730 - Turning a Podcast into a Novel: 'The Br...

1227. This week, we talk to Eli Burnstein, author of "Phrased & Confused." We look at why Robert Frost's "road less traveled" wasn't really less traveled, and why the other half of Stewart Brand's "information wants to be free" will make you think about it differently. Then we lo ...  Show more

1226. This week, we look at why so many people say "try and" instead of "try to," including why it may be the older form, why it turns up more in speech than in writing, and why it bothers Americans more than Brits. Then we look at what an epilogue actually does, whether one can ...  Show more

In 2014, Lauren Shippen was an aspiring actor in Los Angeles: taking classes, booking intermittent gigs, waiting tables, the like. Four years later, she ended up becoming one of the busiest people in podcasting, all on the strength of an independent fiction podcast she had made o ...  Show more

Lauren Shippen, creator of the Bright Sessions podcast, joins to discuss chapters 9 and 10 of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! Topics include a need for wizard statistics, Book Ginny outshining Movie Ginny, Sirius “Whiny Bitch” Black, Harry “Anti-Prefect” Potter, the ri ...  Show more

Lauren Shippen of the Bright Sessions podcast returns to discuss more Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! Topics include Jim Dale's signing, JK hating Hufflepuff, Ron's numbness to romance, Hermione standing up for herself, Snape & Umbridge are horrible teachers, JK's obse ...  Show more

Once a married waitress in her late 20s, my dear friend and best selling author put everything on the line in order to go to grad school. The result? Her smash hit novel, Sweetbitter, and a career as a writer. We talk slumber parties, the beginning of our friendship (which involv ...  Show more