Wrote Podcast

About Wrote Podcast

Join Vance Bastian, SA Collins, and their guests in weekly podcast discussions about LGBTQ storytelling in all genres and mediums

Publisher

Vance Bastian

Category

arts · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

16 Oct 2020

Latest episode

6 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 354 episodes have a transcript.

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   6 Nov 2026

   S11Ep41: Steven Gellman Interview

   Steven Gellman shares his YA novel, Somewhere in Nowhere! We discuss teen anxiety, coming of age, writing real lived experience into fiction, and the mystery of 11:22. Steven highlights the importance of grounding fiction in observing life, and in found family being more important that he realized! https://hiddenpoet.com/ http://www.wrotepodcast.com/steven-gellman/

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   30 Oct 2026

   S11Ep40: Rob Loveless Interview

   Rob Loveless joins us with his latest novel, Besties in Crime! We discuss real friendships and breakups leading to writing this high-stakes thriller that encapsulates the in-jokes and banter of two friends caught in an impossible situation involving arson, burlesque shows, a dead ex, and mobsters! https://www.robloveless.com/ http://www.wrotepodcast.com/rob-loveless/

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   23 Oct 2026

   S11Ep39: Karen Edwards Interview

   Karen Edwards joins us to share her two memoirs and her foundation! We dive into My Kid's Gay & I'm Okay, and discuss her writing to help parents of queer children, then how it grew into her foundation to provide queer kids safety and education. We also discuss her memoir as a cancer survivor, I've Never Been Bald Before. Karen's a superhero and this is one interview you won't want to miss! https://www.mkgok.org/ http://www.wrotepodcast.com/karen-edwards/

Who has been a guest on Wrote Podcast

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

• Ross Mathews
• Wellinthon Garcia-Mathews
• Sven Davisson
• Bill Hulseman
• Michael G Williams

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

148,121

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

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

Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

84

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Books guests

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