Blog

Podcast Interview with Glen Stout & Jeremy Collins

By Matt Tullis   |  October 12, 2015
This episode of Gangrey: The Podcast features Glen Stout, long form editor of SB Nation and Jeremy Collins who was featured in this year's Best American Sports Writing.

Podcast Interview with Kim Cross and Karen Bender

By Matt Tullis   |  September 30, 2015
On this episode of Gangrey: The Podcast, Matt Tullis talks with Kim Cross, author of What Stands In a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm To Hit the South's Tornado Alley; and with fiction writer Karen Bender, author of the short story collection Refund, which is long-listed for a National Book Award. In "Required Reading," Dave Stark offers his thoughts on J.R. Moehringer’s The Tender Bar.

Podcast Interview with Tyler Cabot

By Matt Tullis   |  September 16, 2015
This week's episode features Tyler Cabot, an articles editor for Esquire Classic, which now includes access to every issue Esquire has ever published. Cabot talks about finding new ways to tell and sell stories. Plus, host Matt Tullis shares his nonfiction narrative "The Ghosts I Run With." And in Required Reading, freelance writer D. Rossi tells us why we should all read Brian Ives’ piece “How Bruce Springsteen Got His Groove Back."

Podcast Interview with Michael Graff

By Matt Tullis   |  June 17, 2015
Female skydivers, street races, and more in this edition of Gangrey the Podcast. Matt Tullis talks with Michael Graff, the editor of Charlotte Magazine and freelance writer for SB Nation Longform, Washingtonian Magazine, and Politico.

Podcast Interview with Mike Wilson

By Matt Tullis   |  June 8, 2015
Mike Wilson is finishing up his first few months as the new editor of the Dallas Morning News. He's also worked as an editor for ESPN and the St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay Times, fostering talented writers and reporters like Ben Montgomery, Michale Kruse, Kelley Benham French, and Pulitzer Prize winner Lane GeGregory.

Podcast Interview with Brooke Jarvis

By Matt Tullis   |  May 20, 2015
Matt Tullis interviews Brooke Jarvis, longform narrative and environmental journalist. Jarvis discusses recent stories about the oil industry in Ecuador and deep sea mining.

Podcast Interview with Brandon Sneed

By Matt Tullis   |  March 19, 2015
Brandon Sneed wrote the book "Behind the Drive: A Story of Passion, Dreams, Demons, and Highway 55, the World's Next Favorite Burger Joint."

Podcast Interview with David Giffels

By Matt Tullis   |  January 28, 2015
In this episode of Gangrey: The Podcast, Matt Tullis talks with David Giffels, former newspaper reporter and author of the book, The Hard Way on Purpose: Essays and Dispatches from the Rust Belt.

Podcast Interview with Vanessa Grigoriadis

By Matt Tullis   |  November 19, 2014
In this episode of Gangrey: The Podcast, Matt Tullis talks with Vanessa Grigoriadis, an award winning contributor for national magazines. She talks about pop culture, journalistic research and some of her recent articles.

Podcast Interview with Jackie Valley

By Matt Tullis   |  April 24, 2014
Jackie Valley is a reporter at the Las Vegas Sun. Just about one year ago, she published a seven-part series called “Grace Through Grief.” The series followed Arturo Martinez and his two young sons as they dealt with the brutal murder of their wife and daughter, their mother and sister.

Podcast Interview with Eva Holland

By Matt Tullis   |  April 17, 2014
Eva Holland's story "Chasing Alexander Supertramp" looks at the increasing number of people who make the pilgrimage to the bus where Christopher McCandless of Into the Wild Fame died. The hike to that bus includes a dangerous crossing of the Teklanika River in Alaska, and continues to strand hikers on a regular basis, and sometimes claim lives.

Podcast Interview with Ben Montgomery

By Matt Tullis   |  April 9, 2014
In this podcast, Matt Tullis talks with Ben Montgomery, enterprise reporter at the Tampa Bay Times and the author of Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail.

Podcast Interview with Wil S. Hylton

By Matt Tullis   |  March 13, 2014
Wil S. Hylton is the author of Vanished, about the modern-day search for one American bomber that crashed over the Pacific Islands during World War II. He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, and his work has been featured in Harpers, GQ, Esquire and Rolling Stone, among many others magazines.

Podcast Interview with Mike Sager

By Matt Tullis   |  February 17, 2014
Mike Sager is a bestselling author and award-winning reporter who has been called the beat poet of American journalism.

Podcast with Chris Jones

By Matt Tullis   |  January 22, 2014
On the most recent Gangrey: The Podcast, Matt Tullis interviews Chris Jones, writer-at-large for Esquire and back-page columnist for ESPN The Magazine.

