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Episode 49: Tedd Siegel - SIGNS OF THE GREAT REFUSAL
Story Behind the Story - April 09, 2024 03:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTedd Siegel retired from his career as an academic administrator in late 2019 after wrestling with extreme stress, burnout, and PTSD — caused, in part, by the conditions of work as it is formulated today. He wrote Signs of the Great Refusal: The Coming Struggle for a Postwork Society in part to w...
Episode 48: Katya Apekina - MOTHER DOLL
Story Behind the Story - March 03, 2024 01:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNovelist, screenwriter, and translator Katya Apekina returns to Story Behind the Story to talk about her latest novel, Mother Doll — an intergenerational ghost story, tying together a Russian revolutionary and her great-granddaughter, adrift in her 20s in LA. Special Guest: Katya Apekina.
Episode 47: Marcus Gazaway - BRIDGEWATER
Story Behind the Story - February 04, 2024 01:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMarcus Gazaway got his start as a writer right here on the central coast, when he joined the staff of CSU Monterey Bay’s student newspaper, The Otter Realm (https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/otterrealm/). Today, he works as a full-time author in Sarasota, Florida, where he can be seen reading and ...
Episode 46: Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo - INCANTATION
Story Behind the Story - December 03, 2023 01:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis month, host Clara Sherley-Appel talks to poet and educator Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo. A former Steinbeck Fellow and Poets & Writers California Writers Exchange winner, Xochitl’s writing has been featured in the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, On Being’s Poetry Unbound, and Poetry Unbound...
Episode 45: Sam Sax - PIG
Story Behind the Story - November 04, 2023 16:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSam Sax is a queer Jewish poet, writer, and educator. Their debut poetry collection, madness, won the National Poetry Series Competition when it came out, and their second collection, bury it, won the 2017 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. They are the two time Bay Area Gra...
Episode 44: Jenn Shapland - THIN SKIN
Story Behind the Story - October 08, 2023 00:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJenn Shapland's first book, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award and the Southern Book Prize, and it won the 2021 Lambda Literary Award, the Judy Grahn Award, and the Christian Gauss Award. In her new essay collection, Thin Skin, Shapland explores ...
Episode 43: Brett Christophers - RENTIER CAPITALISM
Story Behind the Story - September 03, 2023 00:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHost Clara Sherley Appel speaks with Brett Christophers, author of Rentier Capitalism. A geographer based out of the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Uppsala University, Brett's work focuses on various aspects of Western capitalism, both historically and in the present day. In 2018, he...
Episode 42: Cheryl Harawitz - WHEN THE MAGPIE CALLS
Story Behind the Story - June 02, 2023 16:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCheryl Harawitz is an artist and retired social worker living in Alameda. A few years ago, she published her debut middle-grade novel, When the Magpie Calls, the story of a nine year old girl named Morgwyth with special abilities and a remarkable connection to animals, for which she is bullied by...
Episode 41: Joss Lake - FUTURE FEELING
Story Behind the Story - May 07, 2023 00:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis month, Clara talks to author Joss Lake. A trans writer and educator based in New York, Joss teaches critical and creative writing throughout the city and runs a literary sauna series called Trans at Rest. His work has been supported by the Queens Council of the Arts, the Women and Performanc...
Episode 40: Elaine Hsieh Chou - DISORIENTATION
Story Behind the Story - April 07, 2023 16:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn Elaine Hsieh Chou's 2022 debut novel, Disorientation, a Taiwanese-American graduate student named Ingrid Yang discovers that the subject of her dissertation is a fraud: Xiao-Wen Chou is not a Chinese-American poet, but is in fact a white man who built his career on stereotypes and yellowface. ...
Puzzle Orgasm? - Creatia Comics Ep. 12
Creatia Comics - December 15, 2022 22:20 - 42 minutes ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows. We also discuss the latest news in the genre. Dubby: https://www.dubby.gg/discount/CREATIA?ref=QmzbRGL-occgS1
Stargirl Series Finale! - Creatia Comics Ep. 10
Creatia Comics - December 08, 2022 22:16 - 1 hour ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows. We also discuss the latest news in the genre. Dubby: https://www.dubby.gg/discount/CREATIA?ref=QmzbRGL-occgS1
Remembering Kevin Conroy - Creatia Comics Ep. 10
Creatia Comics - November 18, 2022 03:51 - 1 hour ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows. We also discuss the latest news in the genre. Dubby: https://www.dubby.gg/discount/CREATIA?ref=QmzbRGL-occgS1
Jinx - Creatia Comics Ep. 9
Creatia Comics - November 10, 2022 22:55 - 1 hour ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows. We also discuss the latest news in the genre.
