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This week, we're covering bands who released one…and only one…proper album in their career. Sometimes they say everything they need to say in one album long statement. Sometimes, they attempt to chase the same feeling of the first album and can't quite repeat the magic. Sometimes they're not given a chance. Our Third Lad knows a little something about being in a "one and done" band. Frank Boscoe's great ‘90s indiepop band Wimp Factor 14 released exactly one proper album for Little Teddy Records, 1993's Ankle Deep. Fortunately, more music followed with his mid-to-late ‘90s band Vehicle Flips, 2000s group The Gazetteers, and this decade, The Ekphrastics. Fortunately, The Ekphrastics were NOT "one and done," as they released their marvelous third album, All of a Sudden, Pow!, on Harriet Records in September 2025. Like the two albums that preceded it, it contains the kind of songwriting prowess that makes you marvel at how the songs can be so clever, so novel, so well researched, and yet so infectious and accessible. For example, how about a song called “I'm Going to Read You the Riot Act” where he then ponders where the term came from, and then actually READS you the Riot Act as it was written in 1715 England? Or how about the wind chill factor? Or journeyman first baseman John Jaso?. Experience short stories about aging marching bands, bee stings, COVID testing vans, money-laundering art galleries, rampageous hockey fans, who's in the obituaries today, and unwritten pop songs. You can get another glimpse into the mind of Mr. Boscoe in his sixth book of poetry, Tiny Delivery Robots All Over Campus. Proud members of the Pantheon Podcasts family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on Loose Reads, Nate is reviewing the wonderful and weird pukapuka The Shadow of the Object, by Chloe Aridjis. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!
This week on Loose Reads, Nate is reviewing the wonderful and weird pukapuka The Shadow of the Object, by Chloe Aridjis. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!
AP correspondent Julie Walker reports on the Gilgo Beach killer's pen pal, another jailed murderer, and the crime novels he reads behind bars.
This story isn't intended for young or sensitive readers. Readers who are on the lookout for trigger warnings are advised to give Worm a pass. Complete list of potential triggers: here-----------------------------------The Brockton Bay Book Club discusses J.C. McCrae's Ward live! The gang reads a portion of Ward and comes together to share our thoughts with each other and anyone who want's to participate.This week we cover Arc 17.1 - 17.6 - SundownRead along herePlay along with this week's BBBC BINGO while you listen!Support us and connect with us @brocktonbaybc-----------------------------------Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast: This episode of the Brockton Bay Book Club is sponsored by Made Marion. Made Marion creates custom cottagecore and ren faire clothing designed for every body. Whether you're looking for a lace up bodice, rustic apron and pinafores, or ethereal dresses, you'll find items customized for every individual's fit and design. All items are lovingly hand sewn with attention to detail and a touch of whimsy. Visit Made Marion today and transform your wardrobe with clothing that feels as enchanting as it looks. Find Made Marion on etsy, at https://www.etsy.com/shop/themademarion
6 Hours and 57 MinutesPG-13This is the complete audio of Pete reading and commenting on Anna Eisenmenger's "Blockade."Pete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's Substack Pete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.
ctor, author, and woodworker Nick Offerman hosts "A Wonder Is What It Is," an audio series from All Of It with Alison Stewart celebrating poetry and inspired by Nick's love for writer, farmer and activist Wendell Berry. In each episode, Nick reads a poem and shares his reflections. Today's poem is "The Wish to Be Generous" by Wendell Berry. Produced by Simon Close Mixing by Amber D Bruce Music composed by Mark Greenberg at The Mayfair Workshop Art by Greg Ruth Series co-created by Nick Offerman, Simon Close and Carla Parisi Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
This week, Gare catches Steph and I up on his trip to the Montreal Mystery Festival, and we all share what we gravitate toward in books, movies and TV shows when we need a comfort story! Books We Talked About Verity Hot Girl Murder Club We Used to Live Here Sublimation The Midnight Knock Jar of Hearts The Truth About Melody Browne The Spin TV Shows We Talked About Orphan Black Severance The Vampire Diaries New Girl The Office Parks and Recreation Schitt's Creek Movies We Talked About Basic Instinct Oddity Cape Fear Black Christmas Verity Scream I Know What You Did Last Summer 10 Things I Hate About You Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba
We're joined by Taproot reporter Colin Gallant, who tested out Edmonton Explorer, the new hop-on hop-off sightseeing tour "trolley" from Explore Edmonton. Plus, the city is taking over operations of the Valley Line LRT, and we discuss upcoming changes to parking at attractions.