Episode 224 From Mr. Rogers to #RealityTVJournalism with Andy Dehnart

We&#8217;ve got a great interview for you today with a freelance journalist who does a different kind of work than any of us ever have&#8212;out in the field reporting on his favorite subject: reality adventure TV on trips rife with travel and danger and expense reports. I think you&#8217;ll love it. <br/><br/>We talk about finding your topic and making that topic, well, topical by looking for what&#8217;s happening within the world you&#8217;re covering that reflects what&#8217;s happening outside of it. We also discuss MFAs (he&#8217;s a fan), email (not so much) and how to keep from &#8220;opening your email and letting somebody else dictate what you do with your time.&#8221;<br/><br/>Links from the Podcast<br/><br/><a href="https://fresh.ink/">fresh.ink</a><br/><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/longform">Longform on Twitter</a><br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Andy: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781594634482">Fates and Furies</a> by Lauren Groff<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781400031702">The Secret History</a> by Donna Tartt<br/><br/>Jess: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780316420006">The Summer of &#8216;69</a> by Elin Hilderbrand<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780062968814">The Book of Eels</a> by Patrik Svensson<br/><br/>KJ: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780062868930">The Guest List</a> Lucy Foley<br/><br/>#TBR: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781250256430">The Mountains Wild</a> by Sarah Stewart Taylor<br/><br/>Find out more about our guest:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.andydehnart.com/">AndyDehnart.com</a><a href="https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/">Reality Blurred</a><a href="https://www.andydehnart.com/newsletter/">Andy&#8217;s newsletter</a>Find Andy on <a href="https://twitter.com/realityblurred">Twitter</a>See Andy&#8217;s book recs on <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/realityblurred">Bookshop</a><br/><br/>And if you love the podcast, have you considered kicking in some cash? Our sponsors cover our production costs, but our time is