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Read the full show notes: https://www.draimee.org/fertility-facts-for-anyone-over-35-hosted-by-liz-moody In today's podcast episode, I'm sharing a conversation that aired on The Liz Moody Podcast. Liz asked a ton of questions that took the interview in a lot of fun directions. Plus she'd polled her own audience for questions, and you know I LOVE a good "Ask The Egg Whisperer" session. In this engaging episode, we dive into the increasing rates of infertility, the innovative technology of egg freezing, and provide practical advice for your fertility journey. We'll debunk common myths, share emotional support tips, and present real-life success stories. Plus, discover how you can join my monthly live IVF classes, designed to be accessible and informative. Here's some of what we covered:  1. Are infertility rates really going up?  2. How technology and lifestyle changes can impact your fertility journey  3. The best time and ways to freeze your eggs  4. Practical tips for preconception prep and staying positive during your fertility journey 5. Super fun lightning round of "does this impact fertility?" where we talk about breast implants, non-organic food, laptop usage for men, and the sperm killing truth about some lubricants! The full conversation on The Liz Moody PodcastLiz Moody's InstagramThe Live Sperm Show, where we tested sperm and lubricants. Do you have questions about IVF, and what to expect? Click here to join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class. The next live class call is on Monday, March 9th, 2026 at 4pm PST, where Dr. Aimee will explain IVF and there will be time to ask her your questions live on Zoom. Click to find The Egg Whisperer Show podcast on your favorite podcasting app.   Watch videos of Dr. Aimee answer Ask the Egg Whisperer Questions on YouTube.  Sign up for The Egg Whisperer newsletter to get updates  Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

FREE PATREON EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!   In honor of Black History Month, Kaya, Aaron, and I are joining Raven on her Patreon all month to jump back to the year 2009 to talk COLLEGE HILL SOUTH BEACH! That's right! For all you Bravo fans, this is the reality show where Lesa Milan of the Real Housewives of Dubai made her reality tv debut. Join us for some laughs and some mess over on Raven's Patreon! Download and listen today!   Listen to Bitch Is Better on Apple Podcasts! Listen to Bitch Is Better on Spotify! CHECK OUT RAVEN'S PATREON! Listen to Bravo! We're Black on Apple Podcasts! Listen to Bravo! We're Black on Spotify!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A DOUBLE DOSE OF HBO IS WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED! My St. Louis girlie-pop Selle Brooks of the “Who Asked Me?” podcast is here with me today to talk about… THE PITT! I missed a week of triage, CT scans, stethoscopes, and benign tumors, so I had to do an extra HBO check-in this week to not just talk episodes 4-5 but season two so far. Grab your crash cart and your massive student loan debt and join us in the ER to talk Dr. Robby, Santos, Langdon, and the rest of the crew!  DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN NOW! Listen to the “Who Asked Me?” podcast on Apple Podcasts! Listen to the “Who Asked Me?” podcast on Spotify! Follow Selle on TikTok!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's something about pointe shoes that makes them almost impossible to throw away once we're finished dancing in them. Which is why I LOVE what my guest in this episode is doing...Meet Emily Thorpe, a fellow adult dancer and the founder of PointeReve, a small business that transforms used pointe shoes into beautiful works of art.We reflect on what pointe shoes represent for us as adult ballerinas, the significance and memories they carry, and how turning them into art can feel like a way of honoring the journey rather than throwing it out.If you love pointe shoes — for their symbolism, their craftsmanship, or the stories they hold — you're going to love this conversation with Emily. Let's get into episode 100!

IF THERE ARE ZERO SWEETPEA FANS, THEN WE'RE DEAD! I'm joined by my cuzzin Kaya (of the “Bravo! We're Black” podcast), BUT THIS TIME… it's for some Industry chat! As you know, Kaya (and Jay) cover Industry over on BWB as well, and it was time for her to come over for a mid-season check-in. We dived into both episodes 4 and 5 and cackled the entire time. We talked Rishi's life choices, Eric's parental status, Harper being Harper, Yas being a voyeur, longs versus shorts, and so much more! DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN NOW! Listen to the “Bravo! We're Black” podcast on Apple Podcasts! Listen to the “Bravo! We're Black” podcast on Spotify! Follow “Bravo! We're Black” on Instagram! Subscribe to the “Bravo! We're Black” YouTube!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As an eBay seller, you're always on the lookout for ways to increase your sales. In this episode of the I Love to Be Selling podcast, you'll discover a proven pair of top tips for doing exactly that. Tune in find out how to put these savvy strategies to work for you in your  business on eBay. You'll also gain access to I Love to Be Selling's exclusive free guide eBay Listings that Sell! It's your road map to creating listings that will get your items sold fast and for top dollar. Download your complimentary copy at https://ilovetobeselling.com/webinars-and-workshops/ebay-listings-that-sell/. I'm Kathy, and I love to be selling!

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KAREN AND ROB COMPETING FOR BIGGEST GASLIGHTER! We're here for some FUN (but logical) Traitors chat, mostly because everyone on the internet has lost their minds about the show. Before that, Emily and I MUST discuss the Karen Huger/Andy Cohen SIT DOWN OF LIES! Also, a few hot topics, including: Savannah Guthrie horrific battle to find her mom, as well as Bronwyn Newport's new man! DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TODAY! Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Apple Podcasts! Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Spotify! Follow Emily on Instagram! Subscribe to Emily's YouTube channel, where we go live every single Sunday!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ON THIS EPISODE: (TIME STAMPS BELOW) A review for the new movie "Dracula" (yep, there's ANOTHER one now!), and a passage in 1 Timothy you CAN'T MISS if you've ever been told you should abstain from geek enterainment! ‍ ‍ AND MUCH MORE! 00:00:30 Intro 00:04:18 Dracula (2026) Review 00:23:23 CGC & Christian Geek News(Livestream Wednesday 2/11!) 00:26:31 More Rules & Restrictions DO NOT Equal Greater Holiness (1 Timothy Geek Bible Study) 00:43:28 Listener/Viewer Questions & Feedback(Is believing false doctrine the same as worshipping demons? Is belief in Jesus JUST to escape Hell valid? Why doesn't God do crazy miracles to show us ALL that Jesus is the truth?) ‍ ‍ GEEK WEEK 01:16:30 Intro To New “Geek Health” Geek Week Component ‍ ‍ 01:28:08 MOVIES/TV SHOWS: Fallout Season 2, Wonder Man, Dark Season 2 01:46:36 VIDEO GAMES: Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, Dragon Quest 2 HD-2D Remake, Neverwinter Nights, ‍ ‍ 01:59:21 On The Next Episode ‍ ‍ 02:01:30 Essential Issues Weekly: DC Comics Reactions (Detective Comics gave me the feels, and "the thinks?" Stuff going on that reminds me why I LOVE comics! Green Lantern 30 (Oops! I should have said the Batman/GL contrast is fear vs. courage instead of darkness vs. light!), Justice League Red 5, Detective Comics 1104) ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍ Get The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz & More Audio Entertainment From Spirit Blade Productions HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/44479037 or on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNC7Qz41mx8‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ Support this podcast and enjoy exclusive rewards at https://www.patreon.com/spiritbladeproductions ‍ ‍ Join Our Free Public Discord Channels! Invite HERE: https://discord.gg/5CRfFy2GG5 ‍ ‍ SUBSCRIBE TO PAETER'S SUBSTACK, @PAETERFRANDSEN: https://paeterfrandsen.substack.com/ ‍ ‍ Subscribe in a reader ‍ ‍ Open In i-tunes- itms://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-christian-geek-central-podcast/id258963175?mt=2 i-tunes Page Link- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-christian-geek-central-podcast/id258963175?mt=2 Get fun, exclusive rewards for your support! Visit: https://www.patreon.com/spiritbladeproductions Or Become a Patron! ‍ ‍ All episodes are archived and available for download at www.spiritblade.com , Resources used to prepare CGC Bible Study/Devotional content include:"Expositor's Bible Commentary", Frank E. Gaebelein General Editor (Zondervan Publishing House),"The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament", by Dr. John H. Walton, Dr. Victor H. Matthews & Dr. Mark W. Chavalas (InterVarsity Press), "The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament", by Dr. Craig S. Keener (InterVarsity Press),Thayer's Greek Lexicon, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Blueletterbible.org, The Christian Geek Central Statement Of Faith can be found at: http://christiangeekcentral.blogspot.com/p/about.html The Christian Geek Central Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Paeter Frandsen. Additional segments produced by their credited authors. Logo created by Matthew Silber. Copyright 2007-2026, Spirit Blade Productions. Music by Wesley Devine, Bjorn A. Lynne, Pierre Langer, Jon Adamich, audionautix.com and Sound Ideas. Spazzmatica Polka by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Freesound.org effects provided by: FreqMan

You have come full circle. You toiled, you sowed, and you reaped nothing but pain, until today. In this midday Message from the Holy Spirit today, your effort dies so His power can rise. From this moment, you are no longer praying from your own strength; you are being prayed through. Surrender the words, surrender the struggle, and watch the doors you couldn't kick down finally swing open. You are back in your Father's house. You are back to your inheritance.The labor is over. REAP.I Love you.Go deeper-> https://www.curlynikki.com/

John Van Nest is an LA icon. He has been a studio owner for decades and has worked with the very best artists.As a young engineer he learned from Bruce Sweiden...He's no slouch and he's a nice guy. Funny and grateful for his career and the people in our industry.I LOVE him

