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Viewpoints RadioInside The Two-Trillion-Dollar Business Of Feeling BetterInside The Two-Trillion-Dollar Business Of Feeling BetterWhen life feels overwhelming, wellness offers answers, or at least something to buy. We look at how self-care turned into a multi-trillion-dollar industry, and why the promise of feeling better so often comes wrapped in marketing.Guests: Rina Raphael, journalist, author, The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-CareAmy Larocca, journalist, author, How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a TimeHost: Marty PetersonProducer: Grace Galante. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pc...
2026-02-1409 min
The Shift with Sam BakerAmy Larocca: 'the wellness industry sets women up to fail'Say the word wellness and it conjures an instant image in our minds… glowing skin, enviable abs, sludgy looking juice, tasteful muted leisurewear and lots and lots of money.
Where we used to have diets and anti-ageing cream, we now have peloton and ashwaghanda gummies and collagen powder. Or we do if we can afford to.
So I’m delighted to welcome to The Shift, the award-winning American journalist Amy Larocca, who has written an entire book on the subject, How To Be Well, aptly subtitled ‘finding a way throug...
2026-02-0359 min
InfamousSelf-Care Is Awesome and Also a ScamFashion writer Amy Larocca joins Vanessa to unpack the modern wellness obsession—from expensive self-care gadgets to Ozempic and glow culture. They dig into Amy’s book How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time and ask when wellness became a moral obligation.
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2025-12-1832 min
Conquering Your Fibromyalgia PodcastEp 231 Wellness Industry Secrets UncoveredText Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions In this episode, we welcome Amy Larocca, author of 'How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, one Dubious Cure at a Time'. Amy joins us to discuss the intersection of fashion and wellness, chronic invisible illnesses, and the deceptive allure of the wellness industry. From her observations as a fashion journalist to her personal experiences and deep dive into the world of wellness, Amy reveals the psychological and cultural forces at play. We explore the commercialization of self-care, the rise of wellness trends, and the problematic blend of functional...
2025-12-0346 min
What We Wore167. Amy Larocca | How To Be Well Amy Larocca is an award-winning American journalist who spent two decades at New York Magazine. Her book, how to Be Well, takes a hard look at the wellness industry and its effects on women today.
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2025-11-0852 min
Standing Room OnlyHow RFK Jr. built an army of mean moms and anti-vaxxersRobert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, has twisted, harmful ideas about health. From restricting access to vaccines to restoring the often-humiliating presidential fitness test for kids, Amanda explains what's really driving RFK Jr. and the MAHA moms who support his every move. This week's guest is "How To Be Well" author and journalist Amy Larocca, who explains how the multibillion-dollar wellness industry has shaped thinking about health and bolstered the type of pseudoscience that MAHA moms and RFK Jr. cling to.
2025-09-0629 min
The Perks Of Being A Book Lover PodcastS13:Ep262 - The Fire Concerto with Guest Sarah Landenwich + Our Summer in BooksOur website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com.
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Our guest this week, novelist Sarah Landenwich, has turned her own experience as a talented pianist who lost her passion into a compelling, many-layered book about music, competition, history, and legacy. THE FIRE CONCERTO is about a woman named Clara who left a career as...
2025-08-201h 08
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsFresh Take: Amy Larocca, HOW TO BE WELLMargaret and Amy talk with award-winning journalist and author Amy Larocca, whose new book HOW TO BE WELL takes a deeply researched look at the trillion-dollar wellness industry.
From supplements to concierge doctors to SoulCycle-as-religion, Larocca exposes how much of modern “self-care” is really about chasing youth, thinness, and unattainable perfection under a new label: wellness.
We cover:
The real reason “wellness” exploded—and how it's really just rebranded beauty, fitness, and weight loss
Why GLP-1 drugs (like Ozempic and Wegovy) are shifting the cultural conversation on body image
How women seeking medical care are often...
