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Fearless with Jason WhitlockBob Iger LOVES Ryan Clark's Hatred of White People | Jalen Hurts & the Eagles Struggle | Ep 1020On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock unpacks Ryan Clark’s uncertain future at ESPN, as the host has issued his third public apology in three months, this time for false statements he made on air about Kyren Lacy. Whitlock is joined by T.J. Moe and Steve Kim, who add their insights into the Clark controversy and the racial forces at work behind the scenes at Bob Iger’s Disney, which owns ESPN. Whitlock and his panel also discuss the worst athletes turned broadcasters, Albert Breer questioning Bill Belichick’s GOAT status, and Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime sho...
2025-10-101h 41Fearless with Jason WhitlockPat McAfee & Scott Van Pelt Cover Up ESPN’s Libelous Mistake on Kyren Lacy Crash | Ep 1019On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock breaks down Pat McAfee and Scott Van Pelt walking back libelous statements they made about Kyren Lacy and the fatal crash he caused. But where’s Ryan Clark on the matter? Guests Steve Kim and T.J. Moe join the show to offer their thoughts on the Kyren Lacy controversy, and the trio also discuss the University of North Carolina’s statement of commitment to Coach Bill Belichick; a video showing Bad Bunny sitting during a performance of “God Bless America”; Kevin Stefanski refusing to commit to Shedeur Sanders as backup quarterback for the Clev...
2025-10-091h 20Fearless with Jason WhitlockRyan Clark & Pat McAfee CAPE UP for Criminal Kyren Lacy | Joy Taylor Clout-Chases, Again | Ep 1018On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock discusses Ryan Clark and Pat McAfee continuing to peddle lies about Kyren Lacy and his involvement in a fatal car crash. Whitlock also comments on Eric Dickerson slamming Bad Bunny and questioning the NFL’s choice of a demonic Super Bowl halftime show. Joy Taylor can’t stop talking about Whitlock, and he addresses her remarks on today’s show, as well as Candace Owens’ revelation that Charlie Kirk had indeed been bullied by Jewish donors and feared for his life. Another informative and intriguing show today!
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Blaze MediaFearless with Jason Whitlock - Trevor Lawrence Beats the Chiefs with Trippy TD | LeBron James 2nd Decision | Ep 1017On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock analyzes Trevor Lawrence’s heroic, game-winning touchdown that he managed even after tripping and falling down, which led to the Jaguars’ 31-28 win over the Chiefs. Guest Danny Kanell joins Whitlock to discuss the play and why the Chiefs’ Chris Jones made no effort to stop Lawrence. The pair also talk about reports that Bill Belichick has banned the UNC social media team from posting any Patriots-related content, as well as Steve Sarkisian praising Arch Manning and making excuses for the Texas Longhorns’ losses to Ohio State and the University of Florida. Shemeka Mich...
2025-10-0749 minFearless with Jason WhitlockTrevor Lawrence Beats the Chiefs with Trippy TD | LeBron James 2nd Decision | Ep 1017On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock analyzes Trevor Lawrence’s heroic, game-winning touchdown that he managed even after tripping and falling down, which led to the Jaguars’ 31-28 win over the Chiefs. Guest Danny Kanell joins Whitlock to discuss the play and why the Chiefs’ Chris Jones made no effort to stop Lawrence. The pair also talk about reports that Bill Belichick has banned the UNC social media team from posting any Patriots-related content, as well as Steve Sarkisian praising Arch Manning and making excuses for the Texas Longhorns’ losses to Ohio State and the University of Florida. Shemeka Mich...
2025-10-0749 minFearless with Jason WhitlockMac Jones Models Perfect Backup QB Behavior for Shedeur Sanders | Dabo vs. Belichick | Ep 1015On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock explains why Mac Jones set the perfect example for Shedeur Sanders of how a backup quarterback should speak and behave. Whitlock also examines commentary from Deion Sanders, Ryan Clark, and Stephen Jackson, who habitually promote ego and selfishness over teamwork, and T.J. Moe joins the show to discuss why rejecting the “be yourself” attitude is better for an individual’s soul and for society. Guest Steve Kim joins “Fearless” to talk about Bill Belichick facing Dabo Swinney this weekend; Arch Manning facing a significant test against Florida; Coach Deion “Prime” Sanders’ Colorado Buffaloes b...
2025-10-031h 41Fearless with Jason WhitlockThe Shedeur Sanders-Cleveland Browns Circus Act Now Includes a Mime | Ep 1014Shedeur Sanders continues to make a fool of himself, this time by miming answers to a question about Dillon Gabriel replacing Joe Flacco as the Browns’ starting quarterback. On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock examines the backlash to Shedeur’s behavior and Gabriel’s declaration that he’s prepped and ready for his new role. Paul Burkhardt joins the show to discuss the shadow Shedeur is casting on the NFL, as well as his own Nostradamus-like predictions he made about the overhyped athlete. Whitlock closes out the show by talking about growing calls for WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert to resign an...
