Best Alexander Schmidt Podcasts (2024)

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Creating New Forms—and Rearranging the Alphabet, featuring Elwin Cotman 36:38

1h ago36:38

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This week Write-minded is interviewing an established writer whose star is on the rise. Elwin Cotman’s new story collection blew us away for how he played with form and takes readers on an expected journeys. His stories don’t fit into any box—including length, and we loved it! On this week’s show Grant also announces his departure from NaNoWriMo an…

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Smith Sessions Radio #403 1:01:08

23h ago1:01:08

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Smith Sessions Radio #403Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Kilton - High Speed [Ablazing]02. Bryn Whiting - Come Find Me [Digital Society]03. XiJaro & Pitch With Adara - Goodbye [Black Hole]04. Michael Milov & Dmitry Chelnokov & Sharon Valero…

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The Art of Intimacy, featuring Stacey D’Erasmo 49:41

5d ago49:41

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This week Write-minded reaches broadly into the topic of intimacy to explore its many permutations—not just romantic, but innocuous, violent, collective, and more. Guest Stacey D’Erasmo invites us to consider intimacy in writing, how we do it, how we feel it as readers, and also to consider acts of intimacy, like an older actress showing her authen…

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Smith Sessions Radio #402 1:04:54

5d ago1:04:54

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Smith Sessions Radio #402Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Aaron Francesco - Moongazer [Activate]02. Dmitriy Kuznetsov - 108 Minutes [Suanda]03. NrgMind - Elaaden [Suanda Dark]04. Kaimo K - My Precious [Molekular]05. Exouler & Inrayzex - Don'…

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The State of the Book Review, featuring John McMurtrie 42:00

11d ago42:00

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This week’s guest is John McMurtrie, the esteemed former editor of the San Francisco Chronicle’s book review section. Join us as we explore the transition of book reviews from traditional media like TV and radio to online outlets like Amazon and Goodreads. His is an interesting take about how things were and how things are, along with insight about…

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Smith Sessions Radio #401 1:59:06

12d ago1:59:06

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Smith Sessions Radio #401Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Soarsonic - Meteorite [State Control]02. Hoyaa - New Earth [Blue Soho]03. Andy Newtz & Charmae - Out Of Control [FlatLine]04. Magnettor & Ren Faye - Open Arms (Elite Electronic Remix)…

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Smith Sessions Radio #400 4:00:20

18d ago4:00:20

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Smith Sessions Radio #400Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. 4 Strings - Jewel 2.0 (Mike Van Fabio Re-Lift) [Amsterdam Trance]02. DJ Spaceman & Sunryz - Under Control [Think Trance]03. Tom Exo - Pretty Lies [One Forty]04. CO1N & Darkingz - Merm…

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Social Responsibility in Fiction, featuring Naomi Kanakia 46:41

18d ago46:41

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What does it really mean to consider your own social responsibility as a fiction writer? Guest Naomi Kanakia confronted that very question as she considered her modeling as a trans author writing YA books for teens. What if hers was the first book a genderqueer or trans kid ever read? What did she owe her reader? These are some of the questions at …

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Smith Sessions Radio #399 59:05

23d ago59:05

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Smith Sessions Radio #399Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like - R O A D . T O . E P I S O D E . # 4 0 0 - 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Derek Ryan & Sarah De Warren - When It's Over [Ascent]02. Tom Grox - Rays Of Euphoria [Suanda True]03. Mhammed El Alami & EGGSTA - All Of M…

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Deep Time, Extinct Cephalopods, and The Evolutionary Gift of Death | Sky Otter ~ ATTMind 186 1:27:32

22d ago1:27:32

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Led by the inspiration of a cephalopod now extinct 66 million years, Sky Otter and I explore what is means to live our lives in alignment with life, creatively, and with heartbreak, grief, endings, and death as not only necessary parts of the process, but gifts that can deepen, enrich, and guide our limited days. Some of the topics we explore inclu…

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Getting Real About Book Publishing, featuring Kathleen Schmidt 46:49

27d ago46:49

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Strap on your seatbelts ’cause we’re going for a ride—into the wild world of book publishing. Guest Kathleen Schmidt is a leading voice in publishing. Her popular Substack, Publishing Confidential, is a go-to source for tell-it-like-it-is realities about the industry and what authors can and should expect. We talk shop this week, touching upon auth…

