@stephensacco.bsky.social
An American abroad in Scotland, PhD University of St Andrews, host of The Plague Remedy Podcast, and former award-winning journalist in the US, published in Rumpus, The Herald Scotland and others, check me out at https://www.plagueremedy.com/
π£ New Episode!
Okay, a bit of a technical glitch delayed this episode, but it's worth it.
ποΈ Short Stories, Big Hearts: Author John Sheirer Talks Writing, Teaching, and This American Moment
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I talk with John Sheirerβwriter, teacher, and all-around good guy.
Thanks to @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social and hosts @stephensacco.bsky.social and @chlivermore.bsky.social for having me on to discuss my recent work, the uncanny, horror, and more. @horrorstudies.bsky.social
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π New Episode of the Plague Remedy Podcast
Award-Winning Novelist Cynthia Reeves on the Arctic wilds of Svalbard, the emotional terrain of grief, faith, and memory, and Writing at the Ends of the Earth ποΈ
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π New Episode: Award-Winning Novelist Cynthia Reeves on Grief, Whalebones, and Writing at the Ends of the Earth ποΈ
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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.
My new novel, The Execution of Tertius Lafontaine, is now available for pre-order.
Cynthia Reeves, whose extraordinary and beautiful novel The Last Whaler was a New York Times-recommended book), calls it, among other things, βPoignant and gripping.β
ποΈ New Episode Out Now: "Writing Big and Writing Small" with Brooke Berman βοΈ
π¬ 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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Hasan Piker, a popular Turkish American online streamer, said he was stopped and questioned for hours about his political beliefs by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after flying back to the United States from overseas on Sunday.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
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π 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 conversationsβour episode with Andrea J. Buchanan, author memoir 'The Beginning of Everything.' Andrea opens up about recovery.
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ποΈ New Episode β Creativity as Spiritual Practice with George Drance
ποΈ Tune in to the latest episode of the Plague Remedy Podcast featuring George Drance β a multifaceted actor, director, translator, and Jesuit priest.
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What a fucking nightmare this would be. Yes, let's plug the kids into the Lying Plagiarism Machine. Pump them full of dubious content slurry stolen from the work of actual people but mashed up in such a way to get half the shit wrong, and also, deeply vulnerable to propagandized edits.
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Discover the intriguing mind of Sarah Tolmieβpoet, 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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π¨ New Episode Alert! ποΈ
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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π¨ New Episode Alert! ποΈ
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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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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π Just dropped a new Plague Remedy Podcast episode with John Maderaβwriter, 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
A gun control group backed by Michael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, plans to spend $10 million to help elect Democratic attorneys general this year and in 2026, an investment it says is meant to help protect the rule of law and democracy while President Trump holds the White House.
08.04.2025 13:11 β π 959 π 151 π¬ 26 π 11Check out our new Facebook page. Follow us there for news and announcements!
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I lol-ed
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π¨ New Episode Alert! π¨
This week on the Plague Remedy Podcast, we sit down with poet, musician, and storyteller Charles Coe! ποΈβ¨ 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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New podcast cover and a new episode coming tomorrow, no fooling!
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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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π¨ New Episode Alert! π¨
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. π€―
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ποΈNew Episode! ποΈ
This week on The Plague Remedy Podcast, weβre joined by brilliant writer Robert Fromberg to talk about memoirs, storytelling and the art of paying attention.
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ποΈ New Episode Alert! ποΈ
This week on The Plague Remedy Podcast, weβre thrilled to welcome the legendary Paul Rudnick β the playwright, screenwriter, novelist and humorist behind In & Out with Kevin Kline, Addams Family Values, Jeffrey and so much more!
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After all the Red Carpets, the ceremony itself, the after party & the after-after parties, nothing compares to the warm welcome upon my return home. π πΆ πΎ
#Oscars2025
π¨ New Episode Alert! π¨
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
π¨ New Episode Alert! π¨
Weβre 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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Donβt miss this!
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