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by Finch Valley Productions
A project from the Podcast Book Club Discord server, Coffee Shop Chats is a monthly series hosted by Finch, wherein we interview up-and-coming indie podcasters to highlight the work of the creators in our community! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Today56 min
Episode 2.8: Theater Of The Mind (with Jessica Castro)
In this episode, Jess talks about theater of the mind, using other fiction as inspiration, working through the process of creating, using tropes, and fun theoretical crossovers.Coffee Shop Chats has it's own tumblr now! Follow us for updates and to submit questions.Join the PBC's Discord, follow us on Tumblr and find out more on our Website! Apply to be interviewed here.Find out more about Heinous Investigations here!This episode was recorded October 2026 and edited by José Machado. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago51 min
Bonus: Upload It and It Exists (with Audrey Martin)
In this episode, Audrey Martin talks about the challenges of acting and writing for a show alone, theme songs, the "indie" of audio fiction, dream projects, music and more!Join the PBC's Discord, follow us on Tumblr and find out more on our Website! Apply to be interviewed here.Find out more of The Heart Pyre here!This episode was recorded January 2025 and edited by Azazel Waters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Oct 6, 202659 min
Episode 2.7: Behind The PBC Team
In this episode, Tesh interviews staff of the PBC team about work and projects in the PBC, their favourite shows and... who is the shortest mod?Join the PBC's Discord, follow us on Tumblr and find out more on our Website! Apply to be interviewed here.Check out more of Valdivian's Finest and Space Specks.This episode was recorded September 2026 and edited by José Machado. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 3, 202622 min
Episode 2.6: Don't Do Audio Editing (with Mya Robinson)
In this episode, Mya Robinson talks about the links between books, writing and audio drama, the anti-capitalist nature of audio drama, anthologies, new secret projects, writing processes, and lots more!Here is a link to the writing playlist on spotify.Join the PBC's Discord, follow us on Tumblr and find out more on our Website! Apply to be interviewed here.Check out Unit 12 here and follow up with what Mya does on tumblr!This episode was recorded July 2026 and edited by José Machado. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 13, 202653 min
Episode 2.5: The Herculean Task of Making an Audio Drama (with Devin Steffens)
In this episode, Devin Steffens talks about logistical mistakes and how they can improve a story, where characters come from, contacting people and professors for cultural research, and performing multiple characters in the same show.Join the PBC's Discord, follow us on Tumblr and find out more on our Website! Apply to be interviewed here.Check out the Dead West Patreon here and listen wherever you get your podcasts!This episode was recorded March 2026 and edited by Azazel Waters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jul 17, 20261h 10m
Episode 2.4: It Needs... More Mustelids (with Eira Major)
In this episode Eira Major talks about the relation between audio drama and other mediums, theater and prose in regard to sound design and pacing, the weirdness of foley work, the planning process of writing, separating writer-brain from performer-brain, and approaching script-writing from those different perspectives.Join the PBC's Discord, follow us on Tumblr and find out more on our Website! Apply to be interviewed here.Check out all of Eira's shows under Hanging Sloth!This episode was recorded March 2026 and edited by Azazel Waters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jul 5, 20261h 31m
Bonus: Be Cool Everyone (with Tal Minear)
In this episode Tal talks about the many shows they're involved with, similarities of sound design and painting, how to write for sound, production tips, how not to burn out while juggling multiple projects, collaboration, figuring it out along the way, hot takes, fan - creator dynamics, pros and cons of podcast networks, inventing new vampire weaknesses, creating Re-Dracula, horror podcasts, aspec rep in audio drama, and more.Join the PBC's Discord, follow us on Tumblr and find out more on our Website! Apply to be interviewed here.Check out everything Tal does on their website!This episode was recorded early 2024 and edited by Azazel Waters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 27, 20261h 0m
Bonus: Do It For Yourself First (with William A. Wellman)
In this episode Finch and William talk about writing and recording Hello From the Hallowoods, the podcast to book pipeline, a quiet building of an audience, important aspects of making an episode, character voices and how it all comes back to marketing.Check out Hello From The Hallowoods!Join the PBC's Discord, follow us on Tumblr and find out more on our Website! Apply to be interviewed here.This episode was recorded in August 2024 and edited by Azazel Waters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A project from the Podcast Book Club Discord server, Coffee Shop Chats is a monthly series hosted by Finch, wherein we interview up-and-coming indie podcasters to highlight the work of the creators in our community! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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