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  • Feeling Outside the Lines: Andrew Mitch on Sad Songs, Faith, and Writing the Songs You're Afraid to Release

    Feeling Outside the Lines: Andrew Mitch on Sad Songs, Faith, and Writing the Songs You're Afraid to Release
    Jun 3 2026
    Andrew Mitch turned down grad school to make sad country songs in Nashville, and 'All in My Head' proved the instinct right. Lindsay and Andrew talk about writing through fear, being a gay Christian in country music, the difference between the church and God, and why your most healing song might be the one you almost deleted. Plus: two live performances, including an unreleased exclusive.
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    55 min
  • How Living in a “Magic House” Changed Her Life… and Can Change Yours Too with Jennifer Moorman

    How Living in a “Magic House” Changed Her Life… and Can Change Yours Too with Jennifer Moorman
    May 21 2026
    This week on We Should Write, Lindsay sits down with Jennifer Moorman for a conversation that feels a little like stepping into one of Jennifer’s novels: warm, wonder-filled, and quietly transformative. A USA Today bestselling author of multiple books including The Charmed Library, The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds, The Magic All Around, and the beloved Mystic Water series, Jennifer is also a former senior editor at HarperCollins, a contributor to outlets including People, Parade, and Writer’s Digest, and a writer for the Strawberry Shortcake series. Together, Lindsay and Jennifer explore “the magic house,” the healing power of words, and the idea that life can feel heavy or magical depending on the lens we choose. They talk about creativity, intuition, storytelling, gratitude, and the small everyday moments that quietly shape who we become. It’s a soulful, funny, deeply human conversation about wonder, writing, and learning to see the extraordinary hidden inside ordinary life.
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    1 h et 1 min
  • Creating the Life You Want, and Swimming in Swimming Pools: with Canadian Blues Singer Crystal Shawanda

    Creating the Life You Want, and Swimming in Swimming Pools: with Canadian Blues Singer Crystal Shawanda
    Apr 29 2026
    This week on We Should Write, Lindsay sits down with award-winning Indigenous singer, songwriter, and powerhouse vocalist Crystal Shawanda. From singing at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge as a teenager to becoming the first Indigenous artist to win a Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year, Crystal has never stopped carving her own path. But what stood out most in this conversation was her honesty about how writing and creative expression led her to a version of herself she didn’t necessarily see coming, one that showed her what mattered most, helped her clarify her priorities, and ultimately helped her build the life she truly wanted. A life with her husband, her daughter, and music at the center, all without losing who she is in the process. This one is about finding your voice, trusting your gut, and realizing the life you want may be hiding inside the words you write.
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    1 h et 1 min
  • Why We Lie… And How to Do It Better (Or Worse) with former Secret Service Agent & polygraph expert Brad Beeler

    Why We Lie… And How to Do It Better (Or Worse) with former Secret Service Agent & polygraph expert Brad Beeler
    Apr 17 2026
    What does it actually take to get someone to tell the truth? In this episode of We Should Write, I sit down with Brad Beeler—former U.S. Secret Service Special Agent, polygraph examiner, and author of Tell Me Everything. After 25 years in the Secret Service, protecting President George H. W. Bush and conducting more criminal polygraphs than anyone in the agency’s history, Brad has built a career on one thing: getting people to open up. He’s trained FBI, CIA, and intelligence professionals around the world on how to read people, build trust, and uncover the truth—even in the highest-stakes situations. But this conversation goes way beyond lie detectors. We get into the psychology of why we lie (and why we don’t), the subtle ways we edit ourselves in everyday life, and how words like “I’m sorry” can lose meaning when we don’t actually mean them. We talk about why we confess things to hairdressers, bartenders, and Uber drivers, what alcohol really does to honesty, and whether telling a “better story” is ever the same as telling the truth. We also explore something deeper—how our perception and lived experience shape the stories we tell. Is there such a thing as objective truth, or are we all just telling the version our nervous system can live with? This one is part psychology, part storytelling, and part real-life human behavior—told through the lens of someone who’s spent decades sitting across from people with everything to hide.
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    1 h et 2 min
  • Goldpine: Trusting When It’s Time To Share Your Story

