Like crime stories, books and people talking about those things? This could be the podcast for you. Want to talk books? Email us at [email protected]. Artwork by Andrew Thompson Theme music by Saul Focus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In the South, food and music go hand in hand. They define much of what we think of as Southern culture, and they say a lot about our past, our present, and our future. Each week, Sid Evans, Editor in Chief of Southern Living, sits down with musicians, chefs, and other Southern icons to hear the stories of how they grew up, what inspires them, and why they feel connected to the region. Through honest conversations, Sid explores childhood memories, the family meals they still think about, and ...
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What are you reading, loving or being challenged by? We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.
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Helping ordinary people read the Bible for the sake of life application and a godly transformation. In other words, for the sake of becoming more like Jesus.
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Reveal’s investigations will inspire, infuriate and inform you. Host Al Letson and an award-winning team of reporters deliver gripping stories about caregivers, advocates for the unhoused, immigrant families, warehouse workers and formerly incarcerated people, fighting to hold the powerful accountable. The New Yorker described Reveal as “a knockout … a pleasure to listen to, even as we seethe.” A winner of multiple Peabody, duPont, Emmy and Murrow awards, Reveal is produced by the nation’s f ...
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Stay up to date with the many fun and educational classes, inspiring author visits, vast range of books and historical archives at the Bury Libraries.
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Welcome to our book club podcast! Come for the bookish banter, stay for the girly chit chat.
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Staged Readings from New Leaf Theatre - renewing artist and audience
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Writing History is a podcast about the writers of ancient history and what they may have been trying to do with their writing, what prompted them to record these events, and the implicit argument they may have been making to their audiences about their past, present, and future.
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Poems. Read to you by the poet. With a little info about who they are, and where to find out more. A way to get some poetry into your life, in small bites, until you hunger for so much more, that you are compelled to binge on poetry! Get more vitamin C(ulture) and A(rts) in your diet! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/serroc/support
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Dating Talk with Kealy is a podcast that includes the best/worst stories of dating. Kealy is here to talk all things dating with her fun, intelligent, and energetic guests. Each week she brings a new perspective on dating in this day in age. Pour some wine and get ready to giggle, learn, and relate! Email [email protected] with any of your dating/sex stories to be read on the pod! Insta: datingtalkwithkealy Twitter: @datingtalkwithk
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For the Irish historian John Bagnell Bury, history should be treated as a science and not a mere branch of literature. Many contemporary histories written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century were poetic and heroic in tone, blending fact and fiction, myths and legends. They sometimes relied on sources from Shakespeare and classical poets. For Bury, the facts of history may be legendary or romantic in nature, but they should be recounted in a scholarly and non-judgmental manner, ...
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Odyssey & Muse is a podcast about creativity, adventure and living life without a map. Host John Jurko II (@johnjurko) dives into conversations with interesting and talented artists, travelers, innovators and adventure junkies to discuss how they brought their creations and journeys to life. John will dig into the big questions like how to overcome fears, how to plan and execute a large project, and how to discover the things that drive you. Finding your true North. Subscribe, share and rate us.