Musicians and songwriters are storytellers. And Jackson has been writing songs since he was about 12 years old. His debut single, "I Love you Mom" is a belated birthday gift to his mom. He wasn't going to record it in his next studio session but his coworkers insisted, and here we are.Over the years and decades of working in the radio industry, I've interviewed hundreds of musicians. Jackson is up there at the top of the list as far as being polite, honest, humble and open about his strengths and weaknesses. I imagine a lot of that comes from his childhood and the fact that his family played a huge role in his life. Family is very important to my guest, not only because they keep you grounded, but he realized at a young age exactly how fortunate he truly was to have a mom , dad and brother that  truly supported each other. He was taught to show respect and appreciation for all that he has and he really is all that!  Jackson talks about "his solid foundation" and how it helps him stayed focused.'Norman's Rare Guitars' in Los Angeles, CA recorded a few videos with Jackson featured playing the guitar with special guest musicians. You should check these videos out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf89aB_bWXY "Prove You Right"Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL2SRhQf1tI  "Different Kind Of Beautiful" with special guest Tim Pierce on guitarHe's known for being at the right place at the right time but Jackson works hard at his craft because he's so passionate about his music.  Jackson has a great story to share about one of his early performances at the legendary Puckett's in Leipers Fort, TN. For such a young performer, he got some crazy memorable stories to share about all the celebrated artists he's come into contact with.I wish you all the best Jackson! "Should Have Listened To My Mother" is an ongoing conversation about mothers/female role models and the roles they play in our lives. Jackie's guests are open and honest and answer the question, are you who you are today because of, or in spite of, your mother and so much more. You'll be amazed at what the responses are.Gina Kunadian wrote this 5 Star review on Apple Podcast:SHLTMM TESTIMONIAL GINA KUNADIAN JUNE 18, 2024“A Heartfelt and Insightful Exploration of Maternal Love”Jackie Tantillo's “Should Have Listened To My Mother” Podcast is a treasure and it's clear why it's a 2023 People's Choice Podcast Award Nominee. This show delves into the profound impact mother and maternal role models have on our lives through personal stories and reflections.Each episode offers a chance to learn how different individuals have been shaped by their mothers' actions and words. Jackie skillfully guides these conversations, revealing why guests with similar backgrounds have forged different paths.This podcast is a collection of timeless stories that highlight the powerful role of maternal figures in our society. Whether your mother influenced you positively or you thrived despite challenges, this show resonates deeply.I highly recommend “Should Have Listened To My Mother” Podcast for its insightful, heartfelt and enriching content.Gina Kunadian"Should Have Listened To My Mother" would not be possible without the generosity, sincerity and insight from my guests. In 2018/2019, in getting ready to launch my podcast, so many were willing to give their time and share their personal stories of their relationship with their mother, for better or worse and what they learned from that maternal relationship. Some of my guests include Nationally and Internationally recognized authors, Journalists, Columbia University Professors, Health Practitioners, Scientists, Artists, Attorneys, Baritone Singer, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, Activists, Freighter Sea Captain, Film Production Manager, Professor of Writing Montclair State University, Attorney and family advocate @CUNY Law; NYC First Responder/NYC Firefighter, Child and Adult Special Needs Activist, Property Manager, Chefs, Self Help Advocates, therapists and so many more talented and insightful women and men.Jackie has worked in the broadcasting industry for over four decades. She has interviewed many fascinating people including musicians, celebrities, authors, activists, entrepreneurs, politicians and more.A big thank you goes to Ricky Soto, NYC based Graphic Designer, who created the logo for "Should Have Listened To My Mother".Check out the SHLTMM Podcast website for more background information:https://shltmm.simplecast.com/ and https://www.jackietantillo.com/Or more demos of what's to come at https://soundcloud.com/jackie-tantilloLink to website and show notes: https://shltmm.simplecast.com/Or Find SHLTMM Website here: https://shltmm.simplecast.com/Listen wherever you find podcasts: https://www.facebook.com/ShouldHaveListenedToMyMotherhttps://www.facebook.com/jackietantilloInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/shouldhavelistenedtomymother/https://www.instagram.com/jackietantillo7/LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackie-tantillo/YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ShouldHaveListenedToMyMother

You may remember Pete Greig when he was on our last prayer series here on That Sounds Fun. He's an author and founder of the 24/7 prayer movement, and y'all have heard me reference the daily devotional Lectio365 so many times- he's the co-host of that! I LOVE it. Today we're talking about Pete's recent 3 month sabbatical, how time with God and prayer shifted for him and his wife during those months, what they learned from it, and how prayer impacts our relationship with God. I also got to ask him what we do when God doesn't answer our prayers.. and I think Pete's wisdom in his response is SO helpful.  I can't wait for you to hear this, and I would love for you to keep talking to us about this episode over on Substack! You can find today's post and questions over at spirituallystronger.com!  . . . . Thank you to our sponsors! This show is sponsored by BetterHelp: Sign up and get 10% off at BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun. Tovala: Save up to $300 on the Tovala smart oven when you order meals 6 or more & heading to Tovala.com/THATSOUNDSFUN. Use my code THATSOUNDSFUN.  Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at Shopify.com/soundsfun⁠. Capstone Wellness: Learn more at capstonewellness.com/thatsoundsfun. NYTimes bestselling Christian author, speaker, and host of popular Christian podcast, That Sounds Fun Podcast, Annie F. Downs shares with you some of her favorite things: new books, faith conversations, entertainers not to miss, and interviews with friends. Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EMERGENCY EPISODE WITH “BRAVO! WE'RE BLACK” & “BITCH IS BETTER!”   Kaya, Aaron, Raven, and I got together IMMEDIATELY after the Karen Huger sit down with Andy Cohen (marketed as the season finale of this season of the Real Housewives of Potomac), and we all had VERY DIFFERENT thoughts on it! It was a battle of the Blacks on the FIRST DAY of Black History Month! TRAGIC! Download and listen today! ***THIS IS PART TWO OF THE CONVERSATION! FOR PART ONE, HEAD OVER TO THE "BRAVO! WE'RE BLACK" PODCAST FEED! FOR VIDEO VERSION, HEAD TO THE "BITCH IS BETTER" PATREON!***   Listen to Bravo! We're Black on Apple Podcasts! Listen to Bravo! We're Black on Spotify! Listen to Bitch Is Better on Apple Podcasts! Listen to Bitch Is Better on Spotify!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don and Dude keep the “I Love the 80s” tour rolling into 1984, when country music drifted back toward rootsy storytelling while heavy metal hit MTV in full glam mode. One of us spins a mother–daughter country debut rooted in acoustic instruments, Appalachian harmonies, and front‑porch intimacy, while the other cranks a Sunset Strip glam‑metal breakthrough of twin‑guitar riffs and big, arena‑ready hooks. Together, the albums show how 1984's country and metal both chased the mainstream yet stayed grounded in specific worlds: Kentucky kitchens and family conversations on one side, Hollywood alleys and neon‑lit clubs on the other.The AlbumsThe Judds – Why Not Me (1984) Naomi and Wynonna Judd's debut full‑length turns years of hard knocks and Nashville hustling into a lean set of neotraditional country songs that feel both radio‑ready and personal. Producer Brent Maher keeps the sound warm and spare, letting their harmonies carry stories of underdog longing, steady devotion, and working‑woman joy that helped nudge country back toward front‑porch intimacy.Ratt – Out of the Cellar (1984) Ratt's major‑label debut is a hook‑packed glam‑metal statement, mixing Sunset Strip grit with big choruses and Beau Hill's punchy production. Powered by Warren DeMartini and Robbin Crosby's dual guitars and Stephen Pearcy's raspy sneer, it turned “Round and Round” into an MTV staple and helped lock in the sound and look of mid‑80s glam metal.Diggin' AlbumsMegadeth – Megadeth (2026) Billed as their final studio album, this set folds classic Megadeth riffage into more reflective songs about age, legacy, and closing a long thrash chapter.Tina Turner – Private Dancer (1984) A towering comeback that blends rock grit, pop hooks, and R&B drama, anchored by a run of hits and Tina's mix of scars, power, and polish.PVA – No More Like This (2026) The London trio's second album pushes their dance‑punk into more tactile, exploratory territory, blurring club, bedroom, and art‑school energies.Squeeze – Trixies (2026) Squeeze finally cut songs first written in 1974, turning old cassette‑era ideas into a nightclub‑set concept piece full of wry, grown‑up pop storytelling.Follow & Support Follow the show on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky @albumnerds, and support by subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing.“This was a music I had never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing. It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.” – Antonio Salieri, played by F. Murray Abraham in 1984's Amadeus.

TWO WEEKS OF CONTENT MEANS TWO WEEKLY WRAP-UP EPISODES! Two weeks' worth of content to cover (thanks snowstorm 2026!), which means you got a SUPER DENSE weekly wrap-up this week! This is PART TWO where we get into episodes 6 and 7 of the TRAITORS! Everything from Rob's heel turn to Candiace's controversial vote to Colton being... Colton (derogatory). DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TODAY! ***BE SURE TO GO LISTEN TO PART ONE IN THE "I KEN NOT WITH KENDRICK TUCKER" FEED IF YOU HAVEN'T!*** ⁠Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Apple Podcasts!⁠ ⁠Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Spotify!⁠ ⁠Follow Emily on Instagram!⁠ ⁠Subscribe to Emily's YouTube channel, where we go live every single Sunday!⁠   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee?⁠ CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT⁠! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT ⁠IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM⁠! ⁠FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM⁠! ⁠FOLLOW ME ON THREADS!⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TWO WEEKS OF CONTENT MEANS TWO WEEKLY WRAP-UP EPISODES! Two weeks' worth of content to cover (thanks snowstorm 2026!), which means you got a SUPER DENSE weekly wrap-up this week! This is PART ONE where we get into parts 2 and 3 of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season 6 reunion! Everything from Bronwyn's separation announcement to Meredith vs. Britani to Lisa Barlow disassociating mid-reunion. DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TODAY! ***BE SURE TO GO LISTEN TO PART TWO IN THE "I KEN NOT WITH KENDRICK TUCKER" FEED IMMEDIATELY AFTER!*** Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Apple Podcasts! Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Spotify! Follow Emily on Instagram! Subscribe to Emily's YouTube channel, where we go live every single Sunday!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is such a pleasure to welcome Jacynth Bassett, the founder of Ageism Is Never In Style onto the podcast.Ageism Is Never In Style is an incredible consultancy and community platform for age inclusivity and intergenerational connection. Jacynth founded it in 2016 and it has led to her being labelled one of "22 Londoners Changing the World". Jacynth's mission is to "change hearts & minds around age, empower every life stage, and drive positive commercial and cultural transformation" and boy is she doing a great job of it.During the podcast we have the most amazing conversation about the work that Jacynth is doing and how she feels about the beauty industry's attitude towards ageing. We have a really honest and I think powerful chat about what needs to change and how we can get to a place where all ages are respected and can work together to make positive change.This episode is fascinating and as you can imagine, I LOVE the work Jacynth is doing. This is a real must listen.

COLORADO HAS NO FURY LIKE AN ANGEL SCORNED! Ranting and RAVEN herself (of “Bitch is Better” podcast) is back again after being away for SO LONG (one week to be exact), and after we discussed Love Island All Stars on HER podcast… we came over here and broke down EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of the Real Housewives of Potomac's cast trip from hell in Colorado! Angel planned a beautiful wellness and mindfulness getaway that was channeling an episode of “It: Welcome to Derry!” Instantly iconic. POTOMAC DEEP DIVE INCOMING! Download and listen today! Listen to the “Bitch is Better” podcast on Apple Podcasts! Listen to the “Bitch is Better” podcast on Spotify! Follow Raven/”Bitch Is Better” on Instagram! WATCH THIS EPISODE ON RAVEN'S PATREON!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BEADS UP THE NOSE AND SWEETPEA IS CARMEN SANDIEGO!   Three episodes into the newest seasons of The Pitt and Industry, and Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is still holding strong at TWO! You'll NEVER turn me against HBO (well… unless they change their name again… then it's time to squabble up)! Download and listen today!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For many Filipino migrants, Australia is more than a destination. It is a new life built from hard work, sacrifice, and hope. Yet even after receiving Australian citizenship, they still continue to hold strong emotional ties to the Philippines. - Para sa maraming Pilipino na naninirahan sa Australia, ang pagiging Australian citizen ay hindi lamang isang dokumento o legal na estado. Ito ay isang simbolo ng tagumpay, seguridad, at oportunidad. Pakinggan ang mga dahilan kung bakit pinipili ng maraming Pilipino na gawing tahanan ang Australia.

Don and Dude keep the “I Love the 80s” tour rolling into 1983, a year when cable TV, mail‑order music clubs, and early MTV helped R&B and pop polish their hooks without sanding off all the emotional rough edges. One of us brings a married‑duo soul record that turns relationship conflict into sophisti‑funk therapy, while the other counters with a technicolor, hook‑stuffed debut that reframes punky, downtown weirdness as mass‑appeal pop. Together, the albums show how 1983's R&B and pop could be slick, vulnerable, and chart‑ready, but still tangled up in money, heartbreak, and the messy work of becoming yourself.The AlbumsWomack & Womack – Love Wars (1983) On their debut as a duo, Cecil and Linda Womack fold family gospel roots, Sam Cooke's shadow, and veteran songwriting chops into a lean early‑80s R&B set that treats love like an ongoing negotiation instead of a fairy tale. Built around supple basslines, tight James Gadson grooves, and restrained synths, the record plays like a living‑room soul soap opera where arguments, red flags, and reconciliations all get equal airtime. Tracks like “Love Wars,” “Baby I'm Scared of You,” and their quietly devastating cover of “Angie” push past easy romance into fear, honesty, and hard‑won optimism, sketching a relationship cycle that feels lived‑in rather than idealized. Produced by Stewart Levine with an A‑team of L.A. session players, the album's space, subtlety, and emotional candor would later be heard as a bridge toward neo‑soul and more adult‑minded R&B.Cyndi Lauper – She's So Unusual (1983) Cyndi Lauper's solo debut explodes out of the speakers as a neon‑bright mix of pop‑rock, new wave, and downtown art‑kid attitude, turning a batch of covers and co‑writes into an unmistakably personal statement. From the cynical, melodica‑laced opener “Money Changes Everything” through the feminist rallying cry of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and the tender, slow‑motion reassurance of “Time After Time,” she proves she can be funny, strange, and devastatingly vulnerable—sometimes in the same song. Rick Chertoff's production leans on jangly guitars, stacked harmonies, and sharp synth hooks, but always keeps Lauper's elastic, technically fierce voice at the center. The result is an album that made history with four Top‑Five singles and still plays like a manifesto for unapologetic individuality in pop.Diggin' AlbumsHome Front – Watch It Die (2025) Edmonton's Home Front push their self‑described “bootwave” further on Watch It Die, fusing 80s‑inflected synths, post‑punk grit, and anthemic choruses into songs about getting by when everything feels like it's fraying at the edges.The Twilight Sad – It's the Long Goodbye (2026) On their sixth LP, The Twilight Sad stretch their dense, noise‑tinted indie rock into a reflective, slow‑burning set about loss, endings, and hanging on, wrapping James Graham's thick‑accented confessions in towering guitars and electronics that feel both crushing and oddly comforting.Flickerstick – Superluminal (2025) Reuniting after more than two decades, Flickerstick return with Superluminal, an 11‑track set of cinematic alt‑rock that folds their early‑2000s melodic instincts into grown‑up songs about time, aging, and the strange vertigo of getting a second act.Def Leppard – Pyromania (1983) Pyromania finds Def Leppard and producer Mutt Lange perfecting the gleaming, radio‑ready side of hard rock, stacking harmonized choruses and surgically precise riffs into arena anthems like “Photograph,” “Rock of Ages,” and “Foolin'” that defined what big‑budget 80s rock would sound like.Follow & Support Follow the show on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky @albumnerds, and support by subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing.“You'll find many of the truths that we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.” - Obi-Wan Kenobi

圣诞节前的北京，阳光落在录音室的茶几上，一切都很轻柔。在这样一个舒适的午后，Chestnut Bakery（栗子蛋糕）乐队的Rye坐在麦克风前，结束海外巡演从新加坡归来的她，和主播于洛与小白一起，聊起了他们的第一张专辑《Diaries》的十周年。我们聊到了乐队最初的相遇，聊朋友、演出、酸菜摇滚，也聊那些一闪而过、却长久留下的旋律和片段。有黑胶店的偶遇，有伦敦livehouse的粘地板，有南方城市的chill演出，也有关于煲汤、瑞士小吃与咖啡馆的生活日记。节目结束后，电波与乐队成员们收获了友谊，也共同见证了一只流浪小猫在一月被收养的过程。在这个寒冷的冬天，如果你也愿意，哪怕只是一张纸壳、一口热饭，都是送给街头生灵的温柔之举，都是点亮片角世界的一点光。 Shownotes：00:30 栗子蛋糕的Rye做客电波，圣诞前的惬意午后01:40 台湾演出取消，意外驻留新加坡的“休整小假期”02:25 星岛Hardcore Punk擂台回顾，音乐对打现场04:07 栗子蛋糕的“冬季限定刷新机制”真实揭秘！05:25 乐队成员始终如一，十数年没变的一枚蛋糕10:10 黑胶咖啡馆的邂逅与真诚的温暖交流15:17 伦敦地下呕吐物味传奇黏糊糊livehouse18:24 乐队组建记：三人初次见面，开启“烘焙工坊”24:40 以友谊为基底的乐队，朋友间的默契与配合26:45 Rye大学时代最爱的音乐回顾32:35 南北方性格的细腻差别33:15 Diaries十周年，对自我仍有共鸣35:00 Rye的新乐队“小菜一碟”已在瑞士登场36:53 留学学厨记，Rye的烘焙梦44:40 新旧乐迷代际理论：德国酸菜摇滚的迷思48:40 栗子蛋糕的私密感与乐迷的空间共享50:04 南方城市的Chill演出文化观察58:03 Rye的咖啡馆日常与工作日志63:03 栗子蛋糕分享会：希望大家看看身边是怎样的人64:50 为什么栗子蛋糕不参加音乐节？67:45 音乐场地的生态变迁，北京的租金问题74:40 Rye的瑞士小零食分享，真的好难！81:10 逐渐迷恋上煲汤，心理安慰会给健康带来好处82:14 《I Love you Mr. Snow Ball》的创作缘起83:53 主播们与流浪动物的相遇与守护故事95:42 为什么Rye能永葆青春？ 本期主播：于洛，小白嘉宾：Rye (Chestnut Bakery) 联系我们：邮件：Biewave@yishiyise.com微博：@别的电波小红书：@别的电波

Leila Rahimi, Marshall Harris and Mark Grote were joined by WGN sports anchor Jarrett Payton to reflect on the Bears' successful 2025 season.

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OH, TO BE A HOE… A HOE FOR H-B-OOOOO!   I KEN NOT get enough of my HBO shows right now! Between The Pitt, Industry, and the newest Game of Thrones spinoff (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), I am EATING! Time to dive into the latest patients to enter the emergency room, see how Henry Muck is holding up after losing the election, and so so SO much more! GIVE INDUSTRY IT'S PROPS! Download and listen today!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don and Dude continue the “I Love the 80s” tour with a stop in 1982, a year when rock still ruled the charts even as the culture splintered into cable TV excess, recession anxiety, and neon‑lit moral ambiguity. One host brings a haunted, lo‑fi folk song cycle from Bruce Springsteen that strips away arena gloss to stare down American failure, while the other counters with Brian Eno's fog‑shrouded ambient landscapes, where memory, geography, and unease blur into one continuous sound world. Together, the records trace how 1982 stretched rock from bombastic stadium anthems to cassette‑recorded confessions and experimental soundscapes that felt more like places than songs.The AlbumsBrian Eno – Ambient 4: On Land (1982) A dark, place‑obsessed ambient record, Ambient 4: On Land finds Eno retreating from pop structures into immersive soundscapes built from drones, treated instruments, and environmental textures. Working largely alone with tape composting and field‑recording‑like sounds, he reconstructs half‑remembered English coastal and marshland environments so the listener feels inside foggy, unstable “memory spaces” rather than listening to background music. The album pushes ambient away from soothing wallpaper toward quietly unsettling figurative music that would shape film scores, dark ambient, and textural rock for decades.Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska (1982) Recorded at home on a four‑track cassette, Nebraska strips Springsteen down to voice, guitar, and harmonica for ten stark story‑songs about killers, drifters, laid‑off workers, and families coming apart on the American margins. Intended as demos for the E Street Band, the tapes were released essentially as‑is because their raw immediacy captured a moral and emotional weight the studio could not, turning lo‑fi hiss and dead room sound into part of the storytelling. Long viewed as one of his bravest works, the album reframes the early‑80s landscape as recession‑era noir, where debts “no honest man can pay” blur the line between crime, survival, and faith.Diggin' AlbumsAlter Bridge – Alter Bridge (2026) Hard‑rock veterans Alter Bridge deliver towering riffs and soaring melodies that refine the heavy, emotionally charged sound they have been sharpening for two decades.Toto – Toto IV (1982) Studio‑honed pop rock at its most polished, Toto IV marries big hooks and meticulous production on songs that helped define early‑80s radio sleekness.Butch Dains – “Amelia” (2025) Retro‑minded singer Butch Dains leans into gentle, 50s‑inspired pop that matches his “always clean never nasty or mean” ethosPeter Gabriel – “Been Undone” (o, Dark‑Side Mix) (2026) The lead track from Gabriel's forthcoming album o turns a mid‑90s idea into a quietly luminous meditation on all the ways a life can come apart, carried by subtle grooves and harmonium‑like warmth.Follow & SupportFollow the show on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky @albumnerds, and support by subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing."There is some Eighties music that is just timeless, and some that is so dated it's embarrassing.” - Grace Jones

COLTON AND RAPAPORT WERE IN A LOSER-OFF WHILE THE HOUSEWIVES WERE IN A SCREAM-OFF! It's reunion time in Utah, and Lisa Barlow is in the hot seat, Meredith Marks is issuing veiled threats, Whitney is embarrassed by a drunken BravoCon, Angie has props in hand, Heather is dressed as the mother of the bride, Bronwyn is answering the legal questions, and Mary is being merry! Britani is just happy she was invited. Then we head over to THE TRAITORS. Colton is… still a loser, much like Michael Rapaport. And that needs to be discussed. DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TODAY! Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Apple Podcasts! Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Spotify! Follow Emily on Instagram! Subscribe to Emily's YouTube channel, where we go live every single Sunday! SPONSORED BY: Lumi Gummies Go to LumiGummies.com and use code KENDRICK for 30% off your order!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paulie Beladino is by far one of the best guitarists and kindest people I know. His debut solo album: “Always” is a fantastic voyage captained by a Rock & Roll junkie. I Love this album and it was such an honor to talk to Paulie to get a behind the scenes look into what it takes to write songs, and how he was influenced. We had an awesome conversation about music and Paulie told stories about rock and roll history. He gave me 5 influential Guitarists as well as what Albums he would take to a Desert Island. 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As an eBay seller, research is the lifeblood of your business. You have to know what you're selling in order to get top dollar! In this episode of the I Love to Be Selling podcast, you'll find out how to strike gold in your research by drilling down and going deeper. Tune in to also learn about a niche brand that others may overlook which sells for big bucks. In addition, you'll want to get in on I Love to Be Selling's FREE eBay New Year Sales Success Boot Camp, coming up January 19th at 2pm ET (1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT). It all takes place in a pop-up Facebook group, and it will help you get 2026 off to a flying start on eBay. Sign up now at https://love2besellinginsider.com/. I'm Kathy, and I love to be selling!  

RAVEN AND I STARTED TALKING AND COULDN'T SHUT TF UP! YAY! Ranting and RAVEN herself (of “Bitch is Better” podcast) is here for the first time in 2026, so you know we had to talk… and talk… and talk! This is only HALF of the episode, so after you get through listening to this, head over to Raven's podcast (listed below) and listen to the rest of our conversation. We discuss everything from: Kandi & Todd's divorce getting messy, Nene's official return to Bravo, Ashley Darby's reveal (and Mia Thornton's comment), Katie Ginella OUT in OC, Ollie & AD are parents, Curtis is back (SIGH), and the latest Married to Medicine and Real Housewives of Potomac! Download and listen today! Listen to the “Bitch is Better” podcast on Apple Podcasts! Listen to the “Bitch is Better” podcast on Spotify! Follow Raven on Instagram! CHECK OUT RAVEN'S PATREON (for video version of the entire 2 hour episode)! SPONSORED BY: Lumi Gummies Go to LumiGummies.com and use code KENDRICK for 30% off your order!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You are in constant contact with Me now.This is proof of impact.This is evidence of victory.Ordinary existence has passed over you.I Love you.For the full written message and corresponding Scriptures, head to CurlyNikki.com.This is moment-to-moment witnessing. I share as they come.This is no longer just GoOD mornings.This is the Eternal Dawn.COMPLETION.I love you.

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN I BECOME… AN H-B-HOE!   The premieres of The Pitt (season 2) and Industry (season 4) on HBO were EVERYTHING! Y'all are used to me covering Industry, but I've decided to create a special episode to cover a lot of HBO shows this year. Right now, I'll be covering both Industry and The Pitt! To all my fellow H-B-HOEs out there… IT'S OUR TIME TO SHINE! Download and listen today!   SPONSORED BY: Lumi Gummies Go to LumiGummies.com and use code KENDRICK for 30% off your order!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a eBay seller, you're constantly looking for ways to maximize your profit. In this episode of the I Love to Be Selling podcast, you'll discover three smart strategies for making more money on eBay. Tune in to find out how to optimize your listings and your business on eBay via a trio of practical tips that will boost your sales AND help you get top dollar for your items.   You'll also gain access to I Love to Be Selling's exclusive free eBay Promoted Listings Guide: 5 Tips to Keep You in the Game (and Protect Your Wallet!). It's your road map to navigating the upcoming increase in eBay's Promoted Listings fees. Download your complimentary copy today at https://ilovetobeselling.com/webinars-and-workshops/ebay-promoted-listings-fees-guide/.   I'm Kathy, and I love to be selling!