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The Big Familia of Writing Inspiration, featuring Tomas Moniz 39:52

1M ago39:52

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An episode about friendship, writing about friendship, and how friendship influences our writing lives. As a community-minded podcast, Write-minded has often touched upon the importance of a broader net of friendship on our writing. This week we get a bit more specific with guest Tomas Moniz, who’s written a new book about male friendship and whose…

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Smith Sessions Radio #398 1:02:04

1M ago1:02:04

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Smith Sessions Radio #398Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like - R O A D . T O . E P I S O D E . # 4 0 0 - 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Manuel Le Saux & Inrayzex - Sunset At The Opera [Extrema Global]02. Ben Starmore - Far Away [Anomaly]03. David Forbes - Energy [WAO138?!]04…

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Smith Sessions Radio #397 58:25

1M ago58:25

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Smith Sessions Radio #397Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like - R O A D . T O . E P I S O D E . # 4 0 0 - 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Ben Nicky, Hannah Laing & Paul Findlay x Signum Ft. Scott Mac - Coming On Strong (Trance Mix) [Armada]02. Rhys Elliott - Almost Alone [High…

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Other People’s Words, featuring Lissa Soep 46:23

1M ago46:23

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This week’s Write-minded show examines the nuanced and deep exploration at the heart of guest Lissa Soep’s new book, Other People’s Words. A consideration of the ways others’ voices echo in our own, her book and this episode shows us a kaleidoscope of how we conjure and recycle and tap into the words of others. There’s much to unpack here, too, fro…

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Light-hearted Writing During Heavy-hearted Times, featuring Neely Tubati-Alexander 35:14

2M ago35:14

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Ready for a reprieve? Join Brooke and Grant and this week’s guest, Neely Tubati-Alexander, for a conversation about whether romance and rom-com writers are having more fun. We dive into questions of the success of the genre, what publishers are looking for, and how a writer gets into romance writing in the first place. A light-hearted episode in ce…

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Smith Sessions Radio #396 1:02:10

2M ago1:02:10

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Smith Sessions Radio #396Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like - R O A D . T O . E P I S O D E . # 4 0 0 - 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Visa Seppänen - Things That Happened [Vital Soho]02. John O'Callaghan - Pebble Beach [Subculture]03. Danny Fervent - Time Heals Wounds (Ma…

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How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense Of The Meta-Crisis | Alexander Beiner ~ ATTMind 185 1:43:41

2M ago1:43:41

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Alexander Beiner joins us to explore how psychedelics can help us make sense of the meta-crisis. This includes topics like complexity tolerance and the overwhelming deluge of information in modern digital life; “How” and “why” we solve a problem is as important as the “what” of the solution itself; the mythological impact of sci-fi narratives on id…

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Strategies for Writing About Childhood Trauma, featuring Javier Zamora 40:23

2M ago40:23

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This week Write-minded wades into the important topic of writing about childhood trauma. Trauma is at the heart of many of our stories, whether you’re writing coming-of-age or only touching upon childhood stories in the context of specific memoir scenes (or raw material for fiction). Javier’s memoir, Solito, is a stunning book about his nine-week j…

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Recovering from the Stigma of a "Failed" First Novel, featuring Ethel Rohan 49:06

2M ago49:06

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It's important to learn from the challenges of a failed book rather than allowing it to define your career. The publishing industry can be harsh and unforgiving to writers in this situation. Unforgiving as in agents abandoning the writer or publishers turning away future work, not because of its quality, but because of the one book that didn’t sell…

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Smith Sessions Radio #394 59:00

2M ago59:00

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Smith Sessions Radio #394Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like - R O A D . T O . E P I S O D E . # 4 0 0 - 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Rowan Van Beckhoven - Return To Dust [Abora Skies]02. Maria Nayler & Stargazers - My One Foundation [Amsterdam Trance]TUNE OF THE WEEK:03. …

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Journeying into Writerly Aesthetic, featuring K-Ming Chang 45:24

2M ago45:24

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A fun episode about aesthetic, language, and paying attention to style and taste in writing. This week’s guest K-Ming Chang talks about disorientation as a style, language as something that lives in the body, and hating plot. This is a playful interview that focuses on the experiential and reminds us that we all have an existential position on our …