(00:00) - Introduction (02:30) - Ad: Rally 4 the Road (03:13) - Edmonton Explorer (16:44) - FCM Annual Conference in Edmonton (22:36) - Ad: U of A Reads (24:07) - ETS takes over Valley Line from TransEd (35:12) - Parking fees at attractions (41:32) - Close Here are the relevant links for this episode:Edmonton ExplorerEdmonton Explorer: Guided Hop-On Hop-Off Sightseeing TourAgency calls 'All aboard!' for visitor economyExplore Edmonton with new trolley service, discovery passFCM Annual Conference in EdmontonMayors seek federal funding for downtowns at Edmonton conferenceFederation of Canadian Municipalities launches new defence task forceETS takes over Valley Line from TransEdNews Release: ETS to become long-term operator for Valley Line LRTTransEd replaced as Valley Line LRT operator as Edmonton ends 30-year contract earlyTransEd ousted as Valley Line Southeast operator, ETS to take overEdmonton Transit taking over operation of Valley Line2013: P3, or not P3? That's the question as we try to fund Edmonton's future LRTParking fees at attractionsUPDATE: We misspoke about 15-minute free parking. While administration recommended removing it, Urban Planning Committee ultimately passed a motion to preserve 15-minute free parking by adjusting rates for people parking longer than that to cover the cost. City to charge for parking at Valley Zoo, Muttart Conservatory, Fort EdmontonCurbside and Parking Program - Transforming Edmonton's Curbside and Parking ProgramThis episode is brought to you by the Office of Coun. Reed Clarke, who is hosting Rally 4 the Road: Patio Party. The event celebrates the potential of Stony Plain Road as a vibrant central gathering point for the community. Head to The Orange Hub on Saturday, July 4 from 4–7pm for food, music, and drinks before Grindstone Theatre's Comedy Festival shows begin. Learn about the local businesses, vacant-land opportunities, and community energy helping this historic main street thrive. Learn moreThis episode is also brought to you by U of A Reads from the University of Alberta. From poetry to protest, memory to motivation — U of A alumni authors unpack the forces behind their writing in candid, thought-provoking conversations. Learn more at uab.ca/readsSpeaking Municipally is produced by Taproot Edmonton. We deliver reliable intelligence about the Edmonton region.Sign up to get The Pulse, our weekday news briefing. It's free!Want to reach the smartest, most-engaged people in the Edmonton region? Learn more about advertising with Taproot Edmonton! ★ Support this podcast ★
Bestselling author R. A. Spratt reads from her hilarious new middle-grade novel ‘The Epically Awesome Odyssey, as told by Nanny Piggins'.00:00 Settle in for Friday First Chapters02:08 R. A. Spratt reads 'The Epically Awesome Odyssey, as told by Nanny Piggins'Read the show notes for all book references at yourkidsnextread.com.au/podcastSign up to the Your Kid's Next Read newsletterConnect with Allison, Megan and the Your Kid's Next Read Community on FacebookVisit allisontait.com | megandaley.com.au
I so appreciate the wisdom and writing of Francis Weller. His book The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief has been a touchstone for me, and now this book offers more perspective on grief, aging, sorrow, and “times of uncertainty.” Listen this week as I read Chapter 4 from In the Absence of the Ordinary: Soul Work for Times of Uncertainty.For more information on Best Life Best Death please visit our website at www.bestlifebestdeath.comFollow us on our social channels to receive pertinent and helpful resources on death, grieving, and more at:Facebook: www.facebook.com/bestlifebestdeathInstagram: www.instagram.com/bestlifebestdeath
In this episode of The Vision for Life Podcast, Hunter and Autumn discuss how the church can faithfully support and care for its single members without diminishing God's good design for marriage and family. Whether single by choice or circumstance, single people within church communities often feel marginalized and unseen because they exist outside the cultural norm of the nuclear family. Hunter and Autumn consider Connor Wood's article “Working With (Not Against) the Nuclear Family” and ask how churches can cultivate support and spiritual family.Resources mentioned in this episode:Working With (Not Against) the Nuclear Family by Connor WoodStatement on Human Sexuality by PCA
Is it time to cash out on a hot streak, or are we witnessing a true elite tier shift? We cut through the noise with a metrics-first look at dynasty baseball trade value, prospect stock movement, and the long-horizon decisions that separate dynasty baseball fantasy managers from redraft thinkers.We break down the critical contender-rebuilder forks that define this point in the season. "Analyzing what actually moves dynasty trade value versus what's just small-sample noise" is the key to locking in sustained success. We deep-dive into the signal behind returning arms and surging infielders to give you a definitive market read before your league's trade window slams shut.Show Notes: What You'll LearnVladimir Guerrero Jr.: Why his dynasty trade value is shifting right now and the exact leverage points to use in negotiations.Dustin May & Brooks Lee: How to separate long-term health and performance signals from early small-sample noise.Colt Emerson: The strategic approach required for both contending and rebuilding rosters.Pipeline Watch: Under-the-radar long-game prospects Luis Lara and Zach Root, and where they fit in dynasty pipelines.Follow, rate, and review the show on your favorite audio platforms! New episodes drop every Wednesday morning.Save 15% at fantasysixpack.net/plans with code F6PPODSTHE TWEETNew 2 Guys 1 Roto has dropped!• Vlad Guerrero Jr. trade value shift
Hell is officially for sale... and somehow that's not even the weirdest thing we talked about today.The gang dives headfirst into the surprisingly affordable listing for Hell, Michigan, where for less than the cost of some St. Louis starter homes, you can own an ice cream shop, a chapel, a mini tourist attraction, and the title of Devil-in-Charge. Naturally, everyone immediately starts spending money they don't have and debating how they'd transform the town into the ultimate roadside attraction.Then things take a hard left turn when former NFL superstar Ricky Williams enters the conversation. After walking away from football at the height of his career, he's now a professional astrologer helping people navigate life through birth charts and cosmic scouting reports. Rafe is fascinated. Lern is fully on board. Rizz remains approximately 97% skeptical. Somehow this leads to discussions about crystals, sweat lodges, life coaching, and whether astrology is just football strategy for people who own moon-shaped candles.Meanwhile, AI continues its quest to make everyone uncomfortable. A new study says musicians are using artificial intelligence more than ever, sparking debates about creativity, ownership, songwriting, and whether your next favorite hit was written by a computer that learned emotions from Reddit comments. Moon weighs in from the musician perspective while the crew wonders how much AI is already hiding behind the curtain.Elsewhere in today's chaos:• Sharon and Jack Osbourne explain their plans for an AI-powered Ozzy legacy project.• Bon Jovi wants fans to sing "Livin' on a Prayer" and possibly appear in a future show.• New music from Billy Idol and Anthrax gets the crew talking.• Bowen Yang reveals why he almost left SNL.• Romy and Michelle are making a comeback because apparently nostalgia is undefeated.• Celebrities who believe in aliens somehow become a full-blown conversation.• And yes, there are hot takes on Dippin' Dots, because no topic is too important or too ridiculous for this show.It's another beautifully unhinged installment of your favorite daily comedy show, packed with weird news, pop culture commentary, celebrity stories, conspiracy-adjacent nonsense, and the kind of conversations that somehow make perfect sense before 10 a.m.Whether you're here for funny stories, celebrity gossip, UFO believers, or the possibility of becoming the new ruler of Hell, Michigan, this daily comedy show delivers exactly the kind of chaos you've come to expect.Grab your ice cream of the future, consult your horoscope, and join another daily comedy show with Rizz and the gang.Follow The Rizzuto Show → https://linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → https://1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
6 Hours and 16 MinutesPG-13This is the complete audio of Pete reading 'Crying Wolf: Hate Crime Hoaxes in America' by Laird Wilcox.Antelope Hill - Promo code "peteq" for 5% off - https://antelopehillpublishing.com/FoxnSons Coffee - Promo code "peter" for 18% off - https://www.foxnsons.com/Pete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's SubstackPete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.
Finding genuinely good books for tweens can feel impossible. Too young feels childish. Too old feels uncomfortable. So when one book keeps kids reading under the blankets long after bedtime… parents notice. In this episode, Justin chats with author and coach Sam Summers about her new middle-grade fantasy novel The Lost Defenders — the fast-paced monster adventure kids are devouring in a single night. But this conversation goes deeper than books. Sam also opens up about rebuilding her life as a single mum, the pressure so many working mothers carry, and why “balance” might actually be making parents feel worse. If you’ve ever felt stretched too thin while trying to raise happy, confident kids, this episode will hit home. KEY POINTS: Why finding age-appropriate books for tweens is so difficult The secret to writing stories kids can’t put down How Sam tested her book on real kids before publishing Why reading together became an anchor during single motherhood The hidden pressure working mums carry every day Why “balance” is often an impossible goal The healthier mindset shift parents need instead What kids really learn from watching their parents QUOTE OF THE EPISODE:“What we want is for our children to see us happy, because one day they’ll copy the way we lived.” RESOURCES: The Lost Defenders by Sam Summers Top 48 Reads for Kids Aged 9-12 ACTION STEPS FOR PARENTS: Find books that stretch your child without overwhelming them Create small reading rituals your kids will remember Stop chasing perfect balance and focus on what matters most right now Ask yourself: what version of adulthood am I modelling for my children? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Richard Harris sits down with Cameron Arnett and BJ Arnett of America Reads the Bible at the National Religious Broadcasters for an inspiring conversation about the importance of Scripture in today's culture. In this interview, Cameron and BJ share the vision behind America Reads the Bible—a movement focused on encouraging individuals, families, and communities to engage with God's Word daily. The discussion highlights the power of Scripture, the need for biblical foundation in society, and how consistent time in the Word can transform lives.Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.truthandliberty.net/subscribe Donate here: https://www.truthandliberty.net/donate
In this episode of From Waterloo to the Alamo, we sit down with Nicole Torres-Cooke, founder of Schmooze Networking, TREC certified CE instructor, creator of VodkaGirlATX, and the force carrying on a family Final Expenses business, for a conversation that moves between social media, small business, and building a life that refuses to fit in one box. From the early days of social media back in 2008 to the number one ranked vodka blog on the planet, this episode unpacks how curiosity, hustle, and heart come together to shape a career entirely her own.We dig into what Schmooze Networking looked like at the dawn of social media and how the work has changed, what she really means by teaching you to manage your social life so you can manage your business, and the most common mistake she sees agents and small business owners make online. She shares how teaching TREC agents became part of her world and the one platform she would tell them to prioritize, how VodkaGirlATX grew from a hobby into a global following, and the meaningful pivot of continuing her stepdad's Final Expenses business and how she opens the conversations most people avoid. We talk about what makes Austin networking different from anywhere else, the advice she gives the women she mentors, and yes, the signature drink order, the perfect Austin Saturday, and the three people she would seat at her dream dinner table.Rooted in the perspective and global standard of Engel & Völkers, this conversation reflects the warmth, range, and real connection that define the next era of business and community across Austin and beyond. If you are building a brand, growing a business, or just love a good story about doing it your own way, this is the conversation you want in your ear!
Join Mike as he discusses some Heroes Con prep, DC Comics and books read 12/1/25 – 12/14/25.The post Mike M's Weekly Reads 290 redo Thoughts on Heroes Con first appeared on DC Noise.
