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The Carla and Crappy ShowCarla and Crappy Show: The 2024 Bowlapalooza EditionThe conference championships have been decided. The College Football Playoff field is set. And so that can mean only one thing: It’s time to debate which coach we’d like to see get doused in mayonnaise.
Yes, friends, it’s time for the 11.5th Annual Carla & Crappy Show Bowlapalooza.
This year, in addition to being joined by long-time Bowlapalooza staples Jake Rose and Braden Gall, we add two newcomers to the frivolity: Steve Cavendish, editor of the Nashville Banner and college football aficionado, and Dan Eschenfelder, instructor in the MTSU School of Journalism & Strategic Media...2024-12-122h 09
Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 71 - Mallory's Favorite Word Today is H***Send us a textBleeping yourself is just as weird as typing this sentence was. Don't worry, there are only one, two, three - THREE bleeps. *ah ah ah* You better have read that in the correct voice. We deep dive into The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis. Spoilers ahead! We enjoyed this book (mostly - Carla was not about the teenage angst.) Hop in for the ride, and find the book, too! We have both books in the duology at the library, and if you're a Libby lover, you can find ebooks and audiobook versions...2024-08-0548 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 68 - The Dynamic Duo Goes to See Some BigfootsSend us a textHello all, in this episode we have Mallory and Ariel talking about the first podcast roadtrip to the Bigfoot Festival as well as a general book chat. Have fun listening to all of those cackles!Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref...2024-07-151h 12Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 67 - Become the Cube the Square Wants to BeSend us a textHello all, in this episode we discuss Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott, it's another fun episode but this time there are some very divided opinions on the quality of the book. Have fun with this one everyone!Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups...2024-07-1156 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 66 - Where Women Are Wrongfully Committed & Men Get Their Karmic JusticeSend us a textIn this episode we discuss Carla's Nonfiction Pick "The Woman They Could Not Silence" by Kate Moore. A book about Elizabeth Packard and how she was wrongfully committed to an insane asylum and her fight to change the laws and rights of not only the mentally insane and women in general. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!2024-07-0147 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 65 - ...And There's a Centaur?Send us a textThis week Mallory and Ariel dive into the legends, lore, and even science behind mermaids, sirens, and a surprising amount of other sea legends. Well, and a centaur too. We'll explain later. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJ...2024-06-2454 min
The Radical Sex WitchesSo Long, FarewellWell amazing listeners, the time has finally come for this to be our last podcast episode. It has been 3+ years of all kinds of deep dives into sexuality, witchiness, history, and both the serious and the silly. It has really been an incredible journey! We've had an absolute blast and are so grateful to YOU for listening and all your support. Thank you!! With love ~ Carla & Little Leah*Curious about how to liberate your inner witch and experience more pleasure, turn on and a deeper connection to life? Check out these selected...2024-06-2212 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 64 - Uh-Oh! We Had to Bleep Our GuestSend us a textEnjoy our special guest - Angela Collier, physicist and YouTube Creator, who joins us for a book chat full of yays, but more nays. Buckle up, buckos! Make sure to check out her YouTube channels https://www.youtube.com/@acollieralso for books and https://www.youtube.com/@acollierastro for sciency stuff.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!2024-06-171h 10Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 63 - Up Where They Walk, Up Where They Run, Up Where They Scream At The Top Of Their LungsSend us a textA really long title for one of our shorter episodes. We gotta make something long, and it ain't just everyone's last name but mine. We discuss Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant. Hold on to your butts when you read this book, y'all. It's a wild ride to the end! Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!2024-06-1046 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 62 - Appalachian RageSend us a textJoin us as we discuss the book Appalachian Reckoning with the coeditors Meredith McCarroll and Anthony Harkins. This book was wrote as a reply from the people of Appalachia to JD Vance. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJ...2024-06-0359 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 61 - This One Has Murder!Send us a textWe discuss Mallory's nonfic pick, I'll Be Gone In the Dark by Michelle McNamara. Be warned, this book and also podcast episode will contain mentions of murder, rape, stalking, and also just general assault. Despite this, I think this is likely one of the best true crime novels I've ever read. It is handled with care, respect, and does not glorify anything that happened, nor the murderer. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put y...2024-05-271h 10Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 60 - Breaking Spines and Burning Snowflakes with Chaise!Send us a textDo you listen to this podcast? Have you heard about our guest today? Chaise Robertson, aka W. C. Robertson, is back now that he's published his book, and you should totally buy it, read it, and review it everywhere reviewing is possible. Also, we *will* be getting our ✨Podcast Roadtrip✨ eventually.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirt...2024-05-201h 06
21st Century SaintsFearless for Tomorrow: With Carla Long and Joelle Wight
We're here to discuss what the future of Community of Christ will look like in the UK and around the world. This is going to be an exciting discussion!
Carla Long is from a small town in Kansas . She attended Graceland University and graduated with a BA in Mathematics. Carla and family live in Kansas City, MO, as she is now a Counselor to the Presiding Bishop for Community of Christ.
Joelle Wight, a minister of Community of Christ, serves as the Invitation Minister and Co-Mission Center President in the Chesapeake Bay Mission Center. She was ordained to the...2024-05-131h 28Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 59 - Podcast Roadtrip! Well, A Virtual One, Anyway.Send us a textIn this episode we discuss a ton of strange and interesting places around the world! Some resources below: https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/v5n3.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Naslaa https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/al-naslaa-rock/ https://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1468-the-zone-of-silence-of-nothern-mexico-scientific-marvel-or-just-fiction/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Trianglehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessdalen_lighthttps://old.hessdalen.org/pictures/description.shtmlMake sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated o...2024-05-131h 14Reading Room RuffiansBonus Minicon EpisodeSend us a textHello Everyone, this is our bonus Minicon Episode. It's unedited, but still pretty fun!Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJoin our Goodreads Grouphttps://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1210499-reading-room-ruffiansCheck out our personal G...2024-05-071h 21Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 58 - The Mallory Rom-Com HourSend us a textJoin us again for another general book chat that is plagued with no one having read anything except for Dungeon Crawler Carl. I guess Mallory read a few.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJoin our Goodreads Group2024-05-051h 06Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 57 - Recorded This Podcast Just For ShatSend us a textDon't worry, it'll make sense soon enough. We discuss The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, which was Ariel's Deep Dive pick. Tune in for a thought-provoking and philosophical tale, according to Ariel, Carla, and myself anyway. Zac thinks it was just okayyy. Weirdo.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check...2024-04-3059 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 56 - Appalackin': A JD Vance Diss TrackSend us a textHe ain't Appalachian because he's appaLACKIN'.We have recorded one scathing review of JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy, from the POV of some *actual* Appalachian natives. We have issues with folks that think they can put us all in one neat little hillbilly box and call it a day. So this one's for you, JD - g'on, git!Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of...2024-04-261h 12Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 55 - Mandela Effect: The MusicalSend us a textJoin the Ruffians on this interesting and somewhat musical break down of the Mandela Effect. We discuss some of the most popular ones (which are all lies) and the reasonings discussed as to why these false memories happen. Spoiler alert Zac is still a bum and refuses to believe in altered timelines.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo...2024-04-151h 04Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 54 - **** it Donut!Send us a textIn this episode we discuss Ariel's deep dive pick Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. Achievement Unlocked! This book was fantastic!Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJoin our Goodreads Grouphttps://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1210499...2024-04-1358 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 53 - Why Can't They Just Let the Kids Read the BooksSend us a textIn this episode we have a general book chat and discuss some pertinent book news for the time, including the Hugo Awards and the WV Senate trying to prosecute librarians for giving out books.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=share2024-04-011h 03Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 52 - One Year In! Here There Be MonstersSend us a textHello Everyone, this is our 52nd episode so we've been at this for one whole year! Very exciting! In this episode we have an excellent discussion about Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer. It get's intense in this episode so have sit back and enjoy.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out...2024-03-2459 min
Healing Birth with CarlaLong Labours, Sovereign Birth & Māori Tikanga - Aroha & Tihikura’s StoriesIn this episode I speak with Aroha and her partner, Tihikura, about the home births of their two children, 5 year old Te Rangimoeke and 4 month old Rangiāniwaniwa. We hear about the challenges of having a long labour, including the influence of other people and their energies within the birth space, as well as a sense of abandonment when labour dragged on.
