One True Podcast
One True Podcast explores all things related to Hemingway, his work, and his world. The show is hosted by Mark Cirino and produced by Michael Von Cannon. Join us in conversation with scholars, artists, political leaders, and other luminaries. For more, follow us on Twitter @1truepod. You can also email us at [email protected].
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 166
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Suzanne del Gizzo on "The Blind Man's Christmas Eve"
Happy holidays from One True Podcast, and it wouldn’t be the holiday season without Suzanne del Gizzo—the celebrated editor of The Hemingway Review—here to discuss another one of Hemingway’s seasonal…
in our time, chapter 17: "They hanged Sam Cardinella"
Welcome to the seventeenth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.
Hemingway captures a scene out of the American newspapers…
One True Sentence #38 with Ruchika Tomar
Ruchika Tomar, the 2020 PEN/Hemingway winner for A Prayer for Travelers, shares her one true sentence from “A Very Short Story.”
in our time, chapter 16: "Maera lay still, his head on his arms, his face in the sand"
Welcome to the sixteenth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.
In this episode, Maera is gored and dies in a masterfully c…
in our time, chapter 15: "I heard the drums coming down the street"
Welcome to the fifteenth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.
This episode on Maera and Luis extends Hemingway’s explorat…
Milton A. Cohen on in our time
As One True Podcast winds down its ambitious year-long project of devoting an episode to each of the eighteen chapters in in our time, we visit with the man who wrote the book about the book, Milton …
Robert W. Trogdon on the Early Years, Part 2
Robert W. Trogdon joins One True Podcast to share the treasures of the new Library of America volume he has edited: A Farewell to Arms and Other Writings, 1927-1932. We discuss Hemingway and his life…
in our time, chapter 14: "If it happened right down close in front of you"
Welcome to the fourteenth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.
This episode continues Hemingway’s exploration of bullfigh…
in our time, chapter 13: "The crowd shouted all the time"
Welcome to the thirteenth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.
This episode continues Hemingway’s exploration of bullfigh…
One True Sentence #37 with Stewart O'Nan
Stewart O’Nan, the prolific author of West of Sunset and other works of fiction and non-fiction, shares his one true sentence from “The End of Something.”
Olivia Carr Edenfield on "Cross-Country Snow"
One True Podcast takes on another classic Hemingway short story as Olivia Carr Edenfield joins us to discuss “Cross-Country Snow,” the beloved Nick Adams story from In Our Time.
Prof. Edenfield discu…
in our time, chapter 12: "They whack whacked the white horse"
Welcome to the twelfth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.
In this episode, we discuss Hemingway's powerful depiction of…
in our time, chapter 11: "In 1919 he was traveling on the railroads in Italy"
Welcome to the eleventh of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.
Listeners might be familiar with this vignette as the short …
One True Sentence #36 with Javier Fuentes
Javier Fuentes, the 2024 PEN/Hemingway winner for Countries of Origin, shares his one true sentence from "The Snows of Kilimanjaro."
Stacey Guill and Alberto Lena on the Spanish Civil War Stories
Live from Bilbao! One True Podcast presents our show live from the 20th International Hemingway Conference in Bilbao, Spain. We welcome scholars Stacey Guill and Alberto Lena to explore Hemingway’s f…
Larry Grimes on "Today Is Friday"
One True Podcast welcomes the great Larry Grimes to discuss “Today Is Friday,” the curious playlet from Men Without Women about three Roman soldiers and a Jewish barman discussing Jesus’s crucifixion…
in our time, chapter 10: "One hot evening in Milan"
Welcome to the tenth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.
This chapter will be familiar to many readers as the bitter nar…
in our time, chapter 9: "At two o’clock in the morning two Hungarians"
Welcome to the ninth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.
This chapter is the first of the vignettes set in America, a fi…
Sandra Spanier and Verna Kale on the 1934-1936 Letters
One True Podcast celebrates the publication of Volume 6 of the Letters of Ernest Hemingway by welcoming two of its editors, Sandra Spanier and Verna Kale. These letters, spanning 1934-1936, find Hem…
Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera on "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"
We continue our exploration of Hemingway's short stories with his masterful narrative, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." To aid us in this effort, we're joined by Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, who is a professo…