2025-08-0840 min
A Mind of Her OwnColonics, Fasts and Cleanses? Wellness Guilt and the Myth of Optimization"You're supposed to be striving for more, but also be really pleased with what you've got... You're never supposed to be seen wanting. You're supposed to be just filled with gratitude for everything that you have, but also constantly trying." -Amy LaroccaListen in as Dr. Jennifer Reid chats with Amy Larocca, former New York Magazine fashion director and author of How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time. Amy pulls back the curtain on how the wellness industry has become the new fashion industry—using the same aspirational marketing tactics to...
2025-07-2939 min
What to Read Next Podcast l Book Recommendation ShowWhat How to Be Well by Amy Larocca Reveals About the Wellness IndustryToday’s episode is a little different—it’s a deep dive into nonfiction and the wellness industry with journalist and author Amy Larocca. Amy’s new book, How to Be Well, unpacks the cultural obsession with self-optimization and wellness, touching on everything from fashion to functional medicine, detox diets to supplements, and the way our bodies are treated and perceived in society.As someone who was deeply embedded in the wellness and life coaching world in the late aughts (fun fact: my first two podcasts were about personal development), this conversation felt personal and powerful. Amy brings cur...
2025-07-2339 min
The Other 80Snake Oil & Smoothies: What's Up With the Booming Wellness Industry? with Amy LaroccaOn the surface, what the wellness industry is offering feels like an antidote to our fragmented and fast-paced lives. Influencers and companies use words like "mindfulness" or “whole foods” or “self care” to get our stressed out, burnt out buy in. But, somewhere along the line those promises start to morph into luxury services, expensive memberships and supplements you never knew you needed. In her book “How to Be Well” former fashion journalist Amy Larocca explores the blurred line between healing and branding in a $6 trillion dollar industry.We discuss:Why our current wellness craze mirrors 1930s pre-Nazi G...
2025-07-1738 min
The Watchung Booksellers PodcastBonus Episode: Amy Larocca and Jason TanzIn this bonus episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, we share a recording from an in-store event this spring with Amy Larocca, author of How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time, in conversation with Jason Tanz.Amy Larocca is an award-winning American journalist. She spent twenty years working at New York magazine as both fashion director and editor at large. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, Town & Country, and the London Review of Books, among other publications. She lives with her family in New...
2025-07-1553 min
Culture Changers with Allison HareWellness Scams Exposed with Amy Larocca | How to Be WellEver wonder why toxic wellness culture has us dropping $80 on serums that don't work while wellness scams rake in billions targeting women who just want to feel better? I used to be that girl—clutching my overpriced celery juice, convinced the next biohacking trend would finally "fix" me, completely oblivious to how the wellness industry profits off our deepest insecurities. What if I told you that aging is not a disease to be cured, and that trillion-dollar industry built on essential oil wellness promises is actually designed to keep you coming back for more? Amy Larocca, award-winning journalist and au...
2025-06-1948 min
A Public AffairHow Health Became a Luxury Product
In 2023, wellness was a $6.3 trillion dollar industry, it’s also notoriously riddled with grifts and scams. As online wellness influencers drive the anti vax movement, white Christian nationalists and the Make America Healthy Again movement are transforming body purity into body fascism. On today’s show, host Richelle Wilson is joined by journalist Amy Larocca to talk about the world of wellness and her new book, How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time.
Larocca started tracing the emergence of our current wellness movement when she noticed the ma...
2025-05-2752 min
This Is the AuthorS10 E21: Amy Larocca, Karen Hao, and Amanda HessIn this episode, meet award-winning journalists Amy Larocca, Karen Hao, and Amanda Hess. Each of these seasoned reporters have taken deep dives into major new developments in the worlds of culture and technology, and their audiobooks are nothing short of illuminating. Hear Amy Larocca on how the wellness trend has eclipsed fashion as the “it” commodity, Karen Hao on what’s missing from the public discussion of AI, and Amanda Hess on having a child in the digital age, and what was most “confrontational” about recording her audiobook.
