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Terra's Baddy Club podcast, hosted by the survivor who bravely defeated Dirty John Meehan in self-defense, offers a gripping narrative. Terra shares insights into her personal healing journey, daily experiences, and enriches episodes with interviews featuring friends, experts, and fellow 'Baddys.' Tune in every Wednesday for regular episodes, with exciting bonus content dropping every other week! Cover Art Photo and Make Up: Troy Jensen
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Critics Chris Klimek and Glen Weldon both loved the late-60s British sci-fi series "The Prisoner" in their formative years, but they haven't seen it in a long time and they're not at all sure how it will play in a 21st century rife with with "alternative facts" and militant individualism at the expense of social responsibility. One thing is certain: Run-DMC were clearly influenced by the vocal patterns of Patrick McGoohan, and that malicious weather balloon is still eerie as hell. Wait, that ...
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I'll Take The Stairs Merch 25% of Sale Proceeds go to Season of Justice! https://www.terranewellsurvival.com/s... https://seasonofjustice.org Terra and Ellyn discuss their initial meeting and the misunderstandings that led to a heated confrontation. They reflect on how they were able to turn the situation around and build a strong friendship. They …
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Haley Gray, a researcher and writer in the podcasting industry, discusses her work in ethical true crime research and her involvement in advocacy projects. She emphasizes the importance of conducting thorough research using reliable sources such as court documents and newspapers.com. Haley also shares tips for working with families of victims, incl…
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Lorraine Elizabeth shares her story of being in a narcissistic, abusive relationship and the impact it had on her life. She discusses how she met her ex-partner and the gradual escalation of abuse. Lorraine talks about the control and manipulation tactics used against her, including financial abuse, isolation, and gaslighting. She also highlights t…
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To most who know her, Kiersten Parsons Hathcock is a Shark Tank-winning, self-taught carpenter & furniture designer who defied the odds and built an internationally-known furniture company out of her garage. But what most don't know is that she's also an ordinary woman who was thrown into extraordinary circumstances at the age of 36 when she sudden…
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Vanessa Reiser, a psychotherapist specializing in narcissistic abuse, discusses her work and personal experiences with domestic violence and cult abuse. She highlights the manipulative tactics used by narcissists and cult leaders, emphasizing the psychological damage they inflict. Vanessa also discusses the challenges of seeking justice in the cour…
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Rasha is Fauna Hodel's youngest daughter, and is Co-Host of "Root of Evil: The True Story Of The Hodel Family and The Black Dahlia" Podcast with her sister, Yvette Gentile. Rasha and Yvette also helped Patty Jenkins and Chris Pine bring their mother's life story to the small screen in TNT's Limited TV Series, "I Am The Night". Rasha is a Plus Size …
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Meet Nancy Abercrombie, your dedicated guide to all things Damsel. If you're seeking a lively girls' night, Nancy's got just the thing for you with our Warrior Workshops. If you're eager to make a meaningful impact in your community while earning some extra cash, Nancy's ready to introduce you to the Damsel Opportunity. Or, if personal protection i…
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In this episode of Terra's Baddy Club, Terra engages in a candid conversation with Erin Darling, delving into the intricacies of dating in Los Angeles. Erin shares her personal journey, from meeting her husband to the joyous news of expecting a baby. Book a 1 on 1 call! HTTPS://linktr.ee/terranewell Sign up for the podcasting course! https://coachi…
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Sobriety and pregnancy - today we're discussing everything that I've learned, resources that have helped expand my mind, and why this journey of sober curiosity has been one of the most rewarding experiences I've had in my entire life. Newsletter: Like this podcast? Subscribe to Hello Dahhhhling newsletter for updates and weekly content, advice, an…
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Gabi Conti is an author, host, & writer. ​ Gabi Conti is the writer and executive producer of the 9-part "rom-com for your ears" podcast Bad Influencer which she co-created with 18 New York Times Best-Selling Author Jane Green for Gemini XIII's new female-driven, female-led narrative storytelling channel Emerald Audio. Gabi is a former serial dater…
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Sharon Liese is an Emmy Award- Winner producer, director, and filmmaker. She created the true crime series Let Us Prey and developed it on HBO MAX. https://www.herizonproductions.com Sharon's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharonliese/ Book a 1 on 1 call with Terra! HTTPS://linktr.ee/terranewell Sign up for the podcasting course! https://coac…
