In this episode, we travel to beautiful Southampton, New York and Stony Brook University’s Southampton Arts Building to speak with Kathleen Russo. Kathleen is the Co-Director of the Stony Brook University’s Podcasting Fellowship, which is the first fellowship in podcasting in the Nation. Kathleen also curates the Writer Speaks Wednesday Series and special events for the Summer Writers Conference at Stony Brook. In addition, she produces the podcast/radio show Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin (WNYC production). She has been a contributor to The Moth and This American Life. Past producing credits include: two movies with Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh (Gray’s Anatomy, And Everything Is Going Fine). Kathleen speaks with us about the development of the Fellowship, podcasting and even shares a story about how she started Alec Baldwin’s podcast. She is a fascinating person who has some amazing stories to share and we are so excited to have her on the podcast!!
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