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Beyond BoardsEpisode 108 - Jeremy ElkinEpisode 108 with Jeremy Elkin, skateboarder and filmmaker from Montréal, Québec. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Montréal where he started skating as a young teen in the late 90’s, putting his name to a number of skate films throughout the 00’s including “Lo-Def” (2008), “Elephant Direct” (2010), “Poisonous Products” (2011) and “The Brodies” (2013), embarking on a documentary project centered around Eli Gesner and RB Umali’s iconic Zoo York “Mixtape” video which eventually evolved into “All the Streets Are Silent” (2021), focused on the convergence of hip-hop and skateboarding in New York City between 1987 and 19...
2025-09-012h 09
New Books in LiteratureLauren Elkin, "Scaffolding" (FSG, 2024)Paris, 2019. An apartment in Belleville. Following a miscarriage and a breakdown, Anna, a psychoanalyst, finds herself unable to return to work. Instead, she obsesses over a kitchen renovation and befriends a new neighbor—a younger woman called Clémentine who has just moved into the building and is part of a radical feminist collective.Paris, 1972. The same apartment in Belleville. Florence and Henry are renovating their kitchen. She is finishing her degree in psychology, dropping into feminist activities, and devotedly attending the groundbreaking, infamous seminars held by the renowned analyst Jacques Lacan. She is hoping...
2025-04-0358 min
Burned By BooksLauren Elkin, "Scaffolding" (FSG, 2024)Paris, 2019. An apartment in Belleville. Following a miscarriage and a breakdown, Anna, a psychoanalyst, finds herself unable to return to work. Instead, she obsesses over a kitchen renovation and befriends a new neighbor—a younger woman called Clémentine who has just moved into the building and is part of a radical feminist collective.Paris, 1972. The same apartment in Belleville. Florence and Henry are renovating their kitchen. She is finishing her degree in psychology, dropping into feminist activities, and devotedly attending the groundbreaking, infamous seminars held by the renowned analyst Jacques Lacan. She is hoping...
2025-04-0356 min
Full disCOURSE with Josh ElkinReinventing American Cheese with Eric GreenspanOn this week’s menu: we talk about disrupting what’s not necessarily broken but also not necessarily working either. Joining us is self-declared disruptor himself, Eric Greenspan. But he’s not just that - he’s a legacy restaurateur, food network alumni and owner of a revolutionizing American Cheese company called “New School”. From ghost kitchens to IP-driven food brands, Eric has been leading the charge in changing the tides of how we consume food.Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com...
2024-12-1154 min
Weird EraEpisode 103: Weird Era feat. Lauren ElkinAbout Lauren Elkin:
Lauren Elkin is the author of Art Monsters and Flâneuse, a New York Times Book Review notable book and a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Le Monde, Frieze, and The Times Literary Supplement, among other publications. A native New Yorker, Elkin lived in Paris for twenty years and now resides in London.
About Scaffolding:
The debut novel by the acclaimed author of Flâneuse and Art Monsters, Lauren Elkin’s Scaffolding is a story of Paris...
2024-12-0647 min
The Shakespeare and Company InterviewBONUS: Lauren Elkin on Scaffolding (in conversation with Amanda Dennis)In 2019, Anna, a psychoanalyst, is processing a recent miscarriage. Her husband, David, takes a job in London so she spends days obsessing over renovating the kitchen while befriending a younger woman called Clémentine who has moved into the building and is part of a radical feminist collective called les colleuses. Meanwhile, in 1972, Florence and Henry are redoing their kitchen. Florence is finishing her degree in psychology while hoping to get pregnant. But Henry isn’t sure he’s ready for fatherhood… Both sets of couples face the challenges of marriage, fidelity, and pregnancy. The characters and their ghosts bump in...
2024-11-1459 minThe Shakespeare and Company InterviewBONUS: Lauren Elkin on Scaffolding (in conversation with Amanda Dennis)In 2019, Anna, a psychoanalyst, is processing a recent miscarriage. Her husband, David, takes a job in London so she spends days obsessing over renovating the kitchen while befriending a younger woman called Clémentine who has moved into the building and is part of a radical feminist collective called les colleuses. Meanwhile, in 1972, Florence and Henry are redoing their kitchen. Florence is finishing her degree in psychology while hoping to get pregnant. But Henry isn’t sure he’s ready for fatherhood… Both sets of couples face the challenges of marriage, fidelity, and pregnancy. The characters and their ghosts bump in...
