Jude Brewer

Jude Brewer is an American writer, producer, actor, and podcast host, best known for creating and hosting Storybound and Storytellers Telling Stories.[1] Brewer's writing has appeared in literary magazines, podcasts and short films.

Jude Brewer
Born (1989-06-13) June 13, 1989
Walnut Creek, California U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Writer, actor
Known forStorybound and Storytellers Telling Stories
WebsiteOfficial website

Career

Around early 2017, Brewer launched John Plays the Piano, a roundtable film discussion podcast, breaking down and analyzing classic films such as Brazil, Being John Malkovich, and Small Soldiers. Eight episodes were released.[2] Brewer has said John Plays the Piano is on an "indefinite hiatus".[3]

In October 2017, Brewer launched the Storytellers Telling Stories podcast as a means to take a break from writing.[4] The show has been described as an audio drama "pushing the evolution" of podcasting.[5] The initial concept was to simulate a movie within the listener's mind.[6] Storytellers Telling Stories wrapped with its series finale in August 2019, bringing together 27 different writers reading the work of author Traci Foust, as Foust had died the previous year.[7]

In October 2019, Lit Hub announced a partnership with The Podglomerate, launching the Storybound, a podcast created, produced, and hosted by Brewer.[8] The show would explore "family life to friendship, relationships to histories, and how everything in life can be impacted by the power of a good story".[9] Season one was sponsored by Powell's Books, including musicians who originally appeared on Storytellers Telling Stories, alongside authors Mitch Albom, Lidia Yuknavitch, Matt Gallagher, Kim Barnes, Adelle Waldman, Diksha Basu, Nathan Hill, Caitlin Doughty, Mitchell S. Jackson, as well as a story told by Jack Rhysider, creator of the podcast Darknet Diaries.[10][11][12][13][14] Season 3 incorporated more experimental cross-genre music compositions with sampling created and arranged by Brewer.[15] Storybound season 4 continued to expand and build upon the show's experimental shift, crediting Brewer for "original Storybound remixes" as well as sound design and arrangement.[16] Season 5 was announced for 2022.

In 2021, Brewer was awarded first place in the KCRW Radio Race, saying "Beyond the piece's beautifully crafted audio design and editing, Brewer wields sound as a character unto itself, taking the listener inside its ability to trigger — and sustain — memories of halcyon days spent perfecting kickflips after school and revelling in the unwritten possibilities and potential of youth."[17]

Awards
  • 2017 UK Retreat West Flash Fiction Prize[18]
  • 2021 First Place, BUZZY, KCRW's Radio Race[19]

Bibliography

Audio adaptations
  • BUZZY - KCRW's Radio Race (2021) & Storybound, Season 4 (2021)
  • Say What You Will - Storytellers Telling Stories, Season 2, Episode 10 (2019)
  • We Didn't Know What Was Happening - Storytellers Telling Stories, Season 1, Episode 21 (2018)

Film
  • Your Heart is Mine (2020)[20]

Short fiction
  • "Say What You Will" - Stephen O'Donnell's The Untold Gaze (2018)
  • "Thank You" - Typishly Magazine (2017)
  • "Job #18 Divinity" - The Clackamas Literary Review, 20th Anniversary Issue (2017)
  • "While My Wife Is Out Of Town" - Retreat West's Impermanent Facts (2017)
  • "The Has Been, The Dancer, The Invader" - Scintilla Press Magazine, Issue 10 (2016)

References
  1. "Storybound is a New Podcast That Combines Portland Musical Acts and Well-Known Authors". Willamette Week. November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  2. "John Plays the Piano - A Film Podcast". Listen Notes. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  3. "Podcast Spotlight: Storytellers Telling Stories". February 24, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  4. "Press Play on #PDXmusic Podcasts: Storytellers Telling Stories, That Much Further West, Haute Garbage and DIY Musician Podcast". June 5, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  5. "Podcast Spotlight: Storytellers Telling Stories". February 24, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  6. "Podcast Obsessed: Storybound". December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  7. "Traci Foust: 1972–2018". January 13, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  8. "Introducing the Storybound Podcast". October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  9. "The Return Of Radio Theater". October 22, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  10. "Storybound is a New Podcast That Combines Portland Musical Acts and Well-Known Authors". Willamette Week. November 19, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  11. "Inside Podcasting". Inside. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  12. "New: Storybound". Podcast Business Journal. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  13. "Podcast, the Newsletter". Mailchimp. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  14. "Podcasts about Beyonce, Arias and Healthcare: Worth a Listen". New York Times. December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  15. "How Jude Brewer's Storybound podcast snowballed from thousands to millions of downloads". August 18, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  16. "Announcing Season 4 of the Storybound Podcast". 4 June 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  17. "It's KCRW's 2021 Radio Race winners!". 22 November 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  18. "2017 Flash Fiction Prize Winners". 7 February 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  19. "It's KCRW's 2021 Radio Race winners!". 22 November 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  20. "Your Heart is Mine (2020)". IMDB. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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