Laura and Jenna break down February 2024’s biggest pop culture moments including their love for Taylor Swift, The Bachelor, and Olivia Rodrigo.
Hosts: Laura Newman and Jenna Bartkovsky
What IS an MFA really? With Avery DiuBaldo
Season 1, Episode 6. Interviewee: Avery DiuBaldo. Sydney and Kyle talk to MFA@FLA student Avery DiuBaldo about writing fiction with a theater background, fearing the blank page, and the realities of workshopping in a swamp.
Co-hosts: Sydney Eldeiry & Kyle Cunningham. Audio: Sydney Eldeiry & Julia Cooper.
Show Notes: See what Avery’s up to at https://www.avery-diubaldo.com/.
Unreliable Narrators and Ending Stories that Could Be Endless, with Cameron McLeod
Season 1, Episode 5. Interviewee: Cameron McLeod. Sydney and Kyle talk to UF student and smartest kindergartener ever, Cameron McLeod, about the books she loved as a child, the books she loves now, and how her best writing “just kind of happens.”
Co-hosts: Sydney Eldeiry & Kyle Cunningham. Audio: Sydney Eldeiry & Julia Cooper.
Show notes: Contact Cameron at cameronmcleod@gmail.com to read her work!
Reconsidering the Spaghetti Western with Chance Freytag
Season 1, Episode 4. Interviewee: Chance Freytag. Sydney and Kyle talk to UF undergrad Chance Freytag about writing historical fiction, challenging the limits of genre, and how growing up in the Deep South influences his stories.
Co-hosts: Sydney Eldeiry & Kyle Cunningham. Audio: Sydney Eldeiry & Julia Cooper.
Talking James Joyce & Schoolboy Crushes with Michael Sullivan
Season 1, Episode 3: Interviewee: Michael Sullivan. For this cozy episode, fellow undergrad fiction-writer Michael Sullivan joins Sydney and Kyle to discuss a short story with all the feels that come along with the changing weather: “Araby” by James Joyce.
Co-hosts: Sydney Eldeiry & Kyle Cunningham. Audio: Sydney Eldeiry & Julia Cooper
Show notes: Read “Araby” online at https://www.plato-philosophy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Araby.pdf
A Conversation with a Palmetto Prize Winner
Season 1, Episode 2. Interviewee: Juan Lam. In this episode, host Sydney Eldeiry talks with Juan Lam, a senior at UF whose story was published in the latest edition of Tea, about planning and writing his story “And the Bike Went Nowhere.”
Co-host: Sydney Eldeiry. Audio: Sydney Eldeiry & Julia Cooper. Graphics: Julia Cooper & Ashley Hicks.
The Progression of a Poet: A Changing Relationship with Words
Season 1, Episode 1. Interviewee: Winnie Blay. In this episode, host Sydney Eldeiry interviews UF undergrad Winnie Blay about going to an arts-focused high school, how her relationship to writing has changed over the years, and how she stays connected to writing poetry despite not planning to pursue it professionally.
Host: Sydney Eldeiry. Audio: Julia Cooper. Graphics: Julia Cooper & Ashley Hicks.
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