This Is Your Mixtape

48. The Idea of a Centre. [Oriana Schwindt.]


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Oriana Schwindt is one of those former

journalists-turned-screenwriters. She lives in Los Angeles now, but is pretty
sure it’s just a phase. She’s a co-host on Megaphonic’s own By-the-Bywater Tolkien podcast and is
considering reviving her old podcast about grift in America, called, uh…
American Grift.

Oriana and Michael talk about imagination, the persistence of trauma, learning

to be vulnerable, giant trees, and visiting the geographical centre of all
fifty American states.

Oriana’s Five Songs.
  • Wannabe by The Spice
  • Girls.
  • Flying Horses by Dispatch.
  • The Mute by Radical Face.
  • [Being Alive]() by Stephen Sondheim, performed by Raúl Esparza.
  • Remember the Mountain Bed
  • by WIlco and Billy Bragg, lyrics by Woody Guthrie.
    Show Notes.

    Oriana on Twitter.

    Oriana’s capstone essay about her Centerville

    Project.

    Oriana’s essays on Medium, including some

    from the Centerville Project.

    American Grift: Oriana’s on-hiatus podcast about grift in America.

    By-the-Bywater: A Tolkien Podcast,

    where Oriana is one third of the hosting team.

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