Hear-Tell

Hear-Tell: a podcast about telling true stories from the Low-Residency MFA in Narrative Nonfiction program at the University of Georgia. Visit bit.ly/heartellpodcast for more.

Hear-Tell is a arts podcast hosted by heartell, with 33 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

heartell hosts Hear-Tell, a arts show with 33 episodes published.

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  Episode #29

  Alison Miller

  Aug 12, 202640 min

  How do you turn years of reporting into a story readers can't put down? On this episode of Hear Tell, Diana Keough talks with journalist and University of Georgia MFA graduate Alison Lyn Miller about her debut book, Rough House: A Father, a Son, and the Pursuit of Pro Wrestling Glory. Together, they explore the reporting, trust, and storytelling behind a deeply human narrative about family, ambition, and the complicated bond between a father and son. Whether you're a writer, journalist, or simply love great nonfiction, this conversation offers a fascinating look at the craft of bringing true stories to life. Rough House is available wherever books are sold. For more information about Alison Lyn Miller: https://alisonlynmiller.com/

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  Episode #28

  Elizabeth Chamblee Burch

  Jul 6, 202634 min

  In this episode of Hear Tell, Diana Keough talks with University of Georgia law professor and 2023 UGA MFA graduate Elizabeth Chamblee Burch about her new book, The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory. Part investigative journalism and part legal exposé, The Pain Brokers takes readers inside the hidden world surrounding transvaginal mesh litigation — a sprawling system of telemarketers, mass tort lawyers, questionable medical practices, and billion-dollar settlements built around women searching for relief from chronic pain. Kirkus Reviews described Beth’s book as “a clarion call for reform and change.” In their conversation, Diana and Beth discuss how Beth organized such a large and complicated story, how she approached writing fairly about deeply flawed characters, and the care she took to preserve the dignity of the women at the center of the book — women whose suffering had already been exploited for profit. They also talk about the challenge of translating dense legal and medical material into narrative nonfiction that remains deeply human at its core. The Pain Brokers is available wherever books are sold. For more information about Elizabeth and her work, visit her website: https://www.elizabethchambleeburch.com/

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  Episode #27

  John T. Edge

  May 15, 202635 minS0

  <p >In this episode of Hear Tell, Diana Keough talks with author and University of Georgia MFA Distinguished Professor of Practice John T. Edge about his new memoir, House of Smoke.</p> <p >Known for helping shape the national conversation around Southern food and culture, Edge turns inward in this deeply personal book, examining the complicated inheritance of family, race, violence, memory, and Southern identity. </p> <p >Edge explains how he turned his house, hometown — and the South itself — into characters in his book: living, complicated presences that shape identity, memory, and the stories people tell themselves about who they are...

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  Episode #26

  Anne Hull and Laurie Hertzel

  Mar 18, 202636 minS0

  <p>What happens when a journalist known for telling other people’s stories turns the spotlight on her own?<br> <br> In this episode of Hear Tell, host Laurie Hertzel sits down with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author Anne Hull to discuss her new memoir, "Through the Groves." After nearly two decades as a national reporter for The Washington Post, Hull shifts from observer to subject, exploring her coming of agein rural central Florida — where her father worked in the citrus groves — and her journey toward understanding identity, family, and belonging.<br> <br> Hertzel and Hull discuss the challenges of writing a m...

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  Episode #25

  Sam Bresnahan

  Feb 3, 202637 minS0

  This week on Hear-Tell, host Diana Keough sits down with journalist and CNN International supervising producer Sam Bresnahan to discuss her powerful new book, In Blood, Flowers Bloom: A World War II Story of Valor and Forgiveness Across Generations. <p> </p> <p>In In Blood, Flowers Bloom, Sam traces the unexpected journey of a Japanese battle flag taken during World War II— from a battlefield in the Philippines to a shed in upstate New York — and the lives forever connected to it decades later. Weaving together the experiences of an American Iwo Jima veteran, a former Japanese naval officer who became a Bu...

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