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Different ways of seeking truth

Different ways of seeking truth

Nadia Reiman on the process behind "This American Life," and Irvin Weathersby Jr.'s deeply personal approach to confronting history.
Nadia Reiman on telling stories of immigration for ‘This American Life’

Nadia Reiman on telling stories of immigration for ‘This American Life’

The reporter and editor for ‘TAL’ reflects on the show’s unique voice, as well as her own experience with immigration
The Craft of Memoir: Irvin Weathersby Jr. on truth-telling in a travelogue

The Craft of Memoir: Irvin Weathersby Jr. on truth-telling in a travelogue

‘The goal of art is to seek out something pure and true and to convey it.’ The author of ‘In Open Contempt’ on making sense of history and his own…
Putting the ‘I’ in storytelling

Putting the ‘I’ in storytelling

In reporting about psilocybin, Robert Sanchez reveals his own story. Plus: True Story Award, Roy Peter Clark, and the Liang-Zhou Nieman Fellowship
While reporting on magic mushrooms, a journalist tries microdosing and shares his own struggles

While reporting on magic mushrooms, a journalist tries microdosing and shares his own struggles

Robert Sanchez of 5280 magazine reports on experiments around psilocybin therapy, while also using first person to tell his own story
Remembering William Langewiesche

Remembering William Langewiesche

Plus: The Black List's Franklin Leonard on journalism and Hollywood, and finding stories ‘in the strange minutiae’
The Black List's Franklin Leonard on the power of 'Based on a true story' in Hollywood

The Black List’s Franklin Leonard on the power of ‘Based on a true story’ in Hollywood

The producer and founder reflects on 20 years of celebrating and supporting screenwriters, and how true stories become entertainment
'Random normies' bearing witness

‘Random normies’ bearing witness

Plus: Kent Babb on a daughter's struggle to connect with her father, and European Press Prize winners
How journalist Kent Babb used text messages to write about a daughter struggling to connect with her football star father

How journalist Kent Babb used text messages to write about a daughter struggling to connect with her football star father

The Washington Post reporter tells the story of Jaedan Brown, and her father Corwin Brown's mental illness potentially caused by CTE.
Reading the show notes for lessons on storytelling

Reading the show notes for lessons on storytelling

Tech reporter Drew Harwell on the Nieman Storyboard podcast, plus Paige Williams visits a historic New York City resting place