Best Janisse Podcasts (2024)

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A Devotion to the Mysterium of Place as an Antidote to Existential Homesickness, with Janisse Ray 1:04:30

19d ago1:04:30

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Working under the online name Trackless Wild, Janisse Ray is an American writer, naturalist, and environmental activist.Just about everything she does speaks to me of the largest meaning and importance of what it means to be a capital G gardener in our world.A moving storyteller, speaker, and teacher, her book titles include Ecology of A Cracker Ch…

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BONUS - Singers in the Spotlight 3:25:10

2h ago3:25:10

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In this bonus episode, we salute some of the singers who stepped up to the Suspense microphone and traded trills for thrills. Lena Horne is caught up in wartime espionage in "You Were Wonderful" (originally aired on CBS on November 9, 1944), and Frank Sinatra is the handyman from hell in "To Find Help" (AFRS rebroadcast from January 18, 1945). Ezio…

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Thoughtful alchemy & sustainable floristry, Shane Connolly 54:44

35m ago54:44

54:44

This week, A BEST OF conversation. In this long, hot, fiery summer here in Northern CA and wet and windy summer in other parts of the country – I really needed some flowers – and thought our conversation with the UK’s Shane Connolly might be just the thing. ENJOY!As we tend toward summer’s end, with end of summer and fall events and celebrations pe…

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Thoughtful alchemy & sustainable floristry, Shane Connolly 54:44

35m ago54:44

54:44

This week, A BEST OF conversation. In this long, hot, fiery summer here in Northern CA and wet and windy summer in other parts of the country – I really needed some flowers – and thought our conversation with the UK’s Shane Connolly might be just the thing. ENJOY!As we tend toward summer’s end, with end of summer and fall events and celebrations pe…

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Episode 387 - Shirley Mitchell 1:03:00

1h ago1:03:00

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Best known to radio fans as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve's on again/off again fiancee, Shirley Mitchell had a long career on the air and the big and small screens. We'll hear her meet a man and his knife in "Blind Date" (originally aired on CBS on November 18, 1954). Plus, she's Leila Ransom opposite Harold Peary in The Great Gildersleeve (original…

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Episode 386 - John Dehner (Part 3) 1:49:58

12m ago1:49:58

1:49:58

The great character actor John Dehner signs off with his final starring role on Suspense. He plays a husband and father who tries to keep his family safe after an armed fugitive breaks into their home in "Strange for a Killer" (originally aired on CBS on September 6, 1955). Plus, we'll hear him as the narrator in one of the best (and scariest) Susp…

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Episode 6: Connie Albers - Homeschooling Author and Media Personality 46:43

6h ago46:43

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In this episode, host FPEA Chair Suzanne Nunn speaks with Connie Albers. Connie is a podcaster, author, speaker, TV and media contributor, and a connector dedicated to equipping parents and students to discover who they were created to be and how to cultivate lasting relationships. Connie is a small-town Florida girl who discovered a big world. Her…

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Back to school (with plants) - Sean Doherty, VP of Education, Missouri Botanical Garden 59:22

32m ago59:22

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It’s back to school time – you can tell by the ads on television and radio (yes, I was watching the Olympics!) and by the displays at the stores with notebooks, pencils, backpacks, and lunch boxes being on prominent display. As you and I know, one of the best classrooms available to us all is the outdoors – from the wildlands of fields, woods, and …

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Back to school (with plants) - Sean Doherty, VP of Education, Missouri Botanical Garden 59:22

1h ago59:22

59:22

It’s back to school time – you can tell by the ads on television and radio (yes, I was watching the Olympics!) and by the displays at the stores with notebooks, pencils, backpacks, and lunch boxes being on prominent display. As you and I know, one of the best classrooms available to us all is the outdoors – from the wildlands of fields, woods, and …

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BONUS - Alfred Hitchcock (Part 7) 39:53

1h ago39:53

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Happy Birthday, Hitch! This month, we celebrate the birthday of the big screen master of suspense with the audition recording for The Alfred Hitchcock Show - a series that would have featured the director as narrator of thrillers and chillers. Joseph Kearns stars in an adaptation of "Malice Aforethought," hosted and narrated by Alfred Hitchcock.…

