How Story Works is a podcast for everyone who loves stories. If you’re a writer, understanding how story works will help you craft better stories. If you’re a lover of stories, the podcast will give you added insight into your favorite tales, and extend the toolset you use to better understand the stories you love. Join NYT bestselling author and story expert Lani Diane Rich as she demystifies stories and storytelling, allowing you to better write and appreciate the stories you love.
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Dear Writer is a love letter to writers, about writing, from a writer who is trying to mend her broken relationship with writing. (Audio version of the Dear Writer Substack newsletter by Lani Diane Rich.)
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In Still Pretty, story expert Lani Diane Rich and film scholar Noelle LaCroix dive deep into the symbolism and narrative in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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In Sex & Whisky, story expert Lani Diane Rich of Chipperish Media analyzes the Starz television show Outlander, all while drinking whisky, and talking about how much Jamie and Claire have sex. Which is usually quite a lot.
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All comics. All bangers. All the time. With superhero scholar Joshua Unruh and story expert Lani Diane Rich.
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Join NYT bestselling author and award-winning podcaster Lani Diane Rich with a new guest every week as they watch an episode of The West Wing and pretend that Jed Bartlet is president of the United States.
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From Chipperish Media comes Endless, a podcast about the D.C. Universe character the Sandman as he was envisioned by Neil Gaiman for the comics and the Netflix TV show. Story expert and NYT bestselling novelist Lani Diane Rich and Alisa Kwitney, former DC/Vertigo editor and critically acclaimed author, will bring their experience and expertise to this fun podcast about dreams... and the dreamless.
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In Still Dead, story expert Lani Diane Rich and southern fried scholar Dr. Kelly Jones host a new Angel podcast designed specifically for people who love Angel and want to ride through it again quickly, and people who bounce hard off of Angel. We'll designate which episodes are "Watchers" (ones you should actually watch) and which ones are "Not Watchers" (ones you can skip). We'll get you up to date on the goings on for the episodes you can skip, and we'll rave with you over the ones you sho ...
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In Listen Up A-Holes, narrative nerd Lani Diane Rich of Chipperish Media and super hero scholar Joshua Unruh of Pulp Diction Productions apply their wit, expertise and enthusiasm the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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From Chipperish Media comes a new podcast that does not fall so much as saunter vaguely downwards, southern fried scholar Dr. Kelly Jones and story expert Lani Diane Rich will be covering "Good Omens" the book, followed by "Good Omens" the Amazon Prime TV show.
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In Big Strong Yes, story expert Lani Diane Rich and learning researcher Dr. Kelly Jones are going to read and discuss three books that will get you up off the ground after a fall (Dr. Brené Brown's Rising Strong), inspire you to engage with your creative self (Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic), and encourage you to take the action you need to change your life (Shonda Rhimes's Year of Yes). In the process, they both hope to change their own lives as well, and they welcome you to join in the process.
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Finding Good Bones is a podcast for anyone who wraps themselves in words to warm their heart, who turns to text for a guiding light through the dark. Every other Thursday, hosts Kate Caldwell and Amy Winters speak with a guest on a piece of writing that helps them acknowledge the sorrow in the world, and then find the hope to move through it. Join us as we work to uncover, understand, and share the ”Good Bones” that help us see that we can make this world beautiful.
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Pop Culturally Deprived is a new podcast dedicated to discussing thoughts and reactions to watching cult hits and classics from pop culture for the first time.
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Episode 16: The Overstory by Richard Powers with Melanie Haupt
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Join us, Dear Listeners, as we fall under the thrall of The Overstory by Richard Power and teacher, writer, publisher and editor Melanie Haupt. It’s a lengthy selection befitting a lengthy novel and the conversation covers man vs. nature, the devastation of loss, the nostalgia of Christmas, the longevity and patience of trees, and the writing that …
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Episode 15: We May Be the Ones by Paul Westerberg with D.L. Nailling
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Welcome back, Dear Listeners, as we revel in the gritty nostalgia of Paul Westerberg’s “We May Be the Ones” with musician and 6th grade social studies teacher D.L. Nailing. You can practically feel the death trap playgrounds of the 1980s as we discuss the specificity and yet universality of the people in the lyrics, the power of a pocketknife, the …
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Show notes: Lani returns to the How Story Works mic to update everyone on her novels-in-progress and announce a new 10-month writing challenge designed to help writers get their drafts done, The Running of the WIPs! Learn more about the Running of the WIPs Subscribe to The Running of the WIPs Visit the new How Story Works website Apply for the 2025…
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Episode 14: The Book of Delights by Ross Gay with Sumina Bhatti
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Well, Dear Listeners, it feels like a great time to join our wildernesses and sorrows together with Ross Gay’s Book of Delights, brought by burgeoning gardener, Gatherer of memes, and Tea Geek Sumina Bhatti. The conversation covers the immediate understanding of “March of 2020”, chaotic joy, sitting with pain, sharing burdens, and how rough we all …
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Episode 13: Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett with Amy Winters
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Join us, Dear Listeners, as we delve into Terry Pratchett’s Discworld through the novel Carpe Jugulum with podcast co-host and episode guest Amy Winters. The conversation covers the responsibility of choice, standing in between the light and the dark, the hilarious awkwardness of Death, and the subtle empathy of stern people who take on the weight …
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Episode 12: Courting the Wild Twin by Martin Shaw with Jeff Mount
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Join Finding Good Bones for a rewilding as storyteller and leadership coach Jeff Mount challenges us all to look deep within and around, and speak of what we find there. It’s a ruminative discussion filled with ancient myths, challenging truths, sacred journeys, and secret names. Pour yourself a dram and start listening already!…
