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
192: A Letter to My Son About His Abortion
This is the third 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…
00:15:26 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
191: The Shade of Our Grandmothers’ Trees.
This is the second 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…
00:18:07 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
190: Then and Now and Back to Then
Today, we are starting a new series in support of reproductive rights–specifically Yes on 4 here in Florida to get rid of a near-total abortion ban and reinstate the liberties under Roe v. Wade.
T…
00:26:24 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Our Abortion Stories: Seven Storytellers on Heartbreak, Health, and Hope
On September 18, 2024, we are launching a new series in support of a family’s reproductive rights--specifically Yes on 4 here in Florida to get rid of a near abortion ban and reinstate the liberties …
00:06:15 |
Fri 13 Sep 2024
189: I Found Connection Through a Tattoo of a Bee
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Jennifer Sizeland, who lives in Manchester, England. Her story, I found connection through a tattoo of a bee is a great example of situation and story. It’…
00:14:31 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
188: Making Room for Hope after My Daughter Died
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Farida Taha. Farida writes about losing her daughter to cancer and how she’s moving forward. We talk a lot about loss on our podcast, because writing is how…
00:18:12 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
187: How I Lost My Husband But Gained a Bigger Family
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Sarena Neyman. Sarena is in Allison’s 2nd Draft class, which is made up of writers who come together to share a draft of their essay and receive feedback fr…
00:19:13 |
Wed 07 Aug 2024
186: Something Beautiful Happened When I Shared My Writing with My Family
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Janet Funk. Janet writes about her experience sharing an essay she wrote with her family prior to submitting for publication to. The essay was about the hor…
00:17:12 |
Wed 24 Jul 2024
185: Am I Turning into My Mother
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Bonnie Shor, who we call Blee. Blee has been a student of Writing Class Radio for two years. We love the shit out of her. Listen to what she told us: I took…
00:21:44 |
Wed 10 Jul 2024
184: Just Tell Us How it Went Down
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Alison Colwell. At age 8, Alison was responsible for making sure her mother’s epileptic seizure didn’t kill her. In this essay, Alison takes us to a moment …
00:14:40 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
183: If You Don’t Want to Know, Don’t Snoop on Your Daughter’s Instagram Account
This episode focuses on how to tell a story out loud. In May 2024, our own Andrea Askowitz made her way to a Moth storytelling competition and for the 15th time (over nine years), dropped her name in…
00:23:24 |
Wed 12 Jun 2024
182: A Story is Like a Thesis. You Gotta Make Your Point.
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Emma Lathrop, a PhD student at The Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS) at Northern Arizona University (NAU). Emma’s story is about proving your…
00:19:13 |
Wed 29 May 2024
181: What Do I Do if I Have Nothing Left to Write About?
Today on our show, we bring you a story by our own Allison Langer. Her essay is called My Mom And I Fought For 55 Years. Now Battling My Son Is Making Me Rethink Everything, which was originally publ…
00:21:13 |
Wed 15 May 2024
180: The Forest Raised Me Better than My Father
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Darby Bergl, a PhD student at The Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS) at Northern Arizona University (NAU). Her story is about resilience and s…
00:18:22 |
Wed 01 May 2024
179: How to Use Science to Create an Emotional Connection to Place.
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Keven Griffen, a PhD student at The Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS) at Northern Arizona University (NAU). Her story uses science to underst…
00:19:27 |
Wed 17 Apr 2024
178: Is it Rape if You Were Blackout Drunk?
Today on our show we bring you a story by Morgan Sutton that embodies everything a story should embody. The story uses no extra words; the narrator looks inside herself; and the story matters to the …
00:18:15 |
Wed 03 Apr 2024
177: How to See Beauty in Small Things
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Jasmine Anenberg, a PhD student at The Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS) at Northern Arizona University (NAU). Her story is about losing a fr…
00:22:33 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
176: Flying Home or Someplace Better
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Jennifer Byrne, who conjures the courage to leave her husband after she's faced with removing a bird that flew into her house. Her story is an excellent exa…
00:19:48 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
175: Fighting Fire with Aspen and Birch
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Nick Link, a PhD student in the Mack Lab and part of the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS) at Northern Arizona University. His story was orig…
00:19:54 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
174: For the Love of Science
Happy Valentine’s Day. Today on our show, we bring you a story that was originally performed on stage at the Flagstaff Festival of Science in October 2023. This was a Collaboration with The Center fo…
00:24:51 |
Wed 14 Feb 2024
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