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Good Thunder Pod

Robin Becker

Good Thunder Pod is an offshoot of the Good Thunder Reading Series, which brings renowned writers to small town Minnesota, where they conduct workshops and readings and hang out with the MFA program at Minnesota State University and the greater Mankato community. Each episode features a radio interview with a Good Thunder Visiting Writer geeking out about writing.

Robin and guest co-host Adrianne Braaten chat with Kathleen Schwab about her debut fantasy QUEENSWOOD. Out on June 16!

Jun 8

43 min

Roger Sheffer and friends

Robin chats with fiction writer Roger Sheffer and his former students Nate Boots and Nick Healy about process, success, and the MFA program at MSU.

May 20

35 min

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Robin and Maxim chat with Nana about revision, video games, and George Saunders.

May 12

56 min

Tyree Daye

Robin, Maxim, and guest host Michael Torres chat with the poet Tyree Daye about family, reunions, and the shape of longing.

Apr 7

39 min

CJ Hauser

Robin and Maxim chat with the multi-genre writer CJ Hauser.

Mar 11

40 min

Heid E. Erdrich

Robin and Maxim chat with the poet Heid E. Erdrich about writing during dark days and telling secrets.

Nov 26, 2025

35 min

Joe Baumann

Robin and Maxim chat with the speculative fiction writer Joe Baumann about being weird.

Oct 15, 2025

38 min

Claire Dederer

Robin and Maxim chat with the brilliant Claire Dederer about art monsters and politics.

Jun 29, 2025

41 min

Carson Faust

Robin and Maxim chat with MSU MFA alum and novelist Carson Faust about meeting your heroes and making art.

Jun 10, 2025

32 min

MFA Students Talk Graduation and Writing

Robin and Maxim talk with graduating MFA students Grace and Joseph about life post-MFA.

Apr 7, 2025

46 min