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Local enthusiasts, drivers, owners and outright fans of anything automotive! Join Kiyo and Thrace as we connect with the grass roots of the industry to get background and future goals for the enthusiasts. If you're looking to become a driver, starting point to compete, or looking to own your own brand, follow along with us as we go through to provide interviews and information to guide us all. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shiftingthroughthegears/support
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Kanzen Records, founded by Tshepo Selokela (Kiyo To), is a music label driven by a relentless pursuit of perfection. With several years of experience in the industry, we have established ourselves as a reputable presence, representing our genre with professionalism and dedication. Our main distribution link, located at https://www.kanzenrecords.co.za/releases, serves as a central hub for accessing our releases. Additionally, we have partnered with renowned platforms such as Traxsource, Beatp ...
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Tavprasad means with thy grace. This composition strongly rejects Idolatry, Pilgrimages, Grave Worshiping, Samadhis of Yogis and other ritualistic beliefs in Hinduism, Jainism and Islam so thereby included in Nitnem, daily morning prayers of Sikhs. It is recited after completing Jaap Sahib. It is started from Sravag Sudh Samuh Sidhan Ke and ends up to Koor Kriya Urjheo Sab Hi Jag. Among many famous quotes of Tav Parsad Savaiye, Jin Prem Kiyo Tin Hi Prabhu Paayo is widely quoted by different ...
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Write-minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers kicked off in September 2018 and airs every week. We are a podcast for writers craving a unique blend of inspiration and real talk about the ups and downs of the writing life. Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner, two friends and colleagues who bring a community-minded sensibility to the writing journey, each theme-focused episode of Write-minded features an interview with a writer, author, or publishing industry professional. Write-minded f ...
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The scandalous history of alcohol; the people who established it and the crimes committed.
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The View from Venus is a new podcast created and produced by Mary Churchill and Meg Palladino, the founders of the University of Venus blog at Inside Higher Ed. Like The View, The View from Venus is a talk show hosted by women with invited guest experts related to the topic of the day. We offer tips on surviving and thriving in the academy as well as successfully navigating work life integration. Our goal is to bring you 20 minutes of fun and laughter along with some solid takeaways.
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"Fast paced and full of energy" --Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Shadows of the Apt "This manuscript is full of highly crafted detail that will make readers shiver at times with fear and delight ... a familiar yet highly original fantasy that is a worthwhile read." -- Publishers Weekly "The real-world cultures are incredibly well-researched and truthful, and yet well-balanced with the fantasy elements. An intriguing and impressive series." -- Ben Galley, author of the Emaneska Series It i ...
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Don’t Let Your Comfort Zone Become Your Doom Zone, featuring Joshua Mohr
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A rocking ride through punk influence on prose and story, this interview with guest Joshua Mohr is, more than anything, about pushing your limits and getting out of your comfort zone. In his new book, Saint the Terrifying, Josh does a few things he’s never tried—and he walks us through why that’s been so invigorating, and how it’s pushed his limits…
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How to Be Compulsively Readable, featuring Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott joins Write-minded this week to talk about so many things—what she writes about; how she kills her darlings; her process with her early readers and editors; and more. On the question of being compulsively readable, she shares with us some of the ideas from Bird by Bird that have stood the test of time, why to cut your darlings, and how …
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The Era of Banning Librarians, featuring Amanda Jones
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This week, to draw attention to Banned Books Week and to stand in solidarity with publishers, authors, and all industry professionals who fight to keep diverse voices on library shelves, Write-minded features guest Amanda Jones, an educator and librarian whose book, That Librarian, is necessary reading. Amanda shares her more than two-year journey …
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The Rejection Episode, featuring Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner
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This week’s episode is inspired by Grant’s recent rejection journey. Yes, listeners, Grant’s book about rejection has been roundly rejected—so we’re taking an excursion into the world of rejection, how we deal with it, and what some options might be for a book that doesn’t get picked up by a publisher. Grant and Brooke explore their relationship wi…
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Unclassifiable and Uncontainable: In Celebration of Art That Can’t Be Pinned Down, featuring Brontez Purnell
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This week’s guest, Brontez Purnell, is the kind of writer who’s either hard to pin down, or just won’t be. As such, he’s inspired an episode about who gets to draw outside the lines and why in the realm of book publishing. Whether you love your lane, feel confined by your lane, or insist on busting out of your lane, we invite you to consider what i…