2024-11-1459 min
Press Play On The Immersive Full Audiobook Now, Busy Professionals!Scaffolding by Lauren ElkinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760991to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Scaffolding
Author: Lauren Elkin
Narrator: Lauren Elkin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Release date: June 13, 2024
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. The story of two couples who live in the same apartment in north-east Paris almost fifty years apart. In 2019, Anna, a psychoanalyst, is processing a recent miscarriage. Her husband, David, takes a job in London so she spends days obsessing over renovating the kitchen while befriending a younger woman called Clémentine who has moved into the building and is part of a r...
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Ordinary PrayersDecember 20, 2020Podcast Sermon from the worship of Advent UMC in Eagan, MN. You can watch the entire service on YouTube at Advent UMC Eagan.
2020-12-2222 min
Ordinary PrayersSERMON: December 13, 2020Podcast Sermon from the worship of Advent UMC in Eagan, MN. You can watch the entire service on YouTube at Advent UMC Eagan.
2020-12-1219 min
Ordinary PrayersDecember 10, 2020Ordinary Prayers is a part of the Ordinary Voices podcast. A podcast that invites you to listen to the voice of God in the ordinary voices of life. Listen to Ordinary Voices interviews, Sermons from Advent UMC in Eagan and other Ordinary prayers on the website: www.OrdinaryVoices.org
2020-12-1008 min
Ordinary Voices#32: The Poetry Of ListeningEmily Bright-Krusack describes the poetry of listening. Her description is woven into her life's journey. On this trek, she discovers the intimacy of interviewing and the gift of hearing others speak.
2020-12-0236 min
Ordinary PrayersSermon Nov.1.2020Today is a special day in the Church, a day we call All Saints Sunday. I invite you to remember this day, the people you have loved and lost and to find strength to trust, that we have not lost them. They dwell in heaven and we will be together again.
At Advent, we remember the ministry entrusted to our care by the saints, both living and dead, as we seek to equip the ministry for 2021.
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Ordinary PrayersApril 22, 2020I have invited friends to join me in the practice of Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina means Divine Reading. It is a traditional monastic practice of reading and meditating upon scripture. Be calm, relax and breathe deeply. Be mindful of the presence of God in your own life as you listen.
2020-04-1719 min
Ordinary PrayersApril 20, 2020I have invited friends to join me in the practice of Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina means Divine Reading. It is a traditional monastic practice of reading and meditating upon scripture. Be calm, relax and breathe deeply. Be mindful of the presence of God in your own life as you listen.
2020-04-1730 min
Ordinary PrayersApril 15, 2020I have invited friends to join me in the practice of Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina means Divine Reading. It is a traditional monastic practice of reading and meditating upon scripture. Be calm, relax and breathe deeply. Be mindful of the presence of God in your own life as you listen.
2020-04-1525 min
Ordinary PrayersApril 13 , 2020I have invited friends to join me in the practice of Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina means Divine Reading. It is a traditional monastic practice of reading and meditating upon scripture. Be calm, relax and breathe deeply. Be mindful of the presence of God in your own life as you listen.
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Ordinary VoicesWORSHIP: Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020Worship from Advent United Methodist Church,, Eagan, MN
2020-04-0543 min
Ordinary PrayersOrdinary Prayers: April 1, 2020I have invited friends to join me in the practice of Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina means Divine Reading. It is a traditional monastic practice of reading and meditating upon scripture. Be calm, relax and breathe deeply. Be mindful of the presence of God in your own life as you listen.
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Ordinary PrayersOrdinary Prayer: March 30, 2020I have invited friends to join me in the practice of Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina means Divine Reading. It is a traditional monastic practice of reading and meditating upon scripture. Be calm, relax and breathe deeply. Be mindful of the presence of God in your own life as you listen.
2020-03-3024 min
Ordinary PrayersOrdinary Prayer: March 27, 2020I have invited friends to join me in the practice of Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina means Divine Reading. It is a traditional monastic practice of reading and meditating upon scripture. Be calm, relax and breathe deeply. Be mindful of the presence of God in your own life as you listen.
2020-03-2724 min
Ordinary PrayersOrdinary Prayer: March 25, 2020I have invited friends to join me in the practice of Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina means Divine Reading. It is a traditional monastic practice of reading and meditating upon scripture. Be calm, relax and breathe deeply. Be mindful of the presence of God in your own life as you listen.