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2025-05-2713 min
Morning Medical with Dr. ChowLecanemab Access, Diabetes and Brain Health, and Global Life Expectancy TrendsIn this episode, Dr. Chi-Ming Chow begins with an introduction to the latest medical updates. He discusses the use of lecanemab in Alzheimer's treatment, highlighting access disparities. The conversation moves to the impact of Type 2 diabetes mellitus on brain health. Dr. Chow explores the ongoing debate over universal health care in Maine and shares insights into a gene editing breakthrough for rare genetic disorders. A WHO report on the global decline in life expectancy is examined, followed by a discussion on Amy Larocca's book about the wellness industry. The episode concludes with closing remarks and a sign-off.
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2025-05-1620 min
Fresh AirNavigating The 'Wellness' EpidemicJournalist Amy Larocca says our society's obsession with optimization and self-care has reached a fever pitch. She unpacks what it really means to take care of ourselves in How to Be Well. Also, Justin Chang reviews the Chinese film Caught by the Tides.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
2025-05-1545 min
Brainstorms: Functional Neurorehab for SLPsParkinson’s Disease - Characteristics, Shared Decision Making, and Treatment with Amy Larocca-Originally Aired October 9, 2023-Guest: Amy Larocca, MS, CCC-SLP Earn 0.1 ASHA CEU for this episode with Speech Therapy PD: https://www.speechtherapypd.com/course?name=Brainstorm-Parkinsons-Disease-Characteristics-Shared-DecisioWelcome to the Brainstorms: Functional Neuro Rehab podcast for SLPs, presented by Speech Therapy PD. Host Renee Garrett introduces Amy Larocca, an experienced speech-language pathologist specializing in Parkinson’s and other neurological diseases. This episode focuses on the challenges and considerations in treating patients with Parkinson’s. Topics include the importance of tailored treatments, assessments, collaborative care, patient engagement, and the effects of interventions like deep brain stim...
2025-05-151h 04
Morning Medical with Dr. ChowAI in Healthcare, 'How to Be Well' Review, and Nova Scotia Health Records UpdateIn this episode, Dr. Chi-Ming Chow introduces the discussion on AI in healthcare, focusing on patient acceptance and potential future applications. A review of the book 'How to Be Well' by Amy Larocca follows, offering insights into wellness practices. Dr. Chow then provides an update on Nova Scotia's Health Record System, highlighting recent developments. The episode concludes with an examination of methylene blue, discussing its benefits and associated warnings.
(0:00) Introduction and AI in healthcare insights
(3:05) Patient acceptance and future applications of AI in healthcare
(3:46) Book review: 'How to Be Well' by Amy Larocca
(7:26) Update on Nova Scotia's Health Record System
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2025-05-1213 min
The Not Old - Better ShowPrevention Magazine Healthy Liviing Interview Series, Amy LaroccaPrevention Magazine Healthy Liviing Interview Series, The Not Old Better Show The Not Old Better Show, Prevention Magazine Healthy Living Series 💸 Wellness is now a trillion-dollar industry… but is it making us well or just broke and tired? 🎧👇 👉. https://apple.co/3FAbebT 🧘♀️ Biohacking. Gratitude journaling. $400 sleep rings. We've been told that these tools make us "well." But are they helping—or just making us poorer and more stressed? 📚 Journalist and former fashion editor Amy Larocca joins me on the latest episode of The Not Old – Better Show to discuss her provocative new book:
2025-05-1029 min
Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 41: Summer Scares 2025It’s time for Summer Scares, and the popular horror-reading program is in fine form again. Shelf Care host Susan Maguire spoke to librarian Becky Spratford, author Kendare Blake, and Booklist’s Julia Smith about this year’s selections for adult, teen, and middle-grade readers; transgressive horror; and Hellmouth Pokémon, as you do. She also spoke to Jocelyn Codner and Carina Stopenski, both of the Horror Writers Association’s Library Advisory Council, about the Summer Scares program guide, why libraries should serve horror readers, and what they’re reading and loving.
Here’s what we talked about:
Summer Scares Resource Page...
