Best Annie Cohen Podcasts (2024)

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A Mississippi Girl - Miss Teen USA Addie Carver, Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex 1:34:28

3h ago1:34:28

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On a special episode of The Corner Blitz, we're joined by Lawrence County High School senior cheerleader Addie Carver. She also has this whole thing where she's Miss Teen USA. And a dance teacher. And a social media mogul. And a model. The sports crew dives into the pageant life and Addi tells us how awesome the Lawrence County Cougars are going to…

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Roxy Dunn on As Young As This 37:35

10h ago37:35

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Our guest this week is Roxy Dunn, whose debut novel As Young As This is a meticulous examination of the lives and loves of young women today. Told, strikingly, in the second person, it is structured by the the succession of first boys, then men in the protagonist Margot’s life, and populated by dysfunctional friends and a wisecracking, but deeply c…

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Wes Durham, Falcons and ACC play-by-play broadcaster talks his career, the NFL and the ACC. 31:59

1h ago31:59

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Durham also comments on the quantum changes in college sports, the much talked about Michael Penix acquisition by the Falcons, and why he never sought to succeed his ledgendary father as voice of the North Carolina Tar Heels.

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Ain't Nobody Happy - Daily Leader Sports Editor Cliff Furr, Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex 1:47:29

1h ago1:47:29

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On a special bro-bro episode of The Corner Blitz, we're joined by Daily Leader Sports Editor Cliff Furr for a deep, DEEP dive on the MAIS Super 16 Conference proposal, and we talk for more than an hour about how it would work (and why it won't work), what it would accomplish (or fail to accomplish) and exactly whom in the Mississippi Asociation of …

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Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson reads from and discusses School of Instructions 47:31

4d ago47:31

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School of Instructions, the latest work by Ishion Hutchinson, draws from the time he spent in the archive of the Imperial War Museum, to foreground the experience—brutal, significant, but long overlooked—of West Indian volunteers in the First World War. This book length poem is a sensorial voyage into the convoys, garrisons and trenches of the Midd…

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Welcome to the League - Parklane Academy Football Coach Ron Rushing and senior QB JD Dumas, Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex 1:13:16

12d ago1:13:16

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The Corner Blitz returns to the airwaves after a summer hiatus, and we're bustin' into high school football season with Parklane Academy Football Coach Ron Rushing and the prince of the Pioneers, senior quarterback JD Dumas. Benji, Adam and the Brads also discuss some talking points for local high school football teams; which of the preseason AP To…

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Michael Donkor on Grow Where They Fall 1:00:38

15d ago1:00:38

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This week’s guest is Michael Donkor whose new novel Grow Where They Fall is a meticulous and tender exploration of two formative moments in the life of one Kwame Akromah, twenty years apart. Kwame is Black, Gay, British of Ghanian descent, a dedicated teacher, a dependable friend—character traits and conditions of life that weave around each other …

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Writing Against Normality, with Samanta Schweblin 1:02:53

21d ago1:02:53

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The seven stories in Samanta Schweblin’s Seven Empty Houses are not just about houses—how they contain us, how they constrain us—but are also about the families compressed in them, the objects stored in them, the neighbours that circle them…and the trauma that has soaked into their walls over years past, and that is now seeping slowly out, poisonin…

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Parenting in the age of AI, with Helen Phillips 52:34

25d ago52:34

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So much has been written about the imminent transformation that Artificial Intelligence will bring to our world. But it is often hard to get much of a sense of what that will mean on a personal level—for our work, for our leisure and, perhaps most importantly of all, for our families. What improvements will result? What new tensions will arise? Wha…

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Creating Life from Art, with Catherine Lacey 58:12

23d ago58:12

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We recently welcomed Catherine Lacey to the bookshop to discuss her vertiginous latest novel Biography of X. Ostensibly the quest of a journalist, C.M. Lucca, to discover more about the life of her late wife—an artist who went by many names, but who she knew only as X—it quickly becomes clear that, in Biography of X, it’s not just one life being ca…

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Paul Murray on The Bee Sting 1:05:31

1M ago1:05:31

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Set in small-town, post-crash Ireland, The Bee Sting follows the Barnes family—Dickie, Imelda, Cass and PJ—as the fabric of their lives first frays at the edges, then begins to unravel completely. The Barnes’ are endearing, and complex, and funny, and infuriating… In short, one of the most realistic and memorable portrayals of a family you’ll find …

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Claire Kilroy on Parenting under the Patriarchy 54:57

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A woman tells her son about his early life. About the months and years that he will by now have forgotten. When he was a baby, then a toddler, and when she was going into battle every day. For him first, and only then for herself. It’s a battle fought on many fronts. Against exhaustion, against time, against the loss of selfhood, against an increas…

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Former Yankee and ESPN broadcaster Dave Cohen on baseball's lack of hitting, college football's need to adopt the NFL model, and some of hockey's greatest mysteries 37:52

1M ago37:52

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This time Dave and Gary drink coffee and commiserate on some of the big issues in sports from the growing confusion at the college level to arm angles and to what basketball has learned from soocer.

