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Do you believe in soulmates? Jordy sits down with Sophie Cousins, author of This Time Next Year, Just Haven't Met You Yet, and her newest novel, Before I Do. In this podcast, Jordy and Sophie discuss Before I Do, the idea of soulmates, signs from the universe, and how our past relationships and trauma form who we are today. Books mentioned: Books/Resources Mentioned: Before I Do by Sophie Cousens This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens Just Haven't Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens Support our host and guest: Follow Sophie Cousens: Instagram Follow Jordy: Instagram Check out our sponsor at the NWSA Annual Conference! Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday Check out our online community here! This episode was edited by Angel Akurienne and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.
Screenwriter and author Lizzy Dent author of rom-coms THE SUMMER JOB and THE SET UPLizzy chats about:when to break-up with your bookthe mystery of the em dashdaring yourself to finish writing your bookwinealways trying to remember how far you've come whilst managing your expectationsthe stress & joy of being a debut authorGuest: Lizzy Dent Twitter: @dentlizzy IG: @lizzy.dent Books:The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent & The Set-Up by Lizzy DentHost: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family by Kate SawyerLizzy's recommendations: A book for fans of Lizzy's work: Last Night by Mhari McFarlane A book Lizzy has always loved: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier A book coming soon or recently released that Lizzy recommends: Nora goes off script by Annabel Monaghan Other books that came up during our chat: Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Before I Do by Sophie Cousins, Love and Other Human Errors by Bethany Clift , Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift Love and Other Scams by PJ Ellis, The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewel Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCHTo receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.
This week Megan recapped the episode “Never Human” Season 12 Episode 9 (on Discovery+). It originally aired on March 26, 2020.Pour yourself a glass of grape cream wine, or your drink of choice, and join us while we talk about books we're reading, TV shows we're watching, vulva hugs, spending too much money on dinners, and…oh yeah, a Dead Files episode featuring a “little girl” and a new husband who has a questionable idea about what is cool.The Activity Continues is a podcast where a couple of dorks (Amy & Megan) chat about the TV show, The Dead Files and other creepy shit. Each week we each choose an episode to dissect and chat about.Grab your hankies, hop in the Cadillac, and join us when… The Activity Continues.Stuff we talked about in this episode:Our promo partner podcasts this episode are: Haunted UK https://www.instagram.com/hauntedukpodcast/ Mums Mysteries and Murder: https://www.instagram.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder/ Be one of our first 1000 subscribers on YouTube: https://bit.ly/TAC_videos(let's be honest, you'll be one of 20)Become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinuesOUR new T-shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/store/collected-sounds-merch/Book Megan is reading “Crave” by Tracy Wolff https://amzn.to/3NCaUbEBook Amy is reading “Just Haven't Met You Yet” by Sophie Cousins https://amzn.to/3PzeZixCharlie's Café Exceptionale (the old one) https://www.pbs.org/video/charlies-cafe-exceptionale-23620/Charlie's at the Minneapolis Club: https://mplsclub.org/charliesThis was recorded on May 22, 2022 and released on May 27, 2022.If you'd prefer to watch the video versions of our episodes, please seeYouTube: https://bit.ly/TAC_videosSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3iLoAqG If you're looking for all our links and other info go here: https://bit.ly/TACabout SponsorThree Spirit Drinks. They create plant-based non-alcoholicelixirs. https://us.threespiritdrinks.com/theactivitycontinuesand use the promo code THEACTIVITYCONTINUES for 15% off yourentire order. Thank you for listening, take care ofyourselves. We'll see you next week! CreditsHosted by: Amy and MeganProduced by Amy at Collected Sounds Media, LLC.Theme song. “Ghost Story” and segment music by Cannelle https://melissaoliveri.com/ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theactivitycontinuesBecome a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinuesA Paranormal PodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/collected-sounds2/donations
Any major event has the potential to reshape the world in ways we may not even expect. While many of us yearn to return to normal, what lessons should we take from the global pandemic and what changes are worth hanging on to? Sophie Cousins looks at Australia's response to the pandemic and a plan for the future in her new book, Renewal.
This week I discuss how to cultivate a consistent gratitude practice. I also give three tips on how to cope with your family this time of year and how to avoid conflict. I also mention "The thing I'm loving" this week and it's my Book of the Month subscription and specifically the book "This Time Next Year" by Sophie Cousins.As always you can connect with the podcast on Instagram and through the new website. Finally don’t forget you can buy me a coffee and donate to keep the podcast going.
