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Being F'ing Honest

Jennifer Wong & Charity Rodriguez

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Welcome to Being F'ing Honest, the podcast where women can safely explore the usually awkward, sometimes funny, but often painful, slices of life. Hosts Jennifer Wong and Charity Rodriguez, offer their insights as two first generation women trying to traverse the gooey center of life with honesty, vulnerability, and no small amount of hilarity.
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Want to become a published author? Are you in need of some inspiration from other writers? How did they turn their passion into a paying job? The Pen to Print and Write On! Audio podcasts are for everyone in the writing community by showcasing work, offering advice, news and views. Based in east London, contribute to Write On! Magazine, Write On! Extra or Write On! Audio. Take part online with Pen to Print's FREE programme of creative writing, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting classes or en ...
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Seed Money

Jayla Siciliano

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Seed Money is where everyday people learn how to raise capital and get the funding you need to FINALLY turn your amazing idea into reality! Whatever your idea is... - product - app - real estate deal …or maybe you want to build or expand your small business… if you’re struggling to get people to believe in your vision and you don’t need a billion-dollar deal in Silicon Valley, Seed Money will unlock the answers you’ve been looking for! Hosted by Jayla Siciliano, Shark Tank Entrepreneur, MBA, ...
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Race Card

Ahmed Yussuf

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We are a monthly interview podcast out the first Tuesday of the month. We explore discussions on race, identity and politics in Australia and sometimes abroad. Past guests include Maxine Beneba Clarke, Nazeem Hussain, Benjamin Law, Franchesca Ramsey and Aamer Rahman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Time To Practice

