Best Mackenzie Lambert Podcasts (2024)

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Mental Health in the Military: Losing Your Son to Suicide One Year After Coming Home (with Dean Lambert, The Love Always Project) 1:12:27

2M ago1:12:27

1:12:27

Dean is a military brat who moved 18 times in 17 years. Today we discuss the loss of Dean's son, Adam. Adam was a USMC Corporal who served in Afghanistan and died by suicide a year after coming home at age 24. www.lovealwaysproject.org

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Dating (and Breaking Up) in LA with Comedian Meryl Klemow (Campfire Sht Show) 26:50

2M ago26:50

26:50

Today my good friend Meryl is interviewing me. She is an established comedian, not to mention one of my funniest friends. We discuss the differences between our breakups, dating in LA, and we then deep-dive on almost every date I've been on in the past year. So to tie this into grief, we are grieving our past romantic selves. Close enough! Part 1 g…

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What To Say To Grievers Around the Holidays with Podcaster Danielle Hill 52:27

3M ago52:27

52:27

Daniélle Hill is a Social Media Manager for small businesses and creatives. She help business owners simplify their video marketing so that they can get lead clients and customers and have an amazing time online. She is also a podcaster that has #reallife heart to hearts laughter and guest interviews all centered around the importance of connection…

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Get Your Money Together in 2024 | Top 3 Credit Card Recs To Save $ & Travel for Free 14:10

3M ago14:10

14:10

It's a new year. It's a new you. Or is the same you? Girl, let's get your money together. I have 3 credit cards that I'm obsessed with - and I will share them here! Plus a little bit of dating tea... Bilt Mastercard Referral Link: https://bilt.page/r/FIYP-4RJT Amex Referral Link: https://americanexpress.com/en-us/referral/CHELScmRvc?XLINK=MYCP - Wo…

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How Grief Shapes Poetry | Losing Your Brother in a Car Accident & Mom to Breast Cancer with Therapist Mackenzie Studebaker 50:49

3M ago50:49

50:49

Today we explore Mackenzie's poetry, informed by their own losses. Their brother was killed in a car accident at 19 and their mom died 5 years later from breast cancer. Mackenzie is an associate marriage and family therapist, certified iRest Yoga Nidra meditation teacher and trauma informed yoga teacher. They specialize in working with grief and lo…

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Re-Share: My Parents' Diseases: Growing Up Around ALS & Breast Cancer 27:41

4M ago27:41

27:41

▶▶ Welcome back to Dying Of Laughter! In this episode, I'm re-sharing the first episode I ever launched... This is the story of my parents getting sick: my dad's journey with ALS and my mom's journey with breast cancer. Happy holidays! Okay, that ended a little too jolly. If you're feeling holly this year, go off; if you're feeling unhinged or unwe…

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Menna van Praag: The Writer And Technology 2:28

4M ago2:28

2:28

'When the online customer support person told me – brightly – to ‘have a nice day’ it took all the willpower I possessed not to scream expletives. ' When informed that this cloud hadn’t magically saved all my lost books, I burst into tears and, when the online customer support person told me – brightly – to ‘have a nice day’ it took all the willpow…

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James Attlee: The Perfect Place To Write 2:51

4M ago2:51

2:51

'After commuting for twelve years, I told GWR I had written three books on their train, and that I should be made their writer in residence.' After commuting for twelve years, I went freelance. I told GWR I had written three books on their train, and that I should be made their writer in residence. To my surprise they agreed, giving me a staff pass…

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Rebecca Colby: In My Bottom Drawer 3:04

4M ago3:04

3:04

'My bottom drawer is more of a recycling bin than a bottom drawer. My intention is for nothing to stay in it forever. ' My bottom drawer is more of a recycling bin than a bottom drawer. With the knowledge that no writing is ever wasted, my intention is for nothing to stay in it forever. Instead, it serves as a temporary storage space for stories I …

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Garry MacKenzie: How I Write 3:00

