Matthew Shaer
matthewshaer.bsky.social
Matthew Shaer
@matthewshaer.bsky.social
Contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine, Emerson Fellow at New America, host of the Origin Stories podcast. Red Sox fan. Please God don't ask me about the "progress" on my "book"
And a favorite interview with @clintsmithiii.bsky.social about balancing family and writing career, and the importance of accessibility when it comes to works of history: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Clint Smith on How the Word Is Passed
Podcast Episode · Origin Stories · 12/03/2025 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:53 PM
And for the true narrative journalism nerds - for my fellow structure-obsessives - this conversation with @praddenkeefe.bsky.social about the reporting, research, storyboarding, and writing of his 2018 masterpiece, “Say Nothing”: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Patrick Radden Keefe on Say Nothing
Podcast Episode · Origin Stories · 09/24/2025 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Next up on this list: Pulitzer- (and every other kind of award-) winner @conniewalker.bsky.social on how she pitched, reported, and produced "Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's": podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Connie Walker on Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s
Podcast Episode · Origin Stories · 09/17/2025 · 34m
podcasts.apple.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I joined at the exact same time I ordered a Brick for my phone. We’ll see who wins in the end
January 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM