Best Megan Goodwin Podcasts (2025)

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America Is a White Christian Nationalist Project, With Religion Dispatches Editor Megan Goodwin 42:45

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Megan Goodwin is senior editor for Religion Dispatches, nerd-in-chief at Feral Nerd Consulting, and media & tech consultant for The Crossroads Project. Goodwin is the author of Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions (Rutgers 2020). With Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, she cohosted Keeping It 101: A Killjoy’s…

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Building communities in the age of AI, with Samantha Goodwin, Headstar - a specialist finance recruitment consultancy 11:35

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Our final guest of the day at marketingSHOWCASE Leeds is Samantha Goodwin, Senior Marketing Manager at Headstar, a specialist finance recruitment consultancy. We dig into another area of AI, looking at the importance of communities As a one-person marketing department, she runs everything including their website, LinkedIn, working with their PR age…

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Exploring the gap between access and expertise in the age of AI, with Rosie from Squire Patton Boggs 17:12

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Our second live episode at marketingSHOWCASE in Leeds is with Rosie Macdonald, from Law firm Squire Patton Boggs. She joins us to explore the impact of AI on marketing. They discussed the very on-point question about AI - is it going to take over our jobs, or is it going to make out lives easier? Get the lowdown on marketingSHOWCASE and our forthco…

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Why B2B marketing needs to be personable, with Megan Brink, the Harworth Group 11:52

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Megan is the Marketing Campaigns Manager at Harworth Group, one of the UK's leading land and property regeneration companies. She spoke to James about how we look at how people are at the heart of every business and what that means for marketers, including the importance of building an avatar. Get the lowdown on marketingSHOWCASE and our forthcomin…

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The Critical Importance of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court Election, With Garen Meguerian 59:34

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Garen Meguerian is a civil rights, free speech lawyer, with 30 years of experience, practicing in the state and federal courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Since 2016, Garen has volunteered with grassroots groups, primarily in Chester County, to preserve democratic institutions. He joins us today to raise the alarm about the threats against Penn…

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The Normalization of Book Banning in the United States, With PEN America’s Sabrina Baêta 25:37

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“In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country. Never before have so many states passed laws or regulations to facilitate the banning of books, including bans on specific titles statewide. Ne…

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Importance of sustainability in marketing 13:46

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How to become a one person marketing machine 12:16

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Challenges of purpose-driven communications on digital platforms where memes and more extreme content garner the most attention 17:08

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The History of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in America, with Bill Mullen and Christopher Vials 42:05

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On this week's episode of The Signal I welcome two guests: Bill V. Mullen, Professor of English and American Studies at Purdue University and Christopher Vials, an Associate Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, where he also serves as Director of American Studies. Together they co-edited the book The U.S. Anti-Fascism Reader. Toda…

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Editor-in-Chief Cyril Mychalejko on The Beacon in Turbulant Times 43:34

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Cyril Mychalejko is the Editor-in-Chief of the Bucks County Beacon. He has over two decades of journalistic experience. His work has appeared in The Bucks County Courier Times, The Intelligencer, Upside Down World, Common Dreams, TruthOut, and other publications. Today, Cyril joins The Signal as a guest to reflect on the week that Charlie Kirk was …

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Season 5 Finale 26:42

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Tim and Art recap their highlights of Season 5, from the outstanding guests and friends of the show to the lessons learned, before looking ahead to Season 6 and beyond. While Tim and Art are on hiatus (returning in early October), feel free to contact them at [email protected]. Tim and Art are always here to support you on your wri…

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REFILL: Genre and Prompts 3:20

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Tim discusses how he uses prompts to keep his creativity flowing, then proposes a way to use genre (especially genres you don't usually visit) to spark new story ideas. Feel free to share your thoughts with us at [email protected]. Tim and Art are always happy to get the conversation started.…

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An Interview with Megan Michelle 49:25

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Tim and Art welcome into the corner booth Megan Michelle, author of the debut novel Skylark. Megan Michelle's stories blend the raw emotions of military life, the strength of feminism, and the passion of forbidden love. Her stories invite you to dive deep into the hearts of women who don't just survive—they thrive, reclaiming their power and rewrit…

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REFILL: Inspiration and "The Gunner's Story" 9:05

