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
A. Scott Berg on Max Perkins
For this fascinating discussion, we welcome the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian A. Scott Berg, author of Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, to discuss Perkins’s role in Hemingway’s life and career.
Berg …
Valerie Hemingway on the Summer of 1959
We welcome Valerie Hemingway to share her memories of her father-in-law and the thrilling Spanish summer of 1959. We draw from her wonderful memoir Running with the Bulls to hear stories about Heming…
One True Sentence #10 with Andre Dubus III
Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog, Townie, and Gone So Long, talks about his one true Hemingway sentence from "Hills Like White Elephants."
Alex Fernandez de Castro and Hugh Eakin on Joan Miró's The Farm
One True Podcast takes a deep dive into Joan Miró’s masterpiece and Hemingway’s beloved possession, The Farm.
We welcome art historian Alex Fernandez de Castro and journalist Hugh Eakin to discuss t…
Amanda Vaill on Gerald and Sara Murphy
Amanda Vaill takes us to the French Riviera of the 1920s, drawing from her definitive book, Everybody Was So Young, to describe who Gerald and Sara Murphy were and what they meant to the artists they…
One True Sentence #9 with Hideo Yanagisawa
Hideo Yanagisawa shares his choice for Hemingway's one true sentence, which comes from a letter to Charles Scribner about The Old Man and the Sea.
Paul Hendrickson on Hemingway's Boat, Pilar
We welcome aboard Paul Hendrickson for a discussion about his poignant book on Hemingway’s beloved Pilar, the best-selling Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost.
Hendrickson explores…
Mark Salter on How Hemingway Inspired Senator John McCain
We welcome Mark Salter, who served as Senator John McCain's advisor and speechwriter, to discuss the senator's lifelong passion for the works of Ernest Hemingway. From his first encounter with For Wh…
One True Sentence #8 with Elizabeth Strout
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Elizabeth Strout shares her one true sentence from Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place."
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on Their Hemingway Documentary
We celebrate the new PBS documentary Hemingway by discussing this historic three-part series with its directors, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
Our conversation covers Hemingway’s singular gifts as an ar…
Laura Godfrey on "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” is one of Hemingway’s greatest stories and one of his most controversial. Is the shocking death at the end of the story accidental manslaughter or cold-bloo…
One True Sentence #7 with Boris Vejdovsky
In this episode, Boris Vejdovsky's true sentence from Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain" leads to an illuminating and wide-ranging conversation on narrative voice, American identity, and the bravery of si…
Carol Armstrong on Paul Cézanne
Ernest Hemingway never acknowledged the influence of any artist in any medium more generously than that of the French painter Paul Cézanne. From the 1920s, Hemingway’s character Nick Adams “wanted to…
Ross K. Tangedal on Three Stories & Ten Poems
One True Podcast welcomes scholar Ross Tangedal for a spirited discussion about Hemingway’s 1923 publication, Three Stories & Ten Poems, including the incendiary early effort, “Up in Michigan.” Tange…
One True Sentence #6 with Paula McLain
Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and Love and Ruin, talks about her one true Hemingway sentence.
Adrian Sparks on Playing Papa
One True Podcast continues its exploration of Hemingway on film by welcoming the legendary actor Adrian Sparks to discuss his iconic portrayal of Hemingway in Papa: Hemingway in Cuba. This film, rel…
Suzanne del Gizzo on "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen"
Happy Holidays from One True Podcast!
Enjoy our first Holiday Spectacular as we ring in the season with Suzanne del Gizzo, scholar and editor of The Hemingway Review, to talk about Hemingway's decid…
One True Sentence #5 with Mark P. Ott
Mark P. Ott discusses his choice for Hemingway’s “one true sentence.”
Sandra Spanier and Miriam B. Mandel on the 1932-1934 Letters
Join us for an all-new One True Podcast as we welcome Sandra Spanier and Miriam B. Mandel to discuss the fifth volume of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway. The newest installment covers 1932 to 1934, w…
Robert K. Elder on Hemingway in Comics
One True Podcast welcomes Robert K. Elder, author of the entertaining and fascinating Hemingway in Comics. In this episode, we talk about how popular artists have depicted Hemingway across various cu…