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Marissa Valdez is a #1 New York Times best-selling children's book author and illustrator. Her clients include Penguin Random House, Candlewick, Hachette, Macmillan, and Highlights Magazine for Children. In our interview we celebrate her new picture book Hedgehogs Don't Wear Underwear (Roaring Brook Press, 2025), which she both authored and illustrated.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Send us a textHAPPY NATIONAL CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK DAY!As you probably can tell, your papa is pretty excited about this one. Knowing personally the hard work and dedication it takes to create a children's book really helps me appreciate this day. When I wrote our books, I wanted to literally shrink down to the size of a kid and create a conversation with them, allowing them to create their own questions; giving them the control  to hopefully allow light bulbs to turn on for both child and parent at the time when their bedroom lights turn off and night lights brighten the room right before bed. For this show, I really wanted to showcase happiness and nostalgia. Who better to have than the sensational Todd Parr and the ICONIC Highlights Magazine?!?First up, I welcome back New York Times Best Seller, Todd Parr! You probably will recognize MANY of his books from everywhere. Todd Parr is the author and illustrator of more than 60 books for children, including the New York Times bestselling The I Love You Book, The Earth Book, and The Thankful Book. He has inspired, empowered, and entertained millions of children around the world with his bold images, unique sense of humor, and inclusive storytelling. His books have received numerous awards and are available in 20 languages. He is the co-creator of the popular Daytime Emmy®-nominated animated TV series ToddWorld with Gerry Renert of SupperTime Entertainment, and several short films for Sesame Street have been based on Todd's work. Todd has partnered with Target, the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, Stouffer's, People magazine, and other companies and organizations to help people and animals, and to promote literacy. He lives in California with his adopted pit bulls.To find more about ALL OF HIS AMAZING books go to: www.toddparr.com_____________________________________________________________________________________________Then later I welcome back my friends at the one and only HIGHLIGHTS Magazine!!We had SUCH a good time last time with national puzzle day I thought who better than Highlights to tell me their TEAMS ALL TIME FAVORITE CHILDREN'S BOOKS GROWING UP! For generations, this team has produced the most inspiring bundle of freshly smelling papers that ignite the deepest parts of ourselves at the earliest of times in our lives. Who better to hear their most beloved stories they remember from their own bedtimes. Hearing this teared me up, I won't lie. It's so sweet and I hope each of us really cherish those early moments we had growing up. Not only because the book was fantastic, but because the person that read it to us also loved us with all of their hearts. To learn more about Highlights Magazine go to www.highlights.comThank you to our family of amazing sponsors! Ochsner Hospital for ChildrenWww.ochsner.orgRouses MarkersWww.rousesmarkets.comSandpiper VacationsWww..sandpipervacations.comCafe Du Monde www.shop.cafedumonde.com The Law Firm of Forrest Cressy & James Www.forrestcressyjames.comComfort Cases Www.comfortcases.orgNew Orleans Ice Cream CompanyWww.neworleansicecream.comERA TOP REALTY: Pamela BreauxAudubon Institute www.auduboninstitute.orgUrban South Brewery www.urbansouthbrewery.com

Highlights has teamed up with the founder of National Puzzle Day, Jodi Jill to get kids and families excited about puzzling together. Whether it's a crossword, jigsaw, trivia word searches, brain teasers or Sudoku, puzzles put our minds to work. Founded in 2002, National Puzzle Day is a way to share enjoyment of puzzles. As a syndicated newspaper puzzle maker and professional quiz maker, Jodi Jill developed classroom lesson plans especially for the observance and the popularity has grown year after year. Partnering this year with Allison Kane, Head of Puzzle Innovation at Highlights, they have developed some fun ways to celebrate Puzzle Day with fun free resources for your puzzle fun. Studies have found that when we work on a jigsaw puzzle, we use both sides of the brain.  And spending time daily working on puzzles improves memory, cognitive function, and problem-solving skills. Word searches and crossword puzzles have the obvious benefit of increasing vocabulary and language skills. Sudoku, a puzzle sequencing a set of numbers on a grid, exercises the brain as well. By testing memory and logical thinking, this puzzle stimulates the brain and can improve number skills. Puzzles also offer social benefits. When we work on these brain teasers with someone, we improve our social interactions. Whether we join a group or play with our children, those interactions keep us socially active and teach our children social skills, too. Even working them quietly together provides an opportunity to focus the mind.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.

Send us a textSO EXCITED for our JUMBO show! Sometimes there is just SO MANY amazing interviews ya Papa has to put them all together! All completely different, but all BLAZING with passion and the ability to convert that passion into some of the most amazing experiences you can find! Hear how each guest shares their own inspiring stories, from National Puzzle day to Broadway in NYC! But you'll have to come to Papa's sweet Louisiana to get Cafe Du Monde's Iconic treats! Relax and listen!First up, speaking of Cafe du Monde, I got to sit down with one of the family members that run the FAMILY OWNED business! That's right. As big as their brand is, they are still family owned and operated and stayed specifically in Louisiana. They have shown their commitment to our beloved city for over a hundred years, yall! So, with that said, meet Emily Jager. She runs the gift shops and everything else that needs to be done. Oh and the stories she has!Did you know that back in the 50's and beyond, customers used to roll up in their big ass cars and eat Beignets in their CARS!!! That gives ya papa so much anxiety! ha! Such a good chat. AND SUPER grateful to include them in our 2025 roster of sponsors that makes our magic happen! Go to www.cafedumonde.com or www.shop.cafedumonde.com to find EVERYTHING you need! From history to merch and of course the coffee & beignet mix to make in your own kitchen! _________________________________________________________________________________________________Then, We welcome ANOTHER Iconic brand that I have loved my ENTIRE life. And I bet two shiny rocks that yall did too! Founded in 1946, Highlights Magazine for children has helped to motivate, inspire and educate children for lifetimes! Another fun fact. Did you know that January 29th was National Puzzle day? Unfortunately, our 5th season did not start in time for this to air. But that doesn't mean you cannot access all of the puzzles Highlights has in store for your kiddos!I was lucky enough to sit down with Head of Puzzle Innovation over at Highlights, Allison Kane AND the freakin' FOUNDER of "National Puzzle Day!" Jodi Jill created this amazing appreciation day over 30 years ago and the growth each year is staggering! C'mon! Everyone loves puzzles! My personal all time favorite was the hidden pictures. Not necessarily a puzzle but, hey. Gimme a break. HA! Listen to what inspired them from the very beginning AND what inspires them now! The joy I could feel through this interview isn't felt all the time. Highlights Magazine and Jodi have their fingers on a very strong pulse. Find all the fun at www.highlights.com AND over at Jodi's website at www.puzzledayfun.com_________________________________________________________________________________________________And Finally for yall, we have a WICKED finale. Joining us all the way from Broadway in NYC is Matthew Deloch, solo performer in Wicked on Broadway! Matthew sat down to chat with me about what it takes to be in one of the most famous Broadway shows imaginable. Matthew shares stories of his upbringing in LOUISIANA, y'all!  I had NO iThank you to our family of amazing sponsors! Ochsner Hospital for ChildrenWww.ochsner.orgRouses MarkersWww.rousesmarkets.comSandpiper VacationsWww..sandpipervacations.comCafe Du Monde www.shop.cafedumonde.com The Law Firm of Forrest Cressy & James Www.forrestcressyjames.comComfort Cases Www.comfortcases.orgNew Orleans Ice Cream CompanyWww.neworleansicecream.comERA TOP REALTY: Pamela BreauxAudubon Institute www.auduboninstitute.orgUrban South Brewery www.urbansouthbrewery.com

Highlights has teamed up with the founder of National Puzzle Day, Jodi Jill to get kids and families excited about puzzling together. Whether it's a crossword, jigsaw, trivia word searches, brain teasers or Sudoku, puzzles put our minds to work. Founded in 2002, National Puzzle Day is a way to share enjoyment of puzzles. As a syndicated newspaper puzzle maker and professional quiz maker, Jodi Jill developed classroom lesson plans especially for the observance and the popularity has grown year after year. Partnering this year with Allison Kane, Head of Puzzle Innovation at Highlights, they have developed some fun ways to celebrate Puzzle Day with fun free resources for your puzzle fun. Studies have found that when we work on a jigsaw puzzle, we use both sides of the brain.  And spending time daily working on puzzles improves memory, cognitive function, and problem-solving skills. Word searches and crossword puzzles have the obvious benefit of increasing vocabulary and language skills. Sudoku, a puzzle sequencing a set of numbers on a grid, exercises the brain as well. By testing memory and logical thinking, this puzzle stimulates the brain and can improve number skills. Puzzles also offer social benefits. When we work on these brain teasers with someone, we improve our social interactions. Whether we join a group or play with our children, those interactions keep us socially active and teach our children social skills, too. Even working them quietly together provides an opportunity to focus the mind.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.

George Brown is the executive director of the Highlights Foundation, scion to the Myers family, which created Highlights Magazine. The Highlights Foundation runs workshops for small groups of authors and illustrators in its bucolic surroundings, the homestead of Garry and Caroline Myers, who co-founded Highlights for Children in 1946. George discusses his fascination with children's books and the people who create them, offering tips based on his lifelong experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

George Brown is the executive director of the Highlights Foundation, scion to the Myers family, which created Highlights Magazine. The Highlights Foundation runs workshops for small groups of authors and illustrators in its bucolic surroundings, the homestead of Garry and Caroline Myers, who co-founded Highlights for Children in 1946. George discusses his fascination with children's books and the people who create them, offering tips based on his lifelong experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Picture it: you are sitting in a doctor's office some time in your childhood. What magazine is strewn about the waiting area? For this episode, we tackled a publication that is probably tucked away in the recesses of your memory bank: Highlights Magazine. For decades, young people have sent letters to Highlights, a magazine especially designed by psychologists for kids*.* Some of these letters have been preserved in an archive in Ohio. Dear Highlights is a curated collection of some of these letters and a kind of "time capsule" of childhood. We talk about what changes over time in these letters--and what doesn't change in the responses. We also learn a thing or two from the editors' replies, such as how to get Baby Beluga out of your head once it's stuck (a real question asked of Highlights staff). Original air date: April 20, 2022