2025-10-021h 39Fearless with Jason WhitlockShedeur Sanders Clickbait Overshadows Josh Allen, Matt Stafford, Jalen Hurts & the NFL’s Best Stories | Ep 1013On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock proves why Shedeur Sanders ruined the NFL, as the media’s obsession with him has overshadowed the league’s good stories. Whitlock discusses the NFL’s best stories, and T.J. Moe and Steve Kim chime in with their thoughts on the Shedeur effect. They also discuss Lamar Jackson missing a few games due to a hamstring injury and Aqib Talib saying the “football gods” injured Tyreek Hill over allegations that he beat his wife. The trio then break down their current top five NFL teams. Whitlock rounds out the show by returning to A...
2025-10-011h 29Fearless with Jason WhitlockBlack Racists at Tennessee State University ATTACK White Men | Belichick Embarrassed Again | Ep 1009Tennessee State University students mobbed a group of peaceful “Fearless Debaters” in MAGA hats, forcing them to pack up and leave campus, when their intention was simply to discuss DEI in a civil way. On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock explains why the TSU students look like racist white people from the 1950s and '60s and why so many black people in America are racist. Political commentator David Khait joins the show to weigh in on the TSU incident. Later in the show, T.J. Moe and Steve Kim discuss with Whitlock C.J. Stroud upsetting Texans and Astr...
2025-09-251h 46Fearless with Jason WhitlockBlack Twitter Destroyed Russell Wilson | Jimmy Kimmel Apologizes | Ep 1008On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock discusses the news that Russell Wilson has been benched and Jaxson Dart will replace him as the Giants’ starting quarterback. Whitlock discusses how black Twitter destroyed Wilson’s career, and guests T.J. Moe and Steve Kim join to talk about what Wilson’s legacy will be now that he’s been demoted. The trio also talk about Oklahoma State University firing Mike Gundy after 21 years and Drew Brees making a poor debut on “First Take.” Shemeka Michelle joins Whitlock to discuss Jimmy Kimmel’s return to his late-night show and Russell Westbrook’s wife s...
2025-09-241h 46Fearless with Jason WhitlockDan Campbell: Best Coach in Football? | Bruce Pearl Retires | Jimmy Kimmel Gets Reinstated | Ep 1007On this jam-packed episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock offers his NFL Truths, with plenty of informative and entertaining insights, including what overlooked team Whitlock thinks has a shot at winning the Super Bowl, who the best player in the NFL is, and who the worst teams are. Danny Kannell joins the show to discuss whether Dan Campbell is the best NFL coach who’s never won a Super Bowl, whether the Bengals should consider going after Kirk Cousins, and what Curt Cignetti’s dominant leadership at Indiana means for the Big Ten. The pair also make predictions for the biggest...
2025-09-231h 19Fearless with Jason WhitlockCharlie Kirk Memorial Showcases the Beauty of Christian Nationalism | Ep 1006On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock discusses how Charlie Kirk’s memorial service showcased the beauty of Christian nationalism. During the service, Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, forgave Kirk’s accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, in the ultimate act of Christian virtue. Whitlock reviews other highlights of the memorial, including Tucker Carlson calling for repentance and trolling Benjamin Netanyahu; Vice President JD Vance admitting he hadn’t been comfortable talking about his faith but has talked about his beliefs more since Charlie Kirk’s death; Marco Rubio’s powerful words about Charlie Kirk and Jesus; and a TPUSA staff member remarking...
2025-09-221h 27Fearless with Jason WhitlockTua Tagovailoa a Bigger Problem than Mike McDaniel | Fever Win Undermines Caitlin Clark | Ep 1005On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock examines Tua Tagovailoa’s painful performance against the Buffalo Bills, how Tua’s interception led to the Dolphins’ 31-21 loss, and why Tua is a bigger problem than Coach Mike McDaniel. Whitlock also discusses the debate Kurt Warner and Emmanuel Acho had about Tua over X. Next up, Whitlock breaks down his Fearless Five picks of the week, and Keep the Vision joins the show for As the WNBA Turns to talk about the Indiana Fever winning a playoff series without Caitlin Clark and how this undermines the star’s power on the team. Co...
2025-09-192h 13Fearless with Jason WhitlockEagles Bury Chiefs | Mike Tomlin in Trouble | Shedeur Sanders Gives Baltimore the Heisman | Ep 1001On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock unpacks 10 NFL Truths from the weekend’s games, including why it isn’t time to write off the Kansas City Chiefs just yet, why an injured Joe Burrow lacks the ability to be a number-one quarterback, why Shedeur Sanders is a self-absorbed fool to have said no to the opportunity of being developed by the Baltimore Ravens, and more. Steve Kim joins the show to weigh in on the Chiefs and whether Travis Kelce is a liability for the team, Mike Tomlin being officially in the hot seat, comparisons between Arch Manning and Bron...
