Originally aired July 26, 2022.
Tonight’s episode is 100% Flexible Press!
Flexible Press is a mission-driven publishing house based right here in Minneapolis. In the first half of the hour, Josh is joined by Diane Josefowicz (
Ready, Set, Oh). After the break, Dave talks with Karen Lee Boren about her novel
Secret Waltz.
Write On! Radio – Flexible Press
KFAI Podcasts
Originally aired July 12, 2022.
Kim Heikkila joins Annie in the first part of the show to talk about
Booth Girls, a book about the St Paul’s Booth Memorial Hospital for unmarried pregnant women in the 1960’s that is also a book about how sexism, racism, classism, and pseudoscience impacted the adoption landscape and the lives of women who experienced unplanned pregnancy in America.
After the break, we revisit our interview with Josh and
Melissa King of the Yale School of Management, and author of Social Chemistry.
Write On! Radio – Kim Heikkila + Marissa King (Legacy)
KFAI Podcasts
Originally aired April 26, 2022.
Josh delves into the nuances, shifts, fears, and huge possibilities brought by remote work in conversation with Matthew Kahn, author of
Going Remote.
After the break, the team dives into the archives for a classic Legacy Interview.
Write On! Radio – Matthew Kahn + Legacy
Write On! Radio
Originally aired April 5, 2022.
Liz kicks off the show with
Janice Post-White, whose memoir
Standing at Water’s Edge details her experience as a cancer nurse whose four year old son contracted leukemia, changing everything for her.
After the break, a legacy interview brings us back to a conversation with
Reed Farrell Coleman.
Write On! Radio – Janice Post-White + Legacy
Write On! Radio
Originally aired March 29, 2022
Josh and Ananyo Bhattacharya kick off the episode discussing Bhattacharya’s newest book,
The Man from the Future, a biography discussing the remarkable and under-discussed life of John von Neumann, who was foundational in quantum mechanics and the Manhattan Project.
After the break, Dave and Andrew DeYoung get real about the workplace (and the creative process) while discussing DeYoung’s dystopian novel
The Temps and how it speaks to the modern workplace.
Write On! Radio – Ananyo Bhattacharya + Andrew DeYoung
Write On! Radio
Originally aired March 1, 2022.
Josh welcomes
Keith Loveland, author of
End of the Empire, to discuss post-WWII American culture and values.
After the break, Annie is joined by
Mariko Tamaki to discuss her new YA mystery
Cold, crafting great characters, and Tamaki’s new book imprint that creates representation and inclusion, on and beyond the page.
Write On! Radio – Keith Loveland + Mariko Tamaki
Write On! Radio
Originally aired February 22, 2022.
Dave and
Maureen Gibbon open the show discussing fact, fiction, writing, and art in context of Gibbon’s latest,
The Lost Notebook of Edouard Manet.
After the break, Josh welcomes Jim Wojcik to discuss
Bud’s Jacket, a true story of an American flyer evading Nazi capture in occupied France, co-written by Wojcik and his wife, Barbara.
Write On! Radio – Maureen Gibbon + Jim Wojcik
Write On! Radio
Originally aired February 8, 2022.
This week, Josh gets out of the studio and takes WOR on-site to the Cracked Walnut
Poets & Pints reading series for an in-depth investigation, including interviews with curator and host
Tony Plocido.
Enjoy this sampler of the unique flavors of the local poetry scene!
Write On! Radio – Poets & Pints with Tony Plocido
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