A CONTINUATION OF A WEEKLY WRAP-UP SO MASSIVE, WE SPLIT IT IN TWO! NOW... it's time to talk about THE TRAITORS! Season 4 of the Traitors is here, and we get everyone from Porsha Williams to Candiace Dillard to Stephen Colletti to Monet X Change! We got secret twists, EARLY banishments, and cliff hangers! DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TODAY! DON'T FORGET: This is part two of two, so head on over to part one to hear us discuss the Cult of the Real Housewife and the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City FINALE! ⁠Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Apple Podcasts!⁠ ⁠Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Spotify!⁠ ⁠Follow Emily on Instagram!⁠ ⁠Subscribe to Emily's YouTube channel, where we go live every single Sunday!⁠   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee?⁠ CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT⁠! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT ⁠IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM⁠! ⁠FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM⁠! ⁠FOLLOW ME ON THREADS!⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A WEEKLY WRAP-UP SO MASSIVE, WE SPLIT IT IN TWO! Apparently, in 2026… Emily and I have a LOT to say, mmkay?! IN THIS PART OF THE WEEKLY WRAP-UP, we discuss the Cult of the Real Housewife documentary and Mary's rebrand (Emily has now watched and has some major thoughts… and I think you know I do too), followed by the amazing season 6 finale of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City! Meredith is EXHAUSTED, Bronwyn is ANGRY, and the theater kids are WINNING! DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TODAY! DON'T FORGET: This is part one of two, so head on over to part two to hear us discuss the first 3 episodes of season 4 of… THE TRAITORS! Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Apple Podcasts! Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Spotify! Follow Emily on Instagram! Subscribe to Emily's YouTube channel, where we go live every single Sunday!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, I have two great guests joining me. The legend Michael Ian Black comes on at about one hour and 12 minutes but before that at 49 minutes, I speak with Venezuela expert and NYU historian Dr. Alejandro Velasco.   Subscribe and Watch Interviews LIVE : On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete   Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. This show is Ad free and fully supported by listeners like you!   Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 750 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous soul Michael Ian Black is a multi-media talent who's starred in numerous films and TV series, written and/or directed two films, is a prolific author and commentator, and regularly tours the country performing his ribald brand of jokes and observations.  Subscribe to his substack       Support him on Patreon He most recently starred in TVLand's "The Jim Gaffigan Show" and Comedy Central's "Another Period." He also reprised one of his iconic film roles in Netflix's "Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later," and previously in "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp." His third standup comedy special, "Noted Expert," was released on Epix. Black's authored 11 books, including the recently released best seller, "A Child's First Book of Trump." He's written two well-received memoirs: "Navel Gazing: True Tales of Bodies, Mostly Mine (but also my mom's, which I know sounds weird)", and "You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death and Other Humiliations." In 2012, he collaborated with conservative Meghan McCain on "America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom." He's the author of "My Custom Van (and 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face)," and seven children's books, including "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-Bop!," "Naked", "Chicken Cheeks," "The Purple Kangaroo," "A Pig Parade Is A Terrible Idea" and "I'm Bored." He also writes book reviews for the New York Times. Previously, Black released two stand-up specials, "Very Famous" and "I Am A Wonderful Man." He and Tom Cavanagh host the popular podcast, "Mike and Tom Eat Snacks." He also writes and hosts a podcast with Michael Showalter, "Topics," and his own interview podcast, "How To Be Amazing." He hosts "Debate Wars" on SeeSo, and he recently hosted "Easiest Game Show Ever" on Pop TV. Sketch comedy fans know Black's work on "The State," "Viva Variety," "Stella" and "Michael and Michael Have Issues" all of which he co-created, wrote and starred in. Other TV credits include quirky bowling alley manager 'Phil' on the NBC series "Ed," and his hilarious commentary on cable's "I Love the..." series. He recently starred in two hit web series that migrated to cable TV: "Burning Love" on E! and "You're Whole" on Adult Swim. Black's movie roles include "Slash," "Smosh: The Movie," "They Came Together," "Hell Baby," "This is 40," "Wet Hot American Summer," "Take Me Home Tonight," "Reno 911!: Miami," "The Ten" and "The Baxter." Black wrote and directed the film "Wedding Daze," starring Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher. 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FIRST SOLO EPISODE OF THE YEAR! LET'S DIVE INTO SOME REALITY TV HOT TOPICS!   Listen: it's the beginning of the new year, and we got PLENTY to talk about, INCLUDING: Porsha and Shamea BRAWLING, Simon Guobadia appreciating the WRONG year, Brit Eady left THAT MAN, Katie Rost is in “treatment,” Love Island USA's Nic targeted for a HIT (and an Etsy witch), Love Island All Stars cast revealed, and the latest Real Housewives of Potomac! BUT FIRST... STORY TIME! Download and listen today!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FIRST WEEKLY WRAP-UP OF THE YEAR, AND WE'RE SPENDING IT IN GREECE! Emily and I dive headfirst into the new year by discussing our overall thoughts on the Mary Cosby documentary that TLC released this past week. If you haven't heard my extended thoughts on all three episodes, check my podcast feed and find BOTH episodes! Then, we get into the latest episode of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, including: that insane ASMR spa fight, a tear-filled lunch, Heather's dragging for defending Britani, and much more!  DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TODAY! Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Apple Podcasts! Listen to “She's Speaking with Emily Hanks” podcast on Spotify! Follow Emily on Instagram! Subscribe to Emily's YouTube channel, where we go live every single Sunday! SPONSORED BY: RexMD Visit rexmd.com/KENDRICK to get started today and receive up to 95% off this holiday season!   *** HEY! Some of you have asked how you can show your appreciation for all the content provided by your mama's favorite Black geek. How about you buy me a beer/coffee? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! ***   New episodes of “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker” are released weekly!   DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND REVIEW! I LOVE 5 STARS! EMAIL ME AT IKENNOTPODCAST@GMAIL.COM! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM! FOLLOW ME ON THREADS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's never far,you just think He is.Your dream isn't out of reach,you just think it is.That problem is not unsolvable,you just think so.So what must you do?You don't have to stop thinking.In the moment you hear Silence,you're not thinking.You're Causing.You're Seeing again,that the lessons are Blessings,that everything is Grace.All of It.Affirm: 'My whole life has changed'.Your whole life has changed.Watch.I Love you,Niknikki@curlynikki.comSupport the show:▶▶https://www.patreon.com/goodmornings__________________________________________Today's Quotes:"Blessings look like lessons from far away."-Pharrell Williams"At a distance you can only see My Light, come closer and know that I Am you."-Rumi"That moment didn't cause you to feel GoOD, in that moment you became aware of the Cause and that felt good. "-Nik"When you can't hear God, read God."-@SardineBread via IG "...He speaks, and the sound of His voice, is so sweet, the birds hush their singing, And the melody that He gave to me,within my Heart is ringing.And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own.And the joy we share as we tarry there,none other has ever known." -Yogananda"If you have ever been distant from God, but somehow found yourself praying again, praising again, thinking about him again, it's because god was working behind the scenes to bring you back to Him. He isn't letting you go." -@RefreshedQuotes via IG"Just as thoughts about your home crowd into your mind as you draw nearer to your dwelling place, so also the closer you get to God, the greater grows the joy derived from the ever increasing variety of experiences of the Divine." - Sri Anandamayi Ma"It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to preach the art of seeing." -Carl Jung"Maybe if we chased God as hard as we chase people, God would give us people we don't have to chase. Seek first the Kingdom of God and all else will be added!" -@RefreshedQuotes via IG

Keep smiling at 'them', knowing that ‘they' are not 'them', that ‘they' are Him, and because you and the Father are one, that ‘they' ARE you.In today's episode I share a gorgeous story that touches on the power of faith and a dedicated mantra practice, and the Peace and Freedom found in remembering the difference between channels of supply and the Source of supply. Remember: focus on your relationship, your union with God, and all your seeming human relationships will be GoOD, too.I Love you and I'm with you! Happy Now- Here!Niknikki@curlynikki.com Support the show:▶▶https://www.patreon.com/goodmornings__________________________________________Today's Quotes:"If the Divine is in your favor, the whole world will be, too ."-Om Swami via The Power of the Gayatri Mantra"Take it from me, repetition of His name makes everything possible."-Anandamayi Ma"God became man that man might become God."-Athanasius

