Category Archives: Original Craft Productions

Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler’s Wife author brings the ghosts

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Ray Bradbury and the apocalypse. Edgar Allen Poe and pet abuse. Nothing sentimental or lovely: Audrey Niffenegger’s latest book, Ghostly, will haunt your reading hours. Listen in for her discussion of the writing, loss, and which story she’d have most liked to … Continue reading →

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Top two reasons to be fearful: The Craft Halloween 2015 Show Stories

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Happy Halloween. It’s time to face your fears: not run from them like this guy. –> So listen to the Craft Halloween special with stories from Lucy A Snyder and Doug Dangler, and voice work from Columbus actor Christina Yoho, OSU student … Continue reading →

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Herb Bellamy and David Brown at Ohio Comic Con

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Part one of my video interviews at the Ohio Comic Con this fall. Herb Bellamy and David Brown tell me about comics, how they work and how they started reading them. Enjoy!

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Caroline Cotter: How Craft led to a Great Song

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Caroline Cotter, in town with Six String Concerts, has a secret weapon for songwriting inspiration: crafting. Listen in to hear how her love of creating things led to her writing one of her favorite songs, La Marionette.  

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How to Make Money with a 1973 Dodge Polara: Author/Director Eric Dean Seaton

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Doug Dangler

When author/director Eric Dean Seaton attended the Ohio State University, he had a big car and big plans. The first paid off when he rented it out for football players to take dates around town and the second paid off … Continue reading →

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Catching up with Larry Smith

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Doug Dangler

I talked to Larry Smith earlier this summer about his Six Word Memoirs project and the Columbus variant, Six in the City. He had a booth at the 2015 Columbus Independents’ Day Festival and I got an update on his plans. … Continue reading →

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Karin Slaughter: Writing murder from life’s tragedies

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Karin Slaughter’s debut novel, Blindsighted, was shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association’s Dagger Award for “Best Thriller Debut” of 2001. Since then, she’s released over a dozen books which have sold over 30 million copies. She’ll be a guest author … Continue reading →

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I Hulk Out with Lou Ferrigno

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Doug Dangler

The Columbus Comic Con is upon us! I’ll be attending doing interviews, so say “hi” if you see me. Below is a sneak peak of the Con with Lou Ferrigno, the original Hulk. I remember watching this show as a … Continue reading →

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Poetry, Shapeshifting, and the Magic of Parenting with Maggie Smith

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Doug Dangler

With poems in “The Paris Review,” “The Gettysburg Review,” and “The Florida Review,” and a 2011 creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, native Columbusite Maggie Smith has created a strong following. She was a July 15 guest of the … Continue reading →

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How Do You Pronounce Sumukh Torgalkar?

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Doug Dangler

His new album “The Mispronunciation of Sumukh Torgalkar” (iTunes) was a hit on iTunes Comedy and Sumukh Torgalkar has been touring around the country from his base in Columbus, Ohio, as well as at the Arch City Comedy Festival. Listen in … Continue reading →

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