Help Launch Rough Drafts: A New Podcast

Sometimes, getting started is the hardest part. It helps to have a friend to help along the way.

Maurice and Luke, classmates from their time at a small liberal arts college in the 2010s, reconnected after their respective odyssey in the early 2020s. Through their work facilitating writing groups and public events at a bookstore in Philadelphia, the idea for this podcast emerged, and in fact, was requested.

Rough Drafts is exactly what it sounds like: ideas in their nascent stages, first impressions, best foot forward.

The concept of each episode is simple: they bring a topic, present a question, or a works-in-progress; they do some research, then have a conversation (often with a guest who commits to reading, research and hot takes). The goal is to start a conversation, and commit to learning, growing, and building for the next draft.

They record in a studio in West Philadelphia, and hold monthly public events including author talks, folk seminars, town halls to think through and in community.

If you are willing and able, please contribute to this fundraiser, which will go to the following:

-Guest Honorarium (to honor the work and expertise of our guests)

-Transportation (for our guests coming out-of-state for live events)

-Sound system (including mics, speakers, etc.)

-Tech (specifically L's computer screen is broken and in need of repair)