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Christian Livermore @chlivermore.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

🎙 New Episode 🎙 Risk, Laugh, Repeat: Writing, Humour and Reinvention with Lucy Wang This week on Story, we're joined by the inspiring Lucy Wang, award-winning playwright, performer, educator and creative force. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

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Risk, Laugh, Repeat: Writing, Humor, and Reinvention with Lucy Wang

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 03/02/2026

"To stay alive, even the dead must endure / temporariness." From "Given Limits Exist, Streets, Oblivion," a new poem by @chelsdingman.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/EBzGLxN

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Christian Livermore @chlivermore.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

New Story episode! David Herd talks about "non-persons" — people pushed to the edge of belonging through detention, dispersal, and silence. A difficult, necessary and deeply humane conversation. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

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Non-Persons: Stories at the Edge of Belonging — with Professor David Herd

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

📣 New Episode! Okay, a bit of a technical glitch delayed this episode, but it's worth it. 🎙️ Short Stories, Big Hearts: Author John Sheirer Talks Writing, Teaching, and This American Moment podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... I talk with John Sheirer—writer, teacher, and all-around good guy.

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James Reich @jamesreich.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

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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Christian Livermore @chlivermore.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

📚 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 🎙️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

📚 New Episode: Award-Winning Novelist Cynthia Reeves on Grief, Whalebones, and Writing at the Ends of the Earth 🎙️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a... Novelist Cynthia Reeves joins us for a conversation that spans the Arctic wilds of Svalbard and the emotional terrain of grief, faith, and memory.

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Christian Livermore @chlivermore.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

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, “Poignant and gripping.”

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🎙️ New Episode Out Now: "Writing Big and Writing Small" with Brooke Berman ✍️ 🎬 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. buff.ly/ooyTCK8

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/05/2025

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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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"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. time.com/7285045/resi...

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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🎙 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 conversations—our episode with Andrea J. Buchanan, author memoir 'The Beginning of Everything.' Andrea opens up about recovery. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

🎙️ New Episode — Creativity as Spiritual Practice with George Drance 🎙️ Tune in to the latest episode of the Plague Remedy Podcast featuring George Drance — a multifaceted actor, director, translator, and Jesuit priest. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Discover the intriguing mind of Sarah Tolmie—poet, 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 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🎙️ 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. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🎙️ 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. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🌀 Just dropped a new Plague Remedy Podcast episode with John Madera—writer, editor, publisher, arts advocate, and champion of the weird and the strange. Leap into the Void! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l... #BigOther #IndiePublishing #BookTalk #LiteraryPodcast #BlueskyBooks #KeepBooksWeird

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/04/2025

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.

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Bloomberg Pumps Cash Into the Long-Term Legal Fight Against Trump

The billionaire’s gun control group plans to spend $10 million to help elect Democratic attorneys general, who are on the front lines of legal clashes with the president.

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Check out our new Facebook page. Follow us there for news and announcements! bit.ly/43y0FjI #books #podcast #writers #creativewriting

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨 This week on the Plague Remedy Podcast, we sit down with poet, musician, and storyteller Charles Coe! 🎙️✨ 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. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

New podcast cover and a new episode coming tomorrow, no fooling!

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

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. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨 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. 🤯 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🎙️New Episode! 🎙️ This week on The Plague Remedy Podcast, we’re joined by brilliant writer Robert Fromberg to talk about memoirs, storytelling and the art of paying attention. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

🎙️ New Episode Alert! 🎙️ This week on The Plague Remedy Podcast, we’re thrilled to welcome the legendary Paul Rudnick — the playwright, screenwriter, novelist and humorist behind In & Out with Kevin Kline, Addams Family Values, Jeffrey and so much more! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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. 🐕 🐶 🐾 #Oscars2025

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨 This week on The Plague Remedy Podcast, we sit down for a fascinating conversation with novelist, essayist, and journalist James Reich. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... #Podcast #WritersLife #Literature #GenreFiction #SciFi #Uncanny #plagueremedypodcast