Kent Johnson, is the CEO of the company that his great-grandparents founded in 1946. In a little two-room office above a car dealership, Highlights magazine was born and today it remains as true to its core as ever. A magazine encouraging children to discover their creativity and imagination, Kent explains why he believes that childhood is the critical foundation for developing happy and healthy children.  A company that has embraced the concept of a Chief Purpose Officer, Kent shares why and how inclusion helps to connect everyone in the company to the mission and purpose. This episode is for anyone looking for the tools and techniques to unlock the power of curiosity and humor, so that their business can continue for generations to come. Connect with me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesco-lombardo-fea-496a7966/ https://www.facebook.com/VeritageFamilyOffice https://www.youtube.com/@VeritageInternational https://veritage.ca    

The gang is back for our 85th episode. In this one Bart learns a little something about fraud and we are introduced to Santos Al Halper and his best friend Laddie. We also find out why Milhouse had the bowl as well as also discuss the following: - Cori explains why she missed last week's episode. - When does Mike from Bogeyman's Closet sleep? - An invitation to Michael Bolton. - This episode's sponsor: Big Charleston. - Our thoughts on the show retiring a gag that has been used for over 30 years. - Are we bringing in any new listeners that only watch Vanderpump Rules? - More timely references, this time we mention the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes, Highlights Magazine, the band Musical Youth and much more. - Is there a statute of limitations on mail fraud? - Another plea to Joshua Jackson, any Joshua Jackson. - The story of the Simpsons moment that cemented Patrick and Bryan's friendship. - Which Bart quote drives Cori crazy? - A childhood story that shows the importance of parental supervision. All of this and so much more! So won't you come Jammin' with us? We are just a small part of the Rad Pantheon team so don't forget to check what is going on with us as well as our friends on https://linktr.ee/radpantheon

Lisa and I discuss the 6th commandment. I argue those claiming books are banned in the US are the guilty ones, give thanks for God's gift of covering our nakedness, remember Highlights magazine and consider the work of devils in the church.

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to Jessixa and Aaron Bagley, the author and artist of DUEL. Jessixa Bagley is a children's book author and illustrator with a background in fine arts and comics whose work appears in such publications as New American Paintings, Highlights Magazine, and my personal hometown, alt-weekly, the Chicago Reader. Her work includes the award-winning Boats for Papa and many other Junior Library Guild selections, many of which feature animals and emotional themes, often inspired by her own experiences. She teaches and speaks about writing and illustration, and lives in Seattle with her husband, Aaron Bagley, who is also here to talk about, Duel. Aaron Bagley is an illustrator who has created pieces for The Stranger, The Seattle Review of Books, and the Virginia Quarterly Review, and he's a frequent collaborator with Jessixa, including the picture book, Vincent Comes Home from 2018. As you probably guested, he too lives in Seattle. Thank you so much for being here today, Jessixa and Aaron.

For this Weeks TechtalkRadio Show Andy and Shawn talk about the latest announcement from Wyze with its OG Camera. Shawn picked one up for right around 20 bucks and talks about how the camera line has evolved over the years to present and how easy they are to set up. Microsoft has announced that they are going to stop the sales of the Download of Microsoft Windows 10 on January 31st for those to build a new system or update however as Andy says, the Windows 10 update at record time could still be found on the Microsoft Website. Shawn notes that support for Windows 7 and 8.1 ended January 10. What was recently polled as the best video game of all time? We were surprised at the results, FIFA sports. Inventor of the Leap Pad Jim Marggraff visits the show to talk about the creation back in 1999 of the Leap Pad and how the thought came to create this paper-based multimedia. Jim tells us about connecting with grandchildren and keeping in touch with them using technology. The idea goes beyond sitting in front of them in a face time call, it's about making the connection. Jim tells us about his new venture, Kinoo Magic Wand which utilizes screen sharing and books along with fun characters on screen during this "Video Call" to engage the child, and of course the grandparent! We also learn of the collaboration with Highlights Magazine for continued content for learning and fun. For more info on the Kinoo Magic Wand look at https://www.kinoo.com We visit the Netherlands, via the net, and talk with Adrianus Warmenhoven, a Cyber Security Advisor at NordVPN about staying protect when connecting our security cameras around the home. A recent article from Daniel Markuson of NordVPN highlights how some may be streaming their home life online without realizing it. Adrianus tells us about some of the settings which should be configured and how the company NordVPN can add a layer of protection in this and other connections on the web. Shawn talks about some recent TikTok trends regarding the theft of vehicles and a recent article about Forbes reporters that were not to happy with a story around their privacy and TikTok. That article on the Forbes Website Connect with Us on social media! Facebook @techtalkers YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/techtalkradio Twitter @TechtalkRadio Instagram techtalkradio Web: TechtalkRadio.Com Subscribe and Like on Spreaker! Spotify, YouTube, Audacy, iHeart and Apple Podcast

We are chatting about organizing your playroom, and what you can do to make it the most play-able and easy for your kids to explore and learn (without the drag of them not cleaning things up). Today's guest is Kayla O'Niell. She is a research assistant in the Early Childhood Department at Indiana University. She has been working in early invention for over 10 years, and is the face behind @Baby.Toddler.Teacher on Tik Tok and Instagram. Kayla also runs the website Parentingexperttomom.com, where she is passionate about helping parents become confident! She is also the mom of two children. Parenting Resources: https://babytoddlerteacher.podia.com/ Website: https://www.parentingexperttomom.com/ This episode was inspired by my post on playroom organization: https://www.pullingcurls.com/playroom-ideas-toy-storage-space-tight/ Big thanks to our sponsor The Organized Home -- making a room functional is the #1 in that class, so you'll learn how to organize all your house to make it the most useable for ALL of you! In this episode How parents over-complicate storage. Ways to make toy storage the easiest for moms & kids How to use toy rotation to your benefit Non-toy ideas for parents to buy kids Highlights Magazine: https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-7739520-13105474 Where to get Kayla's classes you can easily combine into your daily routines: https://babytoddlerteacher.podia.com/inspire-learning-for-babies/s5tsz, she also has a membership where you get access to ALL her stuff: Other things that might interest you Answering your organization questions podcast The Family Clean Getting kids to clean episode Producer: Drew Erickson

"The digital medium allowed publishers to enter the global market." Howard is joined by the digital transformation veteran of the publishing industry and SVP of the Direct to Consumer Business at Highlights Magazine, David Gitow. David talks about how digital has affected the publishing industry and shares his observations about consumers' on-demand needs. Does knowing which news platform it's on still matter to the consumer if everything is easily accessible? Learn how publishers can leverage a global audience to move from an ad-supported to a pay wall subscription model in this episode of Winning Digital Customers: The Podcast. Winning Digital Customers | The Podcast focuses on stories of digital transformation, told by the people who led them. The podcast covers a range of topics including digital transformation, enterprise strategy and innovation, customer research, design thinking, agile practices, journey mapping, and other related ideas. The podcast is based on Howard Tiersky's Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Winning Digital Customers: The Antidote to Irrelevance. Tiersky lays out a simple but detailed five-step methodology that any company can follow to align their teams around a vision for the customer experience that will maximize their competitiveness in the market, identify the quick wins that will help them out of the gate, and ultimately drive the transformation needed to bring their company into alignment with today's digital world. Follow me on: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiersky/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiersky/) Website: https://www.from.digital/ (https://www.from.digital/) Twitter: https://twitter.com/tiersky (https://twitter.com/tiersky)

