Podcasts by Switchback Podcast
Switchback is the literary magazine of the MFA in Writing program at the University of San Francisco. http://www.switchbackjournal.com
The Switchback podcast is a half-hour of wide-ranging conversation on all matters literary. And probably other matters, too. Also, it's not always a half-hour.
Look—it's a good podcast, you should listen to it.
Produced in collaboration with KUSF, University of San Francisco's online radio station: https://www.usfca.edu/kusf.
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Kelsey Ahlmark Inteviewed by Garrett Miller for Switchback from 2016-12-09T22:50:59
Graduates who can write and teach! From the USF MFA program in Writing. Kelsey Ahlmark is interviewed by Garrett Miller for Switchback on "Teaching Creative Writing in High school" and "Flash Non-F...
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Award-winning Author Nina Schuyler Talks about Her Book "The Translator" from 2016-10-23T13:46:05
Award-winning author Nina Schuyler talks about her wonderful book "The Translator" with Rafael Herrero for Switchback, the podcast and literary magazine for the MFA program in Writing at the Univer...
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Mike Massy is interviewed by Rafael Herrero for Switchback from 2016-09-30T20:56:06
Mike Massy talks about creativity, what helps, what gets the engines running, the strength to be found in diversity and what fears to get rid of. Meet the man and his art. His songs, his voice, hi...
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Brynn Saito Talks Poetry with Hays Berry for Switchback from 2016-09-07T21:50:07
The world is always better with poetry.. Listen to Brynn Saito talk about poetry in this wonderful interview with fellow poet Hays Berry. Let Brynn Saito read to you some of her poems and explain h...
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Brynn Saito Talks to Hays Berry About Her Poetry from 2016-09-06T21:53:51
The world is always better with poetry. Listen to Brynn Saito talk about poetry in this wonderful interview with fellow poet Hays Berry. Let Brynn Saito read to you some of her poems and explain ho...
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Higinio Serrano and Jose Villalba talk about their new book "Oddities: From Spain to Saturn." from 2016-08-28T06:49:38
Combining sci-fi and historical fiction? They've done it! Writing a book à duo? They've done that, too! Listen to Spanish authors Higinio Pérez and José Villalba talk about their new book "Oddities...
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How The French Invented Love with Marilyn Yalom from 2016-08-11T04:14:50
Marilyn Yalom talks about her fascinating book "How The French Invented Love." Travel with this erudite feminist professor from Stanford across the centuries through French literature and discover ...
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Guess What Episode 6 from 2016-08-06T18:50:07
Episode 6: "The One Where We Talk to A Paramedic. In this Episode we talk to a paramedic, an bakery owner, and a recently published author. Oh yeah, that's all the same person. But I guess no one ...
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Guess What #5:The One Where The Zodiac Killer's Son Shows Up, or I am Not My Father's Son from 2016-07-30T08:36:27
The One Were The Zodiac Killer's Son Shows Up, or I am Not My Father's Son, Our Interview With Gary Stewart." In this Episode, we talk to Gary Stewart, New York Times bestselling author, father, bu...
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Guess What #4: The One Where Kevin Bacon Doesn't Call In from 2016-07-22T18:55:49
In this Episode, we play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, talk about brewing beer, and some other stuff happens that no one cares about.
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Guess What Episode 3 from 2016-07-06T21:13:50
"The Art of Catfishing." In this episode, we talk about movies, rediscover Suicidal Tendencies, and catfish some creeps on Tinder.
USF English Graduates and Their Research on Craft from 2016-07-04T07:20:53
The FUNNEST and most informative craft essay talk show you'll ever listen to! Four English Graduates from USF talk about Craft: "An Attack on the Western Conventions of Plot," "The Seven Deadly Sin...
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Guess What Episode 2 from 2016-07-01T23:00:32
Episode 2: "Left facing train. Right facing train. Front facing train. Cat face." In this episode, we talk about Daniel's involvement in an illicit group-text feed, emojis, and our encounters with ...
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Garth Greenwell talks about his book "What Belongs To You" from 2016-06-19T17:13:52
Spend an hour with Garth Greenwell! Listen to him tell you the ins and outs of his book "What Belongs To You," declared a masterpiece by Edmund White. Get ready for a sizzling hour!
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Guess What Episode 1 from 2016-06-16T01:16:49
In the first episode of "Guess What? No One Cares", Daniel and Joe give away limited edition Poison tickets, talk about pixie sticks, porn, and outhouses.
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Using Humor in Your Writing with Dave Madden from 2016-06-15T00:40:48
Give your reader a laugh! For joy, for release, for relief or for therapy. How to do it? Award-winning author Dave Madden tells you how to do it!
More about Dave Madden at http://www.davem...
After The Parade with multilaureate Lori Ostlund from 2016-05-25T03:29:40
Award-winning author comments her book After The Parade. Advice on craft. Tragedy and humor, realism and nuance, dealing with difference... Lori Ostlund explains it all.
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Queer Literature: History and Possibility with K.M. Soehnlein from 2016-05-25T02:42:38
Take the plunge into "Queer Literature: History and Possibility" with award-winning author K.M. Soehnlein. Who's who, what, when, where in LGBTQI. Who wrote the best queer memoir? Who writes the be...
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Patterns Of Imagery with Catherine Brady from 2016-05-16T06:15:30
Enjoy this wonderful show with award-winning author Catherine Brady: Patterns of Imagery in Writing. Are images only things you can see? Can you smell an image? How does an image strengthen plot? H...
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Ten Tips For Growing Poets with Dean Rader from 2016-05-16T06:14:33
Professor Dean Rader of the University San Francisco English department shares some tips for growing poets.
