Native Tongues

Salvadoran-American playwright, actor, and composer, Brian Quijada joins us this week to discuss his musical upbringing, how he discovered looping, and an ideal afternoon in Chicago. His current touring project, Mexodus is described as a live looping, hip-hop remix about the Underground Railroad that went south into Mexico.   Follow us for more content on instagram @nativetonguespod Follow Brian @mrbrianquijada and www.Brianquijada.com Please hit Follow and take a moment to rate and review us on Apple podcasts!

Few filmmakers have a hit that's as successful and impactful as The Blair Witch Project, let alone as their first movie. Eduardo Sanchez shares with us behind the scenes of how it got made, the impact it had on his life and how his career has evolved from there.   Follow us on instagram from more content @nativetonguespod Follow Ed on instagram @sanchezonthemic Please hit subscribe and rate and review us on Apple podcasts!

Owner of Salt Water Media, winner of the Sophie Kerr prize and true crime author, Stephanie Fowler joins us from the Eastern Shore of Maryland to discuss a very personal book, her investigative methods for researching and the necessity of Cap'n Crunch.   Follow us on instagram for more content @nativetonguespod Follow Stephanie on instagram @stephanie_fowler and www.stephaniefowler.com Follow her business @saltwatermedia and www.saltwatermedia.com  Please hit subscribe and rate and review us on Apple podcasts!

We're taking a bye week to bask in our success and riches from this show......or to prep for what's ahead. Listen now for a preview!

If you have ever wanted tips for navigating the business side of writing, then tune in now.  NY Times Bestselling author, J.D. Barker joins us to discuss his success through lucrative deals in self publishing and traditional mass market, having passive income outside of writing, and his time in Florida babysitting rockstars. Follow us on instagram @nativetonguespod. Follow J.D. on instagram @jdbarker_author and listen to his podcast, Writers, Ink. Please hit subscribe and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

Dissecting hit singles, selling out an anniversary tour, producing a podcast with every big musician and writing new music. Chris Fafalios of the band, Punchline stays busy. We hang out this week with the musician and professional podcaster to talk about getting signed and touring with Fall Out Boy and Paramore, two decades in the music business, starting podcasting in 2006, accidentally upsetting a 1990's boy band and the best dive bar in Pittsburgh.   Follow us for more content on instagram @nativetonguespod Follow Punchline @punchlion Listen to Punchline on all streaming platforms. Listen to Chris's podcast One Hit Thunder anywhere you get your pods.  

"Who's this shmuck writing with Stephen King?".     NY Times Bestselling author, Richard Chizmar joins us to talk about his books, writing with horror legend Stephen King, Cemetery Dance Publications, being a street urchin and Road House 2. You read that correctly.   Follow us for more content on instagram @nativetonguespod. Follow Richard Chizmar @Richard_chizmar and check out www.Cemetarydance.com to shop limited publications. 

Touring with Taylor Swift, playing with Florida Georgia Line, writing with Ed Sheeran, signing with Keith Urban, composing for major national ad campaigns... This all came from saying "yes" to everything, grinding away on the road and in the studio for years, and having some great foresight. Brandon shares his success, his failures, and his clever strategy for the next phase of his musical career. Listen now.   Follow us for more content on Instagram @nativetonguespod. Follow Brandon Ray @brandonraymusic and @ouskrtsmusic. Listen to Brandon Ray's music and Outskrts' music on all major platforms.  

This week we learn how writing partners split duties, what "pantsing" means (it's not what you think), and how to be successful on Amazon's Kindle Vella from someone who was there at launch.    Follow us on instagram for more content @nativetonguespod

From junior detective work through a lovestruck Honduran adventure, we follow a set of unusual threads that all lead to Julie Scharper's career as an Enterprise Reporter, where she was awarded Best in Baltimore for an investigative series about a toxic work culture in the MD Park Service in 2023. It's an entertaining story well worth listening to!   Follow us for more content on instagram @nativetonguespod

Fist fights, AC/DC riffs, the best pizza in NY, and the origin of Teenage Dirtbag. It's all here in our conversation with Brendan B. Brown of the pop/rock band Wheatus. Listen now.   Follow us on instagram @nativetonguespod for more content.

This is one of our favorite parts of this podcast, discovering real talent in unexpected places.  Nicolette is a name to watch out for. She's a breath of fresh air, makes for a fun conversation and loves to talk food as much as we do. Go listen to her music after this episode. Follow us on instagram @nativetonguespod for more content.

Screenwriter, director, script consultant, novelist...Jamie keeps himself busy. We discuss indie filmmaking and working in the studio system, what a career in this business actually looks like, and gush over our favorite concert venue.   Follow us on instagram @nativetonguespod

Boots on the street and head in the clouds. We step inside the academic mind this week of poet, teacher and Baltimore City police officer, Ed Doyle-Gillespie.   Follow us on instagram @nativetonguespod

Midwest roots with east coast attitude. We chat with author, Matthew Norman about his writing career, his time at Under Armour and our mutual love for Olivia Rodrigo!   Follow us on Instagram @nativetonguespod. Follow Matt @TheNormanNation and www.TheNormanNation.com

We talk this week with musical nomad, Jupie! He walks us through an ideal day in Baltimore, discusses growing up as a roadie, production tricks for recording, and life in Cairo.   Look up all his recommends on our instagram @nativetonguespod Follow him @jupiefullyloaded

This week we're spending time with the guitarist/vocalist of the pop punk band, Ford The River. We learn that touring and chasing fame is for the young, but you're never too old to rock out.

This week Ken and I continue to expose ourselves (note - don't forget to change that wording before publishing) in our ongoing Q&A. We then sit down with author, Jeff Elkins to discuss writing, philanthropy, traumatic events and leaving the evangelical church. Fortunately, he is able to find humor in all of it.

This week we speak with writer, nomad, professor, humorist and all around open book Marion Winik. She makes for a very fun and constantly surprising conversation.  Follow us on Instagram @nativetonguespod

We head to Massachusetts to speak with horror writer, Paul Tremblay. We learn about witches, Parker Brothers, having a book adapted into an M. Night Shyamalan movie, and some good concert venues!