Sad Me of the Past

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 12: Josh Parkinson
Friday, February 14, 2025
Josh Parkinson reads a short story he wrote in high school. This absolute banger involves a fly, a car crash, and a response from the local authorities that you won’t see coming. Is it worth an hour of your time? We think so. It did win 3rd place in 1991.

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 11: Gina Welch
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
On this episode, we are joined by Gina Welch, award winning Castle Rock screenwriter.

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 10: Ada Zhang
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
On this episode we have Ada Zhang in the studio with us to share an early piece of work and discuss her journey to become a writer.

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 9: Lila Byock
Friday, November 8, 2024
Lila Byock stops by the studio to talk about her time writing for the acclaimed series Watchmen and her current projects.

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 8: Bret Anthony Johnson
Monday, October 7, 2024
Bret Anthony Johnston joins us in the studio to talk about his new book We Burn Daylight, his time as a graduate student at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and what he’s working on now.

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 7: Melissa Mogollon
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Melissa Mogollon stops by the studio to talk about her debut novel Oyé, her time as a graduate student at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and what she’s working on now. For her piece from the past, Mel shares a list she wrote during her time as a graduate student at the Workshop!

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 6: Joe Fassler
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
"I mean this book took me more than 10 years -- I started it while I was at Iowa!"

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 5: Nam Le
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
"There was a term that I heard somewhere used, just the other day, and she said "I'm in my gathering phase." Have you guys heard that? Is that a term of art over here?"

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 4: Dan Beachy-Quick
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
In today's podcast, poet and translator Dan Beachy-Quick talks with us about his early writing days, and his current Greek translations.

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 3: Carmen Maria Machado
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
"My godmother gave me stationary -- it was jungle themed stationary that had my name, it was customized -- and I would write stories and send them to publishers."

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 2: Rachel Yoder
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
In today's podcast, novelist Rachel Yoder discusses her wild experience adapting Nightbitch to a soon-to-be-released feature film starring Amy Adams.

Sad Me of the Past // Episode 1, Part 2: Vinnie Wilhelm + Dave Kajganich
Thursday, November 16, 2023
In part two of today's podcast, novelist and screenwriter Vinnie Wilhelm shares a section from a novel he wrote in high school, entitled "SPAM."