I love listening to podcasts, particularly of great storytellers talking about their craft. Here are a few of my favorites that inspire me to keep up the soulful  work of being a writer. If you’re feeling in need of some inspiration, take your pick of these remarkable interviews with some of the best storytellers and creative thinkers of our time:

1. NPR’s On Being interview with the great poet Mary Oliver, “Listening to the World”
2. NPR’s On Being interview with Rilke scholar Joanna Macy, “A Wild Love for the World”
3. NPR’s On Being interview with poet Marie Howe, “The Poetry of Ordinary Time”
4. NPR’s On Being interview with writer Paolo Coelho, “The Alchemy of Pilgrimage”
5. NPR’s On Being interview with storyteller Dave Isay, “The Everyday Art of Listening“
6. NPR’s Morning Edition: “Memoir Project Gives Tips For Telling Your Story”
7. The TED Radio Hour on The Source of Creativity
8. The TED Radio Hour on The Act of Listening
9. The TED Radio Hour on Framing the Story
10. NPR’s “Fresh Air Remembers Poet and Memoirist Maya Angelou”
11. NPR’s Fresh Air interview with memoirist Jaqueline Woodson
12. NPR’s Fresh Air interview with author Toni Morrison
13. NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday interview with writer Aimee Bender
14. NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday interview with writer Lauren Groff
15. NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday interview with writer Cheryl Strayed
16. NPR’s All Things Considered interview with novelist Nicole Krauss
17. NPR’s All Things Considered interview with writer George Saunders
18. NPR’s All Things Considered interview with author Percival Everett
19. NPR’s All Things Considered interview with Zadie Smith
20. NPR’s All Things Considered interview with novelist Anthony Doerr
21. NPR’s Morning Edition interview with Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera
22. NPR’s The Diane Rehm show interview with Joyce Carol Oates: “The Lost Landscape: A Writer’s Coming Of Age”
23. NPR’s The Diane Rehm show interview with writer Neil Gaiman: “Trigger Warning”
24. NPR’s The Diane Rehm show interview with writer Alice McDermott: “Someone”
25. NPR’s The Diane Rehm show interview with writer Heidi Julavits: “The Folded Clock”
26. WBUR’s interview with writer Lorrie Moore, “On Writing and a Very Crowded Life”
27. WBUR’s Dear Sugar Radio with Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond, “How Do I Survive the Critics?”

Please feel free to add your suggestions in the comments for other great storyteller podcasts.