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
30: How to Write Your True Story with Joyce Maynard
The format for this episode is a little different. Today we’re bringing you a guest teacher, because we think it’s smart to get different perspectives. Joyce Maynard is one of Andrea’s favorite teach…
00:23:42 |
Fri 19 May 2017
29: Can You Hear Me if I Can't Hear You?
This episode is about connecting through writing. It’s also about the job of storytellers to bring us into their world. New student, Nilsa Rivera, tells a story about her fear of isolation, which ste…
00:26:06 |
Fri 21 Apr 2017
28: Who Has Time?
Get ready folks, Allison and Andrea are hosting this episode together: an episode about time. Student Allison Langer is obsessed with the lack of time she has lately. So, in class teacher, Andrea Ask…
00:29:27 |
Thu 23 Mar 2017
27: When Is It Okay to Bullshit?
Lies seem to be the new norm in our world. There’s probably a bumper sticker that says Lies Are the New Truth. Great bumper sticker, but it has Andrea Askowitz totally freaked out. Andrea is the teac…
00:24:49 |
Fri 03 Mar 2017
26: Writing is Therapy
This episode looks at writing as therapy. We look at writing as a way to understand these things we carry: secrets, pain, and shame.
Allison Langer, a student in the class, is the host of this epis…
00:31:45 |
Wed 15 Feb 2017
25: A Time I Fucked Up Part 2
We picked two winners of our first annual writing contest. Listeners responded to the prompt: A Time I Fucked Up. We got tons of submissions revealing your major fuck ups and tons revealing your litt…
00:11:13 |
Wed 01 Feb 2017
24: A Time I FUCKED Up
This is the prompt we threw out to listeners for our first annual writing contest. Listeners wrote in with lots of crazy and sad and funny stories. One of our winners was Melissa Vincel, who wrote an…
00:20:35 |
Wed 11 Jan 2017
23: I Fart, You Fart, We All Fart and Most of Us Deny It.
Allison Langer is a student in the class and the host on this episode of Writing Class Radio. She shares all the reasons why writing class is so much fun. FUN-- a theme chosen because life has gotten…
00:24:21 |
Wed 14 Dec 2016
22: Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes Feels Impossible Right Now
Andrea Askowitz is the host of this episode. She talks about how writing a good story and understanding the results of this presidential election require a mammoth effort in understanding someone els…
00:30:40 |
Wed 23 Nov 2016
21: How To Tell Your Inappropriate Story: Live Show with Ann Randolph
Writing Class Radio goes live to the stage. This episode is part live show, part interview with star of our show, the award-winning, solo-performer, Ann Randolph. Allison Langer is our host.
This e…
01:14:59 |
Fri 28 Oct 2016
20: Where Do I Go From Here?
This episode is about those moments in life when you have no idea how you got here, whether to stay or go, or where to go next.
Allison Langer, student in the class and host for this episode, asks …
00:32:06 |
Fri 09 Sep 2016
19: I'm Obsessed with Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, Steve Almond, and my Spin Instructor
This episode is about obsessions.
Andrea Askowitz, the teacher of the class speaks to Allison Langer, co-producer and student in the class. They discuss what she learned from the Tim Ferriss podcas…
00:26:39 |
Wed 24 Aug 2016
18: Who is Jahn Dope? From H.S. Football Star to Homeless Man to the Great Philip Sylverin
This episode is about self destruction.
Jahn Dope, one of the students in our class, reads his story, Dark Matter. Jahn’s story begins after he overdoses on LSD after a crazy night of drinking and …
00:30:24 |
Wed 03 Aug 2016
17: Circuit Boys, Gym Rats, Papi Chulos, Fashion Queens, Bears...Which One Are You?
This episode explores perspective, how sometimes it takes years to figure out that something you did or thought was totally fucked up.
Bo tells his story about getting blocked from a 1-900 gay hotl…
00:19:48 |
Tue 19 Jul 2016
16: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone...Where the Magic Happens.
This episode explores the different zones we live in: comfort zone, stretch zone and panic zone. Allison talks about her experience at dinner with new friends and how she complained the entire night.…
00:29:44 |
Thu 30 Jun 2016
15: Dear Listener
This episode explores the epistolary form, which is just a snobby way to say stories written in the form of a letter. Andrea Askowitz starts with a letter written to her from her best friend in high …
00:22:20 |
Tue 14 Jun 2016
14: Taboo: Fat, Fuck, Masturbation
In this episode, we discuss what is taboo. Is it a word, a topic? Is it the same for everyone? We learn why we need to talk about things considered taboo, and when to actually write taboo words inste…
00:22:37 |
Sun 29 May 2016
13: Rejection Sucks. Why Do We Put Ourselves Out There?
In this episode, student and co-producer Allison Langer puts herself out there in writing and in love. The first story she tells was submitted to Modern Love, a column in the New York Times. Allison’…
00:26:29 |
Tue 17 May 2016
12: Emotional Hangover. Those Times When You Feel You Told too Much.
Have you ever told a story or shared a secret and regretted it? Like you wake up the next morning and you’re like ew, why’d I say that? And then you want to vomit? Today we’re talking about telling s…
00:18:41 |
Sun 01 May 2016
11: Words Matter: Student Missy Shares Words with her Hero Elizabeth Gilbert
The words we say to each other and ourselves shape our lives. One of Andrea’s favorite writing tenets is: Make every word count. In today’s episode we learn that every word counts in life also. This …
00:26:22 |
Mon 25 Apr 2016
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