Welcome to As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, where we take a look at the work behind many of the autobiographies and memoirs that dominate our best-seller lists. Artists, athletes, politicians, business and thought leaders, change agents of various sizes and stripes…a lot of them rely on the talents of some of our guests to help them tell their stories, and we believe there's something to be learned about the art and craft of writing when it is practiced in collaboration.
Podcast host Daniel Paisner is a veteran ghostwriter, with more than 70 books to his credit, including 17 New York Times best-sellers. He is the "voice" of Serena Williams, Steve Aoki, Daymond John, John Kasich, Whoopi Goldberg, Denzel Washington, Ray Lewis, Ron Darling, Gilbert Gottfried, and dozens of other name-above-the-title celebrities. He has also collaborated with ordinary individuals who have done or seen or experienced something extraordinary. He has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, ESPN: The Magazine and on National Public Radio. New York magazine once called him "the world's most prolific ghost," which may or may not have been a compliment.
Join Daniel as he visits with his fellow collaborators as they talk about their time in the trenches with some of the world's biggest celebrities—and what it means to devote yourself to the telling of someone else's story. Our books are read by millions, and yet we work behind-the-scenes, often in anonymity, so perhaps it's time to share a little something of ourselves in these conversations.
Yes, everybody's got a story to tell, and here at As Told To, we mean to shine a little bit of light on how a great many of those stories find their way into print—and how it is that collaborative work can help to nourish a writing life.
Episodes 1 & 2 air on Sept. 7!