Happy New Year 2026! I love January and the opportunity to start afresh. I know it's arbitrary in some ways, but I measure my life by what I create, and I also measure it in years. At the beginning of each year, I publish an article (and podcast episode) here, which helps keep me accountable. If you'd like to share your goals, please add them in the comments below. 2026 is a transitional year as I will finish my Masters degree and continue the slow pivot that I started in December 2023 after 15 years as an author entrepreneur. Just to recap that, it was: From digitally-focused to creating beautiful physical books; From high-volume, low cost to premium products with higher Average Order Value; From retailer-centric to direct first; and From distance to presence, and From creating alone to the AI-Assisted Artisan Author. I've definitely stepped partially into all of those, and 2026 will continue in that same direction, but I also have an additional angle for Joanna Penn and The Creative Penn that I am excited about. If you'd like to join my community and support the show every month, you'll get access to my growing list of Patron videos and audio on all aspects of the author business — for the price of a black coffee (or two) a month. Join us at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn. Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. Penn. She's also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Leaning into the Transformation Economy The Creative Penn Podcast and my Patreon Community Webinars and live events Finish my Masters in Death, Religion, and Culture Bones of the Deep — J.F. Penn Add merch to CreativePennBooks.com and JFPennBooks.com How to Write, Publish, and Market Short Stories and Short Story Collections — Joanna Penn Other possible books Experiment more with AI translation Ideally outsource more marketing to AI, but do more marketing anyway Double down on being human, health and travel You can find all my books as J.F. Penn and Joanna Penn on your favourite online store in all the usual formats, or order from your local library or bookstore. You can also buy direct from me at CreativePennBooks.com and JFPennBooks.com. I'm not really active on social media, but you can always see my photos at Instagram @jfpennauthor. Leaning into the Transformation Economy I've struggled with my identity as Joanna Penn and my Creative Penn brand for a few years now. When I started TheCreativePenn.com in 2008, the term ‘indie author' was new and self-publishing was considered ‘vanity press' and a sure way to damage your author career, rather than a conscious creative and business choice. It was the early days of the Kindle and iPhone (both launched in 2007), and podcasting and social media were also relatively new. While US authors could publish on KDP, the only option for international authors was Smashwords and the market for ebooks was tiny. Print-on-demand and digital audio were also just emerging as viable options. While it was the early era of blogging, there were very few blogs and barely any podcasts talking about self-publishing, so when I started TheCreativePenn.com in late 2008 and the podcast in March 2009, it was a new area. For several years, it was like howling into the wind. Barely any audience. Barely any traffic, and certainly very little income.  But I loved the freedom and the speed at which I could learn things and put them into practice. Consume and produce. That has always been my focus. I met people on Twitter and interviewed them for my show, and over those early years I met many of the people I consider dear friends even now. Since self-publishing was a relatively unexplored niche in those early years, I slowly found an audience and built up a reputation. I also started to make more money both as an author, and as a creative entrepreneur. Over the years since, pretty much everything has changed for indie authors and we have had more and more opportunity every year. I've shared everything I've learned along the way, and it's been a wonderful time.  But as self-publishing became more popular and more authors saw more success (which is FANTASTIC!), other voices joined the chorus and now, there are many thousands of authors of all different levels with all kinds of different experiences sharing their tips through articles, books, podcasting, and social media. I started to wonder whether my perspective was useful anymore. On top of the human competition, in November 2022, ChatGPT launched, and it became clear that prescriptive non-fiction and ‘how to' information could very easily be delivered by the AI tools, with the added benefit of personalisation. You can ask Chat or Claude or Gemini how you can self-publish your particular book and they will help you step by step through the process of any site. You can share your screen or upload screenshots and it can help with what fields to fill in (very useful with translations!), as well as writing sales descriptions, researching keywords, and offering marketing help targeted to your book and your niche, and tailored to your voice. Once again, I questioned what value I could offer the indie author community, and I've pulled back over the last few years as I've been noodling around this. But over the last few weeks, a penny has dropped. Here's my thinking in case it also helps you. Firstly, I want to be useful to people. I want to help. In my early days of speaking professionally, from 2005-ish, I wanted to be the British (introvert) Tony Robbins, someone who inspired people to change, to achieve things they didn't think they could. Writing a book is one of those things. Making a living from your writing is another. So I leaned into the self-help and how-to niche. But now that is now clearly commoditised. But recently, I realised that my message has always been one of transformation, and in the following four areas.  From someone who doesn't think they are creative but who desperately wants to write a book, to someone who holds their first book in their hand and proudly says, ‘I made this.' The New Author. From someone who has no confidence in their author voice, who wonders if they have anything to say, to someone who writes their story and transforms their own life, as well as other people's. The Confident Author. From an author with one or a handful of books who doesn't know much about business, to a successful author with a growing business heading towards their first six figure year. The Author-Entrepreneur. And finally, from a tech-phobic, fearful author who worries that AI makes it pointless to create anything and will steal all the jobs, to a confident AI-assisted creative who uses AI tools to enhance and amplify their message and their income. The AI-Assisted Artisan Author. These are four transformations I have been through myself, and with my work as Joanna Penn/The Creative Penn, I want to help you through them as well. So in 2026, I am repositioning myself as part of The Transformation Economy. What does this mean? There is a book out in February, The Transformation Economy by B. Joseph Pine II, who is also the author of The Experience Economy, which drove a lot of the last decade's shift in business models. I have the book on pre-order, but in the meantime, I am doing the following. I will revamp TheCreativePenn.com with ‘transformation' as the key frame and add pathways through my extensive material, rather than just categories of how to do things. I've already added navigation pages for The New Author, The Confident Author, The Author-Entrepreneur, and The AI-Assisted Artisan Author, and I will be adding to those over time. My content is basically the same, as I have always covered these topics, but the framing is now different. The intent is different. The Creative Penn Podcast will lean more heavily into transformation, rather than just information — And will focus on the first three of the categories above, the more creative, mindset and business things.  My Patreon will continue to cover all those things, and that's also where I post most of my AI-specific content, so if you're interested in The AI-Assisted Artisan Author transformation path, come on over to patreon.com/thecreativepenn I have more non-fiction books for authors coming, and lots more ideas now I am leaning into this angle. I'll also continue to do webinars on specific topics in 2026, and also add speaking back in 2027. It's harder to think about transformation when it comes to fiction, but it's also really important since fiction books in particular are highly commodified, and will become even more so with the high production speeds. Yes, all readers have a few favourite authors but most will also read a ton of other books without knowing or caring who the author is. Fiction can be transformational. Reader's aren't buying a ‘book.' They're buying a way to escape, to feel deeply, to experience things they never could in real life. A book can transform a day from ‘meh' into ‘fantastic!' My J.F. Penn fiction is mostly inspired by places, so my stories transport you into an adventure somewhere wonderful, and they all offer a deeper side of transformative contemplation of ‘memento mori' if you choose to read them in that way.  They also have elements of gothic and death culture that I am going to lean into with some merch in 2026, so more of an identity thing than just book sales. I'm not quite sure what this means yet, but no doubt it will emerge. I'll also shape my JFPennBooks.com site into more transformative paths, rather than just genre lists, as part of this shift. My memoir Pilgrimage always reflected a transformation, both reflecting my own midlife shift but I've also heard from many who it has inspired to walk alone, or to travel on pilgrimage themselves. Of course, transformation is not just for our readers or the people we serve as part of our businesses. It's also for us. One of the reasons why we are writers is because this is how we think. This is how we figure out our lives. This is how we get the stories and ideas out of our heads and into the world. Writing and creating are transformative for us, too. That is part of the point, and a great element of why we do this, and why we love this. Which is why I don't really understand the attraction of purely AI-generated books. There's no fun in that for me, and there's no transformation, either. Of course, I LOVE using Chat and Claude and Gemini Thinking models as my brainstorming partners, my research buddies, my marketing assistants, and as daily tools to keep me sparkly. I smiled as I wrote that (and yes, I human-wrote this!) because sparkly is how I feel when I work with these tools. Programmers use the term ‘vibe coding' which is going back and forth and collaborating together, sparking off each other. Perhaps that I am doing is ‘vibe creation.' I feel it as almost an effervescence, a fun experience that has me laughing out loud sometimes. I am more creative, I am more in flow. I am more ‘me' now I can create and think at a speed way faster than ever before. My mind has always worked at speed and my fingers are fast on the keys but working in this way makes me feel like I create in the high performance zone far more often. I intend to lean more into that in 2026 as part of my own transformation (and of course, I share my experiences mainly in the Community at patreon.com/thecreativepenn ). [Note, I pay for access to all models, and currently use ChatGPT 5.2 Thinking, Claude Opus 4.5, and Gemini 3 Pro). So that's the big shift this year, and the idea of the Transformation Economy will underpin everything else in terms of my content. The Creative Penn Podcast and my Patreon Community The Creative Penn Podcast continues in 2026, although I am intending to reduce my interviews to once every two weeks, with my intro and other content in between. We'll see how that goes as I am already finding some fascinating people to talk to!  Thank you for your comments, your pictures, and also for sharing the episodes that resonate with you with the wider community. Your reviews are also super useful wherever you are listening to this, so please leave a review wherever you're listening this as it helps with discovery.  Thanks also to everyone in my Patreon Community, which I really enjoy, especially as we have doubled down on being human through more live office hours. I will do more of those in 2026 and the first one of the year will blearily UK time so Aussies and Kiwis can come. I also share new content almost every week, either an article, a video or an audio episode around writing craft, author business, and lots on different use cases for AI tools.  If you join the Patreon, start on the Collections tab where you will find all the backlist content to explore. It's less than the price of a coffee a month so if you get value from the show, and you want more, come on over and join us at patreon.com/thecreativepenn My Books and Travel Podcast is on hiatus for interviews, since the Masters is taking up the time I would have had for that. However I plan to post some solo episodes in 2026, and I also post travel articles there, like my visits to Gothic cathedrals and city breaks and things like that. Check it out at https://www.booksandtravel.page/blog/  Webinars and live events Along with my Patreon office hours, I'm enjoying the immediacy and energy of live webinars and they work with my focus on transformation, as well as on ‘doubling down on being human' in an age of AI, so I will be doing more this year. The first is on Business for Authors, coming on 10 and 24 January, which is aimed at helping you transform your author business in 2026, or if you're just getting started, then transform into someone who has even a small clue about business in general!Details at TheCreativePenn.com/live and Patrons get 25% off. In terms of live in-person events, it looks like I will be speaking at the Alliance of Independent Authors event at the London Book Fair in March, and I'll attend the Self-Publishing Show Live in June, although I won't be speaking. There might be other things that emerge, but in general, I'm not doing much speaking in 2026 because I need to … Finish my Masters in Death, Religion, and Culture This represents a lot of work as I am doing the course full-time. I should be finished in September, and much of the middle of the year will be focused on a dissertation. I'm planning on doing something around AI and death, so that will no doubt lead into some fiction at a later stage! Talking of fiction … Bones of the Deep — J.F. Penn The Masters is pretty serious, as is academic research and writing in general, and I found myself desperate to write a rollicking fun story over the holiday break between terms. I've talked about this ‘tall-ship' story for a while and now I'm committing to it. Back in 1999, I sailed on the tall-ship Soren Larsen from Fiji to Vanuatu, one of the three trips that shaped my life. It was the first time I'd been to the South Pacific, the first time I sailed blue water (with no land in sight), and I kept a journal and drew maps of the trip. It also helped me a make a decision to leave the UK and I headed for Australia nine months later in early 2000, and ended up being away 11 years in Australia and New Zealand. I came home to visit of course, but only moved back to the UK in 2011, so that trip was memorable and pivotal in many ways and has stuck in my mind. The story is based on that crossing, but of course, as J.F. Penn my imagination turns it into essentially a ‘locked room,' there is no escape out there, especially if the danger comes from the sea. Another strand of the story comes from a recent academic essay for my Masters, when I wrote about the changes in museum ethics around human remains and medical specimens i.e. body parts in jars, and how some remains have been repatriated to the indigenous peoples they were stolen from. I've also talked before about how I love ‘merfolk' horror like Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant, All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter, and Merfolk by Jeremy Bates. These are no smiling fantasy mermaids and mermen. They are predators. What might happen if the remains of a mer-saint were stolen from the deep, and what might happen to the ship that the remains are being transported in, and the people on board?  I'm about a third in, and I am having great fun! It will actually be a thriller, with a supernatural edge, rather than horror, and it is called Bones of the Deep, and it will be out on Kickstarter in April, and everywhere by the summer.  You can check out the Kickstarter pre-launch page with photos from my 1999 trip, the cover for the book, and the sales description at JFPenn.com/bones Add merch to CreativePennBooks.com and JFPennBooks.com I've dipped my toe into merch a number of times and then removed the products, but now I'm clear on my message of transformation, I want to revisit this. My books remain core for both sites, but for CreativePennBooks, I also want to add other products with what are essentially affirmations — ‘Creative,' ‘I am creative, I am an author,' and variants of the poster I have had on my wall for years, ‘Measure your life by what you create.' This is the affirmation I had in my wallet for years! For JFPennBooks, the items will be gothic/memento mori/skull-related. Everything will be print-on-demand. I will not be shipping anything myself, so I'm working with my designer Jane on this and then need to order test samples, and then get them added to the store. Likely mid-year at this rate! How to Write, Publish, and Market Short Stories and Short Story Collections — Joanna Penn I have a draft of this already which I expanded from the transcript of a webinar I did on this topic as part of The Buried and the Drowned campaign. It turns out I've learned a lot about this over the years, and also on how to make a collection, so I will get that out at some point this year. I won't do a Kickstarter for it, but I will do direct sales for at least a month and include a special edition, workbook, and bundles on my store first before putting it wide. I will also human-narrate that audiobook. Other possible books I'm an intuitive creative and discovery writer, so I don't plan out what I will write in a year. The books tend to emerge and then I pick the next one that feels the most important. After the ones above, there are a few candidates. Crown of Thorns, ARKANE thriller #14. Regular readers and listeners will know how much I love religious relics, and it's about time for a big one! I have a trip to Paris planned in the spring, as the Crown of Thorns is at Notre Dame, and I have some other locations to visit. My ARKANE thrillers always emerge from in-person travels, so I am looking forward to that. Maybe late 2026, maybe 2027. AI + religion technothriller/short stories. I already have some ideas sketched out for this and my Masters thesis will be something around AI, religion, and death, so I expect something will emerge from all that study and academic writing. Not sure what, but it will be interesting! The Gothic Cathedral Book. I have tens of thousands of words written, and lots of research and photos and thoughts. But it is still in the creative chaos phase (which I love!) and as yet has not emerged into anything coherent. Perhaps it will in 2026, and the plan is to re-focus on it after my Masters dissertation.  I feel like the Masters study and the academic research process will make this an even better book, But I am holding my plans for this lightly, as it feels like another ‘big' book for me, like my ‘shadow book' (which became Writing the Shadow) and took more than a decade to write! How to be Creative. I have also written bits and bobs on this over many years, but it feels like it is re-emerging as part of my focus on transformation. Probably unlikely for 2026 but now back on the list … Experiment more with AI translation AI-assisted translation has been around for years now in various forms, and I have experimented with some of the services, as well as working with human narrators and editors in different languages, as well as licensing books in translation. But when Amazon launched Kindle Translate in November 2025, it made me think that AI-assisted translation will become a lot more popular in 2026. AI audiobook narration became good enough for many audiobooks in 2025, and it seems like AI-translation will be the same in 2026. Yes, of course, human translation is still the gold standard, as is human narration, and that would be the primary choice for all of us — if it was affordable. But frankly, it's not affordable for most indie authors, and indeed many small publishers. Many books don't get an audiobook edition and most books don't get translated into every language. It costs thousands per book for a human translator, and so it is a premium option. I have only ever made a small profit on the books that I paid for with human translators and it took years, and while I have a few nice translation deals on some books, I'm planning to experiment more with AI translation in 2026. More languages, more markets, more opportunities to reach readers. More on this in the next episode when I'll cover trends for 2026. Ideally outsource more marketing to AI, but do more marketing anyway You have to reach readers somehow, and you have to pay for book marketing with your time and/or your money. Those authors killing it on TikTok pay with their time, and those leaning heavily on ads are paying with money. Most of us do a bit of both. There is no passive income from books, and even a backlist has to be marketed if you want to see any return. But I, like most authors, am not excited about book marketing. I'd rather be working on new books, or thinking about the ramifications of the changes ahead and writing or talking about that in my Patreon Community or here on the podcast. However, my book sales income remains about the same even as I (slowly) produce more books, so I need to do more book marketing in 2026. I said that last year of course, and didn't do much more than I did in 2024, so here I am again promising to do a better job! Every year, I hope to have my “AI book marketing assistant” up and running, and maybe this will be the year it happens. My measure is to be able to upload a book and specify a budget and say, ‘Go market this,' and then the AI will action the marketing, without me having to cobble together workflows between systems. Of course, it will present plans for me to approve but it will do the work itself on the various platforms and monitor and optimize things for me. We have something like that already with Amazon auto-ads, but that is specific to Amazon Advertising and only works with certain books in certain genres. I have auto-ads running for a couple of non-fiction books, but not for any fiction. I'd also ideally like more sales on my direct stores, JFPennBooks.com and CreativePennBooks.com which means a different kind of marketing. Perhaps this will happen through ChatGPT shopping or other AI-assisted e-commerce, which should be increasing in 2026. More on that in trends for the year to come in the next show. Double down on being human, health and travel I have a lot of plans for travel both for book research and also holidays with Jonathan but he has to finish his MBA and then we have some family things that take priority, so I am not sure where or when yet, but it will happen! Paris will definitely happen as part of the research for Crown of Thorns, hopefully in the spring. I've been to Paris many times as it's just across the Channel and we can go by train but it's always wonderful to visit again. Health-wise, I'll continue with powerlifting and weight training twice a week as well as walking every day. It's my happy place! What about you? If you'd like to share your goals for 2026, please add them in the comments below — and remember, I'm a full-time author entrepreneur so my goals are substantial. Don't worry if yours are as simple as ‘Finish the first draft of my book,' as that still takes a lot of work and commitment! All the best for 2026 — let's get into it! The post My 2026 Creative And Business Goals With Joanna Penn first appeared on The Creative Penn.

