Best Tall Grass Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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REPLAY AAPI Month: A Book Rec Episode - 6/5/24 1:01:11

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We are on hiatus for the month of June. This is a replay episode from 2023. For show notes for any episode, go to our website at perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover. This week are celebrating AAPI Heritage Month (Asian American Pacific Islander) and we give you a list…

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S10:Ep224 - Mental Health Awareness Month : A Book Rec Episode- 5/29/24 59:31

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the contact button. We will be on a much needed hiatus for the entire month of June and a smidge into July. You will get replays of some of our book recommendation episodes fro…

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S10:Ep223 - The Act of Disappearing with Guest Nathan Gower - 5/22/24 59:54

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Nathan Gower at his website www.nathangower.com or on IG @nathan_gower_ Our guest this week is Nathan Gower, a writer with roots in Kentucky, h…

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S10:Ep222 - Summer Reading with Bookseller Sam Miller - 5/25/24 1:00:43

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we have our annual summer reading episode with our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller, store manager at Carmichaels Bookstore in Louisville, KY. By t…

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Heather Thomas // MAIDEN Skipper & OGR Winner 1:13:21

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Skipper Heather Thomas recently won the inaugural Ocean Globe Race aboard the iconic yacht MAIDEN. The crew made history again by becoming the first all-female crew to win a round-the-world race! At 27, Heather was the youngest skipper in this race and one of two female skippers. Emma and Heather talked about leadership, confidence, navigation and …

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55 - Mtisunge Nwira 31:17

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I met Mtisunge Nwira at a Community Counseling Center event, where I sit on the board of directors. She came into the room and her energy was immediately noticeable. Her cheerfulness is a sharp contrast to her wheelchair. Her past is a sharp contrast to her present. Learning about how her clothing line was a part of her healing journey is a very in…

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S10:Ep221 - Audiobook Appreciation Month: A Book Rec Episode - 5-8-24 59:07

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. May is Audiobook Appreciation Month so this week we suggest to you 10 plus books that give an added dimension when you listen to the audiobook version. And …

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Kristoffer Appelquist // 'Över Atlanten' TV Show 1:14:31

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Comedian Kristoffer Appelquist returns to the podcast to talk about his first trans-Atlantic passage with the Swedish reality TV show 'Över Atlanten.' Now in it's 6th season, the show — which puts celebrities onboard a big Swan with Whitbread skipper Gunnar Kranz for an Atlantic crossing — has become a huge hit. Kristoffer, Mia and I talk about how…

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54 - Dutch Martin 30:15

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I've met a lot of great people on LinkedIn, yet Dutch Martin immediately stood out as someone I needed to engage in conversation. And I wanted to record it. In fact, the interview went so well, I immediately booked him for a part 2. I invite you to tune in to this episode of 1 Luckygirliegirl, where Speaking Champion Dutch Martin shares his remarka…

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S10:Ep220 - A Traveling Book Club with Guests Marilyn Robbins and Sami Lien - 5/1/24 1:00:12

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. We interact with book publicists pretty often, but a few months ago, one of them, Sami Lien, emailed and asked for recommendations about things to do in Ken…

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Episode 84: Sounds from Beyond 1:19:13

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In the world of the paranormal, unexplained sightings–from UFOs and bigfoot to floating orbs–capture our collective imagination. But often, the real mystery lies in what we can’t see. Today, we’re sharing stories about sound anomalies.By A paranormal podcast with Seth & Christina

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August Sandberg // ISBJØRN Refit 1:17:29

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August Sandberg is the owner and skipper of our beloved Swan 48 ISBJØRN, which has sailed over 60,000 miles since the beginning of 59º North. August lives outside Bergen, Norway, where the boat is now based, and recently finished overseeing a second major refit, which we had done at Vindö Marin on the west coast of Sweden on the famed boatbuilding …

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S10:Ep219 REMIX - Beware The Tall Grass with guest Ellen Birkett Morris - 4/24/24 1:00:30

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we have a remix episode because we are attending the LA Festival of Books. We catch up with author Ellen Birkett Morris. We first spoke to her in …

