A Good Story Well Told

Jonathan Auxier and Matt Bird
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A podcast about the craft of storytelling. Join authors Jonathan Auxier and Matt Bird as they dig up good stories to discover how their authors told them well … and how those same tricks and tools can help us all in our own writing

  1. Guilty Treasures: Girls Just Want to Have Fun, with Grace Lin

    6D AGO

    Guilty Treasures: Girls Just Want to Have Fun, with Grace Lin

    Can a quickie movie adaptation of a song, which didn't even have the rights to use Cyndi Lauper's version, actually be a good movie?? Superstar author Grace Lin makes the case, and Jonathan and Matt are here for it!

    1h 4m
  2. Guilty Treasures: Hook, with Lindsay Eagar

    JAN 29

    Guilty Treasures: Hook, with Lindsay Eagar

    We welcome our first ever guest, Lindsay Eager, to make the case for Hook, Steven Spielberg's 1991 movie about a grown-up Peter Pan! Will she be able to convince us that it's unfairly maligned?

    1h 16m
  3. Guilty Treasures: Real Steel

    JAN 15

    Guilty Treasures: Real Steel

    We continue our Guilty Treasures series, where we (or guests) make the case for critically maligned works! This episode, can Jonathan convince Matt of the value of the Hugh Jackman robot-boxing movie Real Steel?

    1h 15m
  4. Guilty Treasures: The Scorpion King

    JAN 1

    Guilty Treasures: The Scorpion King

    The second season begins! This season, Matt, Jonathan, and guests will be extolling the virtues of commercially unsuccessful or critically derided works, so Matt gets things going by making the case for The Rock's 2002 starring debut The Scorpion King. Will Jonathan see the hidden value?

    1 hr
  5. Bonus Episode: KPop Demon Hunters

    08/28/2025

    Bonus Episode: KPop Demon Hunters

    We wrap up our first season with a bonus episode discussing KPop Demon Hunters and various things we've meant to discuss over the course of the season! Season 2 coming soon!

    1h 5m
  6. Shame Shelf: Anne of Green Gables

    08/14/2025

    Shame Shelf: Anne of Green Gables

    Matt got Jonathan to read a candidate for Great American Novel, so now Jonathan makes Matt read what might be the Great Canadian Novel, Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. Will Matt embrace his neighbors to the north?

    1h 3m
  7. Shame Shelf: Beloved

    07/24/2025

    Shame Shelf: Beloved

    Matt finally gets Jonathan to read the most acclaimed American novel of the last 50 years, Toni Morrison's Beloved, a deadly serious book about slavery but also a thrilling ghost story and a tender romance. Will Jonathan be won over?

    58 min
  8. Shame Shelf: Kill Bill

    07/10/2025

    Shame Shelf: Kill Bill

    Jonathan gets Matt to finally (and reluctantly) watch Kill Bill, Volumes 1 and 2. Will Matt fall in love, or will he feel entirely different emotions?

    1h 22m
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A podcast about the craft of storytelling. Join authors Jonathan Auxier and Matt Bird as they dig up good stories to discover how their authors told them well … and how those same tricks and tools can help us all in our own writing

Information

  • Creator
    Jonathan Auxier and Matt Bird
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jonathan Auxier and Matt Bird
  • Show Website
    A Good Story Well Told

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