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Neil and Claire read straight and LGBTQ+ Romance and Erotic Novels and then we play F**K, Marry, Kill with the characters. It is sexy and silly fun! Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @FMKLitPod You can also support our podcast and find all kinds of need extras on our Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod
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The Humans and Earth Podcast offers inspiration and practical resources for healing our planet and ourselves. We interview environmental regeneration experts, Earth-oriented wellness mentors, and spiritual teachers. It's time for humanity to collaborate with Earth to restore her flourishing and our own. Listen to gain support for your contributions to regeneration.
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Academy Vs Audience

Claire Bolton, Dan Gibbins, and Erin Weir

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Ever since 1928, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has handed out trophies to what it considered the best in film. Sometimes they were absolutely right, sometimes they were entirely wrong, sometimes they were so, so basic. But in all that time, audiences have had their own opinions, sometimes better, sometimes much worse. And sometimes, when the stars align or the fates allow, they even agree. Academy Vs Audience is a deep dive into Oscar history, revisiting film history from t ...
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Fckgirls Podcast

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This is the F*CKGIRLS PODCAST where we explore the philosophies at the heart of the F*CKGIRLS series. It’s about our two heroes, Jordanne and Ana-Marija, trying to apply f*ckboi ideology to relationships.
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I Can F-ck Me Better podcast is made for you if you are ready to start living the life you deserve! Re-Ignite your sensuality, Re-connect with your true identity and Re-Introduce happiness into your life to create a deep sense of self love! Hosted by your new bestie Itzel Perez. Hop on in and enjoy the ride!
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Full Body F*ck Yes Podcast is an investigation into who we get to become in the process of embodying our dreams. This show will feel like a bikini wax of the soul, releasing old stories that limit us while writing new chapters that feel authentic to our growth. It's time to take up more room on the page of your life. Join Storytelling Coach, TEDx Speaker and Emmy winner Abbey Gibb, as we learn together how to live a life that only feels like a Full Body F*ck Yes.
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Real-Life Business

Claire Markwick

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This podcast has one goal - to prove that noone has their shit together, 100% of the time and ultimately, it's the way you decide to approach things that will determine your reality! I'm not here for the hum-drum monotony of a good life - I'm here for f$#king spectacular and am stopping at nothing to achieving that! Raise your glass to your new mantra - "actually, I can" and let's do this!
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Playing Devil's Avocado

Claire Isaac and Lisa Sinclair

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Forget 50 and fabulous: hosts Claire and Lisa are 50 (ish) and still f*cked up (#fasfu). Join them as they reflect on the pressing issues and whether they'll ever live their Best Life Now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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We all have different perspectives and experiences surrounding food, but it's not that often that we have opportunities to truly understand other people's relationship with it. On this podcast Claire hosts conversations about life, eating, and the culture around food. From gluten free diets, to veganism, to eating in foreign countries, listen to get a window into diets that are similar or different to your own. Claire is 18 and has been gluten free and dairy free since age 13, and went veget ...
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Mom Forgot To Tell You Podcast empowers women financially, spiritually, physically, and mentally. I cover financial freedom, mental health, career growth, women's health, sex, and all types of relationships. I talk to female founders, psychologists, career coaches, doctors, and more!
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Poetry as F*ck is a spoken word podcast, containing three different shows: 'Poets Against Humanity' - a Creative Commons remix of 'Cards Against Humanity' where poets desecrate each others' work in a panel show format. 'Lies, Dreaming' - a digital open mic night based around a theme, with recorded spoken word submitted by listeners. 'Eight Poems That, If You Had To Be Trapped In Some Way For a Prolonged Period Of Time With Little Hope of Rescue, You'd Quite Like to Bring Along For Coping Pur ...
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Steph McGovern and her childhood friend Claire get to work tackling some of the funny, strange and sometimes revolting stuff that happens in the workplace. From office shenanigans to factory funnies, shop floor dramas to oil rig oddities, in ‘Not Bad For a Monday’ Claire, Steph and Producer Geoff invite you to join their irreverent virtual support group. Prepare for toe-curling tales from the daily grind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to Crossing Paths! A podcast featuring conversations with people from diverse backgrounds about their personal and professional lives in another country. Each episode is a new guest and together we’ll hear their story: what brought them away, what keeps them away, how they accomplished starting their own businesses far from home - and everything in between! Season 1: Madrid, Spain.
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Authors A.I. presents First Draft Friday! A regular open house for the author community where we talk about the craft of novel writing and storytelling with fellow authors, editors or entrepreneurs. Learn tips and trade secrets from the best names in fiction writing. Have a topic you’d like us to tackle? Know an author who would make a good guest? Let us know at team@authors.ai And get more author resources, including our manuscript analysis tool, at authors.ai
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You've seen the excellent, award-winning documentaries and featurettes created by the pop culture fanatics at Shout! Factory. But what you've seen is only a small taste of what was shot! Now, hear the full interviews from some of the people behind your favorite movies and TV series, by tuning into Shout!Takes.
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On Consciousness & the Brain with Bernard Baars

Bernard Baars, PhD | Nautilus Press Publishing Group

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Open-minded conversations on some new ideas about the scientific study of consciousness & the brain. Join Bernard Baars - originator of Global Workspace Theory (GWT), acclaimed author in psychobiology and one of the founders of the modern science of consciousness - to discover the conscious brain.
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Welcome to the podcast all about how babies and families are made. In this series, working midwife, mother and bestselling author Leah Hazard speaks to remarkable women and men from all walks of life about fertility, birth, pregnancy and parenting. She explores the way we see our bodies and our relationships, the choices we make as we build our families, and the highs and lows that those choices can bring. No judgment, no shame. Just real stories, and all the warmth, wit and compassion you’d ...
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It's buddy cops and classical music frenemies as Academy Vs Audience reaches 1984! First off, the Oscar goes to Amadeus, a film version of the what-if story proposing a deadly rivalry between composers Mozart and Salieri... a rivalry only one of them knows about. Erin, Claire, and Dan dig into it, the music, the wig-game, and if it's as gripping as…
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Have you been striking out in love? Are you looking for a real home run? Well we've got you covered because today we're doing Baseballers! For this home game episode we read "Work Me Up (Riggs Brothers Book 3)" by Julie Kriss and "Force Play" by Elle Brownlee. Our hosts act as umps and discuss the price of real estate, the semi-annual shaming of th…
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Do you like your romance to be traditional? Ready to wear? Maybe a little avant garde? Well whatever your taste, we've got you covered because today we're doing fashion designers! We read "Lavish Loving (The Drakes of California Book 9)" by Zuri Day and "The Life Revamp: An LGBTQ Romcom (The Love Study Book 3)" by Kirs Ripper. For this fashion-forw…
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Whether Rachael Te Wano is in sessions with clients or leading travel to sacred lands, she shares tools of embodiment and self-activation. She helps her clients align with their highest potential, unravel the threads of their destiny, heal at the origin, and activate the inherent wisdom within their DNA. She loves to say, “a grounded women will cha…
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It's 1983, and the big movies are all about difficult parent/child relationships. The Oscars went to Terms of Endearment, a mother/daughter story conceived, written, and brought to the screen by men, and Erin, Claire, and Dan have a lot of questions and notes on its success. Audiences, however, needed to see how Han Solo got out of the carbonite, a…
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In this episode of the NAF Adam talks with Claire about what Strength and Conditioning means, some of its benefits and limitations in MSK rehab, and some thoughts on the recent kickback by some therapists against it. We also find out what Octo-push is and if you can be a basketball player at 5 foot 7 Claire can be found on Twitter/X here and on Ins…
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Can we create our reality? Hear renowned coach Abiola Abrams and Chara discuss: Why it matters for us to take full responsibility for our lives and manifest consciously, not unconsciously. Why it’s important to realize that the mindset and manifestation approaches taught in recent decades actually are age-old and global and connect to neuroscience.…
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While Erin and Claire are busy with the all-new theatrical experience of Riverona, travel back with us to 1944 and what Dan insists against all opposition is "one of the three most criminally underrated Best Pictures in history," the cask-stength comfort viewing of Going My Way. But first, for All 80s Summer, Erin has a speed-run review of George M…
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We have a very special episode today, listeners! We are interviewing writer and writing teacher Laura Castoro! She's been in the biz for some time and talks with us about how to get creative with tropes, how the industry has changed over the years, and her upcoming workshop at Gemini Ink about how to prep for NaNoWritMo!Register for Laura's Class! …
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While Erin and Claire are bringing a fresh new work to what lucky audiences are able to catch it, we turn back the clock to one of our earliest episodes, in which Dan invited Erin, Claire, and you, the listener, to join him in his Yancey Cravat Madness. Followed by some love for Charlie Chaplin! And since this is All 80s Summer, some quickie 80s mo…
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Hear about the miracles, acts of kindness, and learning I've experienced recently with the passing of my dog...and about the wild animal babies showing me life's renewal. Kindly leave us a review so more people can discover the show. Follow Humans & Earth on Instagram at @schoolhumansearth https://www.instagram.com/schoolhumansearth/ Find us on Fac…
