Best Brooke Warner Podcasts (2024)

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Centering Marginalized Characters in Your Fiction, featuring Barbara Ridley 41:30

1h ago41:30

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This week’s episode is inspired by guest Barbara Ridley’s new novel, Unswerving, whose central protagonist is gay and disabled. We explore the dearth of disabled characters in fiction, and hear from Barbara how choosing to write about a character who was doubly “othered” drew critiques that she was perhaps going a bridge too far. This episode exami…

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How Being Fascinated and Daunted Can Drive Your Writing, featuring Edwidge Danticat 38:14

2d ago38:14

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It could be said of this week’s guest that she, like the title of this week’s show, is fascinating and daunting. And that this is a pull toward the things we’re interested in, that we want to dive more deeply into, is the subject of this week’s show. Edwidge Danticat is a powerhouse in the literary world who’s written about immigration and poverty,…

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Amelia Warner 40:08

3d ago40:08

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Season 5 of The Film Scorer Podcast is here! In the Season 5 premiere I chat with composer Amelia Warner. Amelia's latest score is for the Disney sports biopic Young Woman and the Sea (starring Daisy Ridley), about Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel. As such, we spend much of our conversation focused on that score, inc…

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Season Five Trailer - The Film Scorer Podcast 1:02

8d ago1:02

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Season Five of The Film Scorer Podcast is almost here! The new season launches on Sunday, October 27th, with new episodes continuing every other Sunday after that (more or less). Given the breadth of guests in season three, including Academy Award nominated actor-turned-composer Viggo Mortensen, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Abels, 2024 Academy Awa…

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Optimism and Pessimism in Book Publishing—Because It’s Always Both, featuring Michael Castleman 47:40

10d ago47:40

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As Write-minded is wont to do, we bring you another tell-it-like-it-is reality bites episode about book publishing. And while the news isn’t all good, it’s also not all bad—and guest Michael Castleman is living, breathing proof that it’s worth it, as long as you’re ready to do the work and understand what you’re getting yourself into. Join us on th…

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Film Score Review III: 'She Dies Tomorrow' by Mondo Boys 4:21

15d ago4:21

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Dipping back into the well again, reaching to September 2020, here's the audio version (cleaned up and shortened) of my review of Mondo Boys' score for She Dies Tomorrow. Again, the audio is still a little rougher but after thirty seconds or so you don't really notice (or at least I didn't as I was editing). There's also a nauseating little cue thr…

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31 Days of Halloween, October 14th: Wendigos 9:48

15d ago9:48

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The Wendigo is a demon, but these demons create new Wendigos from humans who are consumed with financial greed or hunger for human flesh. After conversion, these new Wendigos grow proportionately in size to the victims they devour. It is said, the mere sight of a Wendingo is enough to make the human heart freeze in terror. Photo source: HTTPS://MYT…

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Writing as a Way to Champion People and Causes, featuring Maggie Tokuda-Hall 51:21

25d ago51:21

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This week’s Write-minded is a thoughtful conversation about where writers’ values meet public persona and the writing life. Guest Maggie Tokuda-Hall treats us to her thinking about career, ambition, and why she writes what subjects and characters she writes, and why she doesn’t write for adults. We get into the important topic of what’s at stake wh…

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31 Days of Halloween, October 11th: The Tall Whites 7:39

18d ago7:39

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They've been among us for over 70 years. The Tall Whites are extraterrestial creatures standing 8 feet tall, have a chalky-white complexion, unusually blue eyes, and can live up to 800 Earth years. The star Arcturus in the constellation Bootes is the fourth brightest star in the night sky...it also is a special place to the Tall Whites.…

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31 Days of Halloween, October 10th: Mothman 9:01

18d ago9:01

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How does one sum up Mothman with just a few words? Mothman is largely associated with the December 1th, 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge, which spanned the Ohio River, connecting Gallipolis, Ohio and Point Pleasant, West Virginia. But, there's much more to Mothman.By Christopher L. Warner

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31 Days of Halloween, October 9th: The Carter Brothers 7:35

24d ago7:35

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Still think vampires are purely fictional? Let me introduce you to the Carter Brothers. It all came to light in the early 1930s when a New Orleans police officer found a little girl meandering down Royal Street in the French Qurater. She was exhausted, dirty, disoriented, but still had enough wits about her to tell a horrific story.…

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Don’t Let Your Comfort Zone Become Your Doom Zone, featuring Joshua Mohr 43:31

