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Anime X Nerd

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Hello everyone I'm AnimeNerd and welcome to Anime X Nerd. I created this channel to express my love for anime, manga, video games and now Asian Drama Series. My goal for this channel is for everyone to truly enjoy my content and be apart of my podcast. I want everyone to share there opinion of certain topics on my podcast and to be honest with me. I love to have discussion and see from different point of view. So please email me @ AnimeNerdz1992@gmail.com for any question or concern. Also fo ...
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Good Writing Podcast

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The Good Writing Podcast is a show for creative writers who want to nerd out on craft. Two friends, Emily Donovan and Benjamin Kerns, read their favorite sentences, paragraphs, and other short excerpts and present craft lessons and writing exercises for fellow writers.
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Opinions are like education, everyone's got one, some of them didn't stick around long enough to learn anything.... wait that's not the saying. I'm the PieRatKing; a streamer, a gamer, a history lover, and this is my Podcast, where I drop my opinion for your judgement from a well thought out, balanced point of view. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pieratkings-tldr/support
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In today’s video, I delve into the highly anticipated anime lineup for the fall season. Join me as we explore the exciting new series and returning favorites that are set to captivate audiences. Plus, I share the latest insights and statements from the Attack on Titan editor, giving us a sneak peek into what’s next for the beloved series. Don’t mis…
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Back by popular demand!! It's been a while since I dropped a podcast, but it felt great to be back. In today's episode, I chat about anime I'm watching and want to give you guys a rundown of my new plan for next month. I look forward to seeing what you think about my podcast/YouTube videos.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/po…
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Haha this was recorded like months ago. Please excuse the mess. More Good Writing coming on a reliably unreliable schedule. Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out craft ideas for fellow writers to steal. Co-hosted by Emily Donovan and Benjamin Kerns. Twitter: @goodwritingpod Email: goodwritingpodcast@gmail.com…
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"Welcome to today's podcast, where we dive deep into the captivating world of Solo Leveling! Join me as we explore the eagerly awaited Season Two and unravel its mysteries, alongside dissecting its shocking winter standing. Get ready for an engaging discussion filled with insights, predictions, and speculations on what's to come in the next chapter…
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Get ready for an epic showdown as I dive into the heart-pounding world of Godzilla vs. Kong: The New Empire! Join me as I unleash my thoughts and deliver an electrifying review of this monstrous clash of titans. From jaw-dropping battles to awe-inspiring visuals, this podcast episode is a rollercoaster ride of excitement you won't want to miss!--- …
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“In today’s podcast, I delve into the impact of Akira Toriyama’s legacy on the anime community, reflecting on his contributions. Additionally, I share my insights on season 1 of Solo Leveling. Moreover, I explore upcoming video games and anime movies in today’s episode.”--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animenerd/sup…
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What are more tools we can use to further develop theme and the point-of-view character's worldview? In her novel The Book of X, Sarah Rose Etter regularly breaks the action with lists of facts. Find the photo of Ben that reminded Emily of Edward Cullen in the Two Dollar Radio Tattoo Club Don't Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine Louie Zong's new a…
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Exciting Update from AnimeXNerd: Taking on the 'Uwufufu' Challenge in Our Latest Podcast Episode! Dive into the Fun as I Rank Top Anime Intros and Unveil My Ultimate Favorite. Curious? Tune in to Discover! For inquiries or thoughts, drop me a line at AnimeNerdz1992@gmail.com. Don't forget to connect on X, Instagram, and Thread @AnimeNerd92 for more…
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Welcome to a brand new episode! Join me, your host, as I transform our podcast into an exciting YouTube video. Dive into the world of AnimexNerd on YouTube and join the conversation. In today's episode, I'll be delving into the highly anticipated 'g Knuckle' series and reflecting on the bittersweet closing of 'fumigation'. Additionally, in honor of…
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Greetings, Anime Aficionados! Brace yourselves for an electrifying episode of Anime X Nerd! 🌟 Join me as we unravel the mind-blowing revelation of Sonic and Shadow Generation, dive into the thrilling world of My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, and explore the intriguing changes in Netflix's upcoming live-action rendition of Avatar: The Last Airbender…