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Frankie is drinking the Kool-Aid with returning guest Lizzy Barber, author of Be Mine, to learn about her fascination with cults, motherhood, cool girls and writing twists. Follow Lizzy on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter at @bylizzybarber. Want to talk books? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram and Threads: @readandburie…
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In 2014, in the college town of Isla Vista, California, a 22-year-old man killed six people and injured 14 others before killing himself. He didn’t suddenly “snap” one day out of the blue; he planned the attack and spiraled into crisis in the years leading up to it. The horrific incident left violence prevention experts wondering: What were the mis…
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Ep 085 (S5E3) Don't Let Me Walk Away: What the Resurrection Means to Me (In Song) Pt 4
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30:28References: Inspiring passages John 14:12 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater (μείζονα) works, because I am going to be with the Father. John 15:5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do n…
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On stage at Melbourne Writers' Festival with Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox
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54:06A live recording from Melbourne Writers' Festival as Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox sit down with Kate Evans and Jonathan Green to discuss the latest fiction releases they’re enjoying, loving and being challenged by. BOOKS- Hannah Kent, Always Home, Always Homesick, Picador- Eimear McBride, The City Changes its Face, Faber- Susan Choi, Flashlight, J…
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Pet-Eating Lies to Deportation Fears: Haitians in Trump’s Crosshairs
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16:42Lindsay Aime remembers the moment his Haitian immigrant community came under a national spotlight. It was September 2024 when then-presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, of eating people’s pets. To Aime, who is originally from Haiti but has lived in Springfield since 2019, the accusation was not just ab…
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Valerie June was raised in Humboldt, Tennessee, just north of Jackson, and though she now spends a good deal of time in New York, she still has a place in Humboldt that’s been passed down through her family. In 2018, Valerie was inducted into the Humboldt Hall of Fame, which she calls one of her greatest honors, and she often returns there to write…
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Alabama’s Threats to Prosecute Abortion Helpers
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49:45In August 2022, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall made a guest appearance on a local conservative talk radio show. It was two months after the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, and abortion was now illegal in Alabama. And Marshall addressed rumors that he planned to prosecute anyone helping people get abortions out of state. “If so…
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Ep 084 (S5E2) Comfort Zone: What the Resurrection Means To Me (In Song) Pt 3
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32:52References: Matthew 14:22-33 - Jesus calls Peter out of the boat v 27 - ① Θαρσεῖτε ② ἐγώ εἰμι· ③ μὴ φοβεῖσθε ① Courage! - imperative ② I Am! ③ No fear! - imperative v 28 - ① κέλευσόν με ② πρὸς σὲ ③ ἐλθεῖν ① Command me ② Unto you ③ To come (infinitive) v 29 - Ἐλθέ Come! (imperative - command) The story’s application Consider what the boat represents…
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A woman falls through the cracks of time in the first of Solvej Balle's seven-novel-series
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54:04One day lived over and over again with humour, despair and self-improvement is what we’re up against in Danish novelist Solvej Balle’s On The Calculation of Volume, a fictional work in seven volumes, the first volume (the one we’re talking about in this episode), has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Plus, The Emperor of Gladness…
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May Bookish: Book To Screen Adaptations, Current Reads & MET Gala
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45:20Welcome to our bookish episode for the month of May!! Today we're announcing our May book club pick: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (duh lol), we hope you read along! We also give our thoughts on the new release King Of Envy by Ana Huang, her previous book King Of Wrath, break down our part one of book to tv/movie adaptions (part two is co…
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Frankie is on a Jacknife's edge with Anna Bailey, author of Our Last Wild Days, to discuss their journey to book two, how their lived experience became character research and why you should always hold on to everything you write. Follow Anna on Instagram at @annabaileywrites. Want to talk books? Email us at [email protected] Follow us …
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Nikole Hannah-Jones: Trump Is Erasing Black History
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30:57President Donald Trump’s second term has swung a wrecking ball at diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and programs throughout the country. Few writers seem better suited to explain this unique moment in America than Nikole Hannah-Jones. A New York Times journalist and Howard University professor, Hannah-Jones has spent years studying and shap…
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Robin Roberts Will Always Call the South Home