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Looking for a love tuneup? Need someone to get under the hood and make sure everything's well lubricated? Well you're in luck because today we're doing Mechanics! We take love into the shop and read "Don't Marry the Mechanic: A sweet small town, best friend romance (The Debutante Rules Book 1)" by Emily Childs, and "Mechanics of Love (Love On Madis…
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After an extended podcast break Adam talks with Liz Bayley about pain, injury, and rehab in performers and dancers. Liz has years of experience as a professional dancer and with working as a physio with performers and dancers. In this episode we discuss the joys and difficulties of working with dancers, the most common myths and misconceptions abou…
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It's 1982, and the rift between Academy and Audience grows ever farther. The (many) Oscars go to Richard Attenborough's lengthy biopic Gandhi, bringing you the greatest hits of Mohandas-then-Mahatma Gandhi, managing to fill over three hours of runtime with few insights beyond "Gandhi: Nifty." Meanwhile Steven Spielberg re-conquered Hollywood with t…
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Sometimes love is right there on the surface. But, more often than not, love is buried down deep and we have to dig it up and see what we can learn from it. Which is why today we're doing Archeologists! For this episode of cultural study we read "Whispers in the Dark: A Small Town Romantic Suspense in the Southwest" by Kris Bock and "Spectred Isle …
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It’s 1981, and one of the most iconic adventure movies ever takes on a movie with one iconic piece of music that they use a little. The Academy goes with Chariots of Fire, about the 1924 UK Olympic track and field team and the obstacles both great and very small they faced, while the audience flocks to see Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ latest …
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Welcome to Academy Vs Audiences All 80s Summer! The hits get bigger and the Oscar winners get smaller, and nothing spells that out quite like 1980. The Oscars go with Ordinary People, Robert Redford's film about a family in turmoil after a tragedy, and the different ways we successfully or unsuccessfully process grief. The audience, however, just r…
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They say you know it's true love when you're willing to die for someone. We say it's true love when you're willing to kill for someone. And that's why today we're doing serial killers! For this stabalicious episode we read "Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogy" by Brynne Weaver and "Beyond Time (Beyond Book 1)" by Lee McCormick. Our murder…
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It's 1979, nearing the end of the era of serious dramas for adults ruling the box office, and Dustin Hoffman's divorce and custody drama becomes one of our more unlikely joint champions. Erin, Claire, and Dan dig into Ted Kramer's attempts to juggle two lives: raising his son alone after his wife Joanna disappears into the night, and a career that …
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Neil and Claire are always right on top of the hottest new trends in pop culture. That includes watching and reviewing a movie that came out in 2023 for a book that came out in 2019. That's right! We are watching RED, WHITE, & ROYAL BLUE based on the book of the same name by Casey McQuiston. We have so many feelings about the royal line of successi…
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After giving presentations on the dangers of climate change, Leah Rampy became convinced that something was missing from the conversations. With experience as a teacher, professor, corporate and nonprofit executive, and leadership consultant, she began a decades-long journey to understand what lies beneath our unwillingness to change our interactio…
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It's 1978 and the tonal gulf between Oscar winner and people's champ has, if anything, widened, as has the gap in host reactions. The Academy goes for Michael Cimino's home-from-Vietnam story The Deer Hunter, which has some stellar performances but also very strange and off-putting pacing, and an iconic, definitive scene that maybe does more harm t…
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Some friends are silver, some friends are gold, and some friends and a diamond engagement ring! And that's why today we're doing "reconnecting with childhood friends that then turns into a romance!" For this nostalgic episode we read "The One That I Love" by Ivy Laika and "A Lady's Desire (The Townsends)" by Lily Maxton. Our hosts reconnect over si…