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The reason people are angry at thin women is because they hate fat. Yes, of course, we should not be yelling at skinny people. But it’s important to hold that together with, when those jokes get made, they’re actually anti-fat jokes. They’re not anti-thin jokes.You’re listening to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health.Today we are doing another Ask Me Anything episode! Corinne Fay is back by popular demand, and we’re both answering a whole bunch of your questions. We intended this one to be writing-themed but we ended up talking about houseplants a lot. You’re welcome. If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate and review us in your podcast player! It’s free and a great way to help more folks find the show. Of course, the other best way to support the show is with a paid subscription. And as we wrap up June and Burnt Toast’s one year anniversary, I’m giving you a week to take a permanent 20 percent off your subscription price! That gets it down to just $4/month or $40 for the year ($3.33/month, the cheapest this ever gets). Yes, you can both get this discount AND enter the Burnt Toast Book Giveaway. Sometimes life rewards procrastinators. Also: I’m always happy to offer comp subscriptions if paying isn’t feasible for you. And you can still enter the giveaway by completing our reader survey!PS. If you’ve already done the survey or gotten/renewed a subscription and aren’t sure you entered the giveaway, please fill out this form. And keep sending in your questions for Virginia’s Office Hours! If you have a question about navigating diet culture and anti-fat bias that you’d like to talk through with me, or if you just want to rant about a shitty diet with me, you can submit your question/topic here. I’ll pick one person to join me on the bonus episode so we can hash it out together.Episode 49 TranscriptVirginiaAll right, we’ve got a whole big list of questions we’re gonna work through. Where do you want to start?CorinneThe first question is: How did you get started as a writer?VirginiaI have written about this before, so here is one of the early episodes of the podcast where I give the whole story. I was an English and creative writing major in college. I went to school in New York, so I did a bunch of free internships at magazines. My first job out of college was as an editorial assistant at Seventeen magazine. That is where I got my start writing, so a lot of “get your best bikini body” stories and prom bodies. Lots of event-based bodies in the teen magazine world. We did also do some really good health reporting. I remember doing a big story about vaginas. A misconception about women’s media is that everyone who works there hates women, when it’s actually mostly run by feminists who are up against advertising and always caught in that vortex. So, I learned a ton. There was a lot of very good journalism happening there, but always under this umbrella of how do we sell beauty products and clothes to teenage girls. From there I went to another women’s magazine and then in 2005, I went freelance and that’s what I’ve been doing ever since. Okay the next question is for you! How and why did Corinne start @SellTradePlus? It is such a unique community and vision. CorinneI started @selltradeplus in 2018. I started it because I was addicted to looking at other buy/sell/trade accounts on Instagram and was never seeing my size. I just thought, if I were going to a used clothing store, I would just go to the section that was my size. So why not just make a size-based Buy Sell Trade account? And that’s kind of how it got started. And then I really liked the people that I was meeting. And I think it’s turned into a bit more of a community.VirginiaIt is a lovely community. You’re very good at community building. Corinne Thank you. VirginiaI hear a lot of Corinne love from people who find my work through you.CorinneThat’s so nice. VirginiaAs well they should be. And we will also link back to the first time you were on the podcast, because you kind of told your whole origin story in more detail there, too. So folks can catch up there. And you do those weekly discussion posts where people chat about all sorts of different things. It is much more than just the clothes, although the clothes are excellent. CorinneIt’s a fun place to be. Okay, the next question is: Can you share a little bit about your own progression from dieting to anti-diet mentality? VirginiaI think we should both answer this one, if you’re up for it. So, as I mentioned, I started in women’s magazines and wrote a lot of shitty diet stories. Very much in the diet world, while also feeling conflicted about it and rationalizing many of those stories to myself. Like, “this one’s not really a diet, it’s just about portion control.” Or, you know, “this one’s not really a diet, it’s eating the way Michael Pollan told you to eat, so that’s fine,” etc, etc, and increasingly getting frustrated about that. But not really understanding a different way to think about food. The turning point in my story is around the time my first daughter was born, and she was born with a rare congenital heart condition that required her to be on a feeding tube. We spent two years helping her learn to eat again, so it was like the reverse of dieting. I was grasping for all these external rules, wanting someone to tell me how to do this, how to get eating right for her, and then increasingly realizing there were no rules. There was nobody who could fix it. We had to get her back to a safe place with food by helping her learn to trust her body again. And that started to connect a lot of dots for me about the way I had been eating over the years and not trusting my body. Diet culture separates all of us from being able to trust ourselves. That was my big, “okay, I’m done with this,” moment, even though it wasn’t like one moment. I mean, it was a long process. I can remember when she was around 18 months old, saying something shitty about my body and having her repeat it back to me, and then thinking like, Well, okay, I’m done with that now. This kid has fought too hard to feel safe in her body. I’m not going to be the one to screw it up for her. CorinneThat’s a lot of pressure. VirginiaIt is, but it also made it so clear. Do you know what I mean? This is one of those things that in a way I sort of hate, being like, “becoming a mother liberated me from diet culture,” because it feels like, honestly, sort of a b******t narrative. I hate when we credit motherhood with being this mystical thing. It’s honestly mostly just diapers. It’s not that glamorous. But it is true that it is often easier to do things for other people than it is to do them for ourselves. And since I had this very clear goal of not wanting to pass this on to her, it was like failure is no longer an option, in that sense. CorinneThat makes sense.I feel like I don’t have a good answer. I’m not a mom and I think it hasn’t always been just like a linear progression for me. I’ve wavered back and forth, and I think I also, even from a younger age, had kind of an oppositional personality where I was always just kind of like, “Screw anyone who’s telling me what to do.” There was a long time where I went back and forth between being on one hand, f**k diets or whatever anyone else is telling me to do, and on the other hand, thinking the only way I can be happy is by losing weight. I wish I had a moment when I was just like, I’m done. But I mean, I think eventually it just is exhausting and you’re tired of it.VirginiaYou realize how much mental energy it takes, and physical energy. And it’s like, other things are more interesting? I think everyone can relate to it not being linear. I mean, mine wasn’t linear. I thought I was fully out of diet culture and in 2015, I wrote a story about detox diets where I went on a detox diet for a month to write the story. And at the time, I would have been like, No, I’m not dieting anymore. I’m very much out of diet culture now. And I reread the article recently, it was like…CorinneIt’s very easy to get sucked back in. VirginiaYeah, it really is. CorinneThey’re always finding new ways to get you.VirginiaThey really are. They’re very good at that. I understand why this person asked that question because getting to the anti-diet mentality feels like a goal and it is because there’s obviously a lot of benefits that come with it. Like, you are not obsessing about food and beating yourself up when you eat and that’s really lovely. But I am almost wary of framing it as a goal to work towards because that can be a sort of parallel dieting experience. Do you know what I mean?CorinneYeah, that’s a good point. I don’t think it feels like you ever get to a point where you’re just like, “now I’m at peace forever.” I still am sometimes like, “oh, I don’t want to deal with airplane seats.”VirginiaIt’s maybe more like getting to a place where you can more quickly recognize the pattern of, “Oh, I am responding to this larger cultural situation. It’s not my fault.” Being able to place the blame where it belongs is in some ways more the goal, if we’re going to talk about it as a goal.CorinneSo that the next question is: Is there a balance between slamming the thin ideal, but inadvertently slamming, less fat, slender-ish, petite bodied people as crappy?VirginiaThis is a very interesting question. It does remind me of the column we did where the question was, “what if I just don’t want to be fat?” I think there’s often something that comes up for less fat, slender-ish, petite-bodied people, when they start to hear us pushing back against the thin ideal, and they take it really personally. I’ve interviewed lots of women in thin bodies who talk about the constant shaming they get for being thin. And this is a real thing, right? People will say to a thin woman, like, “I hate you. You’re so skinny,” or “How can you eat whatever you want and never gain weight? Oh, my God, I’m so angry.” They get a lot of hostility for their thinness. But, the hostility is rooted in anti-fat bias. The reason people are angry at the thin woman is because they hate fat. Like, yes, of course, we should not be yelling at skinny people, but I think it’s really important to hold that when those jokes get made, they’re actually anti-fat jokes. They’re not anti-thin jokes. So in terms of finding this balance, personal attacks help nobody, but it is fine to be critical of the thin ideal that is oppressive to all of us, and particularly oppressive to people in larger bodies. In doing that, you are not causing harm to thin people. CorinneThe next question is part two of the previous question: Is there a balance of accepting nutrition or GI research as beneficial and informative and slamming probiotic supplements, foods, and quick convenience powders?VirginiaOkay, so I would flip this. As it currently stands, nutritional research is not terribly beneficial or informative for individuals. In part because it tends to be very poorly done. Most nutrition studies rely on people self reporting. People are really bad at self-reporting what they ate. A lot of nutritional research will do stuff like study what broccoli does if we feed it in huge quantities to a rat, and you’re not a rat who eats huge quantities of broccoli, so the fact that it prevented cancer in that rat is not applicable to your life. There is a lot about nutritional science that is useful to nutrition scientists. But it gets reported on and marketed and communicated to the public as if we should be living by these lessons. It gets turned into best selling diet books. And then when you look at the source material, it’s like, this was a study on 30 people and we didn’t follow them very long. We didn’t ask them the right questions and it was only men, or something like that. There are all these limitations to the research. So I think that it’s really good to be critical and curious about nutritional science and to realize that it often doesn’t have a big place in your life. At the same time, I’m much more forgiving of people finding a quick convenience protein powder as an efficient way to have breakfast in the morning. In my house, we have protein powder in smoothies every morning because my kids are both cautious eaters and they like it. It’s a useful way of making sure they get like a good amount of energy for the day, if they want to otherwise live on, you know, carpet lint, and Tic Tacs or whatever. I will certainly be critical of the marketing hype that these products come with. I don’t love when they’re claiming to be super foods, and everyone’s heard my rant on Athletic Greens. But if your take is, “These Clif Bars are so helpful to keep in my bag because I work an eight hour shift and I don’t get a lunch break and I can eat one and not starve,” that’s great. When I say let’s not shame foods, I mean all of the foods. We don’t have to shame any of the foods. But you don’t have to buy into the hype around these foods. You don’t have to buy into the claim that they should replace other foods in your diet or anything like that.CorinneThat seems like a good distinction. Okay. The next one is a parenting question: How do you deal with judgment from health care providers who disagree with choices you make, i.e. breastfeeding past one year, not doing cry it out. So, not harmful choices, but choices that may fall outside the mainstream.VirginiaI almost didn’t answer this question because I did not breastfeed past five months and I definitely did cry it out. So, I’m not judging your choices, but I am someone who can only offer the other side of this. But, if you only breastfeed your baby for four to five months, you’re gonna get judgment for not doing it long enough. So, I do know what you mean in terms of making a choice that’s different from “gold standard” advice about parenting. I think it’s so hard with your first because you don’t know what the hell you’re doing and it’s very easy to feel super unnerved by it all. I think that confidence is something that just comes with time. The more you parent your own kids and see what works for them, you feel more comfortable saying, “that best practice doesn’t actually apply to our life in any way.” Where I do certainly relate is the advice on kids below two should have zero added sugar. I mean, what? That’s not useful, it’s not realistic. If your kids are eating food at daycare, if they have an older sibling who gets given a cupcake, you’re of course going to let your toddler or your baby have some sugar. And they’re going to be great and suffer no consequences from it. So, certainly around nutrition is a piece where I find myself often making the “unpopular” decision with a healthcare provider. We can link to that episode Sara Louise Peterson and I did on gentle parenting. We went a lot deeper into this. Because it’s not just healthcare providers, it’s also social media and mom friends and mom groups on Facebook that can get like really weird and dogmatic fast. All those places where they tend to present parenting in a binary state, that you’re either doing it right or you’re doing it wrong. And anyone who’s actually spent any time with a kid knows that you’re always doing it a little bit wrong, but it’s fine. That’s the best we can do on any given day.CorinneMan, I do not envy parents.VirginiaIt’s real fun to be doing something that requires you to be regularly sleep deprived and hungry at odd hours.CorinneAnd always slightly failing. VirginiaI do have one quick story. So, my four year old has been home sick like every week for the past month with some nonsense because ever since we took masks out of schools, the kids are getting all of the diseases they didn’t get for the last two years. Last week she was home for three days straight. It was the third week in a row with this really bad cough. We’ve tested and tested and it’s not COVID. So by the end of the third day, I was like, we’ve got to get out of the house. We’ve got to go do something. It’s a beautiful day. She’s been watching TV for three days straight because Dan and I have to work and she’s here. So, we pick up her older sister. We go to get ice cream and we’re down by the river. It’s a beautiful afternoon. I’m feeling so successful. Like, I got both kids out. We’re getting ice cream. How lovely. She inhales her ice cream, spills it all the way down herself, and then gets a coughing fit and throws up her ice cream