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Broads and BooksSpecial Preview: A Woman is a GodA Woman is a God is an audio novel in seven installments. Written, narrated, and with original music by Amy Lee Lillard.Sign up for weekly installments at patreon.com/redeemedrejections.About A Woman is a God: When Shannon and her queer chosen family turned seventy, they created a communal home, a place for them to live out their days together. But as years pass, and death takes her friends, Shannon becomes the last.Until one day, when her dead friends return. And Shannon discovers how powerful she...2025-04-0309 min
Midwest WeirdSpecial Preview: A Woman is a GodA Woman is a God is an audio novel in seven installments. Written, narrated, and with original music by Amy Lee Lillard.Sign up for weekly installments at patreon.com/redeemedrejections.About A Woman is a God: When Shannon and her queer chosen family turned seventy, they created a communal home, a place for them to live out their days together. But as years pass, and death takes her friends, Shannon becomes the last.Until one day, when her dead friends return. And Shannon discovers how powerful she...2025-04-0209 min
Wyrd WomanSpecial Preview: A Woman is a GodA Woman is a God is an audio novel in seven installments. Written, narrated, and with original music by Amy Lee Lillard.Sign up for weekly installments at patreon.com/redeemedrejections.About A Woman is a God: When Shannon and her queer chosen family turned seventy, they created a communal home, a place for them to live out their days together. But as years pass, and death takes her friends, Shannon becomes the last.Until one day, when her dead friends return. And Shannon discovers how powerful she...2025-04-0109 minMidwest WeirdBehind the Scenes: Midwest Weird Editors On Season 1, Making the Show, Tips for Submissions, and moreToday on Midwest Weird: A special behind-the-scenes discussion with our editors, Amy Lee Lillard and Erin Johnston. Mentioned in the show: Fuzzy Memories PodcastBroads and Books PodcastWyrd Woman Audio DramaDonzerly Light, a column by Heath SmithBooks: Exile in Guyville, A Grotesque Animal, Dig Me Out_____Midwest Weird is an audio literary magazine from Broads and Books Productions. We’re the home of weird fiction and nonfiction by Midwestern writers.Submit your own work to Midwest Weird at www.midwestweird.com.Mentioned in this episode:Join us on...2024-11-2029 min
The Disrupters: Faith Changing CultureDisrupting the Noise: Before You Vote in the ElectionToday is the day before the U.S. presidential election. Before we vote, we come together to pause and reflect on the truth about who we are and whose we are in Jesus Christ.In these three bonus episodes of the fifth season of The Disrupters, host Miranda Zapor Cruz asks the question, "What does it mean to disrupt ourselves—and the noise?" during an election season? Join Miranda as she offers a disruption in the noise surrounding Election Day 2024 through meditations on her book Faithful Politics, accompanied by relevant Scripture readings, to combat the anxiety and unce...2024-11-0410 minMidwest Weird"Corporeal," Amy Lee LillardToday on Midwest Weird: “Corporeal” by Amy Lee Lillard. Amy Lee Lillard is the co-creator and producer of Midwest Weird. She is the author of three books: Exile in Guyville, A Grotesque Animal, and Dig Me Out. Her fiction podcast, Wyrd Woman, has all episodes available now. And with Erin Johnston and Heath Smith, she hosts the 80s and 90s pop culture podcast Fuzzy Memories.This story originally appeared in Exile in Guyville, and is included here with permission from BOA Editions. For a full transcript of this episode, visit www.midwestweird.com. 2024-10-3049 minMidwest Weird"In-Home Party," Erin JohnstonToday on Midwest Weird: “In-Home Party” by Erin Johnston.Erin Johnston is the co-creator and editor of Midwest Weird. And with Heath Smith and Amy Lee Lillard, she hosts the 80s and 90s pop culture podcast Fuzzy Memories.For a full transcript of this episode, visit www.midwestweird.com. _____Midwest Weird is an audio literary magazine from Broads and Books Productions. We’re the home of weird fiction and nonfiction by Midwestern writers.Submit your own work to Midwest Weird at www.midwestweird.com.Mentioned in this episod...2024-10-3027 minWyrd WomanQ&A with Wyrd Woman Creator, Amy Lee LillardWyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. The show is written, performed and produced by Amy Lee Lillard. Music comes from the Ghosts albums by Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a Creative Commons license.Get more from Amy Lee Lillard:Exile in GuyvilleA Grotesque AnimalDig Me OutNuclear Shadow MusicAnd check out our other Broads and Books Productions:Fuzzy Memories: All the culture that popped, one year at a time.Midwest Weird: An audio literary magazineBroads and Books: The best books and pop culture on a weekly t...2024-05-1555 minWyrd WomanNight 9The final night. Start with Night 1 for the full story.Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. The show is written, performed and produced by Amy Lee Lillard. Music comes from the Ghosts albums by Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a Creative Commons license.Get more from Amy Lee Lillard:Exile in GuyvilleA Grotesque AnimalDig Me OutAnd check out our other Broads and Books Productions:Fuzzy Memories: All the culture that popped, one year at a time.Midwest Weird: An audio literary magazineBroads and B...2024-01-1022 minWyrd WomanNight 8The eight night of the journey. (Start with Night 1 for the full story)Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. The show is written, performed and produced by Amy Lee Lillard. Music comes from the Ghosts albums by Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a Creative Commons license.Get more from Amy Lee Lillard:Exile in GuyvilleA Grotesque AnimalDig Me OutAnd check out our other Broads and Books Productions:Fuzzy Memories: All the culture that popped, one year at a time.Midwest Weird: An audio l...2024-01-1020 minWyrd WomanNight 7The seventh night of the journey. (Start with Night 1 for the full story)Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. The show is written, performed and produced by Amy Lee Lillard. Music comes from the Ghosts albums by Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a Creative Commons license.Get more from Amy Lee Lillard:Exile in GuyvilleA Grotesque AnimalDig Me OutAnd check out our other Broads and Books Productions:Fuzzy Memories: All the culture that popped, one year at a time.Midwest Weird: An audio l...2024-01-1014 minWyrd WomanNight 6The sixth night of the journey. (Start with Night 1 for the full story)Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. The show is written, performed and produced by Amy Lee Lillard. Music comes from the Ghosts albums by Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a Creative Commons license.Get more from Amy Lee Lillard:Exile in GuyvilleA Grotesque AnimalDig Me OutAnd check out our other Broads and Books Productions:Fuzzy Memories: All the culture that popped, one year at a time.Midwest Weird: An audio l...2024-01-1013 minWyrd WomanNight 5The fifth night of the journey. (Start with Night 1 for the full story)Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. The show is written, performed and produced by Amy Lee Lillard. Music comes from the Ghosts albums by Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a Creative Commons license.Get more from Amy Lee Lillard:Exile in GuyvilleA Grotesque AnimalDig Me OutAnd check out our other Broads and Books Productions:Fuzzy Memories: All the culture that popped, one year at a time.Midwest Weird: An audio l...2024-01-1016 minWyrd WomanNight 4The fourth night of the journey. (Start with Night 1 for the full story)Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. The show is written, performed and produced by Amy Lee Lillard. Music comes from the Ghosts albums by Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a Creative Commons license.Get more from Amy Lee Lillard:Exile in GuyvilleA Grotesque AnimalDig Me OutAnd check out our other Broads and Books Productions:Fuzzy Memories: All the culture that popped, one year at a time.Midwest Weird: An audio l...2024-01-1018 minWyrd WomanNight 3The third night of the journey. (Start with Night 1 for the full story)Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. The show is written, performed and produced by Amy Lee Lillard. Music comes from the Ghosts albums by Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a Creative Commons license.Get more from Amy Lee Lillard:Exile in GuyvilleA Grotesque AnimalDig Me OutAnd check out our other Broads and Books Productions:Fuzzy Memories: All the culture that popped, one year at a time.Midwest Weird: An audio l...2024-01-1021 minWyrd WomanNight 2The second night of the journey. (Start with Night 1 for the full story)Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. The show is written, performed and produced by Amy Lee Lillard. Music comes from the Ghosts albums by Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a Creative Commons license.Get more from Amy Lee Lillard:Exile in GuyvilleA Grotesque AnimalDig Me OutAnd check out our other Broads and Books Productions:Fuzzy Memories: All the culture that popped, one year at a time.Midwest Weird: An audio l...2024-01-1024 minBroads and BooksIntroducing: Wyrd Woman PodcastBroads and Books Productions is bringing you our first audio fiction! Listen to the first episode (with a special introductory message from Amy and Erin) here. When you're ready to binge the rest, search for "Wyrd Woman" in your favorite podcast player, or listen at wyrdwomanpodcast.com. All nine episodes available now. _____Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. The show is written, performed and produced by Amy Lee Lillard. Music comes from the Ghosts albums by Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a Creative Commons license. ...2024-01-1023 minWyrd WomanNight 1The story starts. Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. The show is written, performed and produced by Amy Lee Lillard. Music comes from the Ghosts albums by Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a Creative Commons license. Get more from Amy Lee Lillard:Exile in GuyvilleA Grotesque AnimalDig Me Out And check out our other Broads and Books Productions:Fuzzy Memories: All the culture that popped, one year at a time.Midwest Weird: An audio literary magazineBroads and Books: The best boo...2024-01-1020 minWyrd WomanComing January 10: Wyrd Woman PodcastWhen an isolated woman starts recording her dreams of strange women, things get weird. Over nine nights, reality becomes fantasy, past and future meld, and fate binds and beckons.Why are these women – old, broken, unnatural, mad, and ugly – appearing in her dreams? Why must difference always mean danger? And what happens when these women come together, connecting across time and space as worlds die?Wyrd Woman is an audio drama and limited fictional series from Broads and Books Productions. All episodes available January 10.Visit www.wyrdwomanpodcast.com to learn more. Ment...2023-11-3002 minThe Disrupters: Faith Changing CultureCommunity Impact through Consistency and Presence with Amy WilliamsHow do the intertwining threads of love and justice weave a powerful narrative of transformation within the fabric of communities?In this episode, host Kaitlyn Schiess engages in a thoughtful conversation with guest Amy Williams, who has worked in gang intervention and restorative justice for over 29 years.Together, they explore practical avenues through which Christians can actively contribute to the restoration and flourishing of their neighborhoods, viewing the process through the lenses of love and justice.Williams emphasizes the importance of walking alongside the community rather than attempting to lead from a distance...2023-11-2046 min
In the AtelierATELIER VISIT: Writer Amy Lee LillardATELIER VISIT WITH WRITER AMY LEE LILLARD: Recently we listened back through all of our ATELIER VISIT installments and, wow, it's a series just too damn good to leave scattered and languishing in the depths of our episode archives. So, for your pleasure, dear listener, we're gathering all these episodes together and running them back to back. These aren't interviews -- they're more intimate and creative than that -- and they're all unique in form and focus. Each is an atmospheric journey into the brilliant imaginative mind, process, and working environment of an artist sure to inspire you. You're...2023-02-0613 minBroads and BooksControlThis week our picks are following the glorious Janet Jackson's lead: taking control, and letting others' opinions go. Plus, the Broads talk the joy of planners, self-appointed titles, mind bullets, and so much more. Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. Listen to "Control," the song from Janet Jackson that inspired this week's theme. Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! _____Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 116: ControlNovels:2022-06-2258 minBroads and BooksCruel SummerThis week we're talking summer: summer reads, summer rites, summer sweat and grossness. It's a mixed bag for the Broads.Plus, we detail our riders for a boat trip, declare 'beach reads' a stupid category, and heap praise yet again on public libraries for their summer programs. We stay on theme. Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. Listen to "Cruel Summer," the song from Bananarama that inspired this week's theme. Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! _____Our...2022-06-0854 minBroads and BooksStraight UpWe're kicking off a summer of '80s pop vibes! This week we're listening to Paula Abdul, and talking about books and pop culture that deal with being radically honest. Plus, the Broads talk dangers of honesty, religious insults, and clinger anthems. And much more. Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. Listen to "Straight Up," the song from Paula Abdul that inspired this week's theme. Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! _____Our pic...2022-05-2552 min
The Squarepeg Podcast68. S6, Ep1: Writing it out: autism and shame, memory, sexuality and self expressionAmy Lee Lillard is co-host of a feminist book podcast, and also an author; her first book, Dig Me Out, a collection of short stories, was published in 2021. Now 44, she lives in Des Moines, Iowa in the USA and was diagnosed autistic just last year. She wrote her book before she was aware of her autism, and found afterwards that she had essentially written a collection of autistic characters, without intending to. She says: “I write about the intersections of gender, sexuality and the patriarchy, and how it makes rage the only logical option. Once I u...2022-05-141h 01Broads and BooksAbout Damn TimeThis week, we're channeling Lizzo, talking about books and pop culture with characters that have been through it (and come out stronger). Plus, the Broads talk annoyingly delayed outrage, rejections, squirrels, and the trouble with numbers. We're recording on a different day, and we're coming in HOT. Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. Listen to "About Damn Time," the song from Lizzo that inspired this week's theme. Watch Lizzo on SNL: Orchestra, Beanie Babies, Writer's Block Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by ou...2022-05-1158 min