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This Mama Is Lit!Emma Pattee: Chained to a DreamEva Langston and Amanda Fields chat with Emma Pattee, author of Tilt, about parsing capitalism and creative pursuits, powering large-scale climate activism, and questioning how to love something you know will die.Emma Pattee is a climate journalist and fiction writer living in Portland, Oregon. She has written about climate change for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Guardian, and her fiction has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, Idaho Review, Carve Magazine, and many more. Her debut novel, Tilt, was published by Simon & Schuster in March 2025.Author website: https://www...2025-07-3030 min
This Mama Is Lit!Jill Dopf Viles, DIY Scientist: Cracking the Emery-Dreifuss CodeAmanda Fields and Eva Langston talk with Jill Dopf Viles, the author of Manufacturing My Miracle: One Woman’s Journey To Acquire Her Personalized Gene Therapy. Jill writes about her experiences with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. These experiences are placed in the hands of a deft and lyrical writer who often surprises the reader with unforgettable images and memories even as she works through the story of diagnosis, acceptance, and further research. She persists in making her own connections about EDMD as she performs her own research, discovers others with this rare condition, communicates with medical researchers, and weighs the ri...2025-07-2332 min
Writing Stories"This is my start" — Lorraine Russell tells the story of Love and ShadowsSend us a textLorraine Russell tells the story of Love and Shadows. Along the way she covers: Self-publishing on AmazonUsing Fiverr to find cover designers and editors Fear of failure Getting yourself into a flow state Working with a writing coachWriting as though telling a story around a campfire Also in this episode: The Long Road to Publishing with Eva Langston Our upcoming new Writing Stories host, Jessica Kinnison (!!!) Catherine Lacey (Catherine Lacey, if you are...2025-07-1735 min
This Mama Is Lit!Kathleen Glasgow: This Book is MeEva Langston and Amanda Fields chat with Kathleen Glasgow, author of The Glass Girl, about her distinct writing process, being a "sad book" author, and writing YA novels about addiction, grief and other tough topics.Kathleen Glasgow started as a poet and somehow found herself writing novels. She's the author of the New York Times and internationally bestselling YA novels Girl in Pieces, The Glass Girl,You'd Be Home Now, and How to Make Friends With the Dark, She's the coauthor, with Liz Lawson, of the bestselling mystery series, The Agathas and The Night in Question. Her...2025-07-1629 min
This Mama Is Lit!Lish McBride: Chaos is My BrandEva Langston and Holly Rizzuto Palker chat with Lish McBride, author of quirky books for teens and adults, about writing in different genres, navigating the publishing industry, and weaving humor through daily life.Lish McBride is a prolific writer of Young Adult and Adult books that often contain humor and magic. Her latest adult novel, The Suitcase Swap, is a love story born out of a JFK Airport baggage claim snafu. The book was first released in the United Kingdom and will be out in the U.S. soon. The audio version can be found here. Her...2025-07-0229 min
This Mama Is Lit!Sandra Chwialkowska: Perfect VictimsEva Langston, Holly Rizzuto Palker + Amanda Fields chat with Sandra Chwialkowska, author of The Ends of Things, about screenwriting versus novel-writing + surviving a book launch with a newborn baby.Sandra Chwialkowska is a television producer and writer whose first novel, The Ends of Things, is a psychological suspense that explores female friendship and agency, and pushes back against the trope of the helpless female as a “perfect victim.” Her prolific years of screenwriting translate into engrossing cinematic writing on the page, and this novel grew out of her own fears of traveling alone as a woman.Sa...2025-05-0725 min
This Mama Is Lit!Judith Smith: If Not Me, Then Who?Holly Rizzuto Palker and Eva Langston speak with Judith Smith, author of Difficult: Mothering Challenging Adult Children Through Conflict and Change, about mothering challenging adult children, and how to find solutions through acceptance and no assignment of fault. Becoming an adult is not nearly as clear today as it was 50 years ago. Major structural changes are needed for mothers not to blame themselves and begin to discover answers on how to move forward.Difficult is based on a series of in-depth interviews Judith Smith conducted with women (all over 60 years of age, across socio-economic and geographic locations...2025-04-0929 min
