{"podcast":{"title":"Your World of Creativity","slug":"your-world-of-creativity-1318809","podcast_index_feed_id":1318809,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/markstinson/","website_url":"https://www.mark-stinson.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c1b514b8-3e86-497c-8ac9-4d9ea3f81c3c/90dns6Nnqr13jQ0eecYjxGiR.jpg","author":"Mark Stinson","episode_count":438,"summary":"On YOUR WORLD OF CREATIVITY, best-selling author and global brand innovator, Mark Stinson introduces you to some of the world’s leading creative talent from publishing, film, animation, music, restaurants, medical research, and more. In every episode, you'll discover: - How to tap into your most original thinking. - Inspiration from the experts’ own experience. - Specific tools, exercises, and formulas to organize your ideas. - And most of all, you’ll learn how to make connections and create opportunities to publish, post, record, display, sell, market, and promote your creative work. Listen for the latest insights for creative people who want to stop questioning themselves and overcome obstacles to launch their creative endeavors out into the world. Connect with Mark at www.Mark-Stinson.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T12:20:08.576231+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-world-of-creativity-1318809"},"episode":{"title":"Leslie Schover, Author of Fission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak","slug":"leslie-schover-author-of-fission-a-novel-of-atomic-heartbreak","published_at":"2026-02-16T06:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-world-of-creativity-1318809/leslie-schover-author-of-fission-a-novel-of-atomic-heartbreak","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-world-of-creativity-1318809","url":"https://markstinson.captivate.fm/episode/leslie-schover-fission","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/p469718/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/843f3489-b45f-4323-810c-deb06870327a.mp3","summary":"Today I’m joined by Leslie Schover , clinical psychologist turned novelist and author of Fission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak . Set during the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Fission explores love, ambition, secrecy, identity, and moral conflict at a moment when the world was being reshaped—both scientifically and emotionally. Drawing on her parents’ lived experiences and her own deep understanding of relationships, Leslie brings a uniquely human lens to one of history’s most consequential chapters. From Family Stories to Historical Fiction Fission is rooted in the stories your parents told about life in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project. When did you first realize these personal memories could become a novel—and what shifted for you in turning family history into fiction? Atomic Power and Emotional Fission The title Fission works on so many levels—scientific, emotional, relational. How did you think about the parallel between splitting the atom and the fractures within marriage, identity, and moral responsibility? Doris Friedman: Ambition, Identity, and Constraint Doris is such a complex character—a young mother, a frustrated artist, a woman navigating marriage, ambition, antisemitism, and gender expectations in the 1940s. What drew you to tell the story through her eyes, and what does she represent to you? Psychology, Secrecy, and Relationships Under Pressure As a clinical psychologist, you’ve spent decades studying relationships, sexuality, and identity under stress. How did that background shape the way you portrayed marriage, desire, betrayal, and resilience in a world defined by secrecy and existential fear? Moral Ambivalence and Legacy By the end of the novel, Doris and Rob are left with pride, guilt, love, and doubt—having helped save the world…","meta_description":"Today I’m joined by Leslie Schover , clinical psychologist turned novelist and author of Fission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak . Set during the Manhattan…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1199,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/your-world-of-creativity-1318809/episodes/leslie-schover-author-of-fission-a-novel-of-atomic-heartbreak/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-world-of-creativity-1318809/leslie-schover-author-of-fission-a-novel-of-atomic-heartbreak.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}