Random Memoir Podcasts

Welcome to Qwerty, the podcast for writers on how to live the writing life. Host Marion Roach Smith interviews the best writers in all genres to discover their process. Qwerty is by, about and for writers and explores the real challenges of writing and the steps anyone can take to become a better storyteller. Listen in for writing tips, publishing advice and encouragement on how to live the writing life.

Categories: Arts, Education

Tags: craftofwriting, fiction, marionroachsmith, Memoir, nonfiction, writers, writing, writingprocess

C. Jane Taylor reads her essays and love letters on life, beauty, fun, motorcycles, and animals for your amusement and edification.

Categories: Society & Culture

Tags: literary non-fiction, Memoir, personal essays

I asked my female and non-binary guests the same four questions, and together, we followed the intriguing threads of story and curiosity as they unspooled. 1 – Where are you and whose traditional (Indigenous) territory are you on? 2 – What’s your favourite fairytale/ancient tale? 3 – What’s your relationship with your body like? 4 – And what’s your connection to your creativity? These potent conversations are created by mixing creativity + the body + fairy tales + conversation with wild abandon.

Categories: Education, Society & Culture

Tags: creativity, decolonisation, embodiment, fairytales, Healing, Memoir, mythology

(Note: Blue Babies Pink is like an audio book. Start with the Prologue, then Episode 1, Episode 2, etc.)

For nearly a decade, Brett Trapp Harman kept a secret journal of thoughts on being gay and Christian, knowing one day he’d shout the story he feared most.

On a Wednesday morning in late 2016, he logged on to Facebook and began shouting…

He started by publishing a Gossip Guide to his sexuality—a cheeky way to let friends know his secret. He then began sharing the vivid details of his story through a 44-episode memoir, published as one episode per day. He called the story Blue Babies Pink.

Within days, Blue Babies Pink began to spread through social media. Thousands of readers tuned in, eagerly waiting for the daily installment to be released. Readers resonated deeply with Brett’s struggle with faith, loneliness, shame, singleness, workaholism, and uncertainty.

Called “the Netflix of blogs,” more than 100,000 people have read or listened to Blue Babies Pink to date.

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Categories: Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

Tags: christian, christianity, evangelicalism, gay, lgbt, Memoir, sexuality, storytelling

Welcome to Jerry’s podcasts, a series of true stories from his life. These events and interactions offer glimpses into one man’s quest to understand life’s truths. They provide peeks into the development of American culture from the mid 1940’s to the present. Having attended eight different public schools, lived in nine states, been in the army, held multiple work positions and obtained a doctorate in school psychology, he has found his way of living in the world.

Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

Tags: 1940s, adolescence, adulthood, childhood, Memoir, psychic

A podcast about being comfortable in your own skin. P.S. If you’re still figuring your stuff out, don’t worry, I still feel awkward most days too.

Categories: Education, Society & Culture

Tags: acceptance, asian american, asianam, community, diaspora, Identity, inclusion, Memoir, Musings, personal journal, Vietnamese, vietnamese american, vulnerability

Read With Us is an auditory book club, where host Marissa, co-host Sean, and cocoa host Christina finally catch up on their reading list. Read along with us as we take a thorough journey through everything from the latest books trending on book tok to the novels we loved in high school. Episodes release weekly.

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Categories: Arts

Tags: audible, book club, Books, booktok, christina, club, friends, marissa, Memoir, novel, read, Reading, sean, short story, weekly

Vintage Americana true crime stories of the most impactful sibling relationships in history. SEASON 2 OUT NOW! Video episodes available on YouTube; bonus content on Patreon!🎙✨ …..is blood always thicker than water, or will the love of money break even the tightest of bonds?

Categories: History, Society & Culture, True Crime

Tags: american, Biography, brothers, celebrities, documentary, History, Kennedys, Memoir, Siblings, sisters, Stories, true-crime

In 1973, David Kushner’s 11-year-old older brother Jon biked through a suburban Florida forest to buy candy for his little brother, and never returned. Decades later, now an accomplished journalist and author, Kushner investigates his brother’s case and the profound impact it had on his family and community. Piecing together police reports, interviews, and the memories of loved ones––David tells the story of what happened to his family and his town, after his brother disappeared.

Credits:

Jessica Grimshaw- For USG Audio

Josh Bloch- For USG Audio

Jennifer Sears- For USG Audio

Gretta Cohn- Executive Producer

David Kushner- Executive Producer, Host

Emmy Rossum- Executive Producer

Alex Sujong Laughlin- Producer

James T. Green- Producer, Sound Designer

Sara Nics- Executive Editor

Lacy Roberts- Managing Producer

Rick Kwan- Mix Engineer

Nocturnal Sound- Sound Design

This is a USG Audio Podcast in collaboration with Transmitter Media.

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family, True Crime

Tags: #Alligatorcandy, #Davidkushner, #Emmyrossum, #missingchild, #missingchildren, Florida, Memoir, truecrime, truestory

Paul Shirley traveled the world chasing a basketball career that landed him on 17 different teams. He played in Spain, Greece, Russia, and the NBA. But Paul isn’t just a basketball player; he’s also a kid, from a small town in Kansas, who’s searching for love just like all the rest of us. In Stories I Tell On Dates, Paul shares the stories he tells his dates: about being vulnerable at middle school dances, being embarrassed in Sex Ed class, being mocked by national media, and about having his heart (and spleen) broken.

