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Plague Remedy Podcast
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A podcast for writers and those who love them.

Each week, we bring you thoughtful conversations from writers around the globe. Episodes drop on Tuesdays, with bonus material on Thursdays. Check us out.
📣 New Episode!
Okay, a bit of a technical glitch delayed this episode, but it's worth it.

🎙️ Short Stories, Big Hearts: Author John Sheirer Talks Writing, Teaching, and This American Moment

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I talk with John Sheirer—writer, teacher, and all-around good guy.
June 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
📚 New Episode: Award-Winning Novelist Cynthia Reeves on Grief, Whalebones, and Writing at the Ends of the Earth 🎙️

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Novelist Cynthia Reeves joins us for a conversation that spans the Arctic wilds of Svalbard and the emotional terrain of grief, faith, and memory.
June 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🎙 New Episode!
From West Philly to Mars: David Ebenbach on Writing, Identity, and Envy
Jujitsu

🎙 New Episode Alert! Journey with David Ebenbach from West Philly to Mars as we delve into writing, identity, and the green-eyed monster.

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#CreativeLife #Podcast
May 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🎙️ New Episode Out Now: "Writing Big and Writing Small" with Brooke Berman ✍️
🎬 Brooke Berman's Ramona at Midlife is out now!

In this episode of Plague Remedy, award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director Brooke Berman joins me to talk about how her new film came to life.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🎙 BEST OF: Andrea J. Buchanan on What's it like to have a headache 24/7

We're revisiting one of our most resonant and inspiring conversations—our episode with Andrea J. Buchanan, author memoir 'The Beginning of Everything.' Andrea opens up about recovery.

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May 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🎙️ New Episode — Creativity as Spiritual Practice with George Drance

🎙️ Tune in to the latest episode of the Plague Remedy Podcast featuring George Drance — a multifaceted actor, director, translator, and Jesuit priest.
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May 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Discover the intriguing mind of Sarah Tolmie—poet, novelist, scholar, and author of *All the Horses of Iceland*. Her boundless, poetic imagination is wonderfully unique. This podcast episode is a goldmine for both writers and readers! #WritingCommunity #Podcast

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April 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hey West Coast friends, remember today's gathering with not one, not two, but THREE authors from the Plague Remedy Podcast! #WestCoastEvent #PodcastAuthors
April 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
✨ BEST OF EPISODE — Hannah Sward ✨

In our Best Of series, revisit our fifth episode with Hannah Sward, author of 'Strip: A Memoir.' Explore themes of writing, addiction, sex work, resilience, shame, and healing.

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#Memoir #PodcastEpisode
April 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨 New Episode Alert! 🎙️

What do McRibs, mixtapes, punk rock, and public defense have in common?

The brilliant and insightful Juanita E. Mantz (aka JEM) tells you in this electric, heartfelt, and eye-opening conversation this week on the Plague Remedy Podcast.

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April 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚨 New Episode Alert! 🎙️

What do McRibs, mixtapes, punk rock, and public defense have in common?

Juanita E. Mantz (aka JEM) tells you in this electric, heartfelt, and eye-opening conversation.

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April 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🌀 Just dropped a new Plague Remedy Podcast episode with John Madera—writer, editor, publisher, arts advocate, and champion of the weird and the strange. Leap into the Void!

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#PlagueRemedyPodcast #JohnMadera #BigOther #SmallPressLove #KeepBooksWeird
April 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🌀 Just dropped a new Plague Remedy Podcast episode with John Madera—writer, editor, publisher, arts advocate, and champion of the weird and the strange. Leap into the Void!

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#BigOther #IndiePublishing #BookTalk #LiteraryPodcast #BlueskyBooks #KeepBooksWeird
April 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌀 Just dropped a new Plague Remedy Podcast episode with John Madera—writer, editor, publisher, arts advocate, and champion of the weird and the strange. Leap into the Void!

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#PlagueRemedyPodcast #JohnMadera #BigOther #BlueskyBooks#SmallPressLove #KeepBooksWeird
April 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨

This week on the Plague Remedy Podcast, we sit down with poet, musician, and storyteller Charles Coe! 🎙️✨ He shares his journey as an artist, the magic of blending poetry and jazz, and why kids make the best poets. He even sings for us.

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April 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New podcast cover and a new episode coming tomorrow, no fooling!
March 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We continue with our BEST OF episodes of the Plague Remedy Podcast with Christian Livermore, talking about her memoir 'We Are Not Okay: Elegy for a Broken America.'
Her writing is so honest, painfully at times, but not without humor.

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March 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We're taking a week for spring break, but we won't let you have nothing to listen to this week. I'm re-posting our most downloaded episode. Here's poet Matthew Caley talking Post-Punk and Poetry. We'll be back with a new interview on April 1st.

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March 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨

This week on the Plague Remedy Podcast we sit down with the fearless and brilliant David Vann, winner of the Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction, the California Book Award, the Prix Medicis Etranger, among many other prizes. 🤯

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March 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🎙️New Episode! 🎙️

This week on The Plague Remedy Podcast, we’re joined by brilliant writer Robert Fromberg to talk about memoirs, storytelling and the art of paying attention.

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March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🎙️ New Episode Alert! 🎙️

This week on The Plague Remedy Podcast, we’re thrilled to welcome the legendary Paul Rudnick — the playwright, screenwriter, novelist and humorist behind In & Out with Kevin Kline, Addams Family Values, Jeffrey and so much more!

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March 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨

This week on The Plague Remedy Podcast, we sit down for a fascinating conversation with novelist, essayist, and journalist James Reich.

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#Podcast #WritersLife #Literature #GenreFiction #SciFi #Uncanny #plagueremedypodcast
February 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨

We’re joined this week by Steven Dunn and Katie Jean Shinkle, talking about their brilliant novel Tannery Bay.

#ThePlagueRemedyPodcast #TanneryBay #StevenDunn #KatieJaneShinkle #LiteraryPodcast #WritersOfInstagram #BookLovers

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February 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨

This week on the Plague Remedy Podcast, we have a fascinating conversation with Peter Mackay/Pàdraig MacAoiidh, the newly appointed Scottish Makar (poet laureate).

#PeterMackay #ScottishMakar #Poetry #ScotsGaelic #Literature

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February 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🚨 Bonus Episode Alert! 🚨

We're thrilled to bring back our very first episode, featuring the inimitable Laurie Stone!

Laurie is the writer of the Substack 'Everything is Personal,' the author of six books, and was a longtime writer at the iconic Village Voice.

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February 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM