Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy

Sean Murphy, a cultural critic and rebel advocate, covers the world one story at a time.
@bullmurph

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

STC S5 E5 Recap: Chris Colin on how sensory deprivation affects minds, why corporations tell better stories than people they burden, dystopian overlap in our bureaucratic world. Essential reading for understanding modern life's exhausting design. Link in bio! #STC #podcast

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

STC S5 E4 Recap: Jenna Blum on changing genres as creative challenges, rewriting promotion rules for building audience, being present without losing balance, letting go of what writers can't control. Building sustainable creative life. Link in bio! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

STC S5 E3 Recap: Tim Wendel on baseball/storytelling, why citizen historians must preserve truth, how history's meaning changes based on who tells it, authoritarian narrative control. Global reporting shaped worldview, craft still matters amid AI. Link in bio! #STC #podcast

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

STC S5 E2: Stephanie Shepard served 9 years for nonviolent cannabis conviction, now leads Last Prisoner Project freeing prisoners, clearing records. Drug policy is political, not scientific—justice requires action. Link in bio! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #recap

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

STC S5 E1 Recap: Matt Davis on Biography of a Mountain—Mount Rushmore as monument and metaphor for America, exploring who tells our story, why monuments become battlegrounds, how same statue means pride to some, oppression to others. Link in bio! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast

[Sean Murphy @bullmurph]

RED, WHITE, AND BLUES by Sean Murphy is NOW AVAILABLE

A dark songbook of the republic—from Adam to Musk, Columbus to Trump. Poems that dissect American mythology through history, politics, film, and pop spectacle.

GET IT NOW: https://t.co/DA1RQS1Iyu

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

The loneliness of making art: Laurie Sheck and I discuss writers who chase status vs. writers obsessed with the work on STC's latest episode. Available now at https://t.co/vqbA5X31ot! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #loneliness #lauriesheck

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

White-collar jobs are being disrupted: Laurie Sheck and I discuss AI and the future of creativity on STC's latest episode. Available now at https://t.co/vqbA5X31ot! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #AI #lauriesheck

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

Laurie Sheck on stretching consciousness—writers chasing status vs. obsessed with work, Frankenstein about responsibility not monsters, empathy as last defensible human advantage. Available now at https://t.co/vqbA5X31ot! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #lauriesheck #ai #art

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

Attention Isn't the Problem: We’re living in a moment of ambient anti-intellectualism — where if something doesn’t monetize, scale, or optimize, it’s treated as ornamental. Season 5 episode 12 of STC is now available at https://t.co/vqbA5X31ot! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

Don't Optimize the Self: Poetry, Walt argues, is an analog act in a culture obsessed with optimization. It tracks what matters — not to improve our efficiency, but to deepen our humanity. Season 5 Episode 11 of STC is now available: https://t.co/vqbA5X31ot! #SomeThingsConsidered

[Sean Murphy @bullmurph]

What do we worship?

What do we excuse?

What have our stories done to us?

red, white, and blues will be available on March 31 for purchase on https://t.co/zJbuzIYehP

#redwhiteandblues #newbook #America #politics #poetry #comingsoon

[Sean Murphy @bullmurph]

Walt Hunter: stop lowering expectations for students. If we don't scrap calculus when it's hard, why treat poetry differently? Poetry deepens humanity, not efficiency. Available now at https://t.co/H9YDZ879Zu! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #walthunter #education

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

Gina Gershon discusses Alpha Pussy—a career defined by what she refused, not just accepted, prioritizing proximity to self over power. The artists who last know where to draw the line. Available now at https://t.co/vqbA5X31ot! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #ginagershon #memoir

[Sean Murphy @bullmurph]

Gina Gershon discusses Alpha Pussy—a career defined by what she refused, not just accepted, prioritizing proximity to self over power. The artists who last know where to draw the line. Available now at https://t.co/H9YDZ879Zu! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #ginagershon #memoir

[Sean Murphy @bullmurph]

When openness becomes chaos: incoherence is not a weakness of extremist movements, it’s often part of the appeal. Hidden knowledge and insider logic create devotion. STC episode 9 available now at https://t.co/H9YDZ879Zu! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #stephenmarche #politics

[1455 @1455LitArts]

Only 4 days left to submit your writing!

Free to Submit
Deadline: March 1, 2026
Learn more and enter at https://t.co/4jEH7FVIE6

#1455books #1455litarts #WomenWriters #Storytelling #Poetry #Fiction #Nonfiction #WritersCommunity #EmergingVoices

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

Stephen Marche: The Next Civil War reads like reportage now, narrative beats facts, liberals lose on story, and all writers fail—we're writing in an industry that no longer exists. Check it out at https://t.co/vqbA5X31ot! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #stephenmarche #writing

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

The Biggest Myth About Drummers: In this week's episode, John Lingan talks drumming: great drumming isn’t about flash; it’s about feel — sometimes the most restrained performances carry the most emotional weight. Available now at https://t.co/vqbA5X31ot! #SomeThingsConsidered

[Some Things Considered w/ Sean Murphy @SomeThingswSean]

John Lingan on Backbeats—drummers as rock history lens, Ringo's genius, James Brown's rhythm revolution, and why great drumming is feel over flash. Check it out at https://t.co/vqbA5X31ot! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #drummers #johnlingan