Podcast with Michael Kruse

By Matt Tullis   |  January 7, 2014
On the most recent Gangrey: The Podcast, Matt Tullis talks with Michael Kruse, staff writer on the enterprise team at the Tampa Bay Times about his three-part series titled "The Last Voyage of the Bounty."

Podcast with Jeanne Marie Laskas

By Matt Tullis   |  November 26, 2013
On the most recent Gangrey: The Podcast, Matt Tullis talks with Jeanne Marie Laskas, a correspondent for GQ and the director of The Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh.

Podcast with John Woodrow Cox

By Matt Tullis   |  November 14, 2013
Matt Tullis interviews John Woodrow Cox about his feature stories, "Dispatches from Next Door," a series for the Floridian magazine.

Search and Research: A Discovery Process

October 31, 2013
In this presentation from the 2013 River Teeth Nonfiction Conference, Hope Edelman and Sonya Huber discuss "Search and Research: A Discovery Process," a conversation about research in essay and in memoir, how each writer approaches research, and techniques for researching.

Wright Thompson

By Matt Tullis   |  October 31, 2013
In this podcast, Matt Tullis talks with Wright Thompson, a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine.

Janet Reitman on "Jahar's World"

By Matt Tullis   |  October 8, 2013
In this podcast, Matt Tullis interviews Janet Reitman, contributing editor at Rolling Stone, about her story "Jahar's World," from the July 2013 issue of Rolling Stone.

Jason Fagone on "Has Carl June Found a Key to Fighting Cancer?"

By Matt Tullis   |  September 25, 2013
Matt Tullis interviews Jason Fagone, whose most recent story in Philadelphia magazine was about a cancer researcher who has found a way to treat leukemia using genetically modified T-cells.

Luke Dittrich and "The Prophet"

By Matt Tullis   |  August 25, 2013
In this podcast, Matt Tullis interviews Luke Dittrich about the story "The Prophet," published by Esquire.

Stephen Rodrick and "The Misfits"

By Matt Tullis   |  July 23, 2013
In this podcast, Matt Tullis interviews Stephen Rodrick about the cover story "The Misfits," also called "This is what happens when you cast Lindsay Lohan in your movie" on The New York Times Magazine online.

Brian Mockenhaupt and "The Living and the Dead"

By Matt Tullis   |  May 21, 2013
During the River Teeth Nonfiction Conference this weekend, Matt Tullis, Journalism and Digital Media professor at Ashland University, interviewed Brian Mockenhaupt about his Byliner.com article, "The Living and the Dead."

"The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever" Interview with Michael J. Mooney

By Matt Tullis   |  January 10, 2013
In this podcast, Matt Tullis, Journalism Professor at Ashland University, interviews Michael J. Mooney about his piece in D Magazine, "The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever," which has garnered attention as one of the best pieces of nonfiction in 2012.

Matt Tullis Interviews Justin Heckert About "The Girl Who Feels No Pain"

By Matt Tullis   |  December 13, 2012
Journalist Justin Heckert discusses his story "The Hazards of Growing Up Painlessly" with Ashland University journalism professor Matt Tullis in this podcast. Heckert's story chronicles the life of 13-year-old Ashlyn Blocker, who suffers from congenital insensitivity to pain.

"the ghosts i run with" (1)

ben montgomery (1)

brandon sneed (1)

brian ives (1)

brian mockenhaupt (1)

brooke jarvis (1)

chris jones (1)

cnf (7)

conference (19)

creative nonfiction (2)

d. rossi (1)

dan gable (1)

david giffels (1)

espn (1)

esquire (1)

eva holland (1)

gangrey (25)

glen stout (1)

grace through grief (1)

hope edelman (1)

interview (9)

jackie valley (1)

jahar's world (1)

janet reitman (1)

jason fagone (1)

jeanne marie laskas (1)

jeremy collins (1)

john woodrow cox (1)

journalism (7)

justin heckert (1)

karen bender (1)

kim cross (1)

last voyage of the bounty (1)

lindsay lohan (1)

literary journalism (5)

longform (1)

luke dittrich (1)

matt tullis (23)

michael graff (1)

michael j mooney (1)

michael kruse (1)

mike sager (1)

mike wilson (1)

nonfiction (15)

ny times (1)

podcast (27)

rolling stone (1)

sonya huber (3)

st petersburg (1)

stephen rodrick (1)

tampa bay times (2)

the canyons (1)

the misfits (1)

the prophet (1)

tyler cabot (1)

vanessa grigoriadis (1)

wil s. hylton (1)

wright thompson (1)

Tweets by @riverteeth