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Smith Sessions Radio #393 (incl. Tony Sty Guestmix) 1:01:27

2M ago1:01:27

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Smith Sessions Radio #393 (incl. Tony Sty Guestmix)Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Pierre Pienaar - Kiri (Uplifting Mix) [Magic Island Elevate]TUNE OF THE WEEK:02. DJ T.H. & Martin Drake & Bree - Goodbye Forever [Suanda Voice]03. Jackob Roe…

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Breaking Into Ghostwriting and Work-for-Hire Writing, featuring Aubre Andrus 35:35

3M ago35:35

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Ghostwriting and work-for-hire are great ways to break into the publishing industry and to make a living as a writer. Guest Aubre Andrus shows us a side of the writing and publishing business that can seem a bit elusive. And more and more writers are taking on work for hire projects due to mass media layoffs and greater transparency by celebrities …

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Smith Sessions Radio #392 1:02:25

3M ago1:02:25

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Smith Sessions Radio #392Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Nitesonik - Speed Of Light [Gert]02. Coshee - Lost Secret [Progressive Vibes Dark]03. Adam Reece - Wicked Future [Activate]04. Solarstone & Stine Grove - The One [Black Hole]05 .Ronsk…

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Herbalism, Animism, and The Language Of The Body | Marie Zak & Travis Cartwright, Althaea Herbals ~ 184 1:37:29

3M ago1:37:29

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Travis Cartwright and Marie Zak are clinical herbalists from Althaea Herbals, an apothecary in Nelson, BC, Canada. They join us on the show today to talk about herbalism as a way of being in the world, as well as a clinical practice. We also explore why herbalism is not just a plant replacement for pharmaceuticals; how an animistic worldview can em…

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How Stories Get Carried Through the Generations and in Our Bones, featuring Ingrid Rojas Contreras 55:30

3M ago55:30

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This week’s Write-minded floats into the magical and surreal world of Ingrid Rojas Contreras, who talks about her new memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, about her curandera-storytelling mother and their shared history of amnesia, and about why to her magical realism is just realism. Grant and Brooke consider what gets passed down to us from our…

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Smith Sessions Radio #395 1:00:08

3M ago1:00:08

1:00:08

Smith Sessions Radio #395Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like - R O A D . T O . E P I S O D E . # 4 0 0 - 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Amos & Riot Night & Hit The Bass - Elpis [Monster Force]02. Hypersia & Last Soldier & NELLY TGM - Inevitable [Interplay]03. Drumm & Fletch …

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Smith Sessions Radio #391 58:00

3M ago58:00

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Smith Sessions Radio #391Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. NyTiGen & Trance Reserve - Ecstasy [2Rock]02. Van Der Karsten & Airwalk3r - Striking Moments [Future Sequence]TUNE OF THE WEEK:03. Asteroid - Codes Of Consciousness [Deep Space]04. DA…

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Get Into Your Writing Using All the Senses, featuring Janet Fitch 57:21

3M ago57:21

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In this gorgeous, sensualistic, tactile, provocative episode of Write-minded, we explore the senses with Janet Fitch of White Oleander fame. In this interview, Janet takes us on a tour through the senses, making the point that our language is impoverished and we can—and must—do more to become more sophisticated observers on the page. This is an epi…

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Smith Sessions Radio #390 59:54

3M ago59:54

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Smith Sessions Radio #390Mixed With ♥ In Tettnang, Germany By Your Host Mr. SmithIf You Like This Episode - Share It, Leave A Comment & Give It A Like 🎧 TRACKLIST:01. Alexander Komarov & Ria Joyse - Gravity Of The Senses [Interplay Global]02. Nord Horizon & Sarah Russell - Not A Sound [Amsterdam Trance]03. Spectorsonic & Alex BELIEVE - New Film [In…

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How to Be Self-Revealing in Memoir When You're Not In Real Life, featuring Dr. Brian H. Williams 43:25

3M ago43:25

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This week's episode moves beyond inspiring and into the territory of important, essential, and recommended listening—and reading. Guest Dr. Brian H. Williams, author of the debut memoir, The Bodies Keep Coming, joins us to talk about his experience as a trauma surgeon, and what being on the hospital frontlines can teach us about racial inequities i…

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