Craft: Exploring Creativity

Jan 26 2025 209 ep. 16 mins 593

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Discussion about how creative people have worked on their craft to become experts.

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Brother Brothers

Dec 18 2024 7 mins

Identical twins Adam and David Moss perform as the Brother Brothers, and they’ll be in Columbus on January 10, 2024, with Six String Concerts. Their latest release is The January Album, so named because they recorded it in January 2021. … Continue reading →

Happy Hard-Boiled Holiday! Tod Goldberg’s Dark Hanukkah

Dec 18 2024 17 mins

New York Times best-selling author Tod Goldberg has turned to editing for his latest work, Hanukkah Noir: Eight Very Bad Nights. The collection features 11 stories by critically acclaimed authors and explores the dark, noir side of Hanukkah. As Goldberg puts it: Hanukkah is the perfect holiday for a noir setup because it's eight nights. By about the third night, if you're w

Erika Engelhaupt says, Go to Hell (in a nice way)

Dec 11 2024 17 mins

Science writer Erika Engelhaupt, author of one of my favorite recent books, Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science, joins me to discuss her new book Go to Hell: A Traveler’s Guide to Earth’s Most Otherworldly Destinations. It’s … Continue reading →

Darren C. Demaree: Making Writing Sweet

Nov 27 2024 13 mins

Columbus poet Darren C. Demaree makes his returns to Craft to discuss his latest poetry collection, his 23rd: So Much More. He explores death, fatherhood, nature, and empathy, along with other topics. Demaree discusses his approach to poetry, emphasizing the … Continue reading →

David Nihill and the Shelf Help Tour

Nov 13 2024 17 mins

What does is take to be a successful comedian, like David Nihill? Practice. And a desire to tell people interesting facts, like Columbus used to have the oldest captive gorilla and currently has the longest span, single tower S-shaped suspension … Continue reading →

Craft 2024 Halloween: “Hannah” by Rami Ungar

Nov 02 2024 38 mins

Most scary Halloween stories work because evil creatures or people threaten the protagonist is threatened by. “Torture the women!” Hitchcock famously said. But this year’s halloween story considers the question of “Who’s the monster?” something worth considering at any time … Continue reading →

Finding Gold in Horror Poetry: Maxwell I. Gold

Oct 16 2024 8 mins

The days are getting shorter, a chill is in the air, and pumpkins are attacked mercilessly by knife-wielding maniacs: it must be Halloween season. It’s also one of the favorite times of year of Maxwell I. Gold, a Columbus native, … Continue reading →

2024 Ohio Book Award Winner Sarah Lohman on the Eight Flavors of American Cuisine

Oct 09 2024 28 mins

Blogger and food writer Sarah Lohman won not one but two 2024Ohio Book Awards: the Ohio Book Award in Nonfiction and the Reader’s Choice Award for her book Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Food. The Ohioana Library will present the Ohio … Continue reading →

Ruth Moody: You’ve Got 5 Minutes – Write a Hit!

Singer-songwriter Ruth Moody will be in Columbus on September 27 with Six String Concerts. We discussed her new solo album “Wanderer,” her first in a decade, which reflects on motherhood, grief, and love. The album, recorded in Nashville, is deeply … Continue reading →

George Bilgere: Cheap Motels of My Youth and in Berlin

Poet George Bilgere, aka, Our Man in Berlin, drops by to discuss his latest, Cheap Motels of My Youth, which began at a café in Berlin and won the Rattle Magazine chapbook contest. We talk about his writing process, family, … Continue reading →