Girls Write Now Media
Podcasts
We are a community of audio storytellers! Enjoy our seasonal podcasts like Writing Our Way to Wellness and Speaking in First Draft, and special series podcasts like A Fistful of Verse and Lunch with LITNYS.
Featured Podcast Series
Speaking in First Draft
Writing Our Way To Wellness
A Fistful of Verse
Lunch with LitNYS
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Speaking on Ancestral Storytelling Pt. 2
Our celebration of Pride and Caribbean American Heritage continues in part 2 of the conversation between Girls Write Now Fellow Sally Familia and Mentee Carissa Ceasor. Last episode, our guests dove deep into how they use poetry to process and release their emotions, in addition to the impact their ancestry has on them. This week, Sally and Carissa talk more about poetry and give tons of great advice for all of you fellow writers listening in.
The Writer’s Secret
The Writer's Secret is a podcast we assembled where two professional writers discussed writing advice they have for aspiring writers.
Pledge of Allegiance (Revised)
Pledge of Allegiance: Revised” is a subversion of the American Dream through the lens of mental wellbeing; “gifted” is a gilded promise unraveled by statistics and a vow to embrace the strength of vulnerability.
Eternal Discourse: The Stanford Prison Experiment [Episode 1]
In the first episode of Eternal Discourse, a podcast centered on complex social issues, Salma and Ashley cover the Stanford Prison Experiment, the unethical psychological demonstration conducted by professor Philip Zimbardo in 1971.
Speaking on Ancestral Storytelling Pt. 1
In this riveting conversation, both our guests talk about what it means to explore their Caribbean ancestry and queerness through writing poetry. Carissa opens with three excerpts from their in-progress poetry chapbook entitled “Messages from the Radical Diaspora.” If you’re all about culture, identity, emotional liberation, and history, this episode is for you.
Speaking on Embodying Resistance
Sometimes mere existence is resistance, especially when you’re a woman in the midst of a war the entire world is watching. In Episode 9, our Senior Community Systems Coordinator here at Girls Write Now Lisbett Rodriguez interviews Ukranian-American poet and Girls Write Now Mentor Vera Sirota.
Speaking on Body Liberation with Chrissy King
Tune in to hear author Chrissy King and host Kathryn Destin get candid about body image, fatphobia, disordered eating, social media, and collective liberation.
Speaking on the Writer’s Guild of America Strike
In this special episode, two writers working in TV, Micharne Cloughley and Hannah Rothblatt, discuss their involvement in the WGA strike and what it means for the industry at large.
Life Improvement Inc.
In a dystopian future America, the third great depression drives a desperate teenager to an unconventional job interview for the mysterious company, Life Improvement Inc. And what she finds out about the company is…unexpected.
Call Me Crazy
A parody of “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen.