This Mama Is Lit!Rachelle Bergstein: In Full BlumeHolly Rizzuto Palker and Eva Langston chat with Rachelle Bergstein, author of The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us, about why Blume, once the most banned writer in the United States is more relevant now than ever. Judy Blume's ability to reflect real life parenting, puberty and precocious kids built a trust with her adolescent readers and provided a solid training ground for the next generation of women's rights activists. The original Judy Blume generation has now grown up and taken her messaging into our own parenting and beyond.Rachelle is...2025-03-2628 min
This Mama Is Lit!Sarah Sawyer: Where Does Girlhood Go?Eva Langston and Amanda Fields chat with Sarah Sawyer, author of The Undercurrent, about power in girlhood, mystical physicality in motherhood and secrets unravelled. Sarah also leaves us with a wise warning from her own mother: beware of life events that involve women throwing parties.Sarah Sawyer's debut novel was touted by Gillian Flynn as "A mystery of remarkable scope, bristling with intelligence, beauty, and humanity. It is, quite simply: stunning." The Undercurrent (Zibby Books 2024) tells the story of an overwhelmed new mother who becomes obsessed with the unsolved disappearance of a young girl from her small...2025-02-1230 min
This Mama Is Lit!Nancy Reddy: Myths of MotherhoodEva Langston and Amanda Fields chat with Nancy Reddy, author of The Good Mother Myth, about how flawed social science presumptions have blurred our visions of motherhood and trusting our intuition.Author Website: https://www.nancyreddy.com/Substack: https://nancyreddy.substack.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nancy.o.reddy/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nancy.reddy.1Preorder The Good Mother Myth: https://read.macmillan.com/promo/smpthegoodmothermyth/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...2024-12-0433 min
My Rejection StoryTina Wells: “No one looked like me when I started my business in 1996”Tina Wells shares her rejection story and the pivotal moment in her life when she felt rejected. She talks about the changes in the agency world and how she had to confront the rejection and make a decision. Tina emphasizes the importance of taking a pause and becoming present with oneself to navigate through rejection.
For anyone listening, you can order a copy of The Elevation Approach: Harness the Power of Work-Life Harmony to Unlock Your Creativity, Cultivate Joy, and Reach Your Biggest Goals on Amazon: https://a.co/d/boRRTDv
2024-10-2350 min
Feel The Full Audiobook That Keeps Story Seekers Hooked.Diesel by Dale MayerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/768515to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Diesel
Author: Dale Mayer
Narrator: Tristan Wright
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 3 minutes
Release date: March 4, 2024
Genres: Mystery
Publisher's Summary:
Book 13: The Mavericks Traveling to China to retrieve a kidnapped scientist shows Diesel the depths of human depravity. Not that he needs more proof. He’s been doing this type of work for a decade. This is the first time though the person he was rescuing was this interesting. Eva Langston had been kidnapped while walking across the street and then locked up in a lab half a world aw...2024-03-045h 03
Grab the Essential Free Audiobooks in Romance, MysteryDiesel by Dale MayerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/768515 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diesel Author: Dale Mayer Narrator: Tristan Wright Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 3 minutes Release date: March 4, 2024 Genres: Mystery Publisher's Summary: Book 13: The Mavericks Traveling to China to retrieve a kidnapped scientist shows Diesel the depths of human depravity. Not that he needs more proof. He’s been doing this type of work for a decade. This is the first time though the person he was rescuing was this interesting. Eva Langston had been kidnapped while walking across the street and then locked up in a lab half a wo...2024-03-0405 minGrab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Romance, MysteryDiesel by Dale MayerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/768515to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Diesel
Author: Dale Mayer
Narrator: Tristan Wright
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 3 minutes
Release date: March 4, 2024
Genres: Mystery
Publisher's Summary:
Book 13: The Mavericks Traveling to China to retrieve a kidnapped scientist shows Diesel the depths of human depravity. Not that he needs more proof. He’s been doing this type of work for a decade. This is the first time though the person he was rescuing was this interesting. Eva Langston had been kidnapped while walking across the street and then locked up in a lab half a world aw...2024-03-045h 03