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Suzanne Heywood // Wavewalker: Breaking Free 1:06:18

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Suzanne Heywood was raised on a sailboat. What started as a three year circumnavigation with her family turned into a decade of living aboard, sailing, and struggling to get an education. Suzanne's book, 'Wavewalker,' tells the story of that voyage. In this episode, Emma and Suzanne talk about 'Wavewalker,' Suzanne's relationship to sailing now, an…

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Alex Laline // Clipper Round The World Skipper 1:12:30

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Alex Laline is a lifelong sailor and one of our full-time staff at 59º North. Growing up in a multinational family, he sailed dinghies as a kid in the UK, Spain and Indonesia, then got inspired to sail around the world when he saw an ad for the Clipper Round the World Race. As a teenager he saved all his money and joined Clipper as a paying crewmem…

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S10:Ep218 - Books That Live In Our Heads: A Book Rec Episode- 4/17/24 1:01:19

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we are playing the nostalgia card. All of the books we mention are backlist in a big way; the majority are at least 15 years old. Our episode is a…

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53 - Kevin Dunlap 33:21

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Kevin Dunlap believes that people expand their comfort zones by becoming a speaker, a podcaster, and more exposed to their digital audience. A four-time author, Kevin is helping speakers produce content like podcasts, books, and keynote addresses. Tune in to this episode of "1 Luckygirliegirl" and learn how Kevin A. Dunlap helps speakers expand the…

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S10:Ep217 - Akmaral and Warrior Women with Guest Judith Lindbergh - 4/10/24 1:01:03

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Judith Lindbergh at judithlindbergh.com/ and on IG @judithlindbergh. This week’s episode is one that big history nerds may find fascinating. In…

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Lutz Kohne // Golden Globe Manager turned Racer 1:10:57

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Sailing was never a part of Lutz Kohne’s life growing up — it hit him square in the face as an adult, and completely changed his trajectory. He has since worked as a professional skipper, as Race Director for the OGR and the GGR, and he is now preparing to set sail himself, around the world, solo, retro and unassisted as a participant in the Golden…

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52 - Portia The Producer 34:07

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Portia Booker and I met through a mutual friend, Ant Blair. She's one of those people with whom I connected on a spiritual level right away. Her mission to support people going through their grief journey is so powerful, I just know you'll be listening intently while she describes her transformation. Check out her audiobook, "Finding Grace within G…

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Henry Mickel & Bayley Richardson // Sailing REVELRY Home to Oz 1:12:50

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Henry Mickle & Bayley Richardson are self-described "Mates from the Land Down Under", cruising around the world in an old Beneteau. These two twenty-something friends made a pact, worked their asses off, saved their money, bought a boat and are living the dream — figuring it out as they go, but with knowledge and experience earned from working prof…

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S10:Ep216 - Books Make Environmental Impact: A Book Rec Episode - 3/3/24 59:12

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. Earth Day is upon us in a few weeks, April 22, and what better time to explore literature that comments on the health of Mother Earth. This week we are talk…

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S10:Ep215 - Austen is in the Air with guests Melodie Edwards and AH Kim - 3/27/24 1:00:30

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find this week’s Austen authors at their websites: AH Kim - www.ahkim.net/ and @ahkim.writer Melodie Edwards - www.melodieedwards.com/ and @melodiew…

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Jojo Pickering // From the Sea to the Theatre & Back Again 57:39

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Jojo Pickering grew up with sailing as a central part of her life, vagabonding on the high seas with her family and sailing from Africa to the UK. As she got older, she spent more time ashore, starting a traveling theatre company with her husband and kids and bouncing around the UK, France and Spain. But the sea called her back — she recently compl…

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S10:Ep214 - Linked Short Story Collections: A Book Rec Episode - 3/20/24 1:01:03

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we’re talking about linked short story collections. What are linked short stories, though? These are stories that are collected and somehow linked…

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Liz Wardley // A Sailor Smashing Records in the Worlds Toughest Row 1:02:37