Within the conversation, a lot of Māori words and practices are shared. I have included many of the words and their definitions in the shownotes, so hopefully you don’t feel too lost with the...2024-03-211h 49
Covenant PowerThe call to serve with Bro. Yair Long2024-03-2028 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 51 - T.A. Spencer ReturnsSend us a textWe welcome back one of our favorite local authors this time as we discuss his second book Feysworn. According to Carla this one is even better than the first, so make sure you check it out!Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast...2024-03-181h 11Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 50-Goaty McGoatface and Bleatwood MacSend us a textWe welcome on Garth Stein, who is a New York Times Number 1 Bestselling author, producer, and former racecar driver, to discuss his brand new graphic novels, The Cloven books 1 and 2. Garth gives some great advice about writing and discussing all that he is doing to keep people interested in literacy. Make sure to go check him out at garthstein.com and check out theclovenproject.com to look more into just who exactly The Cloven are. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us th...2024-03-111h 17Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 49 - When the Culture is Too Big For You, Call On Sky Daddy And Earth Mommy...Send us a text... Respectfully, though. 👀In this episode, Zac and Carla unearth just how big a bite they tried to take out of Indian culture, and found the spice* count to be super high. Lol, but really, we hope we've done adequate justice to what is a vivid, complex, and ever-growing religion/mythos. This episode should be seen as a lil nugget, a sort of starting point for those who wish to learn more, and not as expert opinion, fact, or otherwise supremely educated stance. We also would like to take a minute to reite...2024-03-041h 07Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 48 - A Book Chat Where Ariel and Mallory Do Not Have Twelve Books to DiscussSend us a textI know, right? We never imagined we'd be here. It's like a book chat wasteland. Just kidding. We did have a surprisingly low book count though. Do you still love us? 🥹We love you, and not only because we're from West Virginia. 🩶Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps...2024-02-261h 03Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 47 - Beep Beep Beep BeepSend us a textIn this episode we discuss Carla's deep dive pick, Born in Fire by Nora Roberts. This episode gets a bit off the rail at times so hang in there folks, and see if you can pick out the secret message in all the beeps.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook...2024-02-1856 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 46 - Cat Behavior in the OceanSend us a textSnuggling sea creatures, or suffocating them? With octopuses, you never know! While discussing The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery, we cover quite a lot, including how their intelligence equals that of a cat. Every chaos cat you ever knew. Also, Ariel still wants that conveyor belt arm. I mean, who wouldn't, am I right?Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Re...2024-02-1255 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 45 - The Ruffians Tried Dat: A CrossoverSend us a textWe bring Nick from the You Tried Dat?? podcast in to join the chaos with a book chat and snacks. There will be crunchies and bag crinkling, in case you don't like eating sounds.Mallory here editing, and let me just say, I gave the pepperoni roll chips an immediate Hate Dat rating upon my return from under all of the snow. Guh-ROSS! And I love pepperoni rolls. -10 stars. I am sad I missed this episode, but not sad y'all didn't have to hear me loudly hate that I...2024-02-051h 06Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 45 - The Ruffians Tried Dat: A CrossoverWe bring Nick from the You Tried Dat?? podcast in to join the chaos with a book chat and snacks. There will be crunchies and bag crinkling, in case you don't like eating sounds.Mallory here editing, and let me just say, I gave the pepperoni roll chips an immediate Hate Dat rating upon my return from under all of the snow. Guh-ROSS! And I love pepperoni rolls. -10 stars. I am sad I missed this episode, but not sad y'all didn't have to hear me loudly hate that I had taste buds. It was b...2024-02-051h 06Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 44 - Sneaking Into Your Minds and Stealing Your DreamsSend us a textIn this episode Ariel and Mallory dive deep into dreams in this curiosity.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJoin our Goodreads Grouphttps://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1210499-reading-room-ruffiansCheck out our personal Goodreads2024-01-281h 17Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 43 - Hello Again From 2024 Cause You Forgot Who We WereSend us a textThis is a reintroduction for the new year and a general book talk. 43 Episodes in and we are still truckin' and happy to be talking to you all.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJoin our Goodreads Group2024-01-221h 03Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 42-Unraveling the Braid, This Is How You Lose the Time War Part 2Send us a textJoin us on part 2 of our deep dive into This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar. We do apologize ahead of time for all the unraveling we do in this time line, things get a little crazy during this episode, everything from AI Furby's to Star Trek and then back on track to being time traveling assassins. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in f...2024-01-1548 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 41 - "You're a Splash of Science Fiction!" And Other Terms of EndearmentSend us a textWe open part 1 of 2 for our discussion of This Is How You Lose the Time War and only slightly wander completely off the path maybe once. Be nice to us, none of us had a working brain this day. We blame time travelling. Being all timey-wimey like that had us all mixed up! An announcement: Our library's Facebook page was lost, and so we created a new one! Pretty please do us a solid and follow us at our new one, updated in all of our descriptions here, if you followed u...2024-01-0851 min
