Best Barbara Robinson Podcasts (2024)

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Mastering Marketing and Motivation: Darrell Evans' Blueprint for Success 38:18

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Somewhere in the Middle welcomes Entrepreneur and Marketing Expert Darrell Evans Darrell Evans is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of Yokel Local Internet Marketing. He and his team have helped entrepreneurs and companies generate over $300M in revenue online since 2011. He’s personally started and/or operated six businesses since th…

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Kevin Barry, author of THE HEART IN WINTER 1:00:39

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Kevin Barry is the author of four novels — Night Boat to Tangier, Beatlebone, City of Bohane (which was longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize) and, most recently, The Heart in Winter. He’s also the author of three short story collections, including That Old Country Music. The Heart in Winter was 25 years in the making. Unlike his other works, the st…

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Dawn Tripp, author of the novel JACKIE 1:05:48

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(This podcast was recorded live on June 22, 2024 at Arvida Book Co in Tustin, California.) Dawn Tripp is the author of the novel Georgia, a national bestseller. She is the author of three previous novels: Game of Secrets, Moon Tide, and The Season of Open Water, which won the Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction. Her poems and essays have appeared …

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Joyce Maynard, author of HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 1:01:54

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Joyce Maynard has been publishing since she was 13 years old. She first came to national attention with the publication of her New York Times cover story, “An Eighteen Year Old Looks Back on Life,” in 1972, when she was a freshman at Yale. Since then, she has published 20 books, including the New York Times bestselling novel, Labor Day and To Die F…

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Literary agent Dani Segelbaum 52:57

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Dani Segelbaum began her publishing career as an editorial assistant at HarperCollins Publishers, focusing primarily on highly designed non-fiction titles. She ‘s worked as a literary assistant at New Leaf Literary & Media, working with established and debut authors. Dani joined Arc Literary in 2024 after three years at the Carol Mann Agency. Born …

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ENCORE PRESENTATION - Mastering the Art of Grant Writing: Dr. Beverly A. Browning on Building a Successful Career and Empowering Others 53:42

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Dr. Beverly A Browning, author of Grant Writing for Dummies, joins me on Somewhere in the Middle Dr. Beverly A. Browning has been consulting in the areas of grant writing, RFP responses, technical writing, and organizational development for over four decades. Her clients have included Tribal nations, nonprofit organizations, small businesses, caree…

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Curtis Sittenfeld, author of ROMANTIC COMEDY 1:01:53

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Curtis Sittenfeld is the bestselling author of seven novels and one collection of short stories. Her books have been on many “Best Books of the Year” lists, optioned for television and film, and translated into 30 languages. Romantic Comedy is her latest. It was picked for Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club in 2023 and it’s now out in paperback. She joi…

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Tracy Sierra, author of NIGHTWATCHING 55:18

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Tracy Sierra was born and raised in the Colorado mountains. She is an attorney who currently lives in New England in an antique colonial-era home complete with its own secret room. When not writing, she spends time with her husband and two children. Nightwatching is her debut novel and was the Spring pick of the Jimmy Fallon Book Club. Tracy joins …

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Alwyn C. Cashe: The American Sergeant 53:19

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In this episode of Black is America podcast, delve into the inspiring story of Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe, a remarkable African-American hero of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Host Dominic Lawson narrates the gripping account of Cashe’s selfless bravery on a fateful night in October 2005. Learn about his early life in Oviedo, Florida, his distingui…

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Ann Leary, author of I’VE TRIED BEING NICE 1:00:46

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Ann Leary has led an extraordinary life. Married for over 30 years to actor and comedian Denis Leary, Ann has walked red carpets, partied with stars, and traveled the world, all while sustaining her own rich career in writing. But she’s also relatable to the everywoman. She’s struggled with alcoholism. Struggled in her marriage. Struggled with her …

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Roxana Robinson, author of LEAVING 1:00:12

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Roxana Robinson is the author of eleven books—seven novels, three collections of short stories, and the biography of Georgia O’Keeffe. Four of these were chosen as New York Times Notable Books, two as New York Times Editors’ Choices. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, Best American Short Stories, The Southampton Rev…

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Megan Miranda, author of DAUGHTER OF MINE 50:22

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Megan Miranda is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls; The Perfect Stranger; The Last House Guest, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick; The Girl from Widow Hills; Such a Quiet Place; The Last to Vanish; and The Only Survivors. She has also written several books for young adults. She grew up in New Jersey, graduated from MIT…

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A.J. Jacobs, author of THE YEAR OF LIVING CONSTITUTIONALLY 1:01:03

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A.J. Jacobs is the author of nine books including the NYT bestsellers The Year of Living Biblically, The Know It All, Drop Dead Healthy, and The Puzzler. His latest, in the spirit of The Year of Living Biblically, is The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution’s Original Meaning. A.J. joins Marrie Stone to…

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Crossroads of Creativity: Writing Through Time with Peter Davidson 39:28

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Peter Davidson shares his writing journey from typewriters to triumphs Peter Davidson is the author or co-author of thirty books published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Perigee/Putnam Publishers, Haworth Press, Sweet Memories Publishing, and Northwestern Publishing. His works include fiction, nonfiction, college textbooks, and children's picture boo…