2025-03-211h 14
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, HorrorCuckoo by Gretchen Felker-MartinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cuckoo Author: Gretchen Felker-Martin Narrator: Zim Avaltrades, Nicky Endres, Sena Bryer, Grace Rolek, Avi Roque, Zeno Robinson, Kirt Graves, Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 11, 2024 Genres: Horror Publisher's Summary: This program features multicast narration. From Gretchen Felker-Martin, the acclaimed author of Manhunt, comes a vicious new novel about a group of teens who must stay true to themselves while in a conversion camp from hell. 'A soaring, boundless ode to queer survival. It's flat-out mesmerizing.'—Paul Tremblay, author of The Pallbearers Club So...
2024-06-1105 min
MiddayBook bans, and book fans, with Baltimore County's head librarianLast year, the American Library Association reported a 20% increase from the previous year in efforts to ban books in the US in both school and public libraries. As WYPR education reporter Bri Hatch reported, 148 titles were challenged in Maryland last year, which made our state one of more than a dozen states to exceed one hundred banned books. Maryland is one of the states with laws that require specific criteria for removing books from libraries, and which protect library personnel who act within that criteria. Dr. Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, the CEO of the Ba...
2024-05-1633 minBrainstorms: Functional Neurorehab for SLPsParkinson’s Disease - Characteristics, Shared Decision Making, Treatment and More with Amy LaroccaGuest: Amy Larocca, MS, CCC-SLP - When you think of Parkinson’s Disease, most people picture Michael J. Fox or Mohammad Ali, but what does Parkinson’s Disease or Parkinsonism look like in the general population? In this episode, Renee is joined by Amy Larocca, MS, CCC-SLP, who works primarily with People with Parkinson’s (PwP) and other neurological disorders. They will discuss how Parkinson’s disease treatment differs from other neurologic etiologies. Join us for a collaborative discussion regarding resources and community support for PwP and their loved ones.Mentioned in this episode:This is a Spe...
2024-04-091h 04
Beyond the Shelves: A Podcast from the Des Moines Public LibraryBeyond the Shelves: Reading Through the DecadesOn the latest episode of Beyond the Shelves, Jes and Sarah time travel through the decades, picking a plethora of books set in the past 60 years. Plus, Book Bulletin features the inaugural Libby Awards - what they like, what they don't like, and what they have an issue with! What They're Reading Where the Lost Wander, by Amy Harmon Clean Sweep, by Ilona Andrews The Fragile Threads of Power, by V.E. Schwab The Pairing, by Casey McQuiston Normal People, by Sally Rooney The Reformatory, by Tananarive Due Decade Book Picks 1960s The Women...
2024-04-0357 min
SLP Learning HourS12E2 - Parkinson’s Disease: Characteristics, Shared Decision Making, Treatment and MoreGuest: Amy Larocca, MS, CCC-SLP - When you think of Parkinson’s Disease, most people picture Michael J. Fox or Mohammad Ali, but what does Parkinson’s Disease or Parkinsonism look like in the general population? In this episode, Renee is joined by Amy Larocca, MS, CCC-SLP, who works primarily with People with Parkinson’s (PwP) and other neurological disorders. They will discuss how Parkinson’s disease treatment differs from other neurologic etiologies. Join us for a collaborative discussion regarding resources and community support for PwP and their loved ones.
2023-10-191h 05
The Perks Of Being A Book Lover PodcastPerks REPLAY - Double Dutch Debut with guest Brittany ThurmanThis week we chat with Brittany Thurman, a native of Kentucky, who has recently published her first children’s picture book titled FLY illustrated by Anna Cunha. She worked as a children's specialist at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh which is where the idea to write her own book occurred, and she even took inspiration from one of the children who would come to her storytimes. FLY is the story of a young girl who wants to enter a double dutch jump rope competition but doesn’t know how to double dutch. She asks her friends for tips and whil...