2020-03-2523 min
Ordinary PrayersLectio Divina Prayer: March 24, 2020Lectio Divina(Divine Reading) is a traditional monastic practice of reading and meditating upon scripture. We read scripture not for study, but to listen to the words so we might hear the voice of God speaking to us through them. I have invited friends to join me in the practice. We are inviting us in listening and praying.
2020-03-2329 min
Ordinary VoicesWORSHIP March 22, 2020We don’t like to think of our faith community in corporate terms, but even in faith, it is important to know your mission. Luke 4:18ff is called “Jesus’ Mission Statement.” It provides readers a clear and concise declaration of who Jesus is and what he will do.
As believers, we are the body of Christ. Our mission is make Christ known. We make Christ visible when we live out the mission Jesus placed in our care.
2020-03-2223 min
Ordinary VoicesWorship 15, March, 2020We set out to preach a sermon series on our mission in light of Jesus’ mission statement found in Luke 4:18. We thought it would help us understand ourselves as a congregation and as Christian people as we head towards future decision in the United Methodist Church.
In the midst of the message, we were interrupted by a pandemic. The pandemic has not changed our course, matter of fact, it is heightened the need for missional grounding.
2020-03-1523 min
Ordinary Voices#31: Expedition LeadershipFamed Explorer, Will Steger shares his views on leadership to help better equip young people to be leaders in the 21st Century. The interview was made possible by a grant from Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Duluth, MN. Leaders in the congregation desired to provide camp staff continued their professional development beyond the summer camp experience. The interview opportunity was set-up by Joel Abenth, executive director of Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry, Cook, MN.
2019-09-1136 min
Ordinary VoicesPart I: Life As An ExplorerFamed Explorer, Will Steger delivered this lecture in early July at Vermillion Community College, Ely MN to a group of summer camp staff from Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry, Cook, MN, and local residents. The lecture was made possible by a grant from Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Duluth, MN. Leaders in this congregation wanted to provide young people serving in camps tools to equip them to be leaders in the 21st Century. This is part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2 will be a one-on-one interview with Will on leadership.
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Ordinary Voices#30: Restoring The BreachA Senior Ecologist Project Manager discusses the environment, faith, justice and restoration ecology.
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Ordinary Voices#29: Casey's Big AdventureAs a boy, Casey Cooper grew up along the Mississippi River in LaCrosse, WI. The river was his playground and he dreamed of canoeing it. A tragic death of his friend’s mother changes his life. A life-long encounter with death pushes him towards life. He decides to take three months to canoe the entire Mississippi River by himself. In his head, he has one shot. How will it turn out?
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Ordinary VoicesOV.028: It's Really GraceA pastor walks into the Bierman Field Athletic Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota and discovers a profound expression of grace. Listen to how one man, Peyton Owens III, breathes his core value of grace into every aspect of his life.
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Ordinary VoicesOV.027: New Pathways Of HopeDrug addiction is having a dramatic impact on the American landscape. However, addiction recovery, often overshadowed in the war on drugs, is having an equally powerful impact on college campuses. Listen as Patrice Salmeri Executive Director of Recovery Advancement at Augsburg University in Minneapolis describes how we can help students find new life.
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Ordinary VoicesOV.026.A Teacher's ViewPeople on the outside of America’s school system view education through the lens of their own experience. This is natural because it is often our only point of reference. However, today’s education system does not look anything like education in the ’70s or ’80s, let alone earlier. The difference makes people think the situation is worse. It is not worse, matter of fact, it most likely is better. However, better does not mean without challenges.
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Ordinary PrayersJanuary 15, 2019A time of prayer for the commute to help you become aware of God's presence in your life. A hope-filled alternative for people in a love-starved world.
A reflection on Psalm 36: 1-10
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Ordinary PrayersJanuary 3, 2019A lectio divina reading of Psalm 72: 1-14. Prayers for the commute to help ordinary people pray through a busy life.
2019-01-0311 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.025.Little Life LessonsThe wisdom of Millennials is constantly under attack. Perhaps their wisdom is hard to hear because it reflects our younger selves, the young adult we used to be. Maybe an authentic conversation with a Millennial could help us connect with our younger self. Just as a conversation with someone more mature connects with wisdom we are yet to discover. This dialogue may help us live better today.
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Ordinary PrayersDecember 13, 2018Prayers for the commute. For busy people in search of spiritual renewal.
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Ordinary PrayersWORSHIP: November 11, 2018Music and Sermon from Richfield UMC on Sunday, November 11, 2018.
