Best Leighann Lord Podcasts (2024)

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A Master Class on Being Human | Brad Braxton and Anthony Pinn 34:48

12M ago34:48

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In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, threats to our democracy, and national protests for racial justice, Black Christian Brad Braxton and Black secular humanist Anthony Pinn exchanged a thousand words a week, each to the other, exploring the philosophical and theological questions of what it means to be human. The result was a book titled A Maste…

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The unexpected answer to the puzzle in my head | Tom Jump 19:32

2y ago19:32

19:32

Tom Jump is defined by a paradox. His autism and introversion make meeting people awkward and painful. Yet the one thing he wants from life is a relationship. After years of searching, he stumbles on a solution in the last place he expected.By OnlySky Media

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The shadows we live in | Casey Karaman 28:06

2y ago28:06

28:06

Casey Karaman never expected the biography of an urban planner to change the way he saw the world. But the nearly five years it took to work his way through that one massive biography changed his view of himself, those around him, and the way our lives are dictated by decisions made by people we will never know—people whose shadows loom over us. Ca…

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Laughter is healing | Nathan Timmel 18:45

2y ago18:45

18:45

In October of 2005, comedian Nathan Timmel was in Kandahar, Afghanistan, to perform for American forces stationed far from home. While there, he was invited to attend a Ramp Ceremony to witness the loading of a fallen soldier onto a plane to return home for burial. Two days later, he had to perform for that soldier’s friends. ** Nathan Timmel is a …

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The one thing we miss most about religion 14:58

2y ago14:58

14:58

When we asked people at an atheist convention what they missed the most after leaving religion, one word came up more than any other.By OnlySky Media

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Sahra's last message | Ashkan Mehr Roshan 21:28

2y ago21:28

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Before the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, an Iranian activist, blogger, and translator who goes by the pseudonym Ashkan Mehr Roshan connected with an Afghan woman and freethinker. Together, they formed one of the biggest and most effective underground support communities for nonbelievers and religious minorities in the region. But shortly af…

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My tangled feelings at Ramadan | Eiynah 20:24

2y ago20:24

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Raised in Saudi Arabia in a Muslim family of Pakistani background, and now an atheist living in Canada, Eiynah knows something about displacement, and disorientation, and the yearning for the lost familiar. Although she left Islam under her own power and is a strong critic of religion, her childhood and culture are intertwined in Islam. And each ye…

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How an Indian film changed my son's life | Jennifer Hancock 22:12

2y ago22:12

22:12

Learning that she didn't know the name or work of the most famous actor in the world sent lifelong movie enthusiast Jennifer Hancock down a rabbit hole into the massive film industry of India. In the process, she found insights about love that are rarely touched in Western cinema—and solved a puzzle about her own son that changed his life.…

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The view from our only life | Dale McGowan 22:31

2y ago22:31

22:31

How does a secular perspective change the way you see the world and your life? OnlySky's Dale McGowan asks this question of people attending the American Atheists conference in Atlanta.By OnlySky Media

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For which it stands | Adam Lee 18:19

2y ago18:19

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Most Americans don’t give a lot of thought to the Pledge of Allegiance. You were taught to say it when you were four or five, and you said it, probably in a droning voice, surrounded by 20 other droning children who likewise hadn’t thought much about it. Whether or not he started off droning like the rest of us, Adam Lee eventually developed seriou…

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The apple and the river | Jonathan MS Pearce 29:57

2+ y ago29:57

29:57

People are different. That’s a good thing. But in recent years, it feels like some differences have deepened to the point that we look at friends and family on social media, or even across the dinner table, saying and believing things that are just baffling to us. And we wonder: how did you get that way? The philosopher Jonathan M.S. Pearce spends …

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Beyond the bitter pill | Hemant Mehta and Notes from Autumn 37:09

2+ y ago37:09

37:09

Hemant Mehta has been a freethought blogger, author, and speaker for nearly 20 years now, building his blog Friendly Atheist into the largest atheist blog in the world. Just as the pandemic began, he came across a YouTube channel called Notes from Autumn. The host was a young woman and recent deconvert with strong criticisms of the way atheists com…

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Relax, it’s just the end of the world | George Hrab 20:52

2+ y ago20:52

20:52

George Hrab spends an unhealthy amount of time thinking about the end of the world. And he’s pretty sure we’ve got it all wrong. Not just the zombies, but the role fear would play both before and after the collapse of civilization.By OnlySky Media

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Chasing false wonder | Captain Cassidy 26:27

2+ y ago26:27

26:27

From the time she was young, Captain Cassidy heard promises of wonder. If she did this, or believed that, or avoided a long list of temptations, she would find herself smack in the middle of a world of wonder. She chased that promise from Catholic Maryland to Baptist Alabama to Waco Texas, finally landing in Pentecostalism—all the while waiting for…

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Getting my own story straight | Dale McGowan 20:13

2+ y ago20:13

20:13

There’s a story in your head, a kind of autobiography. You’ve been writing and revising it all your life. We take the chaos of information from a normal life and create a story that makes sense. Some of it might even be true. But considering who’s telling the story, it’s no surprise that a lot of it just doesn’t hold up. Dale McGowan was well into …