4M ago3:00

3:00

'I score out phrases, draw connecting arrows between ideas, and play around with words on the page. A mouse and keyboard would slow me down.' I score out phrases, draw connecting arrows between ideas, and play around with the position of words on the page. Using a mouse and keyboard would slow me down. I rewrite obsessively. Every few lines I'll st…

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Death, Dogs & Deals - My Holiday Plans (and Recent Blocks) 14:30

4M ago14:30

14:30

The holidays can bring all the feels. Join me for a quick hang discussing death, dogs, and deals. And yes, that does rhyme and yes, I care that you noticed. Deals: Lyft/Amazon: While supplies last, you can earn a $15 Amazon promotional credit when you spend $100 on one or more Lyft gift cards purchased through Amazon when you use code "LYFT" at che…

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Kim Curran: Why I Write 2:55

4M ago2:55

2:55

'Writing is dreams caught in butterfly nets. It’s falling in love for the first time. It’s adventures my knees are too old to have. ' Writing is dreams caught in butterfly nets. It’s falling in love for the first time. It’s adventures my knees are too old to have. And mysteries my brain is too dull to solve. Writing is my escape. My means of coming…

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Michaela Morgan: Getting Published: What No One Tells You 5:10

4M ago5:10

5:10

'Gather a few authors together in a room and does the conversation veer towards culture, philosophy, art…literature? No, it does not. It focuses on complaints.' Gather a few authors together in a room and does the conversation veer towards culture, philosophy, art…literature? No, it does not. It focuses on complaints — publicists, publishers, party…

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Charlie Hill: My Most Treasured Moments As A Writer 2:48

4M ago2:48

2:48

'Wandering around a music festival, a fella pointed a camera at me. ‘You wrote that book, didn’t you?’ he said. ‘I did!’ I said, thrilled, ‘did you like it?’ ‘I’m not sure,’ he said.' Wandering around a music festival, a fella pointed a camera at me. ‘You wrote that book, didn’t you?’ he said. ‘I did!’ I said, thrilled, ‘did you like it?’ ‘I’m not …

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Alex Nye: The Writer And Nature 3:16

4M ago3:16

3:16

'Nature is everywhere. It’s ugly and visceral and full of decay. It's in the rust on the bicycle and the weeds appearing uninvited between the cracks. ' I note that the café has an atmosphere of carefully crafted urban decay, mostly accidental. Nature is everywhere. It’s ugly and visceral and full of decay. It's in the rust on the bicycle and the w…

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Sarah Jasmon: Letter To My Younger Self 2:38

4M ago2:38

2:38

'The advice that the editor gave, that readers want to know more about the kestrel flying above the rainbow and less about what it’s like to change a tyre in the rain? They’re not wrong.' The advice that the editor gave, that the readers want to know more about the kestrel flying above the rainbow that you see from the mountain pass in Wales and le…

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Richard Lambert: Rejection 3:10

4M ago3:10

3:10

'I began to internalise the rejections, to believe in a way I hadn’t when I was younger, that the editors, agents, publishers were right — my work wasn’t good enough.' I began to internalise the rejections, to believe in a way I hadn’t when I was younger, that the editors, agents, publishers were right — my work wasn’t good enough; of course they d…

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Amber Lee Dodd: Being Genre Fluid 2:38

4M ago2:38

2:38

'I’m constantly drawing on a bank of inspiration from a wide pool, taking what I need and leaving behind what I don’t. ' I think I can put my voice down to the many disciplines I’ve studied, read, and written, the genres and practices I’ve worked in. I’m constantly drawing on a bank of inspiration from a wide pool, taking what I need and leaving be…

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Simon Robson: Life-changing Literature 3:28

5M ago3:28

3:28

'I remember trying to look at ease. I remember thinking I should probably read something, just as in a bar you should probably drink something. ' I remember thinking I should probably read something, just as in a bar you should probably drink something. I wanted to be a scientist when I grew up, but that day I needed something stronger. I was so de…

