The Central Question Podcast
The Central Question podcast, hosted by Sean Prentiss and Jessica Hendry Nelson, presents conversations with some of today's most talented writers of creative nonfiction. Each episode features one writer from Advanced Creative Nonfiction's anthology discussing their work through the lens of a single chapter from the textbook. These podcast episodes provide dynamic supplementary material to each chapter and/or anthology reading, deepening and extending the ideas in the book. They also illuminate on their own, exploring today’s most exciting ideas in creative nonfiction with prominent contemporary practitioners
Episode 1: Austin Bunn and Chapter 2, Genre and Veracity
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Episode 2: Harrison Candelaria Fletcher and Chapter 3, The Central Question
Episode 3: Sarah Minor and Chapter 4, Form and Topic Interplay
Episode 4: Xu Xi and Chapter 4, Form and Topic Interplay
Episode 5: Kristen Millares Young and Chapter 7, Narrative Energy
Episode 6: Ira Sukrungruang and Chapter 9, The Active Mind
Episode 7: Peter Grandbois and Chapter 10, The Human, the Writer and the Narrator
Episode 8: Sean Prentiss and Chapter 10, The Human, The Writer, the Narrator
Episode 9: Kathy Fish and Chapter 11, Soundscapes
Episode 10: Vijay Seshardri and Chapter 11, Soundscapes
Episode 11: Abigail Thomas and Chapter 11, Soundscapes
Episode 12: Sean Prentiss and Chapter 12, Phenomenal Truths
Episode 13: Margot Singer and Chapter 13, Embracing Uncertainty Jonathan
Episode 14: Jonathan Rovner and Chapter 14, Ethics and Credibility
Episode 15: Brooke Juliet Wonders and Chapter 14, Ethics and Credibility
Major Jackson and Chapter 15, Re-envisioning