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Celebrate the New Year with joy! Join me in the latest podcast episode where we delve into solo leveling, anime, and the latest gaming updates. Explore my insights on solo leveling, and stay tuned for a dash of random anime and gaming news. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to me at AnimeNerdz1992@gmail.com. Don't miss o…
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"Today, I'm excited to share my thoughts and reflections on 'The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes.' This evocative piece has resonated with me, and I can't wait to discuss its themes, imagery, and emotional impact." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animenerd/support…
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Point-of-view characters. You love them. You understand them. They still do mean things. How can you keep your reader empathizing with your point-of-view character even if they do something villainous? Also: Ben (a philosophy major) and Emily (an outdoor enthusiast) interpret the climax pretty differently. Read this short story before listening to …
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Do you have to write about a topic in the chronological order that it happened in to understand it better? No, definitely not. In fact - maybe you shouldn't? This episode, we discuss Enjoy Me Among My Ruins by Juniper Fitzgerald (2022). It's a memoir that uses 3 forms (diary entry, flash about an influential woman in her life, and essays) to explor…
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In this episode we consider what it takes to write young people in a way that feels both honest and honoring with a difficult piece of fiction by B.R. Yeager from his newest collection, Burn You the Fuck Alive. Burn You the Fuck Alive by B.R. Yeager Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out craft ideas for fellow…
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In today episode, I will discuss the new beyblade series coming out. I will also discuss upcoming Anime & K-drama releasing on Netflix in 2024. Lastly, I will discuss the success of One Piece live action anime adaptation and its bright future. please email me @ AnimeNerdz1992@gmail.com for any podcast suggestions or things you would like to here. A…
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Carmen from Julia Armfield's debut novel Our Wives Under the Sea isn't necessary for the plot, but Emily got obsessed anyway (of course). In this episode, we discuss bringing side characters to life and using them to establish themes that your point-of-view character is too clueless to pick up on. Other links: B.R. Yeager (friend of the pod)'s new …
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Today we discuss "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" with poet David van den Berg. David's magazine - Prometheus Dreaming His new book - Love Letters from an Arsonist Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out craft ideas for fellow writers to steal. Co-hosted by Emily Donovan and Benjamin Kerns. Twitter: @goodwr…
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Today podcast I discuss my prediction on Dragonball Super manga & anime prediction. As well I discuss today anime now vs anime back then. Please follow my instagram @animenerd92. There you can ask me question --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animenerd/support
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Emily has Ben read sections from Eula Biss's Having and Being Had this week because she knows he loves to think about capitalism. How can you come up with rules to how you write about a topic? Eula Biss sets out with constraints that make her essays both dreamlike and punchy. Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay…
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Happy (belated) Halloween, Good Writing subscribers! In today's episode, we discuss Shirley Jackson's 1959 gothic horror novel The Haunting of Hill House. What makes this "psychological ghost story" work so well? Subjectivity. The characters tell us their subjection version of the events, which leaves the reader to fill in the gaps with maximum spo…
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Dune is a weird book. Some might even say, a bad book. Emily does on this episode, and so does Ben (sort of). Herbert’s prose style is definitely stilted, but what Ben and Emily get into on this episode is the absolutely strange choice he’s made to write the entire thing in third person omniscient, and they try to figure out how thinking works in f…
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We love insights and character motivation on this podcast! 😤 But we also like scenes that move the story forward. This week, we discuss the hilarious Milk Fed by Melissa Broder (2021) and how she introduces a therapist character who feels realistic while still creating all of the insights that we expect when a character goes to therapy. A link we p…
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In this episode of the Good Writing Podcast, Ben and Emily discuss what it means to write an image that by no right can actually be seen. Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out craft ideas for fellow writers to steal. Co-hosted by Emily Donovan and Benjamin Kerns. Twitter: @goodwritingpod Email: goodwritingpod…
