It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a reader in possession of a good book, must be in want of another... Does that describe you? Then come along with me as I explore my bookshelves, read you stories, and talk to authors, as we search for your next great read!
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Welcome to the LOST in my 40s podcast: a LOST television show re-watch. Yes, there are other LOST re-watch podcasts out there, but not like this one! Four friends in their forties go episode by episode through all six seasons, but only three of them - Ben, Christy & Lacy - have seen the show before. Derek is watching it for the first time! Join them as they discuss each episode, whether you’re a fan or a new viewer! Each week you’ll get: 1. A talk-through of the episode by one of the hosts & ...
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Celebrating the power of our stories to help us rise above life’s challenges and transform them into greater purpose and authentic connections. Each one of us has a story. A story of overcoming, of illumination, of transformation, of determination. This is what Epic Exchanges is all about.
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Candid conversations with creatives all about how to own your design, pursue your path, and live your creative BEST life. Are you craving community and connection with other creatives? Me too! Being a creative doesn’t have to be isolating. In fact, it shouldn’t be. I believe we do our BEST creative work in community, not isolation. I’m your host, Megan Sjuts. I’m a graphic designer turned creative coach and I’m on a mission to bring out the creative BEST in others by helping them connect to ...
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Talking Back to Stories: an interview with Author Jeanne Blasberg
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Hello Bookworms! Have you ever wondered what goes into writing a retelling of a classics story, legend, or myth? I discuss that topic and more with our guest today, author Jeanne Blasberg. She has written the book "Daughter of a Promise", and it is a modern day retelling of the Biblical story of David and Bathsheba. We talk about how different the …
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This week our guest is 2016 and 2024 Canadian Paralympian, Nathan Clement Nathan Clement has been an athlete his whole life. After a stroke caused by chicken pox at the age of 2 that caused him to lose mobility on one side of his body, Nathan entered sports as a way to help him regain some control over his left side. With parents and siblings who w…
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This week, we stick the butter fork up the anal ca-nay-nal, FAP our way through "You All Everybody," and Lacy is a Debby Downer Bomb Dropper - get ready!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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This week our guest is Tami Goulet, another one of the authors in our upcoming new collaborative book, The Strength to Shift (releasing on September 9, 2024) Tami Goulet, the Soulful Business Alchemist behind Speak Your Soul Magicks, leverages over 25 years of corporate experience and 5+ years as a solopreneur to empower entrepreneurs. Combining pe…
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This week, unbutton the tops of our sweaters, get creamy with Keamy, and run face first into a tree!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*By Spacebear Media, Christy Armstrong, Lacy Jae, Derek Boswell, Benjamin Trimpe
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Being Thankful Every Day with Robyn Tidrick
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This week our guest is Robyn Tidrick, one of the authors in our upcoming new collaborative book, The Strength to Shift (releasing on September 9, 2024) Robyn Tidrick received her Bachelor of arts in psychology from the University of Washington and lived more of her life in Washington state. After a decade of being a stay-at-home mom, Robyn took on …
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An Interview with "Getting LOST" Documentarian Taylor Morden
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Surprise, LOST fans! We've got a BONUS episode for you, and it's a BIG ONE! Taylor Morden, the incredibly talented documentarian bringing us “Getting LOST,” met up with all four hosts for a generous 90-minute interview. Listen as we discover that Taylor fits in like he’s the long LOST fifth host of the pod! Get ready to hear about Taylor’s LOST ori…
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This week, we talk about who is our inspiration as Kelly shares her first memory of being inspired by someone else, Canadian Olympian, Silken Laumann. Kelly Snider’s journey began at the age of three when she was rescued from a house fire that took the lives of both of her parents. Diving into her own story and finding deeper understanding and heal…
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This week our guest is Danielle Reedy Danielle Reedy (she/her) is an Olympian, Speaker, Coach, Author, and Podcast Host. From Canada to Australia, she pursued her impossible dream of joining the Australian National Synchronised Swimming Team and competing in the Olympics, achieving that goal at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016. After five years on the…
