The ARTWIFE Podcast

In 2025, ARTWIFE Magazine is teaming up with The Inner Loop to bring you interviews with DC-area authors! In March, April, and May, then again in September, October, and November, join us on the third Tuesday of the month to hear from recently-published novelists, memoirists, and poets in the DMV.

Today we meet Charlotte Taylor Fryar. Charlotte Taylor Fryar is the author of Potomac Fever: Reflections on the Nation's River (Bellev...

Astrologer Wonder Bright is back! This time, we explore the life and artistry of Cher. We look at topics like talent, singularity, self-expression, and creative partnership, all through the lens of Cher's artistic output. Join us!

Wonder Bright is an astrologer living in Portland, Oregon. She works with her clients to help them use whatever sliver of free will they possess to embrace their fates and step more fully into their live...

In 2025, ARTWIFE Magazine is teaming up with The Inner Loop to bring you interviews with DC-area authors! In March, April, and May, then again in September, October, and November, join us on the third Tuesday of the month to hear from recently-published novelists, memoirists, and poets in the DMV.

Today we meet Tamar Shapiro. Tamar Shapiro’s debut novel, Restitution, was published in September 2025 and named one of the 49 Must-Rea...

For the first time ever, we're joined on the pod by ARTWIFE Magazine's other mommy, Erica Harlee! If you've hung around ARTWIFE for any length of time, you already know that looking at the life of the artist and the craft of writing as it manifests in the pop cultural landscape is one of our favorite activities so you KNOW we had to jump on the mic to talk about the lyrical stylings of one Ms. Taylor Swift. It's not the first time ...

In 2025, ARTWIFE Magazine is teaming up with The Inner Loop to bring you interviews with DC-area authors! In March, April, and May, then again in September, October, and November, join us on the third Tuesday of the month to hear from recently-published novelists, memoirists, and poets in the DMV. Today we meet Michele Evans. Michele Evans, a fifth-generation Washingtonian (D.C.), is the author of purl (Finishing Line Press, 2025),...

We've got a little somethin different this month: today, you'll hear an episode of The Free & Direct Podcast, in which ARTWIFE's founding editor Hannah Harlee joined Dan White of Indirect Books to talk about the endeavor of one Ms. ARTWIFE Magazine. Listen in to hear how we think about this here project and why we do what we do.

Per The Free & Direct Podcast:

Join us for the second half of our home-and-home with the excellent ART...

Welcome to the CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT series on The ARTWIFE Podcast! Every other month, we're interviewing an artist whose work we've published in the magazine. Join us as we get to know our contributors and talk about the creative process and the life of the artist. This month, we're joined by Max Blue. Max is the art critic for the San Francisco Examiner and has contributed criticism and reporting to Artsy, BOMB, and Hyperallergic...

Submitting writers, this one's for you! Dan White and Jessica Denzer are editors at L'Esprit Literary Review and publishers at Indirect Books. In this episode, learn more about how their two lit organizations operate, what kind of work they're looking for, and why ensuring the existence of a strong literary landscape matters to them.

Plus: surprise! Dan is also a contributor to ARTWIFE Magazine. Hear him talk about the creation of...

Welcome to the CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT series on The ARTWIFE Podcast! Every other month, we're interviewing an artist whose work we've published in the magazine. Join us as we get to know our contributors and talk about the creative process and the life of the artist. This month, we're joined by Josie Mitchell, a writer, writing teacher, and podcast host. Read Josie's short story in ARTWIFE: https://www.artwifemag.com/short-stories/t...

In 2025, ARTWIFE Magazine is teaming up with The Inner Loop to bring you interviews with DC-area authors! In March, April, and May, then again in September, October, and November, join us on the third Tuesday of the month to hear from recently-published novelists, memoirists, and poets in the DMV.

Today we meet Majda Gama, the award-winning author of In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls (Wandering Aengus Press) and The Call...

Astrologer Wonder Bright is back! This time, we explore the life, artistry, and filmography of one Ms. Demi Moore. We look at topics like: the fact that Demi's characters are always restrained and subtle AND also always complex and fully realized...how does she do that??? How does her lifelong habit of observation contribute to the work she's able to make? What's it been like for Demi to make works of beauty while being treated as ...

In 2025, ARTWIFE Magazine is teaming up with The Inner Loop to bring you interviews with DC-area authors! In March, April, and May, then again in September, October, and November, join us on the third Tuesday of the month to hear from recently-published novelists, memoirists, and poets in the DMV.

Today we meet Patricia Coral, author of the memoir "Women Surrounded by Water," which was longlisted for the 2024 National Book Critics...

Welcome to the CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT series on The ARTWIFE Podcast! Every other month, we're interviewing an artist whose work we've published in the magazine. Join us as we get to know our contributors and talk about the creative process and the life of the artist.

This month, we're joined by Julia Mallory, a poet, prose writer, visual artist, and founder. Read Julia's short story in ARTWIFE: https://www.artwifemag.com/short-stor...

In 2025, ARTWIFE Magazine is teaming up with The Inner Loop to bring you interviews with DC-area authors! In March, April, and May, then again in September, October, and November, join us on the third Tuesday of the month to hear from recently-published novelists, memoirists, and poets in the DMV.

Today we meet Varun Gauri, author of the novel "For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus". Varun worked for more than two decades on deve...

The ARTWIFE Podcast is on spring break this month, so in honor of the current Venus retrograde we're re-injecting this episode from last fall into your feeds. Here she blows!

This month, we're taking a field trip! Join us as we depart from our usual fare of writing & writers and romp instead into the realm of performance, performers, and the life of the artist. We're joined by astrologer Wonder Bright, who helps us understand how ...

Welcome to the CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT series on The ARTWIFE Book Club podcast! Every other month, we'll be interviewing an artist whose work we've published in the magazine. Join us as we get to know our contributors and talk about the creative process and the life of the artist.

This month, we're joined by Jaina Cipriano, an experiential designer, filmmaker, and photographer. See Jaina's photo series in ARTWIFE: https://www.artwif...

We're starting 2025 with one of the best books we've read in awhile: The Coin by Yasmin Zaher. After a quick zip through the (bananas, unhinged, incredible) plot, we use the lens of this book to talk about the concept of artistic values and how important they are for clarifying and magnifying the work we make. Jump in!

Starting in February 2025, we invite you to join us weekly for The ARTWIFE Creative Hour! This is a free, virtual...