The Habit

Jonathan Rogers interviews Christopher Williams about his new concept album, We Will Remember, based on the book of Joel. As Jonathan says, "You've never heard a better concept album based on a minor prophet." They discuss their love-hate relationships with deadlines, the difference between writing a song and writing a novel, and what the book of Joel has to say to today's church.

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Jonathan Rogers and Jennifer Trafton discuss the vital role of play in creativity, the tricky business of self-forgetfulness, and how to recover and retain our childhood loves even in the throes of adulthood.

Books mentioned in this episode
Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing.
Susan Wooldridge, Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words.

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Jonathan Rogers and Pete Peterson discuss playwriting, the secrets to a compelling story, and Pete's upcoming stage adaptation of Corrie ten Boom's The Hiding Place.

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Jonathan Rogers interviews Katy Bowser Hutson about her chapbook Now I Lay Me Down to Fight, the surprisingly motivating force of mortality, and how the "pre-verbal" component of trauma can be profoundly expressed through the verbal medium of poems.

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