Épisodes

  • Better Than AI? Expanding the Boundaries of the Human Mind: Justin C. Key + Nelson Delles

    Better Than AI? Expanding the Boundaries of the Human Mind: Justin C. Key + Nelson Delles
    Mar 19 2026
    What happens when AI takes over medicine—and what can we do to strengthen our own minds? In this episode of _Writer’s Voice,_ Justin C. Key explores the human cost of AI-driven healthcare, while memory champion Nelson Dellis shares techniques to boost memory, focus, and creativity.
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    59 min
  • Victoria Woodhull’s Radical Life + The Booksellers Who Defied America’s Most Powerful Censor

    Victoria Woodhull’s Radical Life + The Booksellers Who Defied America’s Most Powerful Censor
    Mar 14 2026
    This week on Writer’s Voice: Two fascinating stories from women’s history. Eden Collinsworth tells the story of Victoria Woodhull—the first woman to run for President of the United States. Then novelist Shelley Noble takes us to New York’s legendary Book Row during a fierce battle over censorship.
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    1 h
  • Jung Chang on Fly, Wild Swans: China, Freedom + the Fight for Truth

    Jung Chang on Fly, Wild Swans: China, Freedom + the Fight for Truth
    Mar 7 2026
    In this episode of Writer’s Voice, Francesca Rheannon speaks with bestselling author Jung Chang about her memoir Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself, and China, the long-awaited sequel to her landmark book Wild Swans.
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    36 min
  • Dignity or Survival? Two Writers Confront Freedom Under Pressure

    Dignity or Survival? Two Writers Confront Freedom Under Pressure
    Feb 27 2026
    Political philosopher Lea Ypi reflects on dignity, archives, and the manipulation of history in Indignity. Then Eleanor Shearer brings us into the world of the Jamaican Maroons exiled to Nova Scotia in Fireflies in Winter — a novel about freedom, queer love, and the moral cost of survival.
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    1 h et 4 min
  • Daring To Be Free: Sudhir Hazareesingh on Slave Rebellion & Resistance

    Daring To Be Free: Sudhir Hazareesingh on Slave Rebellion & Resistance
    Feb 20 2026
    Slavery was never passively endured. Sudhir Hazareesingh on the vast, global resistance of the enslaved — from Africa to Haiti. Plus: Jacqueline Sheehan on Sojourner Truth’s extraordinary moral courage.
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    59 min
  • Human Fracking? The Attention Liberation Movement vs. Big Tech

    Human Fracking? The Attention Liberation Movement vs. Big Tech
    Feb 13 2026
    In this episode of Writer’s Voice, Francesca speaks with D. Graham Burnett, Alyssa Loh, and Peter Schmidt about Attensity!, a manifesto for what they call the Attention Liberation Movement.
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    57 min
  • Andrew Burstein on Thomas Jefferson: Slavery, Democracy, & The Idea of America

    Andrew Burstein on Thomas Jefferson: Slavery, Democracy, & The Idea of America
    Feb 7 2026
    Historian Andrew Burstein joins us to talk about his biography, Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History.
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    1 h et 3 min
  • Coyote: Robert M. Dowling on Sam Shepard and the American Psyche

    Coyote: Robert M. Dowling on Sam Shepard and the American Psyche
    Feb 1 2026
    In this episode of Writer’s Voice, Francesca Rheannon speaks with biographer Robert M. Dowling about his biography, Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard.
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    56 min