In this episode of Inner Edison Podcast, Ed Parcaut sits down with John DeDakis for a wide-ranging conversation about journalism, media, fiction writing, personal loss, and reinvention.

John shares stories from a 45-year journalism career that included covering the White House and spending 25 years at CNN, including his final years on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. He talks about what changed in modern media, why trust matters, and how his desire for a creative outlet led him into fiction. That path was anything but easy. John explains that it took years, dozens of agent queries, and many major revisions before his first novel was finally published.

The conversation also turns deeply personal. John reflects on grief, including the loss of his sister and son, and how those experiences found their way into his novels, his teaching, and his work helping others write. This is an honest episode about persistence, second acts, creativity, and using storytelling as a way to make sense of life.

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