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Art discusses the elusive sources of "inspiration" in our work, reading a long lost story fragment into the record as an object lesson in how the thing that inspires you might not be the thing you ultimately end up writing about. Feel free to share your thoughts with us at [email protected]. Tim and Art are always happy to get the …

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Journalist Jordan Green on Why the Neo-Nazi Movement Is an Escalating Threat to U.S. Democracy 24:53

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Jordan Green is an investigative correspondent based in Greensboro, N.C., who covers right-wing extremism for Raw Story. His work has been featured in a host of publications, including the Washington Post, The Daily Beast, The Nation, In These Times and Sojourners. Today he joins us to talk about his recent article in The Assembly “I’ve Seen How th…

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The future of search, with Ben Foster, CEO, The SEO Works 11:07

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Ben is the CEO OF The SEO Works, an exhibitor and speaker at marketingSHOWCASE. His company are digital experts who offer paid search, paid social , and getting customers to clients. He spoke to James about how marketing has become more personalised and tailored to the customer and how marketing tools can change, but good marketing is understanding…

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Big changes in content and search with Claire Daniels, CEO, Trio Media 14:50

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Claire is the CEO of Trio Media, a website and performance marketing agency, and holds a seminar at marketingSHOWCASE - 49 killer performance marketing tips that actually work. As well as discussing an idea of a bingo-style call for the 49 tips (they can never get through all 49 so direct attendees to the e-book for the rest) Claire spoke to James …

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Why We Write...Pretty Much Hot Tubs 36:15

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Tim and Art discuss why they write and it has only a little to do with hot tubs! Join Tim and Art in the corner booth as they reveal why it is essential to articulate your personal "why," how that has changed over time, and what that knowledge can do to energize your current work. Feel free to share your thoughts with us at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop…

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REFILL: Understanding Why You Write 6:42

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Art explores the value in understanding "why" we want to write fiction, how that "why" can change over time, and how this knowledge can improve our overall quality. Feel free to share your thoughts with us at [email protected]. Tim and Art are always happy to get the conversation started.…

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An Interview with Nick Peck 32:08

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Tim and Art welcome into the corner booth Nick Peck, a 24 year-old California native and award-winning journalist, to discuss his debut novel "Only Way Out" available here. Tim and Art discuss how Nick's mining of his own emotional story made the novel feeling "easy" to write. Feel free to share your thoughts with us at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gma…

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Fighting to Finally Raise the Minimum Wage in Pennsylvania – A Conversation With State Rep. Roni Green 20:57

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State Rep. Roni Green’s professional life has been about helping people climb out of poverty and fighting for working class families. She began her career serving the people as a human services caseworker with the Glendale County Assistance Office, working for nearly two decades to ensure that Philadelphia’s most vulnerable residents have access to…

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REFILL: How to Write a Short Story 5:01

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Art presents a straightforward, 3-stage approach for writing a short story (Start, Say Something, Finish) that can lower those mental barriers and simplify the work of getting that magical first draft out of your head. Feel free to share your thoughts with us at [email protected]. Tim and Art are always happy to get the conversatio…

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Ideation, frameworks and AI research boards with Tom Maskill, COO at Webmart 3:11

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Tom Maskill is the CCO at Webmart, a sustainable marketing agency. he spoke to Alix King about the normality of AI, how Webmart have recently introduced their first AI policy - which includes which AI tools they use, how they use AI to communicate to clients and recipients of their marketing campaigns. He also spoke about the importance of how they…

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How AI takes the stress out of trips, with Ted at DotDigital 1:58

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Alix King spoke to Ted at DotDigital about HIS personal use of AI, especially for itineraries for trips - where he's going, what he wants to eat, and things he wants to see and do. AI then puts together an efficient way of pulling all these elements together. Simple! Alix of course also spoke to Ted about DotDigital's use of AI; how they use it for…

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Trust, ethics and autocues with Jon Mowat, founder of The Hurricane Group 4:12

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Jon spoke to Alix King that as a video maker, he has been using tools that aren't real for years (CGI, photoshop, cartoon) but fictional human beings instead of a real peeson is where he draws the line. Jon went on to say that If your personal brand uses AI to have conversations with customers; that's not you, or your personal brand, and it's speak…