Christine Goodner

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Do you help a young musician in your life practice? Are you a teacher that works with young musicians? Hosted by Christine Goodner, an experienced violin and early childhood music teacher. and author of Beyond the Music Lesson & Positive Practice, resources all about how to help families make music practice at home more effective with less conflict. TIME TO PRACTICE will bring you weekly conversations with performers, teachers, and students that will help, encourage and support you as you su ...
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Welcome to The Illuminate Project Podcast! Our casual conversations shed light on creative minds who defy the status quo in the meetings industry and will inspire you to embrace change, switch your mindset, and learn from stories of failure and triumph. TIPP is curated from 3 major Canadian cities, with 3 unique perspectives but just 1 mission, to inspire you to do things differently. Created, written, and produced by: Marie-France Watson, Tim Whalen & Ryan Young. www.switchidea.co | @illumi ...
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Start a local group! https://shop.simplyconvivial.com/local-group/ Meghan Jackson has started a local homemaking study group. She shares her group's dynamics, initial ice-breaking activities, and the profound impact on their attitudes towards homemaking. Moms in the study report significant positive changes, including improved family interactions a…
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Jeff and Phil welcome writer and performer Susan Lieu, author of The Manicurist's Daughter, a memoir about her search for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. She talks about grief, trauma, body image, her family's strident unwillingness to discuss what happened, and her attempts to find acceptance and purpose elsewhere -- includin…
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https://simplyconvivial.com/art-of-homeschooling Maximize Your Homeschooling Hours: Tips for Focus and Success Devote specific hours, called sacred school hours, to focus solely on school work. Parents should minimize distractions, such as household chores and social media, during these hours. The emphasis is on being present and available to suppo…
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Coming up with a brilliant business idea and sharing it with the world. Raising money and getting investors to fund said brilliant idea. Getting your first customers and crossing the profitability line. These are all stops along the entrepreneurial journey. Each of them can be hard enough to make you want to throw in the towel and go back to corpor…
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print Our August showcase features winning entries from the 2024 Pen to Print Awards. We start with ‘Grandmother as Flamingo’ by Christian Ward which won the poetry competition. It is read by Chris Gregory. The audio play competition was won by E…
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In this special live episode, Jeff and Phil host a post-screening Q&A with Philip Ng, star of the hit Hong Kong action movie Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In. He talks about the film's epic throwback to old school action cinema, the fun of playing a wild card villain like King, working alongside legends like Sammo Hung, and who got injured durin…
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When Elio Luongo started working for KPMG in Canada in the 1980s, artificial intelligence was the stuff of science fiction movies. Remember when The Terminator hit the big screen? Now, as Luongo prepares to retire as CEO, AI is no longer the purview of sci-fi imagination. It’s increasingly the day-to-day reality in a modern workplace. Luongo is enc…
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Join us for Art of Homeschooling: https://simplyconvivial.com/art-of-homeschooling Imperviousness is a new word for many of us, but it's a word and a mode that we need to be successful homeschool moms who guide our children through their various phases into functioning adulthood. Homeschooling is not always going to be rainbows and roses, and we ha…
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In order to get funding for our businesses, we have to find and pitch to investors. Sounds easier said than done, right? This is one of the most nerve wracking and challenging steps you’ll take, but it is worth it. If you put yourself there and talk to enough people, you will get the funding you need. Even if you’re an introvert. Even if you hate n…
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print Our August Poem of the Month is called ‘Questions’ and is by London-based writer, artist and performer Ovyuki. Read more poems and find out more about Ovyuki’s work by visiting her website here https://ovyuki.com/ We’re always delighted to …
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Jeff and Phil welcome filmmaker Sean Wang and actor Izaac Wang, writer/director and star, respectively, of the indie coming-of-age film Dìdi. They talk about capturing the very specific emotional turbulence of Asian American suburban male adolescence, revisiting nostalgia for the 2000s internet AOL Instant Messenger era, and the agonizing and savag…
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Learn the Art of Homeschooling: https://simplyconvivial.com/art-of-homeschooling Transforming Homeschooling with Joy and Preparation | Simplified Organization Podcast Let's chat about the joys of homeschooling and homemaking. Rena shares practical tips and strategies from the 'Art of Homemaking' course that helped her manage her home and homeschool…
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Before we can go out and raise money for our businesses, there are things we need to have dialed in. The idea, the numbers, our pitch and the investors we’re going after. This stuff is critical, but THE most important thing is the relationship we have with money. Trying to raise money without dialing in our money mindset is a recipe for burnout, di…
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print Our August listener contribution comes from Jack Tattersall, a Canadian artist who spends her time between homes in Canada and Australia. She is a sculptor and professor who loves to teach and spend creative time sculpting at home. For her …
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Jeff and Phil welcome filmmaker Jennifer Phang, director of Descendants: The Rise of Red, the latest installment of Disney's massively popular musical teen fantasy film series. They talk about her indie Asian American cinema roots with films like Half-Life and Advantageous, infusing some K-pop sensibility into a beloved and well-established franchi…
