Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley

About Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley

Finding the Throughline: Conversations about the Creative Process invites you into the minds of writers and other creatives as they open up about their process, their doubts, and what kinds of changes they’re thinking about making. The questions are mildly invasive, honestly, and the answers are unvarnished…and so refreshing! Whether your creative work is writing, painting, making music, parenting, or simply living, Finding the Throughline can help you get—and stay—inspired. Invigorated, even. For detailed show notes on each interview, visit katehanley.substack.com. And if you’d like to hear these interviews in one ad-free episode (as opposed to broken up into three shorter episodes with a few ads sprinkled in to keep the lights on), become a paid subscriber once you’re there. .

Publisher

Kate Hanley

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Aug 2019

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

252 of 1,289 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   [Deesha Philyaw, practical matters]: Making the leap from writing as a hobby, to a way to pay the bills, to a major career Ep 1290

   Host Kate Hanley interviews author Deesha Philyaw about her journey from hobbyist writer to award-winning author, revealing strategies for financial success and creative persistence.

2. 

   21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Six writers share how they get their writing done Ep 1289

   Host Kate Hanley interviews Allegra Goodman, Octavia Randolph, Eric J. Dolan, Sheree L. Greer, Susan Scarf Merrell, and Daisy Florin about their individual strategies for getting writing done.

3. 

   31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Six writers share how they stay inspired Ep 1288

   Host Kate Hanley interviews six diverse writers, including Christine Chitnis and Lisa See, about what truly inspires their writing process.

Inside a recent episode

[Deesha Philyaw, practical matters]: Making the leap from writing as a hobby, to a way to pay the bills, to a major career Ep 1290

Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Yeah, so it was initially... something I did as a hobby. And then I thought, I think I really do want to pursue this and started going to writing conferences and things like that. And then in around 2005, I got divorced and I thought, well, I got to make a living now. And there's nothing else I want to do. I want to do this. I want to tell stories. I want to write stories. And I got to figure out a way to make a living at this because, you know, very few people, if any, are getting rich. I mean, unless you're JK Rowling or Stephen King. Not everybody's getting rich doing this. So I had to figure out how to make it work. […]

Who has been a guest on Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Deesha Philyaw
• Allegra Goodman
• Octavia Randolph
• Eric J Dolan
• Sheree L Greer

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

103 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

30 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

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Quality

96

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

96

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