Welcome back to Quick Book Reviews! In this jam-packed, slightly different episode, Philippa takes you from a sweltering recording room straight into the heart of the UK book scene.First up, hear the hilarious story of how a registration mistake at London's The Podcast Show left Philippa walking around with a giant lanyard that read "Not Applicable"—and why it actually became the ultimate conversation starter! Then, we take a trip to the Hay Festival, where a beautiful new graphic novel shop and irresistible early releases caused absolute disaster for Philippa's bank account.Books & Authors Featured:Land by Maggie O'Farrell: A slow, meandering, but utterly exquisite historical tale set in 1865 Ireland. Philippa shares why this beautiful book requires your full attention, how it became a therapeutic escape from screen time, and why she is currently desperate for a literary counselling session with anyone else who has read it!M.W. Craven Re-read: Philippa is on a mission to re-read all seven Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw crime thrillers before book eight, The Killer's Mark, hits shelves. Hear why re-reading The Puppet Show, Black Summer, The Curator, and Dead Ground completely changed her perspective on how dark these books really are The Great Audiobook Debate:Responding to listener feedback from Sue, heavy-user Philippa gives her completely honest, unfiltered thoughts on finding a viable alternative to Amazon's Audible. We look at the pros and cons of:Audible: Great selection, but the subscription costs can add up (plus, a sneaky tip on how to get a cheaper rate!Spotify & Library Apps: How Philippa blends her 15-hour monthly Spotify allowance with library apps to get the most "bang for her buck" Book Beat & Kobo Plus: Why the unlimited packages don't quite hit the mark for chart-topping new releases just yet Listener Challenges & Coming Up next:The Challenge: If you had to launch a brand-new podcast called "Not Applicable", what would your show be about?The Hunt: Do you know of a brilliant audiobook platform that rival's Audible's chart-topping selection without costing the earth? Let Philippa know before her membership runs out in September Next Episode: Tune in this Friday for an exclusive, spoiler-free author interview with Jane Casey discussing her highly anticipated new page-turner!Connect with the Show:Email: quickbookreviews@outlook.com Instagram: @quick_book_reviews If you enjoyed this episode, please take a brief moment to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it keeps our little community of bookworms growing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mia is back behind the mic this week with some exciting news! All the details about how you can join both of us for a day that could have you finding your niche, understanding personal branding, and launching your dream of becoming an influencer. And our dilemmas get juicy this week as we talk long distance relationships with bad communicators, and Mia reads out the THREE dilemmas she sent in back when she was a listener.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
Andrea Bajani reads his story “Constellation,” which was translated, from the Italian, by Geoffrey Brock, and appeared in the June 15, 2026, issue of the magazine. Bajani is a winner of the Bagutta Prize and the Strega Prize, among other awards, and the author of ten books of fiction, including “If You Kept a Record of Sins” and “Every Promise.” His most recent novel, “The Anniversary,” from which this story was adapted, is being translated into more than two dozen languages, and will be published in English in August. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Join Gene Valentino as he sits down with Bunni Pounds , President of Christians Engaged, Senior VP of Family Policy Alliance, Visionary behind America Reads the Bible, Author of ‘Stepping Up to Lead' and ‘Jesus and Politics', Speaker, Podcaster ‘Jesus for America', and ‘Conversations with Christians Engaged'In this powerful conversation, Bunni shares insights from the historic America Reads the Bible event, where hundreds of leaders—including President Trump, governors, cabinet members, pastors, and citizens—participated in the largest public Bible reading in American history.Topics discussed include:✅ Biblical leadership and civic engagement✅ Lessons from Nehemiah for modern America✅ Prayer, voting, and community involvement✅ The role of faith in shaping culture and government✅ How Christians can make a difference locally and nationally✅ The future of America and the importance of hopeWhether you're interested in faith, leadership, politics, or community impact, this conversation offers practical wisdom and inspiration for anyone seeking to make a positive difference.
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Join Mike as he discusses some Heroes Con prep, DC Comics and books read 12/1/25 – 12/14/25. The post Mike M's Weekly Reads 290 – Thought on upcoming Heroes Con first appeared on DC Noise.
9 Hours and 5 MinutesPG-13This is the complete audio of Pete's reading of a book that greatly influenced him, "The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies" by Ryszard Legutko.The Demon in DemocracyPete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Antelope Hill - Promo code "peteq" for 5% off - https://antelopehillpublishing.com/FoxnSons Coffee - Promo code "ogc" for 15% off - https://www.foxnsons.com/Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's Substack Pete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.
4 Hours and 11 MinutesPG-13This is the complete reading and commentary on John C. Calhoun's "Disquisition on Government" that Pete did.Pete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's SubstackPete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.
Nobody ever taught us when it's okay to quit. We got the poster on the classroom wall, the T-shirt slogan, the well-meaning advice drilled in from childhood: quitters never win, winners never quit. And so we stay. We stay in the job that's making us miserable. We stay in the relationship that stopped working. We stay in the fertility treatments, the career path, the life we chose at 22, long past the point where staying serves us — because we were never given a script for what comes next. Jessica Strawser, author of eight novels, noticed this gap everywhere she looked. And she wrote a book about it.The Quitters Club is Jessica's newest novel — an ensemble cast story about four lifelong best friends who, the year they all turn 40, plan a reunion getaway and make a pact: they will each go home and quit the thing that's been quietly breaking them. For one woman, it's a career. For another, it's a marriage that has drifted into something unrecognizable. For another, it's the fertility journey she's been on for years. The novel follows all four of them as they reckon with what it means to walk away — not in defeat, but in the direction of something truer. Jessica built the book around a central question she kept hearing in her own life, in conversations with friends, in the rooms where women talk honestly: when does quitting become not giving up, but saying yes to something better? She's had her own pivots — a magazine industry that collapsed almost the moment she entered it, a career that required its own reinventions — and that lived experience gives the novel a weight and warmth that goes far beyond entertainment.This episode is for every woman who has felt the specific exhaustion of holding something together that stopped working a long time ago and needed permission — from someone, from anywhere — to finally let it go. It's for the book club looking for their next conversation starter, the woman approaching 40 wondering what her second act looks like, and anyone who has ever whispered to themselves that something has got to give. The Quitters Club is proof that quitting, done right, is one of the bravest things you can do — and that you don't have to do it alone.