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Sailor, kitesurfer, and paddler Liz Wardley returns to the show to talk with Emma about her record-breaking row across the Atlantic. She completed the World's Toughest Row at the end of January after 44 days at sea. She beat the previous record by 15 days. Liz has competed many times in The Ocean Race and was last on the podcast in 2019 when she wa…

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S10: Ep.213 - Notes on the Newbery Awards with Guest Kari Heggen - 3/13/24 1:00:30

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To find more of Kari’s book thoughts, you can find her on instagram @checkedoutbooks. Our website at perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we chat with Kari Heggen, a bookstagrammer from Iowa who set he…

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Capt. Jennifer Kaye // Schooner WOODWIND & Trans-Atlantic on FALKEN 1:04:08

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Capt. Jen of Schooner WOODWIND returns to the podcast after having just sailed with Andy aboard FALKEN on the 2,100 mile passage across the Atlantic! Jen and Andy reflect on Jen's first big ocean crossing and what it was like to leave the wintry Chesapeake Bay for tropical Tradewind sailing. They also talk about challenges of running a small busine…

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S10:Ep. 212 Say Yes to Small Presses - A Book Rec Episode - 3/6/24 59:16

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Our website www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we talk about some of our favorite books coming out of small and independent presses. The Big 5 publishers print those blockbusters we love to stic…

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Episode 83: Dreaming the Future 1:11:40

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The visions that come to us in sleep show us many things. Our deepest longings, our greatest fears, the darkest secrets we keep even from ourselves. And sometimes? They show us the future. Today, we’re sharing stories of precognitive dreams.By A paranormal podcast with Seth & Christina

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S10:Ep211 - Shawntaye's Bookish Life with Guest Shawntaye H. - 2/28/24 1:01:45

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You can Shawntaye on Instagram at @shawntaye1 Our website www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we chat with a Lexington, Kentucky bookstagrammer, Shawntaye, who is such a devoted reader that she m…

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S10:Ep 210 - The Gibson Girl Review Podcast with Guest Amy Drown - 2/21/24 1:01:36

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You can find Amy and the Gibson Girl review at www.gibsongirlreview.com/ as well as on Instagram at @gibsongirlreview Our website www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. As podcast people ourselves, we are alw…

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S10:Ep209 - The Heartbreak Years with Guest Minda Honey - 2/24/24 1:00:12

4M ago1:00:12

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To find out more about Minda, go to her website at www.mindahoney.com or find her on social media @mindahoney Website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook- Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. We have a remix episode for you this week on Valen…

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S10:Ep208 - Time Warps - A Book Rec Episode - 2/7/24 59:03

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Website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Face Book - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we are talking time bending books, series, and movies including time travel, time loop, and time slip. Here is a link for more info on this subgener…

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Emily Caruso // Pro Sailor & Empathetic Leader 1:06:06

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Emily Caruso has spent 18 years and counting as a professional sailor, though only first learning about the sport in her late 20s. Growing up in the countryside in England, Emily had an epiphany one day during a weekend sailing excursion and hasn't looked back since. Andy & Emily sat down in person onboard FALKEN in Cape Verde to talk about her car…

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S10:Ep207 - Tent For Seven with Guests Marty Ohlhaut and Grace Ly - 1/31/24 1:01:50

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You can find Marty at his website www.martyohlhaut.com/ while you can find Grace on Instagram at @grace.ly_author) Our website www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we talk to the father-daughter t…

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Jens Joachim Hiorth // Tall Ship Captain 1:05:54

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Jens Joachim Hiorth is the Captain of the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, the largest and oldest tall ship in Norway. The ship recently completed a circumnaivation around the great capes. August joined the Captain onboard the ship for a conversation on the particulars of running such a large ship on the high seas. Website: https://lehmkuhl.no -- If you liked t…

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S10:Ep206- Huda F Cares with Guest Huda Fahmy - 1/24/24 1:00:14

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You can find Huda at her website www.Hudafahmy.com. Our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook Perks of Being a BookLover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we talk to Huda Fahmy, a graphic novelist whose 4th book Huda F Cares? was a finalist for the 202…

