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The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers
Writing Free: Romance Author Jennifer Probst On A Long-Term Author Career

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

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Why do some romance authors build decades-long careers while others vanish after one breakout book? What really separates a throwaway pen name and rapid release strategy from a legacy brand and a body of work you're proud of? How can you diversify with trad, indie, non-fiction, and Kickstarter without burning out—or selling out your creative freedom? With Jennifer Probst. In the intro, digital ebook signing [BookFunnel]; how to check terms and conditions; Business for Authors 2026 webinars; Music industry and AI music [BBC; The New Publishing Standard]; The Golden Age of Weird. This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life, which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors. This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Jennifer Probst is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over 60 books across different kinds of romance as well as non-fiction for writers. Her latest book is Write Free. 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. Show Notes How Jennifer started writing at age 12, fell in love with romance, and persisted through decades of rejection A breakout success — and what happened when it moved to a traditional publisher Traditional vs indie publishing, diversification, and building a long-term, legacy-focused writing career Rapid-release pen names vs slow-burn author brands, and why Jennifer chooses quality and longevity Inspirational non-fiction for writers (Write Naked, Write True, Write Free) Using Kickstarter for special editions, re-releases, courses, and what she's learned from both successes and mistakes – plus what “writing free” really means in practice How can you ‘write free'? You can find Jennifer at JenniferProbst.com. Transcript of interview with Jennifer Probst Jo: Jennifer Probst is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over 60 books across different kinds of romance as well as non-fiction for writers. Her latest book is Write Free. So welcome, Jennifer. Jennifer: Thanks so much, Joanna. I am kind of fangirling. I'm really excited to be on The Creative Penn podcast. It's kind of a bucket list. Jo: Aw, that's exciting. I reached out to you after your recent Kickstarter, and we are going to come back to that in a minute. First up, take us back in time. Tell us a bit more about how you got into writing and publishing. Jennifer: This one is easy for me. I am one of those rarities. I think that I knew when I was seven that I was going to write. I just didn't know what I was going to write. At 12 years old, and now this will kind of date me in dinosaur era here, there was no internet, no information on how to be a writer, no connections out there. The only game in town was Writer's Digest. I would go to my library and pore over Writer's Digest to learn how to be a writer. At 12 years old, all I knew was, “Oh, if I want to be a famous writer, I have to write a book.” So I literally sat down at 12 and wrote my first young adult romance. Of course, I was the star, as we all are when we're young, and I have not stopped since. I always knew, since my dad came home from a library with a box of romance novels and got in trouble with my mum and said, basically, “She's reading everything anyway, just let her read these,” I was gone. From that moment on, I knew that my entire life was going to be about that. So for me, it wasn't the writing. I have written non-stop since I was 12 years old. For me, it was more about making this a career where I can make money, because I think there was a good 30 years where I wrote without a penny to my name. So it was more of a different journey for me. It was more about trying to find my way in the writing world, where everybody said it should be just a hobby, and I believed that it should be something more. Jo: I was literally just going back in my head there to the library I used to go to on my way home from school. Similar, probably early teens, maybe age 14. Going to that section and… I think it was Shirley Conran. Was that Lace? Yes, Lace books. That's literally how we all learned about sex back in the day. Jennifer: All from books. You didn't need parents, you didn't need friends. Amazing. Jo: Oh, those were the days. That must have been the eighties, right? Jennifer: It was the eighties. Yes. Seventies, eighties, but mostly right around in the eighties. Oh, it was so… Jo: I got lost about then because I was reminiscing. I was also the same one in the library, and people didn't really see what you were reading in the corner of the library. So I think that's quite funny. Tell us how you got into being an indie. Jennifer: What had happened is I had this manuscript and it had been shopped around New York for agents and for a bunch of publishers. I kept getting the same exact thing: “I love your voice.” I mean, Joanna, when you talk about papering your wall with rejections, I lived that. The only thing I can say is that when I got my first rejection, I looked at it as a rite of passage that created me as a writer, rather than taking the perspective that it meant I failed. To me, perspective is a really big thing in this career, how you look at things. So that really helped me. But after you get like 75 of them, you're like, “I don't know how much longer I can take of this.” What happened is, it was an interesting story, because I had gone to an RWA conference and I had shopped this everywhere, this book that I just kept coming back to. I kept saying, “I feel like this book could be big.” There was an indie publisher there. They had just started out, it was an indie publisher called Entangled. A lot of my friends were like, “What about Entangled? Why don't you try more digital things or more indie publishers coming up rather than the big traditional ones?” Lo and behold, I sent it out. They loved the book. They decided, in February of 2012, to launch it. It was their big debut. They were kind of competing with Harlequin, but it was going to be a new digital line. It was this new cutting-edge thing. The book went crazy. It went viral. The book was called The Marriage Bargain, and it put me on the map. All of a sudden I was inundated with agents, and the traditional publishers came knocking and they wanted to buy the series. It was everywhere. Then it hit USA Today, and then it spent 26 weeks on The New York Times. Everybody was like, “Wow, you're this overnight sensation.” And I'm like, “Not really!” That was kind of my leeway into everything. We ended up selling that series to Simon & Schuster because that was the smart move for then, because it kind of blew up and an indie publisher at that time knew it was a lot to take on. From then on, my goal was always to do both: to have a traditional contract, to work with indie publishers, and to do my own self-pub. I felt, even back then, the more diversified I am, the more control I have. If one bucket goes bad, I have two other buckets. Jo: Yes, I mean, I always say multiple streams of income. It's so surprising to me that people think that whatever it is that hits big is going to continue. So you obviously experienced there a massive high point, but it doesn't continue. You had all those weeks that were amazing, but then it drops off, right? Jennifer: Oh my goodness, yes. Great story about what happened. So 26 weeks on The New York Times, and it was selling like hotcakes. Then Simon & Schuster took it over and they bumped the price to their usual ebook price, which was, what, $12.99 or something? So it's going from $2.99. The day that they did it, I slid off all the bestseller lists. They were gone, and I lost a lot of control too. With indies, you have a little bit more control. But again, that kind of funnels me into a completely different kind of setup. Traditional is very different from indie. What you touched on, I think, is the biggest thing in the industry right now. When things are hot, it feels like forever. I learned a valuable lesson: it doesn't continue. It just doesn't. Maybe someone like Danielle Steel or some of the other big ones never had to pivot, but I feel like in romance it's very fluid. You have genres hitting big, you have niches hitting big, authors hitting big. Yes, I see some of them stay. I see Emily Henry still staying—maybe that will never pause—but I think for the majority, they find themselves saying, “Okay, that's done now. What's next?” It can either hit or not hit. Does that make sense to you? Do you feel the same? Jo: Yes, and I guess it's not just about the book. It's more about the tactic. You mentioned genres, and they do switch a lot in romance, a lot faster than other genres. In terms of how we do marketing… Now, as we record this, TikTok is still a thing, and we can see maybe generative AI search coming on the horizon and agentic buying. A decade ago it might have been different, more Facebook ads or whatever. Then before that it might have been something else. So there's always things changing along the way. Jennifer: Yes, there definitely is. It is a very oversaturated market. They talk about, I don't know, 2010 to 2016 maybe, as the gold rush, because that was where you could make a lot of money as an indie. Then we saw the total fallout of so many different things. I feel like I've gone through so many ups and downs in the industry. I do love it because the longer you're around, the more you learn how to pivot. If you want this career, you learn how to write differently or do whatever you need to do to keep going, in different aspects, with the changes. To me, that makes the industry exciting. Again, perspective is a big thing. But I have had to take a year to kind of rebuild when I was out of contract with a lot of things. I've had to say, “Okay, what do you see on the horizon now? Where is the new foundation? Where do you wanna restart?” Sometimes it takes a year or two of, “Maybe I won't be making big income and I cut back,” but then you're back in it, because it takes a while to write a few new books, or write under a pen name, or however you want to pivot your way back into the industry. Or, like you were saying, diversifying. I did a lot of non-fiction stuff because that's a big calling for me, so I put that into the primary for a while. I think it's important for authors to maybe not just have one thing. When that one thing goes away, you're scrambling. It's good to have a couple of different things like, “Well, okay, this genre is dead or this thing is dead or this isn't making money. Let me go to this for a little while until I see new things on the horizon.” Jo: Yes. There's a couple of things I want to come back to. You mentioned a pen name there, and one of the things I'm seeing a lot right now—I mean, it's always gone on, but it seems to be on overdrive—is people doing rapid-release, throwaway pen names. So there's a new sub-genre, they write the books really fast, they put them up under whatever pen name, and then when that goes away, they ditch that pen name altogether. Versus growing a name brand more slowly, like I think you and I have done. Under my J.F. Penn fiction brand, I put lots of different sub-genres. What are your thoughts on this throwaway pen name versus growing a name brand more slowly? Jennifer: Well, okay, the first thing I'm goign to say is: if that lights people up, if you love the idea of rapid release and just kind of shedding your skin and going on to the next one, I say go for it. As long as you're not pumping it out with AI so it's a complete AI book, but that's a different topic. I'm not saying using AI tools; I mean a completely AI-written book. That's the difference. If we're talking about an author going in and, every four weeks, writing a book and stuff like that, I do eventually think that anything in life that disturbs you, you're going to burn out eventually. That is a limited-time kind of thing, I believe. I don't know how long you can keep doing that and create decent enough books or make a living on it. But again, I really try not to judge, because I am very open to: if that gives you joy and that's working and it brings your family money, go for it. I have always wanted to be a writer for the long term. I want my work to be my legacy. I don't just pump out books. Every single book is my history. It's a marking of what I thought, what I put out in the world, what my beliefs are, what my story is. It marks different things, and I'm very proud of that. So I want a legacy of quality. As I got older, in my twenties and thirties, I was able to write books a lot faster. Then I had a family with two kids and I had to slow down a little bit. I also think life sometimes drives your career, and that's okay. If you're taking care of a sick parent or there's illness or whatever, maybe you need to slow down. I like the idea of a long-term backlist supporting me when I need to take a back seat and not do frontlist things. So that's how I feel. I will always say: choose a long, organic-growth type of career that will be there for you, where your backlist can support you. I also don't want to trash people who do it differently. If that is how you can do it, if you can write a book in a month and keep doing it and keep it quality, go for it. Jo: I do have the word “legacy” on my board next to me, but I also have “create a body of work I'm proud of.” I have that next to me, and I have “Have you made art today?” So I think about these things too. As you say, people feel differently about work, and I will do other work to make faster cash rather than do that with books. But as we said, that's all good. Interestingly, you mentioned non-fiction there. Write Free is your latest one, but you've got some other writing books. So maybe— Talk about the difference between non-fiction book income and marketing compared to fiction, and why you added that in. Jennifer: Yes, it's completely different. I mean, it's two new dinosaurs. I came to writing non-fiction in a very strange way. Literally, I woke up on New Year's Day and I was on a romance book deadline. I could not do it. I'll tell you, my brain was filled with passages of teaching writing, of things I wanted to share in my writing career. Because again, I've been writing since I was 12, I've been a non-stop writer for over 30 years. I got to my computer and I wrote like three chapters of Write Naked (which was the first book). It was just pouring out of me. So I contacted my agent and I said, “Look, I don't know, this is what I want to do. I want to write this non-fiction book.” She's like, “What are you talking about? You're a romance author. You're on a romance deadline. What do you want me to do with this?” She was so confused. I said, “Yes, how do you write a non-fiction book proposal?” And she was just like, “This is not good, Jen. What are you doing?” Anyway, the funny story was, she said, “Just send me chapters.” I mean, God bless her, she's this wonderful agent, but I know she didn't get it. So I sent her like four chapters of what I was writing and she called me. I'll never forget it. She called me on the phone and she goes, “This is some of the best stuff I have ever read in my life. It's raw and it's truthful, and we've got to find a publisher for this.” And I was like, “Yay.” What happened was, I believe this was one of the most beautiful full circles in my life: Writer's Digest actually made me an offer. It was not about the money. I found that non-fiction for me had a much lower advance and a different type of sales. For me, when I was a kid, that is exactly what I was reading in the library, Writer's Digest. I would save my allowance to get the magazine. I would say to myself, “One day, maybe I will have a book with Writer's Digest.” So for me, it was one of the biggest full-circle moments. I will never forget it. Being published by them was amazing. Then I thought I was one-and-done, but the book just completely touched so many writers. I have never gotten so many emails: “Thank you for saying the truth,” or “Thank you for being vulnerable.” Right before it published, I had a panic attack. I told my husband, “Now everybody's going to know that I am a mess and I'm not fabulous and the world is going to know my craziness.” By being vulnerable about the career, and also that it was specifically for romance authors, it caused a bond. I think it caused some trust. I had been writing about writing for years. After that, I thought it was one-and-done. Then two or three years later I was like, “No, I have more to say.” So I leaned into my non-fiction. It also gives my fiction brain a rest, because when you're doing non-fiction, you're using a different part of your brain. It's a way for me to cleanse my palate. I gather more experiences about what I want to share, and then that goes into the next book. Jo: Yes, I also use the phrase “palate cleanser” for non-fiction versus fiction. I feel like you write one and then you feel like, “Oh, I really need to write the other now.” Jennifer: Yes! Isn't it wonderful? I love that. I love having the two brains and just giving one a break and totally leaning into it. Again, it's another way of income. It's another way. I also believe that this industry has given me so much that it is automatic that I want to give back. I just want to give as much as possible back because I'm so passionate about writing and the industry field. Jo: Well, interestingly though, Writer's Digest—the publisher who published that magazine and other things—went bankrupt in 2019. You've been in publishing a long time. It is not uncommon for publishers to go out of business or to get bought. Things happen with publishers, right? Jennifer: Yes. Jo: So what then happened? Jennifer: So Penguin Random House bought it. All the Writer's Digest authors did not know what they were going to do. Then Penguin Random House bought it and kept Writer's Digest completely separate, as an imprint under the umbrella. So Writer's Digest really hasn't changed. They still have the magazine, they still have books. So it ended up being okay. But what I did do is—because I sold Write Naked and I have no regrets about that, it was the best thing for me to do, to go that route—the second and the third books were self-published. I decided I'm going to self-publish. That way I have the rights for audio, I have the rights for myself, I can do a whole bunch of different things. So Write True, the second one, was self-published. Writers Inspiring Writers I paired up with somebody, so we self-published that. And Write Free, my newest one, is self-published. So I've decided to go that route now with my non-fiction. Jo: Well, as I said, I noticed your Kickstarter. I don't write romance, so I'm not really in that community. I had kind of heard your name before, but then I bought the book and joined the Kickstarter. Then I discovered that you've been doing so much and I was like, “Oh, how, why haven't we connected before?” It's very cool. So tell us about the Kickstarters you've done and what you know, because you've done, I think, a fiction one as well. What are your thoughts and tips around Kickstarter? Jennifer: Yes. When I was taking that year, I found myself kind of… let's just say fired from a lot of different publishers at the time. That was okay because I had contracts that ran out, and when I looked to see, “Okay, do we want to go back?” it just wasn't looking good. I was like, “Well, I don't want to spend a year if I'm not gonna be making the money anyway.” So I looked at the landscape and I said, “It's time to really pull in and do a lot more things on my own, but I've got to build foundations.” Kickstarter was one of them. I took a course with Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle. They did a big course for Kickstarter, and they were really the ones going around to all the conferences and basically saying, “Hey guys, you're missing out on a lot of publishing opportunities here,” because Kickstarter publishing was getting good. I took the course because I like to dive into things, but I also want to know the foundation of it. I want to know what I'm doing. I'm not one to just wing it when it comes to tech. So what happened is, the first one, I had rights coming back from a book. After 10 years, my rights came back. It was an older book and I said, “You know what? I am going to dip my foot in and see what kind of base I can grow there. What can I do?” I was going to get a new cover, add new scenes, re-release it anyway, right? So I said, “Let's do a Kickstarter for it, because then I can get paid for all of that work.” It worked out so fantastically. It made just enough for my goal. I knew I didn't want to make a killing; I knew I wanted to make a fund. I made my $5,000, which I thought was wonderful, and I was able to re-release it with a new cover, a large print hardback, and I added some scenes. I did a 10-year anniversary re-release for my fans. So I made it very fan-friendly, grew my audience, and I was like, “This was great.” The next year, I did something completely different. I was doing Kindle Vella back in the day. That was where you dropped a chapter at a time. I said, “I want to do this completely different kind of thing.” It was very not my brand at all. It was very reality TV-ish: young college students living in the city, very sexy, very angsty, love triangles, messy—everything I was not known for. Again, I was like, “I'm not doing a pen name because this is just me,” and I funnelled my audience. I said, “What I'm going to do is I'm going to start doing a chapter a week through Kindle Vella and make money there. Then when it's done, I'm going to bundle it all up and make a book out of it.” So I did a year of Kindle Vella. It was the best decision I made because I just did two chapters a week, which I was able to do. By one year I had like 180,000 words. I had two to three books in there. I did it as a hardback deluxe—the only place you could get it in print. Then Vella closed, or at least it went way down. So I was like, “Great, I'm going to do this Kickstarter for this entire new thing.” I partnered with a company that helps with special editions, because that was a whole other… oh Joanna, that was a whole other thing you have to go into. Getting the books, getting the art, getting the swag. I felt like I needed some help for that. Again, I went in, I funded. I did not make a killing on that, but that was okay. I learned some things that I would have changed with my Kickstarter and I also built a new audience for that. I had a lot of extra books that I then sold in my store, and it was another place to make money. The third Kickstarter I used specifically because I had always wanted to do a writing course. I go all over the world, I do keynotes, I do workshops, I've done books, and I wanted to reach new writers, but I don't travel a lot anymore. So I came up with the concept that I was going to do my very first course, and it was going to be very personal, kind of like me talking to them almost like in a keynote, like you're in a room with me. I gathered a whole bunch of stuff and I used Kickstarter to help me A) fund it and B) make myself do it, because it was two years in the making and I always had, “Oh, I've got this other thing to do,” you know how we do that, right? We have big projects. So I used Kickstarter as a deadline and I decided to launch it in the summer. In addition to that, I took years of my posts from all over. I copied and pasted, did new posts, and I created Write Free, which was a very personal, essay-driven book. I took it all together. I took a couple of months to do this, filmed the course, and the Kickstarter did better than I had ever imagined. I got quadruple what I wanted, and it literally financed all the video editing, the books, everything that I needed, plus extra. I feel like I'm growing in Kickstarter. I hope I'm not ranting. I'm trying to go over things that can help people. Jo: Oh no, that is super useful. Jennifer: So you don't have to go all in and say, “If it doesn't fund it's over,” or “I need to make $20,000.” There are people making so much money, and there are people that will do a project a year or two projects a year and just get enough to fund a new thing that they want to do. So that's how I've done it. Jo: I've done quite a few now, and my non-fiction ones have been a lot bigger—I have a big audience there—and my fiction have been all over the place. What I like about Kickstarter is that you can do these different things. We can do these special editions. I've just done a sprayed-edge short story collection. Short story collections are not the biggest genre. Jennifer: Yes. I love short stories too. I've always wanted to do an anthology of all my short stories. Jo: There you go. Jennifer: Yes, I love that for your Kickstarter. Love it. Jo: When I turned 50 earlier this year, I realised the thing that isn't in print is my short stories. They are out there digitally, and that's why I wanted to do it. I feel like Kickstarter is a really good way to do these creative projects. As you say, you don't have to make a ton of money, but at the end of the day, the definition of success for us, I think for both of us, is just being able to continue doing this, right? Jennifer: Absolutely. This is funding a creative full-time career, and every single thing that you do with your content is like a funnel. The more funnels that you have, the bigger your base. Especially if you love it. It would be different if I was struggling and thinking, “Do I get an editor job?” I would hate being an editor. But if you look at something else like, “Oh yes, I could do this and that would light me up, like doing a course—wow, that sounds amazing,” then that's different. It's kind of finding your alternates that also light you up. Jo: Hmm. So were there any mistakes in your Kickstarters that you think are worth sharing? In case people are thinking about it. Jennifer: Oh my God, yes. So many. One big thing was that I felt like I was a failure if I didn't make a certain amount of money because my name is pretty well known. It's not like I'm brand new and looking. One of the big things was that I could not understand and I felt like I was banging my head against the wall about why my newsletter subscribers wouldn't support the Kickstarter. I'm like, “Why aren't you doing this? I'm supposed to have thousands of people that just back.” Your expectations can really mess with you. Then I started to learn, “Oh my God, my newsletter audience wants nothing to do with my Kickstarter.” Maybe I had a handful. So then I learned that I needed longer tails, like putting it up for pre-order way ahead of time, and also that you can't just announce it in your newsletter and feel like everybody's going to go there. You need to find your streams, your Kickstarter audience, which includes ads. I had never done ads either and I didn't know how to do that, so I did that all wrong. I joined the Facebook group for Kickstarter authors. I didn't do that for the first one and then I learned about it. You share backer updates, so every time you go into your audience with a backer update, there's this whole community where you can share with like-minded people with their projects, and you post it under your updates. It does cross-networking and sharing with a lot of authors in their newsletters. For the Write Free one, I leaned into my networking a lot, using my connections. I used other authors' newsletters and people in the industry to share my Kickstarter. That was better for me than just relying on my own fanbase. So definitely more networking, more sharing, getting it out on different platforms rather than just doing your own narrow channel. Because a lot of the time, you think your audience will follow you into certain things and they don't, and that needs to be okay. The other thing was the time and the backend. I think a lot of authors can get super excited about swag. I love that, but I learned that I could have pulled back a little bit and been smarter with my financials. I did things I was passionate about, but I probably spent much more money on swag than I needed to. So looking at different aspects to make it more efficient. I think each time you do one, you learn what works best. As usual, I try to be patient with myself. I don't get mad at myself for trying things and failing. I think failing is spectacular because I learn something. I know: do I want to do this again? Do I want to do it differently? If we weren't so afraid of failingqu “in public”, I think we would do more things. I'm not saying I never think, “Oh my God, that was so embarrassing, I barely funded and this person is getting a hundred thousand.” We're human. We compare. I have my own reset that I do, but I really try to say, “But no, for me, maybe I'll do this, and if it doesn't work, that's okay.” Jo: I really like that you shared about the email list there because I feel like too many people have spent years driving people to Kindle or KU, and they have built an email list of readers who like a particular format at a particular price. Then we are saying, “Oh, now come over here and buy a beautiful hardback that's like ten times the price.” And we're surprised when nobody does it. Is that what happened? Jennifer: Exactly. Also, that list was for a non-fiction project. So I had to funnel where my writers were in my newsletter, and I have mostly readers. So I was like, “Okay…” But I think you're exactly right. First of all, it's the platform. When you ask anybody to go off a platform, whether it's buy direct at your Shopify store or go to Kickstarter, you are going to lose the majority right there. People are like, “No, I want to click a button from your newsletter and go to a site that I know.” So you've got that, and you've got to train them. That can take some time. Then you've got this project where people are like, “I don't understand.” Even my mum was like, “I would love to support you, honey, but what the heck is this? Where's the buy button and where's my book?” My women's fiction books tend to have some older readers who are like, “Hell no, I don't know what this is.” So you have to know your audience. If it's not translating, train them. I did a couple of videos where I said, “Look, I want to show you how easy this is,” and I showed them directly how to go in and how to back. I did that with Kindle Vella too. I did a video from my newsletter and on social: “Hey, do you not know how to read this chapter? Here's how.” Sometimes there's a barrier. Like you said, Joanna, if I have a majority that just want sexy contemporary, and I'm dropping angsty, cheating, forbidden love, they're like, “Oh no, that's not for me.” So you have to know whether there's a crossover. I go into my business with that already baked into my expectations. I don't go in thinking I'm going to make a killing. Then I'm more surprised when it does well, and then I can build it. Jo: Yes, exactly. Also if you are, like both of us, writing across genres, then you are always going to split your audience. People do not necessarily buy everything because they have their preferences. So I think that's great. Now we are almost out of time, but this latest book is Write Free. I wondered if you would maybe say— What does Write Free mean to you, and what might it help the listeners with? Jennifer: Write Free is an extremely personal book for me, and the title was really important because it goes with Write Naked, Write True, and Write Free. These are the ways that I believe a writer should always show up to the page. Freedom is being able to write your truth in whatever day that is. You're going to be a different writer when you're young and maybe hormonal and passionate and having love affairs. You're going to write differently when you're a mum with kids in nappies. You're going to write differently when you are maybe in your forties and you're killing your career. Your perspective changes, your life changes. Write Free is literally a collection of essays all through my 30 years of life. It's very personal. There are essays like, “I'm writing my 53rd book right now,” and essays like, “My kids are in front of SpongeBob and I'm trying to write right now,” and “I got another rejection letter and I don't know how to survive.” It is literally an imprint of essays that you can dip in and dip out of. It's easy, short, inspirational, and it's just me showing up for my writing life. That's what I wish for everybody: that they can show up for their writing life in the best way that they can at the time, because that changes all the time. Jo: We can say “write free” because we've got a lot of experience at writing. I feel like when I started writing—I was an IT consultant—I literally couldn't write anything creative. I didn't believe I could. There'll be people listening who are just like, “Well, Jennifer, I can't write free. I'm not free. My mind is shackled by all these expectations and everything.” How can they release that and aim for more freedom? Jennifer: I love that question so much. The thing is, I've spent so many years working on that part. That doesn't come overnight. I think sometimes when you have more clarification of, “Okay, this is really limiting me,” then when you can see where something is limiting you, at least you can look for answers. My answers came in the form of meditation. Meditation is a very big thing in my life. Changing my perspective. Learning life mottos to help me deal with those kinds of limitations. Learning that when I write a sex scene, I can't care about my elderly aunt who tells my mother, “Dear God, she ruined the family name.” It is your responsibility to figure out where these limitations are, and then slowly see how you can remove them. I've been in therapy. I have read hundreds of self-help books. I take meditation courses. I take workshop courses. I've done CliftonStrengths with Becca Syme. I don't even know if that's therapy, but it feels like therapy to me as a writer. Knowing my personality traits. I've done Enneagram work with Claire Taylor, which has been huge. The more you know yourself and how your brain is showing up for yourself, the more you can grab tools to use. I wish I could say, “Yes, if everybody meditates 30 minutes a day, you're going to have all blocks removed,” but it's so personal that it's a trick question. If everybody started today and said, “Where is my biggest limitation?” and be real with yourself, there are answers out there. You just have to go slowly and find them, and then the writing more free will come. I hope that wasn't one of those woo-woo answers, but I really do believe it. Jo: I agree. It just takes time. Like our writing career, it just takes time. Keep working on it, keep writing. Jennifer: Yes. And bravery, right? A lot of bravery. Just show up for yourself however you can. If “write free” feels too big, journal for yourself and put it in a locked drawer. Any kind of writing, I think, is therapeutic too. Jo: Brilliant. So where can people find you and your books and everything you do online? Jennifer: The best place to go is my website. I treat it like my home. It's www.JenniferProbst.com. There is so much on it. Not just books, not just free content and free stories. There's an entire section just for writers. There are videos on there. There are a lot of resources. I keep it up to date and it is the place where you can find me. Of course I'm everywhere on social media as Author Jennifer Probst. You can find me anywhere. I always tell everybody: I answer my messages, I answer my emails. That is really important to me. So if you heard this podcast and you want to reach out on anything, please do. I will answer. Jo: Fantastic. Well, thanks so much for your time, Jennifer. That was great. Jennifer: Thanks for having me, Joanna.The post Writing Free: Romance Author Jennifer Probst On A Long-Term Author Career first appeared on The Creative Penn.

