Origin Stories

by Campside Media

Category

Performing Arts

Frequency

Updated Weekly

Language

English

Have you ever wondered exactly how your favorite movie or book –– or podcast, TV series, documentary film, or magazine article –– got made? Origin Stories has you covered. Each week, veteran journalist Matthew Shaer talks to a different writer or director about the creation of a work close to their own hearts (and to ours). Nothing is off the table: not the frustrations and the joys, not the setbacks and the successes. Intimate and incisive, instructive and eye-opening, Origin Stories is the ult...

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Recent Reviews

Solid

Mountainsarecalling33•11/1/2025

Good mix of guests - but would love more writers rather than movie peeps

This one snuck up on me!

RegencyReader1•10/13/2025

I really miss Longform. I wasn’t sure that this podcast could fill that void, but I was really drawn in by the conversations about the creative process and how writers and creators do their work and how different it looks for each individual. Thanks so much for these wonderful conversations!

Finally, a Longform substitute

thePodfatherPart2•10/9/2025

Been waiting for something like this. And the guests so far are so good. It’s like Longform, but with a tighter lens.

Insights and inspiration and entertainment

TheStateofMD•10/9/2025

It’s so exciting to hear the host and his guests go deep on a tv show or book or podcast. It’s just the right mix of creative insight and storytelling!

Fascinating

Polkypot1•10/8/2025

I love hearing about creative processes, and Matt is a wonderful host! His voice is dulcet toned and calming.