all over herself and the park bench and multiple other surfaces. And I was just like, why do I try? There was an older woman on the park bench next to us, dramatically turning her head to the side. Literally like, “I can’t look at you, this is so revolting.” And then another mom from school and her kids were a little further down. Here’s my kid starting to gag and she’s like, “Do you need help?” And I’m just like, what help can you even offer?CorinneOh my God. VirginiaSo there’s quite an audience for this whole experience. The parenting win there is that I had remembered to bring baby wipes. I was so f*****g proud of myself because we’re past the stage where we need baby wipes all the time so I don’t always think to have them. But I went through a pile of baby wipes. I got a bottle of water, I was cleaning puke off the sidewalk and off this park bench. And then, I want to get her back in the car, but I don’t want her to puke again. So I’m like, “Okay, guys, why don’t you just play while we make sure she’s done puking?” And other people are clearly like, WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE? There was a lot of judgment. CorinneI am so sorry. VirginiaIt was fine. I was rage texting Dan while I’m cleaning puke off the park bench. But once you’ve survived your first—I mean, it’s not even my first, it’s probably like my dozenth—public vomiting, it’s like whatever! They can think what they want. Unless you’re the one here cleaning the puke off the park bench, you don’t get to judge. I’m sorry for that disgusting story. We can move on.CorinneNo, I love it. Well, this is also kind of a tangent, but where does that advice about not giving kids sugar before two years come from? VirginiaOh, I think it’s the American Heart Association.CorinneIs that based on facts? VirginiaWe should do a deep dive on this. CorinneOr is this where we’re like take nutritional studies with a grain of salt. VirginiaYes, I think it’s definitely that. I would have to look into the source material on this, but based on where some of these other guidelines have come from, my guess is they’re taking a large-scale study and they’re finding a small correlation of kids who ate less sugar had lower rates of X, Y, and Z health conditions later on. So, it is correlation, not causation, right? Because you cannot prove a negative. You can’t prove that not eating sugar prevented it. All you can say is some households feed their kids more sugar than others and those households correlate to these other conditions. But what else might be contributing to that? Like, if you’re a low-income family, and McDonald’s is a really reasonable way for you to get calories in your kid, your kid is consuming more sugar than the Whole Foods mom’s kid has consumed.The other thing that research doesn’t tell us is the harm caused by restricting sugar. It may be that you could even prove a causal link between kids who eat less sugar and future heart disease risk, but you may also be able to prove a causal link between kids who eat less sugar and kids who have eating disorders. And if I’m worrying about my kid’s mortality, kids are more likely to die of eating disorders than they are of heart disease. So, if we’re really gonna get serious about health risks, we have to consider all aspects. Being restrictive around sugar leads to kids who fixate on sugar. We see this over and over. We’ve seen this in experimental studies that are really well done. So we know that that is just not practical advice for parents.CorinneWell, too bad it’s not practical, because it’s everywhere.VirginiaYep, they’re still gonna make you feel bad about not doing it.CorinneAll right. Let’s move on to our favorite topic! What’s your favorite house plant? And how do you keep it alive?VirginiaI mean, I cannot pick a favorite house plant, people. It’s is really hard.CorinneOkay, do you have a least favorite? VirginiaOh, that’s a good question. CorinneI have a least favorite. VirginiaLet me think. Okay, what’s your least favorite? Because I’m thinking…CorinneMother of Thousands? It’s the one that makes a million babies and I hate it. I literally just threw it away because I was like, I can’t. Too prolific.VirginiaIt is very prolific. I have one of those that my stepdad brought back from a trip. My mother was like, “please take this thing out of my house.” Because they can get really tall, too. They’re quite enormous. CorinneIt’s messy. I don’t want to be just throwing away all these little things all the time. VirginiaYeah, you actually don’t need thousands of that one plant. CorinneI don’t even want one. Virginia I have it in a very small pot, so I think I’m containing it a little bit. One plant that I am frustrated by, because I love it, but I’m having trouble with is my string of bananas. I’m doing really well with a string of pearls. String of bananas is similar to string of pearls, but instead of little pearls, they are shaped like little bananas. They’re just so finicky! If you overwater them, they don’t like it, but they do want some water and so we’re kind of in a little love/hate relationship where I’m like, I really like you but you don’t seem happy here. Is it me? We’re trying to work it out. One of my favorite houseplants is my polka dot leaf begonia. She’s just really lovely. And also a little high maintenance but I get it, you’re very pretty, you’re loud. I’ve got her in a good spot and she’s doing well. They’re really, really cool. Any of the fancy leaf begonias are pretty cool if you have the right conditions for them.CorinneDo you have a fiddle leaf fig?VirginiaOh God no. I’ve killed two, if not three, fiddle leaf figs.CorinneI killed one and I was like, that’s enough.VirginiaYeah, because they’re expensive if you buy a big one. I don’t think I have the right conditions in my house for a fiddle leaf fig because we have only have one south facing room and I don’t have space in there to get another giant plant in. I don’t know, figs are so hard. They’re the hardest.CorinneThey seem like they’re always just slowly dying.VirginiaYeah, and they look so gorgeous when they’re working and then they’ll just drop all their leaves. And then they are just a stick. I had one that was just a stick for a year. I kept hoping it would come back. I feel like if you like a big leaf plant like that, which of course I love big leaf plants, like you can do a Monstera. That’ll get just as giant for you. I have a Dieffenbachia that’s got pretty big leaves. And Elephant’s Ear. Elephant Ears can be a little finicky in the winter but they’re worth it. There are other options. You don’t have to fall for the fiddle leaf fig, is what I’m saying.CorinneThe next question is: What does work life balance look like for you right now? And what do you wish was different?VirginiaI was thinking about this because last month there was a question about how I get time for myself and I realized I forgot to share in that question that one of the main things I do is wake up really early. The rest of my family sleeps till like 7:30 and I get up at five and I have time to myself then. When my work life balance is not great, I get up at five and I work before my kids are awake for two hours. And since I’m finishing my book right now, a lot of my early morning time is working. So, when I’m done writing this book, I will get that chunk of morning time back, and then I really like to go out in the summer and be in the garden during that time, or read, or just not be talked to by my family. In terms of general work/life balance: I love my family very much, but I am the only member of my family (of origin) who doesn’t work weekends. And it’s a really big accomplishment for me to be breaking the generations of workaholism, in that sense. My sister is an urban education high school teacher. It’s really hard not to work nights and weekends with that job. My dad and my stepmom are college professors. Working on weekends is what I grew up with. And I totally get it and I didn’t want it. So I’m very proud that I don’t work weekends, for the most part. What about you, you’re kind of going through a big transition right now. Do you want to talk about that?CorinneSure. I don’t know what my work life balance is gonna look like. I just left my full-time job and I’m focusing some time and energy on @selltradeplus and Burnt Toast and some other freelance-y things. I’m very much figuring it out and I’m trying to have a little break where I’m just spending less time on my phone, hopefully. VirginiaYeah, because you have been working weekends, as I know, because you often do Burnt Toast work on the weekends. You have been doing a lot.Corinne Yes, for a long time my schedule was do @selltradeplus before work, go to work for eight hours, do @selltradeplus after work, do Burnt Toast on the weekends. So, just trying to shift that a little bit!VirginiaI think we all want you to have more downtime. I’m really a big fan of changing that. CorinneThis past week has been my first week without going into my job and I have felt really weird. Just, it’s really weird not having like coworkers. But yeah, I’m sure I’ll adjust.Alright. This is kind of a follow up question: Could you talk about finding time to write with young children? Especially making mental space for it. Young children being under four.VirginiaWell, so, as I said, getting up at five in the morning. I realize it’s the least sexy advice ever. Something about having kids broke me and made me a morning person. I also go to bed at like 8:30 at night now. I just became my mother immediately when I had kids and got on that schedule. Obviously, if you are wired differently, you could make it a nighttime writing time. I know lots of folks who do that. Once the kids go to bed, that’s when they get time. I’m assuming with this question, this is not your full-time job. Because I do want to acknowledge the privilege of, I was already a full-time professional writer before my children came on the scene. I was making a full-time income from it, therefore it had to continue because it was bringing in 50 percent of my household income. We’ve had daycare or a nanny, or now they’re in school, but we’ve had childcare built into our lives from the time they were really little, because it was necessary for both of us to work. Of course, COVID made that very different because then they were home all the time. The hardest point for me is the days I pick them up from school and have them in the late afternoons. Because young children are terrible in the late afternoons, they’re really grumpy and need snacks. That’s why the ice cream seemed like such a good idea at the time, before it ended in puke. And my brain is still really in my work at that point, like I don’t have a transition. This is where I can understand having a commute must be nice, because you have thirty minutes in the car to transition out. So, often I’m parenting and still looking at my phone to check work emails or I’ll think of something and want to make notes. It’s really hard, having half attention for both. My advice is, whenever you can, even if it’s not a lot of time, carve out whatever time you can separate and protect that ruthlessly as your writing time. Even if it’s a couple hours a week when you can get a babysitter. Don’t try to do the half in both worlds thing because I think that’s where the burnout really comes.CorinneThe next question is: Recommendations for a new homeowner to learn about gardening? VirginiaThis is a fun one. This came from Instagram because I’ve been sharing incessant garden pictures because this is the best time of year for my garden. So you’re just going see it constantly, at the moment. If you are on the East Coast, and you want to be a gardener, my number one tip is the blog A Way to Garden by Margaret Roach. She gardens here in the Hudson Valley. She was a garden editor for Martha Stewart a long time ago and has the most exquisite garden in the world.  She’s a genius. She has a wonderful podcast. She knows just everything about everything. And the website is like a treasure trove of what kind of mulch to get, how to use mulch, how to start seeds, how to think about design, all of these different things. So that would be my first step. I think it’s probably useful even for people in other gardening zones, like the specific plants change if you’re in the Southwest, like Corinne, or on the west coast. But a lot of the principles are the same. Otherwise, what I did with our second house that was more useful, was I did spend some time making a master plan of all the different little areas. Like, this is where eventually a fire pit might go. This is where a shade garden could go or whatever. And then like, just tackle one of those projects per year instead of trying to do it all at once. So we’re now five years into what is probably a ten year list of projects, but I’m more realistic about what we can get done. The other tip I will give if you are a new homeowner and this is your first season in your house: Don’t do much this year, because you haven’t lived there through a whole growing season. You don’t even know what you have, where the light is, what your soil is like. So even though you want to get going and there’s stuff you want to change, like, just take a break. Get some containers and pot some stuff up and put it on your porch instead. Because doing too much before you really understand your property, I think can lead to wasting money and effort. What about you, you’re starting to work on a garden now, right, Corinne? Corinne I have lived in my house for a couple years and that advice is definitely good. There’s still stuff I’m discovering, like, “Oh, there’s irises planted here, which makes no sense because they’re getting no water.” But yeah, someone definitely put a lot of like time and thought and care into my backyard. So, we’ll see. I’m hopefully going to start doing some more work. I’m very envious of your raised beds. I’m also curious if you’ve ever watched any Monty Don?VirginiaOh my god. We could do a whole Monty Don fan episode. CorinneOkay, great, because I was going to recommend Big Dreams, Small Spaces or Gardener’s World.VirginiaYes, Gardener’s World, for sure. I can’t believe I didn’t start there. He was my COVID survival strategy. My older daughter and I would watch it together in the evenings and make lots of plans. I love it so much.CorinneIt’s so soothing. VirginiaSo soothing. CorinneAlso less relevant for the Southwest, but still just great to watch.VirginiaI know. I’m interested that you like it because you’re gardening in such a different climate.CorinneI mean, I’m always like, “Maybe they’ll do an episode in the desert.” But yeah, I mean, I just think Monty Don is so lovely.VirginiaYes, and his dogs are so lovely.CorinneHe has great style. VirginiaOh, yes. My mom is British, so the reason I’m a gardener is because of my British DNA. Like, everyone in England gardens, pretty much. CorinneI mean, there’s a gardening celebrity.VirginiaLiterally one of their number one celebrities. My grandfather was a really intensive gardener, my aunt, both my cousins garden… It’s a big part of our family. And, yes, he’s the epitome of British gardening style. It makes me so happy. He’s always in a little cardigan and Wellington boots and it’s just delightful. Everything about it so good and there’s tons of really practical advice.CorinneYes. And tons of episodes if you need something to watch for hours.VirginiaYeah. They’ve been making that show for like a hundred years. Definitely recommend a Monty Don deep dive.CorinneOkay, here’s another fun one. What is your dream vacation?VirginiaThis is hard because since we’ve been travel-starved for so long and we’re just getting back to travel, I have such a long list. A dream vacation that I am waiting until my children are older to take is, I really want to do a very foodie trip in Italy. I did a trip like that when I was in my 20s and it was amazing. It’s the kind of trip I want to recreate with my kids, but I want them to be more fun to eat with first. Because right now, going out to restaurants is still hard with my four year old. And the fact that Italians eat dinner at 10 o’clock at night, all of that would be tricky right now. So we’ll get there. That’s a big one. I also have never been to Greece and that’s been on my list forever. What about you?CorinneI would love to go to Italy and Greece. The one that comes to mind for me, which is kind of a never-gonna-happen one, I think. But have you heard of Amangiri?VirginiaNo. What is it?CorinneIt’s a crazy resort, I think it’s in Utah. It just it’s like it looks very beautiful. Like it’s just like this kind of stark…VirginiaI’m googling.CorinneIt just looks beautiful and incredibly serene. I feel like celebrities always go there. I know one time I tried to guess how much it was, and I was like, maybe like $500 a night? Like thinking that was like wild. It’s so much more than that.VirginiaNo, it’s so much more than that. I’m on their website now, I can confirm it’s definitely going to be more than $500. CorinneBut it looks awesome, right? It just seems fun to go there and like turn off your phone for a week. It’s also on an incredibly large, like hundreds of acres, property where you can hike around and stuff. VirginiaOh my gosh, this looks beautiful. This is a good fantasy one. Speaking of completely over the top hotel fantasies, I’m so mad at Highlights Magazine for this. Highlights Magazine had an article that was like cool hotels, which, like, why?CorinneWhat? For kids? That makes no sense. VirginiaIt was supposed to be hotels that would be like very kid friendly. So there was like a Disney one, which whatever. But then there was one in, I want to say, I think it was in Bali? And it’s literally under the ocean. So it’s like the bedroom was like a giant aquarium basically. I will find it and link it.CorinneThat sounds incredible. VirginiaAnd it’s $10,000 a night.CorinneAnd now your daughter’s like, “Please? For my birthday?”VirginiaAnd I couldn’t stop laughing and she was like, is that a lot of money? She’s a kid, she doesn’t get money. She’s like, “What do you think? Are you saying we don’t have $10,000?” I’m like, “We’re not gonna spend it on that!!”