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Episode 11: It’s a Wonderful Life by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, and Jo Swerling with Nancy Guzman
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It’s a Wonderful Life here on the Finding Good Bones podcast with our guest Nancy Guzman - fiber artist, witch, tarot reader, horror film fanatic, sci-fi enthusiast, and a Gemini with too many hobbies - as we take a look at this holiday classic from Frank Capra. We discuss the underplayed darkness in the film, the blinders depression can put on a p…
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Episode Ten: Anthem by Leonard Cohen with Lani Diane Rich
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Come get starstruck by this week's Finding Good Bones guest - New York Times bestselling author, writing coach, and podcast superstar Lani Diane Rich - and her selection, Anthem by Leonard Cohen. It's a vulnerable yet frolicking discussion on finding the beauty in destruction, honoring scars, and rebuilding foundations. Lani Diane Rich is totally o…
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Episode Nine: The Litany Against Fear by Frank Herbert with Kate Caldwell
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Dear Listeners, this week’s episode takes in the mindkiller with The Litany Against Fear by Frank Herbert (from Dune) with guest (and host) Kate Caldwell. Secrets are revealed - it turns out Amy somehow hasn’t read Dune (?!?) - and the conversation covers matriarchal orders in a patriarchal world, taking in fear, and letting it take what you don’t …
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Episode Eight: Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller with Ladislao Loera
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Join us for an examination of hierarchies on this episode of Finding Good Bones, when artist, improviser, award winning storyteller, and animal lover Ladislao Loera brings Lulu Miller’s book “Why Fish Don’t Exist”. It’s a joyful discussion on The Dandelion Principle, killing your darlings, understanding the ”should”, and finding grace for the peopl…
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Episode Seven: “Sonnet 65” by William Shakespeare with Liz Larson
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This week’s Finding Good Bones is an exploration of Sonnet 65 by William Shakespeare with Liz Larson - actor, writer, and occasional a-hole for hire (a/k/a trial attorney). The conversation covers the immutability of time, the enormity of grief, the immortality within stories, and the gleeful bawdiness of the Bard. With a few sad trombones scattere…
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Episode Six: Hell's Half Acre by Will Christopher Baer with Kareem Badr
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This week on Finding Good Bones, actor, improviser, and musician Kareem Badr brings a hypnotic and vibrant neo-noir - Hell’s Half Acre by author Will Christopher Baer. The discussion includes the wonder in terrible things expressed beautifully, the works we find that help us rebuild ourselves, and the fatalistic hope at the heart of noir. Come for …
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Episode Five: Spring Break 1899 by Murder by Death with Amy Winters
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In this week’s episode of the Finding Good Bones podcast, guest and host Amy Winters takes us back to “Spring Break 1899” by the band Murder By Death. The conversation covers waking up to empty whiskey bottles, second chances and clean slates, and doing all the good we can. With a side of buttery Johnny Cash.…
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Episode Four: The Risk of Birth by Madeleine L'Engle with Genevieve Saenz
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This week, Amy and Kate take on "The Risk of Birth", a poem by Madeleine L'Engle, with guest Genevieve Saenz. This includes physical human birth, metaphysical creative birth, the birth of this podcast, and dinosaurs. Don’t worry, Dear Listeners - nature finds a way. So do poems.By Finding Good Bones
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Episode Three: The Kookaburras by Mary Oliver with Wendell Kimper
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This one is for the procrastinators and cowards in all of our hearts as guest Wendell Kimper, Amy, and Kate discuss "The Kookaburras", a poem by Mary Oliver. The episode covers the multitudes of potential, the desire (if not always the ability) to unlock the cages of suffering, and figuring just exactly what (or who?) is a god of flowers. Annnnnd w…
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Episode Two: The Middle Place by Rupi Kaur with Morgan Anderson
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This week on the Finding Good Bones podcast, our guest Morgan Anderson takes Amy and Kate to "The Middle Place", a poem by Rupi Kaur. It's a dreamy discussion on turning people into gods, building ivory towers, taking off the mask, and figuring out how to be mortals together. Oh, and Morgan's murders of crows!…
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Episode One: Good Bones by Maggie Smith with Kate Caldwell
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Join Amy and Kate for the very first official episode of the Finding Good Bones podcast - a discussion of the namesake of the podcast, the poem Good Bones by Maggie Smith (the poet, not the Dame). This episode covers the power of sparseness and repetition, the importance of breaking and reforming, and the glory of fake footnotes - in between lots o…
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"Yes, and..." appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on February 19, 2024.By Lani Diane Rich
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Welcome to the longest teaser ever! Can you still call it a teaser when it's basically the length of the episode? Well we can and we did. Hear all about Finding Good Bones, a podcast digging into the writing that lifts us up, from hosts Amy and Kate. Get ready for raucous laughter, heavy sighs, lengthy descriptions, and a lot of fun.…
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"People don't change" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on February 12, 2024.By Lani Diane Rich
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This pirate is living rent-free in my head
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"This pirate is living rent-free in my head" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on February 5, 2024.By Lani Diane Rich
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"The winter of my creativity" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on January 22, 2024.By Lani Diane Rich
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"The In-Between" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on January 08, 2024.By Lani Diane Rich