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Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of ONE WRONG WORD 1:00:33

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Hank Phillippi Ryan is the USA Today bestselling author of 15 novels of suspense. She has won multiple prestigious awards for her crime fiction, including five Agathas, five Anthonys, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award. She’s the on-air investigative reporter for Boston’s WHDH-TV, and has won 37 EMMYs, 14 Edward R. Murrow awards, and dozens o…

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Ela Lee, author of “Jaded” 52:51

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Debut novelist Ela Lee is author of the breakout novel Jaded, published in the US by Simon and Schuster and in the UK by Vintage. Prior to becoming a novelist, Ela was a litigator who grew up in London. Ela joins Marrie Stone to talk about a lot of writerly topics, including writing about sexual violence and misogyny in the post #metoo movement, wr…

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Alexander Sammartino, author of LAST ACTS 1:04:06

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Alexander Sammartino was born in Rhode Island, grew up in Arizona, and now lives in Brooklyn. He received his MFA from Syracuse University. His debut novel, Last Acts, was published by Scribner in January and was selected as a New York Times’ Editors Choice. Last Acts has been described as “hilarious and wrenching,” by the Minneapolis Star Tribune,…

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Jill McCorkle, author of “Old Crimes” 1:00:41

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Jill McCorkle is the author of seven novels, two which came out on the same day in 1984 and, her most recent, Hieroglyphics, to great acclaim. Five of her books have been named New York Times notable books and four of her stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories. Her essay, “Cuss Time,” originally published in The American Scholar, was …

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Journeys in Words: Teri M. Brown on Crafting Histories, Homes, and Healing Through Storytelling 49:00

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Somewhere in the Middle Welcomes Author Teri M. Brown Born in Athens, Greece as an Air Force brat, Teri M Brown graduated from UNC Greensboro with a multitude of degrees – majors in Elementary Education and Psychology and minors in Math and Sociology – she just couldn’t settle on one thing! While homeschooling her four children, she began her writi…

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Ivy Pochoda, author of SING HER DOWN 52:39

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Ivy Pochoda is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Wonder Valley, Visitation Street, and These Women, a The New York Times best thriller of 2020. These Women was a finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, The Edgar Award, California Book Award, The Macavity Award, and the International Thriller Writers Award. Wonder Valley won the 2…

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Steve Almond, author of “Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow” 1:06:06

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Steve Almond is the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. You can check those out here. His recent books include the novel All the Secrets of the World, which has been optioned for television by 20th Century Fox, and William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Lif…

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Hannah Sward, author of STRIP 1:08:20

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Hannah Sward, daughter of the late poet Robert Sward, is the award-winning author of Strip, her debut memoir. Hannah has appeared on NBC CA Live, C-SPAN BookTV, dozens of podcasts, and panels, and has published essays in the Los Angeles Times, HuffPost (forthcoming), Arts & Letters, and more. Hannah lives in Los Angeles where she is working on her …

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Katherine Heiny, author of “Games and Rituals” 1:01:28

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Katherine Heiny has traveled one of the more interesting roads into publishing we’ve heard in a while. She was published by The New Yorker at the incredible age of 25. Praised as a prodigy, her work appeared in an anthology alongside Alice Munro, Raymond Carver and Ann Beattie. And then she disappeared. She popped back up two decades later when she…

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Literary agent Madeline Ticknor 55:07

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Madeline is an agent and assistant at Janklow & Nesbit looking for fiction that bridges the gap between commercial and literary, upmarket thrillers and grounded speculative stories that explore the ideas of family and home, and queer stories. She's also looking for select narrative nonfiction. Madeline began her agenting career in 2018 as an intern…

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Leadership Coach and Author William Schirmer shares how leaders can create a productive environment while embracing unique perspectives 35:50

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Somewhere in the Middle welcomes Leadership Coach and Author William Schirmer William Schirmer is the author of both The Leadership Core and Fulfilled: Finding Joy and Prosperity in Life. He is a senior management professional in Human Resources, having been involved with HR, Talent Management, and Learning & Development functions for domestic and …

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Téa Obreht, author of “The Morningside” 1:02:43

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Téa Obreht is the international bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife, which won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the National Book Award when she was only 25. Her second novel, Inland, was an instant bestseller, won the Southwest Book Award, and was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Téa’s latest is The Morningside, ou…

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Grant Faulkner, author of THE ART OF BREVITY 49:25

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Grant Faulkner, the former Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), the co-founder of 100 Word Story, and the co-host of the podcast, Write-minded. His essays on creativity have been published in The New York Times, Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Writer’s Digest, and The Writer. His stories have appeared in The Southwest Revi…

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Ann Lowe: An American Original 47:51

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This episode explores the life and career of Anne Lowe, a pioneering African American fashion designer who dressed high society elites in the early to mid 20th century. We learn about her early life in Alabama, training in New York, moving to Harlem during the Renaissance, and most famously designing Jacqueline Kennedy's wedding dress. Timeline: Ea…

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Mona Simpson, author of “Commitment” 59:58

