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The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

Brendan O'Meara

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Show overview

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara has been publishing since 2013, and across the 13 years since has built a catalogue of 568 episodes. That works out to roughly 600 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 56 min and 1h 12m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 42 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 61 episodes published. Published by Brendan O'Meara.

Episodes
568
Running
2013–2026 · 13y
Median length
1h 5m
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara is a weekly podcast that showcases leaders in narrative journalism, essay, memoir, documentary film, radio and podcasts about the art and craft of telling true stories.   Follow the show @creativenonfictionpodcast on Instagram and visit patreon.com/cnfpod to support!

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Episode 547: Catherine Grace Katz Needs a Portable Murder Wall and PB&J to Write

Sep 25, 20261h 21m

Episode 546: Seth Wickersham is On That Hill

Sep 18, 20261h 15m

Episode 545: Stories Can Sit in the Notebook for Years. Just Ask Matthew Wolfe.

Sep 11, 20261h 12m

Episode 544: Writing a Book is Like Driving a Bus, says Joshua Robinson

Sep 4, 20261h 7m

Episode 543: Doubt, Vulnerability, Confidence. Is Chris Bennett Talking About Writing or Running?

Aug 28, 20261h 13m

Episode 542: Earl Swift and the Battle to Get the Reader to the Last Word

Aug 21, 20261h 16m

Episode 541: 'Touch the Work Every Day' says Shanda McManus

Aug 14, 20261h 7m

Episode 540: Holbrook Mohr and Mitch Weiss Tackle the Atomic City for The Atavist

Aug 7, 20261h 21m

Episode 539: How Jennifer Keishin Armstrong Writes Biographies of TV Shows

Jul 31, 20261h 20m

Episode 538: The Enduring Mystery of Amelia Earhart with Rachel Hartigan

Jul 24, 20261h 16m

Episode 537: Pamela Colloff's Now-or-Never Moment with 'Catch the Devil'

Jul 17, 20261h 26m

Episode 536: The Blood, Flesh, and Messiness of Human Existence with Matthew Wolfe

Jul 10, 202656 min

Episode 535: Alex Ronan's Masterclass in the Depth of Reporting

Jul 3, 20261h 31m

Episode 534: Shoeleather Reporting and Exploring the Riddles of America with Wil Haygood

Jun 26, 20261h 6m

Episode 533: Susan Orlean on Her 'Best' Rejection, Coming Up with Ideas, and Letting the Reporting Meander

Jun 19, 20261h 16m

Episode 532: Barry Meier Likes to be Open to Surprises

Jun 12, 20261h 19m

Episode 531: Austin Kleon Goes Beast Mode in 'Don't Call It Art'

Jun 5, 20261h 13m

Episode 530: Finding that 'Sinewy Strength' in the Prose with Maccabee Montandon

Jun 4, 20261h 2m

Episode 529: Dan John says, 'Inspiration is for Amateurs' … and He's Correct

May 29, 20261h 7m

Episode 528: Stuck? Ramona Ausubel Will 'Unstuck' You!

May 22, 20261h 11m
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