Quid Prose Quo is a cozy, lo-fi writing podcast where indie authors C. K. Jensen and D. C. Wynters leverage their love of academia to improve their creative writing practices, and bring you the same benefits, regardless of your experience levels in writing and academia. You can find your hosts at: D. C. Wynters: @dcwynters, www.dcwynters.com C. K. Jensen: @ckjensenauthor, www.ckjensenauthor.com And on the NEW Quid Prose Quo Community Discord: https://discord.gg/9KEdkAQQTP!! Quid Prose Quo is hosted on Substack: <br/><br/><a href="https://ckjensenauthor.substack.com/s/quid-prose-quo?utm_medium=podcast">ckjensenauthor.substack.com</a>
Quid Prose Quo
Claim This Podcastby C. K. Jensen, D. C. Wynters
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Quid Prose Quo is a cozy, lo-fi writing podcast where indie authors C. K. Jensen and D. C. Wynters leverage their love of academia to improve their creative writing practices, and bring you the same benefits, regardless of your experience levels in writing and academia. You can find your hosts at: D. C. Wynters: @dcwynters, www.dcwynters.com C. K. Jensen: @ckjensenauthor, www.ckjensenauthor.com And on the NEW Quid Prose Quo Community Discord: https://discord.gg/9KEdkAQQTP!! Quid Prose Quo is hosted on Substack: <br/><br/><a href="https://ckjensenauthor.substack.com/s/quid-prose-quo?utm_medium=podcast">ckjensenauthor.substack.com</a>
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October 10, 2025
Episode 119- Speculative Fiction Politics Round Table feat. Will Cornell
<p>As our course on politics and speculative fiction draws to a close, we talk with author Will Cornell about how the intersection of politics and speculative fiction should and does impact our writing. We discuss how the "why" behind your writing intersects with politics and what it means to publish.This is our last episode before our yearly hiatus! Thank you so much for listening to Quid Prose Quo this year and we'll see you in 2026!Will Cornell can be found on Instagram @willcornell_author. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/willcornell_author/">https://www.instagram.com/willcornell_author/</a></p><p></p><p>If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! </p><p>First, leave a rating to help us grow!</p><p>Second, join our <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/9KEdkAQQTP">Community Discord</a>!</p><p>Second, follow us on social media: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/quidprosequo/">Instagram</a> or <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/quidprosequo/">Facebook</a>!</p><p>Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!</p><p>C. K. Jensen is a self-published author currently in the query trenches for their next book. Their work focuses on fairy tale retellings and queer stories.They would talk about writing all day every day with everyone if they could, but they can’t, so they run this podcast instead. You can find them at <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/9KEdkAQQTP">ckjensenauthor.com</a>, or on any social media @ckjensenauthor.</p><p>D. C. Wynters is a speculative fiction author and astrophysics PhD student from the Pacific Northwest. His work blends the thematic concern of literary fiction with the entertainment value of genre fiction. He and his wife enjoy playing games, watching movies, and composing music together. You can find him at <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/9KEdkAQQTP">dcwynters.com</a><a target="_blank" href="http://dcwynters.com"> </a>or on Instagram @dcwynters.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://ckjensenauthor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">ckjensenauthor.substack.com/subscribe</a>
September 19, 2025
Episode 118- Self-Censorship and the Politics of Speculative Fiction
<p>Have you ever stopped yourself from writing what you wanted to write? In this episode, Zac and Rin discuss Ursula Le Guin's "The Stalin in the Soul" and what warnings it holds for writers. We discuss how capitalism and culture influence decisions about what we write and how we publish.We want to read your comments on the show! If you have a response to one of our homework assignments you want to share, send it to <a target="_blank" href="mailto:quidprosequo@gmail.com">quidprosequo@gmail.com</a> and we'd love to read it at the top of the show!</p><p>Our sponsor today: Blue Caterpillar Consulting! Check them out at <a target="_blank" href="http://ckjensenauthor.com/bcc">ckjensenauthor.com/bcc</a> or email them <a target="_blank" href="mailto:bluecaterpillarconsulting@gmail.com">bluecaterpillarconsulting@gmail.com</a> </p><p>Further Reading:Le Guin, Ursula K. “The Stalin in the Soul.” Essay. In The Language of The Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy. New York: Scribner, 2024.