Write About Now

About Write About Now

Write About Now features in-depth interviews with successful writers of all types and stripes—journalists, screenwriters, novelists, ghostwriters, and more. Host, Jonathan Small, takes a deep dive into how writers master their craft, offering tips, inspiration, and laughs for both aspiring and professional scribes.

Publisher

Jonathan Small

Category

arts · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Nov 2021

Latest episode

15 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

18 of 150 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Meet the Guys Behind Magazine Advice Columns

   Host Jon interviews former male advice columnists Andrew Postman and Ky Henderson about their experiences crafting magazine advice and navigating the changing media landscape.

2. 

   26 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How This Writer Found Freedom in a Tell-All Memoir

   Courtney Kocak grew up a small-town girl in Jackson, Minnesota, dreaming of becoming an actress. But her path to Hollywood led through some unexpected territory: seven weeks on the Girls Gone Wild tour, abusive relationships, an abortion, and eventually OnlyFans. During that time, she also became a celebrated writer, podcaster, and teacher. It's all laid bare in her new memoir, Girl Gone Wild (https://amzn.to/4sG5GAA), which chronicles how she transformed experiences she thought defined her shame into a writing career built on radical honesty. In our juicy conversation we talk about: Witnessing the exploitation tactics on the Girls Gone Wild bus Raising over $32,000 for Black Lives Matter by offering topless photos to donors How you can be an exhibitionist but not an extrovert Writing dick reviews on OnlyFans as a creative writing exercise The difference between sexploitation and empowerment when it comes to monetizing your looks

3. 

   2 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   A Hip Hop Historian on the Records That Started It All

   Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop Won't Stop, joins the pod to reminisce about when hip hop moved from park jams to mainstream America in the 1980s. From "Rapper's Delight" to Run-DMC's crossover moment to Rakim changing the flow entirely and Public Enemy making it political, Jeff breaks down the turning points. We revisit the so-called golden era debate, why the 80s deserve more respect, and our nomintations for the best rappers of this time. For more content like this, subscribe to Small Talk Wanna go to Gen X Con? Sign up  (http://genxcon.com/)

Inside a recent episode

Meet the Guys Behind Magazine Advice Columns

Published 15 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] There'd be eight or 10 of them. Some were, you know, more, uh, Wildcats than others. Some were in steady relationships. Some were more down on themselves. Some drank more somewhere in New York, different industries. And I would rely on them once I would, I wouldn't want it just to be my view of things. […]

Who has been a guest on Write About Now

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

• Andrew Postman
• Ky Henderson
• Samuel Marquis
• Jane Pratt
• Hampton Sides

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

17,443,796

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

164 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100

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

Quality

93

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

95

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