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"Nothing is always an option" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on December 11, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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"The Opening Scene" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on November 27, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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It’s all about violence, duty, and more violence as Lani and Alisa discuss #Sandman 30, “August.” Wanna know what episode is airing and when? Check out the Chipperish Calendar! Support Chipperish on Patreon! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link! Find out more about Lani Find out more about Alisa Endless: A Sandman Podcast is a C…
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Emotional Work for Writers (correct file)
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NOTE: A mistake was made in the original posting of this episode; this is the correct audio file. My apologies! Lani talks about the progress she made--and didn’t make--on her writing retreat to New York, shares the Year of Writing Magically writing schedule, and talks about the emotional work writers must do to prepare for a long-form fiction proj…
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And you don't even have to read it. "This email is nonsense" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on November 20, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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Lani talks about the progress she made--and didn’t make--on her writing retreat to New York, shares the Year of Writing Magically writing schedule, and talks about the emotional work writers must do to prepare for a long-form fiction project. Show notes: Apply to be part of the Year of Writing Magically 2024 cohort Not ready to apply? Sign up for t…
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Never Look Back ("Song of Orpheus")
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“There are conditions. Rules. There are always rules.” This week, Lani and Alisa delve into the themes of mourning and maturation as they explore the Sandman Special "The Song of Orpheus." Guess what? The Rilke poem “Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes,” is in the public domain - give it a read! Wanna know what episode is airing and when? Check out the Chipp…
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It's still spooky season, right? "The ghosts of childhood past" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on November 6, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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Marketing & Writing Magically with Joshua Unruh
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Lani sits down with marketing professional and author Joshua Unruh to talk about how to market yourself as an indie author, and his experience as part of the 2023 Year of Writing Magically cohort. Show notes: Check out Trusted Housesitters Sign up for the Year of Writing Magically pre-workshop workshop! Apply to be part of the 2024 Year of Writing …
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“They do say that two heads are better than one.” Heads are rolling during the French Revolution as Johanna Constantine has an adventure of mythological proportions in “Thermidor,” issue #29 of Sandman Wanna know what episode is airing and when? Check out the Chipperish Calendar! Support Chipperish on Patreon! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amaz…
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It's a dance. "Writing isn't a job" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on October 16, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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Who am I to argue with a cement mixer of randomness? "My Dinner with Daphne" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on October 9, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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The Dignity of Kings (#31, Three Septembers and a January)
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Endless is back! Lani & Alisa return to discuss "Three Septembers and a January" (Sandman #31) as they start a run through the Sandman short stories! The Emperor Norton Trust Wanna know what episode is airing and when? Check out the Chipperish Calendar! Support Chipperish on Patreon! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link! Find ou…
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"The Cthulhu kitchen" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on October 2, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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Lani sits down with writer Melina Kantor to talk about how sometimes the problem with our writing isn’t actually with our writing, but how we think about our writing. Show notes: Visit the new How Story Works website Apply for the 2024 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to the Dear Writer Substack Subscribe to the Dear Writer podcast RSS …
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"Messy" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on September 25, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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"Winners sometimes quit" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on September 18, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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"You feel like you're not working" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on September 11, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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"Procrastination Station" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on September 4, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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"You've already died. A lot," appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on August 28, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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"Everything's gonna be different from now on" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on August 22, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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"Unpacking Creative Insecurity" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on July 17, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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"On Complaining" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on July 31, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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"The Lani Dialogues" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on August 7, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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"The Magic of Asking" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on August 14, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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"This is a post about nothing" appeared on the Dear Writer Substack newsletter on July 24, 2023.By Lani Diane Rich
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Getting Quick and Dirty with Mignon Fogarty
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Lani gets quick and dirty with Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, as they talk about the most powerful things people can do to improve their writing and how email is absolutely NOT obsolete. Check out Mignon Fogarty at Quick and Dirty Tips! Get the How Story Works ebook or paperback Get the How Story Works audiobook free with a new Audible subscript…
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