Some writers come to the page to escape. Jordan Rosenfeld has been doing it since she was seven years old — filling journal after journal, reaching for fiction the way a child who's seen hard things reaches for anything that helps make sense of the world. That instinct never left her. It deepened. And after more than twenty years as a novelist, a writing teacher, and a freelance journalist, she's still doing the same thing she did as a little girl: taking what she cannot control, and making something true out of it.Jordan is the author of the eco-thriller Fallout, a novel that crackles with urgency, danger, and the kind of moral complexity that only comes from a writer paying close attention to the real world. The story follows a journalist — a new mother — who gets pulled into a collective of eco-anarchist women on a mission to take down a dirty energy company that has poisoned both people and the earth. But beneath the thriller framework, Fallout is really a book about grief: what we do when the world as we knew it starts to fall away, whether we close ourselves off or rise up and fight for what's right. Jordan wrote it in the years she was first becoming a mother, watching parched California hills in January and feeling something she could only call grief. By the time she finished, a second character had emerged — a woman in her fifties navigating perimenopause — and Jordan recognized herself in her too. That's how she writes: gathering the mosaic, piece by piece, until the picture becomes clear. Jordan has also written seven books on the craft of writing — including her newest, The Sound of Story, a deep dive into developing voice and tone — and she brings that same care and precision to everything she makes.This episode is for the writer who has a story inside them and doesn't know where to begin. It's for the reader who wants a thriller that leaves them thinking long after the last page. And it's for anyone who has ever sat with something heavy — grief, rage, helplessness — and wondered what to do with it. Jordan's answer, the one she's lived since childhood, is this: write it down. Turn it into art. There is always someone out there who needs to hear exactly what you have to say.
Divorce is the intersection of the biggest trauma of your life and the biggest financial decisions of your life — happening at the exact same moment. And yet most people navigate it alone, armed with a lawyer's phone number, a group chat of well-meaning friends, and advice that was never really meant for them. Melissa Murphy Pavone grew up watching what happens when someone has to make those decisions without the right team in their corner. Her mother was that person. And it shaped everything that came after.In this episode of A Fresh Story: Book Talk, Olivia sits down with certified financial planner, certified divorce financial analyst, and founder of Mindful Divorce Partners, Melissa Murphy Pavone, to discuss her book Divorce by Design. Melissa's origin story is one of the most quietly powerful in the Fresh Starts community: she became a CDFA because she watched her mother make decisions with her heart instead of her head during divorce — decisions whose consequences still ripple forward today. Every client she now sits across from, she sees her mom. That depth of personal mission infuses every page of this book. Written to be accessible and even — yes — occasionally funny, Divorce by Design dismantles the myths and misinformation that swirl around divorce, and replaces them with something far more useful: clarity, a framework, and a team.At the heart of the book is a simple but radical idea: you don't need one person to guide you through divorce, you need a whole team — emotional support first, financial expertise second, legal strategy third. Melissa argues that most people get this order completely backwards, lawyering up before they've regulated enough to make sound decisions — and paying for it for years afterward. Whether you're in the middle of a divorce, supporting someone who is, or simply want to understand the landscape before you ever need it, Divorce by Design is the book Melissa's mother never had. And now everyone can.
