Show overview
Substack Live Podcast has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 43 episodes. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 12 min and 49 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 19 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 19 episodes published. Published by Sarah Fay.
From the publisher
Conversations with the best writers and creators who came to Substack early and made the platform great to show you how to create and, yes, monetize, not by gaming a platform but by bringing your amazing work to the world and making the world a better place in doing so. Plus updates and expert guidance on the platform as it changes and changes again and again, so you can use it to fuel your creative, professional, and financial life. Brought to you by Sarah Fay, Substack Writers at Work Founder and Director and former Paris Review interviewer. www.substackwritersatwork.com
Latest Episodes
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How Five of My Favorite Substack Built Massive Followings without Losing Their Souls
Live with Elizabeth Gilbert: When a Substack Becomes a Spiritual Practice
How to Be the One Well-Loved Substack People Pay For
How Susan Cain Built 'The Quiet Life' to 275,000 Subscribers
Newsletter Dating, the New Restack, and more
How Letter Writing Will Make You a Better Writer with Lindsay Hurty
Masterclass: How To Get a Brand Deal on Substack
Live: Substack News for the week of 6/9 + the person you should learn Notes from
Dispatch #3: What Substack subscribers want in the AI era
Substack & AI + Your Weekly Substack Dispatch #2
Dispatch #2: What really makes a Substack go viral
The Biggest Mistake I See People Making on Substack in 2026
The Million Dollar Question: Do Substack Followers Really Become Subscribers?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.substackwritersatwork.comNearly 250 paid subscribers came to the monthly paid-subscriber live with Seth Werkheiser of SOCIAL MEDIA ESCAPE CLUB.» I love when we all get to be together.Seth walked us through a 4-step approach to Notes that converts, pulls you out of your comfort zone by showing you how to engage with others, and stops you from feeling like you’re just posting into the void.Listen for more and if you aren't a paid subscriber to Substack Writers at Work, become one: www.substackwritersatwork.com
Write Openings That People Open
How your Substack posts land in your reader's inbox matters more than you think. In this live, I walk through what your subscribers actually see when your post arrives, how to find out where you're being read (email, app, or web), and why creating a familiar, consistent post structure is more important now than ever. I also cover what's working with images, why stock photos can devalue your writing, and how to think about your opening lines so readers actually want to stay.https://www.substackwritersatwork.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.substackwritersatwork.com/subscribe
Become an exceptional bestseller with Simon Haisell
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.substackwritersatwork.com/subscribe
3 Home Remedies for Substack Writer’s Block
Part of the Substack Writer at Work Series.In 2026, I’ll be giving paid subscribers and Premier members a taste of the writing guidance I use with my students at Northwestern and my Craft of Writing on Substack course. Today, we dive into Substack writer's block, a unique but common ailment. Substack writer’s block looks like not posting—or posting lifelessly. Or giving up entirely. There are a lot of dead Substacks:Many as a result of “writer’s block.”SW@W homepage» Thank you for being part of the best community on Substack! Please share Substack Writers at Work and invite others to join us for real, long-term Substack growth. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.substackwritersatwork.com/subscribe
Live Substack Notes Writing Workshop
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.substackwritersatwork.comNavigating SW@W:SW@W homepage | Premier Membership homepage | 2026 Notes Boost Challenge | Paid/Premier Chat | 2026 Substack Pathway | Upcoming courses & Intensives | Substack Essentials Workshop library | Archive | Index | Guidance on Notes, Growth, Revenue, Writing on Substack, Serialization
Self-promotion for people who hate self-promotion
Maya C. Popa and I talk about self-promotion for the self-promotion averse.Find out why self-promotion is all about bravely falling backward into a ball pit and why we can blame our dislike of it on the Modernists, Roland Barthes, and the Iowa Writers Workshop. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.substackwritersatwork.com/subscribe