</p><p>If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! </p><p>First, leave a rating to help us grow!</p><p>Second, join our <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/9KEdkAQQTP">Community Discord</a>!</p><p>Second, follow us on social media: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/quidprosequo/">Instagram</a> or <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/quidprosequo/">Facebook</a>!</p><p>Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!</p><p>C. K. Jensen is a self-published author currently in the query trenches for their next book. Their work focuses on fairy tale retellings and queer stories.They would talk about writing all day every day with everyone if they could, but they can’t, so they run this podcast instead. You can find them at <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/9KEdkAQQTP">ckjensenauthor.com</a>, or on any social media @ckjensenauthor.</p><p>D. C. Wynters is a speculative fiction author and astrophysics PhD student from the Pacific Northwest. His work blends the thematic concern of literary fiction with the entertainment value of genre fiction. He and his wife enjoy playing games, watching movies, and composing music together. You can find him at <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/9KEdkAQQTP">dcwynters.com</a><a target="_blank" href="http://dcwynters.com"> </a>or on Instagram @dcwynters.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://ckjensenauthor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">ckjensenauthor.substack.com/subscribe</a>
September 5, 2025
Episode 117 - Politics of Speculative Fiction Curation and Censorship
<p>Agents are censoring authors! Cancel culture has gone too far! These are common refrains these days, wherever you stand in the political landscape. In this episode, Zac and Rin discuss how institutions and networks curate the political content of books and what that means for writers.We want to read your comments on the show! If you have a response to one of our homework assignments you want to share, send it to <a target="_blank" href="http://ckjensenauthor.com/bcc">quidprosequo@gmail.com</a> and we'd love to read it at the top of the show!Our sponsor today: Blue Caterpillar Consulting! Check them out at <a target="_blank" href="http://ckjensenauthor.com/bcc">ckjensenauthor.com/bcc</a> or email them <a target="_blank" href="http://ckjensenauthor.com/bcc">bluecaterpillarconsulting@gmail.com</a></p><p>Further Reading:Chen, Meng-Shi. “Ethics of Curating.” Curatography, June 30, 2025. <a target="_blank" href="http://ckjensenauthor.com/bcc">https://curatography.org/5-3-en/</a>. Martinon, Jean-Paul. Curating As Ethics. University of Minnesota Press, 2020. Olney, M.S. “The Impact of ‘Woke’ on Creativity and Fantasy.” EPIC Indie, June 25, 2025. <a target="_blank" href="http://ckjensenauthor.com/bcc">https://epicindie.substack.com/p/the-impact-of-woke-on-creativity</a>.</p><p></p><p>If you liked the show, here’s a few things you can do to support us! </p><p>First, leave a rating to help us grow!</p><p>Second, join our <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/9KEdkAQQTP">Community Discord</a>!</p><p>Second, follow us on social media: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/quidprosequo/">Instagram</a> or <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/quidprosequo/">Facebook</a>!</p><p>Third, check out our hosts and show them some love!</p><p>C. K. Jensen is a self-published author currently in the query trenches for their next book. Their work focuses on fairy tale retellings and queer stories.They would talk about writing all day every day with everyone if they could, but they can’t, so they run this podcast instead. You can find them at <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/9KEdkAQQTP">ckjensenauthor.com</a>, or on any social media @ckjensenauthor.</p><p>D. C. Wynters is a speculative fiction author and astrophysics PhD student from the Pacific Northwest. His work blends the thematic concern of literary fiction with the entertainment value of genre fiction. He and his wife enjoy playing games, watching movies, and composing music together. You can find him at <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/9KEdkAQQTP">dcwynters.com</a><a target="_blank" href="http://dcwynters.com"> </a>or on Instagram @dcwynters.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://ckjensenauthor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">ckjensenauthor.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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