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Books with BetsyEpisode 45 - TBR Snowball with Deedi BrownOn this episode, Deedi Brown, who runs The Booker of the Month book club, and I discuss the crossover love of literary fiction and genre, getting sucked in by award lists, and how being more involved in books turns into a snowball!
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Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow...
2025-03-1759 min
Quick PicksEpisode 63: HolidaysFriend, patron, reader, and author, Michelle Habrych, is back to talk about holiday books of all kinds.
Discussed:
One Big Happy Family, Susan Mallery (4 candy canes)
Merry Matchmaker, Sheila Roberts (5 candy canes)
Baking It Merry, Samantha Chase (5 candy canes)
Night Before Christmas, Nicola Knight (3 candy canes)
Wishing Bridge, Viola Shipman (5 candy canes)
Second Chance Year, Melissa Weisner (3 candy canes)
This Time Next Year, Sophie Cousens (4 candy canes)
Homecoming, Kate Morton (2.5 candy canes)
Holiday Switch, Tif Marcelo (3.5...
2024-12-0643 min
Bahasa Indonesia Bersama Windah (for intermediate Indonesian language learners)108 [High] Kalau kamu bisa mengerti, berarti bahasa Indonesiamu sangat bagus! (Jokes Bapack-Bapack) | If you can understand these Indonesian dad jokes, you are fluent in Indonesian!https://www.patreon.com/windahDi episode ini, kita akan membahas “jokes bapak-bapak”. Dari sini, kamu juga bisa menilai kemampuan bahasa Indonesiamu loh! Berapa jokes bapak-bapak yang bisa kamu mengerti?Video Bahasa Inggris Lucy: https://youtu.be/c6T9QEvczHc?si=6yhxYvnT4EicbS9KTerima kasih banyak atas dukungannya untuk:SAHABAT WINDAHAkiramJayNyong Jago Bob GenericJohn nyStefi Ples TEMAN WINDAHJohn McBride Sky Lee Kristofer Nivens Dave L. Kramer P. Clayton D. Causey...
2023-10-1416 min
Beyond the PrescriptionDoes Invisible Suffering "Count" in the Doctor's Office?You can also listen to this episode on Spotify!Human suffering is impossible to fully measure. It includes our core values and beliefs. It encompasses our tolerance for pain. If medical decision-making is about avoiding risk, who gets to decide what’s even worth risking? If avoiding one risk means adding another, when are we doing “no harm”?Doctors can measure blood pressure, blood sugar, liver enzymes, and white cells; we can even run genetic profiles to look for elevated risks for cancer (like the BRCA gene mutations). But there is no blood test for depress...
2023-02-1313 min
Beyond the PrescriptionElise Loehnen on Reconceptualizing Wellness and HealingElise Loehnen is helping redefine wellness. As the former chief content officer of goop and Gwyneth Paltrow’s right-hand woman, Elise understands health as the complex intersection of mental, physical and spiritual health. She has created a cult following through her own writing, Instagram monologues, and her hit podcast Pulling the Thread. Each week, she brings her fans on a journey of self-discovery, pondering life’s biggest questions alongside cultural luminaries like Gabor Mate, Susan Cain, and Nedra Tawwad, sprinkled with her signature warmth and curiosity. On this episode of Beyond the Prescription, Dr. McBride and Elise disc...
2022-11-1439 min
Beyond the PrescriptionDr. Susan Landers On Burnout, the “Good Enough” Mother, and the Selflessness of Self-CareDr. Susan Landers is living proof that caring for others starts with caring for ourselves. After 20 years as a neonatologist (pediatric intensive care doctor), she began to feel unmotivated and exhausted. She was burned out. Raising children and caring for sick babies became unmanageable. So she rethought it all. Her memoir, “So Many Babies: My Life Balancing a Busy Medical Career & Motherhood” reminds us that behind the scenes of many professional women lies self-doubt and struggle—and that vulnerability is the birthplace of health. In this episode, Dr. McBride and Dr. Landers discuss their shared experiences of juggli...
2022-08-2241 min
Ask Dr. DrewMasking & Quarantining Children: The Mental Health Impact w/ Dr. Lucy McBrideDr. Lucy McBride is a practicing internist in Washington, D.C., who believes that mental and physical health are inseparable. Dr. McBride graduated from Princeton University and attended Harvard Medical School. She did her medical training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. A native Washingtonian, she is married with three teenage kids. Website : https://lucymcbride.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/drlucymcbride Instagram: https://instagram.com/drlucymcbride Twitter: https://twitter.com/drlucymcbride Ask Dr. Drew is produced by Kaleb Nation ( https://kalebnation.com) and Susan Pinsky (https://twitter.com/FirstLadyOfLove). SPONSORS • BLUE MICS – After mo...
2022-01-101h 24
You're BookedKate Mosse - You're BookedThis week we are investigating the reading habits of a genuine superstar. Kate Mosse OBE is the award-winning author of nine books of fiction including the bestselling Languedoc trilogy and her latest novel City of Tears that is currently topping the bestseller charts. She is the co-founder of the Women's Prize for Fiction and a guest presenter of BBC Radio 4's A Good Read. We talked to Kate about the importance of libraries, vintage crime, meeting your public and the greatness of Toni Morrison.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableKate Mosse - City...
2021-02-0155 min
Saturday ReviewDavid Copperfield, Welkin, Motherwell, Pregnancy exhibition, Windermere ChildrenArmando Iannucci has taken on Dickens' David Copperfield with Dev Patel in the lead role
A new play by Lucy Kirkwood, Welkin, has opened at London's National Theatre. The Welkin is set in Norfolk in 1759, when a jury of matrons is called to try a female murder suspect who is 'pleading the belly' in order to avoid execution
Motherwell is the memoir of journalist, the late Deborah Orr recounting her childhood and growing up in Scotland and trying to break from her family
Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media is a new exhibition at London's Foundling Museum which...
2020-01-2850 min