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
173: Birds Will Be Birds
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Christopher Blackwell. Chris is 42 and serving a 45-year prison sentence in Washington. Chris’s story came to us through writer and Chris’s mentor, Jamie Be…
00:18:33 |
Wed 07 Feb 2024
172: How to Start a New Job
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Sumitra Mattai. Sumitra is a writer and textile designer based in New York City. She holds a BFA in Textile Design from the Rhode Island School of Design an…
00:17:18 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
171: Can You Find Humor in Addiction?
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Maxine Poupko, a semi-retired nurse, long-time student of Writing Class Radio, and hilarious person. Maxine is a master at writing humor and writing the tru…
00:19:17 |
Wed 10 Jan 2024
170: Here's Why I Resolve to Fail More
Today on our show we’re talking about the writing process and how getting rejected is just part of the fun. After our own Andrea Askowitz takes a class on rejection taught by Elissa Bassist, she deve…
00:19:28 |
Wed 27 Dec 2023
169: My Brother's in Prison. Could I Have Done More?
Today on our show, we’re talking about structure and planting seeds. You’ll hear a story by Claire Tak called The Unopened Letter. Claire is a freelance writer and editor living in Denver. She has a …
00:25:22 |
Wed 13 Dec 2023
168: How to Write about Life When Everyday Is a Reminder of Death?
Today on our show, 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 gives readers the feeli…
00:16:29 |
Wed 29 Nov 2023
167: Even Though I'm Judging You, Don't Judge Me for Being a Chopper Mom
Today on our show, we’re talking about writing with personality and being vulnerable. And when we say vulnerable, we mean including the hard things, good and bad, about ourselves. You’ll hear a story…
00:19:18 |
Wed 15 Nov 2023
166: The Most Unique Essay We've Ever Aired
Today on our show, we bring you 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 several Best of 2…
00:12:13 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
165: A Psychiatric Hospital Nearly Ruined My Life
This episode is about how to write a near perfect essay. The story was written by Banning Lyon who writes about a harrowing childhood experience in a psychiatric ward. His essay was previously publis…
00:29:49 |
Wed 18 Oct 2023
164: Can We Live on Through Our Writing?
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Amy Paturel, which is a great example of how to write about someone else while still including the narrator in a big way. Paturel incorporates her husband’s…
00:20:03 |
Wed 04 Oct 2023
163: Letters to My Son in Prison – Why Writing Matters.
On this episode, we bring you a story by Ken Guidroz. Ken’s story shows us the importance of writing and sharing stories, especially with people we either don’t understand or who don’t understand us.…
00:22:12 |
Wed 20 Sep 2023
162: Do As I Say Not As I Do
On this episode, you’ll hear a story by our own Allison Langer. You may have read her story in HuffPost, where she was published on Jan 16, 2023. The story ran with this title: People Say I'm A Grief…
00:18:59 |
Wed 06 Sep 2023
161: You Look Great BECAUSE You’ve Aged
On this episode, we bring you a story by our own Andrea Askowitz. A version of this essay was published April 2023 on CNN and titled What Justine Bateman Gets Exactly Right About Beauty. You’ll hear …
00:19:07 |
Wed 23 Aug 2023
160: Cliches Saved My Life
Today on our show, we bring you a story by student Emily Henderson. The story is called Cliches Saved My Life. The whole story is 354 words. It’s a lesson in going huge by going small. It’s also insp…
00:12:57 |
Wed 09 Aug 2023
159: Rash Decisions
Today on our show, we bring you a story by student Kim Costigan. Kim wrote this story while on our December 2022 writing retreat in Key Largo. This story crushed us and made us love Kim even more. Wh…
00:20:25 |
Wed 26 Jul 2023
158: My Dead Mother Brings My Sister and Me Together Once a Year
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Maxine Poupko. Maxine’s story is a great example of character development, showing the tiny details in a complex relationship, and bringing the reader into …
00:17:13 |
Wed 12 Jul 2023
157: I’m the Black Crayon Nobody Wants
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Corey Devon Arthur. Corey has served 25 years on a life sentence for robbery and murder and is currently housed at Otisville Correctional Institution in New…
00:24:36 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
156: Outsourcing My Orgasm
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Jenny Powers. Jenny is a New York-based freelance reporter. She writes for HuffPost, The Cut, Business Insider, Fortune, and more. She is working on a memoi…
00:25:41 |
Wed 14 Jun 2023
155: Every Word Matters
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Laurie Eynon. This story is a behind-the-scenes Jeopardy! audition revealed and a good lesson in how every word matters. And the voice of the narrator is am…
00:16:47 |
Wed 31 May 2023
154: Are Thin People Allowed To Write About Weight?
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Sari Botton. Sari’s story is a great example of how to tell a story that encompasses your whole life. It is also a great example of how to end a story while…
00:32:16 |
Wed 17 May 2023
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