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
Daylight for Chiefs, Kiffen Departure's Real Problem, MU/KSU Bowl Bound, Trump Eyes Venezuela, Hegseth Called Mass Murderer, Free Beer

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 51:03


   It wasn't the perfect Sunday for the Chiefs but something did happen for Kansas City that provides a sliver a daylight on a path to the playoffs.      Coach Lane Kiffen leaves Ole Miss for LSU even as his team is entering the College Football Playoff.  He's now the bad guy and I don't like him much either.  But he's clearly not the problem.  We'll explain what is.   Mizzou and KSU are headed to bowl games after finishing their regular seasons, KU is not.  Lee's Summit is headed to the state football championship after starting the season 0-4.  Sports betting is now live in Missouri.   President Trump eyes Venezuela as he works toward peace in Ukraine.  A former reporter in KC goes overboard on Pete Hegseth and a saloon in Idaho is offering free beer for a month if you help local authorities round up illegal aliens.

The Drive
Cdot Toxic Relationship with KU Fans

The Drive

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 3:57


Carrington explained what it is about KU fans that makes him so angry, and why he doesn't want them to have any joy.

Fescoe in the Morning
An Old and Slow Chiefs Team

Fescoe in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 9:52


An Old and Slow Chiefs Team full 592 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:18:49 +0000 DrM3WuK8WFGAP2ECQbCPsIt4RRtdXHSu nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Fescoe & Dusty nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports An Old and Slow Chiefs Team Fescoe in the Morning. One guy is a KU grad.   The other is on the KU football broadcast team,  but their loyalty doesn't stop there as these guys  are huge fans of Kansas City sports and the people  of Kansas City who make it the great city it is.   Start your morning with us at 5:58am!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frs

Fescoe in the Morning
Hour 3: What's Next for the Chiefs? Josh Klingler, Who is the Best Owner in Sports Right Now?

Fescoe in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 41:07


Hour 3: What's Next for the Chiefs? Josh Klingler, Who is the Best Owner in Sports Right Now? full 2467 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:03:48 +0000 nLa2YuSmmbJ0bSfMrGfv8djsvCPvrzXk nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Fescoe & Dusty nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Hour 3: What's Next for the Chiefs? Josh Klingler, Who is the Best Owner in Sports Right Now? Fescoe in the Morning. One guy is a KU grad.   The other is on the KU football broadcast team,  but their loyalty doesn't stop there as these guys  are huge fans of Kansas City sports and the people  of Kansas City who make it the great city it is.   Start your morning with us at 5:58am!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False

Fescoe in the Morning
Hour 1: The Chiefs May be Cooked and a Happy Thanksgiving

Fescoe in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 43:23


Hour 1: The Chiefs May be Cooked and a Happy Thanksgiving full 2603 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:59:56 +0000 Vq1NQiQ1gZvejqyFm5c98dINbt9nNAvb nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Fescoe & Dusty nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Hour 1: The Chiefs May be Cooked and a Happy Thanksgiving Fescoe in the Morning. One guy is a KU grad.   The other is on the KU football broadcast team,  but their loyalty doesn't stop there as these guys  are huge fans of Kansas City sports and the people  of Kansas City who make it the great city it is.   Start your morning with us at 5:58am!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.

Fescoe in the Morning
Chiefs Sideline Reporter Josh Klingler

Fescoe in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 19:42


Chiefs Sideline Reporter Josh Klingler full 1182 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:22:15 +0000 0tziYnHUity9bZO2M1CHasSBYnXJ5DUJ nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Fescoe & Dusty nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Chiefs Sideline Reporter Josh Klingler Fescoe in the Morning. One guy is a KU grad.   The other is on the KU football broadcast team,  but their loyalty doesn't stop there as these guys  are huge fans of Kansas City sports and the people  of Kansas City who make it the great city it is.   Start your morning with us at 5:58am!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https

Velocity Church
Better Under Pressure | Worth The Weight

Velocity Church

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 31:15


Listen to weekly sermons from Velocity Church in Lawrence, KS. Velocity is a vision-fueled and faith-filled community changing lives and transforming a city with the message of Jesus. For more information visit www.findvelocity.org

Pořady TWR a Rádia 7
Séla: Jako zloděj v noci

Pořady TWR a Rádia 7

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025


Myšlenky z Izaiášova proroctví, Matoušova evangelia a Pavlovy epištoly Římanům rozvíjí manželé Petr a Markéta Šanderovi z Československé církve husitské v Kuřimi.Tento podcast můžete podpořit na https://radio7.cz

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Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
A Thankful Week, Dems Won't Stop w/Military, Leavitt Family Deportation, Plaza Lights Origin, KU Rolls 'Cuse, Tang Embarrassed Again, Pacheco is Back, Point Spread PIcks

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 50:14


   It's a great time to be reflecting and thankful for what we have living in the greatest country in the history of man.  We'll share a few thoughts.    You sure wouldn't think dems are very thankful as universities are promoting Thanksgiving as a "day of mourning" and a mission to "decolonize" the holiday.  This is happening while their leaders are trying to derail our military.  Unbelievable.    Press secretary Karoline Leavitt has some family drama going on as her nephews mom is being processed to get deported after being here illegally for over 25 years.    We have the story of the very beginning of the Plaza lights in KC.    KU rolls Syracuse in the Players Era tourney and will play for big money Wednesday night.  KSU coach Jerome Tang apologizes again and already for being an unprepared, bad coach.  When will it end?  An ESPN announcer makes an outrageous statement about a backup player being the most powerful black man since Obama.    Isiah Pacheco is back for the Chiefs Thursday and Lee Sterling has our point spread picks.    Our Final Final is a blast from the past that has a new pitch to sell.  You may just say, WOW.