Romance Your TBR: An Unhinged Historical Romance PodcastS02.29: 1989 (Romance Your TBR’s Version) [Deluxe]Welcome to Hannah and Caroline pairing songs on 1989 (Taylor’s Version) [Deluxe] with historical romance novels, being “sluts!” for a good grovel, and burning (burning) it (it) down (down). Is it over now?Intro: (00:00)1989 (Romance Your TBR’s Version) [Deluxe] - (5:03)✪ 1. Welcome To New York (Romance Your TBR’s Version) - (9:40)- A Scandalous Deal, Joanna Shupe- A Caribbean Heiress in Paris, Adriana Herrera✪ 2. Blank Space (Romance Your TBR’s Version) - (13:50)- The Rakess, Scarlett Peckham- Bombshell, Sarah MacLean✪ 3. Style (Ro...2023-11-241h 38
I Heart ThisDear America: Why I Still Love You (Even After We Broke Up)VoicemailSpecial thanks to my daughter, Eva Lord, for providing the voice of America's voicemail message. TisalleeActually, this is my wife, Laura's, story. She went for years believing that Tisallee was America's other name before someone straightened her out in the third grade. Mountains of CaliforniaWhen I was 15, I got to fly across the country to work in the backcountry of the Sierra National Forest with a Student Conservation Association trail crew. I would recommend it to any young person who loves wild places. And while the...2023-06-1421 min
Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture PodcastHot TakesThis episode's got Aaron sweating, then Miguel Murphy joins the queens for some flaming hot poetry takes.Review Breaking Form on Apple Podcasts here. Please support Breaking Form and buy Aaron's and James's books:Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.Or, if you'd like to shop indie, we recommend Loyalty Bookstores, a DC-area Black-owned bookshop.Read a recent Beckian Fritz Goldberg poem. Or listen to her read at the University of Arizona Poetry Center (from In th...2023-05-0129 min
Transmissions From Colony OneEpisode 205 - WalterAs members of MECTI-1 prepare to make a secret EVA to their Emergency Return Vehicle, crew member Walter Langston marches blindly across the Martian void in search of shelter.
CAST:
Brian Voelkerding (Walter Langston)
James Faupel (Andrew Wood)
Paige Eckstein (Jackie Wood)
Bill Parmentier (Sam Flynn)
Dustin Weiskopf (Fedor Morozev)
Sarah Porter (Beth Anders)
Marcy Wiegert (Elina Torres)
Chrissy Young (Tina Flynn)
Clare Burke (Rachel Yoshida)
Jaysen Cryer (Pete Ross)
Written, Produced, Directed, Edited and Original Music by John Richter
Learn more about your...2022-07-2720 min
Transmissions From Colony OneEpisode 204 - CrevasseMECTI-1 tries to regroup and plan their next step following the EVA incident.
CAST:
Brian Voelkerding (Walter Langston)
Bill Parmentier (Sam Flynn)
Paul Goetz (Paul Kirsch)
Daniel Fulton (Hiroku Yoshida)
Sarah Porter (Beth Anders)
James Faupel (Andrew Wood)
Chrissy Young (Tina Flynn)
Jaysen Cryer (Pete Ross)
Paige Eckstein (Jackie Wood)
Shawn Kohne (Orlando de Luca)
Written, Produced, Directed and Edited by John Richter
Original Music by Charles Crittenden
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-07-2514 min
Transmissions From Colony OneEpisode 203 - FissuresWalter, Paul and Hiroku embark on a long-distance EVA to detonate the North Pole Thermo-Nuke Array, while tensions flare between Commander Sam Flynn and his second-in-command, Andrew Wood.
CAST:
Brian Voelkerding (Walter Langston)
Paul Goetz (Paul Kirsch)
Daniel Fulton (Hiroku Yoshida)
Bill Parmentier (Sam Flynn)
James Faupel (Andrew Wood)
Marcy Wiegert (Kaia Osen/Elina Torres)
Clare Burke (Rachel Yoshida)
Sarah Porter (Beth Anders)
Chrissy Young (Tina Flynn)
Kasey Anderson (Jennifer Simmons)
Written, Produced, Directed and Edited by John Richter
Original Music by Charles Crittenden
Learn mo...2022-07-2216 min
Transmissions From Colony OneEpisode 110 - EarthEVA-10 returns to the Wasp, as Commander Sam Flynn reveals his findings to the crew.
CAST:
Bill Parmentier (Sam Flynn)
Chrissy Young (Tina Flynn)
James Faupel (Andrew Wood)
Paul Goetz (Paul Kirsch)
Jessica Leitch (Beth Anders)
Dustin Weiskopf (Fedor Morozev/Jet Pilot)
Kasey Anderson (Jennifer Simmons)
Brian Voelkerding (Walter Langston)
Marcy Wiegert (Kaia Osen/Elina Torres)
Daniel Fulton (Hiroku Yoshida/Evangelical Talk Show Co-Host)
Deanna Beaton (Neda Morozev)
Clare Burke (Rachel Yoshida)
Jaysen Cryer (Pete Ross)
Shawn Kohne (Orlando de Luca)
Paige Eckstein (Jackie Wood)
John Richter (CapComm - Space Station Hercules/Jet Co-Pilot)
D...2022-07-1116 min
Transmissions From Colony OneEpisode 109 - CoincidenceSam further investigates the communications blackout, while EVA-10 works tirelessly to salvage the mission and themselves.