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This week, Jacob channels Prospero and Meatloaf, Richard and Hurley make-out and do pottery, and YES - I speak-a-da-English! Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*By Spacebear Media, Christy Armstrong, Lacy Jae, Derek Boswell, Benjamin Trimpe
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This week our guest is Deece Casillas Deece Casillas is an internationally touring Latino comedian who has performed across America, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, and the Bahamas. He has been featured on LMAO TV, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Tubi, Roku Comedy Channel, has recorded two albums: The Northwest Comedy Mixtape Vol. 1 + 2, was voted Nort…
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This week, Rocky Dennis goes digging for trouble, Sawyer is confused by temperature, and Lawyer is back again!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*By Spacebear Media, Christy Armstrong, Lacy Jae, Derek Boswell, Benjamin Trimpe
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Breaking the Cycle with Melissa Armstrong
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This week our guest is Melissa Armstrong Melissa Armstrong has faced a lifetime of trauma and abuse, struggling with mental health issues from a young age. At 18, she experienced the devastating accident and subsequent death of her brother, adding to her existing struggles with anxiety, PTSD, and depression. Despite her hardships, Melissa has shown…
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Confessions of a (Not So) Boring Reader: A Conversation with Author Anna A. Armstrong
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In this episode of "The Bookshelf Odyssey Podcast" we celebrate being boring! I have the pleasure of interviewing cozy mystery writer Anna A. Armstrong - who is NOT a boring writer! We kick off our conversation by discussing our mutual love for Jane Austen, acknowledging that while it may seem basic to some, we find immense comfort in her timeless …
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This week, we get a glimpse of Widmore's wrinkly old submarine, Principal Reynolds has no dick, and give me Island or give me DEATH!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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Elbows Deep in a Bag of Doritos with Nikki O'Dea
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This week our guest is Nikki O’Dea Nikki O'Dea is a health coach and RN. She loves helping women build healthy habits that are enjoyable and fit their busy life. She's the creator and lead coach of the Keep It Off Academy, a 13-week fat loss program for women to lose weight without restrictive diets. Exchange Quotes: “I failed over and over and ove…
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This week, Claire combs her hair with DHARMA Ranch Composite, Sayid is only mostly evil, and the reach around is from the CockMonster! Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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Passion, Purpose and Priorities with Danielle La Rose
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This week's guest is Danielle La Rose. Danielle La Rose is a Body Confidence Coach & Wellness Strategist, Pretty POWERful Girl Mentor, and Motivational Fitness Instructor. Leaning on her education with a Master’s Degree in Sociology with a focus in women’s health, and combining it with her own wellness journey, Danielle strives to inspire & motivat…
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This week, Harvey Lee Oswald shoots FJK, Jacked gets breathy while Doja-coin sings us a song, and Boothe rises out of the water to save the day! Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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Charles Dickens: The Stories of His Life: with guest author Jesper Soerensen
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After an unplanned short hiatus from the podcast, I'm back behind the mic talking about my favorite author, Charles Dickens. My guest today is author Jesper Soerensen and he's just written a book about Dickens and his stories. In the episode we talk about his book, we share plenty of recommendations, and have a lot of discussion about the stories t…
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This week, we're sitting on the floor, shitting and drinking, Locke waits for Rose to die instead of waiting in the unemployment line, and Sawyer meets the Cockmonster! Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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This week, we play a whole lotta three-hole, Lacy reads Gilgamesh in Japanese, and Sayid was only "mostly dead!" Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*By Spacebear Media, Christy Armstrong, Lacy Jae, Derek Boswell, Benjamin Trimpe
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LAX - Part 2 - The Originals/Christy
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This week, Sawyer learns Krav Maga, our mortal remains circle baggage claim for all eternity, and THE BEACONS ARE LIT!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*By Spacebear Media, Christy Armstrong, Lacy Jae, Derek Boswell, Benjamin Trimpe
