Paul Harding: A New Way To Think About Writing | How I Write
I interviewed Paul Harding, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his very first novel Tinkers. Unlike most novelists, he’s not really interested in plots, and only halfway interested in characte...
11 Juni 20251h 28min
Steven Pinker: Harvard Professor Explains The Rules of Writing | How I Write
I’m here at Harvard in the office of Steven Pinker. He’s written nine books and spent his life studying language, cognition, and writing. In this interview, we started with the practical: the rules of...
4 Juni 202543min
Ezra Klein: The Case Against Writing With AI | How I Write
Ezra Klein is one of the internet’s most influential journalists. He co-founded Vox in 2014, and it was there he really pioneered this new era of online journalism. Remember those Vox explainer videos...
28 Maj 202555min
Eric Roth: The Screenwriter Behind Forrest Gump and Dune | How I Write
Dune. Forrest Gump. Benjamin Button. Eric Roth wrote all of them. He’s been nominated for seven Oscars and won Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump. I got the chance to ask him about how you find ...
21 Maj 20251h 35min
Michael Jamin: The Hollywood Sitcom Writer | How I Write
Michael Jamin has been writing Hollywood sitcoms for 28 years on shows like King of the Hill and Beavis and Butt-Head. Unlike most comedy writers, he’s not focused on punchlines, he’s more focused on ...
14 Maj 20251h 23min
Dean Koontz: 120 novels published. 500 million copies sold. | How I Write
Dean Koontz has written over 100 books and sold more than 500 million copies, making him one of the best-selling authors of all time. I visited Dean at his home and personal library to understand what...
7 Maj 20251h 47min
Johann Hari: The Obsessive Research Method | How I Write
The world isn’t made of atoms, it’s made of stories. I’ve never heard anyone speak so deeply about interviewing. Johann Hari has written four books, and for each one he travels the globe to record hun...
30 Apr 20251h 14min
Will Storr: The Science of Storytelling | How I Write
Will Storr has written 7 books and he’s basically a scientist for storytelling. Now you might be thinking: Do we really need another storytelling guy? But Will is different. That's because he doesn...
23 Apr 20251h 7min