Get your copy of Wake Up to Love, today!Watch Love the way you'd watch an unexpected lizard friend on the wall of your bedroom! Don't lose sight of It for nothing!I Love you,Niknikki@curlynikki.comSupport the show:▶▶https://www.patreon.com/goodmornings__________________________________________Today's Quotes:**Love Your Breath meditation inspired by Ram Dass"Just as a lamp in a windless place does not flicker, so the disciplined mind of a yogi remains steady in meditation on the Self."-Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6:19Self = God = Loving Awareness = What you truly are"As the golden flame of the candle burns steadily, without flicker or wavering, so shall My Flame burn ever more in your heart. It shall burn out all dross of the mortal mind, smallness of nature, meanness of spirit, vindictiveness, jealousy. It shall burn out all carelessness of your habits, in the outer realms of your being. My Law and My Order can then function perfectly in your life. Then and then only will you be a worthy vessel for the inflow of My Spirit. Then and then only can My Spirit flow through you to other of My children. Likewise shall all disease be burned from the physical body, that nothing shall interfere with My Plan for your life. As the sigh of your spirit disturbs the flame and makes the candle drip, so the faintest wavering of your feet from the path of attainment causes a less steady burning of My Flame in your heart, and My Work goes on in imperfection. Oh, My Beloved, how necessary that you live with the eye single, to the high purpose of your calling. But you have many helpers. No soul who enters the path is left to walk alone. So go on, day by day, with the light and assurance of My Love in your face. Mighty Ones whom you see not, are by your side. And the forces of darkness shall touch you not."-Eva Bell Werber, ‘Quiet Talks the Master'"Dear God, help me to not lose sight of your presence when things are going well."-UnknownSupport the show