[Virginia’s Note: After we recorded Corinne did find this underwater hotel room for the comparatively bargain price of $1840 per night. I’m still not taking my 8-year-old!]CorinneYeah, that’s very reasonable. Okay, what about favorite podcasts?VirginiaWe have to give Maintenance Phase a shout out. Obviously, if you’re looking for anti-diet content and you’re listening to us and not Maintenance Phase, you did that backwards because you should have started there. They do excellent work, Aubrey gordon and Michael Hobbes. That’s a big one that I never miss. I’m also really into Everything Is Fine with Kim France and Jennifer Romolini. It is a podcast for women over 40, which I admit just hearing that tagline I was like, fine, put us in a box. But it’s so good. They’re both former women’s magazine people. Kim France was the editor in chief of Lucky magazine during like Conde Nast’s big towncar heyday years. They’re very funny and smart. They did a great episode on Roe. They have really interesting authors on and the chitchat between the two of them is really good. It’s a great listen. And not just for women over 40, I feel like anyone could enjoy it. What about you?CorinneI’m really into this astrology podcast, Ghost of a Podcast. So if you’re into the woo side of things, I recommend that. I also love Reply All, which I know is very popular. I’m sure everyone’s listening to that. VirginiaThat’s a good one. CorinneThe last question is, what’s the most destructive health or diet culture message you’ve received?VirginiaI think one message that has taken me personally the longest time to work through was the message that exercise is only for weight management. When I was a kid, I was a skinny kid, and I hated sports and hated moving my body. I was an indoor cat, for sure. I just wanted to read and play pretend and not be physical. And it was fine because I was skinny, right? But that meant that then when I was no longer skinny, I felt like this obligation to exercise to get back to my thinness, which did not work. I had a pretty disordered relationship with exercise in my 20’s. No one ever said, maybe you would love moving your body for other reasons, right? There was no option on the table to enjoy exercise or just joyful movement, whatever you want to call it, on its own terms or for its own pleasures. So it has taken me most of my 30’s to really get to a place where I do notice implicit benefits to exercise that are not related to body size. I want to do it when I wake up in the morning. I feel joy when I do it. And I don’t even have that all the time still, you know? There was a long time where I really couldn’t do any cardio because it was too triggering. What about you?CorinneWell, that’s a really good answer. I think for me it would be that the path to happiness is thinness. Like, don’t you just want to be happy? Stuff like that, I guess.VirginiaLike feeling like your life needs to be on hold until you lose weight?CorinneAnd also just that being thinner will make you happier. That has not been the correlation in my life. VirginiaNo, it very often is not. I think that’s a really common and super insidious one. And it’s holding a lot of people back from just living their lives. Butter For Your Burnt ToastVirginiaAll right. Well, let’s bring us up. I realized when I ordered these questions, I picked a sad one to end on. “Let’s talk about terrible diet messages. Okay, goodbye!” No. We will bring it up now with Butter for your Burnt Toast. Corinne, last time you were on, you set a very high bar for yourself.CorinneI know I was actually struggling a little bit because I don’t think I can really live up to that.VirginiaI don’t think anyone ever can, so you can release yourself from that pressure.CorinneOkay. My endorsement is slightly related to what you were just saying, which is that sometimes, I’m just living my life and I get a feeling in my body of , I want to do something other than walk the dog and garden, which are like my usual exercise activities. I subscribe to a lot of Substacks, but one of my favorite is She’s a Beast, which is Casey Johnston’s newsletter about being strong and lifting weights. She recently started a couch-to-barbell program called Liftoff, so I decided that I would just look into it. I don’t have a good track record with finishing programs or following programs. But it’s divided into three phases and the first phase requires only your house and a broomstick. And there’s a YouTube video that you can follow along with and it takes less than 15 minutes, which is incredible!VirginiaOh my gosh!CorinneYou just do like six exercises maybe? And they’re all probably stuff you’ve done before. I love that it starts off like so simply and I don’t know if I’ll make it to phase two, but I’ve done phase one.VirginiaYou’re enjoying phase one. That’s awesome.CorinneI’ve done it six times or something. I just think it’s great. So I want to just recommend that program and also Casey’s newsletter which is about fitness-y stuff, but she definitely has an anti-diet lens.VirginiaYeah, very fat-positive, strong critiques of fitness culture which are really well done. I want to do this, too, now. You’re influencing me. This looks great. CorinneWell, let me know if you do.VirginiaI will. I am endlessly in physical therapy, as people know, because of my back and ankle. I’m trying to get out now, but I can’t. The other week I was like, “I feel like I’m done.” And she was like, “No, I feel like you’re in that place where you’re no longer in active pain but if you leave, you will re-injure yourself immediately.” And I was like “Touché.” But I am getting bored. For a while I was an A student with physical therapy and would do my exercises every morning and now I’m just losing interest. I need a new program, so I’m gonna check this out.CorinneYeah, it’s really so fun and easy to just follow a YouTube video. I just put it on and like put it on silent and listen to a podcast while I’m waving my little broomstick around.VirginiaSo, I am recommending an absurdly large water jug. A while back I posted on Instagram that I get migraines and I loosely tie getting migraines to the days when I drink only Diet Coke. This is not a criticism of Diet Coke, it’s necessary to my wellbeing, but I should drink water, too, to be a person. Sometime I want to do a reported piece on hydration culture. It’s a whole thing, for sure. However, I do need to drink water and I asked for recommendations and a couple of people recommended this. It is the Stanley GO IceFlow 64oz Stainless Steel Flip Straw Jug. It’s a beast. It’s enormousCorinneIs 64 ounces a gallon?VirginiaIt is a gallon. Yes.CorinneOkay, I also have a gallon water jug.VirginiaThis is maybe why we were destined to be friends. CorinneYours looks really good though.VirginiaI appreciate the size, but I have never once drunk 64 ounces in a day. I’ve had it for a couple weeks now, I have never once drunk 64 ounces in one day. Like, that’s just, I cannot drink that much water in a day. That’s a ridiculous amount of water. But what I love about it is, it is so well insulated that it stays cold all day long. I do not like drinking tepid water. That is not interesting to me. It was 90 degrees here all weekend. We were out at the pool. I was out gardening the whole day. And I would fill this thing up in the morning with a bunch of ice cubes and cart it outside with me. And last night at eight o’clock, I was like Dan, you have to drink this water. It’s so cold. And he was like, thank you for sharing with me that your water is cold. CorinneDo you have to like lift it over your head to drink it?VirginiaNo! You don’t have to lift it. It is not a barbell workout. You can just hold it up and tilt it a little bit to drink. I have been self conscious to drink out of it like on a Zoom. Because I don’t know, it’s so preposterous. I want to get their 20-ounce one, I feel like that might be more for daily use. But this is very useful for being outside when I’m out with my kids and like we all need water and they don’t have to carry multiple water bottles. CorinneIt looks sleek, too, at least.VirginiaI have the petal, the light pink.Well, Corinne, thank you so much for doing this again. This was really fun! Do you want to remind people where to find you once again?CorinneOh, sure. You can find me on Instagram at @selltradeplus that’s where I spend most of my time. And then my personal Instagram is @SelfieFay.Thanks so much for listening to Burnt Toast! Once again, if you’d like to support the show, please subscribe for free in your podcast player. Leave us a rating or review and tell a friend, maybe a mom friend, about this episode.And consider a paid subscription to the Burnt Toast newsletter. Until June 30, you can take 20 percent off and pay just $4 per month or $40 for the year! You get a ton of cool perks and you keep this an ad- and sponsor-free space.The Burnt Toast Podcast is produced and hosted by me, Virginia Sole-Smith. 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Roberta Angaramo, Chiara Carminati"Lemmi lento lento"Respira... sorridi e vai pianoRizzoli Editorehttps://www.rizzolilibri.it/“Perché ogni tanto è bello vivere lentamente.” Una storia tenerissima sulla ricchezza di essere unici e diversi.Una storia tenerissima sulla ricchezza di essere unici e diversi.Album illustrato, per bambini.Chiara Carminati è autrice di storie, poesie e testi teatrali per bambini e ragazzi. Conduce laboratori e incontri di promozione della lettura in biblioteche, scuole e librerie. Specializzata in didattica della poesia, tiene corsi di aggiornamento per insegnanti e bibliotecari, in Italia e all'estero. Con i musicisti della Linea Armonica ha realizzato spettacoli di poesia e narrazione che intrecciano parole, musica e immagini. Tra i suoi libri L'estate dei segreti (Einaudi Ragazzi), Rime chiaroscure (con Bruno Tognolini) e Mare (Rizzoli), Parto (Panini), L'ultima fuga di Bach (rueBallu) e i manuali Fare poesia (Mondadori) e Perlaparola. Bambini e ragazzi nelle stanze della poesia (Equilibri). Nel 2012 ha ricevuto il Premio Andersen come miglior autrice. Fuori fuoco ha vinto il Premio Orbil 2015 dell'Associazione librerie indipendenti ragazzi, il Premio Alvaro-Bigiaretti 2015, il Premio speciale della giuria del Premio Andersen per La Grande Guerra raccontata ai ragazzi e il Premio di Letteratura per Ragazzi ‘Laura Orvieto'. È in corso di traduzione in lingua francese. Il suo sito è https://www.parolematte.it/Roberta AngaramoDopo essersi diplomata al Liceo Artistico di Cuneo ha studiato illustrazione presso lo IED di Torino e pittura presso lo studio dell'artista Francesco Preverino.Nella sua carriera ha illustrato circa 50 libri per bambini con case editrici nazionali e internazionali, tra cui Rizzoli, Fabbri, Mondadori, Giunti, Editori Riuniti, Franco&Cosimo Panini, Sfera Editore, Gakken (Giappone), Grimm Press(Taiwan), Simon&Schuster (NY), Gullane (UK), Parragon(UK), Holiday House( NY), Purple Bear Books NY, Baumhaus, Coppenrath, Aracari Verlag, Franklin Watts (UK),Carus Publishing (US), Oxford University Press (UK) e Scholastic (US).I Suoi libri sono stati tradotti e pubblicati anche in Corea, Finlandia, Grecia, Spagna, Brasile e Russia.Dog in Boots, il suo secondo libro uscito in Inghilterra e pubblicato dalla Gullane Children's Books nel 2011 è stato tradotto in sette lingue e selezionato per la USBBY Outstanding International Books list e la Oprah Winfrey Best Picture Books list.Le sue opere hanno ricevuto vari premi e riconoscimenti tra i quali il Primo Premio Unicef nel 1997,il Premio Andersen nel 2005 nella sezione Migliore Collana,il People's Book Prize nel 2012 e il Pewter Plate Award della rivista americana Highlights Magazine nel 2015,. Ha esposto i suoi lavori in numerose mostre, collettive e personali come la Mostra Internazionale di Illustrazione di Sarmede e la 54. Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia.Nel 2004 è stata protagonista della prima edizione del TIBE (Taipei International Book Exhibition) per il quale ha realizzato il logo e i Posters ufficiali della manifestazione.Dal 2015 è docente di illustrazione presso la Libera Accademia D'Arte Novalia di Alba.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Trauma psychotherapist, Amanda Ann Gregory, discusses why forgiveness isn't necessary in trauma recovery.  She walks us through possible messages we are internalizing about forgiveness and five reasons why forgiveness should not be imposed in the process of healing from trauma. Click here to check out her Psychology Today article "Why Forgiveness Isn't Required in Trauma Recovery". Amanda Ann Gregory, LCPC, is a trauma psychotherapist, national speaker, and author. She holds licenses in the states of Illinois, Texas, and Missouri, as well as an EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Certification, and a National Counselor Certification. Gregory has provided individual, group, and family therapy for more than a dozen years in outpatient and residential settings and is currently in private practice in Chicago. Her work has appeared in Psychology Today, Psychotherapy Networker, Happiful Magazine, Addiction Professional, Adoption Today, All Creatures, Highlights Magazine, and New Therapist Magazine. Gregory has served as a presenter for clinical conferences, employee trainings, and community events and has spoken for the ACA (American Counseling Association), NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), the Missouri Department of Mental Health, Symmetry Counseling, the Missouri School Counselor Association, Prevent Child Abuse Illinois, and the Missouri Association of Marriage and Family Therapy to name a few. She tailors all presentations to meet the needs of your audience. Click here to check out her awesome blog "Transforming Trauma Blog" on her website.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! In this seasonally appropriate episode, we read the first 8 short stories that comprise James Joyce's 1914 collection ‘Dubliners'. A portrait of middle-class life in the titular city at the turn of the 20th century, things undeniably get weird, and the gang has to figure out how to talk about it without throwing up from sadness. Tune in to find out if they succeed! Theo is Aladdin in more ways than one. Jackie doesn't understand how e-books work. Rachel wants her $20 back. Topics include: screaming carrots, Apple Jacks, the inaugural Oberlin goat, petty theft, young love, Scrooge McDuck, Highlights Magazine, chewing loud enough to wake the dead, and feeling seen in a bad way.    Stories covered: The Sisters, An Encounter, Araby, Evaline, After the Race, Two Gallants, The Boarding House, A Little Cloud

