24 episodes

A writer's podcast: part morning-drive radio; part graduate school; part old school; part train wreck.

Hosted by Rick Krizman.
Produced by Rick Krizman and Mike Magnuson.
With Mike Magnuson, Bob Clark, and Chef Marcello Vazquez.
Guest appearances by Mary Helen Stefaniak, Valerie Laken, and Jim Frank.

The ACME Writing Academy Podcast An ACME Writing Academy presentation

    • Education
    • 5.0 • 6 Ratings

A writer's podcast: part morning-drive radio; part graduate school; part old school; part train wreck.

Hosted by Rick Krizman.
Produced by Rick Krizman and Mike Magnuson.
With Mike Magnuson, Bob Clark, and Chef Marcello Vazquez.
Guest appearances by Mary Helen Stefaniak, Valerie Laken, and Jim Frank.

    S3 - #7 - ACME Mailbag: Your Questions, ACME's Answers

    S3 - #7 - ACME Mailbag: Your Questions, ACME's Answers

    Rick, Bob, and Mike answer your questions about writing in this funny and occasionally serious final episode of Season Three.


    Hosted by Rick Krizman
    Produced by Rick Krizman and Mike Magnuson
    Featuring Bob Clark
    Marcello Vazquez will return in future episodes.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    S3 - #6 - Mary Helen Stefaniak, Beaming In From Beijing

    S3 - #6 - Mary Helen Stefaniak, Beaming In From Beijing

    Novelist and ACME Academy member Mary Helen Stefaniak calls in to Academy Party Headquarters in Menasha with a report on teaching creative writing in Beijing.

    Hosted by Rick Krizman
    Produced by Rick Krizman and Mike Magnuson
    Featuring Mary Helen Stefaniak
    With Bob Clark and Mike Magnuson
    Marcello Vazquez will return in future episodes.

    • 44 min
    S3 - #5 - Valerie Laken, Part Two: Go Bad or Go Home

    S3 - #5 - Valerie Laken, Part Two: Go Bad or Go Home

    Valerie Laken - novelist, artist, musician - joins the Academy on the north shore of Lake Winnebago for Part Two of this discussion about trangressions in literature, Midwesternisms, and ways to produce serious work and have fun doing it.

    Hosted by Rick Krizman
    Produced by Rick Krizman and Mike Magnuson
    Featuring Valerie Laken
    With Bob Clark and Mike Magnuson
    Marcello Vazquez will return in future episodes.

    • 45 min
    S3 - #4 - Valerie Laken on Lake Winnebago, Part One

    S3 - #4 - Valerie Laken on Lake Winnebago, Part One

    Valerie Laken - novelist, artist, musician - joins the Academy on the north shore of Lake Winnebago to discuss her roots as a writer and a thinker.

    Hosted by Rick Krizman
    Produced by Rick Krizman and Mike Magnuson
    Featuring Valerie Laken
    With Bob Clark and Mike Magnuson
    Marcello Vazquez will return in future episodes.

    • 45 min
    S3 - #3 - One Sentence at a Time with Kellie Wells

    S3 - #3 - One Sentence at a Time with Kellie Wells

    Mary Helen Stefaniak guest hosts this discussion with novelist Kellie Wells about writing methods, writing mindsets, reading aloud, and our inner voices.

    Hosted by Rick Krizman
    Produced by Rick Krizman and Mike Magnuson
    Featuring Mary Helen Stefaniak and Kellie Wells
    Note: Bob Clark and Marcello Vazquez will return in future episodes.

    • 49 min
    S3 - #2 Making Time at the Undisclosed Location

    S3 - #2 Making Time at the Undisclosed Location

    Novelist Mary Helen Stefaniak joins ACME to discuss making time to write a novel and how to think about the sentences that go in it.

    Hosted by Rick Krizman
    Produced by Rick Krizman and Mike Magnuson
    Featuring Mary Helen Stefaniak
    Note: Bob Clark and Marcello Vazquez will return in future episodes.

    • 56 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
6 Ratings

6 Ratings

BR in Milwaukee ,

First-rate podcast

A funny, literate, and free-wheeling podcast that celebrates the joy of writing. Great selection of topics. Highbrow and lowbrow, usually at the same time. These guys clearly like each other. Highly recommended.

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