23d ago43:31

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A rocking ride through punk influence on prose and story, this interview with guest Joshua Mohr is, more than anything, about pushing your limits and getting out of your comfort zone. In his new book, Saint the Terrifying, Josh does a few things he’s never tried—and he walks us through why that’s been so invigorating, and how it’s pushed his limits…

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31 Days of Halloween - October 6th: The Man Who Laughs 6:05

24d ago6:05

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A fictional character in the 1869 Victor Hugo novel, "The Man Who Laughs," Gwynplaine navigates life after the disfiguring of his face as a small child. But, it's not the tradgedy of his disfigurment; rather, it is the arrogance of the ruling class and the timidity of the ruled.By Christopher L. Warner

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31 Days of Halloween - October 5th: Shape Shifters 4:57

24d ago4:57

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The ability of humans to shift to another form, be it animal or plant, dates back beyond 13,000 BC. Modern shape shifting theories swirls around vampires and werewolves, but it's much more than that.By Christopher L. Warner

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31 Days of Halloween - October 4th: Indrid Cold 6:55

27d ago6:55

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November 2nd 1966 was a fateful day for a humble sewing machine salesman in Parkersburg, West Virginia. On that day, returning from a business trip in Marietta, Ohio along Interstate 77, Indrid Cold introduced himself.By Christopher L. Warner

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31 Days of Halloween - Christiana Edmunds 8:44

26d ago8:44

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Brighton is a seaside resort and one of two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the County of East Essex, England. It is located some 47 miles south of London. Christiana Edmunds was born in 1829 in the City of Margate, a seaside town located at the extreme Southeast of England in County Kent. Christina with her surviving Family moved to…

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31 Days of Halloween - The Cat Man of Long Cemetery 6:16

27d ago6:16

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The town of Frankford, Delaware hosts a bizarre ghost. A former caretaker of Long Cemetery is said to still be protecting his beloved burial ground. The natural hunting instinct in cats allows them to see in very low light for all their nocturnal adventures. So, the Cat Man makes his way to Long Cemetery during moon-lit nights.…

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31 Days of Halloween, October 1st: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 8:44

1M ago8:44

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In this episode, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are discussed - the characters, plot, and modern takes on one of the most recognizeable and horrific characters from the Classic Horror Era.By Christopher L. Warner

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How to Be Compulsively Readable, featuring Anne Lamott 46:24

1M ago46:24

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Anne Lamott joins Write-minded this week to talk about so many things—what she writes about; how she kills her darlings; her process with her early readers and editors; and more. On the question of being compulsively readable, she shares with us some of the ideas from Bird by Bird that have stood the test of time, why to cut your darlings, and how …

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The Era of Banning Librarians, featuring Amanda Jones 37:14

2M ago37:14

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This week, to draw attention to Banned Books Week and to stand in solidarity with publishers, authors, and all industry professionals who fight to keep diverse voices on library shelves, Write-minded features guest Amanda Jones, an educator and librarian whose book, That Librarian, is necessary reading. Amanda shares her more than two-year journey …

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The Rejection Episode, featuring Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner 31:05

2M ago31:05

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This week’s episode is inspired by Grant’s recent rejection journey. Yes, listeners, Grant’s book about rejection has been roundly rejected—so we’re taking an excursion into the world of rejection, how we deal with it, and what some options might be for a book that doesn’t get picked up by a publisher. Grant and Brooke explore their relationship wi…

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Brooke & Will Blair (The Blair Bros.) Score Rebel Ridge 53:39

2M ago53:39

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Just because the podcast is between seasons and on a brief hiatus doesn't mean that the work stops. To keep me busy, I chatted with Brooke Blair and Will Blair (Blue Ruin, Green Room), the very rare sibling composer duo, about their latest score: Rebel Ridge. Rebel Ridge marks the fifth collaboration between the Blair Bros. and director Jeremy Saul…

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Unclassifiable and Uncontainable: In Celebration of Art That Can’t Be Pinned Down, featuring Brontez Purnell 45:27

2M ago45:27

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This week’s guest, Brontez Purnell, is the kind of writer who’s either hard to pin down, or just won’t be. As such, he’s inspired an episode about who gets to draw outside the lines and why in the realm of book publishing. Whether you love your lane, feel confined by your lane, or insist on busting out of your lane, we invite you to consider what i…

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Film Score Recap: January Through March 2024 23:10