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Anthony J. Quinn: Inspiration 3:54

5M ago3:54

3:54

'One part of me is sinking deeper into my roots, and the other is struggling to get away, to evoke a freer world in my writing. ' One part of me is sinking deeper into my roots, and the other is struggling to get away, to evoke a freer world in my writing. Writing about the Troubles and the landscape of home feels fraught with danger, but it is als…

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Alison MacLeod: The Writer And Technology 5:04

5M ago5:04

5:04

'How will we ever code for experiences of wonder, grief, joy and awe? How will a humanoid artist ever yearn? ' How will we ever code for experiences of wonder, grief, joy and awe? How will a humanoid artist ever yearn? Such experiences will never be reducible to simulated feelings, even if simulations might be transmitted across our neural networks…

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No Crying in Cooking: Where Food & Body Image Meets Grief with Skylar Harrison 1:00:36

5M ago1:00:36

1:00:36

Today we are chatting with food writer & podcaster, Skylar Harrison. We talk about her dad dying of throat and tongue cancer in 2001, what it's like losing at parent at age 11, and how her food writing intersects with grief. Skylar runs a grief and mental health instagram called No Crying In Cooking covering grief, recovery, and self-compassion. Ch…

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Jeremy Treglown: The Perfect Place To Write 3:33

5M ago3:33

3:33

'There aren’t many places where I can’t write. A beach in full sun is no good, nor is a fast-moving car, but trains are fine, parks, waiting rooms, anywhere with a seat.' There aren’t many places where I can’t write. A beach in full sun is no good, nor is a fast-moving car, but trains are fine, parks in fair weather, waiting rooms, anywhere with a …

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Sarah Hilary: In My Bottom Drawer 5:30

5M ago5:30

5:30

'Only we know how deeply we felt those words, how hard we clung to the belief that they would one day find a shelf in a library or bookshop. And our characters! ' Only we know how deeply we felt those words, how hard we clung to the belief that they would one day find a shelf in a library or bookshop. And our characters! We cannot turn them out of …

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Anna Wilson: Inspiration 3:05

5M ago3:05

3:05

'If I’ve put in enough hours, if I’ve proved to the Muse that I am dedicated and loyal, there comes a time when she does arrive, unexpectedly and unannounced.' If I’ve put in enough hours, if I’ve proved to the Muse that I am dedicated and loyal, there comes a time when she does arrive, unexpectedly and unannounced, in all her golden glory. And whe…

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Mark Blayney: The Festival Experience 3:15

5M ago3:15

3:15

'How do you get your ideas?’ If this seems a silly question to you: try not to say that. Think ahead and make up a reason. You’re a creator! ' How do you get your ideas?’ If this seems a silly question to you: try not to say that. Think ahead and make up a reason. You’re a creator! Invent. And if your audience is bijou — shall we say — involve them…

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Jasbinder Bilan: The Biggest Surprise Of My Writing Life 3:25

5M ago3:25

3:25

'I come from a long line of home-grown storytellers. My mother would cook big pots of fragrant Indian food and stories would spring into the conversation.' I come from a long line of home-grown storytellers. At extended family gatherings my mother would cook big pots of fragrant Indian food and suddenly stories about our beloved farm close to the H…

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Beth Miller: Rejection 3:10

5M ago3:10

3:10

'Why is rejection inevitable?’ My game-changing Rejection is Actually an Essential Part of the Process theory. I’m aware that the name needs some work.' Why is rejection inevitable?’ I eventually came up with my game-changing theory. It’s called the Rejection is Actually an Essential Part of the Process theory. I’m aware that the name needs some wo…

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Elizabeth Holloway: The Writing / Life Balance 3:43

5M ago3:43

3:43

'I’d managed to publish three collections of poems alongside my academic career but had been too busy working and caring to build on my achievements.' The time I should have devoted to producing academic papers had been spent writing poetry. I managed to publish three collections alongside my academic career but had been too busy working and caring…

