Podcasts about Memoir

Guest host Jo Feldman welcomes Emily Walker back to the podcast to dish on “Told You So,” the memoir of “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Mayci Neeley. They unpack Mayci's harrowing journey from teen mom and abuse survivor to her rise from TikTok fame to reality stardom. Plus: what the book reveals about growing up Mormon and a little gentle Chelsea tea. A content warning: This episode contains discussions of sensitive topics, including sexual assult, abuse, religious trauma, and suicide. Take care while listening and find helpful resources here. Join the cookie community: Become a member of the Patreon Show Notes: Kendra Wilkinson Memoir Episode (with Jo Feldman) Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 2 Premiere: Soft Swinging & Sexy Baptisms Secret Lives of Mormon Wives S2E2: Barbecue Breakdown and Affleck Drama The Secret Life of Mormon Wives & A Well-Trained Wife: Scandals and Faith (Glamorous Trash) Where to find our guest Emily Walker: Instagram *** Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Thank you to our sponsors: Quince  - Go to quince.com/glamorous for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.  Libro.fm - Click here to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 with your first month of membership using code TRASH. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

f you're a Southerner who's interested in food, you probably know John T. Edge from his work as the founding director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, as the author of the Potlikker Papers, or as the host of True South, a TV show about Southern food and culture on the SEC Network. It's hard to find someone who's been more influential in shaping the conversation around Southern food and telling the stories of its unsung heroes. Well, now John T. is telling his own story with a powerful new memoir called House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home. Sid talked to John T. about his complicated and sometimes violent childhood in Clinton, Georgia; his fraught relationship with a mother who struggled with alcoholism; and the wild journey that finally led him to a career at the University of Mississippi. A note: This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Southern Living offices in Birmingham, Alabama. Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Michael Onufrak - Audio Engineer & Editor/Producer Jeremiah Lee McVay - Producer Isaac Nunn - Recording Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's episode centers an important voice in the still-unfolding story of Jeffrey Epstein. Virginia Roberts Giuffre survived abuse at the hands of Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and a number of powerful men. Giuffre died by suicide earlier this year. But before her death, she wrote a memoir called Nobody's Girl. In today's interview with NPR's Leila Fadel, Giuffre's collaborator on the project, Amy Wallace, and her brother, Sky Roberts, share what it was like for Giuffre to write about what she endured.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Shigeko Ito joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about the lasting impact of childhood emotional neglect, how invisible trauma can manifest in adult life, fragmented memories, facing a fierce inner critic, accepting limits, growing as a person and as a writer, when the back story feels as important and relevant as the front story, the often chaotic experience of managing lots of material, becoming more compassionate, the healing power of storytelling, the generational trauma we inherit, using our experience to help others, and her new memoir The Pond Beyond the Forest: Reflections on Childhood Trauma and Motherhood.   Also in this episode: -not giving up -our authentic selves -viewing our work from a larger picture   Books mentioned in this episode: -Writing Without a Parachute:The Art of Freefall by Barbara Turner-Vesselago  -Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg -The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr -Old Friend from Far Away by Natalie Goldberg -Your Life as Story by Tristine Rainer -Immersion and Emotion: The Two Pillars of Storytelling by Michelle Barker   Shigeko Ito is an author, educator, and mental health advocate in Seattle who  grew up in Japan and immigrated to the United States in her early twenties to pursue higher education. She holds an MEd in early childhood education with an integrated Montessori teaching credential from the College of Notre Dame in Belmont, California, and a PhD in Education from Stanford University.  Her articles have appeared on the CPTSD Foundation's blog and on the ADAA (Anxiety and Depression Association of America) website. She has spent many years teaching at a Montessori preschool in Seattle, where she lives with her husband of thirty years.  Her new memoir is The Pond Beyond the Forest: Reflections on Childhood Trauma and Motherhood.   Connect with Shigeko: Website: shigekoito.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shigekoitomemoir Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/shigekochakoito LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shigekoito-memoir Twitter/X: x.com/ShigekoChakoIto Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/shigekoito.bsky.social The Pond Beyond the Forest: Reflections on Childhood Trauma and Motherhood is available at major retailers such as Amazon, Barnes &; Noble, and Apple Books. However, the official purchase link is: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pond-Beyond-the-Forest/Shigeko-Ito/9781647429805   – Ronit's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, Poets & Writers, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer's Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories.  She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and teaches memoir through the University of Washington's Online Continuum Program and also independently. She launched Let's Talk Memoir in 2022, lives in Seattle with her family of people and dogs, and is at work on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Subscribe to Ronit's Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank   Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank https://bsky.app/profile/ronitplank.bsky.social   Background photo credit: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers

Today, we discuss the allegations made in Virginia Giuffre's memoir against Prince Andrew.Virginia Giuffre passed away in April after taking her own life, but finished writing the book before her death. The book goes into detail about the allegations she has made against Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell. Prince Andrew denies all of the allegations made against him, but gave up his royal titles on Friday. What does Giuffre say in the book, and how have the Royal Family responded? Adam is joined in the studio with BBC Newsnight presenter Victoria Derbyshire, and BBC royal correspondent Daniela Relph.You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscordGet in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480.New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Shiler Mahmoudi. The social producer was Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Memoir Nation is celebrating imperfection, unresolved storylines, and the art of positive obsession this week with guest Mallary Tenore Tarpley, author of the new memoir, Slip. This week's episode has so much good stuff for memoirists—including Mallary's story of tenacity (she was rejected many many times on her first time out the gate with this book); her pivot to memoir-plus, and her insights on writing a memoir with an unusual structure. This is fuel any memoirist needs to stay the course and believe in the project you're being called to write. Also, over at Memoir Nation, we've formally launched our community, and we hope you'll come and check it out under the “Community” menu tab at MemoirNation.com. Mallary Tenore Tarpley is a journalism and writing professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Moody College of Communication and McCombs School of Business. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, and The Tampa Bay Times, among other publications. She is the recipient of a prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant, which has helped support her research and writing. Mallary holds bachelor's degrees from Providence College, as well as a master's of fine arts in nonfiction writing from Goucher College. She lives outside of Austin, Texas, with her husband and two children. Slip is her first book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir; actor Tim Curry; Ben Stiller's documentary about his parents, Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara; children's video entertainer Ms. Rachel; and library that straddles the U.S.-Canada border.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this powerful episode, Fawn Walker-Montgomery opens up about her fight with endometriosis, her advocacy journey, and the radical self-work that transformed her healing. Through pain, resilience, and reclamation, Fawn shares how she learned to reconnect with African spiritual practices like Hoodoo, and embrace radical self-care.

Wendy Harmer has enjoyed huge success over four decades as a comedian, tv host and as a radio presenter.  A long way from her origins in country Victoria, where she was born with a facial disfigurement, into a struggling family.When her mother left, Wendy often had to look after her young siblings.After her talent for writing was spotted by a lecturer at Deakin University, Wendy became a cadet journalist at the Geelong Advertiser.And then Wendy's life was transformed one night in Melbourne when she saw stand-up comedy for the first time and decided to try it herself.She bought records of Joan Rivers, Whoopi Goldberg and Woody Allen, and studied their acts.The first night she stood up at an open mic night for her 5 minute set, she knew it was the perfect role for her.Soon she was headlining her own shows at the Melbourne comedy venue the Last Laugh, and her life set off on a completely different path.Further informationWendy's memoir is called Lies My Mirror Told MeThis episode of Conversations was produced by Nicola Harrison, the Executive Producer was Carmel Rooney.It explores family, separation, cleft lip and palate, facial surgery, siblings, poverty, alcoholism, physical abuse, journalism, comedy, broadcasting, writing for children, country Victoria, stand up comedy, television, memoir.To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.