The Zone
KU wins, KSU loses, Chiefs talk & Lee Sterling! 11-26-25

The Zone

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 42:53


Jason and Michael discuss the Chiefs offense going up against a primary zone defense on Thanksgiving. Jason recaps KU basketball's win over Syracuse and Kansas State's loss to Indiana. Lee Sterling talks with Todd Leabo to round out the hour.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
Let's Be Nice, Comey Case Bounced, AZ Senator's Threat, KS Town Fuels Macy's Parade, Chiefs Can Win West, KU Beats ND, Sophie's Right, Popeye Pops Arm

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 52:27


   It's a holiday week and while it sounds silly hear a transportation secretary ask Americans to dress a little nicer and be a little kinder to one another at the airport, maybe he makes a good point.    Another activist judge tosses out cases Trump's DOJ brings, this time for the most ridiculous reason ever.  It has nothing to do with merits of the case.    A senator from Arizona is now making threats of retribution on anyone going after Senator Mark Kelly for imploring military members to ignore orders.    A small town in Kansas plays a big part in the Macy's Day Parade in New York.  My man Chris at www.bstock.net send me a gem of a post on how the Chiefs can win the division AND did a really sweet thing for my mom.    KU beats Notre Dame without star player Darryn Peterson.  K-State is at Indiana Tuesday while Mizzou gets a gimme.  Sophie Cunningham backs up Michael Porter Junior's comments about 8th grade boys being able to beat a WNBA team and a man known as "Russian Popeye" has a huge problem on his hands.

Fescoe in the Morning
Hour 4: A Win of the Year for the Chiefs, Brioche of the Weekend

Fescoe in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 40:50


Hour 4: A Win of the Year for the Chiefs, Brioche of the Weekend full 2450 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:57:26 +0000 t9PmeHJcbvzhuuz7Rle0psQGH7ajOjK0 nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Fescoe & Dusty nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Hour 4: A Win of the Year for the Chiefs, Brioche of the Weekend Fescoe in the Morning. One guy is a KU grad.   The other is on the KU football broadcast team,  but their loyalty doesn't stop there as these guys  are huge fans of Kansas City sports and the people  of Kansas City who make it the great city it is.   Start your morning with us at 5:58am!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False https://player.amperwavepodc

Phog.net Podcast
Final thoughts on KU's loss to Iowa State and where the program stands

Phog.net Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 58:12


Michael Swain and Kevin Flaherty break down KU's loss to Iowa State and what's next. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Velocity Church
Don't Count Yourself Out Of It | Worth The Weight

Velocity Church

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2025 8:47


Listen to weekly sermons from Velocity Church in Lawrence, KS. Velocity is a vision-fueled and faith-filled community changing lives and transforming a city with the message of Jesus. For more information visit www.findvelocity.org

Danny Clinkscale: Reasonably Irreverent
Kansas City Profiles Presented by Easton Roofing-Wall of Many Sounds-Marty Wall

Danny Clinkscale: Reasonably Irreverent

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 60:49 Transcription Available


A fascinating and delightful conversation with the lifelong KC resident carved out an esteemed career as a disc jockey, while also being a standout musical fixture in the area. Absorbing broadcast and band tales to enjoy!

Klog på Sprog
Hvor gammel er dansk?

Klog på Sprog

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 56:44


Da en flok mennesker på de ukrainske sletter for 6.000 år siden drog mod nordvest, bragte de kimen til det danske sprog med sig. Vi følger sporene fra de første ansatser til dansk op gennem vikingetiden og middelalderen til det, vi taler i et nutidigt studie i DR Byen. Vært: Adrian Hughes Producer: Thomas Holmby Hansen Gæster: Thomas Olander, professor i indoeuropæisk v/Københavns Universitet institut for Nordiske Studier og Sprogvidenskab Tobias Mosbæk Søborg, Post Doc og Ph.d. ved KU, institut for Nordiske Studier og Sprogvidenskab Ruben Schachtenhaufen, fonetiker, forsker og underviser i dansk udtale ved Københavns Universitet

JayhawkSlant
Iowa State predictions,

JayhawkSlant

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2025 42:30


The Slant Staff is back in the studio talking KU football and basketball. The Jayhawks are trying to get bowl eligible and we look back at the bye week and give our predictions for the Iowa State game. The Jayhawks are coming off a loss to Duke but showed some positive signs as the schedule doesn't get easier. We discuss what the team needs to accomplish over the next stretch of games. Iowa State play-by-play man John Walters joins us to talk about the Cyclones and gives a thorough breakdown on the Saturday's game. We touch on the latest in recruiting for both sports in this episode.

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
Making Dinners Great Again, Listener on Illegal Truckers, Rubio Revoking Visas, KU Pushes Duke, Stadium Survey Stupid, HOA's Fight Park, Chiefs 50/50

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 50:04


   If you saw pictures or videos of the elegant dinner Tuesday night at the White House all you could think is President Trump is making dinners great again.  Oh, and we need a new ballroom at the White House.  Wait until you hear this guest list.    A listener sent an incredible email about what he sees every day in the trucking industry and you will be shocked.  Marco Rubio announces a whopping number of VISA's he's revoked because people come here and do bad things.   In sports, KU played Duke hard and tough but just didn't have enough without star guard Darryn Peterson.  But it left you asking the question if KU is better than Duke if they did have him.  A survey in Kansas regarding new ballparks is a total waste of time.  HOA's near the 119th and Nalls site seem to think they have some power in preventing the Royals from building.    The computer says the Chiefs are 50/50 to make the playoffs, I'll take the YES side of that bet and we explain why.  Callaway sells Top Golf and our Final Final is an online trend of how to get the best of Porch Pirates.

The Jayhawker Podcast
Freshman Sensation Jaliya Davis!

The Jayhawker Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 14:53


In this episode of The Jayhawker Podcast, Nate Bukaty sits down with Kansas women’s basketball standout Jaliya Davis. A proud local product from Blue Valley North, Jaliya talks about what it means to suit up for one of her favorite teams growing up and how the transition to playing at KU has shaped her journey. She breaks down the excitement of beating Border Showdown rival Mizzou over the weekend, what that win meant for the locker room, and how the team plans to build on that momentum moving forward. Jaliya also opens up about her goals for the rest of the season and reflects on her recruiting process with Coach Brandon Schneider and teammate S’mya Nichols. The Jayhawker Podcast is presented by the University of Kansas Health System and by Xfinity, get the smartest WiFi only for Xfinity, imagine that!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fescoe in the Morning
Full Show: The Chiefs Biggest Problems Jay Binkley, Someone Thinks Wee Should Trade Mahomes?!

Fescoe in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 173:54


Full Show: The Chiefs Biggest Problems Jay Binkley, Someone Thinks Wee Should Trade Mahomes?! full 10434 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:01:50 +0000 der4uxmeKPQOBKVGXSfgtzaiYG9rg20k nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Fescoe & Dusty nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Full Show: The Chiefs Biggest Problems Jay Binkley, Someone Thinks Wee Should Trade Mahomes?! Fescoe in the Morning. One guy is a KU grad.   The other is on the KU football broadcast team,  but their loyalty doesn't stop there as these guys  are huge fans of Kansas City sports and the people  of Kansas City who make it the great city it is.   Start your morning with us at 5:58am!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False

Fescoe in the Morning
Hour 2: Colts VS Chiefs History, Macs Pack, Bobs Bottom Feeders, One Word, Mahomes Trade Retort

Fescoe in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 43:42


Hour 2: Colts VS Chiefs History, Macs Pack, Bobs Bottom Feeders, One Word, Mahomes Trade Retort full 2622 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:48:20 +0000 pQgWnMwgadXnwSq4ipiarJDgxgWBvKJW nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Fescoe & Dusty nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Hour 2: Colts VS Chiefs History, Macs Pack, Bobs Bottom Feeders, One Word, Mahomes Trade Retort Fescoe in the Morning. One guy is a KU grad.   The other is on the KU football broadcast team,  but their loyalty doesn't stop there as these guys  are huge fans of Kansas City sports and the people  of Kansas City who make it the great city it is.   Start your morning with us at 5:58am!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False

Kansas Jayhawks
Freshman Sensation Jaliya Davis!