Eric & Jeremy record a podcast episode reminiscent of an old 1990s issue of Highlights Magazine. Then they discuss Wes Anderson's new film "The French Dispatch" starring Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Christoph Waltz, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, and Anjelica Huston. Go to patreon.com/ericandjeremy for a bunch of good bonus content!

There once was a boy named Charlie who read Highlights magazine. At the time, he did not take note of the name of the publication's editor, Christine French Cully. But after Charlie grew up, became The Spaniard, and read the book ”Dear Highlights,” he longed to talk to Christine—and his wish came true in this episode. Christine's book draws on 75 years of letters to Highlights—each of them answered with care—and brings out patterns that are priceless to know. ”Kids crave connection,” Christine emphasizes, and she hopes that this book inspires adults to lean in and listen. Spanny certainly does that. You'll hear why no book has ever had greater impact on his own mission. ... To support The Spaniard Show: Get this book here: Dear Highlights Purchase all your books here: Spaniard Show Reading List For speaking information, click here: Spaniard Website  

What exactly is a mental samurai? Your guess is as good as ours. In this game show that combines all your favorite elements of parking lot carnivals with puzzles from Highlights Magazine, Rob Lowe helps determine who is the mental samurai (again, we're still not sure what that means).

Today we are thrilled to be joined by Christine French Cully, Chief Purpose Office and Editor in Chief of Highlights Magazine and mother of two. Christine is an outspoken advocate for issues that impact children and their wellbeing. Christine has been dedicated to Highlights' belief that children are the most important people on the planet. Christine will discuss with us her new book “Dear Highlights: What Adults Can Learn from 75 Years of Letters and Conversations with Kids.” She will discuss some of the types of letters that have been sent over the years and how this book, which has compiled letters received over the years to Highlights magazine from children, can give readers an insight into children's hopes, fears, dreams, and aspirations. You can learn more about Christine French Cully and Highlights at their podcast, Highlights Kids, and can purchase “Dear Highlights: What Adults Can Learn from 75 Years of Letters and Conversations with Kids” through most major booksellers.

How can we best instill confidence in our children? How can stressed out parents take care of themselves? What's the connection between our emotions and our confidence? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews educator, author, and illustrator, Jennifer Miller, M.Ed. about Raising Confident Kids Learn more about your guest below: For twenty-five years, Jennifer Miller, M.Ed. has worked with educators and families to help them become more effective with children through social and emotional learning (SEL). She is author and illustrator of the blog, “Confident Parents, Confident Kids” with more than 22,000 followers in 152 countries world-wide. She is the author of Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence In Ourselves and Our Kids. She serves as a regular expert contributor to the Webby Award-winning site, NBC Universal's Parent Toolkit. She writes and offers expertise for numerous publications including The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Parent Magazine and Edutopia. She serves on the Tauck Family Foundation's Advisory Committee along with members from Child Trends, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and Harvard's School of Education. She consults with schools, conducts research and creates tools on parenting and SEL with partners at the University of Pittsburgh, Montana State University, and the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL). In 2018, she was the national spokesperson for Highlights Magazine's State of the Kid Report. She frequently speaks at conferences, offers coaching, and conducts workshops in Ohio and nationally. Past roles were with the Ohio Department of Education, CASEL, the Center for Peace Education, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. She has her master's degree in Instructional Leadership with a focus on social and emotional development. Learn more at  - https://confidentparentsconfidentkids.org/ - https://twitter.com/JenniferSMiller - https://www.facebook.com/confidentparentsconfidentkids/ - https://www.instagram.com/jennifersmithmiller1/ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Support The Show: If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach's How To Be a Better Partner Course. https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach - Purchase The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes. - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the  Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