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Welcome to the Shrub Club: Shrouded in Light Kevin Philip Williams & Michael Guidi 1:24:54

12d ago1:24:54

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Late July, August, and September (the dog days of summer with the constellation Sirius high in the night sky) are perhaps the stretch of the year in most climates of the Northern Hemisphere that really show you what your garden and plants are made of (for better or worse) after months of them producing and growing under long hours of sun, high heat…

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Welcome to the Shrub Club: Shrouded in Light Kevin Philip Williams & Michael Guidi 1:24:54

12d ago1:24:54

1:24:54

Late July, August, and September (the dog days of summer with the constellation Sirius high in the night sky) are perhaps the stretch of the year in most climates of the Northern Hemisphere that really show you what your garden and plants are made of (for better or worse) after months of them producing and growing under long hours of sun, high heat…

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Episode 385 - Sam Edwards 1:36:05

5d ago1:36:05

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A busy character actor on the big and small screens, Sam Edwards was also a versatile radio performer. Even in his 30s, he could still play teens - to comedic effect on Meet Corliss Archer or in dramas like Gunsmoke and Dragnet. But he was also effective at playing adults in shows all around the dial, including Suspense. We'll hear him as man on th…

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Episode 384 - Frank Lovejoy (Part 6) 1:53:33

10d ago1:53:33

1:53:33

Radio, TV, and big screen star Frank Lovejoy returns to the podcast in a trio of stories that show off his talents as well as the variety of tales that Suspense could tell. First, he's a human guinea pig (and co-stars with his wife, Joan Banks) in an experiment to expand his senses in "Man from Tomorrow" (AFRS rebroadcast from September 1, 1957). N…

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The Botanical Journey & Lexicon of a Caring Plantsperson, with Tim Johnson, Native Plant Trust 1:09:13

12d ago1:09:13

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Tim Johnson is engaged in the native plant and garden worlds on both personal and professional levels. Having worked with Seed Savers Exchange earlier in his career, Tim last joined us on Cultivating Place a few years back as Executive Director for The Botanic Garden of Smith College.Tim is a spouse, a father, a life long learner and gardener, and …

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The Botanical Journey & Lexicon of a Caring Plantsperson, with Tim Johnson, Native Plant Trust 1:09:13

12d ago1:09:13

1:09:13

Tim Johnson is engaged in the native plant and garden worlds on both personal and professional levels. Having worked with Seed Savers Exchange earlier in his career, Tim last joined us on Cultivating Place a few years back as Executive Director for The Botanic Garden of Smith College.Tim is a spouse, a father, a life long learner and gardener, and …

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A Devotion to the Mysterium of Place as an Antidote to Existential Homesickness, with Janisse Ray 1:04:30

19d ago1:04:30

1:04:30

Working under the online name Trackless Wild, Janisse Ray is an American writer, naturalist, and environmental activist.Just about everything she does speaks to me of the largest meaning and importance of what it means to be a capital G gardener in our world.A moving storyteller, speaker, and teacher, her book titles include Ecology of A Cracker Ch…

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Episode 383 - Vivi Janiss 1:32:40

20d ago1:32:40

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Vivi Janiss was one of the radio era's most versatile and talented actresses, and she lent her voice to roles in comedies, westerns, thrillers, and everything in between. We'll hear her on a long car ride with her husband and an armed fugitive in "Backseat Driver" (originally aired on CBS on July 19, 1955), and she plays the wife of a man about to …

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Episode 382 - Robert Montgomery (Part 4) 2:09:04

1M ago2:09:04

2:09:04

We bid a fond farewell to actor, director, and occasional Suspense host Robert Montgomery. In addition to acting as emcee and narrator, Montgomery plays a man who may (or may not) be the homicidal maniac stalking the streets of London in "The Lodger" (originally aired on CBS on February 14, 1948). Plus, he recreates his big screen role of Philip Ma…

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The Comfort of Crows, A Backyard Year" with Margaret Renkl BEST OF 1:03:10

1M ago1:03:10

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This week we revisit a favorite conversation from the archive, “The Comfort of Crows, A Backyard Year," with author and backyard tender and observer, Margaret Renkl. Reminding us that even on days when we feel overheated and overwhelmed, there is always some comfort, intelligence, and agency to be found among the flora and fauna of this generous pl…