Scott speaks with Molly Jong-Fast, a journalist, author, political commentator and host of the “Fast Politics” podcast. They discuss the moral crisis of America's billionaire class, Trump's authoritarian drift, and the deepening class divide fueling populism. Molly shares her take on the Democrats' messaging problem, the media's collapse into ideological silos, and why the next fight for democracy will be won – or lost – on new platforms. Her latest book, How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir, is out now. Follow Molly, @MollyJongFast. Algebra of Happiness: when your child leaves for college. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caty Szeto is a woman with a dream: to become a K-Pop superstar. The 23-year-old Asian American is traveling from her home in LA to South Korea's capital Seoul to attend a K-Pop academy. There she'll do hardcore training in singing, dancing and styling. All this is to prepare for make-or-break auditions for K-Pop entertainment agencies. If she makes it, Caty could be like all those chart-topping idols who travel the world, perform to legions of fans and make millions. But this quest has its challenges. Caty finds out about ageism in the industry, where many new idols are in their teens. Then she comes face-to-face with incredibly specific K-beauty standards while navigating being a foreigner in K-Pop. Over just three months, our host journalist Haeryun Kang follows Caty to see if she can overcome these obstacles and reach K-Pop stardom. Listen to Mission K-Pop on all platforms or wherever you get your podcasts. Apple PodcastsSpotifyAmazon MusicSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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You've probably thought about writing a memoir — that secret urge to turn your mess, your milestones, or your middle-of-the-night realizations into something real. Then the voices start: Who am I to write a book? My story isn't big enough. I don't have time. This episode is for every overthinker who's stopped themselves mid-dream. Because the truth? The story you think is too ordinary might be the one that changes someone's life.Fan-favorite Cindy Robinson is back, and she's living proof that writing a memoir isn't about perfection — it's about liberation. Her new book Maladaptive Daydreams is a poetic reflection of what it means to unmask, make peace with your own story, and write without performing. We talk about how writing can heal identity confusion, what happens when you stop writing for approval, and why “ordinary” moments make the most extraordinary connection.What You'll Learn in This EpisodeThe surprising emotional benefits of writing a memoirHow to stop over-editing yourself and write without performingWhy ordinary, honest details connect more than polished perfectionWhat memoir writing teaches you about identity and healingHow to start your memoir even if you feel unqualified or unsureResources MentionedCindy Robinson's books: Maladaptive Daydreams and Bright Girl Lacks Focuscindyrobinsonllc.comFollow Cindy on Instagram: @cindyrobinsonllcTake the Podcast Personality Quiz: allisonhare.com/personalityBook a free clarity call: allisonhare.com/freecallMemorable Quotes“You shouldn't write a memoir because you think you're special — you should write one because you're honest.” — Cindy Robinson (17:31)“Memoirs aren't about finishing the arc. They're about staying real in the middle of it.” — Cindy Robinson (09:02)“I didn't write my memoir to prove I'm unique. I wrote it to stop feeling alone.” — Cindy Robinson (17:31)“You can't control the response to your art — your job is to create and let the rest go.” — Cindy Robinson (36:01)Timestamps04:00 – Cindy's journey from ADHD diagnosis to autism awareness14:00 – How to know your story is worth writing19:00 – The difference between a memoir and autobiography26:00 – Writing without worrying what people will think30:00 – The emotional rollercoaster of self-publishing38:00 – What success actually looks like for a writer41:00 – The poem “Sprout” and what it reveals about creative safety47:00 – Why specifics in storytelling matter more than “big arcs”53:00 – The meaning behind Maladaptive DaydreamsTips & TakeawaysWrite for yourself first — audience comes later.Don't chase “special.” Tell the truth. That's what connects.The creative act itself is success. The rest is feedback, not reflection.Rather watch on YouTube? Here you go: https://youtu.be/SuRUrm6zZ9Y Be sure to rate, review, and follow this podcast on your player and also, connect with me IRL for more goodness and life-changing stuff.Schedule a FREE podcast clarity call with me - Your future audience is out there. Talk to them!Sign up for the free Reinvention Roadmap weekly emailAllisonHare.comFollow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube.DOWNLOAD the free podcast equipment guide- No guesswork, no google rabbit holes, start recording todayReb3l Dance Fitness - Try it at home! Free month with this link.Personal Brand - need help building yours? Schedule a call with me here and let's discuss.Feedback and Contact:: allison@allisonhare.com

Ruth Harkin reflects on her career and memoir, When My Husband Ran for President and Other Short Stories. Plus, what gravestones can teach us about history ahead of the annual Oakland Cemetery walk.