2025-09-151h 09Fearless with Jason WhitlockCharlotte Train Massacre Ignites Long Overdue George Floyd Backlash | Ep 999On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock demonstrates why the brutal Charlotte, North Carolina, train massacre, in which Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was stabbed by suspect Decarlos Brown, has triggered a racial reckoning. Whitlock unpacks how the Black Lives Matter movement sabotaged what black Americans inherited from their ancestors, who sacrificed their lives for American citizenship. He also explains why black Americans should focus on repentance from the demonic culture that defines them over reparations and why Americans must choose Christ or live in chaos. Profound show today — don’t miss it!
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2025-09-101h 54Fearless with Jason WhitlockJalen Carter & Dak Prescott Spit Feud | Ryan Clark’s Generational Hot Take on Tom Brady | Ep 996In the Cowboys-Eagles season opener, Jalen Carter and Dak Prescott spat in each other’s direction prior to the game starting. In this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock weighs in on Carter being ejected from the game, Prescott saying he didn’t mean to spit on Carter, and the incident’s ramifications. Whitlock also analyzes Prescott’s impressive play and CeeDee Lamb’s numerous dropped balls. T.J. Moe and Steve Kim join the show to discuss “Spitgate” and Ryan Clark saying Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Peyton Manning are not generational talents. Whitlock dives into the news that Caitlin Clark will...
2025-09-051h 48Fearless with Jason WhitlockCowboys-Eagles Kickoff | NFL REDZONE Ruined? | Angel Reese Wants OUT of Chicago Sky | Ep 995On this episode of “Fearless,” Jason Whitlock is joined by Steve Kim to preview the NFL regular-season opener that kicks off tonight with the Dallas Cowboys facing the Philadelphia Eagles. The pair then get into how ESPN ruined NFL RedZone by allowing commercials during the show; reports that Bill Belichick is barring New England Patriots scouts from viewing UNC players; Michael Irvin’s comments on stabbing Everett McIver; and Pablo Torre’s allegations that Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer circumvented the salary cap to secure Kawhi Leonard. Guest T.J. Moe joins the show to discuss this weekend’s big game...
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University of Minnesota Press“I want to be a living work of art”: On the Marchesa Luisa Casati“If the public can predict you, it starts to like you. But the Marchesa didn’t want to be liked.” For the first three decades of the twentieth century, the Marchesa Luisa Casati astounded Europe. Artists such as Man Ray painted, sculpted, and photographed her; writers such as Ezra Pound and Jack Kerouac praised her strange beauty. An Italian woman of means who questioned the traditional gender codes of her time, she dismissed fixed identities as mere constructions. Gathering on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the first publication of Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marche...
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Mix Off RadioElectric Street Beat Mix Show 12-23-24 (DJ Mix) NewHouseMusic-ElectronicMusicElectric Street beat mix show Intro
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Piers Morgan UncensoredTrump's Selling Bibles?Piers is joined by a global super-pack in the shape of Sage Steele, Vincent Oshana, Francesca Fiorentini, Esther Krakue and Ava Santina to discuss this week's burning topics.From Donald Trump's relationship with the Bible, to Princess Catherine's health, the Baltimore Bridge disaster, Meghan Markle's latest money-making venture and Sam Smith's cheeky fashion faux pas, just another action-packed debate!00:00 - Introduction 01:07 - Francesca Fiorentini on Trump: “He’s a bible salesman”04:00 - Do you think Donald Trump prays nightly?05:58 - Ava Santina: “I don’t think Donald Trump is th...
2024-03-2938 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleREPLAY Jenny JacksonSince releasing this episode in January, Pineapple Street, now out in the UK, has become a New York Times bestseller! Enjoy! ---Jenny Jackson’s forthcoming novel Pineapple Street is one of the best books I’ve read in the last year, but Jenny is also a Vice President and Executive Editor at Knopf, so she knows all about publishing from the other side of things too. She has an incredible list of authors, from Emily St John Mandel, to Cormac McCarthy, Helen Fielding, Katherine Heiny, who we’ve had on this podcast before...
2023-04-1351 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleTessa HadleyIf you want to write domestic fiction I cannot recommend reading Tessa Hadley, or indeed listening to her here, enough. Tessa, who has been long-listed twice for what is now the Women’s Prize and whom the Washington Post called “one of the greatest stylists alive”, wrote four failed novels throughout her thirties and was finally published aged 46, with Accidents in the Home. She has now written eight novels and is one of the modern masters of domestic fiction, burrowing into the complex inner lives of middle aged women and the clashes between them, their feelings and the o...