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The Comfort of Crows, A Backyard Year" with Margaret Renkl BEST OF 1:03:10

26d ago1:03:10

1:03:10

This week we revisit a favorite conversation from the archive, “The Comfort of Crows, A Backyard Year," with author and backyard tender and observer, Margaret Renkl. Reminding us that even on days when we feel overheated and overwhelmed, there is always some comfort, intelligence, and agency to be found among the flora and fauna of this generous pl…

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Trees are Bridges to the Sky, with ecologist poet Frederick Livingston 1:07:33

1M ago1:07:33

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“Are Humans Parasites sowing our own hunger, or fruit, gifts from Earth to our future? Is the edge of our lives, civilization, and species a cliff to catastrophe or a bridge to transformation?” These are the words, questions, and motivations of poet and gardener, Frederick Livingston author of Trees are Bridges to the Sky a collection of essays and…

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Trees are Bridges to the Sky, with ecologist poet Frederick Livingston 1:07:33

1M ago1:07:33

1:07:33

“Are Humans Parasites sowing our own hunger, or fruit, gifts from Earth to our future? Is the edge of our lives, civilization, and species a cliff to catastrophe or a bridge to transformation?” These are the words, questions, and motivations of poet and gardener, Frederick Livingston author of Trees are Bridges to the Sky a collection of essays and…

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Episode 381 - Walter Abel 1:32:51

1M ago1:32:51

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Character Walter Abel began his career in Eugene O'Neill stage dramas in the 1920s and he worked steadily on the big and small screens all the way through the 1980s. We'll hear him as a bank employee who wants to add some fun - and some ill-gotten gains - to his life in "Quiet Desperation" (originally aired on CBS on August 7, 1947). Plus, he co-st…

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Episode 5: Sarah Janisse Brown - Creator of Thinking Tree Books 52:57

2M ago52:57

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In this episode, host Suzanne Nunn speaks with Sarah Janisse Brown. Sarah is the creator of Thinking Tree Books, the “Fun-School” Method and is a mom of 15 kids. She has a passion for guiding the next generation of homeschoolers toward free thinking and guilt free learning. They talk about Sarah’s journey into motherhood, how her fun schooling meth…

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Good Citizenship = Good Stewardship: Native Seed/SEARCH, with Alexandra Zamecnik 1:01:16

1M ago1:01:16

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It’s the seedy time of summer. This week of the fourth of July we’re working from the premise that foundational to good citizenship is great stewardship of place (plants and people) and we are looking to the desert Southwest in conversation with Alexandra Zamecnik, Executive Director of Native Seed/SEARCH. For more than four decades, Native Seeds/S…

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Good Citizenship = Good Stewardship: Native Seed/SEARCH, with Alexandra Zamecnik 1:01:16

1M ago1:01:16

1:01:16

It’s the seedy time of summer. This week of the fourth of July we’re working from the premise that foundational to good citizenship is great stewardship of place (plants and people) and we are looking to the desert Southwest in conversation with Alexandra Zamecnik, Executive Director of Native Seed/SEARCH. For more than four decades, Native Seeds/S…

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Episode 380 - Agnes Moorehead (Part 11) 1:31:18

1M ago1:31:18

1:31:18

We bid goodbye to the "First Lady of Suspense" as Agnes Moorehead stars in three old time radio thrillers. First, she plays a high school teacher who tries to save her student from a grisly end behind the wheel of a hot rod in "The Empty Chair" (originally aired on CBS on September 21, 1953). Then, Ms. Moorehead plays a mother who's a little too cl…

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BONUS - Best of Joseph Cotten 3:06:54

1M ago3:06:54

3:06:54

In this bonus episode, I'm sharing my favorite Suspense shows from the 18 appearances Joseph Cotten made on the program. The star of Shadow of a Doubt and The Third Man plays both heroes and villains across these six episodes. First, he's searching for his missing wife in "You'll Never See Me Again" (originally aired on CBS on September 14, 1944), …

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National Pollinator Week with the Pollinator Posse, Tora Rocha 1:13:42

