Wilson (Brain Dance: My Journey with Invisible Illness, Second Chances, and the Wonders of Applied Neuroscience). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Wilson's home in the greater Chicagoland suburbs in August 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Seventy-Three - Why Crime.
December 03, 2021 05:27 - 1 hour - 22.9 MBThis episode stars Frank Zafiro (Wrong Place, Write Crime podcast and so many gritty, crime novels). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Zafiro's home in the Pacific Northwest in August 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Seventy-Two - There Are Names For Things.
November 17, 2021 22:15 - 59 minutes - 20.5 MBThis episode stars James Tate Hill (Blind Man's Bluff). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Hill's home in North Carolina (which just may be our very first discussion originated from there) in October 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Seventy-One - Feeling Seen And Present.
November 11, 2021 02:01 - 1 hour - 24 MBThis episode stars Joanna C. Valente (A Love Story, Yes, Poetry, Luna Luna Magazine). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Valente's home in New York (not Yonkers sadly) in September 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Seventy - Jews, Newspapers and Frank Thomas.
November 05, 2021 05:16 - 1 hour - 26 MBThis episode stars Avner Landes (Meiselman: The Lean Years). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL (and Landes' former hometown, sort of), and Landes' current home in Tel Aviv (yes, that Tel Aviv) in August 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Sixty-Nine - You Want To Be The Master Of Your Own Story.
October 18, 2021 17:51 - 1 hour - 21.9 MBThis episode stars Robert Tomaino (New Madrid). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Tomaino's home, which is not out west, but east (east of the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio anyway) in Connecticut in October 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Sixty-Eight - Love Endures.
October 15, 2021 16:52 - 1 hour - 20.9 MBThis episode stars Maria Price (Love You Still). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Price's home in the Hawkeye State otherwise known as Iowa in October 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Sixty-Seven - There's Something Bigger Going On Here.
October 12, 2021 22:38 - 1 hour - 22.5 MBThis episode stars Christina Beauchemin (Let My Legacy Be Love: A Shortcut to Self-Loving). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Beauchemin's home in the glory that is upstate New York in September 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Sixty-Six - Stay Vital.
October 10, 2021 00:39 - 58 minutes - 19.9 MBThis episode stars Trish McDonald (Paper Bags). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and McDonald's home in South Florida (which is not so terribly far really from where Hemingway wrote) in September 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Sixty-Five - They Called It Literature.
October 05, 2021 23:15 - 1 hour - 21.7 MBThis episode stars D.W. Hogan (Unbroken Bonds). It was recorded, wait for it...live on the streets of Chicago in June 2021 and marks both the first live episode since before the pandemic began, but the first walk and talk posting since the way back.* *Please enjoy the return of street noise and random ambient scuzz.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Sixty-Four - If You're Going To Do It, Do It Right It.
October 04, 2021 00:25 - 1 hour - 24.8 MBThis episode stars Elizabeth B. Splaine (Swan Song Devil's Grace, Blind Order). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Splaine's home in the state of mind also known as Rhode Island in September 2021.
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Two Hundred and Sixty-Three - Meaning-Making.
October 01, 2021 22:10 - 54 minutes - 18.9 MBThis episode stars Alisha Bashaw (Four Eyes: A Memoir of a Millenial Caregiver). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life home studio in Chicago, IL and Bashaw's home in the glorious state (and state of being) that is Colorado in August 2021.