The intersection of politics, culture, and the arts. Hosted by executive Matt Joseph Misetich (Pipeline Media Group) and writer / multi-multi-hyphenate Michelle Daniel.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe intersection of politics, culture, and the arts. Hosted by executive Matt Joseph Misetich (Pipeline Media Group) and writer / multi-multi-hyphenate Michelle Daniel.
Recent episodes include "S5 Ep4 - The Art of Writing it Like No One Will Ever Read It: A Conversation with Melissa Duge Spiers" (19 June 2026, 30 minutes), "S5 Ep4 - The Art of Writing it Like No One Will Ever Read It: A Conversation with Melissa Duge Spiers" (19 June 2026, 30 minutes), and "S5 Ep3, The Art of (High-Concept) Screenwriting: A Conversation with Ian Shorr" (23 April 2026, 48 minutes).
How the Arts Were Won publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 34 episodes.
Booking probability for How the Arts Were Won is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. How the Arts Were Won requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. How the Arts Were Won's contact route on record: public web form.
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How the Arts Were Won is an arts podcast with 34 episodes published.
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Episode #4
Send us Fan Mail All about memoirs with author Melissa Duge Spiers ( Holy Disobedience ). How screenwriting helps tell a personal story, and the intensity of penning a story about [redacted]. Follow us on: X And...
Episode #4
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>All about memoirs with author Melissa Duge Spiers (Holy Disobedience). How screenwriting helps tell a personal story, and the intensity of penning a story about [redacted].</p><p>Follow us on...
Episode #3
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Creating imaginary management companies as a kid, making huge spec sales, and pivoting in the industry for survival. An in-depth chat with screenwriter Ian Shorr, writer of Splinter, Infinite...
Episode #2
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Supporting new authors, the state of publishing, brain surgery from boxing ... This one has it all, because Rea Frey seemingly does it all.</p><p>Follow us on: X</p><p>And Pipeline Artists on...
Episode #1
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Writers Jamie Napoli and Joshua Paul Johnson on the new film Untitled Home Invasion Romance, now streaming wherever streamings is sold. The script was a Script Pipeline Screenwriting winner and...
Episode #9
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Wildfires, “clown perverts,” the meth epidemic, and the monetary necessities of becoming an author… A shockingly expansive convo with author Alex Kenna.</p><p>Learn more about her novels, What...
Episode #8
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Once you get past the football references, a no-nonsense talk with author Adam Plantinga (The Ascent, Hard Town), who breaks down his POV on un-meat-heading your writing, characters as “angry...
Episode #7
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>“This is the most intimate I’ve ever been on a podcast.” Buckle up. A fast-paced convo with writer Bree Barton (Heart of Thorns, Zia Erases the World) on mental health, reading old notes from...
Episode #6
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>All things PR in publishing with book publicist Julia Borcherts. Being a good “literary citizen,” some juicy secrets on author branding, the fun epiphanies of discovering why you wrote the...
Episode #5
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Author of several thriller novels, former supervisory special agent Jeffrey James Higgins (The Havana Syndrome) talks about writing, conferences, and the very normal and chill job of wrestling...
Episode #4
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>An open chat on poetry-to-fiction, the immigrant experience, the glory of nature, and some brief musings on the Buffalo, NY food scene with author Maria Kelson. Her debut novel “Not the Killing...
Episode #3
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Nebula Award nominated author Yaroslav Barsukov (Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory) on defying genre expectations, the punishment of originality, writing “between the notes,” and always leaving...
Episode #2
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>She's sold shows to Fox (Everyday Insanity) and [redacted streamer] (redacted name of show), and now, writer Laura Bensick is entering the foray of the publishing industry as she shops her...
Episode #1
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>A career consultant for film and TV writers, Lee Jessup discusses the perils and pitfalls in this new Golden Era of Hollywood (really stretching on that “Golden” moniker…it’s an era at least!)...
How the Arts Were Won
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In another rare solo-hosted episode, author A.M. Adair sheds some light on hybrid publishing, her Elle Anderson book series, where grey hair might come from, and absolutely nothing about her...
Episode #6
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>A chat with author KT Nguyen, whose debut novelYou Know What You Did released in 2024. Lots of things covered here, but the big, bold takeaway quote: “Write to discover, write to escape.” (brb...
Episode #5
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Michelle Daniel, solo and sans co-host (you’re welcome or we’re sorry), chats with veteran video game designer Andrew Augustin, a former Forbes “30 Under 30” pick and, if we do say, a fantastic...
Episode #4
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What options are there when you hit dead ends with a TV pilot? “Produce it yourself and send the VHS tape to a network!” … yes, let us know how that goes. </p><p><br/></p><p>Meanwhile, writer...
Episode #3
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>The multi-talented Madison Hatfield—actress (er, actor (?), we discuss that …), writer, filmmaker, champion of the ATL indie film scene, luminous person—talks shop on most things short film...
Episode #2
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>The marvelous storytelling oddity of writer/director Michael Felker, whose debut feature “Things Will be Different“ debuted in 2024 @ SXSW. <p>Follow us on: X</p><p>And Pipeline Artists on: X | IG...
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