On this week’s episode: Dan, Jamilah, and Elizabeth talk with New York Times columnist Ron Lieber about his new book, The Price You Pay for College. He’ll explain why college costs so much, what parents and students should be asking when picking a school, and how to deal with not being able to afford your kid’s dream school.  Then the hosts answer a question from a mom who is struggling with resentment and regret over having a kid at all. In Slate Plus: Slate’s Rebecca Onion joins to discuss the politicization of kids’ safety and helicopter parenting in the Trump era. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on MADAF each week, and no ads. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Recommendations: Elizabeth recommends LuminAID Solar Lanterns. Jamilah recommends Highlights Magazine. Dan recommends actually filling out a One Line a Day journal. You can also text one line a day to Qeepsake.  Also Mentioned: I Used to Worry About Being an Overprotective Parent. Then Came the Trump Era by Rebecca Onion, which is from Slate’s package: What We Learned.  Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes.    Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode: Dan, Jamilah, and Elizabeth talk with New York Times columnist Ron Lieber about his new book, The Price You Pay for College. He’ll explain why college costs so much, what parents and students should be asking when picking a school, and how to deal with not being able to afford your kid’s dream school.  Then the hosts answer a question from a mom who is struggling with resentment and regret over having a kid at all. In Slate Plus: Slate’s Rebecca Onion joins to discuss the politicization of kids’ safety and helicopter parenting in the Trump era. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on MADAF each week, and no ads. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Recommendations: Elizabeth recommends LuminAID Solar Lanterns. Jamilah recommends Highlights Magazine. Dan recommends actually filling out a One Line a Day journal. You can also text one line a day to Qeepsake.  Also Mentioned: I Used to Worry About Being an Overprotective Parent. Then Came the Trump Era by Rebecca Onion, which is from Slate’s package: What We Learned.  Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes.    Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back with one of our favorite annual episodes-the GIFT GIVING GUIDE! The unusual circumstances in which we find ourselves in 2020 have us thinking of ways to elevate our everyday lives and keep it cozy. We hope this 2 part episode gives you some fun ideas for your gift giving this year!    For the KIDS:  Indoor Bouncy House  Washi Tape Set   NatGeo Kids Magazine   Highlights Magazine   Kid-friendly hot chocolate mug    Hot Chocolate on a stick    Illustrated Classics   Harry Potter Illustrated    Earring Subscription Box   For the LADIES:    A semi-bougie headband    Pack of black washcloths    Reusable cotton rounds   Light Bathrobe    Living Proof In-Shower Styler   Hosanna Revival Bibles   Hand Painted Bibles   Cute Popcorn Cardigan   Hair Ties    Caroline Hirons Skin Care Book    Pretty Bookmarks    ANYONE:    Aldi Finds- check out weekly for small gifts, candles, chocolate, etc    Demeter Fragrances   The Lazy Genius Way   How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract   Weighted Blanket   Sheet Spray    Cashmere Beanie    Digital Frame   MEN:    Silicone AirPods case   Sweat-wicking shirts    Gourmet Bacon Bits   Steak    Harry's Razors    Pajamas    Make a Cocktail Kit   Grown-up Koozie    Flaviar   TEACHERS:    Christmas Ornaments   Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten    Sturdy Canvas Tote  

Gillian Flint is a children's books illustrator, this hasn't always been the case though, Gill has been a successful illustrator for 17 years now but after 10, Gillian felt slightly, very almost, nearly ready, to reach out to book agents. We talk about this and what persistence and determination really look like for a mum of two. Her clients include CBeebies, Rodale Kids, Penguin Random House, Charlesbridge, Alfred A Knopf, Penguin Random House, Hardie Grant Egmont, Little Bee Books, Worthy Kids, Five Mile Press, Bonnier, Oxford University Press, Highlights Magazine, Highlights High Five, UK Greetings, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Tesco, Clintons, and many more.    Gills takeaways   1.If you're freelancing for a come company you’ve got relationship with offer to go in and help if they aren’t too far away, those connects and relationships go along way!  2.If you’re wanting to get into another area of illustration like books, then trade shows are great way to connect with the right agents. Of course, Covid changed this but there is still linked in or twitter!  3.Make sure you plan in enough research time for big briefs  4.You don’t need a fancy studio to start, create a corner with a portable trolley with your materials in or hide away in your tv cabinet. Don’t wait for all the gear to start the thing  5.Getting up earlier each morning to work is far more productive than staying too late. You are giving yourself the freshest awake empty part of your new day rather than the tired end of the day part.  6.Having a side project helps with your creative flow when you have to be creative for your day work  7.Remember, this isn’t to sell or show just for your own joy  8.It doesn't have to be creative, a hobby could be learning a language, fishing, dissent matter what it helps feel. It can put Control if your life rather than work life and family juggles   https://www.gillianflint.com/ https://thebrightagency.com/us/publishing/artists/gillian-flint?collection=black-white

This week we watched Friends With Benefits and No Strings Attached, so basically the same movie twice. It’s like those Spot the Differences pictures in Highlights Magazine only with hot people having sex. Was it a little repetitive to literally watch the same movie twice? Maybe, but then Patricia Clarkson showed up and everything was fine. Take a listen, rate, review, subscribe and register to be a poll worker here!

Sometimes it's necessary to let go and have fun. On this episode we talk about the importance of letting go, laughing and just being silly. We talk about our new favorite bad movie, Skatetown USA, and Highlights Magazine to name a few. We hope you join us for a good laugh and some silly talk.

Father David Mowry returns! Follow us on along the path of off-topic temptation, as we look at B-movie action titles, Highlights Magazine, and the many layers of the Beethoven films!   Twitter: @id4minute Facebook: Independence Day Minute Listener's Squadron

Note: This was recorded during quarantine times, so the chefs are in the virtual kitchen. 00:00-13:25: The chefs chop up some Pesach bits as they reminisce over Rugrats Passover and talk virtual seders. 13:25-22:40: Highlights Magazine time. Jesse still has major beef brisket over not being invited to Lance's wedding, but takes solace in some gifted olive oil. Chef Lance talks about cooking outside of the podkitchen. 22:40-1:02:48: It's a sweet Top 9 as the chefs get salty over their top 9 desserts. Lance throws Jesse's apple pie right back in his face. 1:20:48-1:03:20: No sponsors this week because the economy ended because Coronavirus, although Lance inadvertently sponsors Annie's Mac and Cheese 1:03:20-1:08:35 It's a Whack Goldberg special at the end of the podcast iron skillet as Jesse goes double dipping on his was that a joke? and QAB. He shares his new identity as a little girl riding a bicycle, and chirps back at some aggressive birds. 1:08:35-1:16:30: Lance has a bonen farrow to pick with the size of tahini jars. He also shares his journey of obtaining his credit report. 1:16:30-Close: The chefs wash their hands as they exit the kitchen after another successful episode.

On June 4, 2018 the doors to the Hangout will officially open!  Join hosts Tim Kubart and Juanita Andersen in this new monthly podcast that brings Highlights Magazine, an American icon, to life in a whole new way. This magazine-style show offers a unique audio spin on the stories, characters, puzzles, and jokes that millions of kids dive into each month in the pages of Highlights including "Goofus and Gallant", "The Hidden Sound Game" ("Hidden Pictures" with sounds!), and listener submitted jokes, tongue twisters, poems and wow-worthy science questions answered by Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz from "Wow in the World"! Co-produced by Tinkercast (creators and producers of  the "Wow in the World" podcast), and Highlights for Children, Inc., Highlights Hangout is the newest addition to the screen-alternative movement just in time for your family's summer road trip season.

On June 4, 2018 the doors to the Hangout will officially open!  Join hosts Tim Kubart and Juanita Andersen in this new monthly podcast that brings Highlights Magazine, an American icon, to life in a whole new way. This magazine-style show offers a unique audio spin on the stories, characters, puzzles, and jokes that millions of kids dive into each month in the pages of Highlights including "Goofus and Gallant", "The Hidden Sound Game" ("Hidden Pictures" with sounds!), and listener submitted jokes, tongue twisters, poems and wow-worthy science questions answered by Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz from "Wow in the World"! Co-produced by Tinkercast (creators and producers of  the "Wow in the World" podcast), and Highlights for Children, Inc., Highlights Hangout is the newest addition to the screen-alternative movement just in time for your family's summer road trip season.

Show Notes Episode 144: “The Cure Is Worse Than The Aziz” This week the listeners will find out more about Host Dave Bledsoe's sex life than they EVER wanted to know. (He likes being spanked with a rolled up copy of Highlights Magazine.) On the show this week we talk about the continuing downfall of men and their eventual replacements with stepladders and cloning technology. (Can't happen soon enough.) Along the way we tackle the thorny topics of Aziz Ansari's bad sex techniques, and how MAYBE he might not want to take sex advice from Pepe Le Pew. Along the way we talk about why men are so tense when reminded they are recipient of an entire society structured for their advancement. (Well, we didn't ASK for it!) We clean out the litter box of the Cat Person article from the end of last year. (Hey, we are allowed to enjoy the Holidays too!) and make some suggestions on how we might solve the entire consent problem in a single generation. (But we don't have time for rational solutions.) Our Sponsor this week is Confirma-Fuck, affirmative consent on your phone! We open the show with Dave Chappelle discussing role models and close with Jizzy Pearl's take on Bon Jovi's Magnum Opus. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe8WiyXWfuM) Show Music: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed: I Got You Babe https://babe.net/2018/01/13/aziz-ansari-28355 That's What He Said https://babe.net/2018/01/15/aziz-ansari-statement-28407 I Think He Will Be Fine https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/the-humiliation-of-aziz-ansari/550541/ Seriously, He's Gonna Be OK http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/opinions/lets-be-honest-about-aziz-ansari-brawley/index.html But He Might Read Body Language https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/opinion/aziz-ansari-babe-sexual-harassment.html?_r=0 Fear Itself https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/maybe-men-will-be-scared-for-a-while.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally aired March 12, 2013 Aaron gives us a lesson on how-not-to network when he attends the Joe Schmo Show finale, Janie gives us a lesson on how-not-to-be-aware-of-the-world-around-her when she admits she's somehow never heard of the Harlem Shake, and the duo test out a new system to improve the podcast's sound! Plus, what is more ridiculous: bromances or filibustering? And can Highlights Magazine give you E. Coli? Gotta question for Janie and Aaron? Tweet @JanieHaddad and @DrLawyercop (or email: janieandaaron@gmail.com) Like us on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/JanieandAaron). Jingles by KatParsonsMusic.com. Logo by AllOneWordDesign.com

Karleen says about herself: "My goal as an author? To get your kids to LOVE reading as much as I did when I was their age…and as much as I still do! As a child, I had the goal (not met) to read every book in the children’s section of my local library. Through the books I write for ages 8 to 12, that’s the kind of fervor I hope to instill in kids today. When I was raising my children and reading to them I often commented, “I could write something better than this.” Ideas began to develop and eventually, I wrote my first book, an early reader chapter book. Like most first books, it had structural problems, grammar errors and plot holes, but it was a start. I joined the Florida Writers Association in 2004, which has been an immense help in developing my writing skills. That year, one of my books won 2nd place in the Juvenile division of their Florida Palms Literary Awards. Two other books were RPLA finalists in 2010. In 2009 and again in 2011 I won a generous scholarship to the Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop, a conference I highly recommend to people interested in writing for children. In 2010 I became interested in e-publishing and the new opportunities it gives to authors. That led me to create my popular blog, KidsEBookBestsellers.com which ran for five years until 2015. My writing has been published in Highlights Magazine for Children and Odyssey Science Magazine for Children (now merged with Muse Magazine.) I continue to write books, with more ideas patiently waiting their turn in the queue."