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's unpublished memoir The Billionaire's Playboy Club recounts her recruitment into Jeffrey Epstein's world as a 16-year-old working at Mar-a-Lago, where she says Ghislaine Maxwell lured her in with promises of opportunity and travel. The manuscript describes how she became trapped in Epstein's orbit, allegedly forced into sexual encounters with powerful men, including Prince Andrew, and ferried across his properties in New York, Florida, and the Virgin Islands. Giuffre paints a detailed picture of coercion, psychological manipulation, and the disturbing normalization of exploitation within Epstein's high-society circle.In this episode, we begin our journey through that memoir.   to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Virgina Giuffre Billionaire's Playboy Club | DocumentCloudBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Jason Wood turned his battle with orthorexia into a mission to break the stigma around men's mental health by publishing his memoir Starving for Survival. He is proud to serve on the board for Running in Silence, Michigan Eating Disorder Alliance, and SoulPaws Recovery Project. Jason is also the Director of Community Engagement at ANAD and facilitates the organization's new men's peer support group. Through speaking engagements, his writing, and his work, Jason strives to start an important conversation that encourages everyone--especially men--to speak up, share their stories, and get the help they deserve. Our Hosts, Linda and John Mazur, and Ellen Bennett, discuss various mental health issues—eating disorders, anxiety, depression, suicide, substance and alcohol use disorders. This team has a combined experience of over thirty-five years in dealing with eating disorders and their co-morbidities. They share their insights on anorexia, grief, advocacy, and the significance of finding support networks. The podcasts feature interviews with mental health experts, authors, and individuals with lived experiences. Linda, John, and Ellen emphasize the need for improved community awareness and the benefits of strong interpersonal connections. Join us as we start the conversations to end the pervasive shame and stigma associated with mental health issues as we strive to improve mental health care and learn to embrace, better understand, and support those who struggle, and those who love them. Let's help each other pick up the pieces and discover new pathways to healing.Linda and John Mazur advocate locally, nationally, and internationally. They serve as community advisory board members of the Western New York Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders. They attended President Biden's Speech,  Improving Access for Mental Health Care, in 2023. They have spoken at eating disorder conferences, and for community groups regarding the importance of eating disorder and mental health awareness, advocacy, and education. They provide peer support groups for adults and families through their non-profit, The Emilee Connection, as well as connect people to resources. They wish these supports were available for their adult daughter, Emilee, and for them, as her parents. It takes a village of support to help someone through a mental health struggle. They honored their daughter's last wish by writing a memoir with her writings included, so it might bring awareness to the things that need to change, in the hope that no one else would have to suffer as she did.The Mazur's can be reached at: Linda.John.Mazur@gmail.comTo learn more about their nonprofit visit: www.TheEmileeConnection.comTheir book and audiobook : Emilee - The Story of a Girl and Her Family Hijacked by Anorexia: Mazur, Linda, Mazur, John, Mazur, Emilee: 9781700920126: Amazon.com: BooksTheir book website www.EmileetheStoryofaGirl.comEllen Bennett is an advocate, speaker, retired educator, and director of KMB for Answers which is a non-profit foundation providing educational and financial support for mental health professionals as well as assistance for families in search of resources. She advocates locally, nationally, and internationally, is a community advisory board member of the Western New York Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders, and a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders-Expert by Experience.For more information about Ellen Bennett and the foundation founded in memory of her daughter Katlyn, go to: www.kmbforanswers.com Email: kmbforanswers1@gmail.com.

Kevin Federal is dropping a new Memoir about him and his time with Brittney. Netflix is offering up KPOP Demon hunters as a theatre screening nation wide. Stranger Things is coming out soon and the creators talk about how they are going to end Stranger Things.Make sure to also keep up to date with ALL our podcasts we do below that have new episodes every week:The Thought ShowerLet's Get WeirdCrisis on Infinite Podcasts

    Episode 3128 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about the memorial service for Vietnam Vet Conrad Joseph Landry, Jr. The featured story was titled: Chat with a Chaplain: Old soldiers never die. It comes … Continue reading →

If you happen to be interested in celebrity memoirs, we're returning to form today with a chat with Lukas Gage! His memoir is out now and he's live in studio to discuss. We also take a needle to the AI bubble and we hope for the best for Wendy Williams.  12:00 - The AI Bubble 28:00 - Where is Wendy Williams 37:00 - Lukas Gage's Memoir Rundown 1:00:00 - A Chat with Lukas Gage 1:37:00 - Caps Off ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://cmbc.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly  ___________________________________ Lukas Gage wrote a memoir:  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Wrote-This-for-Attention/Lukas-Gage/9781668080078 What Happened to Wendy Williams:  https://www.thecut.com/article/what-happened-wendy-williams-update-dementia-facility-guardianship.html The AI Bubble:  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/why-experts-are-warning-the-ai-boom-could-be-a-bubble?embedded-checkout=true Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics: Breaking Animal News, Memorizing Scripture, Discipleship, Frozen Bag of Pea, History Segment, Memoirs, Shock Jock, Your Attention BONUS CONTENT: Sam's Birthday, Karaoke Update   Quotes: “Sadly, information now is malleable.” “We always lionize ourselves.” “At least one of us is shocked.” “What you pay attention to influences your kids.” “Focusing on what really matters changes the future.”

AITA: For not cashing my wedding gift checks? DIRT ALERT: Kevin Federline to release memoir, MOVIE REVIEW: Jason loved "Twinless," and the Chicago Rat Hole mystery -- turns out it might not be a rat after all... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Julian Brave NoiseCat's paternal family traces their origins to the Coyote, a trickster from native mythology who helped create the world. The story of Coyote weaves through NoiseCat's memoir, “We Survived the Night,” which recounts his childhood in Oakland, growing up with a non-native mother, and an absent Indian father who was born, and nearly killed, in an infamous Canadian reservation school. NoiseCat's book weaves together the personal, historical and mythological stories that “were nearly tossed in the dustbin of history.” NoiseCat, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker of “Sugarcane,” joins us. Guests: Julian Brave NoiseCat, author, "We Survived the Night" - NoiseCat is the co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary "Sugarcane" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary and Shannon launch into Space Wars, the Vertical Short, before diving into #WhatsHappening: MLB's record-setting postseason, Katie Porter's apology tour, Kaiser strikes, ICE raids, and K-Fed's new Britney-filled memoir. Then it's on to AI panic via the “Dead Internet Theory” and a cozy wrap-up with #WhatchaWatchinWednesday: John Candy nostalgia, Eddie Murphy's new doc, and Shannon's latest true-crime obsessions.