2023-07-121h 00
RdMCastRdMCast #403 – Slumber Party Massacre: podcasters na festa do pijamaÚnica franquia de filmes slashers dirigida inteiramente por mulheres, Slumber Party Massacre nasceu em 1982 quando a diretora Amy Holden Jones e a roteirista Rita Mae Brown assumiram a tarefa de contar a história de um grupo de adolescentes perseguidas por um assassino psicótico durante sua festa do pijama. Nascia assim um clássico instantâneo dos slashers que hoje representa o mais puro suco dos anos 80. Decidindo voltar para essa década de ouro, hoje o RdM te convida para a nossa própria festa do pijama para conversarmos sobre guitarras-furadeiras, representação feminina, maníacos assassinos e muito, mas...
2023-05-251h 03
RdMCastRdMCast #390 - Animais Noturnos (2016): arte, trauma e vingançaEstruturas narrativas que trazem uma história dentro de uma história costumam render ótimos enredos, ainda mais quando estamos falando de filmes de suspense/horror. Pois este é justamente o caso de Animais Noturnos, filme de 2016 estrelado por Amy Addams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon e Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Além de tantos nomes de peso em seu elenco, o filme foi escrito e dirigido por Tom Ford, célebre estilista estadunidense. Naquele que é apenas seu segundo e, até agora, último filme, Ford nos brinda com um mundo sombrio e brutal, mas inegavelmente repleto de beleza. Entre complexas discussões sobre a relação en...
2023-02-231h 03
Slate HealthThe Waves: Who’s Getting Rich Off Menopause?On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate Money co-host Emily Peck is joined by New York Times writer, Amy Larocca to discuss, as Amy says, the “menopause gold rush.” They dig into when exactly menopause starts, how younger women embracing their bodies has trickled up to their moms, and the companies that have started aggressively targeting menopausal women - for better and for worse. In Slate Plus, how telehealth and online medicine have changed the menopause game. Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario a...
2023-01-2134 min
Slate ConversationsThe Waves: Who’s Getting Rich Off Menopause?On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate Money co-host Emily Peck is joined by New York Times writer, Amy Larocca to discuss, as Amy says, the “menopause gold rush.” They dig into when exactly menopause starts, how younger women embracing their bodies has trickled up to their moms, and the companies that have started aggressively targeting menopausal women - for better and for worse. In Slate Plus, how telehealth and online medicine have changed the menopause game. Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario a...
2023-01-1234 min
Slate Gender and SocietyThe Waves: Who’s Getting Rich Off Menopause?On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate Money co-host Emily Peck is joined by New York Times writer, Amy Larocca to discuss, as Amy says, the “menopause gold rush.” They dig into when exactly menopause starts, how younger women embracing their bodies has trickled up to their moms, and the companies that have started aggressively targeting menopausal women - for better and for worse. In Slate Plus, how telehealth and online medicine have changed the menopause game. Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario a...
2023-01-1234 min
Slate BusinessThe Waves: Who’s Getting Rich Off Menopause?On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate Money co-host Emily Peck is joined by New York Times writer, Amy Larocca to discuss, as Amy says, the “menopause gold rush.” They dig into when exactly menopause starts, how younger women embracing their bodies has trickled up to their moms, and the companies that have started aggressively targeting menopausal women - for better and for worse. In Slate Plus, how telehealth and online medicine have changed the menopause game. Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario a...
2023-01-1234 min
The Waves: Gender, Relationships, FeminismWho’s Getting Rich Off Menopause?On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate Money co-host Emily Peck is joined by New York Times writer, Amy Larocca to discuss, as Amy says, the “menopause gold rush.” They dig into when exactly menopause starts, how younger women embracing their bodies has trickled up to their moms, and the companies that have started aggressively targeting menopausal women - for better and for worse. In Slate Plus, how telehealth and online medicine have changed the menopause game. Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.Send...
2023-01-1232 min
On The RecordFor readers of all ages: books to give this holiday seasonWrapped in shiny wrapping paper or careworn with notes scrawled in the margins-- books are gifts that give again and again. They offer a window into the heart of the author and can open our minds to a different view of the world. Conni Strittmatter is the Youth & Family Engagement Manager for Baltimore County Public Library. Here are her book picks for kids: "Farmhouse," by Sophie Blackall"The Three Billy Goats Gruff," by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen"Good Night, Little Bookstore," by Amy Cherrix"Ty’s Travels," series by Kelly Starling Lyo...
