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Lisa Towles, award-winning crime novelist and host of Story Impact, sits down with Martyn Burke to explore narrative truth, investigative storytelling, and writing in the shadow of power.
This episode dives into journalism, documentary filmmaking, historical fiction, and the courage required to confront dangerous realities.
Essential listening for authors, filmmakers, and engaged readers.
A literary podcast for serious readers, writers, and creative thinkers.
Martyn Burke is a five-decade veteran of narrative truth whose career spans war correspondence, investigative documentaries, and fiction that refuses to look away. From paying his own way to Vietnam as a young reporter to interviewing Idi Amin, going undercover with the KGB and the Mafia, and creating the landmark film Pirates of Silicon Valley, Burke has built a body of work that interrogates power across mediums.
His distinguished career includes Peabody Awards, Emmy nominations, and an Oscar shortlist for Under Fire: Journalists in Combat. Whether through novels, documentaries, or feature films, Martyn Burke asks a singular question: how does truth survive in the context of power?
In his latest novel, The Gossip Columnist, Burke transports readers to 1930s Berlin, where a young woman weaponizes gossip against Nazi propaganda—turning perceived frivolity into a powerful act of resistance. It’s a story about what happens when truth becomes dangerous, written by someone who has spent a lifetime documenting that danger up close.
In this in-depth author interview, Lisa Towles and Martyn Burke discuss:
This episode is ideal for novelists, journalists, documentary filmmakers, readers of historical fiction, and creatives interested in political storytelling, media influence, and narrative responsibility.
Watch the full YouTube video interview:
https://youtu.be/vV-dlWNfJos?si=eDLRSkuZohUPq_DA
Learn more about Martyn Burke and his work:
https://martynburke.com
Story Impact is hosted by Lisa Towles — award-winning crime novelist and founder of Story Impact Consulting. This literary podcast features visionary authors, filmmakers, and master storytellers, exploring the writing process, creative courage, publishing journeys, and the deeper purpose behind powerful books and films.
Learn more about the Story Impact platform:
https://storyimpactconsulting.com
Follow Story Impact on Podbean, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts to stay connected to conversations that elevate storytelling and culture. Subscribe on YouTube for full-length video interviews with today’s most compelling authors and cultural voices.
Stories hold the world together.
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By Lisa TowlesLisa Towles, award-winning crime novelist and host of Story Impact, sits down with Martyn Burke to explore narrative truth, investigative storytelling, and writing in the shadow of power.
This episode dives into journalism, documentary filmmaking, historical fiction, and the courage required to confront dangerous realities.
Essential listening for authors, filmmakers, and engaged readers.
A literary podcast for serious readers, writers, and creative thinkers.
Martyn Burke is a five-decade veteran of narrative truth whose career spans war correspondence, investigative documentaries, and fiction that refuses to look away. From paying his own way to Vietnam as a young reporter to interviewing Idi Amin, going undercover with the KGB and the Mafia, and creating the landmark film Pirates of Silicon Valley, Burke has built a body of work that interrogates power across mediums.
His distinguished career includes Peabody Awards, Emmy nominations, and an Oscar shortlist for Under Fire: Journalists in Combat. Whether through novels, documentaries, or feature films, Martyn Burke asks a singular question: how does truth survive in the context of power?
In his latest novel, The Gossip Columnist, Burke transports readers to 1930s Berlin, where a young woman weaponizes gossip against Nazi propaganda—turning perceived frivolity into a powerful act of resistance. It’s a story about what happens when truth becomes dangerous, written by someone who has spent a lifetime documenting that danger up close.
In this in-depth author interview, Lisa Towles and Martyn Burke discuss:
This episode is ideal for novelists, journalists, documentary filmmakers, readers of historical fiction, and creatives interested in political storytelling, media influence, and narrative responsibility.
Watch the full YouTube video interview:
https://youtu.be/vV-dlWNfJos?si=eDLRSkuZohUPq_DA
Learn more about Martyn Burke and his work:
https://martynburke.com
Story Impact is hosted by Lisa Towles — award-winning crime novelist and founder of Story Impact Consulting. This literary podcast features visionary authors, filmmakers, and master storytellers, exploring the writing process, creative courage, publishing journeys, and the deeper purpose behind powerful books and films.
Learn more about the Story Impact platform:
https://storyimpactconsulting.com
Follow Story Impact on Podbean, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts to stay connected to conversations that elevate storytelling and culture. Subscribe on YouTube for full-length video interviews with today’s most compelling authors and cultural voices.
Stories hold the world together.