Episodes

  • Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso and Percival Everett

    Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso and Percival Everett
    Jun 2 2025
    Today, we’re sharing a special conversation from the podcast Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso. The episode you’re about to hear aired just this month. It’s an entertaining and insightful talk with Percival Everett, who was named the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Together, they cover a range of topics, from his immersive process writing James, to teaching in the digital age, and why he still asks his students to watch Blazing Saddles by Mel Brooks. If you’d like to hear more from Talk Easy, you can visit talkeasypod.com or search “Talk Easy” wherever you podcast. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • Jayne Anne Phillips and Viet Thanh Nguyen on Writing and War

    Jayne Anne Phillips and Viet Thanh Nguyen on Writing and War
    Apr 28 2025
    Jayne Anne Phillips won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, Night Watch, a vividly rendered account set in Phillips’ native West Virginia in the aftermath of the Civil War, that follows a severely wounded Union veteran, a 12-year-old girl and her traumatized mother as they struggle to heal. In this final episode of season two, she is in conversation with author Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Board member and 2016 winner for Fiction for his novel, The Sympathizer. Together the authors discuss writing about war, the transformative power of literature, and the ways knowledge is passed from one generation to the next. To access this transcript and learn more about Jayne Anne Phillips’ Pulitzer-winning work, visit Pulitzer on the Road. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • Jonathan Eig and Yohance Lacour: New Perspectives on Stories from the Past

    Jonathan Eig and Yohance Lacour: New Perspectives on Stories from the Past
    Apr 21 2025
    Jonathan Eig won the 2024 Pulitzer in Biography for King: A Life, a revelatory book on Martin Luther King Jr. that draws on new sources to enrich our understanding of the civil rights leader’s life. When Eig heard the 2024 Pulitzer-win for Audio Reporting, You Didn’t See Nothin, he knew he had to talk with the podcast host, Yohance Lacour of the Invisible Institute. In this award-winning podcast, Lacour revisits his reporting and experience of covering the 1997 brutal beating of 13-year-old Lenard Clark, a story that Eig also covered as a local journalist back in 1997. In this episode, the two writers discuss what it means to revisit old stories in order to offer new perspectives, the importance of collaboration, and the role journalism can still play in helping America heal from the past. To access this transcript and learn more about Jonathan Eig and Yohance Lacour’s Pulitzer-winning work, visit Pulitzer on the Road. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • Hannah Dreier, Iván Valencia, and Gregory Bull: To the Border and Beyond

    Hannah Dreier, Iván Valencia, and Gregory Bull: To the Border and Beyond
    Apr 14 2025
    In 2023, a record breaking number of migrants braved the harrowing journey to the U.S./Mexico border in hopes of being granted asylum in America. In this episode, we hear from three Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who covered different stages of this experience. First, we hear from two photojournalist staff contributors to Associated Press’ 2024 Pulitzer win for Feature Photography: Iván Valencia walks us through the dangerous journey migrants experience crossing the Darien Gap, while Gregory Bull shows us the challenges migrants face once they reach the U.S. border. Finally, Hannah Dreier of The New York Times, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, sheds light on the exploitation that unaccompanied migrant children often face after successfully entering the U.S. To access this transcript and learn more about Iván Valencia, Gregory Bull and Hannah Dreier’s Pulitzer-winning work, visit Pulitzer on the Road. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Trina Reynolds-Tyler and Sarah Conway on Going Beyond the Data

    Trina Reynolds-Tyler and Sarah Conway on Going Beyond the Data
    Apr 7 2025
    Journalists Sarah Conway, formerly of City Bureau, and Trina Reynolds-Tyler of the Invisible Institute won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for Missing in Chicago, an investigation into how the Chicago Police Department has been handling missing person cases for Black girls and women. They’re joined by Salamishah Tillet, a Pulitzer-prize winner for Criticism and the co-founder of the organization, A Long Walk Home, to discuss their data- and community-driven reporting, how they analyzed one million police records, and the differences between journalism and activism. To access this transcript and learn more about Trina Reynolds-Tyler and Sarah Conway’s Pulitzer-winning work, visit Pulitzer on the Road. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • Sanaz Toossi and Lynn Nottage: The Politics of Playwriting

    Sanaz Toossi and Lynn Nottage: The Politics of Playwriting
    Mar 31 2025
    Sanaz Toossi won the 2023 Pulitzer in Drama for her play, English, a powerful play about four Iranian adults preparing for an English language exam and grappling with how learning a new language may alter their identities and represent a new life. Sanaz takes us behind the scenes as she and her cast and crew prepare to open English on Broadway. Then, she and two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage discuss what it means to be a political writer, the ways they’ve incorporated joy and humor into stories about difficult topics, and how they maintain their artistic voices. To access this transcript and learn more about Sanaz Toossi and Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer-winning work, visit Pulitzer on the Road. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • Justin Chang and Joe Morgenstern on Cinevangalism

    Justin Chang and Joe Morgenstern on Cinevangalism
    Mar 24 2025
    Now a film critic for The New Yorker, Justin Chang won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism for film reviews he wrote for the Los Angeles Times. Joe Morgenstern has been reviewing films since 1959 and won 2005 Pulitzer in Criticism for weekly reviews he published at The Wall Street Journal. On this episode, Justin and Joe meet in LA’s historic Egyptian Theater for an inter-generational conversation about their approaches to reviewing, how they’re experiencing changes in the film and media industries, and the weight of responsibility they each feel as critics. To access this transcript and learn more about Justin Chang and Joe Morgenstern's Pulitzer-winning work, visit Pulitzer on the Road. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • The Staff of Lookout Santa Cruz: The People vs. the Storms

    The Staff of Lookout Santa Cruz: The People vs. the Storms
    Mar 17 2025
    In 2023, California’s Santa Cruz County was hit with nine atmospheric rivers that caused widespread displacement and devastation. During this period, the six reporters on staff at Lookout Santa Cruz – a roughly two-year old digital news outlet – stretched themselves thin providing in-depth coverage of the region’s most vulnerable communities. Their efforts and reporting won them the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News. In this episode, members of Lookout’s staff take us back to that time to discuss covering climate catastrophes as a small news organization and why local newsrooms are critical to upholding democracy. To access this transcript and learn more about Lookout Santa Cruz's Pulitzer-winning work, visit Pulitzer on the Road. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    31 mins
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