Sentimental Garbage Creators & Guests

Author and journalist. Host of Sentimental Garbage.

Kate Young is a cook, writer, blogger, and author of The Little Library Christmas.

Rebecca F. Kuang is a fantasy fiction writer.Kuang's first novel, "The Poppy War," was published in 2018, followed by the sequels "The Dragon Republic," published in 2019, and "The Burning God," published in 2020. They won the Compton Crook Award, the Crawford Award, and the 2020 Astounding Award for Best New Writer.Kuang received their M.Sc. in Chinese Studies from Cambridge University, and their M.Ph in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford University.

Ella Risbridger is an author, columnist, journalist, poetry expert, anthologiser, and editor.

Candice Carty-Williams is a writer, author of Sunday Times bestselling Queenie, and creator of B4ME.

Jensen McRae is a singer-songwriter.

Alexandra Haddow is a comedian and writer.

Kate Young, host, writer, and Executive Producer of This Is Purdue, has served as an executive producer for more than 20 podcasts, hosts her own show with more than 25,000 listeners, and is a proud Boilermaker.After graduating from Purdue University in 2012, she kicked off her broadcast journalism career as a digital producer and reporter at WANE-TV in Fort Wayne and later at WISH-TV in Indianapolis.Since then, she’s worked in public relations, social media, and sports marketing and previously worked for an agency that supported the IndyCar, Porsche Club of America, and more. One of her favorite career experiences was serving as the emcee and communications lead for the Porsche series. Kate then transitioned to a B2B podcast startup company and has more than 3 years of professional podcast experience under her belt. In 2020, she started her own podcast as a fun quarantine hobby - serving as host, executive producer, writer, and editor.She lives in Fountain Square in downtown Indy with her husband, David, and their rescue lab, Macaroni.

Katherine Rundell is an academic and author of Rooftoppers.

Elizabeth Day is an English journalist, broadcaster, and novelist. She was a feature writer for The Observer from 2007 to 2016 and has written four novels.

Alan Maguire is the co-host of Juvenalia and Roast Chestnuts. Juvenalia is a pop culture podcast where a special guest talks about a piece of pop culture that was important to them when they were young and Roast Chestnuts is a made-for-tv Christmas movies review podcast.

Siobhan McSweeney is an Irish actress.

Amanda Montell is a linguist, writer, editor, and author of Wordslut.

Cariad Lloyd is a comedian, actress, writer, and podcaster.