# science writer (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover science writer. Page: Feed: --- ## [Episode 171 Bonus: Claire Boyles on Writing for Change](https://emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-171-bonus-claire-boyles-on) _2026-08-20 · Christie Aschwanden · Emerging Form_ “There’s a lot of there’s a lot of harm being perpetrated on the world right now,” says short story writer and novelist Claire Boyles. ## [Episode 171: Claire Boyles on the Relationship Between Fiction and Real Life](https://emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-171-claire-boyles-on-the) _2026-08-13 · Christie Aschwanden · Emerging Form_ “My writing often comes to me that way–something that interests me in the real life world, something kind of political and thorny, something I don’t entirely totally know how I think about it, something I’m interested in exploring.” These words from short story writer and novelist Claire Boyles are at the heart of this episode on the relationship between fiction and real life. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210975710/bc086bec85ceb9f452d2c6f42372e78d.mp3) ## [The Benefits (and Challenges) of Basing Fiction on Real Life](https://emergingform.substack.com/p/the-benefits-and-challenges-of-basing) _2026-08-11 · Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer · Emerging Form_ Claire Boyles on writing beyond memoir ## [Episode 170 Bonus: Elizabeth Preston on Shifting Goalposts and Beekeeping Nuns](https://emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-170-bonus-elizabeth-preston) _2026-08-06 · Christie Aschwanden · Emerging Form_ When science writer Elizabeth Preston had the chance to go from writing 3,000-word articles to an 80,000-word book, it scared and excited her. ## [Episode 170: Elizabeth Preston on Getting From Big Idea to Book](https://emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-170-elizabeth-preston-on) _2026-07-30 · Christie Aschwanden · Emerging Form_ “Sometimes I let the subconscious deal with it,” says science writer Elizabeth Preston, author of the new book The Creature’s Guide to Caring, How animal parents teach us that humans were born to care. In this interview, we talk about the evolution of a manuscript–how she went from the “Big Idea” to the actual book. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209071019/647524c3e1f6f514b3e3cd33a9f54f5b.mp3) ## [How a Project Evolves](https://emergingform.substack.com/p/how-a-project-evolves) _2026-07-28 · Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer · Emerging Form_ Elizabeth Preston on manifesting the "big idea" ## [Episode 169: Roberta Kwok on Finding Her Book's Perfect (and Risky) Opening Paragraph](https://emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-169-roberta-kwok-on-finding) _2026-07-23 · Christie Aschwanden · Emerging Form_ “I did go through kind of an existential crisis at one point,” says science writer Roberta Kwok, talking about the decision she made when writing the first paragraph of her book, LOST IN CURIOSITY: Field Notes From Scientists’ Adventures into the Unknown ## [Episode 169: Roberta Kwok on the Slow Path to Epiphany](https://emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-169-roberta-kwok-on-the-slow) _2026-07-16 · Christie Aschwanden · Emerging Form_ “The book is about the opposite of the eureka moment,” says science writer Roberta Kwok about her new book, LOST IN CURIOSITY: Field Notes From Scientists’ Adventures into the Unknown. Join us in a conversation about the difficulties and gifts of showing up day after day. We talk about patience, wrestling with process, and the long slow path to epiphany–in science and in creative endeavors. We… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207215773/2d62cd81d9678d43c9ebfaea5b5a5156.mp3) ## [On the Slow Train to Eureka](https://emergingform.substack.com/p/on-the-slow-train-to-eureka) _2026-07-14 · Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer · Emerging Form_ Taking our time in the process with Roberta Kwok ## [Episode 168 Bonus: Eric Zimmer on the Importance of Letting Yourself Not Be Good](https://emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-168-bonus-eric-zimmer-on) _2026-07-09 · Christie Aschwanden · Emerging Form_ “My willingness to be bad allowed me to play guitar,” says author and podcaster Eric Zimmer. ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zcdHAd5bbT6f) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [Episode 168: Eric Zimmer on Trust, Motivation and Asking for Help](https://emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-168-eric-zimmer-on-trust) _2026-07-02 · Christie Aschwanden · Emerging Form_ “One of my superpowers is I see the nuance in everything,” says podcast host and author Eric Zimmer. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202798225/08915a227e5df5b91196e5a6aaf74020.mp3)