2M ago1:13:42

1:13:42

It’s full summer - for us and for the fauna of the Northern Hemisphere. That means many of our most charismatic, sun-loving pollinators are at the peak of their seasonal cycles – and we are celebrating National Pollinator Week with Tora Rocha of the Pollinator Posse based in Oakland, CA – sharing all things love of pollinators. Tora is a gardener a…

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National Pollinator Week with the Pollinator Posse, Tora Rocha 1:13:42

2M ago1:13:42

1:13:42

It’s full summer - for us and for the fauna of the Northern Hemisphere. That means many of our most charismatic, sun-loving pollinators are at the peak of their seasonal cycles – and we are celebrating National Pollinator Week with Tora Rocha of the Pollinator Posse based in Oakland, CA – sharing all things love of pollinators. Tora is a gardener a…

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Episode 379 - Mark Stevens 1:40:09

2M ago1:40:09

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As a contract player for Warner Brothers and Fox, Mark Stevens starred in film noir and dramas alongside the likes of Lucille Ball and Richard Widmark. But even though he was hailed as one of the most promising new stars of Hollywood, his career never really took off. We'll hear Stevens in his one and only appearance on Suspense; he plays a man who…

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BONUS - Suspense Goes Sci-Fi 3:23:31

2M ago3:23:31

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Suspense takes some rare trips into the otherworldly realms of science fiction in this bonus episode. John McIntire is a mad scientist with an equally mad experiment in "Donovan's Brain" (originally aired on CBS on Februay 7, 1948), and Jack Benny is a one-man welcoming committee on Mars in "Plan X" (originally aired aired on CBS on February 2, 195…

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SOLSTICE SPECIAL: Being Still, with Mary Jo Hoffman 1:19:45

2M ago1:19:45

1:19:45

Happy (almost) Summer Solstice! In celebration of the planetary moment of the longest day and the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, taking place on June 20th, we get Still.We hold a moment of stillness to notice and honor our places, our selves, and our many companions in time and space.We’re in conversation with Artist/Photogr…

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SOLSTICE SPECIAL: Being Still, with Mary Jo Hoffman 1:19:45

2M ago1:19:45

1:19:45

Happy (almost) Summer Solstice! In celebration of the planetary moment of the longest day and the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, taking place on June 20th, we get Still.We hold a moment of stillness to notice and honor our places, our selves, and our many companions in time and space.We’re in conversation with Artist/Photogr…

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Episode 4: Zan Tyler - Home Education Pioneer 43:44

2M ago43:44

43:44

FPEA Chairman Suzanne Nunn speaks with Zan Tyler, popular homeschool speaker and author. Zan shares her amazing story of how she started homeschooling, almost landed in jail and ultimately battled for homeschooling freedom and the establishment of landmark homeschool legislation in South Carolina. They talk about how Zan’s journey has convinced her…

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In Honor of Juneteenth: The Anne Spencer House & Garden, with Shaun Spencer Hester 1:19:28

2M ago1:19:28

1:19:28

In honor of Juneteenth celebrations coming up, we check in on the Anne Spencer House & Garden in Lynchburg, VA. The home and garden of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer and her husband Edward, this garden remains the only known fully restored historic garden of an African American in the U.S.We’re in conversation with Anne and Edward’s granddaug…

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In Honor of Juneteenth: The Anne Spencer House & Garden, with Shaun Spencer Hester 1:19:28

2M ago1:19:28

1:19:28

In honor of Juneteenth celebrations coming up, we check in on the Anne Spencer House & Garden in Lynchburg, VA. The home and garden of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer and her husband Edward, this garden remains the only known fully restored historic garden of an African American in the U.S.We’re in conversation with Anne and Edward’s granddaug…

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A Garden's Purpose, with Félix de Rosen 53:05

2M ago53:05

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Cultivating our places with attention, intention, thought and care is certainly an ethos I hold dear and advocate for with some measure of ferocity. When student and gardener Félix de Rosen reached out to me in 2021 seeking advice on a new book project. His thinking and design resonated with me, and we have communicated back and forth ever since. N…

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A Garden's Purpose, with Félix de Rosen 53:05