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture

Tags: bulls, childhoold, dates, dating, family, greece, growing up, heartbreak, hornets, iowa state, kansas, lakers, life lessons, Los Angeles, love, march madness, Memoir, nashville, nba, paul shirley, phoenix, relationships, roy williams, Russia, scottie pippen, sex ed, Spain, spleen, Stories, story, tim floyd, writersblok

Come in. Sit down Take a second You get enough advice This is about nothing And everything And all of it in-between That’s enough for now It’s not a sprint Travel to A Well Run Life.com Tell us how you are

Categories: Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality

Tags: life, Memoir, storytelling

Challenges can feel like a definitive ending, but they can actually be a new beginning. Part narrative non-fiction and part memoir, Season 1 of Initiate explores the resilience of women through authentic, intergenerational conversations on a monthly basis. Join storyteller and purpose-seeker Sarah Kyo as she meets women of a certain age, a.k.a. “experienced women,” who’ve taken a self-reflective, proactive approach to their life transitions. Words of wisdom will not only inspire listeners, but also empower our host, as she navigates her early 30s. Sometimes, the best way to find your path is to learn from someone who has already blazed a trail.

Categories: Business, Society & Culture

Tags: initiate, life transitions, Memoir, narrative, new beginnings, Non-fiction, resilience, storytelling, women, womxn, womyn

What does it take to “go public” with your life’s work? The Selfish Gift podcast is a series of deep, personal conversations with authors and creators about how they made the leap from practitioner to public figure. Hosted by Wonderwell book publisher Maggie Langrick, the podcast also serves up the very best advice from publishing professionals, from editors and literary agents to publicists, brand strategists, and mindset coaches. We ask ALL the big questions, like: When and why did you decide to “go public” with your life’s work? How did you deal with self-doubt? What steps did you take, and how hard was it, really? Each of us has a unique gift to offer humanity. When we boldly share it with the world, we expand into the grandest version of ourselves and come fully alive. Listen in to discover how to level up your life and make the world a better place through purposeful publishing.

Categories: Arts, Business, Education

Tags: Authors, entrepreneurship, Memoir, nonfiction books, publishing, purpose, spirituality, writing

Sick of Being Sick explores the highs and lows of a life marred by cancer, sharing the unique perspectives of young adults battling this disease through candid conversations and vulnerable personal stories. Hosted by Rocio Galan, a current cancer patient battling IV grade brain cancer, Sick of Being Sick dives into topics such as staying confident with your body during treatment or after surgery, the feeling of grief, finding work while on treatment, and more. We may not know where this journey takes us, but we’d love for you to join us along the way. Join our fight, subscribe, or follow to listen.

To submit your story to join the podcast, or a letter to be read on the podcast please email podcast@rociogalan.com

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Categories: Society & Culture

Tags: cancer, diagnosis, Diary, glioma, grief, humor, Memoir, mental-health, personal journal, personal journey, sick, symptoms, symptons

Broads and Books is a book podcast. A funny podcast. A feminist podcast. It’s a weekly date with two Broads who love books as much as they love embarrassing stories and crackpot business ideas. Every Wednesday, the Broads pick one theme. We choose and discuss two novels, two other genre books, and two pop culture picks based on that theme. Listeners will laugh, think, and find things they’re going to love. Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com to listen and sign up for free VIP bonuses!

Categories: Arts, Comedy, TV & Film

Tags: book podcast, Books, Comedy, essays, feminist podcast, funny podcast, humor, Memoir, nonfiction, novels, pop culture, Reading, Short Story Collections, true-crime

Marlon and Jake Read Dead People is a podcast hosted by the Man Booker Prize-winning and internationally bestselling author Marlon James and his editor, Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor at Riverhead Books. In each episode, Marlon and Jake talk about authors—specifically dead authors. Authors they like. Authors they hate. Great books, terrible books, and books they love that you’d never expect them to. As a writer and an editor, Marlon and Jake have read thousands of books between them, and they’re not shy in expressing their opinions about them. Sometimes they’ll agree, sometimes they won’t, but in every episode, they’ll tell you what they think— uncensored and with no holds barred. (That’s why the authors have to be dead.) So, listen along to hear about the spectacularly good, the hilariously bad, and the brutally honest.

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture

Tags: audiobook, author, Authors, Biography, book, book club, book recommendations, Books, classic books, classic literature, ebook, fiction, good reads, librarian, library, Literature, Memoir, Non-fiction, nonfiction, novel, novels, reader, Reading, TBR pile

Tom Isaacs was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at just 27. Six years later, he set out to walk the entire coastline of Britain, 4,500 miles, with his trademark humour, honesty, and an unwavering belief that something better was possible. His journey became a story far bigger than one man and a map. It helped start a movement. And it helped to create Cure Parkinson’s, inspiring countless more lives along the way. In this series, we follow Tom’s footsteps through his original audiobook, Shake Well Before Use – told in his own voice, one chapter at a time.

Categories: Business, Society & Culture

Tags: audiobook, Comedy, cure parkinson's, Journal, Leisure, Memoir, narration, travel

Some things are terrible in the moment, but time can offer a new perspective. In this podcast series, Matthew Onuki Luke recounts various incidents from his life, and finds that, no matter how terrible they might have been, there’s always something to laugh at.

Categories: Comedy

Tags: Anecdotes, Comedy, Funny, laugh, Memoir, memories