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When you know that you’re an entrepreneur at heart but you’re still working your W2 job, when do you jump ship? It’s the age old question all aspiring business owners ask themselves. On one hand, we can burn the boats and go all in on the business. You’ll have way more time to dedicate to it and you can scale faster. Or you can get the business off…
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print Mirabel is a writer and teacher from Malta now living in the north east of England. A member of the Write On! Team, she has regularly appeared in the pages of Write On! and on this podcast. She is the author of the children’s book ‘Zeb, Jet…
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Baby Step Bingo starts today: https://simplyconvivial.com/babystepbingo/ Gracie shares her experience with the 'Baby Step Bingo' challenge from the Convivial Circle community. They discuss how small steps can make a significant difference, particularly during life transitions such as expecting a new baby. Misty and Gracie explore how structured act…
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Carolyn Wilkins is fully aware how “geeky” it is to talk about economic growth. But the former senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada has made a career out of it, and she is inviting everyone else to get in on the conversation – because it’s the very lifeblood of our quality of life. “The economy is the foundation of peoples' financial and so…
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If you’re anything like me, being an entrepreneur appeals to you because you can design the life you want and enjoy a level of freedom you can’t get from a 9-5. The problem is: a lot of us build businesses that end up creating more stress and eat away at the freedom we got into it for. Finding a business that meets your lifestyle goals is ideal. Fo…
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Get your children helping around the house: simplyconvivial.com/ehap Mystie and Anna Laura Farnham discuss effective methods for managing kids' chores and household tasks. Learn about the Baby Step Bingo challenge, chore charts, and decluttering techniques that turn everyday tasks into engaging activities. Discover how to keep kids motivated and fo…
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For entrepreneurs, running fast and charging hard comes with the territory. But that could be doing nothing but running us into the ground. A lot of the things we think are “normal” parts of building and running businesses are actually signs of burnout. So many of us are stuck in that “wired and tired” mode and we don’t even know that we’re well ov…
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print Our July interview is with Habon Jama + Catherine Coe Habon Jama is a London based writer and a mentee of All Stories, a programme set up by Catherine Coe to provide mentorship for unrepresented children's book writers. Catherine Coe is a s…
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Find Homemaking 101 here: https://shop.simplyconvivial.com/product/homemaking101/ Haley Williams, host of the Kindled Podcast, reflects on the challenges and lessons learned from managing a podcast while raising five children. She discusses the initial pressures to maintain a consistent publishing schedule and the eventual shift to a more flexible …
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print Our poem of the month this month is Dim Sum at Joy King Lau by Jennifer Wong. This was originally published in her Nine Arches press collection “Letters Home” You can find out more about Jennifer by following her on X, formerly Twitter http…
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Get Homemaking 101 here: https://shop.simplyconvivial.com/product/homemaking101/ Mystie Winckler and Haley Williams chat about managing home and family life from a biblical perspective. Feminism has poisoned our view of homemaking more than we realize, and Haley shares how she's seen that in her own life. They also discuss the challenge of balancin…
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The playbook of raising money that people used to rely on has changed a lot over the last few years. Now that the market is more competitive and the pace of innovation is so much faster, what worked a decade ago won’t produce the same results today. Some of the best practices we were taught aren’t as entrepreneur-friendly as we think. A lot of foun…
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print Our listener contribution for July comes from poet Bee Henderson. A Scottish poet living in England, Bee McCormack Henderson works in words though her poetry and colours in her art. Her poetry has been described as "wholesome" and "quite lo…
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Jeff and Phil welcome writer and race scholar OiYan A. Poon, author of Asian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action and Family. She talks about breaking out of her comfort zone to write a sincere and heartfelt exploration of race relations and affirmative action, the interviews she conducted with Asian Americans who have…
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When you build a business, you aren’t just creating a product, you’re also setting up a legal entity. The legal side of things can be daunting (and expensive), especially when you intend to raise capital in the near or far future. Before you can even think of approaching investors, first-time founders have to make sure they have the legal ducks in …
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Join the Empowered Wife bookclub, starting July 12: https://convivialcircle.com In essence, by nature, the female is not necessarily floral, pastel, and soft. The female receives and productively transforms what she receives. She embodies and glorifies what she stewards. Feminism has taught women to be insulted when men treat them as special, open …
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print Our writing tips this month are once again from Write On’s Eithne Cullen and Mary Walsh. For our recording, Eithne and Mary are in conversation at the Hay Festival where they were part of the Write On! Team attending the event. They chat ab…
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Jeff and Phil welcome educator, socialite and etiquette expert Sara Jane Ho, host of the Netflix series Mind Your Manners and author of Mind Your Manners: How to Be Your Best Self in Any Situation. She talks about her cross-cultural, transnational journey to becoming a global etiquette leader and how context and culture are key to understanding eti…