2023-02-1657 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleAndrew Sean GreerAndrew Sean Greer is the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of six novels including Less and Less is Lost, which are both bittersweet, tragicomic road trip tales about Arthur Less, a failing and flailing mid-list novelist. But it’s not just through his fiction that Greer is familiar with mid-list despondency. He originally wrote Less when he was feeling exactly that way himself, but then, although it was rejected by 12 British publishers, felt slightly less dependent when it went on to win the Pulitzer! Last he year he published a follow-on, Less is Lost, which his agent actually advised him not to...
2023-02-0951 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleMonica HeiseyMonica Heisey is the author of the very funny Really Good, Actually, which just came out a week ago and became an instant Sunday times bestseller. It’s about a woman in her twenties getting divorced, which is something that Monica herself did aged 28, weirdly just after she had begun to write a different novel in which her character Kathleen had started to have marriage problems. That book didn’t make it, which we talk about here, but Monica is actually pretty used to things not making it because she’s also a TV writer (her credits...
2023-02-0251 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleAlan GarnerLast year, Alan Garner became the oldest person ever to be shortlisted for the Booker prize, at the age of 87, for his novel Treacle Walker. Alan has been writing novels and other books for more than 60 years, many of them rooted in the folklore and mythology of Cheshire where he is from. His first novel The Weirdstone of Brisingamen had people calling him the new Tolkien and he received an OBE in 2001 for services to literature. Among Alan’s books is his incredible memoir Where Shall We Run To, in which he describes his childhood. He was...
2023-01-2646 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleJenny JacksonJenny Jackson’s forthcoming novel Pineapple Street is one of the best books I’ve read in the last year, but Jenny is also a Vice President and Executive Editor at Knopf, so she knows all about publishing from the other side of things too. She has an incredible list of authors, from Emily St John Mandel, to Cormac McCarthy, Helen Fielding, Katherine Heiny, who we’ve had on this podcast before. And she says that after 20 years in publishing writing has taught her to be a better editor. Finally, she says, she understands why it is that authors can be...
2023-01-1950 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleRobert WebbGood news for Peep Show fans! I am so delighted to have Robert Webb on the podcast today. Rob's memoir How Not To Be A Boy is one of my favourite books ever, a brilliant look at Rob's background and what I think we would now call toxic masculinity – it's the best exploration I've ever seen of how gender stereotypes serve men as badly as they serve women. Rob has also written an excellent novel, Come Again, about a woman grieving her late husband who suddenly finds herself back at university meeting him for the first time. ...
2023-01-1255 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleDeesha PhilyawThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw’s book of deliciously vibrant and rebellious short stories about sex and black women navigating social pressures, won the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2021, and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2020. What I love about Deesha’s writing journey is that she did so much other stuff before she even thought about writing. It was only really when she quit her more high-flying job and began teaching the creative processes of writing as an English teacher that Deesha began to learn those creative processes hersel...
2023-01-0556 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleREPLAY Meg MasonI am on a little break from Season 3 for Christmas this week, but I thought you might enjoy a replay of my interview with Meg Mason in July last year, in which she talks about the traumatic experience of writing her "untitled Christmas novel"!Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!Do come find me on Twitter - @francescasteele - or Instagram - @francescasteelewrites - I'd love to hear your stories about self-doubt, rejection and – of course – success! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
2022-12-2952 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleSarah TurnerWho deserves to be a writer? When Sarah Turner was in her early twenties she had a baby, found it challenging and, unable to find writing online to match her experience, set up a blog. A couple of years later that blog, The Unmumsy Mum, had nearly 100,000 readers and landed Sarah a book deal. Her three very funny, honest non-fiction books about parenting have all been bestsellers, as has her debut novel Stepping Up, which came out this year. So why is Sarah on Write-Off. Well, because of that question: who deserves to be a...
2022-12-2254 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleIan RankinMy guest this week is so well-known that his unfinished manuscripts and first drafts have been displayed at the National Library of Scotland. Sir Ian Rankin has published more than 35 books in his 36 years of writing. That includes 24 novels about the Edinburgh police detective John Rebus, which have sold over 30 million copies around the world. His latest, A Heart Full of Headstones, came out this year. What is so interesting about Rankin’s publishing history is that he really didn’t make it straight out the gate. In fact it took him a while writing in quite...
2022-12-1557 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleBonnie GarmusMy guest today is the fabulous Bonnie Garmus! Despite wanting to be a writer all her life, Bonnie’s debut Lessons in Chemistry was published when she was 64. The book, about Elizabeth Zott, a formidable 1950s chemist and reluctant cooking show host, has gone on to sell in 40 countries, has been sitting on the bestseller lists for months and is being made into a TV show.But before this Bonnie wrote several books, the last of which was sent out to and rejected by 98 agents. Wow! We talk about her husband asking her why she was co...