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It's been 6 months of podcasting! Ben and Emily review some of their favorite prompts and exercises from the past 25 episodes of the Good Writing Podcast. Listen to the full episodes clipped here: Brett Biebel - On Compactness, Objects and Perfection with Josephine Rowe How to Write with Yourself as the Subject - Megan Boyle’s Liveblog Real Setting…
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This episode of the Good Writing Podcast deals with the ethics that the writer must grapple with when writing, especially when that writing deals with people from the so-called real world with the help of Melissa Febos' parables. "A Big Shitty Party" by Melissa Febos. Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out cra…
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Borges often looked to his work as an essayist and literary critic when looking for inspiration for his fiction, be it in the form of using that fiction to better understand writing or taking on the forms of non-fiction directly. While the first of these is inevitably touched upon in this episode, we focus more directly on the formal effort of "Pie…
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Emily picked up The Fellowship of the Ring and bought in hard. What makes the whimsical and meandering opening work so well? Ben and Emily also discuss listener mail and workshop peer pet peeves. Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out craft ideas for fellow writers to steal. Co-hosted by Emily Donovan and Benj…
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Author and editor John Trefry joins us to discuss (among many other things) the ways in which language itself has aesthetic value, the unknowable contours of spacetime, why writing without emotion can lead you to interesting places, and death metal. Read John's writing on the Neutral Spaces blog. Visit Inside the Castle here. The Amityville films o…
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Today on the Good Writing Podcast we are joined by flash fiction author Brett Bieble. Topics discussed include the ways in which flash fiction approaches "perfection," the advantages of brevity, the ways that stories utilize objects, and comma patrol. Josephine Rowe's "The Vending Machine at the End of the World" Brett's Twitter Brett's story "Big …
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Texas poet Esteban Rodriguez joins us to discuss an excerpt from Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 (1965). We talk about writing about stuff you hate and combining long and short sentence lengths for realism and momentum. Esteban recommends The Folly by Ivan Vladislavic (2015), An Explanation of the Birds by António Lobo Antunes (translated by …
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John-Paul Hurley joins us to discuss an excerpt from Sabbath’s Theater by Philip Roth. How can writers make the readers feel lost in memories? We also discuss unlikeable protagonists. Other links from this week: Follow J.P. Hurley on Twitter here Hear about how a fantasy writer raised $31M on Kickstarter to self-publish four books on the Print Run …
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We always bring ourselves with us wherever we go, even into our writing. Even if we think that writing is about something completely other to ourselves, it is impossible for that wherever to escape whoever we are. Megan Boyle takes this to the farthest extent in her autofiction piece Liveblog in which she attempted to write down every single thing …
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The co-editors in chief of Alien Literary Magazine join us to talk about two of their favorite pieces from a recent issue. We talk about the magazine’s reading process and two elements of craft that made these submissions stand out: momentum and juxtaposition. “Pilgrimage” by Brett Biebel in Alien Literary Magazine “Rave” by Esteban Rodriguez in Al…
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Emily has Ben read an Anton Chekhov short story about a sad lady’s sad day and discuss occasion for story. Why is this the day that you tune into your character’s life? How can we as writers make a story feel complete? On the way, Ben and Emily get derailed by a difference of opinion sparked by George Saunders’s analysis of the story. Should you co…
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We discuss Richard Brautigan’s novel Trout Fishing in America and the way he seems to have no interest in following any sort of rule when he’s writing. The phrase “Trout Fishing in America” can be anything; a character, a place, the phrase itself, or maybe even something more, something spiritual. Ben and Emily talk about why that’s cool and why it…
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How can we make sure our readers pick up on key information when our narrator is cagey or not willing to admit the full truth? We look at how a master, Sofia Samatar, does it in her short story "Walkdog." It has both a reluctant narrator ("Emilybait") and a weird form ("Benbait"). We also discuss the "line" between "literary fiction" and "science f…
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