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Some of us need that one special person to love us. And some of us need the whole hoard! Which is why today we're doing orcs!! For this tusk-full episode, we read "Stolen by the Orc Commander : An Enemies to Lovers Monster Romance (Brides of the Frostwolf Clan Book 1)" by K. L. Wyatt, and "The Orc and Her Bride (The Sapphic Orcs of Torden Book 1)" …
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In 1977, a long time ago, you might say Academy and Audience's tastes were far, far away. Claire, Erin, Dan, and returning guest Munsi Parker-Munroe strap in to take on one Woody Allen in his seminal hit, Annie Hall, asking how well it's aged and how challenging it is to deal with the Woody Allen of it all. That accomplished, it's time for our firs…
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Our guest is instant #1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score who discusses how she adds humor to her work – and shares tips on how you can do the same. Find out about our next First Draft Friday chats, and our manuscript analysis too, at https://authors.ai/ This is an unedited chat loaded with questions and answers. Listen in! Did you know …
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Osprey Orielle Lake is the founder and executive director of the Women's Earth and Climate ActionNetwork (WECAN). She works internationally with grassroots, BIPOC and Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and diverse coalitions to build climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a decentralized, democratized clean-energy future. S…
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The Oscars have happened, Award Season is done for now, and we take a look at the ten candidates for Best Picture of 2023, with returning guest Oscar enthusiast, and greatest living fan of Zardoz, Olav Rokne. Dan and Olav saw all ten, as is their wont, Erin's seen six, and Claire's here for the vibes as we speed through reviews of nine great movies…
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Are you unlucky in love? Maybe what you need is the luck of the Irish. Which is why today we're doing Leprechauns! For this episode so good you'll find it at the end of a rainbow, we read "Falling for the Leprechaun King : A Leprechaun Romance" by S. L. Moon and "Oops! Leprechaun (Accidental Mates Book 8)" by Anitra Lynn McLeod. Our hosts get up to…
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It's 1976, and audiences and the Academy are united in loving one man: Rocky Balboa. A nine film franchise spanning six decades has a small and simple beginning as a struggling young Sylvester Stallone writes himself into stardom as a simple palooka trying to prove to the world and himself that he can go the distance with heavyweight champ Apollo C…
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In this episode of First Draft Friday, our guest is bestselling thriller author Melissa F. Miller. Melissa discusses writing in multiple third-person POV thrillers. Melissa says “I love writing big, juicy multiple POV thrillers. Every once in a while, I’ll do dual narrators (like my Shenandoah Shadows romantic suspense books and The Anniversary Par…
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Love is like a goat: it's cute and loud, it'll eat almost anything, and it's got some fucked up pupils. Which is why today we're doing Goat Farms! For this farm-fresh episode, we read "Dizzy in Love: A Sweet Romantic Comedy (Creekville Kisses Too)" by Brittany Larsen and "Sweat Equity (A Renovation Romance Book 1)" by Aurora Rey. Today our caprine …
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Catch up as our guest, bestselling romantic fantasy author Scarlett St. Clair discusses her work with Alessandra Torre, and explains how she creates dark anti-heroes who readers fall in love with. More about our manuscript analysis tool and author resources at authors.ai This is an unedited chat loaded with questions and answers. Listen in! Did you…
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It's 1995, and we have cuckoos and sharks coming your way! The Oscar went to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, second film ever to achieve the Oscar Grand Slam, as Jack Nicholson's anti-hero McMurphy squared off with Louise Fletcher's icily villainous Nurse Ratched. It's hailed by a classic, but how does it hold up? And what do other versions of the…
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Kate Neligan is an equine-partnered life and business coach, healer, and animal communicator who is devoted to the human-animal bond. Kate pairs her intuitive gifts with those of horses and goats to help people access their own inner power and life purpose. She works with both high-performing women and companies in developing mindful cultures throu…
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Two years after The Godfather dominated the box office and snagged the top Oscar, Francis and the Corleones are back for one of the most lauded sequels ever, The Godfather Part 2. Gina Stewart's back to join Erin, Claire, and Dan in unpacking the rise of Vito and the fall of Michael, and the sad story of Fredo and the career of the man playing him.…