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The Becoming Podcast | Season 6; Episode 6 | Asha Frost on the medicine of transformative times, the miracle of rest, and being eldered by the living world 51:48

2M ago51:48

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My friends! I'm really excited to share this interview with the amazing Asha Frost. We had such a beautiful conversation, and Asha has so much wisdom to share, and does so eloquently. Here's some of what Asha and I talk about in this episode: > How Asha's Lupus diagnosis was a threshold moment in her life that made it impossible to keep up with the…

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Rachel Cusk on Art, Violence and Freedom through Destruction 1:00:16

2M ago1:00:16

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The biographies of several artists, all named G, form a kind of exoskeleton to Rachel Cusk’s latest novel Parade, encasing the book’s other captivating strands—the story of an unprovoked attack on a Parisian street, the story of a couple on a remote island, the story of a suicide at a museum, the story of the death of a mother. Elements which thems…

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When Radical Art meets Obscene Wealth, with Hari Kunzru 56:55

3M ago56:55

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Last week we were joined in the bookshop by Hari Kunzru, whose new novel Blue Ruin is a deeply unsettling, and intensely thought provoking reflection on the impact capital has on people, but also on art, and those who create it. It is the perfect final instalment—alongside White Tears and Red Pill—in Hari Kunzru’s own trois couleurs —a loose trilog…

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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: Preparation of the Mind - Ole Brook Track and Field state champions; Coaches Darien Dorsey and Tonya Johns, and athletes Jasmine Robertson, Ariyana Graham, Xavier Gayten ... 1:21:00

3M ago1:21:00

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On this week's Corner Blitz Podcast, we speak with the MHSAA 5A girls three-peaters in track and field, the Ole Brook Lady Panthers; and the Ole Brook boys, who've won two of the last three state titles. Head coaches Darien Dorsey and Tonya Johns bring along state champion student athletes Jasmine Robertson, Ariyana Graham, Xavier Gayten and Coderr…

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Jeff Gordon, Jim Kelly, Rick Barnes, Booger McFarland and more give us a few great minutes. 15:45

3M ago15:45

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Our annual trip to the V Foundation for Pediatric Cancer gala in Sarasota netted interviews with some of the stars, who suppor the cause, but also have oipinions on some of sports most pressing issues. Listen as we talk with Buiffalo Bills Hall of Famer, and three time cancer survisor Jim Kelly; NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon; Tenessee basketaball coach…

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The Becoming Podcast | Season 6; Episode 5 | Sarah Wildeman on the radical art of building community + nourishing ecosystems of care 1:02:40

3M ago1:02:40

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I'm thrilled to bring you this conversation with Sarah Wildeman on the Becoming Podcast this month. This was such a rich and far-reaching dialogue about all things community-building, which is such an important locus of support – and also struggle – as we traverse times of deep change in our lives. Here's some of what Sarah and I talk about in this…

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Sheila Heti on Alphabetical Diaries 50:07

3M ago50:07

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Last week we were joined by the wonderful Sheila Heti to celebrate the launch of her Alphabetical Diaries. In taking a decade of her journals, sorting the sentences alphabetically, then paring them down to about a tenth of their original length, Sheila Heti has freed a slice of her life from the shackles of time and in doing so has extracted some o…

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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: Viva La Rams - Wilkinson County Christian Academy Baseball Coach Kyle white and Jack Orgeron, Gavin Davis and Jacob Sessions 1:16:13

3M ago1:16:13

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Tonight on The Corner Blitz, we're joined by the MAIS 2A Baseball State Champions, the Wilkinson County Christian Academy Rams. Head Coach Kyle White rides all the way to Fit Life from Woodville and brings three of his heavy hitters, seniors Jack Orgeron and Gavin Davis, and junior pitcher Jacob Sessions. We talk about long roadtrips in MAIS 2A, wi…

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BONUS: Celebrating Dylan Thomas with Cerys Matthews…with exclusive live music from Flora Hibberd! 57:26

4M ago57:26

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To celebrate Dylan Thomas Day 2024 we’re delighted to share this recording of our recent event with award-winning songwriter, author and broadcaster Cerys Matthews. The evening also featured live music from Flora Hibberd and her band, including a brand new song composed for this evening. Enjoy! More from Cerys Matthews: Out of Chaos Comes Bliss: ht…

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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: Pigskin Rendezvous - Spring Scrimmages at SMCC with North Pike, South Pike and Amite Co. 1:31:46

3M ago1:31:46

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This week we get outside the friendly confines of Fit Life and broadcast on location at Southwest Mississippi Community College for a high school football spring scrimmage. Amite County coach Jeffery Gibson faces off against his little brother, Don Gibson, and the Port Allen Pelicans. We talk to both afterward. We also catch up with North Pike coac…

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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: Girls Gotta Eat - Co-Lin women's basketball coach Britta Stephens and North Pike AD Kevin Martin 1:25:36

3M ago1:25:36

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This week we're joined by Copiah-Lincoln Community College Lady Wolfpack Basketball Coach Britta Stephens, who reflects on her not-quite-one-year on the job with the She Wolves, recruiting and performing at the juco level and how it's important to have assistant coaches who can choose restaurants at which to stop on road trips. We also talk to Nort…

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Viet Thanh Nguyen on Memory, Migration and Model Minorities 1:03:03

3M ago1:03:03

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A few weeks ago, we welcomed Pulitzer Prizewinner Viet Thanh Nguyen to Shakespeare and Company to discuss his engrossing new work A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial, a book about family, and memory, and storytelling, and history, on all the levels that it impacts upon a life. Buy A Man of Two Faces here: https://www.shakespeareandc…

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