Matthew 25: 14-30
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Ordinary VoicesOV.024: Summer In Canoe CountryKristi, the Director of Canoe Country at Camp Vermillion (MN) shares with us the lessons she has learned from traveling deep into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of Northern Minnesota. Her words and reflections may help you discover a new outlook and ways to embrace a living hope.
2018-09-1045 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.023: Crashing to LifeAuthor Daniel D. Maurer shares the story of his disease, addiction, and how it crashed his life while serving a congregation as a Lutheran (ELCA) pastor. In the collapse, he found sobriety and spiritual renewal. He then discusses the power of story to help those who do crash find new life and how that story is worth telling.
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Ordinary VoicesOV.022: My Life In An AmbulanceEmergency Medical Service workers are the first to address the aftermath of every human tragedy. They don’t prevent, they don’t arrest, they respond. They will need to look beyond the tragedy itself to deal with the immediate circumstances. Speed is of the essence, but it cannot compromise the best response. How many times have ever you thought about EMS workers? Have you ever considered the toll this job takes on them? This show explores the life of a paramedic's life in an ambulance.
2018-04-1057 min
Leveling Up with Eric SiuGE Ep 47 [2014]: How A Finance Guy Turned Into A Technology Startup Founder Join me while I talk with LiveDial founder Yali Elkin. With a background in corporate finance, Yali had an idea after watching the 2012 Presidential debates and ran with it to create LiveDial, an app empowering users to convey their thoughts and opinions with a survey creation platform used by media, friends, leaders, and businesses. To date, LiveDial has over 7,000 downloads and growing. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: Who should I interview next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave...
2018-03-2141 min
Leveling Up with Eric SiuGE Ep 47 [2014]: How A Finance Guy Turned Into A Technology Startup Founder Join me while I talk with LiveDial founder Yali Elkin. With a background in corporate finance, Yali had an idea after watching the 2012 Presidential debates and ran with it to create LiveDial, an app empowering users to convey their thoughts and opinions with a survey creation platform used by media, friends, leaders, and businesses. To date, LiveDial has over 7,000 downloads and growing. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: Who should I interview next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave...
2018-03-2141 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.021: The Next Generation FarmerAn interview intended to educate listeners about food production, farming and the life of a farmer gets thrown a curve. Nostalgic perceptions of farmers conflict with the realities of the 21st Century. The "Next Generation Farmer's" approach to farming is corporate, scientific and Millennial. The one consistency is a sense of stewardship for land, life, and blessings.
2018-02-0246 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.020: This is Life NowSix years ago, Jason Atkinson, accidentally discovered he had a life-threatening heart disease. A disease, which left undetected, would have killed him without notice. However, since its discovery, life has become a daily battle to survive and adjust to his new circumstances. We're invited to listen what he has learned about his life now.
Photo by Oliver Cole on Unsplash
2017-10-1046 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.019.Michael's Search for CommunityMichael, a lawyer living in Brooklyn, NY, shares with us his journey from St. Lucia to Spanish Harlem to Madison, WI and back to Brooklyn. Ultimately, he found a unique spiritual home in a dinner church and a garden project. As he reflects on his search for community, he shares wonderful insight on the dynamics of community life.
2017-09-0151 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.018.Dear God, It's Not You, It's MeA conversation with a young man who went to seminary to be a priest and ended up an atheist. How did he go from one extreme to the other? And what can we learn from his journey?
2017-07-0753 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.017.An Unexpected JourneyOn April 8, 2011, Liv Rosin’s life was interrupted by an unexpected journey into the wilderness. Six years later, Liv and I meet to talk about her recovery from a brain hemorrhage and what what amazing lessons she learned along the way.
2017-04-3052 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.016.Its Her Story.Part IIPART II: A young woman shares her story of the difficult journey to be a mother. It was supposed to be easy and natural. In the end, it took 17 years, multiple miscarriages, surgeries and medical treatments and the death of two baby boys for her to become a mother again. Through the sharing of her story she expands our understanding of choice – the choices she makes and the ones made for her.
2017-03-1839 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.015.ItsHerStoryA young woman shares her story of the difficult journey to be a mother. It was supposed to be easy and natural. In the end, it took 17 years, multiple miscarriages, surgeries and medical treatments and the death of two baby boys for her to become a mother again. Through the sharing of her story she expands our understanding of choice - the choices she makes and the ones made for her.