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨 We’re joined this week by Steven Dunn and Katie Jean Shinkle, talking about their brilliant novel Tannery Bay. #ThePlagueRemedyPodcast #TanneryBay #StevenDunn #KatieJaneShinkle #LiteraryPodcast #WritersOfInstagram #BookLovers podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨 This week on the Plague Remedy Podcast, we have a fascinating conversation with Peter Mackay/Pàdraig MacAoiidh, the newly appointed Scottish Makar (poet laureate). #PeterMackay #ScottishMakar #Poetry #ScotsGaelic #Literature podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 06/02/2025

The House Republicans listed below are vulnerable in 2026. They will only vote to cut our benefits if they think no one is watching. If you live in these districts, or know anyone who does, CALL NOW and tell them to keep their hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid!

https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/house-overview/2026-house-race-ratings-another-knife-fight-majority

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

🚨 Bonus Episode Alert! 🚨 We're thrilled to bring back our very first episode, featuring the inimitable Laurie Stone! Laurie is the writer of the Substack 'Everything is Personal,' the author of six books, and was a longtime writer at the iconic Village Voice. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🚨 New Episode! 🚨 This week on the Plague Remedy Podcast, the brilliant Ann Dávila Cardinal, author of 'The Storyteller’s Death' and 'We Need No Wings!' #ThePlagueRemedyPodcast #NewEpisode #AnnDávilaCardinal #WritingCommunity #LatinxAuthors #Books #Storytelling podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

We spoke with @claymcleod.bsky.social on the podcast last Halloween about his forthcoming book. Well, that book, 'Wake Up and Open Your Eyes', is now out and it is very, very timely. He was also featured last week in a huuuuuge profile in The New York Times! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Today's the day! The Plague Remedy Podcast is back with our first episode of the new season, and we have acclaimed Booker-longlisted writer KEVIN BARRY!!! Photo credit: Louise Manifold podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🎙️ The first episode of the Plague Remedy Podcast Season 2 drops tomorrow with acclaimed Booker-longlisted author KEVIN BARRY! Until then, listen to the Season 2 trailer. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Plague Remedy is back, baby!!! Our season two premiere drops next week, and our guest will be...drum roll, please... Booker-longlisted author Kevin Barry!!! Episode drops on the 28th of January!

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

It's a wrap! But only for this year. Christian turns the tables and interviews Stephen as we reflect on our first season, the power of stories and the majesty of the imagination. We share holiday cheer and a snarky Christmas poem by Ogden Nash. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

A new Plague Remedy bonus episode has dropped!🎙️Tune in to hear Stephen read his hilarious short story, 'Howard County Rapture', which was published in The Rumpus and nominated for several prizes. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

This week on Plague Remedy, we talk with Rev. Dr. Donald MacEwan, chaplain at the University of St Andrews, as he embarks on a new journey into creative writing. Don't miss this thought-provoking discussion on the role of storytelling in our lives. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This week on the podcast we sit down with veteran journalist, New York Times editor, and now novelist, @chrismelemedia.bsky.social . Let's dive into his gripping debut novel, 'Goodwill Secrets', a mystery/thriller set in a fictional Adirondack town. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Christopher Mele: Veteran Journalist, NYT Editor, and New Novelist Reports to Us Without Fear or Favor

Podcast Episode · The Plague Remedy Podcast · 03/12/2024 · 1h 1m

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

This week on Plague Remedy we speak with David Heska Wanbli Weiden, author of the gripping thriller 'Winter Counts.' He is also a professor of Indigenous Studies and creative writing at Stony Brook University. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

🎙️ New Episode! David Heska Wanbli Weiden joins us to talk: 🌿 The Lakota Nation’s influence on his writing 🕵️‍♂️ Crafting gripping crime thrillers And more! Let us know what you think. 🔗 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... #WinterCounts #CrimeFiction #LakotaVoices #DavidHeskaWanbliWeiden

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Laurie Stone @lauriestone.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

How do we speak about what we need to speak about without going mute and without resorting to the hall monitor phrases of do the right thing that ring with the authority of a used car spiel. Zoom conversation today on voice, against the backdrop of NOW. RSVP: lauriestone@substack.com

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Plague Remedy Podcast @plagueremedypodast.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

On this episode of The Plague Remedy Podcast, Stephen talks to memoirist and fiction writer Ricky Monahan Brown! You can listen here, and if you like it, please do rate and review us if you can. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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How a Corporate Lawyer's 5% Chance of Survival led to the Writing Life with Ricky Monahan Brown

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