Kansas Jayhawks

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 14:53


In this episode of The Jayhawker Podcast, Nate Bukaty sits down with Kansas women’s basketball standout Jaliya Davis. A proud local product from Blue Valley North, Jaliya talks about what it means to suit up for one of her favorite teams growing up and how the transition to playing at KU has shaped her journey. She breaks down the excitement of beating Border Showdown rival Mizzou over the weekend, what that win meant for the locker room, and how the team plans to build on that momentum moving forward. Jaliya also opens up about her goals for the rest of the season and reflects on her recruiting process with Coach Brandon Schneider and teammate S’mya Nichols. The Jayhawker Podcast is presented by the University of Kansas Health System and by Xfinity, get the smartest WiFi only for Xfinity, imagine that!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Show & Vern
Mahomes and the offense struggle on the road, Ross Tucker joins the show, and Gold is feeling optimistic about KU basketball

Show & Vern

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 47:30


Mahomes and the offense struggle on the road, Ross Tucker joins the show, and Gold is feeling optimistic about KU basketball full 2850 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:36:33 +0000 SvUT6ayIhwcEDl2b1FQHRrcNAR3aqtQU society & culture Cody & Gold society & culture Mahomes and the offense struggle on the road, Ross Tucker joins the show, and Gold is feeling optimistic about KU basketball Hosts Cody Tapp & Alex Gold team up for 610 Sports Radio's newest mid-day show "Cody & Gold."  Two born & raised Kansas Citians, Cody & Gold have been through all the highs and lows as a KC sports fan and they know the passion Kansas City has for their sports teams."Cody & Gold" will be a show focused on smart, sports conversation with the best voices from KC and around the country. It will also feature our listeners with your calls, texts & tweets as we want you to be a part of the show, not just a listener.  Cody & Gold, weekdays 10a-2p on 610 Sports Radio.  2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Society & Culture Fals

The Morning Drive Podcast by Double-T 97.3
November 19th, 2025: Texas Tech football off week, Kirby Hocutt Birthday, CFP rankings and speculation, Big 12 upsets this week, and KU vs Duke last night.

The Morning Drive Podcast by Double-T 97.3

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 42:56


Chuck Heinz and Jamie Lent talk Texas Tech football off week, Kirby Hocutt Birthday, CFP rankings and speculation, Big 12 upsets this week, and KU vs Duke last night.

Kencan Dengan Tuhan
Edisi Hari Kamis, 20 November 2025 - Percaya pada rancanganNya

Kencan Dengan Tuhan

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 4:02


Kencan Dengan Tuhan - Kamis, 20 November 2025Bacaan: "Sebab rancangan-Ku bukanlah rancanganmu, dan jalanmu bukanlah jalan-Ku, demikianlah firman Tuhan." (Yesaya 55:8)Renungan: Di suatu desa kecil hiduplah seorang pembuat mainan kayu untuk anak-anak bernama Ebun. Ia mempunyai seorang anak perempuan dan ia membuatkannya sebuah boneka kayu yang sangat indah. Pada suatu hari bonekanya patah, ia menangis dan berlari kepada ayahnya dan menceritakan tentang nasib bonekanya. Sang ayah kemudian meminta boneka itu untuk diperbaikinya. Si gadis kecil berkata, "Tidak ayah, kau tidak mengerti. Aku ingin tangan yang satu lagi dipotong kemudian dipelitur, setelah itu dilem atau dipaku untuk menyambungnya kembali." Sang ayah berusaha menjelaskan pada anak gadisnya agar ia meninggalkan saja bonekanya untuk diperbaiki, karena sang ayah tahu apa yang harus dilakukannya. Tetapi sang anak tidak sabar dan berkata pada ayahnya, "Ayah, kau tidak mengerjakan sesuai dengan cara yang aku inginkan, kau terlalu lambat." Sehabis berkata demikian, si gadis kecil mengambil bonekanya dan meninggalkan ayahnya di bengkel kerja. Seperti juga gadis kecil tersebut, kebanyakan dari kita juga membawa segala persoalan kita pada Tuhan dan kita mencoba mengatur Tuhan untuk menyelesaikannya sesuai dengan keinginan kita. Hal ini pada akhirnya hanya menimbulkan kekecewaan di hati kita. Sering kita tidak menyadari bahwa Tuhan lebih tahu apa yang harus Dia buat. Mari kita serahkan segala permasalahan hidup kita pada-Nya, dan biarkan Dia bekerja menurut cara-Nya. Tuhan Yesus memberkati.Doa:Tuhan Yesus, kuserahkan permasalahan yang saat ini mendera kehidupanku. Bantulah aku untuk menyelesaikannya dengan cara-Mu sendiri dan bukan dengan caraku. Sebab aku percaya, cara-Mu akan memberikan hasil yang terbaik. Amin. (Dod).

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
Terrorist Trucker Caught in Kansas, Sex Traffic Everywhere, Epstein is Focus, KC Car Smash Ins, Chiefs Critics Scared, KU is Huge Dog, Rubio Warns Soccer Fans

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 48:43


   Illegal aliens committing crimes has reached critical mass all over America.  After an ICE operation in Charlotte, 21,000 students call in sick for school. 140 Venezuelan gang bangers are caught in a sex ring in Texas and ICE rounds up 10 bad guys in Kansas.  Then, the cherry on top.  We have an alien terrorist from Uzbekistan driving through Kansas with a Pennsylvania CDL license.  What could possible go wrong with a terrorist driving an 18 wheeler?    So what do we do in KC?  We rally up to release the Epstein files from decades ago.  What a joke.    KC car break ins continue to grow in Westport and so do thefts.    In the aftermath of the Chiefs loss, did you notice all the haters that are out celebrating and bashing the team?  But there is one thing NONE of them will say and it's hilarious.    KU plays Duke Tuesday and they are a massive underdog without Darryn Peterson.  KSU and MU win Monday.  Stephen A. Smith says politicians from one party won't go on his podcast and Marco Rubio warns World Cup fans about coming to America.  

5 Point Play Podcast
Champions Classic Preview! Does Darryn Peterson Play? + Mailbag; Brotherhood Week Matchups & more

5 Point Play Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 83:08


Duke gears up for a big matchup against KU. We preview the game and the return of some Brotherhood legends to Cameron. We also dive into the mailbag with some really good questions sent in by the 5 Point Fam. Let's Go Duke!

Undiscovered Entrepreneur ..Start-up, online business, podcast
Navigating Entrepreneurship: How to Add and Grow Business Value

Undiscovered Entrepreneur ..Start-up, online business, podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 9:18 Transcription Available


Did you like the episode? Send me a text and let me know!!Business Conversations With Pi – How to Add and Grow Business ValueTodays discussion covers how to define and measure value in business, strategies for growing a company, and the best ways to find top talent. The episode also features expert book recommendations to help listeners deepen their understanding of value creation and business growth00:00 – Introduction Meet host KU and AI co-host Pi. Discover how AI can help entrepreneurs and business owners succeed.00:29 – Who Should Listen Perfect for aspiring founders, small business owners, and anyone seeking business growth strategies.00:51 – What You'll Learn Get expert advice on business planning, marketing, and value creation.01:37 – Getting Started Jesse and Lawrence (Pi) set the stage for a value-packed episode.01:52 – What Is Value in Business? Jesse asks: What does “adding value” mean for entrepreneurs?02:07 – How to Measure Value Lawrence shares five key indicators:Positive feedback (02:07)Repeat business (02:18)Referrals (02:27)Sales growth (02:35)Market share (02:43)02:52 – Growing Your Company's Value Top strategies for business growth:Customer retention (02:57)Customer acquisition (03:12)Innovation (03:21)Efficiency (03:30)Branding (03:39)03:49 – How to Find Top Talent Best places to recruit:Referrals (03:57)Job boards (04:06)Recruitment agencies (04:14)Universities/colleges (04:23)Social media (04:34)04:42 – Book Recommendations for Entrepreneurs Boost your business knowledge with these top books:Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne (04:50): Learn to create unique value and uncontested market space.The Lean Startup by Eric Ries (05:10): Build startups with continuous innovation and customer value.Good to Great by Jim Collins (05:23): Discover what makes companies excel and create lasting value.Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter (05:36): Master industry analysis and competitive advantage.Zero to One by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters (05:47): Find new ways to innovate and build valuable businesses.05:51 – Final Takeaways Lawrence encourages listeners to focus on vaStan.store/skoob for your black Friday coaching deal right now!! Thank you for being a Skoobeliever!! If you have questions about the show or you want to be a guest please contact me at one of these social mediasTwitter......... ..@djskoob2021 Facebook.........Facebook.com/skoobamiInstagram..... instagram.com/uepodcast2021tiktok....... @djskoob2021Email............... Uepodcast2021@gmail.com Skoob at Gettin' Basted Facebook PageAcross The Start Line Facebook Community Find out what one of the four hurdles of stop is affecting you the most!!Black Friday coaching Sale now!! 65% off original price! go to stan.store/skoob to book your appointment and take advantage of this limited time offer! On Twitter @doittodaycoachdoingittodaycoaching@gmailcom

Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast
The Kuřim Case - Part 2

Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 54:19


In May 2007, a man in the suburb of Kuřim adjusted his baby monitor and accidentally stumbled onto one of the most disturbing discoveries in Czech criminal history. His device had intercepted a live feed showing a small boy imprisoned in a filthy, windowless space next door. What began as a simple technological glitch quickly unraveled into a case involving false identities, ritualistic control, severe child abuse, and a woman who was nothing like the person she pretended to be. Listen to our other podcast "FEARFUL" on your podcasting app of choice. https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=u Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=true Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlife Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrim Website: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/ Wicked and Grim is an independent podcast produced by Media Forge Studios, and releases a new episode here every Tuesday and Friday.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Zone
Myron Medcalf + Matt Tait! 11-18-25

The Zone

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 43:05


ESPN college basketball insider Myron Medcalf joins the show to talk about the local college basketball teams and the star freshman! KU insider Matt Tait previews Kansas basketball's huge matchup against Duke in the Champions Classic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

P1 Debat
Hvor er de unge på stemmesedlen?

P1 Debat

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 71:20


Hvor er de unge politikere på stemmesedlerne? Ifølge Danmarks Statistik er gennemsnitsalderen på kandidaterne ved kommunalvalget 53,3 år, og kun 8 procent af dem, vælgerne kan stemme på, er under 30 år. Samtidig er antallet af navne på kandidater over 70 år firedoblet. P1 Debat spørger i dag: Hvorfor er de unge underrepræsenteret i kommunalpolitik? Er det et problem? Og hvordan får vi i fremtiden flere unge til at stille op? De medvirkende er: Villy Hove, (DD), 80 år, kandidat til kommunalvalget i Holstebro. Nikolaj Bøgh, (K), 56 år, kandidat til kommunalvalget på Frederiksberg. Cecilie Liv Hansen, (LA), 24 år, kandidat til kommunalvalget i Kolding. Karoline Lindgaard, (Å), 24 år, spidskandidat til kommunalvalget i København. Christine Ravn Lund, 30 år, forkvinde i Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd. Rita Westergaard, 76 år, stiller op til kommunalvalget for Tønderlisten i Tønder. Kasper Møller Hansen, 52 år, professor og valgforsker, Institut for Statskundskab, KU. Tilrettelægger: Nina Lorenz Grimstrup, 35 år. Producer: Gitte Hansen, 59 år. Vært: Mathias Pedersen, 32 år.

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
Chiefs Missing Fire, Denver Wins its SB, Playoffs Still Likely, KU Hoops Drama, DC Week Ahead, Flu Shot Harms, City Charges for Wrecks

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 47:43


   The Chiefs have gone from the team that almost lost to the team that almost won.  It's pretty obvious watching these guys that the game is almost always more important to their opponent than it is for KC.  If that doesn't change, this season is a train wreck.  But while Denver won its Super Bowl on Sunday at Mile High, there's just too many games left to count out the Chiefs.  If they find the fire, they will make it in easily and could be really hard to knock out.  If they keep up with the slop, this season could be over in 10 days.    KU hoops is suffering the modern drama of paying a great player that wants the money but doesn't want to be there.  It's now obvious to anyone watching that Darryn Peterson, his agent, his team and likely his family are taking Bill Self for a ride.  This is why older coaches are retiring.  The players are in control now.    It's a big week in DC as Putin says he wants to meet with Trump again.  Same for Maduro in Venzuela.  Trump has ordered the Epstein files released and we are about to get a huge change with the SNAP program.    The Cleveland Clinic jabbed up thousands of employees with a flu shot last year and found some incredible results.  Spoiler alert... don't get the shot unless your doctor tells you to.    A midwest city is going to charge you a fee to work your car accident and a rock star obliterates the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame calling it "shameful."

Velocity Church
The Golden Goose | Worth The Weight

Velocity Church

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2025 36:36


Listen to weekly sermons from Velocity Church in Lawrence, KS. Velocity is a vision-fueled and faith-filled community changing lives and transforming a city with the message of Jesus. For more information visit www.findvelocity.org

Vineyard Church KC West Podcast
LEADERSHIP: Darrell Stuckey

Vineyard Church KC West Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2025 41:17


This week, we got to hear from Darrell Stuckey! Darrell is a former Washington High School graduate, KU Jayhawk, and NFL player. He is now the Director of Football Relations for KU. Thank you, Darrell! Thanks for listening! For more about Vineyard Church KC West, who we are, and what God's doing in Piper and the surrounding Kansas City area, check out our website. Connect with us here. About Us

Orientering
Proxyvalg

Orientering

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2025 53:42


De smiler venligt ned til os fra plakaterne på landets lygtepæle - politikerne. Ved folketingsvalget genkender vi mange af dem, men når det gælder kommunalvalget, er det faktisk de færreste kandidater, vi ved, hvem er. I det hele taget er det, som om kommunalpolitik ikke helt kan bære sin egen vægt - underligt nok. For vi bor jo alle i en kommune, hvor de kommunalpolitiske prioriteringer påvirker alt, hvad der vedrører vores børn og unge, ældre, trafik, boligforhold og meget mere. Alt sammen vigtige og nære ting. I Udsyn i dag diskuterer vi sammen med lektor i statskundskab ved KU, Frederik Hjorth, hvad vores udbredte lokalpolitiske uvidenhed egentlig betyder for vores valg. Vært: Kaspar Colling Nielsen.

Fescoe in the Morning
Hour 3: What's in the Script, NCAA Storylines and Most Interesting Team in the NFL, Friday Chiefs Parlay

Fescoe in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 44:07


Hour 3: What's in the Script, NCAA Storylines and Most Interesting Team in the NFL, Friday Chiefs Parlay full 2647 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:52:31 +0000 WRQ4GqaTkVKdAz4nqObfnKGPi8vZE4Jl nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Fescoe & Dusty nfl,kansas city chiefs,sports Hour 3: What's in the Script, NCAA Storylines and Most Interesting Team in the NFL, Friday Chiefs Parlay Fescoe in the Morning. One guy is a KU grad.   The other is on the KU football broadcast team,  but their loyalty doesn't stop there as these guys  are huge fans of Kansas City sports and the people  of Kansas City who make it the great city it is.   Start your morning with us at 5:58am!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False

Fescoe in the Morning
NCAA Football Storylines and Most Interesting NFL Teams the Rest of the Season

Fescoe in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 23:23


NCAA Football Storylines and Most Interesting NFL Teams the Rest of the Season full 1403 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:05:45 +0000 DImzaEeBLe5mX2R29YuKx3HEk1638wxR nfl,ncaa,kansas city chiefs,sports Fescoe & Dusty nfl,ncaa,kansas city chiefs,sports NCAA Football Storylines and Most Interesting NFL Teams the Rest of the Season Fescoe in the Morning. One guy is a KU grad.   The other is on the KU football broadcast team,  but their loyalty doesn't stop there as these guys  are huge fans of Kansas City sports and the people  of Kansas City who make it the great city it is.   Start your morning with us at 5:58am!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False https://player

Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast
The Kuřim Case - Part 1

Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 49:01


In May 2007, a man in the suburb of Kuřim adjusted his baby monitor and accidentally stumbled onto one of the most disturbing discoveries in Czech criminal history. His device had intercepted a live feed showing a small boy imprisoned in a filthy, windowless space next door. What began as a simple technological glitch quickly unraveled into a case involving false identities, ritualistic control, severe child abuse, and a woman who was nothing like the person she pretended to be. Listen to our other podcast "FEARFUL" on your podcasting app of choice. https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=u Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=true Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlife Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrim Website: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/ Wicked and Grim is an independent podcast produced by Media Forge Studios, and releases a new episode here every Tuesday and Friday.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
Chinese Eye Stealth Bombers, Marshall Plan Coming, KC Cash in Ukraine, Musk Sums it Up, McAfee & Trump, Kehoe's Fabric Roof, Peterson Sits Again

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 54:00


   There's a shocking piece of journalism at the Daily Caller website as we have learned the Chinese own a 27 acre trailer park that shares a fence with Whiteman Air Force base in Missouri.  Are you kidding me?  This is a huge story and even bigger problem.    Kansas Senator Roger Marshall says he and the GOP will have a new health care plan by Christmas.  Spoiler alert, it also sounds like a big government handout.    Speaking of handouts, a journalist in Ukraine has found stacks and stacks of unsealed, stolen cash from the Kansas City Federal Reserve.  Zelensky is literally stealing from us, we explain how.    Elon Musk sums up the sad state of affairs of taxation in America in one brilliant post.  Pat McAfee gets President Trump on his show and then tries to apologize to liberal media for it.  Lame.   Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe didn't take long to respond to our report that the Chiefs are talking to NASCAR and the state of Kansas regarding land acquisition at the speedway.  Kehoe says he can put a fabric roof on cables above Arrowhead and the Chiefs have no comment.    KU star Darryn Peterson has officially turned the Jayhawks into an NBA team.  He makes millions, he takes games off when he doesn't want to play and they are coming to T-Mobile Center in KC.  We finally have an NBA team!    And our Final Final is a pair of sexy bridesmaids.

The Jayhawker Podcast
The Voice of the Jayhawks Brian Hanni!

The Jayhawker Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 26:17


Nate sits down with the Voice of the Jayhawks, Brian Hanni, to talk about all things Kansas Athletics. They discuss the football team’s impressive season and their pursuit of a bowl game, the impact of Darryn Peterson on Bill Self’s men’s basketball squad, and the excitement surrounding the KU women’s soccer team as they prepare to host an NCAA Tournament match. Plus, they dive into the hot start for Matt Ulmer’s volleyball team and preview the women’s basketball showdown against Mizzou this Saturday. The Jayhawker Podcast is presented by the University of Kansas Health System and by Xfinity, get the smartest WiFi only for Xfinity, imagine that!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fescoe in the Morning
HOUR 2- JT's Top Tier and Bob's Bottom Feeders

Fescoe in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 40:32


HOUR 2- JT's Top Tier and Bob's Bottom Feeders full 2432 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:32:44 +0000 SlyQkG8PWMIV1oRHFxZVKLbxQWoFPMdz nfl,broncos,browns,raiders,chiefs,jets,sports Fescoe & Dusty nfl,broncos,browns,raiders,chiefs,jets,sports HOUR 2- JT's Top Tier and Bob's Bottom Feeders Fescoe in the Morning. One guy is a KU grad.   The other is on the KU football broadcast team,  but their loyalty doesn't stop there as these guys  are huge fans of Kansas City sports and the people  of Kansas City who make it the great city it is.   Start your morning with us at 5:58am!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-li

Kansas Jayhawks
The Voice of the Jayhawks Brian Hanni!

Kansas Jayhawks

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 26:17


Nate sits down with the Voice of the Jayhawks, Brian Hanni, to talk about all things Kansas Athletics. They discuss the football team’s impressive season and their pursuit of a bowl game, the impact of Darryn Peterson on Bill Self’s men’s basketball squad, and the excitement surrounding the KU women’s soccer team as they prepare to host an NCAA Tournament match. Plus, they dive into the hot start for Matt Ulmer’s volleyball team and preview the women’s basketball showdown against Mizzou this Saturday. The Jayhawker Podcast is presented by the University of Kansas Health System and by Xfinity, get the smartest WiFi only for Xfinity, imagine that!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fescoe in the Morning
HOUR 3- Dusty pissed Bills Twitter off

Fescoe in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 44:08


HOUR 3- Dusty pissed Bills Twitter off full 2648 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:15:39 +0000 8OvcMDim8l7QD79My60EEVoYoexVKfWv nfl,broncos,bills,chiefs,sports Fescoe & Dusty nfl,broncos,bills,chiefs,sports HOUR 3- Dusty pissed Bills Twitter off Fescoe in the Morning. One guy is a KU grad.   The other is on the KU football broadcast team,  but their loyalty doesn't stop there as these guys  are huge fans of Kansas City sports and the people  of Kansas City who make it the great city it is.   Start your morning with us at 5:58am!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https

The Mac Attack Podcast
Adam Gold: Thanksgiving Sides, ACC Football & UNC's Big Hoops Win

The Mac Attack Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 11:37 Transcription Available


Adam Gold joins the show for his weekly conversation, and weighs in on a debate about the best Thanksgiving sides, before he tells you why he doesn't think Duke can make it to Charlotte, and who he thinks will end up playing for the ACC Championship, he gives UNC props for their win over KU in basketball, & more See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
KKHI Exclusive: Chiefs Negotiating with NASCAR to Purchase Stadium Site

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 47:47


   The Kansas City Chiefs are currently in negotiations with NASCAR and the state of Kansas to acquire land just west of Kansas Speedway for a potential new domed stadium.     Multiple sources confirm with KKHI that a land acquisition agreement is the final piece the Chiefs need in place to make a decision on whether to build a new stadium or renovate Arrowhead again.  We have all the details of what is a very high level, high stakes negotiation.     Then, some good and some bad in the NFL on Sunday for the Chiefs playoff picture.  Trump has quite a day at the Lions/Commanders game. KU and MU lose in opposite fashions Saturday and the Senate is close to re-opening the federal government.   And veterans, listen up.  Tuesday is Veterans Day and veteran Chris Benson  from www.thrivemediakc.com joins us to talk about service to country and some amazing deals just for veterans on Tuesday.   Our Final Final is the spookiest lottery story ever.

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The Jayhawker Podcast
Jacque Vaughn's First Podcast!

The Jayhawker Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 22:34


On this episode of The Jayhawker Podcast, host Nate Bukaty sits down with former KU basketball star and current Kansas assistant coach Jacque Vaughn. The two reflect on Vaughn’s incredible journey — from leading the legendary 1997 Jayhawks, to a standout NBA career and coaching in the pros — to now returning home to Lawrence. Vaughn shares stories about how that unforgettable ’97 season shaped him both on and off the court, the coaching philosophies he brings from his time in the NBA, and his thoughts on this year’s Kansas team featuring the talented Darryn Peterson. The Jayhawker Podcast is presented by the University of Kansas Health System and by Xfinity, get the smartest WiFi only for Xfinity, imagine that!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
Cheney's Death a Reminder, Bernie Sees End of Dems, Shapiro Hammers Tucker, Simmons Back with KC, KU's Michael Jordan, Royals Survey Signals End

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 50:26


      Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84.  Yes, he loved America and yes, he loved war.  And yes, this podcast host once upon a time believed in what he was selling us.  But mostly, his death is a reminder of what we used to be forced to vote for.  As VP, Dems hated him almost as much as they do Trump.  In death, they will remember him as a great steward of the neo con deep state.     Bernie Sanders appears on a podcast and pretty much predicts the Democrat party is over and will splinter into two parties.   Ben Shapiro, on his podcast, hammers Tucker Carlson... we'll play a clip.    Former Senator Joe Manchin gives the clearest statement yet on why Dems are in trouble while a crazy dem in Montana running for office leaves the most vile voicemail you've ever heard for Montana Senatory Tim Sheahy.     Left Tackle Josh Simmons is back with the Chiefs.   I"m going there.... new KU star Darryn Peterson looks a lot like Michael Jordan.    And the Royals are sending a survey out to the fans about a new ballpark and that can only mean one thing.