Category Archives: Original Craft Productions

How can business goals and social conscience co-exist?

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Guest host Maureen Metcalf is on a mission to find parallels between the arts and business. This week, she talks to Michael Sayre,  Co-Founder, President, and CEO of NexDefense, about how his 25 years in the technology and industrial control systems industry … Continue reading →

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Donald Templeman and allegorical science fiction

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Looking for allegory and science fiction? Donald Templeman has your hero: Crilen. Here’s a sneak peek at Crilen’s creator, Donald Templeman, at the Ohio ComicCon.

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Jason Gay: Little victories add up

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Jason Gay is the sports columnist for The Wall Street Journal. Seriously. I didn’t know that The Wall Street Journal covered sports. I originally imagined that it only covers polo, but no, Jason Gay covers a variety of sports, after previously writing … Continue reading →

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Fourth Messenger and the Migration Crisis

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Doug Dangler

To celebrate the release of The Fourth Messenger, I’m hosting the Craft Book Giveaway Bonanza during the Saturday, November 14, broadcast of my interview with Tanya Shaffer and Vienna Teng! The broadcast is paired with a great discussion of the … Continue reading →

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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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