More and more people are donating organs, but demand still far exceeds supply. What can the world learn from the country that does it best? Written by Chris Baraniuk Read and produced by Graihagh Jackson For more stories and to read this story, visit mosaicscience.com. Subscribe to our podcast: iTunes podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mosa…ast/id964928211 RSS mosaicscience.libsyn.com/rss If you liked this story, we recommend Abortion, contraception, pregnancy: how women's bodies became a battlezone, by Sophie Cousins, also available as a podcast.
We now know there’s a cheap, safe treatment that could save thousands of lives each year. But those who need it can’t always access it. Written by Samira Shackle Read by Kirsten Irving Produced by Graihagh Jackson To read this story and more, go to mosaicscience.com Subscribe to our podcast: iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mosaic-science-podcast/id964928211 RSS http://mosaicscience.libsyn.com/rss If you liked this story, we recommend Abortion, contraception, pregnancy: how women's bodies became a battle zone, by Sophie Cousins, also available as a podcast.
While it’s healthy to have a variety of bacteria in our guts, there’s one place where a single dominant type is best: the vagina. Meet the researchers trying to make the world healthier, one vagina at a time. Written by Kendall Powell. Read by Kirsten Irving. Produced by Barry J Gibb. iTunes itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mosai…id964928211?mt=2 RSS mosaicscience.libsyn.com/rss For more stories about the science of life visit mosaicscience.com. If you enjoyed this story, we recommend Abortion, contraception, pregnancy: how women’s bodies became a battlezone by Sophie Cousins, also available as an audio podcast.
The East African country’s campaign to end cervical cancer through the HPV vaccine has had to overcome cultural taboos and rumours about infertility – but it’s saving lives. Written by Sophie Cousins. Read and produced by Graihagh Jackson. iTunes itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mosai…id964928211?mt=2 RSS mosaicscience.libsyn.com/rss To read the text of this story, head to mosaicscience.com. If you enjoyed this story, we recommend Can America cope with a resurgence of tropical disease? by Carrie Arnold, also available as a podcast.
Women’s reproductive rights are under attack across the globe. Sophie Cousins investigates the challenges women face in accessing abortion and contraception in two very different countries – India and the USA. Written by Sophie Cousins Read by Kirsten Irving Produced by Graihagh Jackson If you liked this story, we recommend Postpartum psychosis: "I'm afraid of how you'll judge me, as a mother and as a person", by Catherine Carver, also available as an audiobook.
The risks some Indian women are prepared to take to try and have baby boys and how the battle to make them think again seems to be working. Sophie Cousins is in the state of Haryana where there are signs the gender imbalance is slowing improving. Kate Adie introduces this and other stories from around the world. Guy Hedgecoe explores why Spain still can’t decide what to do with the body of its former dictator General Franco, even as it prepares to celebrate 40 years since its transition to democracy. Rebecca Ford tells the story of the last French soldier to die during World War One – but when exactly did he die? Richard Dove takes a coach along the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge but fails to find much enthusiasm from his fellow passengers between the Chinese mainland, Hong King and Macau. And Ash Bhardwaj has pizza with a rapper in a town called New York not far from the frontline in Eastern Ukraine.
The man trying to bring The Gambia's former strongman leader Yahya Jammeh to justice. Kate Adie introduces stories from journalists and correspondents around the world: His critics claim Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year rule over The Gambia was nothing more than a brutal dictatorship marred by allegations of state-sanctioned murder, torture and forced disappearances. Now the lawyer Reed Brody, known to some as ‘The Dictator Hunter’, is trying to help some of his victims seek justice. Far to the north of Norway, Horatio Clare finds Brits, Ukrainians, Ugandans, Vietnamese, and Russians all trying to start new lives on an island that was once a bastion of Soviet idealism. “The public are not obliged to like us, but they are obliged not to attack us” – Sophie Cousins hears how things are changing – or not – for gay people in Serbia. In the dry, isolated heartlands of Argentina finding the right ingredients for a middle-eastern feast can be difficult, but Aude Villiers meets the Syrian refugees settling in San Luis. And Rob Crossan takes a tour of the proud but small country that claims to be the world’s oldest constitutional republic – San Marino.