Introducing The SpeakEasy Podcast, where writers come together to eat, drink, and share stories on a range of themes each week. Hosted by SpeakEasy's co-founders, Amanda Foreman and Lucas Wittmann, episodes will feature previously recorded storytelling performances from our live Seriously Entertaining shows at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater in New York City as well as new audio segments from our outreach programs, including our bookmobile outings and work with high school students.

Our first episode features TV writer and "Babylon 5" creator J. Michael Straczynski who talks about the power of walking away; writer Alexander Chee explains why endings are so damn hard; and novelist Colum McCann takes us back to his beginnings to show why nothing really ever ends.

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