2M ago53:05

53:05

Cultivating our places with attention, intention, thought and care is certainly an ethos I hold dear and advocate for with some measure of ferocity. When student and gardener Félix de Rosen reached out to me in 2021 seeking advice on a new book project. His thinking and design resonated with me, and we have communicated back and forth ever since. N…

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Design Futurist Awards, with Sarah Beck of Pacific Horticulture 52:38

3M ago52:38

52:38

With the Chelsea Flower Show in the UK just completed, the gardening world as a whole has the concept of Garden Design awards and recognition - along with the garden world’s trends, concerns and priorities - top of mind. Such display and attention – and recognition well beyond the garden world – has the potential to move hearts and minds and, more …

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Design Futurist Awards, with Sarah Beck of Pacific Horticulture 52:38

3M ago52:38

52:38

With the Chelsea Flower Show in the UK just completed, the gardening world as a whole has the concept of Garden Design awards and recognition - along with the garden world’s trends, concerns and priorities - top of mind. Such display and attention – and recognition well beyond the garden world – has the potential to move hearts and minds and, more …

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Episode 378 - Helen Walker 1:44:06

3M ago1:44:06

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Helen Walker's Hollywood career was short and marked by an offscreen tragedy, but she made memorable appearances in comedies and dramas opposite co-stars like Fred MacMurray and Tyrone Power. We'll hear her opposite John Beal in "Deadline at Dawn" - the final hour-long episode of Suspense (originally aired on CBS on May 15, 1948). Then she reprises…

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BONUS - Best of Gene Kelly 1:33:05

3M ago1:33:05

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In this bonus episode, I'm sharing my favorite Suspense shows starring Gene Kelly. The star of Singin' in the Rain doesn't sing or dance, but instead he shows off his dramatic chops in three radio thrillers. First, he's stalked on the highway in "Death Went Along For the Ride" (originally aired on CBS on April 27, 1944), and then he's a man whose s…

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Episode 377 - Richard Crenna 1:35:16

3M ago1:35:16

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Before he was Rambo's commanding officer, Richard Crenna was a squeaky-voiced teenager on radio in Our Miss Brooks and A Date with Judy. His career began on the air and stretched into the early 2000s, and it included an Emmy win and starring roles on multiple TV shows. We'll hear him in a pair of radio thrillers: first, he's a young crook whose lif…

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Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook, with Milkwood's Kirsten Bradley 54:19

3M ago54:19

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This week on Cultivating Place, we’re in conversation with Kristen Bradley, Co-founder and Creative Director of the world-renowned Australian-based Milkwood Permaculture. Their new Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook is another perfect resource for our summer garden (and life) plotting, planning, and planting, with an emphasis on garden-life-base…

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Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook, with Milkwood's Kirsten Bradley 54:19

3M ago54:19

54:19

This week on Cultivating Place, we’re in conversation with Kristen Bradley, Co-founder and Creative Director of the world-renowned Australian-based Milkwood Permaculture. Their new Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook is another perfect resource for our summer garden (and life) plotting, planning, and planting, with an emphasis on garden-life-base…

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Episode 3: Todd Wilson - Familyman Ministries 36:24

3M ago36:24

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FPEA Chairman Suzanne Nunn speaks with Todd Wilson, founder of Familyman Ministries, which he started with a mission to remind dads about what's most important. Todd shares about how he came to have the vision for Familyman Ministries, relationships that influenced this vision and how he ultimately put feet to it all.…

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Episode 2: Dennis DiNoia - Mr D Math 44:22

3M ago44:22

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FPEA Chairman Suzanne Nunn speaks with Dennis DiNoia, also known as Mr. D, the founder of Mr. D Math, a trusted resource for online math curriculum, SAT/ACT test prep, and courses in a variety of key subjects for students around the world. Dennis talks about how to follow your dreams and live the life you dream of and how his decision to take the l…

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Episode 1: Ginny Yurich - 1000 Hours Outside 44:54

3M ago44:54

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FPEA Chair Suzanne Nunn speaks with Ginny Yurich, the founder and CEO of 1000 Hours Outside, a global platform to reclaim childhood and reconnect families. Ginny is a mother of five, published author, speaker and a self-proclaimed Zinnia enthusiast. They talk about Ginny’s childhood without screens, her journey into motherhood, how 1000 Hours Outsi…

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