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33:21As a co-anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America, Robin Roberts is an icon in morning news. She’s also a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, a Peabody Award winner, an author of several books, a breast cancer survivor, and a Southerner. Robin was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, a daughter of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen who fought in World Wa…
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In Fallujah, We Destroyed Parts of Ourselves
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50:30It’s been just over 20 years since the Battle of Fallujah, a bloody campaign in a destructive Iraq War that we now know was based on a lie. But back then, in the wake of 9/11, the battlefield was filled with troops who believed in serving and defending the country against terrorism. “Going to Fallujah was the most horrific experience of our lives,”…
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Frankie is freewheeling with Jeremy Vine, author of Murder on Line One, to discuss the culture wars, the importance of character, the best Agatha Christie books and the longest list of book recommendations the podcast has ever had! Follow Jeremy on Instagram at @thejeremyvine. Want to talk books? Email us at [email protected] Follow us…
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Ep 083 (S5E1) Killing Time: What the Resurrection Means to Me (in Song): Pt 2
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27:42References: Ephesians 5:15-20 v 15 - ἀκριβῶς (ak-ree-boce') - exactly, accurately, diligently, circumspectly from ἀκριβής - strict, exact, careful of the strictest sect: the most precise and rigorous in interpreting the Mosaic law, and in observing even the more minute precepts of the law and tradition v 16 - ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν - “redeeming …
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A beach holiday told four ways in Luke Horton's Time Together
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54:04Old friends gather together on the coast in Australian writer Luke Horton’s Time Together, Kate and Cassie take a look. Plus, Jo Harkin’s The Pretender, set during the time of the Tudors' ascent it tells the story of a little-known real-life figure; and Laura Elvery’s Nightingale, a re-imagining of the life of Florence Nightingale. BOOKS Luke Horto…
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How Public Schools Became Ground Zero for America’s Culture Wars
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30:57Mike Hixenbaugh first knew things had changed when someone on a four-wheeler started ripping up his lawn after his wife placed a Black Lives Matter sign outside their home on the suburban outskirts of Houston. Hixenbaugh is an award-winning investigative reporter for NBC News. He’s covered wrongdoing within the child welfare system, safety lapses i…
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Grace Potter was raised in rural Vermont by parents who were seeking a different way of life, one with an emphasis on the arts and a connection to the land. Thanks to her parents’ extensive record collection, Grace grew up listening to a lot of soul and gospel by artists like the Staple Singers and Mahalia Jackson. You can still hear those influenc…
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Teaching Kids to Read: How One School District Gets It Right
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50:18The schools in Steubenville, Ohio, are doing something unusual—in fact, it’s almost unheard of. In a country where nearly 40 percent of fourth graders struggle to read at even a basic level, Steubenville has succeeded in teaching virtually all of its students to read well. According to data from the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford Unive…
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Ep 082 (S4E16) Joy: What the Resurrection Means to Me (in Song): Pt 1
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32:50References: John 15:9-17 v 11 - joy overflowing - πληρόω (play-ro'-o) - to make complete in every particular; to render perfect: Heb 12:1-2 αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας - the shame despising αἰσχύνη - ignominy, disgrace, dishonour, a thing to be ashamed of καταφρονέω - despise, disdain, think little or nothing of JOY You see a smile on my face It’s an ass…
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This Book Will Bury Me By Ashley Winstead
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58:20Welcome to our April book club episode! We are discussing This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead and let me tell you we are patting ourselves on the back because we sure picked a WINNER!! This thriller is seriously so good and I'll be screaming it from the rooftops. It's the perfect book for any true crime lover. We give a brief synopsis, our ov…
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James Bradley's Landfall reveals a flooded, baked and dilapidated city
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54:06Cities that are both flooded and on alert for the next storm in James Bradley’s Landfall. The body of a saint, dreamily and weirdly listening to everyone around her in Western Australia, in Josephine Rowe’s Little World. And from Malaysia, Tash Aw's The South, in which a family has left the city to head to a failing orchard, a story of longing, pro…
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Frankie is enjoying a spot of bird watching with Chris Bridges, author Sick to Death, while learning about his journey to becoming an author, his mission to change the representation of disability in fiction and the horror of badly-behaved theatre goers. Follow Chris on Instagram at @chrisbridgeswriter or subscribe to his Substack at https://substa…