Canada's Real Estate PodcastCanada's Shift from Short to Long-Term RentalsThe first episode of 2024 tackles a very timely topic of the latest in municipal and federal regulations, the complexities of managing rentals, and the looming tax changes affecting short-term rental operators. Join Carla & Adrian as they discuss the shift from short to long-term rentals, especially in tightly regulated areas like British Columbia. This episode is a must-listen for anyone in the rental game! Loved what you heard and interested in knowing more about Canada's Real Estate Podcast?Make sure to follow us on social media!2024-01-0210 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 40 - NYE SpecialSend us a textHello everyone, this is out New Years Eve special with Suzy as our special guest. It's an extra long rant without any editing. Have a Happy New Year!Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJoin our Goodreads Group2023-12-311h 41Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 39-Jack Balls: A Christmas Tradition!!Send us a textGet in Ruffians we're going sleighing... for traditions. We hope you brought your hot choccy because this episode is all about fuzzy memories and really weird moldy bread stories. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJoin our Goodreads G...2023-12-251h 11Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 38 - The Outtakes Could Be Their Own Episode, Y'allSend us a textChaos reigned alongside Carla in our last General Book Chat of 2023, and we have our beloved Library Board of Trustees President Suzy back on to join the fun. Want the outtakes? I saved them, and am holding them ransom to the tune of a cool million dollars. Just kidding, I'll put them up on our socials, so you only gotta find us to find them. I mean, I won't turn down that milli, just in case we got a library sugar daddy out there, though. Speaking of socials...Make sure to...2023-12-181h 05Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 37 - Trolligation & Lake Ladies Tossing Out HammersSend us a textBet you were expecting something like fiction, yeah? Well, you're getting Out of Place Artifacts (OOPArts) instead! Today's Curiosity & Conspiracy covers some interesting finds, so hop in and buckle up for what is probably the quietest episode Mallory & Ariel have been part of so far. Because I love you, I'll just let you know when we do speak up, it's always ✨magical✨- because we are cooler than Zac. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will...2023-12-111h 01Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 36-Letters from Santa, Scrooges that Fall in Love, and Betrayal of the Familial KindSend us a textJoin us on another fun, and slightly quieter because Ariel wasn't there, podcast where we discuss Letter from Father Christmas, and Resting Scrooge Face. Also see how a mother and brother throw the missing person under the bus.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com...2023-12-0441 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 35 - You Can't Take The Appalachia Outta YouSend us a textHello everyone, this is another one of our general book chats where we discuss what we are currently reading and what we've finished recently/Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJoin our Goodreads Grouphttps://www.goodreads...2023-11-261h 00Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 34 - Of Course it Gets Weird and Gross When Zac is Gone.Send us a textHere we discuss Mallory's nonfiction book Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale. Zac is off at Disneyland which is probably where these kids should have gone.Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJoin our Goodreads Grouphttps://www...2023-11-2058 min
Covenant PowerThe Journey with Bro. Yair LongTodays Episode is all about a relentless journey in searching for truth Bro Yair shares the battle and struggles he faced as his hunger for God grew more. There was turmoil , addictions but overall there was DELIVERANCE ! 2023-11-191h 02Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 33 - Nightmares Before Christmas, Complete With Some Gross Sound Effects!Send us a textDon't worry, there's only 2 spots of sound effects, and we'll challenge you to guess who made them. Ariel and Mallory dig up some good old fashioned Christmastime horrors to make the transition from Halloween to Christmas (don't worry Thanksgiving, we love you) a little easier for all of the other grinches like me.P.S. I totally did make sure I edited this episode, so there's no Christmas music! Wooo!!Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated o...2023-11-1346 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 32 - Danny Phantom and the HobgoblinsSend us a textJoin us as we welcome back Danny from Spirit Walk Paranormal as we discuss spooky times, books, and encounters on this the spookiest of days Friday the 13th. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJoin our Goodreads Group2023-11-0654 minThe Carla and Crappy ShowCarla and Crappy Show: The Brian Ferentz Memorial EditionHi there, boys and girls. It’s Week 10 of the college football season, Carla and Crappy are both in some semblance of Halloween attire … and Brian Ferentz no longer has a job.
But before we get into that, we take an almost-live look at the first College Football Playoff rankings — hint: They don’t mean much yet — before reviewing how absolutely wrong we were about just about everything last Saturday, particularly the dud that was that 3:30 window. But hey, congrats to Kansas for the most Kansas-y upset win possible!
Crappy was also disappointed by Cornell’s loss (even...2023-11-021h 02Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 31-Beam Us Up Scotty!Send us a textJoin us on this out of this world adventure where we discuss Communion by Whitley Strieber, Ariel's Nonfiction Pick. A true story about alien abduction that surprisingly did not scare Ariel. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=shareJoin o...2023-10-3053 minReading Room RuffiansEpisode 30 - Hits, Misses, and Kiko Singing Backup, AgainSend us a textWe have on Suzy, our beloved Library Board of Trustees president, for a book chat full of hits, misses, and even Kiko - if you have your sound up loud enough in the first couple of books Zac tells us about. 👀😹We're also trying to work out our new sound equipment in a different way, so we have a few rough patches of sound quality - promise it'll be better next time! Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listene...2023-10-231h 08Reading Room RuffiansEpisode 29-The Only Good PodcastSend us a textIn this episode we dive deep into the spooky (or not so spooky in Ariel's opinion) book The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones and discuss some other spooky things along the way. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch!Check out our Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=share2023-10-161h 01