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This Was Us 10:47

2+ y ago10:47

10:47

In This Episode of People with Parents…Leighann Lord shares why, by any standard measure, this is a terrible podcast. ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PARENTS People with Parents is podcast is where I share stories about the role reversal and ever-changing relationship between me – an adult child – and my aging parents. If you can relate, or know someone who can,…

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Aunt Cicely Tyson 6:35

3+ y ago6:35

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In This Episode of People with Parents…I share what I learned that time in 2013 when I took My Parents to see Cicely Tyson on Broadway in The Trip to Bountiful. People with Parents is now part of the Patreon Community. Please support the show at Patreon.com/PeoplewithParents ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PARENTS People with Parents is podcast is where I share …

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And Then All of a Sudden 6:28

3+ y ago6:28

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In This Episode of People with Parents…All of a sudden things change, the roles reverse – ready or not - whether we want them to or not. People with Parents is now part of the Patreon Community. Please support the show at Patreon.com/PeoplewithParents ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PARENTS People with Parents is podcast is where I share stories about the role r…

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Thanksgiving is Always Different 4:55

3+ y ago4:55

4:55

In This Episode of People with Parents…Much has been said about how Thanksgiving is going to be different this year. I contend that Thanksgiving is always different. People with Parents is now part of the Patreon Community. Please support the show at Patreon.com/PeoplewithParents ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PARENTS People with Parents is podcast is where I s…

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Much Ado About a Dog Bed 4:33

3+ y ago4:33

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In This Episode of People with Parents…I made the executive decision to throw away an old dog bed, which is not as easy as it sounds. (It never is, is it?) Watch the video, here. I've started the physically and emotionally arduous task of cleaning out My Parents things. It's not just clutter. It’s making decisions about the things that they thought…

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Escaping the Sentimental Trap... This Time 12:32

3+ y ago12:32

12:32

In This Episode of People with Parents…Was originally done as a YouTube video. Watch it here. I've started the physically and emotionally arduous task of cleaning out My Parents things. It's not just clutter. It’s making decisions about things that they thought were important. Or things they never got around to throwing away and now it's my job. Bu…

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I Found A Cassingle! A What?!? You Heard Me! 14:23

4y ago14:23

14:23

This Episode of People with Parents…was originally done as a YouTube video. Watch it here. I've started the physically and emotionally arduous task of cleaning out My Parents things. It's not just clutter. It’s making decisions about things that they thought were important. Or things they never got around to throwing away and now it's my job. But I…

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The Birth of The Urban Shady Pines 8:13

4y ago8:13

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In This Episode of People with Parents…A recent New York Times article about patients being thrown out of nursing homes got me thinking about how hard it is to get into one. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/business/coronavirus-nursing-homes.html People with Parents is now part of the Patreon Community. Please support the show at Patreon.com/Peop…

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Extra Days & Chairs 11:07

4y ago11:07

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In This Episode of People with Parents…I talk about how my family observed our special days, our birthdays. And with my birthday on the horizon, what does that mean for me now. People with Parents is now part of the Patreon Community. Please support the show at Patreon.com/PeoplewithParents ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PARENTS People with Parents is podcast i…

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“I Never Thought I’d Get This Old” 19:29

4y ago19:29

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In This Episode of People with Parents…I chat with comedian and actor Bill McCarty, an only child, caring for his 92 year old mother in a nursing home in the time of COVID. People with Parents is now part of the Patreon Community. Please support the show at Patreon.com/PeoplewithParents ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PARENTS People with Parents is podcast is wh…

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Things My Father Never Taught Me, But I Still Turned Out All Right 7:54

4y ago7:54

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In This Episode of People with Parents…I run down the (short) list of the things My Father never taught me: Bid Whist Chess, Pool… tying up papers and Amazon boxes. How in the world am I surviving? People with Parents is now part of the Patreon Community. Please support the show at Patreon.com/PeoplewithParents ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PARENTS People with…

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We Were Daddy’s Girls 38:00

4y ago38:00

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In This Episode of People with Parents…We have an interview! I’ve wanted to do more interviews for the podcast for some time now, and at last I got to have a conversation with Carole Montgomery. She is one of my long-time, good friends in standup comedy; and even before I started this podcast, I cried many times on her shoulder about My Parents bec…

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And Then… Corona 9:37

4+ y ago9:37

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In This Episode of People with Parents…It’s been difficult to pull my thoughts together and away from the daily news briefings to do this episode; but it needed doing and sharing. Taking care of the last half of my Dynamic Duo, while mourning the lost half was already challenging. And then… Corona. People with Parents is now part of the Patreon Com…

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#GirlDad 6:01

4+ y ago6:01

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5+ y ago1:44

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FWD: Thinking is a podcast about bold professionals who have challenged the status quo to recreate their careers. They've grown out of the cracks in the org chart, punched above their titles, and when all else failed, started their own companies. Hosted by Khe Hy and created by Quartz, this podcast traces the blueprints that lead to a more fulfilli…

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