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Structure and Form, featuring Jane Alison
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We kick off a new season with the brilliant Jane Alison and a wide-ranging conversation about form and structure in fiction and memoir. Brooke and Grant were so inspired by Meander, Spiral, Explode, Jane’s her book about craft and the theory of writing, that this episode is dedicated to the ideas around structure and form that are at the heart of t…
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New Ways of Thinking About Memoir, featuring Maggie Smith and Shze-Hui Tjoa
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For our final summer round up of our favorite shows, Write-minded chose Maggie Smith and Shze-Hui Tjoa, highlighting two bright lights in the Memoirsphere who are elevating the genre and showcasing new ways of thinking about memoir. It’s an exciting time to be a memoirist and a memoir reader, and if you missed these two interviews the first time ar…
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Fiction Outliers, featuring Rainbow Rowell and Isabel Cañas
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In celebration of the kind of fiction readers love but the industry doesn’t always know what to do with comes two past episodes honoring fan fiction and gothic fiction, respectively. Revisiting these episodes is a reminder of the vast world of fiction outside the narrow confines of upmarket or commercial or historical fiction. Our two past guests, …
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Hey folks, We are here at US AIR Motorsports Raceway in Shawano, WI. for the Daily Drift Competition Series finale! We cover a quick overview of our day and what we are excited for vehicle wise. Take a quick listen and make sure to find us tomorrow!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shiftingthroughthegears/support…
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Here is a quick recap of DDCS RD 3 and 4. unfortunately, scheduling made us miss at least 4 other people, and we apologize for that. RD 5 and 6 will surely have more feedback. BUT, for now, we hope you enjoy the recap we could give you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shiftingthroughthegears/support…
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Let's chat and get caught up!! Kiyo and Thrace catch up and BS!
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Hey folks, TO be honest, Kiyo, well he did not get a chance to edit as thoroughly as he wished. This episode is mainly us catching up, talking DDCS 1-4, predictionish is 5/6 and other BS. Take a listen and please be patient with us. Lots of changes coming --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shiftingthroughthegears/supp…
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Self-Exposure and Writing the Story You Have to Write, featuring Javier Zamora and Susan Kiyo Ito
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In this second week of Write-minded’s August mashups, we bring back the heartfelt interviews with Javier Zamora and Susan Kiyo Ito, both of whom spoke so honestly and supportively about writing and sharing stories they’ve carried with them their entire lives. Javier’s harrowing journey from El Salvador to the US border when he was just nine years o…
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Wisdom from the Publishing Trenches, featuring Lisa Leshne and Kathleen Schmidt
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Every August Grant and Brooke share their summer plans and writing aspirations and hopes and fails, along with some mashups of their favorite interviews of the year. Write-minded kicks off this best-of series with two beloved industry experts—agent Lisa Leshne and publicist Kathleen Schmidt. There’s real wisdom and straight-talk in these conversati…
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Getting Reinspired after Failed or Abandoned Book Projects, featuring Paolo Bacigalupi
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Most writers either have or will have a failed or abandoned book project—or two, or three, or four—over the course of their lifetimes. The more you write, the more crisis moments you’ll face. It can be hard to come back from those moments, which is why this week’s episode with Paolo Bacigalupi is so encouraging. He shares with us his journey back f…
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Being a Voice for Causes That Matter, featuring Naomi Klein
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This week’s episode airs Brooke in conversation with Naomi Klein at this year’s Bay Area Book Festival. While this interview does not hew to Write-minded’s effort to offer weekly doses of inspiration for writers, Brooke and Grant decided to make this available both because our listeners requested it and because we admire the work Naomi Klein is doi…
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How Secrets Fuel Memoir Writing, featuring Margaret Juhae Lee
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Secrets come in all forms, big and small. We inherit secrets, carry the secrets of others, and struggle with the burden of all they hold and how they sometimes fester within us. This week’s episode with guest Margaret Juhae Lee explores the difference between people who want to keep the past buried and those who want to set it free. We explore inte…
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On the Awards We Receive and the Rewards We Make, featuring Jayne Anne Phillips