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It's 1973, and we take a break from Coppola's mafia movies for... more crimes, of legal and spiritual nature! First up, Paul Newman and Robert Redford are back together for new crimes in a new century, as 1930s con men out for payback on a vicious gangster in Oscar winner The Sting. But as popular as the Butch and Sundance reunion was (very), audie…
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Variety is the spice of life – but is it also the secret to a long and prosperous author career? Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler knows his stuff, and with a recent pivot into writing thrillers, he’s the perfect author to have this discussion with. This is an unedited chat loaded with questions and answers. Listen in! Did you kno…
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Bestselling contemporary romance author Xio Axelrod and Alessandra Torre discuss themes related to writing romance, and Xio’s journey from indie to published author. This is an unedited chat loaded with questions and answers. Listen in! Did you know you can get an expert analysis of your novel in just minutes? Get your book analyzed here > https://…
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We know we said we were going on a break, dear listeners, but we just couldn't stay away! For this extra special episode, we interview author Stacey Lynn Hafner, writer of The Vanished series. Neil and Claire read the first book in the series, "Tattoo My Heart," and ask Stacey all their burning questions about boss ass women, reality tv, and celebr…
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It's 1972 and Francis Ford Coppola had an offer neither Academy nor Audience could refuse, with all-time-classic mob movie The Godfather. Erin, Claire, and Dan dig into the suspense, the twists and turns, who the best Corleone kid is and why it's Tom Hagen, and Gina Stewart is back to tell us all about how Mario Puzo's novel was adapted (by Puzo hi…
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Authors Alessandra Torre and Mary Carroll Moore discuss how writers can incorporate themselves into their characters. Mary Carroll shares how she incorporated some of her own life experiences into her latest book, A Woman’s Guide to Search and Rescue. This is an unedited chat loaded with questions and answers. Listen in! Did you know you can get an…
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Authors Alessandra Torre and Debbie Weiss discuss stepping through self-imposed boundaries of fear and anxiety to pen your first book. This is an unedited chat loaded with questions and answers. Listen in! Did you know you can get an expert analysis of your novel in just minutes? Get your book analyzed here > https://authors.ai/…
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Authors Alessandra Torre and Lynne Golodner discuss the similarities & differences between creative nonfiction & fiction. This is an unedited chat loaded with questions and answers. Listen in! Did you know you can get an expert analysis of your novel in just minutes? Get your book analyzed here > https://authors.ai/…
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Variety is the spice of life – but is it also the secret to a long and prosperous author career? Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler knows his stuff, and with a recent pivot into writing thrillers, he’s the perfect author to have this discussion with. This is an unedited chat loaded with questions and answers. Listen in! Did you kno…
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It's the holiday season, so while taking a brief break, Erin, Claire, and Dan look back at the hits, possible nominees, and other random movies they've seen over the course of 2023. What were some Oscar History highlights? What were the weird trends of 2023 movies? What's the most unfortunate trend? Are we headed for the first Joint Champion in two…
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Do you ever think about how all cultures have important myths and stories about transformation? Tune in to hear: Why transformation is core to who we are as humans Signs of transformation already occurring in our world Why transformation is something we have to choose Why individual transformation leads the way for collective transformation How to …
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Love is glitzy, the biggest gamble, and, for some reason, smoking is still allowed indoors. Which is why today we're doing Las Vegas! For this episode we read "Abby's Bluff" by Heather Heart and "Choosing Simon (Oz-Vegas Trilogy Book 1)" by K. A. Belle. And this episode is even more of a gamble than usual because Neil didn't finish one of the books…
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1971 brings us another year where you have to ask if someone wrote the winners down wrong, as the Academy goes with the cop thrillers and audiences decide they're not quite done with musicals. Best Picture goes to The French Connection, with Gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle, a cop on the edge in world he never made, fighting French drug traffickers wit…
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