2017-03-0747 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.014.Mr.Knobbe Goes to Scott CountyMr. Knobbe shares what he learned about government by running for public office. Do you find yourself frustrated by all the political hatred? Considering un-friending someone on Facebook, or, getting off it all together? Take a moment to listen to this show. A conservative banker speaks with a liberal leaning pastor about government and actually find common ground.
2017-02-0144 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.013.The Ghosts of ChristmasReflections from two 30-something people asked to imagine what their Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future might show them and what we, the audience, can learn from it.
2016-12-2959 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.012.To All The BelovedIn the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 16th, I received the news of my nephews death. Lost in grief, I turned to the writings of Henri Nouwen to find comfort. Reading Nouwen's book, "The Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World," I wrote a series of reflections to process my pain. These reflections were written for cousins and all the other Beloved people coping with death and the struggles of daily living in a secular world.
2016-12-0838 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.011.A Really Bad Day at the BeachOne Wednesday evening, Joel, Amie, and their children Ella and Isak go to Park Point, Duluth,MN for one last outdoor worship service. As Joel is setting up, Amie, Ella, Isak and a friend go to the beach to wait. There the routine of the day is broken. A freak accident leaves Isak on an operating table and his parents helpless and vulnerable searching for hope. Listen as Amie and Joel share where they found strength, hope and how it changed their view of the world around them.
2016-10-2040 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.010.This Is My Father's WorldOn the 11th Anniversary of his father’s death, Mikah Meyer stepped into a van and launched on a tour. His publicized objective was to be the youngest person to visit all 412 sites managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The first to do it in one continuous 3-year trip. But, it’s also a resurrection trip, done in honor of his father, to bring a sense of new life out of his death.
I interviewed Mikah at Lake Wapogasset Lutheran Bible Camp in Amery, WI, three months into his journey. We talked about his father, Pr. Larry Meyer, the...
2016-09-1741 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.009. The Believability of ForgivenessPart 2 of my conversation with my therapist friend, Margy. During our interview we got into a really interesting conversation about confession and forgiveness. Both as it relates to psychology and faith. Her thoughts made me think about how I present this issue as a pastor. Guilt will dwell within us whether we do anything about it or not. We might as well find a place to give those wounds some relief.
2016-08-3132 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.008.You Really Need CounselingA friend who is a therapist posted an article on Facebook from another therapist talking about how much he loved his job. Frankly, I never heard a therapist talk so enthusiastically about their job. The article, though, touched on how much people feel they are a burden, or ashamed about seeing a therapist. So, we just talked about therapy and ti felt really good.
2016-07-2639 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.007.Carl's DecisionCarl was spending 9 months of the year working with homeless youth on the street. The other 3 months, he did video production for ESPN's X Games. He needed to make a decision, a full-time career in video production or continue to work with the homeless. Carl decided to remain working with homeless youth. This show explores his decision.
2016-07-0141 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.006.BirthIf human life is so rare, why do we treat it so poorly, crudely, and violently? I thought I might start exploring issues of life by looking at birth. This show is about what nurse learned about life from working a birthing unit of hospital.
Picture Courtesy of Danielle MacInnes at Unsplash.com
2016-06-2041 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.005.Good, Evil and Comic BooksIn the comic books of my youth, good and evil were simple, clear cut issues. Good fought for truth, justice and the American way. Bad guys were really bad. In today's comic books, good and evil are much more complicated issues. I asked a comic book enthusiast to help me understand the transition. From this conversation I hope to discover a better understanding of good and evil.
2016-05-3139 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.004: A Divine ReadingI invited a friend to use the Lectio Divina Method of reading scripture. Lectio Divina means Divine Reading. It was developed by Benedictine monks to mix scripture reading with meditation and prayer. So you’re not trying to studying Scripture, but feeling it, talking with God about it and encountering the Living Word. Then listen to find out what direction that Divine Reading took her.
2016-05-0838 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.003: Painesville, OhioWhat started out to be a thoughtful conversation about race turned into a reflection on a community — Painesville, Ohio. How that community made us all - Black and White - thoughtful about race.
2016-04-1840 min
Ordinary VoicesOV.002: Easter's Lost SoulsEaster Sunday is when a wide variety of lost souls gather to worship. People who stopped attending church are not the only questioning the authenticity of the Church. Many people on the inside have the same questions and struggles. I interview a person who remains emotionally connected, but physically distant from Church in hopes of shining light on the meaning of faith.
2016-03-2339 min