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Hacking It! Writer by Trade

Hacking It! Writer by Trade

By: Robert Cavaliere
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 From notebooks in bars to long nights at the typewriter, Hacking It! - Writer by Trade follows writer Robert Cavaliere through the trenches of storytelling in the digital age. It’s part confession, part craft talk, and part road diary for anyone chasing the next line, the next scene, the next spark. The writing life—unfiltered, unpolished, and still in progress.Robert Cavaliere Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Doubling Down on Humanity

    Doubling Down on Humanity
    Feb 1 2026

    With the backlash of AI-produced work, it's time of artists to get back to the work, to double-down our bets on humanity. Tonight, we also look at how a novel like Gemma Files' Experimental Film could only have been produced by a human author.
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    38 mins
  • John Steinbeck's Working Days

    John Steinbeck's Working Days
    Jan 20 2026

    Steinbeck’s daily journal while writing The Grapes of Wrath reveals the private war behind a public masterpiece. We explore his doubts, his discarded novel, and the lonely integrity required to create something honest—lessons for any creator facing the blank page.
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  • The Unadaptable Novel - Helen DeWitt's Your Name Here

    The Unadaptable Novel - Helen DeWitt's Your Name Here
    Jan 13 2026

    Deconstructing the metafictional novel. In tonight's episode, we'll talk about the publishing history and struggle of producing this kind of art form.
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    27 mins
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