Diane Keaton's Dog Reggie is RICH! Also two of us learn what a Merkin is and Skims is trying to sell them to use. KFed is still talking like crazy about Britney ahead of his memoir and Gwyneth can't be bothered with Hollywood gossip.BK both have new TV's and they are affecting their lives in very different ways. Also we got Wayback to remember, Balloon Boy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A crowded waiting room where no one speaks. That image frames my conversation with author Amy Gallo Ryan, whose memoir You May Feel a Bit of Pressure captures the invisible weight of infertility. Its medical routines, social silences, and the way hope can both carry and cut. We dig into why she wrote the book she couldn't find, how ten years of drafting and revising turned chaos into story, and what it means to share the truth when the truth isn't tidy.Amy walks us through the physical and emotional toll of treatment (which includes Clomid, IUI, and IVF) and the quieter ruptures few people see: friendships painfully pushed away, a life controlled by injection routines and months of hope lost to blood work results, and a body that starts to feel separate from the self. We talk about identity, shame, and the primal pull to parent that defies tidy logic. We also pull back the curtain on publishing: querying too early, near‑misses, parting with an agent, and ultimately finding the right indie press. If this conversation moved you, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs to feel seen, and leave a review telling us what moment stayed with you. It helps others find the stories that help them feel less alone.Buy Amy's memoir (Releases October 21st!)Transcripts are available through apple's podcast app—they may not be perfect, but relying on them allows me to dedicate more time to the show! If you're interested in being a transcript angel, let me know. This episode is produced, recorded, and edited by me.Theme song by Devin KennedySpecial thanks to my new friend, Amy. Your book is beautiful and so are you!Xx, AlexConnect with us and suggest a great memoir!

Episode 3127 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature Part 2 of Vietnam Vet Ron Mosbaugh's story Vietnam Flashbacks and Sagas. Ron Mosbaugh served in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy as a field corpsman. He spent thirteen months in … Continue reading →

Welcome back to Hot Messy Topics! Adam and Jason dive into the biggest Bravo headlines everyone's talking about. Here's what we're covering: • Teresa Giudice finally reaches out to Joe Gorga, but what's really behind it? • Brittany Cartwright is single and back to filming. • Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney win big after beating Chef Penny in court. • Dorit Kemsley's memoir may already be in trouble. Our New Home: https://upandadamlive.com Up and Adam! Channel 2: https://youtube.com/@UpandAdamLive2 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-and-adam/id1642609315 Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwADl1l8G7IQxasyu43yi1A/join Socials: Instagram ► https://instagram.com/upandadamlive/ Facebook ► https://facebook.com/upandadamlive Twitter ► https://twitter.com/upandadamlive TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@upandadamlive Merch: https://shop.upandadamlive.com Inquiries: info@upandadamlive.com Disclaimer: The views expressed in this episode and on Up and Adam Live! are for entertainment purposes only. All content is protected under Fair Use (Copyright Act 1976). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeannie Vanasco's memoir A Silent Treatment is about the period her mother spent living in the basement apartment of Vanasco's home. Sometimes, Vanasco's mother would stop communicating altogether. The silent treatment could last a few days – but once, it lasted six months. In today's episode, the author speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about how she came to understand her mother's retreat.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Leslie Johansen Nack joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about growing up with parents who struggled with mental illness and substance abuse, surviving an inappropriate and domineering father, getting tools to heal, making ourselves safe, knowing as a child you will write your story, becoming sober, portraying difficult and abusive people as whole human beings, writing a memoir like a novel, when family members disavow our memoirs, excavating the divided self on the page, grappling with feeling exposed, telling the truth to help move the cultural needle, and her new memoir Nineteen: A Daughter's Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery.   *Seattle area listeners, Leslie and Ronit will be in conversation at Third Place Books Ravenna on Tuesday, October 28th 2025 at 7:00. Reserve your spot here: https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/leslie-johansen-nack Also in this episode: -overcoming past trauma -writing a memoir sequel -when siblings respond to our memoir differently   Book mentioned in this episode: Liars Club by Mary Karr The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Wild by Cheryl Strayed American Daughter by Stephanie Thornton Plymale How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair Unearthed: On Race and Roots, and How the Soil Taught Me I Belong by Claire Ratinon Leslie Johansen Nack is the author of two award-winning books: her debut memoir, Fourteen, and her historical novel, The Blue Butterfly. Hersequel, Nineteen: A Daughter's Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery, a Zibby most anticipated book for 2025, concludes her raw and deeply personal story, chronicling her path to sobriety and a renewed sense of hope. Nack graduated from UCLA with a degree in English literature and overcame past traumas to raise two children in a healthy, loving home. She is a member of NAMW, the Historical Novel Society, and the PNWA. She lives outside Seattle with her husband.    Connect with Leslie: Website: www.lesliejohansennack.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lesliejohansennack/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Leslie.johansen.nack/ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqImTCBk_TIKCpA7NSWHbbQ Get the book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/search/books/_/N-/Ntt-Leslie+Johansen+Nack   – Ronit's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, Poets & Writers, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer's Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories.  She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and teaches memoir through the University of Washington's Online Continuum Program and also independently. She launched Let's Talk Memoir in 2022, lives in Seattle with her family of people and dogs, and is at work on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Subscribe to Ronit's Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank https://bsky.app/profile/ronitplank.bsky.social   Background photo credit: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers

