Plague Remedy Podcast

16/12/2025

🎙 New Episode of Story — Last of the Year

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It's a wrap! The Story podcast will be back with a new season on the 27th of January! Hear our reflections on the 2025 season, our recommendations, and even a few hints about what's to come in 2026. Love and peace to all!

09/12/2025

🎙 New Episode of Story — Out Now!

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Learning to Notice the World with Poet–Forager Richard Osmond
This week, I sit down with poet and professional forager Richard Osmond for a conversation that moves from hedge-rows to folklore, from medieval charms to modern branding, and from wild food to the art of paying attention.

Richard also reads from his collection 'Useful Verses' and 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' — including a poem about leprechauns and HTML.

🎧 Listen now on your favourite podcast app.

🔁 And if you enjoy the episode, please share it — it genuinely helps more people find the show.

02/12/2025

📚 Best of Story this week!

This week, we are revisiting one of our favourite episodes from January of 2025. (I know, it feels like a long time ago!)

'The Heart in Winter' was one of my favourite books this year.

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25/11/2025

📚 New Episode of Story!

What Makes Writing Human? Virtuoso Author David Means on Craft, Trauma, and America

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This week on Story, I sit down with the extraordinary writer David Means, whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and Esquire. His prose blends poetic precision with emotional depth, and our conversation goes everywhere — from the influence of poetry on fiction, to the Vietnam War, to AI, to what it means to write in (and about) America today.

We talk about:

• The challenge and beauty of the short story form
• Writing trauma, memory, and the Midwest
• What AI means for writers — and for readers
• Why authentic human storytelling still matters

🎧 Listen now on your favourite podcast platform — and if you enjoy the episode, please like, share, rate, and review. It makes a huge difference.

23/11/2025

It's with great sadness that I learned about the passing of Charles Coe. He was a friend of the podcast, and I hoped to see him in person when I was next in the Boston area.

But he has left so many good things in this world that we can remember him for -- poetry, music, his humour, and his spirit. Here, he dropped some serious wisdom on us in one of my favourite interviews I've done. May he rest in peace.

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11/11/2025

🎙️ New Episode of Story!!

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This week, I talk with novelist Lesley Glaister about her latest book, A Particular Man — a haunting, deeply humane novel that explores grief, love, and what remains after war.
We talk about --

• Writing through memory, loss, and change
• The aftermath of war and how it shapes fiction
• Moving between poetry, plays, and novels
• Why writing remains the most “real” work for her

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

04/11/2025

Oh, I am at death's door.! (Translation: I have a bad cold.)

Though I have tried to put up the Story's podcast Tuesday episode, I have collapsed on the floor! (Translation: I've been sleeping a lot.)

I'll put the episode up tomorrow. (Translation: I'll put the episode up tomorrow.)

In the meantime, don't forget last week's episode with Peter Heller, which I think is one of our best.

Podcast Episode · Plague Remedy Podcast · 29/10/2025 · 51m

29/10/2025

🎧 New Episode Alert!

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Don’t Plot, Listen: Best-Selling Author Peter Heller on Writing & Life

In this week’s episode of Story, I talk with Peter Heller, author of The Dog Stars, The River, and Burn — the first of which is being adapted for film by Ridley Scott.

We talk about:
• Writing without a plan and trusting the first line
• His time on a 'pirate' ship
• Poetry, adventure, and the rhythm of good sentences
• Why a writer's only job is to make sure 'it doesn't suck'

This is one for anyone who loves the wild, the world, or both.

🎙️ Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

23/10/2025

Just a reminder that this week's Story podcast features fascinating and insightful writer, musician, and painter Max Talley joins us to talk about reinvention, creative survival, and the darker side of the 1960s in his new novel Peace, Love and Haight.

The link is in the comments. If you like what you hear, please like, rate and review us, and subscribe if you can.

We're also in the middle of a fundraising drive to get better equipment and do some marketing to take Story to the next level, so if you'd prefer to make a one-off donation, the link to our GoFundMe is in the comments as well. Thanks for listening!

21/10/2025

📢 New Episode Alert! 🎙️

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🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Course Corrections: Author Max Talley on Endings and Beginnings and His New Novel

In this week’s episode of Story, writer, musician, and painter Max Talley joins us to talk about reinvention, creative survival, and the darker side of the 1960s in his new novel Peace, Love and Haight.

We dive into:
✨ The end of the hippie dream and what came after
🎨 Balancing music, painting, and writing
📚 How failure and resilience shape every artist’s path
🕊️ And why some stories, like lives, are all about course correction

13/10/2025

Thanks so much to everybody who's donated to the Story podcast's GoFundMe fundraiser so far (including anonymous donors we aren't able to thank directly). Thanks to you, we're slightly less than halfway to our goal. We've been able to consult with a tech expert, who advised us to change out pretty much all of our recording and editing software. Stephen is working with the new stuff now, and hopefully you will see the benefits of this soon. Hopefully this will include getting videos of the interviews up on YouTube.
We still need to accomplish several other things, including buy a new light and microphone and (hopefully) consult with a marketing expert to get ideas for how to get our name out there. Anything you can do with be more appreciated than we can say. Again, thank you so much.

Many of you know and have listened to our podcast, STORY, hosted by S… Christian Livermore needs your support for Help the STORY podcast get to the next level

07/10/2025

🚨🎧 New Episode Alert!

🎙️ The Honest Writer: Award-winning author Christine Sneed on Creative Survival

In this episode, Christine Sneed joins us for a thoughtful, funny, and honest conversation about the writing life — from the joy of creating to the challenges of staying inspired.

Christine talks about the art of storytelling, why empathy matters, and how she keeps her creative energy alive after decades in the literary world.

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