We've got a little update on Bridgegate, and we talk about the impact of major construction projects on businesses. Plus, we go on a bit of a deep dive into a southeast neighbourhood that was designed with only one way in or out. What could go wrong?(00:00) - Introduction (03:53) - Ad: U of A Reads (04:32) - Bridgegate update (14:10) - Construction impacts on businesses (23:44) - Ad: Edmonton International Jazz Festival (25:58) - Maple traffic woes (37:57) - Close Here are the relevant links for this episode:Canada vs. UzbekistanLinkedIn post from Jason SyvixayFooty ScranNews Release: Commonwealth Stadium welcomed more than 46,000 soccer fans despite heavy rainBridgegate updateWhat could Edmonton's High Level Bridge replacement look like?May 25, 2026 - Infrastructure CommitteeEdmonton's Next Bridge Must Be Its Greatest: Let's Do It Right2021: Walterdale Bridge still cost Edmonton $155M, even after contractor paid damages for delaysConstruction impacts on businessesConstruction forces closure of Edmonton's top Indian restaurantReddit thread on KhazanaFood Roundup: June 2, 2026August 2024: City council rejects grant program for Stony Plain Road businesses struggling through LRT workMaple traffic woesNew 4-way stop removed after causing traffic nightmare in Maple Crest neighbourhoodTraffic snarl in southeast Edmonton leads city to remove newly installed 4-way stopCity of Edmonton installs, then removes 4-way stop sign in Maple Crest neighbourhoodMaple NSP (PDF)2022: Councillors decide not to expand road access to southeast Edmonton communityFeb. 03, 2026 - City Council - Public HearingThis episode is brought to you by U of A Reads from the University of Alberta. From poetry to protest, memory to motivation — U of A alumni authors unpack the forces behind their writing in candid, thought-provoking conversations. Learn more at uab.ca/readsThis episode is also brought to you by the Edmonton International Jazz Festival, which is running from June 19 to 28. Every spring in our city, jazz brings us together, with Edmonton, Canadian, and international musicians. Discover your jazz with us as you experience some of the finest musicians in some of the best music spaces in town. Get tickets now before they're goneSpeaking Municipally is produced by Taproot Edmonton. We deliver reliable intelligence about the Edmonton region.Sign up to get The Pulse, our weekday news briefing. It's free!Want to reach the smartest, most-engaged people in the Edmonton region? Learn more about advertising with Taproot Edmonton! ★ Support this podcast ★
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Before she wrote the novel, before the residency, before the ninety thousand words that became her debut — Shasta Grant was a little girl in New Hampshire being raised by her grandparents, carrying questions about her mother that she didn't yet have language for. She didn't know then that those questions would one day find their form on the page. She didn't know she'd spend years writing shorter and shorter stories until fiction had compressed itself into flash, then sit down in a house in Orlando that once belonged to Jack Kerouac and finally let something large and long and true come through. She didn't know she was writing toward herself. But she was.Shasta is the author of When We Were Feral, a debut literary novel set in 1990s New Hampshire about three girls — Maggie and her friends — searching for answers about their missing mothers. It is a novel about friendship in its most primal form, about the particular cruelty and fierce loyalty that live side by side in female adolescence, and about what it means to grow up in the absence of a mother's presence. The book was born from a short story, expanded through a three-month writing residency where Shasta wrote a thousand words a day and didn't plan anything — just followed the girls where they led. The adult timeline she originally wrote got cut in revision, because, as she puts it, everything she loved about the book was in that child timeline. The longing. The wildness. The unresolved ache at the center of it all. Shasta grew up in the world she built in this novel, and she set it in 1990s New Hampshire because she still holds a longing for that place and that time — a longing the book finally gave her permission to explore. Writing it, she discovered something she hadn't expected: how many unresolved feelings she still held about her own mother and the particular wound of maternal abandonment.This episode is for anyone who has ever circled around a childhood wound in their adult life without fully looking at it — and for every reader who grew up in the 1990s and felt the complicated, electric tension of female friendship before they had words for it. It is for the writer who thinks they only know how to write short things, who needs to hear that the long story is in there waiting. And it is for anyone who has ever needed a novel that doesn't look away from what girlhood actually felt like — not the polished version, but the feral one.
Perforated is Chloe Yelena Miller's second full-length collection of poetry, and it holds a particular and beautiful question at its center: who owns a loss? The book is structured around what she calls the New York City poems — prose poems born from a lyric essay about returning to Lower Manhattan on the anniversary of September 11th, a day she experienced as a child in New Jersey who did not personally lose someone, but who nonetheless lost something.The collection asks us to sit with the strange complexity of grief — public and private, collective and intimate, named and nameless — and to consider the possibility that all of it is real, and all of it counts. Chloe's poems don't resolve that question so much as they hold it tenderly open, the way grief actually lives inside us.This episode is for the person who has ever felt uncertain about whether their grief was theirs to claim — whether their loss was significant enough, public enough, close enough to warrant the weight it carries.
Nobody tells you that the moment you've been waiting for your whole life might arrive and feel nothing like you expected. You've watched the movies. You've seen the Instagram posts. You know exactly how it's supposed to go — the birth, the first look, the wave of love so overwhelming it changes everything. And then you're in that hospital room, and the feeling you were promised doesn't come, and you are left holding a baby and a secret you're too ashamed to say out loud. Fiction writer Danit Brown knows that feeling intimately. It was the seed from which her debut novel grew.Danit is the author of Television for Women, a sharply observed, deeply human novel about Estie — a 32-year-old who decides, largely because she feels she's supposed to, that it's time to have a baby. Before the birth, her husband loses his job under circumstances that raise uncomfortable questions about who she actually married. After the birth, Estie begins to realize that motherhood looks nothing like what she grew up watching on screen.
Katrina Macdonald Roe reads from her new middle-grade historical fantasy novel ‘The Stolen Bairn'.00:00 Settle in for Friday First Chapters01:46 Katrina Macdonald Roe reads 'The Stolen Child'Read the show notes for all book references at yourkidsnextread.com.au/podcastSign up to the Your Kid's Next Read newsletterConnect with Allison, Megan and the Your Kid's Next Read Community on FacebookVisit allisontait.com | megandaley.com.au
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There's a moment most ambitious women know well — the moment you realize that doing everything "right" didn't get you where you were promised it would. You leaned in. You asked for more. You claimed space at the table. And somehow, the table shrank. Author and financial journalist Stefanie O'Connell has spent a decade sitting with that moment — tracking the data, interviewing the women, and quietly building the case that this wasn't personal failure. It was by design.In this episode of A Fresh Story: Book Talk, Stefanie joins Olivia to talk about her groundbreaking new book, The Ambition Penalty: How Corporate Culture Tells Women to Step Up and Then Pushes Them Down. Written, as Stefanie shares with remarkable candor, during pregnancy and the early postpartum months — a period that made every page feel searingly personal — the book is a cross-disciplinary reckoning with the broken promises of the girl boss era. Drawing on over 400 citations across economics, public health, social science, and psychology, Stefanie dismantles the myths that have long been used to explain away women's unequal outcomes: that women are less confident, less ambitious, or simply "choose" to step back. The data doesn't lie, she says. And it's time we stopped letting the myths do the talking.What makes this conversation — and this book — so essential for anyone navigating a life transition is Stefanie's radical reframe: the exhaustion you feel isn't the price of your ambition. It's the cost of a system that was never designed to sustain it. From breadwinning women facing increased rates of domestic abuse and emotional manipulation at home, to the way "self-care" culture quietly individualizes what are deeply collective problems, Stefanie offers readers something rare — not just analysis, but relief. The kind that comes from finally having language for something you've always felt but couldn't quite name. If you've ever been told you were "too much," this book is for you. If you've ever quietly wondered whether wanting more was somehow the problem, this book will set you free.
