In a first-of-its-kind pilot, Nolla Health lets AI diagnose and issue prescriptions.

How do you turn a book idea into a story worth writing? Vanessa Riley shares her StoryMetric™ Idea Assessment process for brainstorming story ideas, choosing genre, identifying reader expectations, finding comparable books and Story Neighbors, and deciding whether an idea is ready to develop. A practical episode for fiction writers exploring novel planning, story development, genre conventions, writing motivation, historical fiction, romance, mystery, commercial fiction, and the creative writing process. Keywords: StoryMetric, Vanessa Riley, writing craft, creative writing, fiction writing, novel writing, story ideas, book ideas, brainstorming, story development, novel planning, writing process, how to write a novel, genre, genre conventions, reader expectations, story structure, Story Neighbors, comparable books, writing motivation, finding story ideas, developing story ideas, choosing a genre, fiction writers, aspiring authors, authors, writers, historical fiction, romance writing, mystery writing, commercial fiction, writing advice, writing tips, author podcast https://vanessariley.com/blog/product/story-idea-storymetricassessment/t. https://vanessariley.substack.com/p/finding-the-idea-you-have-to-write

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We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind...

Brazil’s presidential election is headed to a runoff between leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right Senator Flávio Bolsonaro after neither candidate cleared 50% in Sunday’s vote, in...

We speak with Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro after he was detained at an Israeli military base for seven hours on Friday. Amro, the founder of the Hebron-based group Youth Against Settlem...

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This week writer Jonathan Hickman (House of X, Secret Wars, Ultimate Spider-Man, East of West) joins us to talk about Midnight X-Men, his new horror infused book out October 7th. He talks about his approach to Vampires, the horror of late-stage capitalism, the minimalization of X-Men, the unexpected ending of his Ultimate Universe, how him and Alan Moore are alike, the impending AI apocalypse, the "great man" theory, and (of course) the ending of his time on X-Men. Y'all, it's a good one.

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Voters are already voting in the midterms. This year, some voters are trying something new to get ready for the election: asking AI to help research their ballot and even decide who to vote for.