2022-12-0846 min
SoulsortsThe Soulsorts Record Room 22 Indie Soul Archive 50 #2The Soulsorts Record Room ’22 Indie Soul Archive 50 #2Playlist:Soul Vigilantes – Shy2unes – All I Need Is YouShayna Steele – Different This TimeFrancesca Sortino – FlatteringWicked Jazz Sounds Band – Three Elements (Tribute To EWF)Black Lillies – Between the Lines (Bennson Remix)Augie's Side Effect – About TimeTrizonna McClendon – My SpecialMarisa Lindsay – I Think I Want To Be In LoveKatie Cole – Think About ItRoberto Crichlow – Isn't It LovelyChristie Andrews – SmileNia Allen – Since You...
2022-09-063h 29
TornMiniskirtIt's 1965 and London is about to become the capital of cool. Designer Mary Quant is watching the fashionable girls of Chelsea go by from the window of her shop, Bazaar. Their hemlines seem to be getting shorter and shorter. Inspired, Mary gets to work and what she comes up with many will find deeply shocking. It’s the miniskirt.In episode eight of Torn, Gus Casely-Hayford finds that media, society and feminists can never agree on whether the miniskirt is a good thing. Fashion historian Valerie Steele draws parallels with the 1920s when feminist disagreed ov...
2022-08-2915 min
The Domain of WomenUplifting the Domain of WomenIn this episode you’ll hear each of my guests tell me about a woman in their field that they admire. I’m so glad that I can use this podcast as a space to appreciate and celebrate the work of brilliant women!If you or someone you know wants to chat with me for season two, please reach out to me!Links:Follow Clare Wilkinson on Twitter!More about Judith Okely!Follow Anna on Twitter!More about Dr. Teresa Steele!Follow Amber on Twitter!
2022-06-2819 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleLiane MoriartyIt’s hard to express quite how much I love Liane Moriarty's writing. I have read all of her books, some of them many times, and I just think she combines such a good eye for women's interior lives and the complex issues we confront in ordinary, everyday life with a great sense of humour and unique momentum. Liane published her first novel at 38, spurred on when her sister Jaclyn, also an author, was published. Her first attempt, though – a children’s book – was, she says, rejected by everyone. I love listening to Liane talk about sibling rivalry and support...
2022-04-2851 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleDavid DuchovnyYou probably know David Duchovny from decades on our screens as the FBI agent Fox Mulder in The X-Files and the TV show Californication, as well as the recent Judd Apatow film The Bubble and last year's Netflix hit The Chair, a campus comedy in which David plays himself – taking the mick out of himself.It’s not often that Hollywood and literary fiction collide in this way but David Duchovny is in fact now a successful novelist as well as a musician and actor, with four novels under his belt and a new novella, The Reser...
2022-04-2145 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleJoanne HarrisThis interview has a special place in my heart because Joanne Harris, the prolific author known for the gorgeous Chocolat, among other things, was the first person I ever interviewed. I spoke to her for my university newspaper 20 years ago, and she was, thankfully, very nice then and remains very nice today. I’m not sure I’ve spoken to a more adventurous novelist. Joanne fearlessly tackles whichever genre she is interested in at the time and indeed isn’t fond of the notion of genres at all actually. We talk about her excellent new thriller, A Narro...
2022-04-1447 min
Writer's BoneEpisode 526: Rachel Barenbaum, Author of Atomic AnnaRachel Barenbaum returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford and Kelly J. Ford about her latest novel Atomic Anna. To learn more about Rachel Barenbaum, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our first interview with the author. Atomic Anna was featured in February 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." To learn more about Kelly J. Ford, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Listen to our first chat with the author in Episode 402. ...
2022-04-1241 min
Writer's BoneFriday Morning Coffee: Tessa Hadley, Author of Free LoveAuthor Tessa Hadley chats with Daniel Ford on the latest Friday Morning Coffee episode about her novel Free Love. National Library Week also gives Caitlin Malcuit an excuse to discuss the magic of libraries and librarians. She also talks about how libraries are woefully underfunded at the national level. #FundLibraries To learn more about Tessa Hadley, read her work in The New Yorker. Free Love was featured in February 2022's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, A Mighty Blaze podcast, and Write-Off with Francesca...
2022-04-0828 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleJeffrey ArcherJeffrey Archer is a bit different from many of my usual guests. He’s not at all sentimental, he’s very confident – I mean this is a former MP who went to prison for perjury after all – and in many ways that confidence seems impenetrable. But this is, I think, what makes him so interesting to listen to because even Jeffrey Archer is afflicted by self-doubt and even Jeffrey Archer has had to come up with strategies for dealing with it, even if sometimes the strategy is basically just being ferociously productive. Since his first book, Not a Penny More, No...
