Uncorking a Story Podcast

Uncorking a Story Podcast The Uncorking a Story podcast features fun and insightful interviews with bestselling authors, award

10/06/2026

"At the time, I thought my life was over. This is just too massive a loss."

Ellen Holtzman, psychologist and author of Bouncing Back: How Women Lose & Find Themselves in Marriage & Divorce, says the end of her marriage turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to her. It sent her back to school and gave her a whole new identity. Listen to our full conversation on Uncorking a Story, out now.

09/29/2026

Is it real? Is it AI? Is it a hoax? 🤔 Actor, writer and Second City alum Sal Amato says the loudest voices online rarely know what they're talking about, and that's the world his new political sci-fi thriller, Hidden Powers: Disclosure from Within, drops you into.

Our full conversation is out now on Uncorking a Story: Second City, the rumored 1954 Eisenhower meeting, and finishing a book through grief. 🍷📖

09/22/2026

Compassion for the past, even in a judgmental age. Debut author Dena Schusterman talks about writing her memoir Stories Carry and choosing empathy over judgment — watch the full conversation on Uncorking a Story.

09/15/2026

Stuck on a scene? writes two storylines at once, and when one stalls, she hops to the other until the first one unblocks itself. 🧵

Hear the full conversation about The Cafe of Infinite Doors on Uncorking a Story: https://uncorkingastory.com/episodes/zara-marielle

Writers: want to share your story on the show? DM us.

08/04/2026

Nikki Mammano stood at the bottom of the mountain and thought the top was a million miles away. She didn't look up — she just kept stepping. There is beauty in this world and it is there for all of us.

Her memoir Breaking Good is one of the most raw, honest books I've read. Full conversation on the podcast now.

🎧 https://youtu.be/yZ3h4HWVEqU

Follow Nikki: .mammano.3 | nikkimammano.com

07/28/2026

"Imagine who he can influence. Imagine the lives he can touch."

Jim Carlon spent 18 months writing *Keeping the Faith* — and he says if it reignites the spark in just one person, it was all worth it.

That's the kind of conviction that moves people. This clip hit me hard.

Watch the full conversation: https://youtu.be/Y78wvkzquPc
Get the book: https://amzn.to/4vR8Ba8

07/23/2026

The best love stories don't always start with someone else.

Julee Balko wrote Square Hearts as a second-chance romance with a twist — one where a woman falls back in love with herself as much as she falls in love with another person.

That hit different. New episode of Uncorking a Story is live now.

Listen/watch: https://uncorkingastory.com/episodes/julee-balko-2

Tag: Julee Balko, author

07/16/2026

It took Jenn Bouchard two and a half years to write her first novel. Her second took six months. Her third — also six months.

She didn't quit her day job. She didn't get an MFA. She just proved to herself she could finish — and everything opened up from there.

Jenn's new novel Palms on the Cape is a Cape Cod friends-to-lovers romance set in a beach bar near Mayflower Beach. It's out now from Black Rose Writing.

Watch the full episode of Uncorking a Story: https://youtu.be/R_ZeHfg0KQk

Jenn Bouchard

07/10/2026

What if the most important guardrail for AI isn't a line of code — but a history of cooperation?

"Every AI agent has to have a happy history of growing up and cooperating with humans. That has got to be the guardrail." — Dr. Peter Solomon

In our latest conversation, physicist and author Dr. Peter Solomon makes a compelling case: an AI that has never experienced positive collaboration with humans has no reason to protect us. It needs what he calls "happy history" — a database of cooperative, caring relationships — before we hand it the keys.

Peter's book, 12 Years to AI Singularity, imagines what happens when that guardrail fails. He now thinks we might have 1.2 years, not 12.

🎥 Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/qLkQeRoe__Q

Connect with Peter: 🌐 100YearsToExtinction.com 📸 100 Years to Extinction

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