Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley

Kate Hanley

Booking Overview

This is an interview show focused on the creative process, featuring recurring multi-part conversations with writers, journalists, and other working creatives about their methods, doubts, careers, and future projects. Credible pitches include published authors, journalists, artists, musicians, and other creatives with a distinctive process or substantial body of work; booking difficulty is likely medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 1286

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 61 subscribers

Instagram: 1.5k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

kate@katehanley.com

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Host

Kate Hanley - Writer and podcast host who explores the creative process through candid conversations with writers and other working creatives.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, journalists, artists, musicians, and other working creatives with an established body of work, a distinctive creative practice, or meaningful career experience to discuss.

Required Achievements:

Published books or other creative work, National or major literary recognition, Book-club selection or strong critical reception, Established journalism or independent publishing work

Recent Guest Discussions

Allegra Goodman - Writing Routines, Creative Endurance, Genre Flexibility, Literary Influences, Sustaining A Writing Career, And Her Upcoming Work.

Steve Ahlquist - Journalism, Social Justice And Environmental Justice Reporting, Political Change, Creative Influences, And The Future Direction Of His Work.

Recent Topics

Writing, Creative Process, Literature, Publishing, Journalism

Episodes

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Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley

Six writers share how they get their writing done Ep 1289

September 21, 2026

Welcome to our third and final compilation episode where I share answers from six different writers to just one of my questions from the Finding the Throughline questionnaire. This week that question is: How do you get your writing done?Let's find out how the sausage gets made!Allegra Goodman, Octavia Randolph, Eric J. Dolan, Sheree L. Greer, Susan Scarf Merrell, and Daisy Florin give us a peel at both the practical side of whether they write every day, what tools they use, where they are, wh...

Six writers share how they stay inspired Ep 1288

August 31, 2026

This week I've got another compilation episode for you to enjoy while I take the rest of the summer off from producing new episodes.In today’s episode, I’m sharing answers from six different writers to the question: What is your favorite part of the writing process? What really lights you up and keeps you going?The writers you’ll hear from today are a mix of journalists, novelists, essayists, memoirists, and historians–and sometimes they tick multiple of these boxes. They include Christine Ch...

Producing creative work while holding down a day job Ep 1287

August 17, 2026

I’m taking a little hiatus during the month of August, but I didn’t want to leave you with nothing new to listen to. So my editor and I have pulled some highlights from some our most-loved conversations that we know you'll enjoy.Something I ask everyone is: How do you make money??Not because I'm a tacky person (although maybe I am, a little) but because one of the biggest things that stops people from pursuing writing more seriously is the fear that they'll never make money.This week, we’re r...

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kate@katehanley.com

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