Griffin Dunne's acting career was just taking off when his sister was brutally attacked by an ex-boyfriend, and the outcome of the infamous murder trial that followed was devastating for his family.As a child his parents threw legendary parties, including one where Sean Connery saved him from drowning in the family pool in Beverly Hills and when he was a teenager, he hung out with famous actors and directors at his aunty's place, the legendary writer Joan Didion.Then as a struggling actor in his 20s, he shared a Manhattan apartment with his best friend, the actress Carrie Fisher.And Griffin went on to achieve his own success, including a starring role in the cult horror film An American Werewolf in London.But after the murder of his younger sister Dominique, Griffin lost interest in his acting career.And his father Dominick Dunne  who wrote about his daughter's trial for Vanity Fair, went on to cover other high profile murder cases for the magazine, including the Menendez Brothers and OJ Simpson.Griffin's memoir is called The Friday Afternoon ClubThis episode of Conversations explores Hollywood history, family, memoir, fame, domestic abuse, murder, legal system, relationships, acting, producing, New York City, alcohol abuse, writing, divorce, homosexuality, writers, directors, horror films.To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.

Prince Andrew's long-rumored memoir was supposed to be his comeback—a glossy rewrite of his life story that would reframe him as misunderstood rather than disgraced. Reports indicated that he entertained meetings with ghostwriters and publishing contacts, with ideas circulating that the book would serve as a “royal rehabilitation” project, countering the fallout from his catastrophic Newsnight interview and his connections to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Yet, the plan quietly collapsed before it began. Advisors, family members, and legal counsel reportedly warned him that such a memoir would backfire spectacularly—exposing him to renewed public outrage and potential legal scrutiny if he contradicted the known record. Publishers, already skeptical of working with him, saw only reputational suicide in print form. The notion that Andrew could publicly reshape history while ignoring his own role in it was viewed as delusional even by insiders.In the end, the “book that never was” became a metaphor for Andrew himself: all arrogance, no accountability. His silence wasn't noble restraint—it was self-preservation. Every ghostwriter and PR advisor who came near the project realized what Andrew never could—that the public isn't interested in his justifications, only in justice. He had a chance to come clean, to face the truth on paper the way he refused to on camera, but instead retreated into the royal cocoon that has always shielded him from consequence. His non-memoir stands as yet another failure in a long pattern of cowardice—an unspoken admission that the truth, once written, would have destroyed him far more than any interviewer ever could.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Memoir is true, fiction is made up - but how does that change your actual storytelling? In this episode, I break down the key differences between memoir and fiction: what you can and can't do in memoir, how much creative license you have, and when to choose one form over the other. Plus: the surprising ways memoir and fiction use the exact same narrative techniques.Episode Web PageNot sure if your idea has what it takes to become a powerful story? This free quick guide will help you uncover the heart of your idea in just three simple steps. You'll walk away with a one-sentence premise you can build your entire book on, and the clarity and confidence to keep going.Download Your Quick Guide HereWant to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.

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Episode 3126 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature Part 1 of Vietnam Vet Ron Mosbaugh's story Vietnam Flashbacks and Sagas. Ron Mosbaugh served in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy as a field corpsman. He spent thirteen months in … Continue reading →

John Horgan: In His Own Words is a memoir that leads readers through pivotal parts of Horgan's life and his years as premier of British Columbia. Horgan worked closely with journalist Rod Mickleburgh to share his life story. Rod Mickleburgh speaks about John Horgan and the book with Redeye's Ian Mass.

