{"podcast":{"title":"Lizness School","slug":"lizness-school-7066339","podcast_index_feed_id":7066339,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/lizness-school","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/lizness-school","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/14/6d/9b/34/146d9b34-cf88-4586-ae08-031405a551f4/596e3e26fa90989dffd26323b0faaa7ab66b149dfd6f6b8e1d654d02bab837a3b8f12d8a3febcc72fa53ad8fa0571dcecdc1c43831dbe82fe167a71e04d65301.jpeg","author":"Liz Dolan","episode_count":46,"summary":"After a long career in Marketing and Communications at companies like NIKE, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network and National Geographic, Liz Dolan is exploring what's next for her. Liz was also the long-time co-host of the award-winning podcast Satellite Sisters with her real-life sisters, so a new podcast seemed like a good way to do it! In Season 1, Liz is a Fellow at Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute and taking classes all over Stanford. The goal of this year is to reconnect with herself, connect with similarly distinguished fellows (aka late career folks), and connect with Future Liz. In Season 2, Future Liz has to put herself out there. What's the plan? Tune in every other week for new episodes of Lizness School where she explores new choices and keeps her curiosity alive with her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland, who's in the messy middle of her own transitions.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:19:45.734356+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339"},"episode":{"title":"S2E11: Memoir Writing with John Evans, The Values Bridge","slug":"s2e11-memoir-writing-with-john-evans-the-values-bridge","published_at":"2026-01-08T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339/s2e11-memoir-writing-with-john-evans-the-values-bridge","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/251c9111-dba9-4a65-998c-0ebcb869b3ac.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/251c9111-dba9-4a65-998c-0ebcb869b3ac.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Today's episode starts with a conversation with John Evans, a Lecturer in Nonfiction in the Creative Writing Department at Stanford University. John was Liz's memoir writing teacher during her year as a Fellow in Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute. Their conversation is about why people get interested in memoir writing and why being in a memoir writing group can be so meaningful. John leads groups and workshops through Memoir Mentors His two published memoirs are Young Widower: A Memoir (University of Nebraska Press, 2014), and Should I Still Wish: A Memoir. (University of Nebraska Press, 2017) In the second half of the episode, Liz and Leah discuss what they learned about themselves by using The Values Bridge , an assessment tool created by Suzy Welch of the NYU Stern School of Business . Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union .  To use their $620 New Member offer, go to  sfcu.org/lizness Homework: More about John's writing: John Evans Author Page Recommended Memoirs: Arthur Ashe, Days of Grace: A Memoir . Arthur Ashe's poignant memoir was co-written with Arnold Rampersad and published posthumously in 1993.  Katherine Graham, Personal History . Pulitzer Prize 1998. The fascinating story of the woman who changed American history running The Washington Post. Michelle Zauner, Crying In H Mart . A 2021 memoir by Zauner of the band Japanese Breakfast about her Korean-American family and identity.   Other recommendations from John Evan’s syllabus: Dani Shapiro, Inheritance Annie Dillard, Living Like Weasels Samuel Wilson Fussell, Muscle - Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuiilder The Values Bridge: Suzy Welch Becoming You book and newsletter.  Assessment Tool developed by Suzy Welch:  The Va…","meta_description":"Today's episode starts with a conversation with John Evans, a Lecturer in Nonfiction in the Creative Writing Department at Stanford University. John was L…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2322,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lizness-school-7066339/episodes/s2e11-memoir-writing-with-john-evans-the-values-bridge/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339/s2e11-memoir-writing-with-john-evans-the-values-bridge.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}