CAST:
Bill Parmentier (Sam Flynn)
Marcy Wiegert (Kaia Osen/Elina Torres)
Deanna Beaton (Neda Morozev)
Shawn Kohne (Orlando de Luca)
Daniel Fulton (Hiroku Yoshida)
James Faupel (Andrew Wood)
Brian Voelkerding (Walter Langston)
Written, Produced, Directed and Edited by John Richter
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-07-0810 min
Transmissions From Colony OneEpisode 103 - EVASam, Paul and Beth conduct EVA-1 on the surface of Mars.
CAST:
Bill Parmentier (Sam Flynn)
Paul Goetz (Paul Kirsch)
Jessica Leitch (Beth Anders)
James Faupel (Andrew Wood)
Dustin Weiskopf (Fedor Morozev)
Kasey Anderson (Jennifer Simmons)
Brian Voelkerding (Walter Langston)
Daniel Fulton (Hiroku Yoshida)
Chrissy Young (Tina Flynn)
Written, Produced, Directed and Edited by John Richter
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-06-2408 min
Transmissions From Colony OneEpisode 102 - HomeThe MECTI-1 crew discusses their next move after landing, and EVA-1 sets out.
CAST:
Bill Parmentier (Sam Flynn)
Paul Goetz (Paul Kirsch)
Jessica Leitch (Beth Anders)
James Faupel (Andrew Wood)
Dustin Weiskopf (Fedor Morozev)
Kasey Anderson (Jennifer Simmons)
Brian Voelkerding (Walter Langston)
Marcy Wiegert (Kaia Osen/Elina Torres)
Daniel Fulton (Hiroku Yoshida)
Written, Produced, Directed and Edited by John Richter
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-06-2210 min
Vrije geluiden op NPO KlassiekFestivaltip!Het Erato Festival in Meppel (5, 6 en 6 november) in schouwburg, kerk en huiskamers - dat is een van de tips van Vrije Geluiden dit weekend. Naast een intrigerende nieuwe CD van basklarinettiste Fie Schouten, en haar optreden in Amsterdam op zondag 31 oktober.
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CD Giosquino - Josquin Desprez in Italia (Arcana A489)
Josquin Desprez: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie - Kyrie
Odhecaton olv Paolo Da Col; The Gesualdo Six
2’59”
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CD Dark Fire (trptk 0056)
Sulkhan Tsintsadze: Pieces on folk themes - Villain’s Song on a carriage
Joachim Eijlander [cello] & Helena Basilova [piano]
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Subject To Change: Another Pro-Wrestling PodcastSubjects Really Do Be ChangingLots of subjects a changing in this week's episode. We start by going over the results of "Hell in a Cell" from last week and reveal who walked away with the pod's 'NPC' Title. Early on we talk about RAW having a pretty good show this week, with Kofi being slotted into the main event scene, early MITB participants being non-former world champions, and adding time to develop their women's division (Rhea/Charlotte, Nikki Cross, Eva Marie & ... Doudrop?).On Smackdown, we seem to be in a bit of a stalling period until we get the crowds back...2021-06-271h 12
The New Exchange with Ken Grand-PierreLoah on why we need poetryWe universally find ourselves turning to poetry during confusing times. There’s something indescribable about the solace we can feel in knowing another human being has felt the feelings we carry with us throughout the day. This experience is what lead to the crafting of When I Rise Up, the next EP by my dear friend Sallay-Matu Garnett (aka Loah). Throughout the EP, Loah showcases her dynamic range as an instrumentalist as she sings the words of Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Eva Gore-Booth, etc. Reminding us all how timeless these words remain to be as the world rebuilds it...2021-06-0853 min
Expand Your Mind on the Go With Free AudiobookTo See the Moon Again Audiobook by Jamie Langston TurnerListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 343198
Title: To See the Moon Again
Author: Jamie Langston Turner
Narrator: Eva Kaminsky
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13:59:16
Language: English
Release date: 09-02-14
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women
Summary:
The first step to letting go of the past is forgiving it . Every day of her life Julia Rich lives with the memory of a horrible accident she caused long ago. In the years since, she has tried to hide her guilt in the quiet routine of teaching at a small South Carolina college, avoiding close relationships...2014-09-021h 59