(SPOILER) Your Daily Roundup covers Gerry Turner comes after Theresa in his new memoir, Bachelorette airing schedule, more from “Love is Blind,” and we finally have a TSwift sighting at a football game this season.   Music written by Jimmer Podrasky (B'Jingo Songs/Machia Music/Bug Music BMI) Ads: Factor Meals - 50% off your first box PLUS free shipping at https://factormeals.com/realitysteve50off Promo Code: realitysteve50off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Watch Part Two of our interview with award-winning writer, journalist and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat as he disccusses his debut book, “We Survived the Night,” and much more.

Watch Part Two of our interview with award-winning writer, journalist and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat as he disccusses his debut book, “We Survived the Night,” and much more.

This week we're treated to the deep expertise, wisdom, and compassion of agent Regina Brooks. Regina has lots of experience shaping and selling memoirs to publishers. In this week's show, we talk about what makes a memoir saleable, but also about what Regina looks for when memoir projects cross her desk. We cover author platform, celebrity memoir, and advice for memoirists looking to get published. Regina even invites our listeners (when they're ready) to send her their proposals. A great and much-needed publishing interview, memoir-style. Also, in today's Book Trend Brooke and Grant take the space to apologize for a recent ad spot run on Memoir Nation that they did not and do not endorse. Regina Brooks is the founder and CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency in New York, the largest African American–owned agency in the US. She is the president of the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA) and coproducer of the People of Publishing Conference and a founding member of Literary Agents of Change (LAOC) and the Black Book Accelerator. Brooks is the author of Writing Great Books for Young Adults and You Should Really Write a Book: How to Write, Sell, and Market Your Memoir. Brooks is a copublisher with Open Lens, an imprint of Akashic Books. Brooks has been highlighted in The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. When she's not agenting, she's gardening, fishing, and flying her own plane (always in a dress). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live from the Streicker Center! Zibby interviews political writer and podcaster Molly Jong-Fast about HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER, a mesmerizing, intimate, wise, heartbreaking, instant New York Times bestselling memoir about an intense mother–daughter relationship, a sometimes chaotic upbringing with a fame-hungry parent, and the upheavals that challenge our hard-won adulthood. Together, they explore the complexities of caring for aging parents while raising children, the legacy of her mother Erica Jong's fame, and finding humor—even joy—in life's most difficult moments.Purchase on Bookshop: https://bit.ly/4q5OH9LShare, rate, & review the podcast, and follow Zibby on Instagram @zibbyowens!** Follow @totallybookedwithzibby on Instagram for listening guides and more. **(Music by Morning Moon Music. Sound editing by TexturesSound. To inquire about advertising, please contact allie.gallo@acast.com.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 3125 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about the real Vietnam War start date. Information featured in this episode comes from a story titled: Because of the uncertainty surrounding the Vietnam War’s exact start date, … Continue reading →

Dr. Brittany Penner, an author and practicing family physician in Manitoba, joined me to talk about her new memoir, "Children Like Us: A Métis Woman's Memoir of Family, Identity and Walking Herself Home," growing up as an Indigenous woman in a non-Indigenous family, the 60s Scoop, and how her experiences growing up, including multiple traumatic events, shaped who she is as a person and a doctor.A note of warning, in this episode, we're going to talk about sexual assault and suicide. I'll include some support information in the show notes, but if this is going to be triggering for you, you may not want to listen to this episode.Canada - Sexual Assault Centres, Crisis Lines, and Support Services -https://endingviolencecanada.org/sexual-assault-centres-crisis-lines-and-support-services/U.S.A. - National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence - Hotlines - https://www.ncdsv.org/hotlines.html

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's unpublished memoir The Billionaire's Playboy Club recounts her recruitment into Jeffrey Epstein's world as a 16-year-old working at Mar-a-Lago, where she says Ghislaine Maxwell lured her in with promises of opportunity and travel. The manuscript describes how she became trapped in Epstein's orbit, allegedly forced into sexual encounters with powerful men, including Prince Andrew, and ferried across his properties in New York, Florida, and the Virgin Islands. Giuffre paints a detailed picture of coercion, psychological manipulation, and the disturbing normalization of exploitation within Epstein's high-society circle.In this episode, we begin our journey through that memoir.   to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Virgina Giuffre Billionaire's Playboy Club | DocumentCloudBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

