Season 4 coming soon! A podcast that interviews creators about their creative journey. Listen Now Latest Episodes Episodes Oct 24, 2023 Jacob Geller on the Evolution of Video Essays and Games Criticism Oct 24, 2023 Read More → Oct 24, 2023 Oct 3, 2023 Christine Lai on How Art Endures Even After Apocalypse Oct 3, 2023 Read More → Oct 3, 2023 Aug 1, 2023 Jamel Brinkley (Witness) on Bearing Witness and How to Write a Good Ending Aug 1, 2023 Read More → Aug 1, 2023 Jun 27, 2023 Hannah Nicklin (Salt Sea Chronicles) on Ensemble Storytelling and Building Equitable Workplaces Jun 27, 2023 Read More → Jun 27, 2023 Jun 13, 2023 Victor LaValle (Lone Women) on the Power of Monsters, and Writing a Different Historical Fiction Novel Jun 13, 2023 Read More → Jun 13, 2023 May 31, 2023 Josh Sawyer (Pentiment) on Art, History and What Will Be Remembered May 31, 2023 Read More → May 31, 2023 May 9, 2023 Austin Walker (Possibility Space) On What Makes Good Criticism May 9, 2023 Read More → May 9, 2023 Mar 9, 2023 Natalie Watson (Immortality) on the State of Games Criticism and Transitioning into Games Development Mar 9, 2023 Read More → Mar 9, 2023 Feb 7, 2023 Xalavier Nelson Jr. (Strange Scaffold) on Creating a More Sustainable Games Industry Feb 7, 2023 Read More → Feb 7, 2023 Oct 11, 2022 Sam Barlow (Immortality) On Games As Imperfect Immortality Machines Oct 11, 2022 Read More → Oct 11, 2022 Sep 21, 2022 Graham Parkes (Before Your Eyes) On Turning Blinks into a Game Mechanic Sep 21, 2022 Read More → Sep 21, 2022 Sep 6, 2022 Gareth Damian Martin (Citizen Sleeper) On Creating More Meaningful Choices in RPGs Sep 6, 2022 Read More → Sep 6, 2022 Aug 23, 2022 Neil Jones (Never Yield) on Listening to Fan Feedback and the State of Indie Game Development Aug 23, 2022 Read More → Aug 23, 2022 Aug 17, 2022 Study Hall Library Aug 17, 2022 Read More → Aug 17, 2022 Aug 10, 2022 Eric Obenauf and Eliza Wood-Obenauf (Two Dollar Radio) on Defining the Voice of an Indie Press Aug 10, 2022 Read More → Aug 10, 2022 Jul 26, 2022 Devin McKnight (Maneka) on Creating More Than Just "Sad Boy" Music Jul 26, 2022 Read More → Jul 26, 2022 Jul 12, 2022 Abhi (Venba) on How Food Brings Family Together and Going All in On Game Development Jul 12, 2022 Read More → Jul 12, 2022 Jun 28, 2022 Chandana Ekanayake (Falcon Age) on Creating a More Diverse and Inclusive Games Studio and Industry Jun 28, 2022 Read More → Jun 28, 2022 Jun 14, 2022 John Elizabeth Stintzi (My Volcano) On Writing A Doomscroll Novel And Finding Humanity In The Absurd Jun 14, 2022 Read More → Jun 14, 2022 May 31, 2022 Allegra Hyde (Eleutheria) On Writing a Different Kind of Climate Change Novel and the Power of Utopian Thinking May 31, 2022 Read More → May 31, 2022 May 17, 2022 Matthew Milia (Frontier Ruckus) On Calibrating His Music and Creativity Through New Phases of Life May 17, 2022 Read More → May 17, 2022 Oct 7, 2021 Cautious Clay (Deadpan Love) On Having A Public Identity And Staying Authentic Oct 7, 2021 Read More → Oct 7, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Lydia Millet (A Children's Bible) On Facing Down The Creative Process And The Climate Apocalypse Sep 30, 2021 Read More → Sep 30, 2021 Sep 23, 2021 Greg Lobanov and Alexis Dean-Jones (Chicory) On The Anxieties Of Making Art and the Importance of Finishing Things Sep 23, 2021 Read More → Sep 23, 2021 Sep 16, 2021 Jeff Pianki (Remember It Now) on Being Present and Living a More Intentional Creative Life Sep 16, 2021 Read More → Sep 16, 2021 Sep 9, 2021 Steven James Aguilar (Heatmaps) on The Power Of Brevity In Music Sep 9, 2021 Read More → Sep 9, 2021 Sep 2, 2021 Naphtali Faulkner (Umurangi Generation) on Politics, Game Design, And The End Of The World Sep 2, 2021 Read More → Sep 2, 2021 Aug 26, 2021 Neil Jones (Never Yield) on His Fight to Stay in Gaming Aug 26, 2021 Read More → Aug 26, 2021 Aug 19, 2021 Brooke Maggs (Control) on New Kinds of Story in Video Games Aug 19, 2021 Read More → Aug 19, 2021 Aug 12, 2021 Steve Pardo (Signs of the Sojourner) on the Sounds of Home Aug 12, 2021 Read More → Aug 12, 2021 Subscribe The Hosts Phillip Russell is a Black writer and Narrative Designer at Outerloop Games. He also co-created The LoonCast and has published work for Entropy Magazine, Atwood Magazine, Unwinnable Monthly, the Henry Art Gallery, Brevity, and more. Ben Thorp is a journalist, writer, and podcast producer who works for NPR affiliate station WBAA from Purdue and co-created the podcast The LoonCast and, currently, the podcast Eschatology, on top of publishing nonfiction pieces in literary journals like The Rumpus. Do you have questions, ideas, or feedback for us? We’d love to hear from you! theoriginstorypod{at}gmail.com Join our newsletter! Sign up with your email to receive updates on the latest Origin Story episodes and exclusive content! Email Address Sign Up Thank you!