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Guinevere Glasfurd: The Writing Life 3:24

5M ago3:24

3:24

'It simply never occurred to me that I could or ever would become a writer. My working-class roots put it well beyond any horizon of mine.' I came to writing late in life, having never for a moment thought I would become a published novelist. It simply never occurred to me that I could or ever would become a writer. My working-class roots put it we…

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David Mark: The Writer And The City 3:02

5M ago3:02

3:02

'It was impossible for me to go into a stately home (a treat for a seven year old) and not enquire whether there had been any blood shed, or bones found.' It was impossible for me to go into a stately home (a treat for a seven year old) and not enquire whether there had been any blood shed, or bones found in the priest hole. Becoming a crime journa…

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Phoebe Power: Life-changing Literature 3:23

5M ago3:23

3:23

'As pilgrims we were captivated by the landscape as it changed around us, concerned with basic facts of where we would eat and sleep. I had no desire for a fictional world.' As pilgrims we were captivated by the landscape as it changed around us, concerned with basic facts of where we would eat and sleep, and charged with the encounters and convers…

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Life Update: My Breakup, My Dog, My New Life 24:29

5M ago24:29

24:29

Where Have I Been...All My Life? (Sung to the tune of Rihanna.) On today's episode of Dying of Laughter, we explore where I have been for the past year. (Do you we love how we're saying we, as if it's not like... just me?) Last year I became single, birthed a dog, and started a new life! This season we will explore themes such as American funeral c…

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Thomas Bunstead: The Festival Experience 3:59

5M ago3:59

3:59

'There was no one in the once-a-monastery-now-a-restaurant but us. A young couple came in with their baby, only to leave after a hushed conversation with the waiters.' There was no one in the once-a-monastery-now-a-restaurant but us — maybe the festival had booked the whole restaurant, which didn’t strike me as out of keeping with the general oddne…

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Peter Oswald: Dreams And The Writer 3:32

5M ago3:32

3:32

'Words are a re-ordering of dream, an attempt to drag down the superconscious into the good old conscious, where theatres are and publishing happens.' Words are a re-ordering of dream, an attempt to drag down the superconscious into the good old conscious, where theatres are and publishing happens. But too much world-order and the dream-power is lo…

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Pamela Scobie: Inspiration 3:01

5M ago3:01

3:01

'A comic squib about domestic angst, which began ‘There’s a nasty niff in the downstairs loo’, developed its own agenda...' A comic squib about domestic angst developed its own agenda and finally clinched itself in a line, ‘For they are in the world, and you are not’. The tribute to my late partner which I had struggled for two years to write. It h…

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Vitali Vitaliev: The Writing Life 3:31

5M ago3:31

3:31

'I do believe that, alongside metaphors, allegories and similes, a writer’s life itself is but another literary device to be incorporated into their work.' I do believe that, alongside metaphors, allegories and similes, a writer’s life itself is but another literary device to be incorporated into their work, particularly when their own lives start …

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Sonia Faleiro: The Writer And Nature 3:18

5M ago3:18

3:18

'Of the origin stories I read the one I liked best was about Jimi Hendrix releasing a pair of parakeets in Carnaby Street.' The origin story I liked best was about Jimi Hendrix releasing a pair of parakeets in Carnaby Street. Hendrix spent several months in the city before his death at the age of twenty seven. ‘There’s no place like London’, he sai…

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Steph Morris: Being Genre Fluid 3:28

5M ago3:28

3:28

'I was asked to co-translate a doorstep on Joseph Beuys, then a monograph on choreographer Pina Bausch and her innovative dance theatre. Yet still winging it.' When I was asked to co-translate a doorstep on Joseph Beuys, then a monograph on choreographer Pina Bausch and her innovative dance theatre, I realised I was dealing with the great and good …

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Sarah Ward: The Festival Experience 3:05