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Sociologist Arlie Hochschild has spent years talking with people living in rural parts of the country who have been hit hard by the loss of manufacturing jobs and shuttered coal mines. They’re the very people President Donald Trump argues will benefit most from his sweeping wave of tariffs and recent executive orders aimed at reviving coal mining i…
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After more than 40 years as one of the most popular and recognizable voices in country music, during which he earned a pile of Grammys and a rightful place in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Randy Travis is a household name who has inspired legions of fans. A few weeks ago I was fortunate to sit down with Randy and his wife, Mary, at their home in …
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How Police Guns End Up in the Hands of Criminals
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50:45When the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department in California wanted to purchase new firearms, it sold its used ones to help cover the cost. The old guns went to a distributor, which then turned around and sold them to the public. One of those guns—a Glock pistol—found its way to Indianapolis. That Glock was involved in the killing of Maria Leslie’…
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The Bookshelf Easter Special: Irish writer Niall Williams
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54:00Irish writer Niall Williams with Kate Evans at the 2025 Adelaide Writers Week — with a focus on his Faha novels, History of the Rain, This is Happiness and (his latest) Time of the Child. Williams is also a screenwriter, playwright and travel writer — and his first novel, Four Letters of Love, has just been released as a film. He also appeared onst…
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Ep 081 (S4E15) Good Friday - Was Crucified, Died, and was Buried
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33:46References: Meaning of Good Friday The fulcrum of the lever of life Jesus goes from life in human form to life in resurrected human form through the cross Becoming cursed to remove our curse - substitutionary atonement The cross as a symbol or sign of salvation The cross in Paul’s writings Phil 2:8 - σταυρός (stow-ros') cross [see also 3:18] “Even”…
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A love triangle set against the beauty of Montana in Eric Puchner's Dream State
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54:07Families, secrets, mysteries, war...Kate and Cassie read Eric Puchner’s Dream State, an American saga that spans fifty years and is set against the expansive beauty of Montana; mysterious encounters and marital strife between an actor and an art critic in New York in Katie Kitamura’s Audition, and a World War II story set in an apartment block in B…
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Frankie is on the ice with returning guest TM Logan, author of The Daughter, to discuss why he's drawn to telling family-centred stories, writing dynamic characters, the upcoming #TM10 and his not-so-secret musical theatre experience. Follow Tim everywhere at @tmloganauthor or visit his website at www.tmlogan.com. Want to talk books? Email us at re…
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Justin Wolfers teaches economics 101 at the University of Michigan. It’s an introductory course about supply, demand, and trade. The basics. He wishes President Donald Trump attended. Wolfers, an Australian known for his research on how happiness relates to income, is one of the more prominent economists speaking up about Trump’s sweeping tariff po…
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Encore: The Indigo Girls Are Full of Gratitude
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44:55Episode Description: Since 1985, Emily Sailers and Amy Ray have been known as the Indigo Girls, and they’ve never once stopped making music or sharing their message of acceptance. The two met when they were kids in Decatur, Georgia,, and once they started playing together in high school, it didn’t take long for their unique sound to find an audienc…
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On March 15th, federal agents rounded up more than 230 Venezuelan nationals who were then deported to El Salvador and locked up in the country’s notorious mega-prison. The Trump administration said the men belonged to a violent Venezuelan gang, but presented no evidence, and there were no court hearings in which the men could contest the allegation…
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Ep 080 (S4E14) Suffered Under Pontius Pilate: Holy Week
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30:14References: The final week of Lent is called Holy From the Triumphal entry to Easter Mt ch21-28; Mk 11-16; Lk 19:28-24; Jn 12-20 Of 89 chapters in the four Gospels, nearly 30% are given to this one week Passion Narratives - passion meaning suffering Prophecy - Isaiah 53 v 9 - רָשָׁע (raw-shaw') wicked vs עָשִׁיר (aw-sheer') rich Born of the virgin …
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Folk horror, dreams under surveillance, lonely in Guatemala
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1:13:09Cassie McCullagh is on leave this week, so Kate Evans and guests read Lucy Rose’s The Lamb, Laila Lalami’s The Dream Hotel, and Rachel Morton’s The Sun was Electric Light (with interview extracts from Lucy Rose on body horror and Cumbrian folk traditions, and from Rachel Morton on her move from poetry to prose). BOOKS Rachel Morton, The Sun was Ele…
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Frankie is checking in with Nita Prose, author of The Maid's Secret, to discuss her final chapter in the Molly the Maid story, the importance of representation in art and how she developed a "shift work" approach to writing that gets results. Follow Nita on Instagram at @nitaprose or visit her website at www.nitaprose.com Want to talk books? Email …
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Trump’s “Pincer Attack” on Journalism Is Working. But There’s Hope.
