{"podcast":{"title":"In Other Words","slug":"in-other-words-7051774","podcast_index_feed_id":7051774,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6348679/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/in-other-words--6348679","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/48496b1e18b1f924b0bda9f918896b39.jpg","author":"Jan Thorpe, Karen Sketch, Val Gale, Pam Ernest","episode_count":29,"summary":"We are dedicating this channel to the study of the creative process. Through interviews with a wide variety of artistic individuals, we will be observing the unique ways that creatives approach their art, what drives them to create, and advice they have to offer others. Creativity in any field can be a messy, imperfect, but thrilling process and our hope is to bring inspiration to others. In Other Words Podcast is a production of Crimson Crow Press.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T12:18:10.381994+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-other-words-7051774"},"episode":{"title":"Season 1 Episode 10 Val Gale","slug":"season-1-episode-10-val-gale","published_at":"2025-04-07T05:00:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-other-words-7051774/season-1-episode-10-val-gale","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-other-words-7051774","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-1-episode-10-val-gale--65341579","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/65341579/season_one_episode_10_val_gale.mp3","summary":"Val Gale was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. He served in The US Army from 1991 to 1996, stationed in New York and Seoul, Korea. He completed a B.A. in 1999 from Grandview University in Des Moines after his honorable discharge. He identifies as a trans. man. Val focuses full time on his writing since an industrial accident amputated his hand and ended his work in a tire facility, creating an opportunity to pursue his lifelong passion for creative fiction. His first novel, Different, a semi-autobiographical YA novel about a trans teen, was published in 2017. He recently completed Hunter, an LGBTQ novel telling the story of post-transition trans relationships. He has just completed his next novel, “Wild Dandelion”, a LGBTQ adult fiction romance thriller. Karen and Jan are beta readers. Val is currently working on an LGBTQ suspense novel and is experimenting with short fiction. A Production of Crimson Crow Press","meta_description":"Val Gale was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. He served in The US Army from 1991 to 1996, stationed in New York and Seoul, Korea. He completed a B.A.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3650,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-other-words-7051774/episodes/season-1-episode-10-val-gale/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-other-words-7051774/season-1-episode-10-val-gale.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}