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Is your fast-paced relationship love bombing, or love? We’redigging into the differences, in this week’s episode of Hello Dahhhhling with tangible takeaways, lived experience, and advice on how to navigate new relationships while remaining grounded and watching out for your own best interest. Newsletter: Like this podcast? Subscribe to HelloDahhhhl…
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In this episode featuring Tabitha Newell, she opens up about her experience with Double Grief. Tabitha endured the heartbreak of separating from a cheating narcissist and then faced the loss of her cherished canine companion just months later. Through sharing her story, she also discusses her path to healing. About Tabitha's Podcast Little Bit of L…
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From the tender moments of discovering the pregnancy testresult to navigating the highs and lows of pregnancy, I'll take you along our journey so far as we prepare to welcome our little bundle of joy into the world. Join me for the excitement, the humor, and the many changes that comealong with this once in a lifetime moment. Newsletter: Like this …
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Danielle Leukam is the author of Four Pounds of Pressure: A Memoir of Rape, Survival, and Taking Back My Power. After surviving a heinous attack in her home in 2018, she finally pursued her dream of becoming an author. Danielle is from the Rochester, Minnesota area and works full time at the Mayo Clinic. She is passionate about public speaking, wri…
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Terra interviews Dr. Judy Ho on her new book! A revolutionary approach to attachment theory that teaches readers how to heal their inner child to change their anxious, avoidant, or disorganized attachment style in relationships, friendships, at work, and home—perfect for readers of How to Do the Work, Polysecure, and Amir Levine’s Attached. Did you…
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How to plan a wedding *your way* from the ring, to the dress, to the party. A critical look at the wedding industry, traditions, and why I threw out most of the preconceived notions of what it should be and still had an unforgettable experience that felt authentic, and good. Are you planning a wedding? This episode is for you. Newsletter: Like this…
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In this episode of Terra's Baddy club, Terra goes through why she started the podcast. Book a 1 on 1 call! HTTPS://linktr.ee/terranewell 30 Day Trauma Journal PDF https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLTX6E1MX3RP8/checkout/EKJ4UHSB34T6SN6M7DFZFTPL Sign up for the podcasting course! https://coaching.terranewellsurvival.com/ethical-true-crime-podcas…
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Welcome to Part 1 of this special 3 part Glow Up Series - How I got engaged in four months. Erin Darling is back with a personal and podcast rebrand. Hello again, Dahhhhling! Where has she been? Transforming her life one big uplevel at a time, NBD. Are you tired of the endless cycle of toxic TikTok dating advice? I've got you covered. In this episo…
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Terra's Baddy Club podcast, hosted by the survivor who bravely defeated Dirty John Meehan in self-defense, offers a gripping narrative. Terra shares insights into her personal healing journey, daily experiences, and enriches episodes with interviews featuring friends, experts, and fellow 'Baddys.' Tune in every Wednesday for regular episodes, with …
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WARNING: THIS IS NOT AN EPISODE OF THE BELOVED AND INFLUENTIAL PODCAST "A DEGREE ABSOLUTE!" Yippe kai yay, Christmas lovers. It’s your buddy Chris — sans Glen this time — with yet another installment in the metronomically reliable and stereoscopicaly hi-fi-able yuletunes eclectic and inexplicable compilation series. This is installment 18 — they gr…
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WARNING: THIS IS NOT AN EPISODE OF THE BELOVED AND INFLUENTIAL PODCAST "A DEGREE ABSOLUTE!" The yulemix enters its Pierce Brosnan era with this seventeenth senses-shattering installment! It's another paradoxically digital yule (ana)log, optimized to obfuscate and illuminate your holiday season. Each side will conveniently fit onto a one side of a 1…
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WARNING: THIS IS NOT AN EPISODE OF THE BELOVED AND INFLUENTIAL PODCAST "A DEGREE ABSOLUTE!" The yulemix enters its Pierce Brosnan era with this seventeenth senses-shattering installment! It's another paradoxically digital yule (ana)log, optimized to obfuscate and illuminate your holiday season. Each side will conveniently fit onto a one side of a 1…
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It's a Y2K-pop extravaganza as Chris and Glen emerge from their unplanned and unannounced hiatus to dissect 72-year-old Patty McG's brief-but-memorable guest appearance reprising the role of Number Six for (the final eight minutes of) the Season 12 Simpsons episode "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes." Cowabunga! The Simpsons, season 12, episode six — …
