Bonus: Disability Humor & Creating in Community with Steven Verdile
Julia discusses disability, comedy, creativity, and treating people like people with Steven Verdile, the founder of the disability satire publication The Squeaky Wheel.
Bonus: Creativity Under Capitalism with Nate Ragolia
Julia and Victoria get into the weeds of cultivating a creative life while also having to pay bills with Nate Ragolia—writer, podcaster, and publisher at Spaceboy Books. They also decide which zoo animals they would be.
Bonus: Julia Wrote a Thesis – Online Autistic Community and Finding Your Writer Voice
Victoria interviews Julia about her master’s thesis in Anthropology on Autistic social groups, disabled futures, and how to make Autistic friends by exchanging fun facts.
Bonus: Writing For Yourself with Caleb Tankersley
Julia and Victoria are joined by their new literary friend Caleb Tankersley to discuss Caleb’s debut story collection Sin Eaters. They enjoy a lovely ramble about the process of creativity and the value of writing what makes you happy. Plus: some important Oreo discourse.
Bonus: Historical Fiction with Rebecca Stott
Julia and Victoria explore the Dark Ages with writer, historian, and former professor Rebecca Stott. They discuss Rebecca’s new book Dark Earth: about two sisters who run away to a ruined Roman city in 6th century Britain. They talk genre, archaeology, breaking boundaries, and Julia gets very excited about swords.
Bonus: Weird Short Fiction with Evan James Sheldon
Julia and Victoria talk with author Evan James Sheldon about his new book of gloriously weird flash fiction, Children and Their Cages, and his creative process. Julia learns that flash fiction is not, in fact, a story written very fast.
Bonus: Pachinko with Victoria Edel
Julia and Victoria bring on one of their favorite pop culture experts Victoria Edel to talk about the Pachinko series and the pros and cons of book-to-TV adaptations.
Minisode: Academic Writing and Anthropology with Katie
Julia is joined by fellow anthropology graduate student Katie to talk about the alien language of “Academic English” and how it has affected their own academic careers.
Bonus: Gold-Plated Girls
Julia and Victoria are joined by Hayley and yet another Victoria (No, this is not confusing at all.) from Gold Plated Girls to chat about creativity and pop culture, choosing your team and fighting imposter syndrome, and--unbelievably--baseball.
Bonus: All About BTS with ARMY Kristine Ilagan
Julia hasn’t stopped talking about BTS for an entire year, so she decided to channel that energy into a podcast episode. She’s joined by her fellow BTS fan (also called ARMY) Kristine Ilagan to go over their favorite BTS songs and all the reasons why they love these talented artists and their message of love and acceptance.
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