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Poetry Panel with Stan O'Neill, Hays Berry, and Danielle Bero from 2016-05-15T18:56:07
Sci-Fi in Poetry? WTF?! Poetry written by poets to the fellow poets? What are they smokin'? Find out how to write great poetry on these topics with smokin'-hot poets Hays Berry, Stan O'Neill and Da...
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Revision Strategies with Catherine Brady from 2016-05-15T18:39:40
Problems with revision? Superwoman is here! Professor Catherine Brady to the rescue! Let this multilaureate writer share with you the secrets of revision that will take your manuscript to Pulitzer-...
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Poetry and Transcendental Roots with Virginia Barrett from 2016-05-15T18:11:05
Join us with Virginia Barrett, winner of the Acker Award for children’s literature in 2014. She will embark you on a journey to a world of poetry and oneness, communion with nature and self-resilie...
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Let's Talk Style with Nina Schuyler from 2016-04-14T00:00
Take a strut and flaunt your style down the writing runway with expert-stylist Nina Schuyler, award-winning author of The Translator and The Painting. Join the world of haute-couture in writing!
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Voices Of Color with Rose Heredia and Didi Anofienem from 2016-03-10T00:00
Didi Anofienem is a first year graduate student at USF. She is originally from Houston, TX, born to a Nigerian father and an African American mother. She chooses to identify herself as Black. She m...
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Editing and Literary Magazines with Jordan Serviss and Greg Poulos from 2016-02-25T00:00
Editor gods Greg Poulos and Jordan Serviss are on the air to speak about the editing world and literary magazines. WTF is editing? Are there different types? WTF is a literary magazine? What are th...
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The Personal Essay with Garrett Miller from 2016-02-19T00:00
Jump onto the magic carpet of personal essays with Garrett Miller — a voyage to self. The world of personal essays. He knows what he's talking about: he's an expert. The man to follow. What's his s...
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Food, Cooking, and Writing with Torie Ritchie from 2016-02-04T00:00
Do you like to eat great food while you write? Do you like to read about it? Munch your way into the world of writing about food with food-writing guru, Tori Ritchie. Listen up and Bon appetit!
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Interview with Best-Selling Author Jasmin Darznik from 2016-01-28T00:00
New York Times bestselling author and MFA Professor at USF Jasmin Darznik talks about her book "The Good Daughter" and her upcoming book "Sin". World premier: get the scoop on what her next bestsel...
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Creating Great Dialogue with Ian Jacoby from 2016-01-21T00:00
You said, "Gimme some tricks on writing great dialogue!" We heard you, so we dragged in our Switchback podcaster and MFA graduate Ian Jacoby to dazzle you with his insights on conversations on the ...
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#15: This Too Shall Pass from 2015-12-09T03:21:21
Ian and Greg are graduation soon, and so they come into the studio one last time to talk about—what else?—the art of the ending.
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#14: Of Enemies And Enmities from 2015-11-23T21:42:31
It's a full house for this episode of the Switchback podcast, as Greg, Ian, Melissa, and Rafael all pack into the studio to talk about enemies in and out of literature.
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Episode 13: Viva La Writing Group! from 2015-11-18T21:42:34
Greg is about to graduate, and he's worried about maintaining a community of writers post-graduation. He asks his fellow MFAers, Rose and Rafael, about their experiences in forming and running thei...
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Episode 12: Spooky Scary Halloween from 2015-11-12T22:52:14
It's just Ian and Greg this week, talking about SPOOKY SCARY STORIES. Listen to them discuss M.R. James, his five principles of ghost stories, and the difference between terror and horror. Later, I...
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Episode 11: Killing The Workshop from 2015-11-06T00:44:26
This week on the podcast, fellow Switchbacker Colter Ruland comes in to chat with Greg and Rafael about the MFA workshop -- and why it needs to die.
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Episode 10: 826 Valencia from 2015-10-25T04:13:12
On this episode of the Switchback podcast, fellow MFAer Alyssa comes in to talk with Ian and Greg about her experience working at 826 Valencia, a San Francisco non-profit "dedicated to helping chil...
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Episode 9: More Prize Talk from 2015-10-17T22:39:22
It's award season! The Man Booker prize was awarded to Jamaican author Marlon James, and the shortlists for the National Book Awards were announced. Your hosts talk about that for a little while.
Episode 8: Know Your Nobel from 2015-10-17T22:17:59
Ian, Greg, and Stan discuss the recent awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich. Then they debate how much we should care about literary prizes in the fir...
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Episode 7: Litquake 2015 from 2015-10-17T21:54:37
Anthony, a first-year poet in the program, joins Greg in the studio. The two hosts talk about the city of San Francisco, as well as Litquake, a literary festival that's taking place all throughout ...
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Episode 6: Interning at ZYZZYVA from 2015-10-10T18:31:09
Fellow MFAer Allison Rodriguez comes into the studio to talk with Ian and Greg about interning at ZYZZYVA, a literary magazine based in downtown San Francisco. You may have heard of it.
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Episode 5: Life After MFA: What Editors Do from 2015-09-30T20:25:17
What do editors at publishing houses do? Well, it depends on what kind of editor you're talking about. In the first of what are sure to be several episodes on the topic of Life After MFA, Ian and G...
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Episode 4: Fling! An Interview With Lily Iona Mackenzie from 2015-09-06T00:00
In this episode of the Switchback podcast, author Lily Iona Mackenzie comes into the studio to talk about her latest book, Fling!, released earlier this summer by Pen-L Publishing.
After r...
Episode 3: Taking A Cannon To The Canon from 2015-07-02T00:00
What book would you delete from the literary canon? What would you put in its place? Greg is wishy-washy about his choices, while Ian barrels straight ahead.
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