Titans Season 4 Premiere! - Creatia Comics Ep. 8
Creatia Comics - November 04, 2022 17:46 - 1 hour ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows. We also discuss the latest news in the genre.
Werewolf By Night - Creatia Comics Ep. 7
Creatia Comics - October 28, 2022 23:43 - 49 minutes ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows.
New Titans Trailer - Creatia Comics Ep. 6
Creatia Comics - October 20, 2022 23:47 - 31 minutes ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows.
She Hulk Finale! - Creatia Comics Ep. 5
Creatia Comics - October 14, 2022 00:14 - 45 minutes ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows.
Ribbit and Rip It - Creatia Comics Ep. 4
Creatia Comics - October 07, 2022 03:00 - 45 minutes ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows.
The Retreat - Creatia Comics Ep. 3
Creatia Comics - September 30, 2022 16:45 - 18 minutes ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows.
Just Jen - Creatia Comics Ep. 2
Creatia Comics - September 22, 2022 23:42 - 35 minutes ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows.
Mean, Green, and Straight Poured into These Jeans - Creatia Comics Ep. 1
Creatia Comics - September 16, 2022 02:03 - 1 hour ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss the latest episodes of comic book shows.
Episode 39: Ruthanna Emrys - A HALF-BUILT GARDEN
Story Behind the Story - September 01, 2022 16:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHost Clara Sherley-Appel talks to author Ruthanna Emrys about her hopepunk novel, A HALF-BUILT GARDEN.
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis - Multiverse Ep. 10
Creatia Comics - July 13, 2022 21:11 - 1 hour ★★★ - 5 ratings"Sir Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" Watkins discuss different animated films from DC.
FINALE WEEK! - Super Flashy Arrow of Tomorrow Ep. 191
Creatia Comics - July 01, 2022 19:14 - 1 hour ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" bring this weekly podcast, discussing the Arrowverse on CW. Hear what we thought of the most recent episodes of Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, Batwoman, Stargirl, Superman & Lois, and Naomi. We will also pre...
Episode 38: Isaac Fellman - DEAD COLLECTIONS
Story Behind the Story - July 01, 2022 16:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIsaac Fellman is an author and archivist living in San Francisco. His debut novel, The Breath of the Sun, won the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. In this episode, we discuss about his second novel, Dead Collections, which was published by Penguin Random H...
Negative, Part One 1 - Super Flashy Arrow of Tomorrow Ep. 190
Creatia Comics - June 24, 2022 22:19 - 39 minutes ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" bring this weekly podcast, discussing the Arrowverse on CW. Hear what we thought of the most recent episodes of Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, Batwoman, Stargirl, Superman & Lois, and Naomi. We will also pre...
The Man in the Yellow Tie - Super Flashy Arrow of Tomorrow Ep. 189
Creatia Comics - June 17, 2022 15:59 - 28 minutes ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" bring this weekly podcast, discussing the Arrowverse on CW. Hear what we thought of the most recent episodes of Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, Batwoman, Stargirl, Superman & Lois, and Naomi. We will also pre...
All is Lost - Super Flashy Arrow of Tomorrow Ep. 188
Creatia Comics - June 12, 2022 00:12 - 42 minutes ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" bring this weekly podcast, discussing the Arrowverse on CW. Hear what we thought of the most recent episodes of Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, Batwoman, Stargirl, Superman & Lois, and Naomi. We will also pre...
Lies That Bind - Super Flashy Arrow of Tomorrow Ep. 187
Creatia Comics - June 03, 2022 19:10 - 23 minutes ★★★ - 5 ratings"Lord Cussalott" Travis Pointer and Mara "The Shark" bring this weekly podcast, discussing the Arrowverse on CW. Hear what we thought of the most recent episodes of Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, Batwoman, Stargirl, Superman & Lois, and Naomi. We will also pre...
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