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A Roundtable on Podcasting and Creative Collaboration
This informal conversation took place on April 5, 2024, in the digital recording studio of the Nonfiction Writing House in Iowa City, between participants in A Studio on the Atlantic, a project in which creative writing students at University of Iowa and Université Paris 8 wrote and produced podcasts on the topics of Belonging (season one) and Uprisings (season two).
The participants in the roundtable are:
- Céline Bagault, student in the creative writing master’s program at Université Paris 8
- Lina Benayada, student in the creative writing master’s program at Université Paris 8
- Tisa Bryant, assistant professor in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa
- Sarah Khatry, student in the University of Iowa’s MFA program in nonfiction writing
- Sarah Minor, assistant professor in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa
- Lynne Nugent, editor of The Iowa Review
- Walid Hajar Rachedi, writer and head of the French online magazine Frictions
- Lionel Ruffel, professor and chair of the creative writing master’s program at Université Paris 8
- Adam Witte, student in the University of Iowa’s MFA program in nonfiction writing
"A Studio On The Atlantic" brings together two pioneering universities in creative writing on both sides of the Atlantic: Université Paris 8 in France and the University of Iowa in the US. During four years, student-writers from these three universities write and produce literary podcasts. After a first series in 2023 on the theme of "Sense of belonging", this season is focused on "Soulèvements/Uprising". A production by Frictions and R22 Tout-Monde, made possible with the support of L’École Universitaire de Recherche ArTeC, The Villa Albertine Foundation and the U.S. Embassy in France. This podcast is produced in partnership with several organizations, including Frictions, r22-Tout Monde, ArTeC, and the Villa Albertine Foundation.
In this episode, the collaborators working on the Paris 8 x NWP project “Studio Sur L’Atlantique discuss the process behind the joint project and the highlights from the pieces.