"As a reader, if I were a fan reading this book, I want the good, the bad and the ugly. I want you to rip the band aid off and tell the truth. Because, from my from my experience, I've read a lot of memoirs that are super boring and just fluff," says Jeremy X. Wagner, co-author of Curtis Duffy's Fireproof: Memoir of a Chef (Dead Sky Publishing).We have Jeremy X. Wagner on the show today. This dude is a stone-cold badass and the co-author/ghost writer of Fireproof: Memoir of a Chef (Dead Sky Publishing). Jeremy, man, he's a heavy metal musician and founder of the death metal band Broken Hope. He's the author of the novels Rabid Heart, which was nominated for the best horror novel at the 2019 Splatterpunk Awards, and the novel The Armageddon Chord. He has a new novel coming out in January titled Wretch, so stay clued into jeremyxwagner.com for more info on that.He's the CEO of the TV/film company Aphotic Media and the indie publishing company Dead Sky Publishing. He has a very varied creative life which I find inspiring and really fucking cool.In this conversation we talk about: How he became an accidental publisher Playing guitar Being turned on to Ride the Lightning Passion and imagination as a driver Learning the business inside and out Competition Trust And how he translated Curtis's voice onto the pageOrder The Front RunnerNewsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmWelcome to Pitch ClubShow notes: brendanomeara.com

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's unpublished memoir The Billionaire's Playboy Club recounts her recruitment into Jeffrey Epstein's world as a 16-year-old working at Mar-a-Lago, where she says Ghislaine Maxwell lured her in with promises of opportunity and travel. The manuscript describes how she became trapped in Epstein's orbit, allegedly forced into sexual encounters with powerful men, including Prince Andrew, and ferried across his properties in New York, Florida, and the Virgin Islands. Giuffre paints a detailed picture of coercion, psychological manipulation, and the disturbing normalization of exploitation within Epstein's high-society circle.In this episode, we begin our journey through that memoir.   to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Virgina Giuffre Billionaire's Playboy Club | DocumentCloud

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's unpublished memoir The Billionaire's Playboy Club recounts her recruitment into Jeffrey Epstein's world as a 16-year-old working at Mar-a-Lago, where she says Ghislaine Maxwell lured her in with promises of opportunity and travel. The manuscript describes how she became trapped in Epstein's orbit, allegedly forced into sexual encounters with powerful men, including Prince Andrew, and ferried across his properties in New York, Florida, and the Virgin Islands. Giuffre paints a detailed picture of coercion, psychological manipulation, and the disturbing normalization of exploitation within Epstein's high-society circle.In this episode, we begin our journey through that memoir.   to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Virgina Giuffre Billionaire's Playboy Club | DocumentCloud

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's unpublished memoir The Billionaire's Playboy Club recounts her recruitment into Jeffrey Epstein's world as a 16-year-old working at Mar-a-Lago, where she says Ghislaine Maxwell lured her in with promises of opportunity and travel. The manuscript describes how she became trapped in Epstein's orbit, allegedly forced into sexual encounters with powerful men, including Prince Andrew, and ferried across his properties in New York, Florida, and the Virgin Islands. Giuffre paints a detailed picture of coercion, psychological manipulation, and the disturbing normalization of exploitation within Epstein's high-society circle.In this episode, we begin our journey through that memoir.   to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Virgina Giuffre Billionaire's Playboy Club | DocumentCloud

Lionel Richie has been making music for fifty years. He has sold more than a hundred million albums, his hits too numerous to list, and he has endeared himself to younger generations as a judge on “American Idol.” He's now the author of a memoir, “Truly.” Although the book has a lot of triumphs to cover, Richie doesn't shy away from his failed marriages and the mistakes that led to the breakup of the Commodores, the band that launched him to stardom. “When I started out this book, I had some great stories I was gonna tell, keep it real surfacy—you know, no big deal,” Richie tells Hanif Abdurraqib. “I didn't realize that it was going to take me on a journey of, It's not this mountaintop and this mountaintop and this mountaintop. It was this mountaintop and then the valley. The book is about the valley. And . . . each time I went down in the valley it was painful because there were things in this book that I wanted to forget in life but what created the real substance of me was I had to face my insecurities.”

A few years after the podcast's release, the producers of American Skyjacker receive an email from a former television researcher, who had corresponded extensively with Martin McNally's prison compatriot, fellow skyjacker Garrett Trapnell, while he was in prison. The correspondence led to the final on-camera interview the infamous convict ever did before he died in prison, for the ABC Network's true crime television series FBI: UNTOLD STORIES. However, subsequent correspondence after the filming of the episode led to Trapnell sharing something much more valuable – a copy of his unpublished autobiography, giving his first-person account of his life and crimes. Now, for the first time ever, excerpts of this lost memoir from Garrett Trapnell will be revealed… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices