Podcasts

=Podcasts for Writers= The following podcasts offer many different things to the UCSC Creative Writing community. Whether they give advice from living writers, offer tips/tricks/exercises to experiment with, or new ideas and thoughts to inspire your work, they're all worth your time and iPod space!

Radio Lab
"http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/" "Radio Lab is fantastic! Technically it's a natural science podcast, but it's so much more and beyond helpful to me as a writer. Radio Lab is almost a Mythbuster-y investigation of the world around us, how/why things work, and what makes us human. Stuck for something to write? Radio Lab will jumpstart your brain into intellectual mode. It's witty, hip, smart, and engaging.

American Writers Podcast
"http://www.americanwriters.com/" "This podcast has been on a hiatus for a while, but it's coming back later this year. The older episodes, however, are still relevant and interesting. Providing specific information on genre writing, more specifically for fiction writers. There's also great overarching advice on craft: things like characters, dialogue, and setting.

Garrison Keillor's The Writers Almanac Podast
"feed://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/podcast/feed.php" "Garrison Keillor's narration of poetry and writing tips is pleasant and calm. He also gives fun bits of historical information and stories of his own. I reccomend listening to this in the morning -- it gets your day off to a great start!

I Should be Writing
"http://isbw.murlafferty.com/" "I Should be Writing is "Gor Wanna-be Writers, By A Wanna-be Writer," and I love it. It's like a portable version of the Living Writers Series! Published guest speakers come to talk about craft, their processes, and the business of writing. Especially good for people looking to get published, I Should Be Writing gives great advice and encouragement to get your work out there.

Writing Challenges
"http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/audio/more/writingchallenges/" Brought to you by the University of Warwick, Writing Challenges begins with advice on a new theme for each podcast. After some spot on advice (a lot of which sounds very familiar after a few UCSC CW classes!) listeners are provided with a new and interesting writing exercise. These are great to get your wheels turning when you have time to sit down and write.

The Moth
"http://www.themoth.org/podcast" 'The'' Moth is hilarious, touching, and totally hip. It's a spoken aloud stories podcast recorded from their "story slams" in LA, New York, and Seattle. Though these stories aren't written down, they're full of heart and demonstrate some crucial aspects of storytelling.

The New Yorker: Fiction
"http://www.newyorker.com/online/podcasts/fiction" These podcasts only come once a month, but they're certainly worth the wait. They've got big name visitors that come to read stories and have a discussion about the creative and business sides of the writing world. Listen to these podcasts and feel classy and cool while you take the metro. The only bad thing about this podcast is that it's never long enough.