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Bill Strassberg // The Viking Route 1:18:23

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Bill Strassberg literally wrote the book on the Viking Route, authoring the latest edition of the Cruising Club of America's guide to the far northern route across the Atlantic. Andy first got in touch with Bill when researching FALKEN's Greenland passage last summer and caught up with him late last year for the podcast. We talked about Bill's cust…

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S10:Ep205 - 2023 Year in Review - 1/17/24 1:01:34

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Website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Paddling North by Audrey Sutherland (Rec by Ritu Mukerji) 2- Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann (Rec by Anna Pitoniak) 3- The Creati…

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Cosima Franchini // Yacht Captain & Business Owner 1:06:11

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Cosima grew up on the Puget Sound where her family nurtured a love of sailing and old classic boats. In college she worked on tall ships in the PNW but eventually she landed on the east coast where she found a community of friends who worked on private classic yachts. She spent her twenties pursuing positions and racing aboard big rig schooners and…

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S9:Ep204 - Perks REMIX - Library of Lost Time with Mel and David - 10/10/24 41:08

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Website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. Things we talked about in the intro: Movie: Poor Things (2023) Adapted from the book Poor Things by Alisdair Gray Podcast: NPR's Book of the Day …

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Matt Steverson // The Duracell Project 1:00:37

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Ben Doerr sat down with Matt from The Duracell Project YouTube channel. Matt and his wife Janni are refitting Mike Plant's famous Open 60 "Duracell" into a comfortable cruising boat. Sitting in the cockpit of Duracell outside of Port Townsend, Matt and Ben discuss Matt's cruising and boatbuilding past and the many challenges of building the boat an…

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S9:Ep203 - Perks REMIX with Books Are My People Podcast - 1/3/24 49:08

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You can find Jennifer Caloyeras at her website www.Jennifercaloyeras.com or on Instagram @ jennifercaloyeras. Website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. Our Shownotes: Books Mentioned in this Introductio…

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Capt. Jan Miles Returns // PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II 1:18:42

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Captain Jan Miles returns to the podcast! Andy first sat down with Jan onboard Maryland's flagship PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II tallship way back in 2015 for a fascinating interview tracing Jan's career at sea. We return to the Captain's Cabin onboard PRIDE for this second, meandering chat about seamanship, life on tallships, the leadership structure on t…

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S9:Ep202 - Perks REMIX - MURDER ENSUES on the Thrillers by the Bookclub Podcast - 12/27/23 52:27

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. Our Shownotes: 1- Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie 2- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 3- Saltburn - (2023, Amazon Prime) 4- Ripley…

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Elliot Rappaport // Reading the Glass 1:17:58

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Elliot Rappaport has been a captain of sailing ships for the past three decades. He currently is a faculty member at Maine Maritime Academy, where he lives nearby with his wife and their dog. Elliot also sailed as a captain for many miles with Sea Education Association, an organization that offers shipboard programs in ocean science and leadership …

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Episode 82: Haunted Gift Guide 1:10:47

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The season of giving is here and as we all know, some gifts are a hit, some are a miss–but some are downright spooky. Today, welcome to our Shadowland haunted holiday gift guide.By A paranormal podcast with Seth & Christina

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S9:Ep201 - I SPY a Riveting Thriller with Guest Anna Pitoniak 1:02:38

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You can find Anna Pitoniak at www.annapitoniak.com and on socials at annapitoniak. -Website atwww.perksofbeingabooklover.com. -Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod -FaceBook Perks of Being a Book Lover. -To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. For our final episode of 2023, we chat with Anna Pitoniak, whose 4th novel, …

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Mats Grimsæth // Explorer and Photographer 1:12:25

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Mats Grimsæth is a professional skipper, photographer and lecturer. He’s the youngest person to ever skipper a boat around the island of Spitsbergen on Svalbard, which is where he first met August. He has a great passion for the sea and for his fellow human beings. Having had a difficult time in his teenage years, he’s now using his considerable en…

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