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Now, I've read a lot of Christian marriage books that talk about love and respect, but none have actually ever given such specific examples like Empowered Wife. I think a Christian book these days could never be as pointed and blunt and specific as Laura Doyle is because specifies are immediately denounced as legalism. I have been married for over …
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John Kousinioris describes 2015 as a wakeup call. Back then, his company, TransAlta, relied heavily on coal plants to generate electricity for Albertans. The Alberta government had other plans. It announced a phase-out of coal-fired electricity plants and gave TransAlta until 2030 to comply. Rather than challenging the government’s decision, Kousin…
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Fear is something everyone struggles with - whether you’re trying to raise seed money or (believe it or not) a billionaire who has already had success. No wonder they call fear the final frontier! We often focus on the tangible aspects of entrepreneurship, but the mental and emotional stuff play a huge role in our success. In fact, if we don’t work…
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print Our interview this month is with Melanie Reid . Melanie is a journalist and columnist for The Times newspaper. She broke her neck in a riding accident in 2010 and since then has been a tetraplegic. Her weekly musings on her life as a disabl…
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Time management help: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm Be a happy wife - at first it seems odd that the first intimacy skill is self-care, is about yourself, but it's all part of taking responsibility for yourself. Start with yourself, not with what other people are doing or saying. Many unhappy wives and homemakers think martyrdom is…
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In the journey of starting a company, realizing that you need to raise money is par for the course. Maybe you need to test your product’s viability, increase your stock, or grow your team…these steps require funding. Venture capital is the path many entrepreneurs take, but there are actually 7 other ways to get the funding you need. Each method has…
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print Our listener contribution this month comes from Gloria Maloney. Gloria is a poet and prose writer who finds her inspiration during walks through the countryside. She was honoured with first prize in the Pen to Print Poetry competition in 20…
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Recorded live at NCORE (National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in Higher Education) in Honolulu! Jeff and Phil welcome Katie Gee Salisbury, author of Not Your China Doll, a biography on the life and career of movie star Anna May Wong. They discuss the "golden age" of Hollywood, the enduring popularity of film sleuth Charlie Chan (who was inspired …
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Join the Empowered Wife book club inside Convivial Circle: https://convivialcircle.com The Simply Convivial team discusses what it takes to have a happy marriage - and why that's so important. Empowered Wife (find on Amazon: https://amzn.to/45ju0wY ) sounds cringy and feminist, but it's actually about taking responsibility for yourself, about recog…
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Raising money through investors is the default for growing a company, but it might not be the right move for everyone. Taking the VC route is like walking through a one-way door - once you make that decision it sets you on a specific trajectory. That’s why more entrepreneurs are being thoughtful about the decision, and even opting out of raising mo…
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print This month's poem of the month is from Danny Baxter - a poet and artist from Barking and Dagenham who has appeared on this podcast several times. Being myself is read by Chris Gregory. You can follow Danny on Instagram here https://www.inst…
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Jeff and Phil welcome back Shin Yu Pai, poet, museologist and host of Ten Thousand Things, an award-winning podcast about modern-day artifacts of Asian American life. She is joined by Jenny Liou, poet, English scholar and former MMA cage fighter -- and one of the subjects of the latest season of Ten Thousand Things. They talk about Jenny's entry in…
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BONUS EPISODE! This is Jeff and Phil's full interview with actor Lee Jung-jae, star of Squid Game and the Star Wars series The Acolyte, presented with the unedited Korean audio (and translation by Isue Shin). He talks about joining the Star Wars franchise, making in his English-language acting debut as a Jedi master, and working with the show's you…
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The process of raising money is as much a mental one as it is a financial one. Before we start finding and pitching to investors or even structuring our deals, there’s a step we can’t skip, working on our mindset. There’s no sugar-coating it - getting funded is one of the hardest things you’ll do. You’ll get told your idea doesn’t doesn’t work. You…
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Tune in to this conversation between Sarah Mackenzie and Mystie Winckler all about Sarah's latest picture book. Sarah also shares about why she started a new publishing house for picture books and what life lessons we can learn from Barbara Cooney. Find Sarah's latest picture book here: https://amzn.to/3wRVvkJ Visit Waxwing Books: https://waxwingbo…
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print In this edition we revisit an interview with novelist and audio drama writer Cailean Steed. Cailean’s debut novel “Home” is published by Bloomsbury and has received considerable critical acclaim since publication. In this interview, recorde…
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Find your vocations: https://simplyconvivial.com/vocguide/ Rosemary was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is currently undergoing treatment, yet she’s still checking in with her accountability stand-up group weekly and being such an encouragement in our community. Rosemary I would just love to hear your testimony of seeing God’s work in you…
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