2022-12-1425 min
A Continuous LeanThe Perfect ShirtThere really aren’t a lot of ways to reinvent a woven shirt. Somehow in 1999 Steven Alan found a way to do it. That was the year he created the Reverse Seam which would go on to sell tens of thousands of shirts. The innovation? To twist the placket and to reveal the outseam. It’s more than that though, Steven flipped the dress shirt to be a deliberately casual button-down. It’s not complicated, but the Reverse Seam was a important reinterpretation. It’s like going back in time two decades and popularizing the entire ridiculous idea for Untuckit...
2022-03-1955 min
The Perks Of Being A Book Lover PodcastS. 6 Ep. 124 Double Dutch Debut with guest Brittany Thurman 2-23-22This week we chat with Brittany Thurman, a native of Kentucky, who has recently published her first children’s picture book titled Fly illustrated by Anna Cunha. She worked as a children's specialist at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh which is where the idea to write her own book occurred, and she even took inspiration from one of the children who would come to her storytimes. Fly is the story of a young girl who wants to enter a double dutch jump rope competition but doesn’t know how to double dutch. She asks her friends for tips and whil...
2022-02-231h 00
Middle Grade Ninja4th MGN Clip Show 2021 PART ONEIt’s the fourth mega-sized Middle Grade Ninja clips show, featuring snippets from episodes 101 through 146 that aired in 2021. This episode is so stuffed with incredible content it had to be broken up into TWO PARTS
Don't miss PART TWO.
New episodes are scheduled to return January 8th.
Until then, enjoy this compilation of clips from conversations with AUTHORS Christina Li, Caroline Gertler, Rucker Moses, Theo Gangi, Donna Galanti, Mike Johnston, Lisa Fipps, Nick Goss, Esabella Strickland, Carrie Seim, Dorothy A. Winsor, Carole Boston Weatherford, Kyle Lukoff, Luke Cunningham, David LaRochelle, Mike Wohnoutka, Alane Adams, Susan McCormick, Robert Beatty, Payal Doshi, Ja...
2021-12-254h 51
Middle Grade Ninja4th MGN Clip Show 2021 PART TWOIt’s the fourth mega-sized Middle Grade Ninja clips show, featuring snippets from episodes 101 through 146 that aired in 2021. This episode is so stuffed with incredible content it had to be broken up into TWO PARTS
Don't miss PART ONE.
New episodes are scheduled to return January 8th.
Until then, enjoy this compilation of clips from conversations with AUTHORS Christina Li, Caroline Gertler, Rucker Moses, Theo Gangi, Donna Galanti, Mike Johnston, Lisa Fipps, Nick Goss, Esabella Strickland, Carrie Seim, Dorothy A. Winsor, Carole Boston Weatherford, Kyle Lukoff, Luke Cunningham, David LaRochelle, Mike Wohnoutka, Alane Adams, Susan McCormick, Robert Beatty, Payal Doshi, Ja...
2021-12-253h 47
STEM Women in KidLitSongju Ma Daemicke: STEM Across CulturesJoin children's book authors Rajani LaRocca and Artemis Roehrig as they talk to software engineer and children's book author Songju Ma Daemicke about STEM Across Cultures. Books recommended on this episode:Whole WhaleKaren Yin (Author) Nelleke Verhoeff (Illustrator)Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the AtomTeresa Robeson (Author) Rebecca Huang (Illustrator)GravityJason ChinAda Twist, ScientistAndrea Beaty (Author) David Roberts (Illustrator)
2021-11-1637 min
Two Lit MamasEpisode 36: Holiday Gift Guide for Middle GradersThe Mamas are ready for the holidays (or at least ready for soccer season to be over). To get you in the mood for gift giving, the Mamas recap the best books in some of their favorite categories: Top Faves from 2021:Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos (Episode 15) City Spies Series by James Ponti (Episode 20)The Whispers by Greg Howard (Episode 26)Fave Fantasy Reads:The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant (Episode 29)The Elephant’s Girl by Celesta RimingtonFave Sports-themed BooksTen Thousand Tr...