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This week, we get punched in the face by a deer, the explosion happens and everything turns white, and SCHMUCK means DICK! Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*By Spacebear Media, Christy Armstrong, Lacy Jae, Derek Boswell, Benjamin Trimpe
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WE'RE BACK, BABY!Join us today for something completely unexpected, even by us! Lacy predicts her death, we scoop up some tamale puke, and get "sedimental" about the podcast end growing closer!JUST LISTEN TO IT, WOULDJA?!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linkt…
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This week our guest is Christy Holt Christy Holt is a self-proclaimed Happiness Hussy, adventure guide, podcast host of Create Your Happy and international best-selling author of Unstuck For Women, Run For Your Life and others. Christy is on a mission to spread happiness around the planet, one beautiful soul at a time. Christy uses her signature CR…
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This week our guest is Shelley Blechar Chef Shelley has had a successful personal chef business for over 15 years, and when she’s not cooking for her clients, she helps passionate cooks start their own personal chef business so they can get paid to do what they love, cook, without spending tens of thousands of dollars on culinary school or sacrific…
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This week our guest is Wendy Cole Knowing from childhood she was a girl, Wendy yielded to familial and societal expectations to fit in. At age 67, Wendy changed her life with her transition. Beginning in January 2015 she focused internally: accepting who she really was, confronting fears, doubts, and anxieties that held her back for decades. She to…
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Help us close out season five in the bonus episode! We talk about fan theories and time travel explanations post-S5, announce the aggregate and superlative Power Ranking winners & losers, chat a tiny bit about the Mandela and Butterfly Effects, and hear Derek's theories after season five and questions heading into the end! Be a cool kid, and join u…
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The Incident - Part 2 - Jacob/Derek
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This week, Kate makes everyone want to blow up the Island, A-Aron is in the guitar case, and Sawyer kicks Jack right in the Dural! Plus, we say goodbye to season five! Holy cow!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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The Incident - Part 1 - Jacob/Derek
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This week, Jacob touches kids and then they lie, the ghost of Frogurt can be heard screaming, and the four of us are all ohhh, ohhhh, oh, ohhhh, ohhhhhhh, hanging tough!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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This week our guest is Laticia Brice Laticia is a black woman in tech who is not afraid to take risks or break from tradition, whether it’s leaving a successful career behind to go after her dreams, taking over a European River Tour, or diving into the Mediterranean. She created the Digital Growth HUB membership to give overwhelmed entrepreneurs a …
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Follow the Leader - Richard Alpert/Christy
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This week, Lady Gaga has babies and eats one, we hold a disturbing Spelling Bee, and Lacy loses her shit over an airtight Christy!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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The Variable - Faraday & Eloise/Derek
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This week, we desperately try to wrap our heads around temporal paradox, Faraday joins Winger, and we hire a 1.5 million-pound research GIANT!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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This week, we scoop polar bear poop & talk to ghosts, the backhoe hoes, and Lacy sneaks a terrible joke in the Fun Facts!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*By Benjamin Trimpe, Derek Boswell, Lacy Jae, Spacebear Media, Christy Armstrong
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Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice... and Football? | Discussion with Jessica Thompason and J. R. Lancaster, Part 2
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In today's episode, I play part 2 of my interview with authors Jessica Thompson and J. R. Lancaster. We talk about Jane Austen, our experiences reading her books, and favorite adaptations. I also share some of my favorite Jane Austen memes that came up out of the Super Bowl, we discuss other favorite mystery writers, and more! Thanks for joining us…
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This week, LAPIDUS has a chest fox that brings all the girls to the cockpit, we beg the Smoke Monster for forgiveness, and ALL of the hair is dumb!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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The Luck of the Irish: A New Cozy Mystery Anthology! with guests J. R. Lancaster and Jessica Thompson, Part 1
