Storybeat with Steve Cuden

A Podcast for the Creative Mind

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  Christa Parravani, Author-Episode #412

  Aug 18, 20261h 14m

  This episode includes discussions of mental health issues, substance abuse, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised. Christa Parravani is the author of the bestselling books, Her: A Memoir, and Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood . Loved and Wanted is acclaimed for its take on curtailed maternal health care as it pertains to children, and its condemnation of the personal, financial, and emotional repercussions of curtailed access for women. Loved and Wanted was a New York Times Editor's Choice, and one of Dwight Garner's favorite books of the year. Christa’s bestselling book, Her: A Memoir shares her journey through grief after the death of her identical twin sister, Cara. Her was an NPR critics pick. Vanity Fair called Her , "astonishing." Bookforum said, “ Her invites obsessional reader behavior because Parravani has the ability to make life, even at its worst, feel magic-tinged and vital and lived all the way down to the bone.” I’ve read Her and can tell you it’s a most beautifully written and unnerving memoir. I was deeply moved by Christa’s telling of her experiences in confronting Cara’s challenged life and untimely death. Christa also happens to be married to one of my favorite StoryBeat guests, the extraordinary writer of Jarhead and other books, Tony Swofford.

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  Gabby Gruen, Writer, Producer-Episode #411

  Aug 11, 202656 min

  Gabby Gruen is appearing on StoryBeat for the second time. He has been a writer and producer of ads and commercials for several top tier ad agencies and their high-profile clients. As a screenwriter, he’s sold work to Fox 2000 Films, and wrote movie scripts on assignment for a number of independent production companies. More recently, Gabby has been publishing novels. We chatted about his excellent first book, The Uniform , a Holocaust thriller, during his first time on this show. I found The Uniform to be an intense page-turner with real heart and wit. Gabby’s next book, The Ride of a Lifetime, a Crime Novel , is set on the frozen streets of Detroit. I’ve read The Ride of a Lifetime and can tell you it’s a gritty trip through the criminal underbelly of Detroit. If you like urban noir thrillers, I’m certain you’ll enjoy The Ride of a Lifetime .

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  Tricia Gardella, Author-Episode #410

  Aug 4, 202655 min

  Tricia Gardella, who is known as National Park Gramma, is the award-winning author of scores of children’s books, including a 10-book Mouse Travelers Series, which explores and promotes a love of national parks and monuments. I’ve read Mouse Visits Everglades National Park and can tell you it’s a charming story, wonderfully illustrated, about Tricia’s hero, Mouse, exploring the Everglades during a most engaging journey through the park so that young audiences can get a sense of the beauty of the endangered species that live there. Tricia’s had her writings published in Highlights Magazine , been interviewed on Sacramento TV shows, and was featured in her local newspaper. She’s a Lifetime Member of The Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, as well as an active member of Women In Publishing, the Independent Book Publishers Association, and The Alliance of Independent Authors. Tricia’s not only a celebrated author, she’s also the matriarch of a large family, and an entrepreneur who has run a half-dozen businesses, including an ice cream parlor, crafting, and ranching. After raising her family, Tricia earned her B.A. in Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the tender age of 75.

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  Barbara Mujica, Author-Episode #409

  Jul 28, 20261 hour

  Barbara Mujica is a multi-award-winning, bestselling novelist, and a professor emerita at Georgetown University. She’s also a short-story writer, essayist, and critic. She’s been published in The New York Times, The Miami Herald , and The Washington Post . Barbara's stories have appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals. She’s a two-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize for Fiction. And her work has been optioned for the movies and adapted for the stage . Her latest novel, Miss del Río , which is a historical fiction about the great Mexican-American actress, Dolores Del Rio, has been optioned for a film by John Black Productions. It was a Target Book Club pick, an Apple Audio "Must Listen," a Library Journal "Best Book of the Year" selection, and The Washington Post named it "One of the five best recent historical novels." I’ve read Miss Del Rio , and can tell you it’s riveting storytelling about a real-life major movie star as she lives and works in an elite world few ever get to experience. Miss Del Rio is a fascinating glimpse into many of the true characters of Hollywood’s silent era as it transitioned to talkies and far beyond. Among Barbara’s published books are Frida , a best seller is based on the tumultuous relationship between the artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Sister Teresa , I Am Venus , The Deaths of Don Bernardo , and three short story collections: Imagining Iraq, Sanchez Across the Street, and Far from My Mother's Home. As a scholar, Barbara specializes in Early Modern Spanish literature and contemporary Latin American Culture. Barbara’s also been active in veterans' issues at Georgetown since 2010. Her book Collateral Damage: Women Write about War was inspired by a symposium she organized at Georgetown on women and war. And you may have seen or heard Barbara being interviewed on CBS-TV News, NPR, NBC Radio, The PBS TV News Hour , and CNN-Latino In case you’re wondering about the intermittent snoring throughout much of the show, it is Barbara’s dog, Frankie, who was taking a long snooze as we were recording.

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  Mike Bodayle, Writer-Episode #408

  Jul 21, 20261h 8m

  Mike Bodayle is a semi-retired insurance company executive. His favorite things in life are proudly displayed in the images on the four luggage tags found on his suitcase: the Yankees logo, a cassette mix tape, a slice of pizza, and the Starbucks logo. In the mid-1970s Mike wrote about music for his college newspaper. From 1995-2001, Mike published Beyond Belief , an Elvis Costello international fanzine. In 2016, he left printed media for two blogs: The Pizza Snob and Music City Mike . In 2025, Mike published A League of His Own , the family memoir he’d long dreamed of writing . I’ve read A League of His Own and can tell you it’s a highly detailed, personal accounting of his family, focused largely on his beloved father’s adventures with softball, baseball, and life. This led Mike to develop his seminar, How and Why to Write a Memoir , which has returned him to his love of public speaking. Mike’s first work of fiction, Music Leads to Murder , is soon to be published. It was inspired by his passion for rock music and his love of murder mysteries, New York City, and London. So, for all those reasons and many more, I’m delighted to welcome the writer and speaker, Mike Bodayle, to StoryBeat today. Mike, I’m so glad to have you join me on the show!

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