Episode 68: Brendan O'Meara
On this episode, Matt Tullis talks with Brendan O\u2019Meara. O\u2019Meara is the host of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast. On that show, he talks to writers, filmmakers, producers, and podcasters who he admires. They talk about the art and craft of telling true stories, unpacking their origin stories as well as tips and habits so that listeners can apply those tools in their own work.\n\nTullis was a guest on the Creative Nonfiction Podcast back in September of 2017, when O\u2019Meara talked with him about his memoir, Running With Ghosts. Recently, O\u2019Meara hosted Glenn Stout, who talked about his new book, The Pats: An Illustrated History of the New England Patriots, which was just released.\n\nO\u2019Meara is also a reporter and a writer. In 2016, he published the story \u201cThe Day That Never Comes\u201d in the online magazine Proximity. That story, which we talk about in this episode, ultimately won Proximity\u2019s Narrative Journalism prize for the year it was published. He is also the author of Six Weeks in Saratoga: How Three-Year-Old Filly Rachel Alexandra Beat the Boys and Became Horse of the Year.