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This week’s guest, Jayne Anne Phillips, is a Pulitzer prize-winning author for her latest book, Night Watch, which gives Write-minded an opportunity to muse about awards—why they matter, what we make of them and do with them, and where we might find awards from things we seek out in addition to those we receive. Join us for this wide-ranging litera…
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How Big Questions Inform Fiction, featuring Rachel Khong
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This week’s Write-minded centers questions, and how questions guide writers, drive fiction, and unearth important stories. Guest Rachel Khong shares how the big and provocative question of who’s a “real American” informed her new novel and why she writes without an outline. We also talk about ambition and drive, why novelists have to grapple with p…
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Breaking New Ground in Memoir, featuring Shze-Hui Tjoa
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Write-minded is celebrating memoir as an evolving form this week, tackling the difference between imaginative writing in memoir and writing in memoir that might not be true. Memoir is increasingly embodying its rightful spot in the realm of creative nonfiction, in that there’s allowance for writers to explore ideas and truths within the realms of c…
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Royce Keating of Kings of Xhaos part 2
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Hey everyone, After a long delay, multiple lost edits....we finally got one released. This is the second part to Royce's part 1. There have been a lot of changes and updated to his life, which we will sure cover soon. Take a listen to the second part and let us know what you think! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/s…
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The Big Novel, featuring Garth Risk Hallberg
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This week we take on The Big Novel and unpack our thoughts on novel length, the very concept of The Great American Novel, advances, and more. Guest Garth Risk Hallberg joins us to talk about his own long works of fiction, as well as his writing process that involves seeing where his characters want to take him. We touch upon characterization vs. pl…
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Remembering and Forgetting: The Refugee Journey, featuring Viet Thanh Nguyen
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It’s Write-minded’s 300th episode! And we’re celebrating by bringing listeners the esteemed Viet Thanh Nguyen, whose novel, The Sympathizer, was adapted for HBO Max and started streaming in April. In this interview, Nguyen addresses didacticism as a craft choice, the mindset of writers who, like him, find themselves between two languages, and how h…
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Daily Drift Competition Series RD 1 &2 Recap with RD 3 & 4 Info and Projections
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Hey folks, were back again with another episode . This time the team sits down with Adam as we cover a recap of DDCS Rd 1&2 and give some information on Rd 3&4. Take a listen and enjoy :) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shiftingthroughthegears/support
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Behind the Scenes of Selling Books, featuring Josh Cook
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This week’s episode is one for book lovers, book collectors, aspiring authors, and every kind of writer. It’s always helpful to know what booksellers know—because bookstores do so much more than just provide a place for browsing and buying books. Join us to talk with Josh Cook of Porter Square Books about his new book, The Art of Libromancy, and wh…
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Be the Change You Want To See, featuring Dhonielle Clayton
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In this week’s extra-inspiring show, guest Dhonielle Clayton treats us to a generous conversation about effecting change in the industry and how that inevitable comes with backlash. We talk about representation in publishing, Penguin Random House’s recent firing of two high-profile publishers, and book bans—among other important topics, like packag…
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The Raw Truth About Exposure, featuring Susan Kiyo Ito
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What will other people think? What will be the consequences of sharing my truth? These are among some of the questions that hold memoirists back, and their realities post-publication can cause “vulnerability hangovers.” Exposure, fear of fallout, concern for people we love—memoir doesn’t make it easy. With very recent experience informing her, this…
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Deep Memoir, featuring Jennifer Leigh Selig
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We’re living through a golden age of memoir, and guest Jennifer Leigh Selig’s Deep Memoir is a new contribution to the “how-to” space for memoirists who want to explore the how and the why of memoir writing. This episode will help listeners consider their own “why” when it comes to that age-old question of why to keep at it, and also to celebrate a…
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Grief: The Hardest Emotion to Write, featuring Claire Jiménez
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This week’s Write-minded takes on grief, and why, as our guest Claire Jiménez says, “it’s where language collapses.” Jiménez’s new book deals with loss and grief and what happens in a family in the aftermath of a disappearance of a child, and yet, she weaves in humor and the history of American colonization of Puerto Rico and so much more. Grant an…
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