The Craft & Release Podcast

Tiffany is a floral designer and hopeful romantic with an eye for beauty and a belief in fate. Her story for Release 005: ENDINGS reflects on the many chapters of a love she once believed was meant to be—and one unexpected collision.

Ashley is a writer, widow, and creator of Bad Brain, a weekly newsletter exploring grief, pop culture, and the internet. Her work has appeared in Jezebel, New York Magazine/Vulture, Essence, and Teen Vogue. Her story for Release 005: ENDINGS follows a trip to Montana to spread some of her late husband Rob’s ashes in Glacier National Park, and the strange intimacy of saying goodbye in a place he chose.

Jameer is a storyteller who has traveled the world telling true, first-person stories. He’s also a Video Director at Vanity Fair. His story for Release 005: ENDINGS is about covering Kamala Harris’s election night party and finding himself in an emotional powder keg he’ll never forget.

Glynn and Nneka kick off Release 005: ENDINGS with a conversation about letting go, moving on, and the endings that are harder to make sense of. Pulling from the themes in this season’s stories, they swap their own experiences with love, loss, friendship, and the people and places that can be hard to leave behind.

Julianne Nassi is an acute care nurse, cringey dog mom, and mezcal supremacist from Harlem. She describes her writing style as “manic episode” and has learned to lean into it—because sometimes creativity looks a little like madness. Her story for Release 004: REDEMPTION + REVENGE, involves a toxic ex, plastic surgery, and the particular satisfaction of getting the last word.