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AI for personalisation with Attila Csak, Conversational Marketing Expert at Leadoo Marketing Technologies 1:59

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Attila spoke to Alix King about how AI has improved businesses - and marketing. They discussed how marketers have become familiar with using day-to-day AI, from the inception of regular AI in 2023, to ChatGPT being used by people daily in 2024. In March 2025 it was announced that there were a BILLION daily queries for ChatGPT, that personalisation …

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Curious about AI, with Alicia Torres, Senior Marketing Manager, Force24 3:07

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Alicia Torres is the Senior Marketing Manager at Force24. She spoke to Alix King about the dreaded subject of AI and if it makes you a lazy marketer or if it benefits business... Alicia spoke about how much is too much, and how she would never choose to use something to do a job that she could not do herself - and everything tech and tools is a bal…

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Glass half full marketing, with Rae Dixon, Brand Manager at Gattaca 8:20

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Rae is the Senior Brand Manager at Gattaca, one of the top companies that finds talent for the STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics) industries. Rae spoke to Alix about the power of POSITIVE marketing, not focusing on the negative. And if marketing reaches everything, from the bread we buy to the holidays we take: why don't we mak…

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Celebrating Your Wins 37:55

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Tim shares his perspective on publishing in his dream lit mag a whopping three times! Tim and Art discuss the best ways for Tim to revisit his novel to jump-start his progress. Then, Art teases thoughts about his latest ghostwriting opportunity and how satisfying it is to make money from creative writing. Feel free to share your thoughts with us at…

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Fibre, relationships and dolphins with Andrew, Marketing Director at the Elevate Group 10:07

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Andrew is the Group Marketing Director at Elevate, a business connectivity and network provider. He has worked both agency and client side and has a whole load of experience in the industry. He spoke to James about keeping businesses going with network connectivity, building awareness on internet connections, going against the 'big boy' household n…

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Key words, conversations and trust issues with Hayley from Hayley Bonnick Marketing 10:24

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Hayley runs a marketing agency, helping B2B businesses grow. She spoke to James about her work that includes content marketing, SEO, email marketing and how she has worked with digital agencies, the healthcare industry and manufacturing among others. They discussed the future of B2B email marketing and how it still gets the best return, especially …

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Record deals, footie and consistency, with Barnaby Crawshaw, Marketing Manager, PAL Hire. 8:42

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Barnaby is Marketing Manager at PAL Hire, the 'Deliveroo of construction equipment' - instead of going to different suppliers, construction companies use them as the 'middle man'. He spoke to James about his target audience, the challenges because they are busy on site or busy in the office - and how he has to make sure that they are constantly vis…

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Entertainment, story telling and sound with Emma Bilardi, Founder, inthemixr.co.uk 13:21

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Emma works in the backstage and entertainment space and speaks about how important the 'behind the scenes' operations is, from sound rentals, production designers and green screens. Emma told James about the technical aspects of events, PR, and product marketing for REALLY specified companies that offer event items (the mic that Kurt Cobain used, t…

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Bitesize, the Euros and Transformations, with Dan Morehead, Head of SEO at Channel 4 8:25

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James spoke to Dan about legacy broadcasting, going digital first and a rebuild of just about everything for the channel... Dan shared about launching the first ever streaming app in the UK, putting SEO at the forefront of the build for a streaming site, and working with everyone from the press, marketing team, editorial and UX - then engineers and…

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Buying vans, leads and AI, with Jon Dytor, Head of Digital, Close Brothers Merchant Bank 12:36

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James spoke to Jon about lead generation for merchant banking, gaining leads for the banking teams - and the complexities of targeting the companies who need money lending for specific reasons. Jon also spoke about the challenges of the strict guidelines, and ensuring that they have to provide the risks, the 'negative' aspects as well as selling a …

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Playing with AI (or A up!) and marketing inspiration - with Richard, CEO, The Marketing Optimist 10:42

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The Marketing Optimist is a digital marketing agency in Leeds - and Richard's team were exhibitors at marketingSHOWCASE Manchester. Richard spoke to James about the different facets of marketing, how many are becoming bored of AI, and how users need to decide if they're using is at a toy or taking it seriously - use it as a positive tool and for in…

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REFILL: Creating With Lists 3:43

