fiction/non/fiction

fiction/non/fiction

Hosted by Whitney Terrell and VV Ganeshananthan and Christian Barter and Jennifer Maritza McCauley · fiction/non/fiction

4.8from 94 ratings

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90Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
363
Episodes
34
Transcribed
94
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2017
First episode
23K
YouTube views

About fiction/non/fiction

Hosted by Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan, fiction/non/fiction interprets current events through the lens of literature, and features conversations with writers of all stripes, from novelists and poets to journalists and essayists.

Publisher
fiction/non/fiction
Category
arts · news
Language
en
Explicit
Yes
First episode
5 Oct 2017
Latest episode
8 Oct 2026
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Latest episodes

34 of 363 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    S9 Ep. 51 T. Geronimo Johnson on Atlanta, White Supremacy, and The Occidental Book of the Dead

  2. 1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    S9 Ep. 50 James Richardson on Within the Hour: Poems and Aphorisms, 1971-2026

  3. 24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    S9 Ep. 49 Sam A. Miller on YouTube Storytelling and Choosing Science Fiction

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S9 Ep. 51 T. Geronimo Johnson on Atlanta, White Supremacy, and The Occidental Book of the Dead

Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And like the book itself, he's got many secrets. So could you just introduce us to this main character first and talk about what's motivating him, at least in the beginning of the book? Well, I guess the first thing to say is that he wants to build a better life. He is at the point as a young adult where he thinks he can do so by becoming a police officer. It's a government job. There's a pension. He wants to escape where he's come from. He wants to live in the suburbs. He's from a pretty rough neighborhood in town. And he is aspirational. He's very, very aspirational, right, socially and economically. […]

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  • T Geronimo Johnson
  • James Richardson
  • Sam A Miller
  • Emily McBride
  • Robert Moor

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YouTube views
22,823
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.9 / 5
83 ratings
Spotify
4.3 / 5
11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 90 / 100

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94
Social presence
94
YouTube
76
Engagement
92

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Whitney Terrell and VV Ganeshananthan and Christian Barter and Jennifer Maritza McCauley host the show. Published by fiction/non/fiction.

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