Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/j-alexander-greenwood/subscribe We take on the mysteries of creativity, writing, and more every week. Listen in and find out why Mysterious Goings On with J. Alexander Greenwood is a favorite show for top-selling authors, leading creative thinkers, and people making a difference in our society. Named a 2022 Top 5 Literature Podcast by CrowdUltra and an Apple Podcasts "New & Noteworthy" show in 2016, MGO is also a 2019 People's Choice Podcast Awards nominee. Host J. Alexander Greenwood is an award-winning writer, public relations consultant, speaker, and former radio host and journalist.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 2 hours 14 minutes
episode 9: Trek Takes 3: SEVENTEEN SECONDS
Welcome to episode three of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is it? Well, Star Trek fans.....
episode 10: Eugenics and Dystopian Love Stories with Monte Schulz
In this fascinating conversation with Monte Schulz (son of the late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz), Alex talks about Schulz’s new novel filled with robust characters, an unraveling mystery, mayhem, innocence, and moral disintegration. Metropolis(Fantagraphics, August 23, 2022) is a coming-of-age novel with a moral puzzle at its core...
episode 11: Trek Takes 4: NO WIN SCENARIO
Welcome to episode four of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans.....
episode 12: Derek O. Hanley's Photos from the Front Lines
Alex welcomes Derek O. Hanley to the show to discuss Derek's photography project, which began as a way to document the experiences of medics and evolved into a way to capture the emotions of the pandemic. Derek shared how his background as a medic and his family's history of photography helped him gain access to the medics and capture intimate moments. He also discusses how he had to remain emotionally detached in order to capture the moments...
episode 13: Cooking Up Mystery and More with GP Gottlieb
Alex welcomes the delightful G.P. Gottlieb, author and podcaster for a fun, free-ranging discussion about writing and being a writer, the role of food, the pandemic, the Chicago backdrop in her work, and so much more.
After recovering from breast cancer in 2015, she took baking classes for fun and began writing in earnest, melding two passions, nourishment for mind and body and recipe-laced murder mysteries...
episode 15: Trek Takes 5: IMPOSTORS
Welcome to episode five of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode show...
episode 16: Michael Pickard On Time Travel, Writing, and Sneezing Money
Michael Pickard has had three careers, including working in software and retail, and has written 11 titles including nine novels, two children's books, and a collection of juried short stories. Dozens of Pickard's short stories have been published, including Hardwired, which won a Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Prize in 2005...
episode 17: Making Applesauce with Author Marc Whitt
We're thrilled to offer a PR After Hours crossover interview with one of the masters of the public relations profession...you might even call Marc Whitt the "Johnny Appleseed" of PR, spreading the word about ethical practice and more...
episode 18: Trek Takes 6: THE BOUNTY
Welcome to episode six of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode show...
episode 19: Journalistic Thrillers, Loss, and Doing Right by Women Characters with John DeDakis
Alex is joined from Baltimore by novelist John DeDakis, author of five novels in the Lark Chadwick mystery-suspense-thriller series. DeDakis is a former editor on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." He is also a writing coach, manuscript editor, and writing workshop leader. They discuss the differences between journalism and broadcast journalism, as well as the difficulties women face in that male-dominated world...