6M ago3:05

3:05

'The green room can be daunting when you’re starting on your literary career but I’ve usually found it a source of conversation and news. ' The green room can be daunting when you’re starting on your literary career but I’ve found it a source of conversation and news. After a solitary winter of writing, there’s nothing better than meeting others to…

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Tom Lee: Getting Published: What No One Tells You 2:26

6M ago2:26

2:26

'People don’t realise how little money there is, is because — until they are published and they find out — writers don’t often put a number on it. ' One of the reasons that people don’t realise how little money there is, is because — until they are published and they find out — writers don’t often put a number on it. It’s embarrassing, how little y…

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Claudine Toutoungi: Writer's Block 3:10

6M ago3:10

3:10

'Julia Cameron states that writer’s block needs to be radically reconfigured as a sign that the writer has too many ideas, not too few. ' Julia Cameron states that writer’s block needs to be radically reconfigured as a sign that the writer has too many ideas, not too few. When I read that for the first time, it wasn’t so much a lightbulb moment as …

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William Ryan: Using Photographs For Research 4:09

6M ago4:09

4:09

'A photograph is often very revealing. I've written an entire novel based on a photograph album owned by the adjutant and commander of Auschwitz.' A photograph is often very revealing. I've written an entire novel based on a photograph album owned by the Adjutant and Commander of Auschwitz, and the more I looked at the images he chose to preserve i…

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Martin Day: The Writing / Life Balance 3:33

6M ago3:33

3:33

'Life is a constant rearrangement of priorities, and sometimes we need to remember that writing — though a compulsion we love — is just one of them. ' Life is a constant rearrangement of priorities, and sometimes we need to remember that writing — though a compulsion we love, a lifelong illness we that can't quite shake — is just one of them. More …

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Rebecca Mascull: The Perfect Place To Write 3:48

6M ago3:48

3:48

'There's something wonderful about writing when there's snow. It deadens sound and blankets everything with clean lines.' There's something wonderful about writing when there's snow. It deadens sound and blankets everything with clean lines. It clears out the mind and makes the world a hushed, waiting space to fill with words.…

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Katherine Stansfield: Publication Day 2:58

6M ago2:58

2:58

'Writers must cast aside whichever exciting project they are now working on to go back in time, just as the reader is taking the book forward into their lives. ' Writers must cast aside whichever exciting project they are now working on to go back in time, just as the reader is taking the book forward into their lives. Pity the poor writer who stru…

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Lawrence Sail: How I Write 3:53

6M ago3:53

3:53

'Knowing your own best work rhythms will save you both from making excuses, and from expecting too much of yourself at the wrong moment. ' Knowing your own best work rhythms will save you both from making excuses, and from expecting too much of yourself at the wrong moment. You will learn to identify quite distinct phases; when you are on song as o…

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Alexandra Benedict: Being Genre Fluid 4:14

6M ago4:14

4:14

'What genre would Shakespeare be? His works contain horror, history, myth, fantasy, ghosts, crime. Dickens, too.' What genre would Shakespeare be? His works contain horror, history, myth, fantasy, ghosts, crime. Dickens, too. I always have a Dickens on the go, and dip in just as I would a giant bag of pick and mix. I want a novel to have it all; wh…

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John Retallack: Inspiration 3:29

6M ago3:29

3:29

'I stopped to smoke a cigarette, talking aloud to myself in a near-fury that I had a commission waiting for me and no pitch to make.' I stopped to smoke a cigarette, talking aloud to myself in a near-fury that I had a commission waiting for me and no pitch to make, nothing to inspire the officer that she had done the right thing awarding money to a…

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Doug Johnstone: The Writing Life 2:33

6M ago2:33

2:33

'I learned very early on as a self-employed freelancer that the answer to ‘Can you do this paid work?’ is always ‘Yes’. That has stood me in good stead.' Writing often has to come second place to the work that has more immediate returns. I learned very early on as a self-employed freelancer that the answer to ‘Can you do this paid work?’ is always …

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