2022-04-0745 min
Writer's BoneEpisode 525: Keith Law, Author of The Inside GameAuthor and journalist Keith Law helps Daniel Ford and Mike Nelson celebrate Major League Baseball's upcoming Opening Day by discussing his books The Inside Game and Smart Baseball. Law also chats about the analytics revolution, the use and abuse of amateur pitchers, and why great writers have to be great readers. To learn more about Keith Law, visit his official website and read his work for The Athletic. Also follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Smart Baseball was featured in September 2017's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar" and The Inside Game landed in September 2021's...
2022-04-051h 02Write-Off with Francesca SteeleAbi ElphinstoneI loved talking to Abi Elphinstone, a bestselling children’s author who writes about dreamsnatchers and sky gods and wildcats. She has been called a worthy successor to C.S. Lewis by The Times, and talks regularly at schools about her writing process, with great enthusiasm even when the kids mistake her for JK Rowling. I was especially grateful to Abi for fitting me in when she was practically moments from giving birth, and I think that’s testament to how she’s always keen to chat about her work whenever she can. We actually haven’t had an...
2022-03-3138 min
Writer's BoneEpisode 524: Edwin Hill & Paul VidichThis is the first episode in March not to feature our new co-host Kelly J. Ford, which means we had to bring on two authors to help us fill the wine glass-shaped hole we had in the show. Daniel Ford chats with our dear literary friend Edwin Hill about his new standalone novel The Secrets We Share. Daniel then welcomes Paul Vidich, perhaps our favorite spy fiction author at the moment, back on the show to discuss his latest novel The Matchmaker. To learn more about Edwin Hill, visit his official website, like his Facebook...
2022-03-2937 min
Writer's BoneFriday Morning Coffee: John Nardizzi, Author of The Burden of InnocenceOG Writer's Bone guest John Nardizzi joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about his latest Ray Infantino novel The Burden of Innocence. Caitlin Malcuit is off this week, so Daniel runs down a few topics such as the United States accepting 100,000 Ukrainian refugees (but only 75,000 Afghans not too long ago with more time to plan and execute a smooth withdrawal) and some stupid questions from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings (“Do you agree with this book that is being taught with kids that babies are racist?”). To learn more ab...
2022-03-2524 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleChris PalingChris Paling, a BBC radio producer, had an auspicious start as a writer, accidentally stumbling across a very starry agent with his first attempt at writing a novel. That novel didn’t actually sell though, along with several others, and later in his career, after he had been published, Chris began to keep a diary of his musings about the industry. Not originally intended for publication, that diary is in fact now published as A Very Nice Rejection Letter, a lovely, very funny book. Chris is really good on that sort of sixth sense as to whether something is wor...
2022-03-2441 min
Writer's BoneEpisode 523: Eli Cranor, Author of Don't Know ToughAuthor Eli Cranor stops by the show to drink a little God's Own and chat with Daniel Ford and Kelly J. Ford about his debut Don't Know Tough. Learn more about Eli Cranor, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter. To learn more about Kelly J. Ford, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Listen to our first chat with the author in Episode 402. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and Write-Off with Francesca Steele.
2022-03-2247 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleSandra NewmanIf you don’t already know Sandra Newman, you are going to be hearing a lot about her in the next year or so. Her new book, The Men, about a world in which everyone with a Y chromosome vanishes, is out this June, and she is also currently writing a much anticipated feminist retelling of George Orwell’s 1984. Sandra has experienced plenty of failure, notably when her publisher declined to publish the second book in her two book deal, We discuss unlikeable books, and she tells me all about the time she pulled off a remar...
2022-03-1743 min
Writer's BoneEpisode 522: Alex Segura, Author of Secret Identity (With Special Guest Host Kelly J. Ford)Alex Segura, author of the Pete Fernandez series, joins Daniel Ford and Kelly J. Ford on the show to chat about his new book Secret Identity. To learn more about Alex Segura, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our last chat with the author. Make sure you read his "The Delectable Neo-Noir of Taylor Swift" post on Tidal as well. To learn more about Kellye Garrett, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen...
2022-03-1545 min
Writer's BoneFriday Morning Coffee: Yara Zgheib, Author of No Land to Light OnAuthor Yara Zgheib joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her novel No Land to Light On. Caitlin Malcuit also discusses the disparate treatment of refugees from Syria and Ukraine. To learn more about Yara Zgheib, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Instagram. No Land to Light On was featured in January 2022's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and Write-Off with Francesca Steele.