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Tim sets aside a couple of moments to share his thoughts on using lists to spur creative thought and maybe jump start another piece. Feel free to share your thoughts with us at [email protected]. Tim and Art are always happy to get the conversation started.By Tim Goodwin

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Video MADE the radio star, with Ross Sterne, SUSU Media 9:42

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Ross is the Video Production Manager of SUSU Media, part of Southampton University. They provide video content for businesses and charities, but also hold video marketing consultation for those still hesitant to dip their toes in the video pool. Ross spoke to Alix about not being scared of video, and that his mission is to show people that video is…

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Content, PR and ponies with Nicky Rudd, Padua Communications 10:28

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Nicky runs a communication agency in the New Forest that offers PR, strategic marketing, project management and content creation. She spoke to Alix about offering all comms or one type of comms, the variety of their work and clients they work for - from working with for a data analytics company building their podcast, website, video case studies an…

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Association and affiliation with Lee-Ann, from Affiverse 6:41

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Lee-Ann spoke to Alix about affiliate performance marketing and how it is good for small budgets, how she loves it because its relationship-led. Lee-Ann explains all about how the affiliation relationship works, how brands can benefit from each other and even get a kickback from it... Listen to the episode for more on affiliate marketing! Get the l…

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Expressing yourself with marketing, Kordelia, marketing apprentice at Shoots Training 5:53

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Kordelia spoke to Alix about spending her time thinking of different psychological ways of how to engage with an audience. She shared how there is too much pressure for further education and how she knows that an apprenticeship is correct for her. She talks about apprenticeships giving here more creative freedom - and how she loves ChatGPT! Listen …

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Property and no monotony , with Jennie Fundell from White & Sons 8:07

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Jennie spoke to Alix about working on newspapers and falling into property marketing... She spoke about being a one person team, the diversity of the property business and the misconception that the marketing is for the buyers, but Jennie's main job is marketing the business to get people to sell their houses with them. Listen to the episode to hea…

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Life-altering decisions, with Jade Arnell from Marketing Rebels 6:48

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Jade spoke to Alix about her incredible journey, from owning a marketing agency, to receiving a life-changing diagnosis, then being so bored she started up another agency providing marketing training, career mentoring, and corporate upskilling that actually works! From apprenticeships to marketing, Jade discusses why she needed to combine the two..…

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GA4, SEO, Google Ads and more with Becky Woods, Cavendish Consulting 8:35

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Becky spoke to Alix about her role as digital account director and explains how easy and useful it is to have Google Analytics on your website. They had a conversation about how in-depth GA4 can be - from seeing why people land on that webpage, why they visit and why they might be leaving. Listen to the episode to see why your website should have G…

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Clever content strategy with becky Coote, Words 'N' Stuff 10:14

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Becky spoke to Alix about her journey from social media writing to copywriting for all clients, her variety in subjects - and writing marketing one day and finance the next... They spoke about how researching is half the job (or most of it!) and if that's done correctly, the words just flow. Listen to the podcast to find out about how many drafts B…

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Photojournalist Michael Nigro on Documenting History as It Happens 26:37

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Photojournalist Michael Nigro reported a piece for the Bucks County Beacon earlier this month from the streets of Los Angeles which were turned into a war zone after Trump sent in the National Guard and Marines to quash anti-ICE protests. He was actually shot in the head with nonlethal bullet by police, though thankfully he was wearing a helmet. Th…

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Writing for Screens Both Big and Small (featuring Cat Hammons) 45:47

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Tim and Art wlecome "Friend of the Show" screenwriter Cat Hammons back to the corner booth to discuss writing for screens big and small, using AI as a writing assistant, and the importance of keeping the reader/audience in mind when developing your stories. Feel free to share your thoughts with us at [email protected]. Tim and Art …

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REFILL: On Writing Prompts (featuring Bethany Jarmul) 5:08

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"Friend of the Show" Bethany Jarmul slides into the corner booth to offer her own Refill episode on writing prompts. Bethany breaks down what makes a good writing prompt, why prompts can help, where to find them, and how to use them in creating your best work. Feel free to share your thoughts with us at [email protected]. Tim and A…

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What the Heck Was this Podcast? 57:22

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In which we reflect on five years and 100+ episodes, and then we say goodbye. As always, check out keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network.By Profs. Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst and Megan Goodwin