2021-11-1047 min
STEM Women in KidLitMargarita Engle: Plants, Poetry, and PersistenceJoin children's book authors Rajani LaRocca and Artemis Roehrig as they talk to agronomist and Newbery Honor-winning author Margarita Engle about Plants, Poetry, and Persistence. Books recommended on this episode:Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (and Their Noses) Save the WorldNancy Castaldo (Author)The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: A Tale of the Genius RamanujanAmy Alznauer (Author) Daniel Miyares (Illustrator)What's in Your Pocket?: Collecting Nature's TreasuresHeather L. Montgomery (Author) Maribel Lechuga (Illustrator)
2021-10-0443 min
Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCartyEpisode 93: The Etsy-sodes (part IV): When Were The Good Times?When was the "golden era" of Etsy? In the final installment of the Etsy-sodes, we will be exploring many pivotal moments that changed the company's trajectory (and the lives of its sellers). When did the good times end/the less good times begin? We will try to figure that out! We'll be covering the return (and bitter departure) of Rob Kalin, the manufacturing policy change, the IPO (and the subsequent lawsuit) and all the new fees and shipping polices. And we'll break down why so many makers stay with Etsy despite all of these issues. And again, let's...
2021-08-231h 59
STEM Women in KidLitStacy McAnulty: From Engineering Airline Seats to Engineering BooksJoin authors Artemis Roehrig and Rajani LaRocca as we talk with mechanical engineer and children's book author Stacy McAnulty about how she went From Engineering Airline Seats to Engineering Books. Find out more about Stacy on her website.Books recommended on this episode:In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden History of the Space RaceAmy Cherrix (Author)Infinity and MeKate Hosford (Author) Gabi Swiatkowska (Illustrator)Ruby's BirdsMya Thompson (Author) Claudia Dávila (Illustrator)
2021-06-1550 min
Check It Out! PodcastAsian Pacific American Heritage MonthHELLO, UNIVERSE by Erin Entrada Kelly - MIDSUMMER'S MAYHEM by Rajani LaRocca - WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON by Grace Lin - JASMINE TOGUCHI by Debbi Michiko Florence - DESERT DIARY: JAPANESE AMERICAN KIDS BEHIND BARBED WIRE by Michael O. Tunnell - DRAWN TOGETHER by Minh Le/Dan Santat - AMY WU AND THE PERFECT BOA by Kat Zhang/Charlene Chua - I DREAM OF POPO by Livia Blackburne/Julia Kuo
2021-05-0425 min
The Department: a podcast about trends.Color Trends (pt 2): The Passion of Millennial Pink, Gen Z Color Trends, Kindercore + Wonderful Wiggly DesignAmanda and Kim take a deeper look into some more color trends that define us this episode!As previously mentioned in 2016 Pantone, for the first time ever, chose TWO Colors of the Year: Rose Quartz (aka millennial pink) and Serenity (a lavender blue). Last episode we mentioned that Pantone wasn’t the forerunner anymore on trend - as Millennial Pink had been pervasive for a few years now.Pantone credits the blurring of gender for the choice - not mentioning the obvious obsession with the color: According to Pantone.”In many parts of the world we a...
2021-01-1253 min
Selador Sessions74Making his Selador Sessions debut, the talented Argentinian DJ and producer Marianno Mellino.
His remix that he made with Hern Cattabneo of Dave Seman & DJ Pauls new track, is rapidly rising through the Beatport charts
1 - Magit Cacoon & Lonya - Shma il
2 - Madloch -Flow State (Beije Remix)
3 - Kalima - Momentos
4 - Joan Retamero - Through Distance
5 - Ewan Rill, K Lovesky - Made In Goa
6 - Riggel - Hands On The Sky
7 - Mattia Pompeo - Laguna
8 - Topo Larocca - The Night (Alfonso Muchacho Remix)
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2020-09-2558 min