writing class radio
Writing Class Radio is for people who love true, personal stories and want to learn how to write their own stories. There's no better way to understand ourselves and each other than by writing and telling our stories. Everyone has a story. What's yours?
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 212
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
212: Summer Echoes: My Abortion at 11 Wasn’t a Choice. It Was My Life
We flashback to the final story in a 7-part series in support of reproductive rights. The stories in the series were told live on stage in front of 400 people at Temple Beth Am in Miami, Florida on S…
00:21:55 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
211: Summer Echoes: Is It Rape If You Were Blackout Drunk?
Andrea and Allison continue their sabbatical and have left behind some of their favorites.
00:18:34 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
210: Summer Echoes: Birds Will Be Birds
We look back on a story by Christopher Blackwell. Chris is 42 and serving a 45-year prison sentence in Washington. Chris’ story came to us through writer and Chris’s mentor, Jamie Beth Cohen. This e…
00:18:50 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
209: Summer Echoes: How to Write about Life When Everyday Is a Reminder of Death?
Originally published in November of 2023, we are talking about hot topic/cold prose and when and why to write in the present tense vs. past. The story we share is written in the present tense, which …
00:16:28 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
208: Summer Echoes: The Most Unique Essay We've Ever Aired
Today we continue the Summer Echoes Series with a story by Kimberly Elkins. Kimberly is the author of the novel, WHAT IS VISIBLE, which was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and named to s…
00:12:19 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
207: Summer Echoes: A Psychiatric Hospital Nearly Ruined My Life
This is the first in a series of our favourite episodes that will be re-shared throughout the summer of 2025.
00:30:01 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
206: Does Anyone Care About Saving Fossil Creek? Learn How Your Writing Can Build Trust
Today we bring you another story told live on stage at the Flagstaff Festival of Science in September 2024. This story is by Dr. Jane Marks. Her story is called Saving Fossil Creek. What's cool about…
00:26:34 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
205: How Are Jumping Rope and Tornadoes Related? A Braided Essay
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Andrea Askowitz called A Numbers Game. This story was previously published in Memoirland, a curated compilation of the week’s best personal essays on the in…
00:21:33 |
Wed 07 May 2025
204: I Wish I Had Been Nicer to You Before You Died
On this episode, we’re going to talk about using the letter form (epistolary) and specifically not telegraphing. If you don’t know what telegraphing is, don’t worry. You will after you hear our discu…
00:28:13 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
203: I Lied About My Birth Experience. Writing Helped Me Work Out My Sh*t and Get to the Truth.
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Rachel Perse, who had severe anxiety after giving birth to her first child, but pretended she was having the time of her life. She tells her important story…
00:32:00 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
202: When Anxiety is a Superpower
Today we bring you another story told live on stage at the Flagstaff Festival of Science in September 2024. This story is by Emma Lathrop and is about her anxiety. This quality she thought was hinder…
00:18:11 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
201: What Can You Learn by Watching How Trees Recover from Fire?
Today we bring you a story told live at the Flagstaff Festival of Science in September 2024. We’re talking about making a connection from your personal life to what we study. We’re also talking about…
00:20:22 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
200: When is a Gift More than a Gift?
Today on our show, we are re-running a story by Emily Henderson titled After Our Son Died, My Husband Gave Me The Most Meaningful Christmas Gift Of My Life. Emily workshopped this essay in our Final …
00:20:41 |
Wed 25 Dec 2024
199: The Passing of Sorrow
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Dana Shavin, who submitted her essay to the podcast. When it came in, we were blown away. The writing is so smart and well-crafted. In this episode, we talk…
00:20:02 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
198: Why Do We Love Stories That Remind Us of Ourselves?
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Her story was so relatable, that we realized sometimes we choose stories so we can just talk about ourselves. And that’s just what we …
00:19:11 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
197: Shut the F*ck up, Please
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Sarena Neyman. Sarena is in Allison’s 2nd Draft class, which contains writers who come together to share a draft of their essay and receive feedback from th…
00:16:07 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
196: My Abortion at 11 Wasn’t a Choice. It Was My Life
This is the final story in a 7-part series in support of reproductive rights. On election day, Floridians will have the opportunity to vote Yes on 4 to get rid of a near-total abortion ban and reins…
00:21:57 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
195: Florida’s Abortion Law Almost Killed My Wife
This is the sixth story in a 7-part series in support of reproductive rights. On election day, Floridians will have the opportunity to vote Yes on 4 to get rid of a near-total abortion ban and reins…
00:19:40 |
Wed 23 Oct 2024
194: A Physician's Duty
This is the fifth story in a 7-part series in support of reproductive rights. On election day, Floridians will have the opportunity to vote Yes on 4 to get rid of a near-total abortion ban and reins…
00:17:15 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
193: Another Try at a Better Life
This is the fourth story in a 7-part series in support of reproductive rights. On election day, Floridians will have the opportunity to vote Yes on 4 to get rid of a near-total abortion ban and rein…
00:19:59 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
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