# Some Things Considered with Sean Murphy Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430.md RSS feed: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2705524.rss Official site: https://murphlaw.substack.com/podcast Author: Sean Murphy Episodes: 56 ## Resource Sean Murphy, a cultural critic and rebel advocate covering the world, one story at a time. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430.md ## Episodes - [Season 6 Episode 1 | Teddy Wayne | Obsession, Insecurity, and Opportunity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-6-episode-1-teddy-wayne-obsession-insecurity-and-opportunity) — 2026-06-30T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Episode 12 | Laurie Sheck | Exploring AI, Art, and Empathy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-episode-12-laurie-sheck-exploring-ai-art-and-empathy) — 2026-03-17T12:01:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Episode 11 | Walt Hunter | Teaching, Poetry, and Refusing to Lower the Bar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-episode-11-walt-hunter-teaching-poetry-and-refusing-to-lower-the-bar) — 2026-03-10T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Episode 10 | Gina Gershon | Autonomy, Art, and Refusing the Path of Least Resistance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-episode-10-gina-gershon-autonomy-art-and-refusing-the-path-of-least-resistance) — 2026-03-03T13:00:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Episode 9 | Stephen Marche | Writing, Failure, Endurance...and Civil War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-episode-9-stephen-marche-writing-failure-endurance-and-civil-war) — 2026-02-24T13:00:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Episode 8 | John Lingan | Marching to the Beat of Many Drummers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-episode-8-john-lingan-marching-to-the-beat-of-many-drummers) — 2026-02-17T13:00:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Ep 7 | Shane Hinton | Writing, Teaching, & Giving Away Books for Free](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-ep-7-shane-hinton-writing-teaching-giving-away-books-for-free) — 2026-02-10T13:00:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Ep 6 | Sara Stibitz | A Ladder to the Stars](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-ep-6-sara-stibitz-a-ladder-to-the-stars) — 2026-02-03T13:00:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Ep 5 | Chris Colin | Modern Life is Designed to Exhaust You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-ep-5-chris-colin-modern-life-is-designed-to-exhaust-you) — 2026-01-27T13:00:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Ep 4 | Jenna Blum | Changing Genres, Creative Identity, & the Business of Writing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-ep-4-jenna-blum-changing-genres-creative-identity-the-business-of-writing) — 2026-01-13T13:00:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Ep 3 | Tim Wendel | Baseball, History, and Craft](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-ep-3-tim-wendel-baseball-history-and-craft) — 2026-01-06T13:00:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Ep 2 | From Prison to Advocacy: Stephanie Shepard on Justice and Reform](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-ep-2-from-prison-to-advocacy-stephanie-shepard-on-justice-and-reform) — 2025-12-16T13:00:00+00:00 - [Season 5 Ep 1 | Matt Davis | What does Mount Rushmore tell us about America?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-5-ep-1-matt-davis-what-does-mount-rushmore-tell-us-about-america) — 2025-12-09T13:00:00+00:00 - [Season 4 Ep 11 | Karen E. Bender | Literary Fiction, Storytelling, and the Times We Live In](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-4-ep-11-karen-e-bender-literary-fiction-storytelling-and-the-times-we-live-in) — 2025-10-07T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 4 Ep 10 | Caroline Bock & Jona Colson | Talking "America's Future" with Washington Writer's Publishing House](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-4-ep-10-caroline-bock-jona-colson-talking-america-s-future-with-washington-writer-s-publishing-house) — 2025-09-30T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 4 Ep 9 | Karen Eber | The Art & Science of Storytelling](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-4-ep-9-karen-eber-the-art-science-of-storytelling) — 2025-09-23T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 4 Ep 8 | Lisa Cooper Ellison | Writing, Resilience, and the Creative Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-4-ep-8-lisa-cooper-ellison-writing-resilience-and-the-creative-life) — 2025-09-16T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 4 Ep 7 | Whitney Matheson | Talking Shop with the Queen of Pop](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-4-ep-7-whitney-matheson-talking-shop-with-the-queen-of-pop) — 2025-09-02T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 4 Ep 6 | Robert Rodriguez | The Long and Winding Road with a Beatles Expert](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-4-ep-6-robert-rodriguez-the-long-and-winding-road-with-a-beatles-expert) — 2025-08-26T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 4 Ep 5 | Leah Paulos | Finding Your Book PR Superpower](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-4-ep-5-leah-paulos-finding-your-book-pr-superpower) — 2025-08-19T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 4 Ep 4 | Gregg Wilhelm | Telling Better Stories in Troubled Times](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-4-ep-4-gregg-wilhelm-telling-better-stories-in-troubled-times) — 2025-08-12T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 4 Ep 3 | Dinaw Mengestu | Art, Immigration, Masculinity, and the Power of Storytelling](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-4-ep-3-dinaw-mengestu-art-immigration-masculinity-and-the-power-of-storytelling) — 2025-08-05T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 4 Ep 2 | Emma Sarappo | On Novels, Lists, and Literary Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-4-ep-2-emma-sarappo-on-novels-lists-and-literary-life) — 2025-07-29T12:00:00+00:00 - [Season 4 Ep 1 | Richard Blanco | The Inaugural Poet on Politics, Poetry, and Power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/season-4-ep-1-richard-blanco-the-inaugural-poet-on-politics-poetry-and-power) — 2025-07-22T12:00:00+00:00 - [Some Things Considered: Season 3 Recap](https://stenobird.com/podcast/some-things-considered-with-sean-murphy-7026430/some-things-considered-season-3-recap) — 2025-07-15T12:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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