You are hidden, not forgotten.Stay in touch with this Love,and you'll see that God can see you,and that's all that matters.Because God is all...When you make it to that stage,there's an audience of One ,appearing as many,but you have one Listener,one Readerone Clientone Customerone Contractone Covenantand giving Him your attention,the whole world smiles.*singing in Lauryn Hill* it could all be so simple :)I Love you,niknikki@curlynikki.comSupport the show:▶▶https://www.patreon.com/goodmornings__________________________________________Today's Quotes:Title quote- @prophetess.maggie via IG"You never know how and whenthe Existence will start using you for Its purpose.You never know how and whenyou will be filled with abundanceand you will start rainingquenching the thirst of many.You never know how and when you will be full of fruits and shadeand travelers will takeshelter and food from you,You never know how and when you will be full with Love and Lightand you will start spreadingthe fragrance of beauty to everyone.You never know how and whenthe death will come and make you deathlessand life will startflowing out of youyou never knowhow & when...really."-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar"Keep going.You never know what's right around the corner."-@SisterCody via IG"I want to speak to the hidden people for a moment...I don't find it coincidental that many of God's servants were found in the most unconventional & ambiguous places.They weren't found in Synagogues, or popular gather places but fields, deserts, at home, mangers, or at work.The settings we find them I'm sure are strategic in that they develop certain skills, and traits that would translate to their callings but also I can't help but think because it was one of the last places men would look for where a move of God would come from next.He often tucked them away, but in plain sight but hidden.Where everyone could see, but could not yet SEE.What a mystery of the Gospel.If you feel hidden, do not despise your present status. If you are busy wondering when God is going to do the things you've heard & envisioned -be patient.The time is coming sooner than you thought. And you'll look back at this 'hidden' time of consecration & private development with longing.When God 'reveals' you, He wants to make sure you have the capacity in character, to remain where He calls.It's not your gifts that will sustain you, but your character.That's what's being carefully curated, carefully molded, privately developed, and carefully grown.Do not despise this time.The hidden time is protection.This time + the lessons are invaluable, and it will be the key to being able to remain & go higher."For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light." - Mark 4:22- @prophetess.maggie via IG"Waiting is just a gift of time in disguise - a time to pray wrapped up in a ribbon of patience - because is the Lord ever late?-Ann Voskamp via IG @worshipblog"Don't try to stop thinking, let it happen. Just recognize that which is not thinking."-Adyashanti

Like those burglar alarms that make no noise,that aren't audible to the trespasser, but sound somewhere else...when I feel invaded by thought,I close my eyes and I Hear.I hear this Silence sounding,and in that Emptiness,in that Quiet Space,help gets deployed,problems get solved,the right people show up.This Silence is the helper.It is the Comforter.It is Love.If you could just stop leaving this Love,if you could just stop forgetting to hear this Love,you'd start seeing changes.You'd start seeing yourself as Love,knowing only Love Is here,only this Weight,that has no form,that has no shape,that has no 'weight', is here.But here where you are, It's experienced as a Joyful Gravity,pulling what's for you,Destiny,into Your orbit.I Love you,NikSupport the show:▶▶https://www.patreon.com/goodmornings__________________________________________Today's Quotes:“For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!”-2 Corinthians 4:17 NLT"Your struggles are not because you didn't pray the right way or because you didn't pray enough, or because you have weak faith or insufficient intercessors. It is because God is using you in ways that you may not understand now, but one day you will. One day you will see how God used your affliction to prepare you for an incomparable weight of glory."-@Therealsweetspot Derrika Danielle"A million speak of love, yet how few know, True love is not to lose remembrance even for an instant."-Kabir"I used to think that in order to abide in Christ,I had to read my bible every day,pray everyday,and share my faith every single day.My abiding was depending on me doing something,but this is just wrong.Abiding in Christ is not another work that needs to be performed,but it's a reality to live in.In the same way that one lives in a house, and only need not leave in order to remain in the house,you are in Christ. And abiding in Hm is simply the decision to not walk away."-@Jkjoe via IG

You are ChosenAffirm: I Am chosen. My past couldn't have been any other way.My future will be what I choose today,and today, I choose Him.I chose this Love.I choose this PeaceI choose this Sound--to let It inform my thoughts,to let It inform my actions,to let It inform me that It is more real than the world.Where you're sitting or standing,where you're breathing,is Holy Ground.Drop your head down to your heartand Hear.(and watch The Chosen on Amazon Prime!!!)I Love you,Nik nikki@curlynikki.com--Our new book, 'Wake Up to Love' is HERE! Get your copy. Share a copy. Be the Love you wake up to!_______________Support GoOD Mornings on Patreon -https://www.patreon.com/c/goodmorningsQUOTES"Your life is perfect..It is a perfect plan and it isa spontaneous miracle every moment." -SriSri Ravi Shankar via IG @sarikajgd"The greatest miracle that God can do today is to take an unholy man out of an unholy world, and make that man holy and put him back into that unholy world and keep him holy in it."-Leonard Ravenhill via IG @WorshipBlog"Jesus was not sent here to teach the people to build magnificent churches and temples amidst the cold wretched huts and dismal hovels. He came to make the human heart a temple, and the soul an altar, and the mind a priest!"-Kahlil Gibran"God's answer is some form of peace. All pain Is healed; all misery replaced with joy. All prison doors are opened. And all sin is understood as merely a mistake."-A Course in Miracles LESSON 359"Live in such a way that you're constantly free from the past and unbothered by the future. Observe the voices in your head, but don't join the conversation. Be the silent detached awareness, and your mind will slowly quiet down."-Via IG @LessonToSelf"In the end it's all very simple. Either we give ourselves to Silence or we don't."-Adyashanti"I was afraid of being rejectedUntil I learned to never reject myselfI was afraid of being abandonedUntil I learned to never abandon myself...I was afraid of the darknessUntil I remembered that I was the LightAnd I was afraid of lifeUntil I remembered who I was."-Excerpt from Tahlia Hunter"We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us."-Rumi"He's not an "I told you so" kind of GodHe's a'Come hereWelcome homeI'll keep you safeI'll keep you warmLet me hold youLet me heal youI love youI have so much for you I am not mad at youTrust meI will never leave youMy grace will never run outStay with me'Kind of God.At this very moment, go to Him in your heart and He will meet you there with His Peace."-@HerTrueWorth

You can call off the search.(T)here is no other Voice but this One.There is no other Silence.There is no other God.There is no other awakening experience.When your mind is telling you that you're not 'there' yet,you're hearing it from 'there'.This is It.You're hearing THE Voice.You are the Voice.This Silence is what you are.This silence is what I Am (is).Affirm that, 'This Silence is what I Am."The first few times with words, and then drop the words.Your whole being is singing, SHREEMing, 'I Am' without words...being the silence I Am,being the Love I Am,being That, I Am. (Exodus 3:14) I Love you,niknikki@curlynikki.com--Our new book, 'Wake Up to Love' is HERE! Get your copy. Share a copy. Be the Love you wake up to!_______________Support GoOD Mornings on Patreon -https://www.patreon.com/c/goodmorningsQUOTESMeditation excerpt from the 'Little Book of Life and Death' by Douglas Harding"There is no instrument other than deep meditation that can detect the presence of that almighty Grace within. Still the body, withdraw the energy from the senses into the brain, calm the heart: Christ will be there; you will feel the divine joy of the Infinite Christ."-YoganandaReading from, 'Voice of the Masters' by Eva Bell Werber

"Everyday I say to myself, today I will begin." - St. Anthony of the DesertToday, we begin. This very moment, we begin... remembering that we ARE what's appearing as this moment, we are the substratum of the Now, we are the Christ. We celebrate the birth of Jesus today, the birth of the awareness of the Christ among us, and now, the birth of our awareness of the Christ within us.Repeat this mantra by Herb Fitch, "I am not man or woman, I live the day as I, Spirit", and notice how you're already, effortlessly detached from the body. There's some space (t)here, naturally. You, as Awareness, don't have to try to detangle your Self from the body, you already are the witness. You already are Love. Be That, by feeling It and remembering to feel It all day. "Blessed is he who came into being before he came into being." (Gospel of Thomas)Merry Christmas! I Love you,Niknikki@curlynikki.comnikki@curlynikki.com--Our new book, 'Wake Up to Love' is HERE! Get your copy. Share a copy. Be the Love you wake up to!_______________Support GoOD Mornings on Patreon -https://www.patreon.com/c/goodmornings

Whatever you're feeling... it's okay. It's just inner weather. You couldn't be feeling any other way. Breathe. Sway. Let's chat about how to take Shelter and ride it out, together. God is here, even now. Feel It and know.I Love you,Niknikki@curlynikki.com--Our new book, 'Wake Up to Love' is HERE! Get your copy. Share a copy. Be the Love you wake up to!_______________Support GoOD Mornings on Patreon -https://www.patreon.com/c/goodmornings

Lovingly affirm:"I am immersed in the flame-The flame of time,The flame of love,The flame of life.The universal fire flows through me."*The Living God is appearing as you and every seeming thing. I feel Light(er) when you get this. And you're getting this. I Love you, nik"Everything exposed to the light itself becomes light" (Ephesians 5:13). In prayer, we merely keep returning the divine gaze and we become its reflection, almost in spite of ourselves (2 Corinthians 3:18). The word prayer has often been trivialized by making it into a way of getting what we want. But I use prayer as the umbrella word for any interior journeys or practices that allow us to experience faith, hope, and love within ourselves. It is not a technique for getting things, a pious exercise that somehow makes God happy, or a requirement for entry into heaven. It is much more like practicing heaven now.+Adapted from The Naked Now: Learning to Seeas the Mystics See, pp. 22-23."Live for a few days in the meditation,"I am immersed in the flame-The flame of time, The flame of love, The flame of life.The universal fire flows through me."Step into that fire. wholeheartedly,Starting with the big toe,Then, surrendering everywhere.Only the not-self,Which doesn't exist anyway,Burns away.Attend to this continually And awaken into tranquility.Your essence is renewed in the flame, For it is flame and knows itself as flame Since the first heartbeat of creation.Imagine the entire world consumed by flame.Stay steady, do not waver,As fire transmutes form into light.The soul reveals itself."To itself as Radiance.- the Radiance Sutras