Nobody tells you that becoming a mother is a neurological event. Nobody hands you a map for the identity that dissolves in the delivery room — or for the one that quietly, haltingly begins to take shape in its place. Nobody tells you that the intrusive thoughts, the rage, the moments of feeling utterly unrecognizable to yourself are not signs that you're broken. They are signs that your brain is doing something extraordinary. That's the story Dr. Nicole Pensak set out to tell — and it's a story that is long, long overdue.In this episode of A Fresh Story: Book Talk, Olivia sits down with clinical psychologist and maternal mental health expert Dr. Nicole Pensak to discuss her book Rattled: How to Calm New Mom Anxiety with the Power of the Postpartum Brain. Dr. Pensak didn't write this book from a distance. She wrote it from inside the experience — a newborn and a toddler at home, furiously typing between nap windows and hair-dryer moments, compelled by the urgency of a story she knew the world needed to hear. Her own postpartum journey brought her to rock bottom. Her clinical training and research helped her climb back out. And when she returned to the academic literature to understand what had happened to her, she found something stunning: an entire science of the postpartum brain that nobody was translating for the people who needed it most. Rattled is that translation.Structured in three parts — proactive mental health, the neurocognitive transformation of matrescence, and the path toward genuine thriving — Rattled is far more than a book about postpartum depression. It is a full-spectrum guidebook to one of the most profound transitions a human being can undergo. Dr. Nicole Pensak illuminates the mom shame, the mom guilt, the mom rage, the creative bursts, the identity shifts, and even the concept of "mom flow" — a way of accessing deep creative states in the small windows of time motherhood actually allows. For anyone navigating early parenthood, a major life transition, or a divorce that overlaps with pregnancy, this book offers something rare and irreplaceable: the experience of being seen, named, and guided — all at once.
There's a particular kind of courage it takes to host a child's birthday party while your mother is lying in a hospital bed — to blow up balloons and slice cake and smile for photos while your heart is quietly breaking somewhere else entirely. Jocelyn Jane Cox knows that courage intimately. She lived it. And then, with the honesty and precision of a lifelong writer, she wrote it all down.Jocelyn is the author of Motion Dazzle: A Memoir of Motherhood, Loss, and Skating on Thin Ice — a book that unfolds over the course of a single day: her son's zebra-themed first birthday party. As guests arrive and candles are lit, the story moves fluidly between present and past, weaving together the tender chaos of new motherhood, the slow and heartbreaking loss of her own mother to dementia, and a lifetime shaped by competitive figure skating. The book's title draws from the science of zebra stripes — "motion dazzle," the survival mechanism that confuses predators through pattern and movement. It's a metaphor Jocelyn wears close: the ways we perform, we distract, we cope, we keep going — not out of denial, but out of love and sheer necessity. Writing the book became its own act of survival. Jocelyn discovered that excavating the past didn't just clarify her story — it gave her permission to release it. To forgive herself for not being a perfect mother, a perfect caregiver, a perfect skater. To see, for the first time, how much strength had always been there.This episode is for anyone who has ever found themselves holding two worlds at once — the one full of new life and the one quietly ending — and wondered if they were doing enough, being enough, grieving enough. Jocelyn's book is a reminder that there are no perfect answers in the sandwich generation squeeze. There is only the best we can do, the grace we can extend ourselves, and the stories we finally allow ourselves to tell.
Sometimes it takes being broken open to finally go looking for love. For journalist and author Alison Van Diggelen, that breaking came violently and unexpectedly — a terrifying encounter with a dog while hiking in Mexico that shook her to her core and forced her to ask questions she hadn't known she needed to ask. What emerged from that darkness wasn't despair. It was a book.Alison is the author of The Love Project, a luminous collection of 30 real love stories gathered from the community of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California — ordinary people with extraordinary hearts who agreed to sit down, share a glass of wine, and tell the truth about love. And love, in Alison's telling, is far bigger than romance. It's the widow in her 80s who walked up to a man and asked him for one last affair. It's the woman who began writing letters to a man on death row and ended up marrying him. It's the mother who lost a child and somehow found gratitude in the grief. It's platonic love, gay love, trans love, filial love, love for a place — every version of the word that matters. Alison gathered these stories the way a journalist does: with a microphone, a notebook, and a dog named Mookie who made strangers want to stop and talk. But she also gathered them the way a woman healing from something does: with her whole heart open, desperate to remember that connection is still possible, that the world still has more love in it than hate.At its core, The Love Project is the book Alison wrote for her 93-year-old mother — a woman who modeled resilience by finding love after 20 years of widowhood — and in doing so, wrote it for all of us. For anyone who has felt alone in their pain, disillusioned with the world, or quietly wondering if love — in any of its forms — is still out there for them, this book is a shelter. It is proof that we have more in common than what divides us, and that sometimes the bravest thing we can do is go looking for the stories that remind us of that.