    Goldpine: Trusting When It’s Time To Share Your Story
    Mar 11 2026
    In this special episode — and the very first filmed episode of We Should Write — Lindsay Lawler sits down with Kassie and Ben of the Americana duo Goldpine for a conversation that goes far beyond songwriting. Lindsay first met Kassie years ago during the wild Broadway days in Nashville, when Kassie was singing downtown and Ben was running sound at The Listening Room. Today, the two are 16 years into marriage, traveling the world together and creating music side by side as a husband-and-wife duo. What unfolds in this conversation is less about the music business and more about the deeper places songwriting can come from. Kassie shares about losing a parent and how grief, memory, faith, and healing eventually find their way into the songs we write and the lives we build. Together they explore the idea that the stories we carry from childhood, family, and loss often become the very things that shape our creativity—and sometimes even help us make peace with our past. Goldpine also performs two songs live in this intimate episode, and hearing them acoustically is something else entirely. Kassie’s voice, paired with the songwriting she and Ben create together, has a kind of control and emotional pull that can feel almost mind-bending. It’s the kind of performance that makes you realize these two were meant to be creating music together. More than a songwriter interview, this conversation touches on creativity, spirituality, marriage, and the quiet realization that the hardest parts of our lives often become the stories that help us grow.
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    1 h et 2 min
  • Annie McCormick: What Happens When You Sell Everything and Let the Story Lead

    Annie McCormick: What Happens When You Sell Everything and Let the Story Lead
    Feb 11 2026

    In this episode of We Should Write, Lindsay sits down with Annie McCormick, a writer who made the bold decision to sell her home, let go of her belongings, and travel the world by pet sitting in order to create space for what she was always meant to do: write. What began as a life of wandering turned into a creative awakening, leading Annie to publish her first novel Runaway Kane and build an entire fictional world shaped by freedom, risk, and imagination.

    Together, Lindsay and Annie explore what it means to model adventure as an empty nester, how fiction can become a second life where truth feels safer to tell, and why imagination is just as essential to healing as self-reflection. They talk about writing on the road, identity without reputation, discipline versus inspiration, and the quiet permission that comes from starting over later than expected. This conversation is an invitation to loosen your grip on the plan, trust curiosity, and remember that sometimes the bravest thing you can do for your writing is make room for it.

    Find out more about Annie here:

    Website

    https://anniemccormickwriter.com/

    Facebook

    https://www.facebook.com/AnnieMcCormickWriter/

    X (formerly Twitter)

    https://x.com/AnnieMWriter

    Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/anniemccormickwriter/

    TikTok

    https://www.tiktok.com/@anniemccormickwriter

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    1 h et 1 min
  • Kelly Jean Torres: From Foster Care and Abuse, to Becoming a Caring, Creative Mother, All Through Writing

    Kelly Jean Torres: From Foster Care and Abuse, to Becoming a Caring, Creative Mother, All Through Writing
    Jan 14 2026

    In this deeply honest and grounding episode of We Should Write, Lindsay Lawler sits down with writer, singer, and mother Kelly Jean Torres for a conversation about healing, creativity, and what it means to rewrite your story without being trapped by it.

    Kelly shares her journey through foster care and childhood abuse—and how those experiences shaped her inner world. With courage and clarity, she opens up about surviving deep trauma, including a suicide attempt, while also reflecting on the profound work it took to heal, seek support, and choose a different future.

    At the heart of this episode is Kelly’s memoir, Saving the Lost Girl, and the belief that while our stories matter, we don’t have to stay inside them forever. Together, Lindsay and Kelly explore writing as a path to healing, the difference between revisiting pain to integrate it versus reliving it, and how creativity can become a safe place to tell the truth—and then let it go.

    This conversation holds space for both the hard and the hopeful—grief and gratitude, survival and self-authorship. Kelly reflects on becoming the mother she once needed, building a loving life in the present, and learning how to carry her younger self (and others) forward with compassion instead of fear.
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    59 min
  • Michelle Nicolo Prentice: On Mothering Mothers, and Being OK If You Aren't a Mother Yourself

    Michelle Nicolo Prentice: On Mothering Mothers, and Being OK If You Aren't a Mother Yourself
    Jan 8 2026

    In this episode of We Should Write, Lindsay Lawler talks with Michelle Nicolo Prentice, a world-renowned vocalist and founder of Mama’s Lullaby, to talk about motherhood, intuition, and nervous system regulation.

    They explore how music and creativity can support maternal mental health, why caregivers need care too, and how slowing down can help regulate overwhelm. It’s a calming, reflective episode for anyone navigating motherhood, creativity, or burnout.

    Learn more about Michelle here:

    • Official website: https://www.michellenicoloprentice.com/
    • Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/michellenicoloprenticesinger
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellenicoloprentice/
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    1 h