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A podcast about the craft of storytelling. Join authors Jonathan Auxier and Matt Bird as they dig up good stories to discover how their authors told them well … and how those same tricks and tools can... more
FAQs about A Good Story Well Told:How many episodes does A Good Story Well Told have?The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.
May 21, 2026Guilty Treasures: Hardball, with Austen RachlisIt's the final episode of our Guilty Treasures season! Award-winning podcaster Austen Rachlis stops by to profess her affection for Hardball, in which Keanu Reeves coaches an inner-city little league baseball team, including a young Michael B. Jordan! Will we wholeheartedly endorse her choice? ...more1h 7minPlay
May 07, 2026Guilty Treasures: Big Trouble in Little China, with Kate MilfordAcclaimed children's author Kate Milford joins us to talk about one of her favorite movies, John Carpenter's cult classic Big Trouble in Little China. Will she be able to win us over to its charms?...more1h 15minPlay
April 23, 2026Guilty Treasures: Tremors, with Benjamin ZelkowiczAuthor and animator Benjamin Zelkowicz joins us to share his love of the 1990 Kevin Bacon creature-feature Tremors, and the three of us have a good old time mining it for story insights. ...more1h 8minPlay
April 09, 2026Guilty Treasures: The Intern, with Peter C. HaywardMaster board game creator Peter C. Hayward joins us to sing the praises of the 2015 Nancy Meyers movie The Intern, but we have very different reactions. Who will join in the praise and who will say this movie just might be the death of America?...more1h 19minPlay
March 26, 2026Guilty Treasures: Ace in the Hole, with Keir GraffAcclaimed Novelist and Podcaster Keir Graff visits to make the case that Billy Wilder's first big flop, 1951's Ace in the Hole, might actually be his masterpiece. As it turns out, Jonathan and Matt don't need much convincing. ...more1h 7minPlay
March 12, 2026Guilty Treasures: The Brave Little Toaster, with Betsy BirdJonathan and Matt welcome Matt's legendary wife Betsy to discuss one of the weirdest movies ever made, Disney's direct-to-video epic The Brave Little Toaster. Is it oddly great, or just greatly odd? ...more1hPlay
February 26, 2026Guilty Treasures: Beau is Afraid, with James KennedyIt's Old Home Week! Special Guest James Kennedy makes an impassioned case for Ari Aster's epic nightmare-fuel Beau is Afraid. Will Matt and Jonathan be won over? ...more1h 14minPlay
February 12, 2026Guilty Treasures: Girls Just Want to Have Fun, with Grace LinCan a quickie movie adaptation of a song, which didn't even have the rights to use Cyndi Lauper's version, actually be a good movie?? Superstar author Grace Lin makes the case, and Jonathan and Matt are here for it!...more1h 4minPlay
January 29, 2026Guilty Treasures: Hook, with Lindsay EagarWe welcome our first ever guest, Lindsay Eager, to make the case for Hook, Steven Spielberg's 1991 movie about a grown-up Peter Pan! Will she be able to convince us that it's unfairly maligned? ...more1h 17minPlay
January 15, 2026Guilty Treasures: Real SteelWe continue our Guilty Treasures series, where we (or guests) make the case for critically maligned works! This episode, can Jonathan convince Matt of the value of the Hugh Jackman robot-boxing movie Real Steel? ...more1h 15minPlay
FAQs about A Good Story Well Told:How many episodes does A Good Story Well Told have?The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.