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Mona Simpson is the bestselling author of seven novels including Anywhere But Here, The Lost Father, A Regular Guy, Off Keck Road, My Hollywood, Casebook and, most recently, Commitment. Mona studied poetry at Berkley. She got her MFA from Columbia. During grad school, she published her first short stories in Ploughshares, The Iowa Review and Mademo…

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Literary agent CeCe Lyra 57:27

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CeCe Lyra, a literary agent at P.S. Literary Agency, represents adult fiction and nonfiction. She is especially looking for clients with whom she can build fruitful, lasting relationships. CeCe believes that stories are empathy-generating machines capable of healing, connecting, and enacting true change. As a mixed-race Latinx immigrant, CeCe under…

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Transformational Coach and author Mestanna Gay shares how dealing with trauma frees us to embrace our God energy 40:55

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Somewhere in the Middle welcomes Transformational Coach and Author Mestanna Gay Mestanna Gay is a renowned Transformational Coach, Author, Inspirational Speaker, and Entrepreneur, celebrated for her expertise in guiding individuals through personal transformations. Her journey, marked by overcoming traumatic experiences and adversity, began in 1991…

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Guion Bluford: The American Astronaut 38:03

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This episode of the Black is America podcast tells the story of Guy Bluford, the first African American astronaut in space. We'll explore his early life and inspirations, his path to NASA, the historical significance of his achievement, and his spaceflights. Guy Bluford's Upbringing and Early Inspiration - Guy Bluford was born in 1942 in Philadelph…

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Louise Kennedy, author of “Trespasses” and “The End of the World is a Cul De Sac” 53:06

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Louise Kennedy may not have been a name you’d heard five years ago. Since 2021, she’s had both a debut novel and a collection of short stories published. Trespasses was named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Her story collection The End of the World is a Cul De Sac came out to great a…

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Andrew Ewell, author of SET FOR LIFE 58:01

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Andrew Ewell, the author of the new novel, Set for Life. He’s received fellowships from Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and VCCA France. His stories and essays have appeared in Salon, the Chattahoochee Review, Five Chapters, and TriQuarterly, among others. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Boston University and taught creat…

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Kristin Hannah, author of “The Women” 55:41

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Kristin Hannah is the award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels including the international blockbuster, The Nightingale. She also authored the NYT bestsellers The Great Alone, The Four Winds and, most recently, The Women, which shares the largely untold tales of women in the Vietnam War who served in the nursing corp. Warner Brot…

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Literary agent Emma Dries 1:05:09

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Literary agent Emma Dries is a writer and editor, and an agent at Triangle House Literary, where she represents literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, and academic crossover, with a special interest in climate writing. She began her career in editorial, working with bestselling and award winning authors at Alfred A. Knopf, Doubleday, Ecco, and Fla…

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Author and President of GoGet It, Inc. Nefateria Fonda’ shares how we can keep God in our businesses to serve and generate wealth 40:26

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Somewhere in the Middle welcomes Author and President of GoGet It, Inc., Nefateria Fonda' Nefateria Fonda’ is the President of Go Get It, Inc., a Certified Business and Sales Coach, Author, and Facilitator specializing in helping Christian parallel-preneurs (Professionals who are building a service-based business alongside their 9-5) get clear on w…

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Black Is America: The Final Chapter 12:22

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A preview of season 3By Owls Education Company

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Hisham Matar, author of “My Friends” 1:00:41

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Pulitzer Prize winning author Hisham Matar’s debut novel, In the Country of Men, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and The Guardian First Book Award and won numerous international prizes. His prize-winning memoir, The Return, published in 2016, received the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. It was one of The New York Times' top 10 books of the year. He’s…

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Melissa Broder, author of DEATH VALLEY 48:14

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Melissa Broder is the author of the novels, Death Valley, Milk Fed, and The Pisces, the essay collection So Sad Today, and five poetry collections, including Superdoom. Her books are translated in ten languages. She has written for the New York Times, Elle.com, and New York Magazine’s The Cut. She lives in Los Angeles. Melissa chats with Barbara De…

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Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of “The Waters” 1:01:29

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Bonnie Jo Campbell, known as the “master of rural noir,” is the author of eight books. Her story collection, American Salvage, was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction. Her 2011 novel, Once Upon a River, was made into a film in 2020. In this episode, Bonnie chats with Marrie Stone about her h…

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Kathleen Schmidt, Publishing Confidential 1:05:54

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Kathleen Schmidt, founder and CEO of Kathleen Schmidt Public Relations, has experience in all aspects of the industry, including as a publicist, literary agent, acquisitions editor, and ghostwriter. Her career encompasses 30 years of creating and directing impactful and strategic global media, marketing, and branding campaigns for politicians, A-Li…

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Lisa Gornick, author of “Ana Turns” 59:01

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Lisa Gornick has been hailed by NPR as “one of the most perceptive, compassionate writers of fiction in America…immensely talented and brave.” She is the author of four previous novels—most recently The Peacock Feast and Louisa Meets Bear. In this episode, Lisa chats with Marrie Stone about her latest novel, Ana Turns. Ana is turning 60, which is c…

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