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Our guest Keith Phipps is not just a sterling critic and a dad — an essential component when we cover a movie as openly paternal as 1978’s post-WWII espionage thriller Brass Target. He is also the author of new book examining the career of a singularly idiosyncratic actor. A Degree Absolute! endorses Keith’s book Age of Cage absolutely. And Brass T…
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It's More Talk About A-Frames and Holes as we slog dutifully through the back half of The Prisoner's 2009 Jim Caviezel-and-Ian McKellen-starring update. It turns out Chris did review Serenity, the Steven Knight film he referes to 54 minutes into this episode. Read that review if you wish! Darling, Schiozid, and Checkmate Written by Bill Gallagher D…
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Writer and mental health professional Dani Druz joins the podcast to educate us about Cluster B personality types and how they relate to trauma and addiction. Also, we talk about how to create an intriguing IG persona, answer your questions, and give astrology advice for your hot girl (or boy) summer with our new game - "love lust or bust." TOPICS …
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We’ve got good news and bad news for you, Villagers: After a long sojourn examining Patty McG’s eclectic-not-checkered filmography, we’ve returned to Prisoner content… in the form of the 2009 Jim Caviezel-and-Ian McKellen-starring update. At Glen’s suggestion, we are devoting a mere two episodes to this six-episode series, because inflation. Who’s …
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"If you want honest growth, you need honest truth." Taking care of your mental health is more important than ever. In this episode I talk about how therapy has helped me, what I've learned from therapy, tips on finding the right specialist, and times I've decided to take a break. RESOURCES: The Saturday Center SAMHSA Addiction Center // 12 Step Pro…
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A comedian's take and experiences surrounding the rising gas prices. TOPICS INCLUDE: How gas prices are affecting comedians, and relationships A horror story - driving 5 hours to do 5 minutes of comedy Long distance relationships (AKA anyone 20 minutes away) Tips and tricks OUR SPONSORS: Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this episode. Take cha…
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Matty McC meets Patty McG in the battle you didn’t know you wanted to McSee! Look, A Time to Kill, the fourth big-studio adaptation of a John Grisham legal thriller to hit theaters in a 37-month period during the first Clinton Administration, is not a great showcase for our man Patty McG. There are just too many high-caliber, high-profile, and high…
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Host, actress, and podcaster Jaclyn Marfuggi Caprio joins Hot Pizza Ass to talk about her new show, "Where Should We Eat?" She also dishes on the best spray tan tips, lessons learned while planning a wedding, and we give all the best food tips for your next brunch, date, or night out in Los Angeles. TOPICS INCLUDE Food recommendation list for the a…
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Who doesn't love a glow up and a good old fashioned spiritual healing? Content queen Haely White joins the podcast to talk about a major awakening. How she went from acting, to producing, to directing, and moments where she leaned into life's lessons, energetics, and listened to the universe leading to her metamorphosis. TOPICS INCLUDE: Hustling in…
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Terrible fonts! Racist tropes! Puppetty brontos! A doomed marriage! A movie that was made for no one! Plus Paddy McG phoning it in - hardly a single trilled R! Listen, and catch the opposite of a fever! Prolific podmedian & Eisner Award nominee Jordan Morris joins us to carbon-date a seminal document of his dino-loving youth, BABY, SECRET OF THE LO…
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Aaron Abeyta of NOFX and "The Mayans" on FX joins the show to talk about getting into music, acting, comedy and how to make a living out of having fun. TOPICS INCLUDE: Crazy psychic predictions that came true Stories from the road Writing an album during the pandemic Joining NOFX and blowing up Saying no to MTV and KROQ Getting “rockegnized” Starti…
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MOOR COWBELL! Slip into your cardigan, roll yourself a jazz cigarette, and prepare to savor one of Patty McG's most sinister heel turns as our lovely theme-song singer Casey Erin Clark joins us to deconstruct All Night Long, director Basil Dearden's 1962 adaptation of Othello set in the London jazz scene. PLUS! Casey draws upon her expertise as a v…
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Thinking about starting a podcast? This is a must-listen. 5 things I wish I knew as a new podcaster consisting of valuable lessons I've learned along the way. TOPICS INCLUDE: Consistency Content Sponsorships and monetizing Booking solid guests Building community Networks For more questions and details, book a consultation through my website. Suppor…