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29:03David Folkenflik occupies a unique role at NPR: He’s a journalist who writes about journalism. And that includes the very organization where he works, which is once again being threatened by conservatives in Washington. The second Trump administration has aggressively gone after the media in its first few months. It’s kicked news organizations out …
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Craig Morgan's Journey from the Army to the Opry
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44:06Craig Morgan is that rare country artist who actually grew up around Nashville, but he also breaks the mold in a lot of other ways. After finishing high school in Kingston Springs, just west of downtown Nashville, Craig joined the Army for what would become a long, intense, and distinctive military career. As a member of the 101st and 82nd Airborne…
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Adam Aurand spent nearly a decade of his life stuck in a loop: emergency rooms, psychiatric hospitals, jails, prison, and the streets in and around Seattle. During that time, he picked up diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and schizoaffective disorder. He also used opioids and methamphetamine. Aurand’s life is an example of what happens …
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References: Missional Strategy - Chapters 2 and 3 strategic Christian Communities for the spread of the Gospel throughout the Medeteranian region Transformation through the Gospel - Poem 3:3-7 Transformed households - ὑγιαίνω (hoog-ee-ah'-ee-no) 1:9, 1:13, 2:1, 2:2 (sound, free of error) The world looks at the Christian houshold and sees no differe…
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Frankie is having a meet-cute with Lucy Roth, author of When Sally Killed Harry, to discuss the rise of the feminist revenge sub-genre, getting council funding to write this book, the allure of psychopaths and the nostalgic glory of 90s music. Follow Lucy on Instagram at @lucyenichol Want to talk books? Email us at [email protected] Fo…
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April Bookish: Current Reads, Handmaid's Tale, and White Lotus
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36:04Happy Spring and welcome to April bookish!! We attempted to do a quickie episode but of course we continued to yap. We announce our April book of the month, This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead. The author confirmed it’s inspired by the 2022 Idaho murders, and we are equally spooked and so ready for this thriller. Current reads: Saanya is divi…
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Andrea Goldsmith's The Buried Life - and a train steaming towards disaster . . .
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54:06Kate and Cassie read three new works of fiction, with the help of two guest reviewers: a novel of ideas, death, love and music, in Australian writer Andrea Goldsmith's The Buried Life; a real train derailment from the 1890s hurtles together rail workers, coffee sellers, anarcho-feminism, art and typewriters in Irish-Canadian writer Emma Donoghue's …
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She Launched “The Daily Show.” Now She’s Fighting Red State Abortion Bans.
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27:55The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead’s path to advocacy was a curvy one. She started out as a comedian, first as a stand-up and then working on The Daily Show. In the early 2000s, she co-founded Air America Radio, which was designed to be a counterweight to the popularity of radio personalities on the right. Today, as producer of the Feminist Bu…
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Landon Bryant stopped by the Southern Living offices recently, and it was for the staff to meet him in person after a couple of years watching his hilarious videos on our accents, traditions, quirks, and why we have endless recipes for potato salad. Landon was born and raised in the small town of Laurel, Mississippi, a close-knit community that was…
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At 18, Jack Morris was convicted of murdering a man in South Los Angeles and sent to prison for life. It was 1979, and America was entering the era of mass incarceration, with tough sentencing laws ballooning the criminal justice system. As California’s prison population surged, so did prison violence. “You learn that in order to survive, you yours…
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References: Introduction - vs 1-4 The truth that shows us how to live godly lives We have confidence because God, not pseudo-gods ἀψευδής (aps-yoo-dace') - not lying or false From ἄλφα (as a negative particle) and (think how a is used as a prefix for “not” like asymptomatic ψεῦδος - whatever is not what it seems to be of perverse, impious, deceitfu…
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Curtis Sittenfeld's Show Don't Tell + Tim Rogers and Zan Rowe on two new debuts
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54:36Kate and Cassie discuss bestselling American writer Curtis Sittenfeld’s sharp and observant collection of short stories Show Don’t Tell; You Am I frontman Tim Rogers reads First Name Second Name, an excellent debut from Queensland novelist Steve MinOn, and the ABC’s own Zan Rowe (of Triple J, Double J and Take 5 fame) shares her thoughts on Scottis…
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Exclusive: Trump Fired This Top Watchdog. Now He’s Speaking Out.
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26:34Fraud, waste, and abuse: That’s what inspectors general are tasked with investigating throughout the federal government. But in his first week in office, President Donald Trump did something unprecedented. He fired at least 17 IGs—more than any president in history—without notifying Congress or providing a substantive rationale for doing so, both o…
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