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Sean Murphy, a cultural critic and rebel advocate covering the world, one story at a time.
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- About the Podcast · 1 min.ABOUT THE SOME THINGS CONSIDERED PODCAST Award-winning author Sean Murphy in conversation with creative thinkers, spanning the literary, music, art, politics, and tech…
- Season 6 Episode 5 | David Galef & Beth Weinhouse | Life Doesn’t Stop at 60: On 20 Over 60 · 1 t. 0 min.Why You Should Listen: This episode provides a nuanced exploration of honesty in a tech-driven age, filled with insights that challenge your perceptions and encourage deeper…
- Season 6 Episode 4 | K. Ancrum | On Culture, Creativity, and What It Means to Be Human · 1 t. 6 min.Why You Should Listen: This episode provides a nuanced exploration of honesty in a tech-driven age, filled with insights that challenge your perceptions and encourage deeper…
- Season 6 Episode 3 | Raffi Joe Wartanian | Exploring Music & Words Across Cultures · 1 t. 4 min.Why You Should Listen: This episode provides a nuanced exploration of honesty in a tech-driven age, filled with insights that challenge your perceptions and encourage deeper…
- Season 6 Episode 2 | Christian Miller | Exploring the Honesty Crisis · 1 t. 1 min.Why You Should Listen: This episode provides a nuanced exploration of honesty in a tech-driven age, filled with insights that challenge your perceptions and encourage deeper…
- Season 6 Episode 1 | Teddy Wayne | Obsession, Insecurity, and Opportunity · 1 t. 3 min.A few things became clear in my conversation with Teddy Wayne. First: literary success is far more fragile than most people imagine. One acclaimed book doesn't guarantee the next…
- Season 5 Episode 12 | Laurie Sheck | Exploring AI, Art, and Empathy · 1 t. 4 min.What happens when one of the most intellectually fearless writers working today sits down to talk about: * Dostoyevsky’s dialogic voice * Frankenstein as misunderstood creation…
- Season 5 Episode 11 | Walt Hunter | Teaching, Poetry, and Refusing to Lower the Bar · 59 min.On this episode of Some Things Considered, I spoke with Walt Hunter — senior associate dean at Case Western Reserve University, professor of 20th- and 21st-century literature…
- Season 5 Episode 10 | Gina Gershon | Autonomy, Art, and Refusing the Path of Least Resistance · 60 min.In this episode of Some Things Considered, the conversation centers on icon, actor, performer, and now memoirist Gina Gershon — a career artist whose new book, Alpha Pussy…
- Season 5 Episode 9 | Stephen Marche | Writing, Failure, Endurance...and Civil War · 55 min.On this week’s episode, I had a wide-ranging, bracing conversation with Stephen Marche on Some Things Considered—a writer I’ve admired since his Esquire days, and one whose work…
- Season 5 Episode 8 | John Lingan | Marching to the Beat of Many Drummers · 1 t. 10 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 8Had the pleasure of sitting down with John Lingan on Some Things Considered to talk about his new book, Backbeats: A History of Rock and Roll in 15 Drummers — and I can’t…
- Season 5 Ep 7 | Shane Hinton | Writing, Teaching, & Giving Away Books for Free · 1 t. 1 min.Today’s episode features writer and teacher Shane Hinton, author of Pinkies, Radio Dark, Other Shane Hintons, and editor of We Can’t Help It If We’re From Florida. His work…
- Season 5 Ep 6 | Sara Stibitz | A Ladder to the Stars · 1 t. 6 min.In this episode of Some Things Considered, I had the pleasure of speaking with Sara Stibitz—NYT-bestselling collaborative writer, author of Writing on Purpose, and creator of the…
- Season 5 Ep 5 | Chris Colin | Modern Life is Designed to Exhaust You · 55 min.In this episode, I talk with journalist and author Chris Colin, whose work in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and the WSJ explores the strange, frustrating, and revealing…
- Season 5 Ep 4 | Jenna Blum | Changing Genres, Creative Identity, & the Business of Writing · 1 t. 1 min.This episode of Some Things Considered features the always-brilliant Jenna Blum, New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of Those Who Save Us, The Stormchasers…
- Season 5 Ep 3 | Tim Wendel | Baseball, History, and Craft · 1 t. 5 min.In this episode, I speak with award-winning author and Johns Hopkins writing professor Tim Wendel, whose books include Summer of ’68, Castro’s Curveball, Cancer Crossings, and…
- Season 5 Ep 2 | From Prison to Advocacy: Stephanie Shepard on Justice and Reform · 1 t. 4 min.In this episode, I speak with Stephanie Shepard, Executive Director of Last Prisoner Project. She was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a first-time, nonviolent…
- Season 5 Ep 1 | Matt Davis | What does Mount Rushmore tell us about America? · 1 t. 2 min.Some Things Considered returns with our fifth season, and we could not be more excited. Episode One features Matthew Davis, with whom I speak about his new book Biography of a…
- Season 4 Ep 11 | Karen E. Bender | Literary Fiction, Storytelling, and the Times We Live In · 1 t. 0 min.What is the role of literary fiction in 2025? Is it simply escapism, or is it something deeper — a mirror to the world we inhabit, a lens on its inequities, contradictions, and…
- Season 4 Ep 10 | Caroline Bock & Jona Colson | Talking "America's Future" with Washington Writer's Publishing House · 1 t. 2 min.In this episode of Some Things Considered, I’m joined by Caroline Bock and Jona Colson, co-presidents of Washington Writers’ Publishing House. They are two of my favorite DC-area…