2022-03-1129 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteelePaula HawkinsWhen The Girl on the Train came out in 2015 and went straight to number one on global bestseller lists Paula Hawkins was pitched like a debut. But in fact Paula had written several previous novels, romantic comedies, under a pseudonym, the last of which hadn’t done well at all, leaving Paula feeling seriously rejected. What I loved about talking to Paula is they even though she is now one of the most famous thriller writers alive, she remains extremely cautious and circumspect, with vivid recollections of how it felt before she was successful and before she started to really...
2022-03-1045 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleMatt CainI find this interview so inspiring. Matt Cain is a successful arts journalist and at the time of his first book submission he was Culture Editor for Channel 4, praised in particular for his coverage of the Woman’s Prize for Fiction. But 2010, the semi-autobiographical book Matt had been working on about a child growing up -like himself - gay in the north of England - was rejected in part for being what he says were coded ways of saying it was “too gay”. Matt’s book was put up for submission three times over the next decade and rejected by more...
2022-03-0337 minWrite-Off with Francesca SteeleClare ChambersWelcome back! Clare Chambers is kicking off this season. Clare has written nine published novels - her first when she was just 26 and her latest, Small Pleasures, a wonderful book long-listed for the Woman’s Prize last year. But just before Small Pleasures there was a failed novel that nearly caused Clare to give up on writing altogether. It took her five years to write and then no one wanted to buy it.We talked about her feeling her career was over aged 50, working as an editor herself for the legendary publisher Diana Athill, how she swi...
2022-02-2347 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleMeg MasonWhat do you do when you've written an entire book you hate? Martha, the narrator or Sorrow and Bliss, is intelligent, critical, loving, cruel: an incredibly nuanced unforgettable character. She suffers from an undiagnosed mental health condition and when we meet her she has just split up with her husband Patrick. It's a very wise, sad funny book, with a unique, dry tone. I absolutely loved it.I love it perhaps even more now that i know it was born of failure. Meg Mason is a journalist, originally from New Zealand now living...
2021-07-0752 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleDouglas StuartWhat a year the Booker prize winning author Douglas Stuart has had. Born on a housing estate in Glasgow Douglas and his siblings were raised by a single mum who died of alcoholism when he was 16. In his 30s, by this time working in fashion in New York, fouglas started writing a book about a little boy similar to him - Shuggie Bain, a kind, resilient, gay child struggling to fit in to his working class Thatcherite community and trying to take care of gregarious, well-meaning, alcoholic mother. Ten years later, the novel finally finished, it was rejected first b...
2021-06-3047 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleMichèle RobertsThe Booker longlisted, Women’s Prize shortlisted Michèle Roberts is, like her books, wonderfully erudite, perceptive and expressive. Michèle has been writing professionally for more than 40 years and has published 17 novels, 2 memoirs and has contributed to many poetry and essay collections too. She was once poetry editor at the feminist magazine Spare Rib and her 2007 memoir Paper Houses is a vivid account of her involvement is 70s socialism and feminism. Her new novel Cut Out, about the women who helped Matisse create his art, is out in August. She is by any metric a literary success. ...
2021-06-2349 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleAlex WheatleThe British novelist Alex Wheatle has such an extraordinary backstory that when he was working in the writers’ room for Steve McQueen’s BAFTA winning film series Small Axe, McQueen ended up making one of the films about Alex’s own life. Alex was raised in a care home where he was abused. He emgered as teenager in Brixton under-educated and ill-prepared for adulthood, and in 1981 was sent to prison for a year for his involvement in the Brixton Riots. Prison though turned out to be Alex's salvation. There he met a man who encouraged him to revive his childh...
2021-06-1645 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleAnn NapolitanoAnn Napolitano is the author of three novels, including Dear Edward, which spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and which is the heart-breaking story of a boy who loses his parents and brother in a plane crash, of which he is the only survivor. Ann wanted to be a writer from the age of ten, but after graduating from her MFA programme in her twenties had her first book rejected by 80 agents. Her second book found her an agent but then failed to sell. Ann was extremely honest about how tough that w...
2021-06-1045 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleJulian FellowesJulian Fellowes is, of course, rather well known for creating a little TV series you might have heard of called Downton Abbey. And that wasn’t his first screen success either, having already won an Oscar for his screenplay for Gosford Park in 2002. Julian has had an eclectic career, appearing on the long-running series Monarch of the Glen and a Bond movie. His accent, his family background, the subjects of class that fascinate him - all of these have sometimes led to people accusing him of being a snob and perhaps assuming that everything has come easy to him. And...
2021-06-0246 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteelePhoebe MorganMy guest this week is Phoebe Morgan, the author of four books and Editorial Director at HarperCollins. Phoebe's first book, The Doll House, was published just five years after she left university, and quickly became a Kindle bestseller. Her books since then have been published in several languages and this year, she got her first US deal for The Wild Girls, a pacy thriller about friendship souring in Botswana (great for you summer holiday!).Phoebe has written about how it felt to finally get that US deal in her blog, which is full of really honest...
