People Who Do Things

About People Who Do Things

Join hosts John H. Matthews (Runt, Designated Survivor) and Laura Buchwald for conversations with creators, including authors, screenwriters, musicians, playwrights and more, as well as chats between the hosts about the basics of writing, inspiration, getting over writer's block, and more.

Publisher

John H. Matthews and Laura Buchwald

Category

arts · music · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Dec 2021

Latest episode

14 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

44 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Jun 2026

   44. Drastic Changes with guest Claudia Zuluaga

   We welcome back Claudia Zuluaga, author of Fort Starlight, to another episode to discuss making drastic changes to your manuscript when you are almost near the end, as well as other writing topics

2. 

   5 May 2026

   43. Motivation and Trilogies

   Laura and John talk about staying motivated to write and how to pick up where you left off, as well as completing trilogies and where to go from there.

3. 

   18 Dec 2025

   42. Reading and Writing

   Laura and John discuss Laura's newly released novel, The Book of Reservations, the pressures of writing the final book in a trilogy, and how reading helps you write (and admitting Stephen King was right).

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

34 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 26 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

21

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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