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A movie for McGoohan die-hards that creator Alexis Kanner the Once-Boxed sued the makers of Die Hard over! Paddy McG and Kanner! Squaring off, with a Montreal radio show as their Thunderdome. A film with all the makings of a taut thriller involving hostages, a building wired with explosives, and McG in fine form: Rolling them Rs! Slamming them cons…
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Patty McG's first major project after The Prisoner wrapped up in early 1968 was The Moonshine War, for Sex and the Single Girl director (and title-song lyricist!) Richard Quine. Quine did not write this film's remarkably concise and descriptive title song, "The Ballad of Moonshine," leaving that to Hank Williams, Jr. The great crime writer Elmore L…
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Ever wonder why adult friendships are so hard to make and maintain? Alex, Chloe, and Allison of the Traumedy Podcast join the show to break down the 7 year friendship rule, and the difficulties of navigating relationships with others. Together we establish the 10 commandments of adult friendships. The 10 Commandments of Adult Friendships: 1. Thou s…
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Does Mister-not-Doctor Andrew MacDuhui (Paddy McG) hate pets? (He does not, no matter what his low-information neighbors in the fictional Scottish town of Inveronoch think.) Did Walt Disney hate cats? (Our very special guest Disney expert, Josh Spiegel, makes a compelling case.) Were animals harmed during the making of this motion picture? (Most ce…
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Former "Ghosted Hunters" podcast hosts Erin and Ariel Kashanchi reunite after years apart and catch up on all of Ariel's recent experiences - a traumatic accident, brain surgery, her recovery process, and what she's learned in the process of healing. TW: this episode contains honest conversations about mental health, including severe depression, an…
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On February 9, 1964, Ed Sullivan introduced a band from Liverpool, England formerly known as The Quarrymen to an estimated 73 million viewers of his primetime CBS variety show. And down the dial on NBC, the anthology series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color drew an audience of something less than 73 million for the first installment of its thr…
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What is the relationship between grief and joy? Academic and "The Gravity of Joy" author Angela Gorrell joins the podcast to answer that question and to tell her story of experiencing faith-challenging tragedy while teaching curriculum about joy at Yale. TOPICS INCLUDE: What it means to live a good life in contemporary culture How to support someon…
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A must listen for anyone online dating! Writer and host of "Am I Dating a Serial Killer" host Gabi Conti joins the podcast to give personal safety tips for dating, relationship advice and some hints on how to avoid dating a dangerous person. TOPICS INCLUDE: Applicable tips for dating app success you can use today The safety tips you NEED TO KNOW Ke…
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Pop some vitamin E before listening, because it's gonna be hug 'n' munch all the way to Chicago! Solvable host Ronald Young, Jr. joins Glen and Chris to examine Silver Streak, ostensibly a hybrid romantic thriller / buddy comedy that gave the world the long-running Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor screen partnership and was a huge hit upon its release in …
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Goodbyes are never easy. This special episode was recorded about lessons I've learned in saying goodbye after losing a dog and family member in the same week. If you're struggling with grief, you are not alone. Please see additional resources below. Dedicated to the loving memory of Gentleman, and Tonie Darling. You both will live on forever in our…
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Kathryn Nicolai has a dream job. Literally. She's read millions of people to sleep on her wildly popular podcast "Nothing Much Happens" with charming bedtime stories for adults. Today she joins us to talk about how and why she started the podcast, and her views on the importance of rest, relaxation, and slowing down to enjoy life's little pleasures…
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CAUTION: This is not an episode of A Degree Absolute! This is a halldecking aid. Happy Boxing Day, Degree Absolutionists! With Glen still waging his one-man war on Christmas from the sunny heathen hinterlands of Miami, I, Chris, have made an executive decision to use up our vacant server space this month to re-present my 2019 holiday mixtape, "Let'…
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#Yulemix21 ABIDES! In this second half of my XVIth senses-shattering installment in the apparently unkillable Yuletunes Eclectic & Inexplicable series, Chris attempts penance for preempting your regularly-scheduled podcast with my mixtape by roping Glen & Casey in for some festive preamble before we get to the damn tape. Those halls aren't going to…
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