2M ago23:10

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Welcome in the new year (and forget that it's already September) by hearing about some of the best and most notable film scores kicking off 2024, including Dune: Prat 2 by Hans Zimmer, Spaceman by Max Richter, and plenty more, both big and small. Remember: the show is still in hiatus between seasons, but hopefully this can hold you over a little bi…

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Structure and Form, featuring Jane Alison 43:06

2M ago43:06

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We kick off a new season with the brilliant Jane Alison and a wide-ranging conversation about form and structure in fiction and memoir. Brooke and Grant were so inspired by Meander, Spiral, Explode, Jane’s her book about craft and the theory of writing, that this episode is dedicated to the ideas around structure and form that are at the heart of t…

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Film Score Review II: ’Five Shaolin Masters' by Yung-Yu Chen 5:18

2M ago5:18

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Somewhat early on in The Film Scorer days, I did a few video reviews of film scores. The first was the 1974 score for Five Shaolin Masters, by the prolific Chinese composer Yung-Yu Chen. Given that the show is currently between seasons, there's a bit of time to kill (and I know you're all clamoring for new episodes), so I've decided to clean these …

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New Ways of Thinking About Memoir, featuring Maggie Smith and Shze-Hui Tjoa 56:28

2M ago56:28

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For our final summer round up of our favorite shows, Write-minded chose Maggie Smith and Shze-Hui Tjoa, highlighting two bright lights in the Memoirsphere who are elevating the genre and showcasing new ways of thinking about memoir. It’s an exciting time to be a memoirist and a memoir reader, and if you missed these two interviews the first time ar…

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Fiction Outliers, featuring Rainbow Rowell and Isabel Cañas 51:11

3M ago51:11

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In celebration of the kind of fiction readers love but the industry doesn’t always know what to do with comes two past episodes honoring fan fiction and gothic fiction, respectively. Revisiting these episodes is a reminder of the vast world of fiction outside the narrow confines of upmarket or commercial or historical fiction. Our two past guests, …

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Self-Exposure and Writing the Story You Have to Write, featuring Javier Zamora and Susan Kiyo Ito 48:03

3M ago48:03

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In this second week of Write-minded’s August mashups, we bring back the heartfelt interviews with Javier Zamora and Susan Kiyo Ito, both of whom spoke so honestly and supportively about writing and sharing stories they’ve carried with them their entire lives. Javier’s harrowing journey from El Salvador to the US border when he was just nine years o…

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Wisdom from the Publishing Trenches, featuring Lisa Leshne and Kathleen Schmidt 48:16

3M ago48:16

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Every August Grant and Brooke share their summer plans and writing aspirations and hopes and fails, along with some mashups of their favorite interviews of the year. Write-minded kicks off this best-of series with two beloved industry experts—agent Lisa Leshne and publicist Kathleen Schmidt. There’s real wisdom and straight-talk in these conversati…

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Current Events: One Nice Gesture 48:07

3M ago48:07

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In this episode, the Colonels talk about how they overcame differences between one another allowing them to enjoy a life-long and Family Friendship. In the first part of this episode, the Colonels talk about their first meeting on that fateful day in June 2006 in Georgia (hint: it didn't go so well), then three months in Wisconsin, followed by a ye…

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Getting Reinspired after Failed or Abandoned Book Projects, featuring Paolo Bacigalupi 48:20

3M ago48:20

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Most writers either have or will have a failed or abandoned book project—or two, or three, or four—over the course of their lifetimes. The more you write, the more crisis moments you’ll face. It can be hard to come back from those moments, which is why this week’s episode with Paolo Bacigalupi is so encouraging. He shares with us his journey back f…

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Being a Voice for Causes That Matter, featuring Naomi Klein 1:01:59

3M ago1:01:59

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This week’s episode airs Brooke in conversation with Naomi Klein at this year’s Bay Area Book Festival. While this interview does not hew to Write-minded’s effort to offer weekly doses of inspiration for writers, Brooke and Grant decided to make this available both because our listeners requested it and because we admire the work Naomi Klein is doi…

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How Secrets Fuel Memoir Writing, featuring Margaret Juhae Lee 40:03

4M ago40:03

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Secrets come in all forms, big and small. We inherit secrets, carry the secrets of others, and struggle with the burden of all they hold and how they sometimes fester within us. This week’s episode with guest Margaret Juhae Lee explores the difference between people who want to keep the past buried and those who want to set it free. We explore inte…

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