Read and Write with Natasha

What if becoming a parent actually made you MORE creative, not less? Writer and "book therapist" Heidi Fiedler discovered something surprising: when life became more demanding after she became a mom, her creative drive didn"t disappear. It intensified.  "I had less time, less energy when I became a mom, and yet I wante

What if you could design your entire life around freedom and flexibility?  That"s exactly what Kayla Ihrig did when she bought a one-way ticket to Mexico in 2017, launching herself into the world of digital nomadism. This journey ultimately led to an unexpected book deal, "How to Be a Digital Nomad," and a thriving fre

Imagine being just 20 years old when police force you to confess to a double murder you didn’t commit.  Then imagine spending the next 21 years of your life behind bars, with no hope of release. This isn’t fiction; it’s the reality Deon Patrick lived before his exoneration in 2014. In this powerful conversation, Deon s

What would drive someone to leave behind a comfortable six-figure corporate career and sell everything they own to pursue writing?  For JD Barker, New York Times bestselling author and collaborator with James Patterson, it was a calculated risk that changed everything. In this conversation, Barker reveals the eerie ins

What if anyone could have a biological child with anyone, regardless of gender, fertility, or age? That’s the provocative premise behind Baby X, the new novel by author and bioethicist Kira Peikoff.  In this episode, we explore the world of In Vitro Gametogenesis (IVG), a cutting-edge technology that transforms ordinar

What happens when a marketing strategist decides history shouldn"t be boring? In this captivating conversation, Paul Lloyd Hemphill shares how a simple question to his teenagers about history sparked an unexpected creative journey. When they repeatedly called history "boring," Hemphill set out to change the narrative,