Laura Interviewed Director Tony Shaff live at SXSW before the premiere. 44 Pages is a documentary by Tony Shaff produced by Rebecca Green and Laura Smith that follows the creation of the 70th anniversary issue of Highlights for Children Magazine - the most popular children's magazine in the world. The film goes behind the scenes of the June issue of Highlights Magazine also known as the "September Issue" of the children's publishing world. It premiered on March 6 at SXSWedu (leading education conference) and was screened March 10 during SXSW. The film follows the 70th anniversary from the first editorial meeting to its arrival in homes, and introducing the people who passionately produce the monthly publication for “the world’s most important people,...children”. Along the way, a rich and tragic history is revealed, the state of childhood, technology, and education is explored, and the future of print media is questioned. For more information on the film go to https://44pages.com. You can connect at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find her on facebook via Write Hot and follow her on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

Laura Interviewed Director Tony Shaff live at SXSW before the premiere. 44 Pages is a documentary by Tony Shaff produced by Rebecca Green and Laura Smith that follows the creation of the 70th anniversary issue of Highlights for Children Magazine - the most popular children's magazine in the world. The film goes behind the scenes of the June issue of Highlights Magazine also known as the "September Issue" of the children's publishing world. It premiered on March 6 at SXSWedu (leading education conference) and was screened March 10 during SXSW. The film follows the 70th anniversary from the first editorial meeting to its arrival in homes, and introducing the people who passionately produce the monthly publication for “the world’s most important people,...children”. Along the way, a rich and tragic history is revealed, the state of childhood, technology, and education is explored, and the future of print media is questioned. For more information on the film go to https://44pages.com. You can connect at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find her on facebook via Write Hot and follow her on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

The popular children’s magazine, Highlights, recently announced it will start featuring same-sex parents in upcoming issues. So now young students and even preschoolers will be introduced to this sensitive topic in the Highlights line of magazines — pushing biological reality and making it a matter of “identity.” It is hard to argue that we are not seeing more and more examples of children being indoctrinated to LGBTQ agenda. Read more HERE.…

Amanda and Emily celebrate the beginning of 2017 by exploring the world of science, from Highlights Magazine. Enjoy!

Justin and Joy discuss the slippery slope of dating without titles. Elevator Pitch Joy's THIRSTY encounter with Boris Kodjoe. Justin's dusty DM's. Pokemon, Pogs, and Highlights Magazine. Couple Friends. Debate: How soon do you break up one you've mentally made up your mind? Debate #2: Why relationship titles are necessary. Poll: Do you like making out? 90 Day Rule. And much more! Spread the Word If you enjoyed the episode, please leave us a review on iTunes and share it with your friends! Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to share your thoughts about the show. Episode 21 Preview

Looking for a book to read with the kids, or maybe a guide to becoming a better writer? Plus, why are leg cramps called charley horses? And where'd we get a phrase like "pie in the sky"? If you happen to be tall, you've no doubt heard plenty of clueless comments from strangers. A listener who's 6-foot-8 shares his favorite snappy comebacks. Plus, a word quiz for math lovers, bathroom euphemisms, johnny-on-the-spot, and the biggest palmetto bugs in the land!FULL DETAILSSome call it quitting a book, while others call it post-publication editing. You know, in place of any neglected pre-publication editing. John in San Diego, California, who wrote us to suggest that term, wrote us to say that many a book should have been an essay; many an essay should have been a paragraph; many a paragraph should have been a sentence. Cheers, John!Does Johnny-on-the-spot refer to a person or a porta potty? Or both? The phrase Johnny-on-the-spot, meaning a fellow who helpfully shows up at just the right instant, dates to the 1870s. But in the early 1900s, the john became a common euphemism for the outhouse. Today, there are several companies called Johnny On The Spot that operate porta potties and display that name on their doors.The Dictionary of American Regional English has entries for Mrs. Jones, Miss Janet, Mrs. Murphy, and Neighbor Jones, all of which are euphemisms for outhouse or toilet. We've discussed others before, like going to see a man about a horse. It's part of a tradition of not explicitly referring to the place where we urinate and defecate. But please, go ahead and share with us your favorite bathroom euphemisms!What do you call the flavor explosion that comes from splashing some soft drinks from every one of a restaurant's fountains into one cup? A suicide, a graveyard, swampwater? Any special recipes, or do you just go for it?We all know the moon's made of green cheese, but what's the deal with the pie in the sky? The idiom pie in the sky, referring to that's pleasant to imagine but unattainable, comes from an early 20th century song called The Preacher and the Slave penned and popularized by labor organizer Joe Hill. The song parodied the hymn The Sweet By and By, which promised a heavenly reward after death. Hill's song sarcastically made the point there's need for help here on earth, too.Want to get your mug on our website? We're making a Word Wall, featuring all you listeners and your favorite words, so take a picture holding a piece of paper with your favorite word on it close to your face and send it to us. The collecting starts now!Our Puzzle Man John Chaneski's been working at the Museum of Math in New York City and it's got him thinking about number words. For this game, each clue leads to a certain number spelled out. For example, can you guess which number between one and ten can be anagrammed to something that means to pull something with a rope? Ever seen a bug so big it could stand flat-footed and kiss a turkey? Kathy from Greensboro, North Carolina, called to share some classic idioms her Georgia grandmother would use to describe bugs, like those gallon-nipper mosquitos and Chatham County eagles, also known as palmetto bugs. There's a long tradition in American tall tales of trying to one-up everyone else about the size of your hometown's insects. What's the rule on using they and their in place of his and hers? Grammarians a couple of centuries ago may have misapplied some Latin rules of grammar to the unruly English language, but the issue is clear today: the word they functions perfectly well as an epicene pronoun as does their for its possessive version. No professional linguist will tell you otherwise.Why say goodbye when you could drop the phrase see you in church if the window's open? This joke about lousy churchgoers is a colorful variant of see you when I see you.Martha spotted a choice cartoon: A dog is sitting behind a gate under a sign that says Beware of Dog. The caption: "Can I read you my poems?" If you're looking for a great book about writing, Martha recommends Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: Let Verbs Power Your Writing. In it, Constance Hale offers an accessible, bang-up course in writing with excerpted passages that really show how the greats do it. For the young and old alike, Grant recommends A River of Words, a children's biography of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. The artwork is beautiful and it's a wonderful tale of someone who could take an idea in their mind and translate it to the page.Why do we call that painful leg cramp a charley horse? While no good answers are out there, we did find some pretty far-fetched ones, including a story about old night watchmen known as Charlies and their broken-down horses. But the term does pop up in baseball reports in the 1880s, and fits well into the history of colorful baseball language. When wine drinkers swirl their glasses and watch those streaks coming down, they say they're looking at the legs. But the German term kirchenfenster, meaning church windows, makes a great substitute because of the arches of church windows. Do you have another term for that wine streaming down the side of a glass?Ken from New Mexico measures up at six-foot-eight, and he's heard the gamut of comments tall people get, like How's the weather up there?. Sometimes he responds to How tall are you? with Five-foot-20, and if anyone asks if he plays basketball, he just asks them if they play miniature golf!Grant and his son have been loving the magazines Click, Cricket, and Ladybug. The poems, stories, and pictures are fantastic, and you don't get the sense that it's didactic or trying to force any lessons or morals. If you're fond of Highlights Magazine, check these out.How do you pronounce chicanery? Do you soften the a, as in Chicano? No!T his term, meaning trickery or disturbance of the peace, is etymologically unrelated to Chicano. It is, however, a linguistic relative of  the name of those concrete parking lot barriers called chicanes.Because Grant still can't get enough schoolyard rhymes, he shares one this week that goes, Three six nine/ the goose drank wine/ the monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line. Are you a lifer when it comes to children's rhymes? Let us know!....Support for A Way with Words also comes from National University, which invites you to change your future today. More at http://www.nu.eduAnd from The Ken Blanchard Companies, whose purpose is to make a leadership difference among executives, managers, and individuals in organizations everywhere. 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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'} A laundry list of television discussion on a slightly longer-than-usual episode of your very favorite television podcast: every show ever made has been renewed, new NBC exec's name sounds like the sound a frog would make, Skins and Episodes are getting better, and Dave Navarro throws some condom balloons at a bunch of girls on a show whose name is obscured by technical difficulties. See if you can guess which one!   On the second half the charming Brian Dutremble stops by to talk remakes, Battlestar Galactica, Highlights Magazine, and the gritty social commentary of Dinosaurs, Pacific Blue, and Punky Brewster. 

Movie Meltdown - Episode 37.1 - As usual we delve into movie news and geeky conversations. But this time we round it out with a fun interview with actress (Friday the 13th, The Last Resort), singer (formerly in Soluna) and Playboy covergirl (June 2009) - America Olivo! Find out how she got into the business, hear about the other side of making a movie and listen to what it was like to go camping with Jason! - Plus we get sidetracked talking about... The Ballad of G.I.Joe, Hollywood's Twitter updates, Rob Zombie's Strategy, the Vinnie Jones workout plan, Werewolf by Night, do Vikings have sleds?, the Whip it one sheet, screwing up our own names, The Lather Effect, Pathfinder, collecting Tin-Tin, animated Spawn, lounging around The Four Seasons, who did Ione Skye get married to?, what happened to Bill Bellamy?, plundering the booty, a Latin girl group Monkees TV show, Eric Stoltz, watching the end of Battlestar Galactica, Megan Thumbs as Catwoman, making $600 million, miserable high school days, cutting Carnivale short, the knock-off Journey, Hancock 2, Rob Zombie signs his new deal, Solomon Kane comics, watching lengthy TV series, reading Highlights Magazine, mini Imax, Pirate Latitudes, Red Sonja, the return of The Blob, singing opera, recasting Indiana Jones, going to hell is interesting and Ellen Page dressed as a Girl Scout. Don't forget your sleeping bag.