2021-05-2643 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleHarry ParkerMy guest this week is Harry Parker, a writer and artist who had a very interesting route to becoming an author. Harry is an army veteran who lost his legs following an IED explosion while on tour in Afghanistan. Several years later and back in the UK, Harry wrote a novel, Anatomy of a Solider, which tells the story of Sergeant Tom Barnes, who also loses his legs in an explosion, through the perspectives of 45 inanimate objects: a gun, a bag of fertiliser, a prosthetic leg, a grieving mother’s handbag and so on. It’s an ex...
2021-05-2036 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleKatherine HeinyMy guest this week is Katherine Heiny, who I’m happy to report is as funny in person and she is on the page. When I first approached Katherine for this podcast she told me that she had 9 million insecurities but rejection wasn’t one of them, and I thought, ok, maybe she’s not right for Write-Off. But then she kept writing back over the next couple of days adding caveats and comments and it became clear that in fact she did have things to say about rejection but perhaps not things that we all usually think of.
2021-05-1339 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleAndy WeirAndy Weir is best known for his novel The Martian, a very clever and funny book about an astronaut stranded on Mars, which was made into a (2015) Ridley Scott film starring Matt Damon. Andy had two failed novels behind him before he self-published The Martian and even when it became an e-book bestseller didn't think to find an agent because earlier attempts had left him feeling like he wasn't good enough. (An agent an traditional publisher later approached him.) We talk about Andy's struggle with rejection and about his new (third published) book, Project Hail Mary...
2021-05-0646 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleAnna HopeAnna Hope has written three very successful novels, the last of which, Expectation, was published to much fanfare in 2019 and which has been optioned for film. But before that Anna experienced plenty of rejection as an actor, and then when she turned to writing her first novel failed to sell. Anna was such a joy to speak to and she felt like the perfect first guest for Write-Off, talking openly and honestly about quite how difficult that experience was and how she got through it to become the hugely successful novelist she is today.
2021-05-0541 min
Write-Off with Francesca SteeleTrailerWelcome to Write-Off with Francesca Steele, a podcast about writing rejection in all its forms, from self-doubt to books not selling, and how people get through it. I'm a writer and journalist based in London with some personal experience of this after my own first book failed to sell. Guests include Anna Hope, Andy Weir, Katherine Heiny, Michele Roberts, Julian Fellowes, Ann Napolitano, Phoebe Morgan, Harry Parker, Alex Wheatle and Douglas Stuart. I hope you find them as inspiring as I do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-04-3001 min
DaybreakWith the Ivy League cancelled, Princeton track athletes turn elsewhereOn February 18, the Ivy League announced that it will not be holding spring athletic competitions. Today, sports reporter Wilson Conn speaks to junior pole vaulter Hanne Borstlap and senior triple jumper Kara Steele, two athletes on the women’s track team, about their reactions to the cancellation, and how they are planning to stay competitive without a season.Today’s episode was written by Francesca Block and Wilson Conn, and produced under the 145th managing board of the Prince. Our theme was composed by Ed Horan, class of 22. Photo via Beverly Schaefer / Princeton Athletics.
2021-03-0707 min
Throwback Sports ProductionsRS Game #12 - Expos @ HornetsGame NotesRS Game #12 - Montreal Expos @ Red Hornets (2-13-2021)Venue: Steele StadiumPre-game Notes:The Hornets return home after their first loss of the season, falling to the Diamondbacks in a wild close game, 2-1. The Expos are coming into today looking to keep their wildcard hopes alive, and win their third straight game. Sally Dobbs will try and right the ship for the Hornets as she goes against the Expos’ Julie Dunkel. Enjoy the game!Pitching Match-up: Ju...
2021-02-2850 min
Throwback Trivia TakedownEp. 37: Francesca Mitchell vs. Jodie SteeleThrowback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia?
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2021-02-0945 min
Speaking of WritersJennifer Probst- Our Italian SummerAbout OUR ITALIAN SUMMER
Workaholic and single mother Francesca Ferrari is one step away from a nervous breakdown when her studious, straight-laced, 17-year-old daughter Allegra is caught with illicit drugs. Allegra is sick of being ignored by her uptight mother whose one true love is her work. And Francesca’s mother, Sophia, knows that they’re all in trouble. Sophia is concerned that her family is falling apart in front of her eyes, and she also can’t seem to shake the feeling that her health is failing, fast. Sophia declares that a summer in Italy might just b...
2021-01-1513 min
AssociatedEmma Steele at Fair by DesignLois and Francesca chat to Emma Steele, Investment Manager at Fair by Design. They discuss Emma's career trajectory, the remit of the Fair by Design Fund, and how impact investing works.
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2019-11-2441 min