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Welcome to the first part of a two part conversation I have with mystery authors J. R. Lancaster and Jessica Thompson. Today, we're talking Murders, mysteries, and St. Patrick's Day... along with some "meet cute" stories! These authors are here to talk about their new St. Patrick's Day-Themed Cozy Mystery Anthology, edited by Jessica Thompson and K…
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Whatever Happened, Happened - Kate/Lacy
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This week, LaFleuwyer, Miley, and Hurles do their best not to disappear, we try to wrap our heads around time travel, and Jaocke takes the "hypocritic" oath!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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Boo Trundle: The Healing Power of Writing Your Truth
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My guest today is the author Boo Trundle, who has written one of the most interesting and captivating novels I've ever read. "The Daughter Ship", a very personal novel that tells of one woman's journey to find healing. The story focuses on Katherine, a wife and mother who is struggling on the brink of despair. Helping to tell her story are "Truitt,…
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This week our guest is Carmen Leal Carmen Leal is a storyteller and the author of multiple books, articles, devotionals, and human-interest stories. Carmen relocated from Hawaii to Oshkosh, yes, there is a story behind the move, and has become an awesome dog mom. Carmen and her husband have become reluctant gardeners and know a crazy amount about W…
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This week, we karate kick some potato doors, take sugar cube psychedelics, and shoot rice pudding from our dicks!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*By Christy Armstrong, Lacy Jae, Derek Boswell, Benjamin Trimpe, Spacebear Media
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Today we feature another children’s book author and welcome Vie Portland to Epic Exchanges Vie Portland is a confidence coach, an author, a motivational speaker, and a social entrepreneur. Her aim in life is to leave the world a kinder, happier, more confident, place than when she joined, and her children's books are part of that. Exchange Quotes: …
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Puerto Rican Stories: A Conversation with Author Margarita Barresi
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My guest today is Margarita Barresi, author of "A Delicate Marriage". Her novel is a personal one, a novel that "celebrates Puerto Rican culture while delving into themes of class, oppression, and the effects of colonialism through the lens of a marriage." In our conversation, Margarita tells stories of her family that inspired her story, we talk a…
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Namaste - The DHARMA Initiative/Ben
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This week, Sawyer's "son of a bitch" is brought to you by Jeep; we lose it over "Jack Workman," and FFS Radzinsky, shut the fuck up! Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*…
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This week our guest is Emily Kady Emily Kady is a Spiritual Medium and Intuitive Channeler who understands the pressures of overachievement all too well. Despite her many accomplishments, including owning two 7-figure businesses by the age of 37, she found herself suffocating under the weight of others' expectations, as she was just striving to fit…
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Happy Valentine's Day, everybody! We're gifting you a Dave episode!This week, Ben and Dave try to out-joke one another; Dave does his best to say "foliage," and we all invent the sonar fence before riding some bodies down a hill!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https…
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In Which We Use Our Little Grey Cells: A Celebration of Agatha Christie, with author Jessica Thompson
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In today's episode, I have author Jessica Thompson back on the podcast. We talk about her new book coming out just in time for Valentines Day: A Caterer's Guide to Valentines and Violence. Then we get down to discussing one of our favorite mystery writers: Agatha Christie, the Grand Master of detective fiction! We chat about our history with readin…
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The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham - Locke/Derek
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This week, we get sciency with imaginary time, get "exited" from the Island, and do our best to avoid having a Beneurysm!Email us here (it may make it onto a video pod!) --- https://www.spacebearmedia.com/contactAll our other links! --- https://linktr.ee/spacebearmedia *PLEASE RATE & REVIEW!*By Derek Boswell, Christy Armstrong, Lacy Jae, Benjamin Trimpe, Spacebear Media
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This week our guest is Jason Clawson Jason Clawson is a therapist with over 16 years' experience, specializing in trauma, grief, addiction, and mental health. In 2018, his wife's battle with stage 4 Colon Cancer turned his world upside down. After her passing, Jason grappled with depression and isolation but found healing through love, support and …
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