For years, Jamilah Lemieux carried a secret fear alongside her story: that if she wrote a book about being a single mother, she would be one forever. That putting it on the page would somehow seal the fate she was quietly desperate to escape — the judgment, the shame, the longing for a different kind of life. It took her literary agent, years of urgency, and finally her own readiness to reckon with that fear and write the book anyway. What she discovered on the other side of that writing was something she hadn't expected: not resignation, but deep, abiding contentment.Jamilah is the author of Black Single Mother: Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging — a memoir and cultural reckoning that weaves her own story with the stories of 21 other Black single mothers, tracing the full emotional landscape of an experience that is too often defined by statistics and stereotypes rather than truth and humanity.This episode is for the Black single mother who has felt unseen and quietly exhausted by the weight of other people's judgment. It is for the co-parent trying to understand the experience on the other side of the arrangement, for anyone who loves a Black woman and wants to understand her life more fully, and for every reader who has ever been afraid that telling the truth about their story would somehow trap them in it. Jamilah's book is proof that the opposite is true — that writing the life you actually have, with honesty and love, is how you finally make peace with it.
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Is you life chaotic? Same. So naturally, we're talking about the romance books we run back to when the world feels like one giant dumpster fire. In this episode, we're sharing our ultimate comfort reads that we consider our Roman Empire. The books, series, and fictional men that live rent-free in our heads forever.Apply to be a Guest on our showSign up for our Substack Newsletter..Support Our Show (May Include Affiliate Links)Amazon Product Links (Books, Shows, Products mentioned)Sponsorship or Ad Affiliate InquiriesWell Read Candle Company - WhatTheSmut10 saves you $$Audible Free TrialKindle Unlimited Free Trial..Where to Find UsWe are the most active on InstagramWhatTheSmutPodcastCortneyMarySend us a DM, because we would love to hear from YOU!Send us a voice noteWell Read Candle Co10% Off WHATTHESMUT10 Support the show
Send us Fan MailWe had a couple of episodes off so we've had a mountain of books to catch up on, and honestly we really enjoyed every single book we discussed on this episode. Spoiler free chats on all of the following wonderful books:Lost Lambs - Madeline CashHello Limerence - Momo YamaguchiJohn Of John - Douglas StuartWaiting On A Friend - Natalie AdlerWifehouse - Sonya WalgerThat Time Everything Was On Fire - Kerry DownesLittle Vanities - Sarah GilmartinGood Bad Girl - Alice FeeneyThe Truth About Ruby Cooper - Liz NugentSaid The Dead - Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Han Ong joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “The Fugitive,” by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, which was published in The New Yorker in 2014. Ong is the author of numerous plays and of the novels “The Disinherited” and “Fixer Chao.” “Fixer Chao” was first published in 2001 and will be reissued this July by Outsider Editions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Taiye Selasi reads her story “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter,” from the July 8, 2026, issue of the magazine. Selasi is an author and photographer. Her début novel, “Ghana Must Go,” a New York Times best-seller, was published in 2013, the year she was named one of the best young British novelists by Granta. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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There's a moment most mothers know — the one where you're nodding and smiling and saying yes to everyone in the room, all while something small and essential inside of you is screaming. Libby Ward, the Ontario-based content creator, author, and speaker who built a multi-million-person following by dancing, laughing, and telling the absolute truth about the hardest parts of raising children, knows that moment intimately. She lived inside it for years. And when she finally decided to pull the thread — really pull it — she didn't write a self-help checklist. She wrote Honest Motherhood, a book as raw and redemptive as the conversation that shaped it.Honest Motherhood is not a parenting book in any traditional sense. It doesn't tell you what to do. Instead, Libby unspools her own story — growing up with a single mom navigating untreated mental illness, moving 18 times before the age of 18, becoming parentified far too young, and then arriving at motherhood already exhausted, already trained to put herself last, and utterly unable to hear her own inner voice. Through her signature blend of vulnerability and wit, she traces the invisible threads connecting her childhood trauma to her burnout, her chronic people-pleasing to her resentment, her joy in mothering to the rage she couldn't name until she finally did. This is a book about the unlearning — and why that work is not optional.What makes this conversation — and this book — so essential for anyone navigating a life in transition is Libby's refusal to make it easy, tidy, or resolved. She talks openly about the terror of pulling that first thread in therapy, of how the spool unravels faster than you're ready for, and why the other side is still worth it. For the mom who is fine, fine, fine until she's not — for the woman who wakes up one day filled with a resentment she doesn't have the language for — Honest Motherhood offers something rare: a mirror, not a manual. A story that says, you are not broken. You are just honest, finally.
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Taiye Selasi reads her story “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter,” from the July 8, 2026, issue of the magazine. Selasi is an author and photographer. Her début novel, “Ghana Must Go,” a New York Times best-seller, was published in 2013, the year she was named one of the best young British novelists by Granta. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices