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5–Minute Parenting: Tips to Help You Raise Competent, Godly Kids.How to Thrive in the Empty Nest (or Empty Next) Season w/ Author Kate BattistelliSend us a textAre you in the middle of the empty nest season, wondering what your next step should be? Is that season coming soon whether you like it or not, and you don’t feel prepared? Whether you’re in the middle of it, preparing for it, or even walking into a new empty NEXT season, you’ll want to grab a copy of Kate Battistelli’s book, The After Party of the Empty Nest: Mom is not your Only Name. Kate is a best-selling author, speaker, podcaster, honoree with She Leads Tennessee, former act...
2025-07-3109 min
RBERNing QuestionsPBL from Start to Finish: The Process, The Challenges, and The Triumphs with Francesca Davi & Luisa Frontino***For CTLE credit, click here***Episode Summary:In this episode, co-teachers share their secrets on how to prepare your ELLs and MLs for a PBL culminating event in which they showcase their civic-minded projects to a myriad of education specialists, field questions, and discuss possible solutions and future pathways to explore on their chosen topics. Ms. Davi and Ms. Frontino provide a comprehensive, start to finish guide that can be easily implemented by any educator with an interest in developing more structured, student-driven Project-Based Learning. If you’re...
2025-06-1353 min
Immerse Yourself In This Vivid Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Love Never Happens with your Brother's Best Friend by Francesca SpencerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/1377to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Love Never Happens with your Brother's Best Friend
Author: Francesca Spencer
Narrator: Virtual Voice
Format: mp3
Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
Release date: 04-09-25
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Entertainment & Performing Arts
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2025-04-094h 53
Running on JoyEpisode 65: Darren EvansJoy is... Realising What Matters.Darren Evans is someone who epitomises what it means to run for a ‘why’. He is the co-founder of the Green Runners, a running community making changes for a fitter planet; the co-founder of Pair-Ups, a process and kit to help runners extend the life of the trainers, and race director of the Longbridge Backyard Ultra, a running event with sustainability at its core, aiming to use business as a tool for regeneration. In addition, Darren is an experienced trail running coach and, under the handle 3Wordruns, the creative mind behind Running Gree...
2024-10-281h 21
Running on JoyEpisode 64: Ivan KashdanJoy is... Experiencing.Ivan Kashdan is an interdisciplinary artist with a passion for the environment and a drive to use his skills to change how we perceive and interact with nature. He is one of the three founders of Hermit House Games (previously known as, and referred to in this episode, as Kash & Germ), a family studio based in London who are on a mission to change how nature is portrayed and interacted with in games, telling researched stories from non-human perspectives. The trio are currently working on 'A Home Below', a 3D third-person adventure w...
2024-10-141h 07
Running on JoyEpisode 63: Dan ThompsonJoy is... Running!Dan Thompson is a life-long runner and the co-founder of the Running Out of Time Climate Relay. Dan has a background as a successful executive, investor and adviser in the music, computer games, and internet sectors. His involvement in running relay races dates back more than a decade; however, it was in 2022 that he first came on my radar with the world’s first and longest climate relay race called Running Out of Time. The Relay, which, this year, spanned 2,436km encourages people to run, walk, cycle, kayak, climb, wheel, swim and surf the ba...
2024-09-3052 min
Running on JoyEpisode 62: Jon BilbroughJoy is... Surrender.Jon Bilbrough (aka Wilderthorn) is known for secret gigs in disused and abandoned spaces, turning forgotten places of history and atmosphere into wild and magical ‘Wilderthorn-experiences’. Having begun his musical journey in Asia, touring his earliest gigs in Sri Lanka, Malasia, Singapore and India, he then returned to Chennai, India, to create demo recordings with local Bollywood musicians, famous for their work with award-winning Indian composer, A.R. Rahman. Out of those experiences would emerge the sounds and textures of his debut recordings and idiosyncratic performances that sway between song and improvised territory, driven by J...
2024-09-161h 04
Running on JoyEpisode 61: Immy SkyesJoy is... Being Heard.Immy Sykes is not sure if she qualifies as a cyclist, but she certainly does a lot of it. Immy, who is based in the North-West of England and goes by the handle of Immy Cycles on Instagram, talks a lot online about her experiences on the bike and the way that it connects her to the people and world around her. She is a passionate environmentalist, with an MSc in Environmental Sustainability and is also a shining light in opening conversations in navigating the curve balls that mental and physical health can...
2024-09-021h 13
Running on JoyEpisode 60: Matt PycroftService update: It's been a little while since the last episode due to life, work and other projects requiring energy. The podcast is a labour of love, and I am giving myself the grace that I would grant others to produce content in a way that is sustainable and uplifting for them. The things we love should be a pleasure, not a chore. I am so grateful to the podcast for the amazing connections, friendships and community that it has given me and so, as a thank you to listeners, here is a very special episode that I bring...
2024-04-101h 21
PVD HorrorEverwinter Night (2024) Interview with Adam NewmanSend us a textWriter/director Adam Newman joins us to talk about his new film Everwinter Night. Lifelong best friends Maddy and V's plans for a relaxing vacation are hijacked by Maddy's college clique. They soon find themselves at a remote ski lodge where a group of mysterious wealthy men throw a celebration, centuries in the making. Now streaming on Tubi and Amazon Prime. Facebook: everwinternightmovieInstagram: @everwinternightStarring: Victoria Mirrer, McKenna Parsons, Chris Goodwin, Jamie Dufault, Topher Hansson, Sean T. Ward, Claire Davies, C...
2024-04-0226 min
Running on JoyEpisode 59: Lindsey FreemanJoy is...Feeling Known.Lindsey Freeman is a writer and sociologist interested in endurance, hapticality, atomic and nuclear cultures, and poetics. Her most recent book, Running, is about practice, love, queerness, and long-distance running, published by Duke University Press. Although described as a feminist and queer handbook of running, it’s a book for all runners. It’s a book that celebrates the freedom and opportunity for self-discovery that running offers, whilst untangling identity, the body, failure, friendship...in fact the whole spectrum of what it means to lace up our shoes. Lindsey is at...
2024-01-221h 04
Running on JoyEpisode 58: Christine YuJoy is...Shared Humanity.Christine Yu is a New York-based, life-long athlete and award-winning journalist, who writes about sports, science and health. Her interest in the intersection between sports science and women athletes led her to her first book UP TO SPEED: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes, which disentangles myth and gender bias from real science in order to address the huge research gap in supporting women athletes to excel at every stage of life. Ultimately, this is book that is not just a road map for women and girls but an examination of the systemic...
2024-01-151h 14
Running on JoyEpisode 57: Stef Mcloughlin & Lewes FCJoy is...Watching Football (with a Dog).Stef Mcloughlin is the Commercial Manager for Lewes FC, a football club that is not only committed to gender equality but is really showcasing how, with the right approach, sport can be a catalyst for societal change. There are infinite creative ways that the 100% fan owned club is doing this, but perhaps the most remarkable achievement is that Lewes FC became the first team across the globe to both pay and resource the men’s and women’s teams equally. Since this move in 2017, attendance and sponsorship have surged, which is t...
2024-01-0846 min
Running on JoyEpisode 56: Alyssa AgesJoy is...Consistency.Running on Joy is back, after an extended break, to bring you a series focussing on women doing important work to uplift others, build communities, and connect and protect the world around them.We begin with Alyssa Ages, a Toronto-based, New York-born author, freelance writer, and copywriter. Alyssa is also a mother, strongman competitor, endurance athlete (including six marathons and an Ironman), rock climber and CrossFitter. Her first book, Secrets of Giants: A Journey to Uncovering the True Meaning of Strength, is a deep dive into the science and psychology of why pu...
2024-01-0154 min
Beyond RunningHealing through Motion in Nature, with Francesca GoodwinJoin us in this episode as Mauricio Díaz, co-founder of Aire Libre, engages in a profound conversation with runner Francesca Goodwin. Together, they explore the transformative journey that running can be, especially when intertwined with the healing power of nature. Francesca opens up about her personal struggles with mental and physical health, and how the rhythm of her footsteps on the earth's terrain became a catalyst for healing. Grounded in the natural world, running served as a potent reminder of her life force, providing solace and a path to recovery. The discussion delves into the symbiotic r...
2023-11-2457 min
Running on JoyEpisode 55: Mauricio (Mau) DíazJoy is...Real.Mauricio (Mau) Díaz is a runner and storyteller whose zeal for adventure and exploration is epitomised in his creation, along with co-founders,Manuel and Daniel, of Aire Libre, a Mexico City-based creative project that hosts immersive running experiences in exotic corners of the world. Rather than seeing running as a purely athletic pursuit, Aire Libre uses movement to explore unknown territories and foster deep transformations, with a strong focus on cultural immersion. By his own admission, running has given Mau some of the most valuable lessons of his life, and I was so gr...
2023-11-131h 16
Running on JoyEpisode 54: Patrick StangbyeJoy is...Inspiration.Patrick Stangbye might best be described as a visionary. He is a competitive ultra runner, creative director, and an advocate for a life of essentialism, of focussing on what really matters. It’s a concept that drives his running, life aesthetic and creative projects: moving is to living is to communication. In essence, Patrick's is an existence driven by perspective and enrichment, and it is this perspective that I was keen to explore in this conversation.We spoke about: Having a mountain sensibility; being fluid with our creative and athletic identities; running as...
2023-11-011h 12
Running on JoyEpisode 53: Simone SalvaticiJoy is...Omnipresence.Simone Salvatici is a London-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound artist, and qualified sound therapist. One might say that he is a person on a constantly evolving, shifting journey, grounded in a deep and authentic commitment to sound. As a composer of instrumental music, Simone has released both solo and collaborative projects and has performed at venues, including Tate Modern, Sadlers Wells Theatre, the Natural History Museum, and the V&A, as well as International festivals. As a Sound Therapist, he uses his musicianship and aural skills in conjunction with experience gained from intensive studies, research, a...
2023-10-161h 19
Running on JoyEpisode 52: Jim LearyJoy is...An Afternoon Walk.Jim Leary is an archaeologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of York. They previously held posts at Reading University and English Heritage. Formerly also a Field Archaeologist in Residence at Cambridge University, he has directed major excavations across Britain, including Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, the largest Neolithic monument in Europe. A passionate walker, much of Jim's research centres around the way that people moved in the past, and his new book Footmarks was published earlier this summer. Footmarks takes us on a restless journey that traces 3.5 million years of human movement...
2023-10-021h 12
Running on JoyFareWays Chapter 7: Richard's StoryThis is the second post-journey interview of a series following the FareWays project, a collaboration between the Big Hoof, Running on Joy and the British Pilgrimage Trust. FareWays aims to connect people to the outdoors through long-distance journeys on foot and horse along the old ways of the UK for the benefits of their mental and physical health.This July, our core team of four set out on a 200-mile adventure across St Columba’s Way in Scotland to raise money for the incredible work of the Venture Trust and, specifically, their new Outdoor Therapy Program, supporting th...
2023-09-2256 min
Running on JoyEpisode 51: Jacob MartinJoy is...Good Stuff with Good People.Jacob Martin is a maker of things: of photography, of films, of podcasts, of adventures and, through the adventures, both micro and epic, of stories. One such adventure, of the epic variety, last summer, was to cycle 4,722 miles along the European Divide Trail from Arctic Norway to the Atlantic Coast of Portugal, a feat that only twelve people had ever undertaken before. It’s a trip that Jacob has documented in a beautiful photo book Strangers Make Good Friends – a fitting title for a trip that was as much about rela...
2023-09-181h 13
Running on JoyFareWays Chapter 6: Zoe's StoryThe first post-journey interview of a series following the FareWays project, a collaboration between the Big Hoof, Running on Joy and the British Pilgrimage Trust. FareWays aims to connect people to the outdoors through long-distance journeys on foot and horse along the old ways of the UK for the benefits of their mental and physical health.This July, our core team of four set out on a 200-mile adventure across St Columba’s Way in Scotland to raise money for the incredible work of the Venture Trust and, specifically, their new Outdoor Therapy Program, supporting the mental he...
2023-09-1550 min
SEMÔNICAEp153- Smile em 10 cançõesNeste ep no Semônica, Nando Cury destaca a força de sorrir, de um sorriso, de viver sorrindo, em 10 selecionadas canções em inglês de várias épocas.
Créditos musicais e outros:
Abertura: No doubt (Young Logos)/ When you´re smiling (Joe Goodwin, Mark Fisher) com Louis Armstrong/ The shadow of your smile (Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel), com Barbra Streisand/ Smile a little smile for me (Geoff Stephens, Tony Macaulay.), com The Flying Machine/ Your smiling face (James Taylor), com James Taylor/ U Smile (Justin Bieber, Jerry Duplessis, Arden Altino e Dan August Rigo), com Justin Bieber/ T...
2023-09-1110 min
Running on JoyEpisode 50: Annabel AbbsJoy is...one foot in front of the other.Annabel Abbs is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction whose most recent offering, 52 Ways to Walk, is full of clearly presented science; snippets of fascinating history, and an enthusiasm for how walking and being out in the world can help us tackle many of life’s challenges. Another recent offering, and Annabel's first foray into memoir, Windswept: Walking in the Footsteps of Remarkable Women, tells the extraordinary stories of eight women who walked long distances in wild and often remote places as they sought their own voices, in...
2023-09-111h 16
Running on JoyEpisode 49: George BauerJoy is...Curiosity.George Bauer is a Melbourne-raised trail runner, currently living in the Highlands of Scotland. Having run marathons and informal events across four continents, he now partners with brands to co-host holistic retreats, using yoga, trail running and profound connection to the food we eat as ways to re-connect with ourselves and those around us. Most recently, his work has led him to co-found Sundays, a creative community connecting people with the outdoors and movement through inspirational experiences and storytelling. George is someone who moves and creates in different ways and a lot of...
2023-09-101h 02
Running on JoyFareWays Chapter 5: Endings and BeginningsThe third in-the-field episode of a series following the FareWays project, a collaboration between the Big Hoof, Running on Joy and the British Pilgrimage Trust. FareWays aims to connect people to the outdoors through long-distance journeys on foot and horse along the old ways of the UK for the benefits of their mental and physical health.This July, our core team of four set out on a 200-mile adventure across St Columba’s Way in Scotland to raise money for the incredible work of the Venture Trust and specifically their new Outdoor Therapy Program, supporting the mental he...
2023-08-2124 min
Running on JoyFareWays Chapter 4: What We Came ForThis is the second in-the-field episode of a series following the FareWays project, a collaboration between the Big Hoof, Running on Joy and the British Pilgrimage Trust. FareWays aims to connect people to the outdoors through long-distance journeys on foot and horse along the old ways of the UK for the benefits of their mental and physical health.This July, our core team of four set out on a 200 mile adventure across St Columba’s Way in Scotland to raise money for the incredible work of the Venture Trust and specifically their new Outdoor Therapy Program, supporting th...
2023-08-1531 min
Press Play On This Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.The News Quiz 2012: Series 76, 77 and 78 of the topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show by TbdPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650774to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The News Quiz 2012: Series 76, 77 and 78 of the topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show
Series: Part of The News Quiz
Author: Tbd
Narrator: Kirsty Young, Sandi Toksvig, Nicholas Parsons, Michael Buerk, Barry Cryer, Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 18 minutes
Release date: August 10, 2023
Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody
Publisher's Summary:
Sandi Toksvig chairs the satirical radio panel show in this trio of series from 2012 2012 was full of historic milestones - London hosted the Olympics, the Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, and The News Quiz marked its 35th anniversary. Sandi Toksvig is i...
2023-08-1012h 18Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Literature, Comedy, Satire & ParodyThe News Quiz 2012: Series 76, 77 and 78 of the topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show by TbdPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650774to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The News Quiz 2012: Series 76, 77 and 78 of the topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show
Series: Part of The News Quiz
Author: Tbd
Narrator: Kirsty Young, Sandi Toksvig, Nicholas Parsons, Michael Buerk, Barry Cryer, Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 18 minutes
Release date: August 10, 2023
Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody
Publisher's Summary:
Sandi Toksvig chairs the satirical radio panel show in this trio of series from 2012 2012 was full of historic milestones - London hosted the Olympics, the Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, and The News Quiz marked its 35th anniversary. Sandi Toksvig is i...
2023-08-1012h 18
Running on JoyFareWays Chapter 3: Reflections in the RainRunning on Joy brings you the first in-the-field episode of a series following the FareWays project. A collaboration between the Big Hoof and the British Pilgrimage Trust, FareWays aims to connect people to the outdoors through long-distance journeys on foot and horse along the old ways of the UK for the benefits of their mental and physical health.This July, a core team of four set out on a 200-mile adventure across St Columba’s Way in Scotland to raise money for the incredible work of the Venture Trust – specifically their new Outdoor Therapy Program, which supports the...
2023-07-3118 min
Running on JoyEpisode 48: Jimmy WatkinsJoy is...Passing the Baton.What does running sound like to you? For Jimmy Watkins it’s cackling with laughter, pounding the trails to punk rock whilst waving around a GoPro and shouting like he's being pursued by a mad pack of hyenas. It’s certainly a far cry from the Kansas of treadmill running, but not out of character for someone who has formed a community for the people that ‘don’t fit in’ to the traditional assumptions of what a club runner should look and sound like. In 2006, Jimmy reached the 800m final in the World Indo...
2023-06-261h 01
Running on JoyFareWays Chapter 2: Dr. Guy HaywardJoy is...Your Heart Bursting.This is the second episode of a series following the FareWays project, a collaboration between the Big Hoof, Running on Joy and The British Pilgrimage Trust, which aims to connect people to the outdoors through long distance journeys on foot and horse along the old pilgrims' routes of the UK, for the benefits of their mental and physical health. This July, our core team are setting out on our first 200-mile adventure along St Columba’s Way in Scotland, raising money for the incredible work of the Venture Trust and specifically their ne...
2023-06-2056 min
Running on JoyEpisode 47: Rachel SelmanJoy is...A Noun.There are a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings when it comes to running and pregnancy. From the time a woman finds out she is pregnant to the postpartum period and beyond, her body goes through an intense array of changes and there is both limited and conflicting information about what activities are appropriate for her and when. It’s only really been the past few years that recommendations have evolved from being either too restrictive during pregnancy, to the exact opposite 6-weeks postpartum.Rachel Selman is a Georgia-based physical therapist, specialising in...
2023-06-121h 09
Running on JoyEpisode 46: Live with Camino UltraJoy is...Oscillations.For this live episode Running on Joy went ‘on the road’ to link up with a group of very special people who have been of incredible support to the podcast the past year. Camino Ultra is a London-based ultra running and coaching crew that put on a unique series of 50k races within London. Since their founding, their mission has been to create and inspire runners to seek out trails in the city, to help skill runners to track and navigate away from the concrete, and to empower the belief that longer runs can help...
2023-06-0550 min
Running on JoyFareWays Chapter 1: The BeginningJoy is...Trust.This is the first of a special series from Running on Joy following the FareWays project.A collaboration between The Big Hoof Charity and The British Pilgrimage Trust, FareWays aims to connect people to the outdoors through long distance journeys on foot and horse, for the benefits of their mental and physical health. The core team of four are therefore inviting others to join them, be it for a morning, a day, or a week and in whatever way is accessible to them: hiking, running, riding or cycling. The first adventure is...
2023-06-0242 min
Running on JoyEpisode 45: Brendan LeonardBrendan Leonard is a writer, illustrator, adventurer, filmmaker, and the creator of Semi-Rad.com, not so much a website but a channel for, in his own words: ‘things regular folks can do, adventures for the every-person. It’s a web site for those of us crushing it, kind of.’ Since a problematic relationship with alcohol led to a stint in rehab, at age 23, Brendan has gone on to get a master’s degree, cycle across America, author 11 (ish) books, create award winning short films, speak to international audiences, run 52 marathons in a year and multiple 100 mile ultramarathons. His edito...
2023-05-291h 14
Running on JoyEpisode 44: Michael DoughtyJoy is...Being Yourself.Michael Doughty is a former professional footballer and co-founder of Hylo Athletics –– a brand on a mission to put considerations for the planet at the heart of the conversation around sport, starting with their renewable, carbon-negative and recyclable trainers.A lot of our conversation was about communication itself: how we open ourselves to discomfort. hold ourselves accountable and speak from a place of objectivity and truth.For Michael such communication starts with the love, gratitude and joy that can be found through embodied movement, allowing us to make the choi...
2023-05-2259 min
Running on JoyEpisode 43: Sophie PavelleThis episode is the first in a collaboration with Kendal Mountain Festival, the UK's main social gathering for outdoor enthusiasts, whose mission to 'inspire more people to explore, respect and represent mountains, wilderness and their cultures' is very much in keeping with the Running on Joy ethos.Sophie Pavelle is a zoologist and science communicator, whose first book, Forget Me Not, explores the lesser-known species threatened by climate breakdown in the UK. With a down to earth, fresh writing style, Sophie takes the reader on a low-carbon journey, travelling the length and breadth of the British Isles...
2023-05-081h 04
Running on JoyEpisode 42: James PooleJoy is...Your Own Speed.James Poole is a North Face Explorer Team ultra runner and all round enthusiast for the outdoors, who have been a long-time voice for connection and inclusivity within the running community. He has run some of the most prestigious ultra-races around the world, including the iconic Western States and UTMB, as well as epic adventures such as an unsupported, 430km journey across the Gobi Desert. He holds the fastest known time for crossing the Balearic island of Mallorca on the GR221 and has just returned from a second solo, self-supported attempt to...
2023-05-021h 02
Running on JoyEpisode 41: Pola RapaportJoy is...Liberation.Pola Rapaport is a writer, director, and editor of many award-winning films, as well as the producer of art-related video content, and a university instructor. I came across her work with the premiere of her new documentary Addicted to Life, a paradoxical, intimate, vulnerable and, ultimately, inspirational documentary about the Belgian Paralympic champion Marieke Vervoort who takes control of her ailing health to request medical aid-in-dying. The film charts the dramatic events of Vervoot’s final inspirational three years, during which her acceptance of death becomes an affirmation of life. It is an extraordinary piece...
2023-04-241h 07
Running on JoyEpisode 40: Justin PuglieseJoy is...Making an ImpactJustin Pugliese is a runner, podcast host and community leader. I was delighted to welcome him to join me on the podcast, as a fellow content creator, to reflect on why and how we do what we do and to provide a space to reflect on what is a period of change and transformation for him.This was a diverse and, at times, emotional conversation that revolves around energy: how movement gives us the grace to be open to being moved and how we, in turn, hope to move others...
2023-04-171h 20
Running on JoyEpisode 39: Tom ReynoldsTom Reynolds is a writer, a documentary producer, a run club leader and, most recently, the co-founder of an inclusive trail running adventure across the Peak District. He’s told the stories of some of the world’s most decorated athletes, from heptathlete, Jessica Ennis-Hill; to free skier, James Woods; to Eliud Kipchoge, to the Lionesses, drawing out the nuances of their experiences into insightful portraits that capture the voice and personality behind the media face.Tom is someone who is consistently curious about the world. He is a thinker, a craftsman, a scene-setter: someone who is not...
2023-04-101h 02
Running on JoyEpisode 38: Scott JenkinsJoy is...Making Memories.Scott Jenkins could be called ‘200-mile man’ but it is the messaging behind the miles that perhaps most distinguishes him, as well as the actual feats of endurance. The attentive amongst you might recall a previous episode with Scott's brother Rhys, and this was a super opportunity to share an alternative perspective on some of those stories, as well as telling new ones. Like his brother, Scott is an ultra distance runner, originally from Wales, and is the current British record holder for the Moab 240 race in Utah. He is also the first Wels...
2023-04-0557 min
Running on JoyEpisode 37: Anson MackayJoy is...Staying Alive.At any moment, life could change in an instant. When that happens, what do you do? Anson Mackay is someone who inspires me on a pretty much daily basis. Up until their retirement in April 2022, they were a Professor at University College London, specialising in paleoecology, and have worked for over 30 years on assessing human and climatic impacts on some of the world’s most important freshwater ecosystems, including Lake Baikal and the Aral Sea in central Asia, and the Okavango Delta in Southern Africa. Having come out in the 1980s, when the AI...
2023-03-271h 13
Running on JoyEpisode 36: Peter BromkaJoy is...Commitment.Peter Bromka is something of a philosopher of movement. He is an astonishingly fast marathoner and writer about running, whose ability to push the boundaries of what is physiologically possible is coupled with a curious mind that can riff from the micro details of split times to the macro questioning of why we do what we do when we run. I spent a long time immersing myself in Peter's thoughts across various media platforms in the weeks before we spoke: a veritable labyrinthine roller coaster that leaves you gasping for breath from th...
2023-03-201h 10
Running on JoyEpisode 35: Nick TrioloJoy is...Time.Nick Triolo is a runner, a writer, a writer about running. With a background in Environmental Studies, he is now senior editor for Outside Run and Trail Runner Magazine, whilst constantly exploring the boundaries of what it means to tell significant stories and how to use those narratives to advocate for the landscape that means so much to him.In attempting to compile the usual list of show notes, the more I typed, the more it felt like too blunt an instrument to distil the essence of the time that we shared...
2023-03-131h 25
Running on JoyEpisode 34: Kate RawlesJoy is...Waking Up.Dr Kate Rawles is giving the world a wake up call. She is an outdoor philosopher, with multiple degrees to their name, a writer, cyclist and activist who is passionate about the need to find urgent, intelligent and effective responses to our multiple environmental challenges. With a love for endurance, she uses what she terms ‘Adventure Plus’ journeys to communicate on environmental issues and inspire positive change. Her book, The Carbon Cycle, Crossing the Great Divide, based on a bike ride from Texas to Alaska exploring climate change, was shortlisted for the Banff Mount...
2023-03-061h 07
Running on JoyEpisode 33: Beth FrenchJoy is...Inspiration.There are many ways in which Beth French could be described: an ultra-marathon open-sea ocean swimmer who was once a Buddhist nun, a single mother who home schools her autistic son and an adventurer who suffered from a crippling chronic illness in her youth. From being confined to a wheelchair with ME at 17, in 2016 she set out to become the first person to swim across the seven most dangerous sea channels in the world, known as ‘Oceans Seven’, in a 12-month period.Beth really does epitomise being your ‘own hero’ and showing that we...
2023-02-271h 07
Running on JoyEpisode 32: Nick AchesonJoy is...Many Faces.Nick Acheson is a conservationist, author, speaker and presenter from North Norfolk where he lives in a flint cottage by a duckpond with his three-legged lurcher and a flock of rescued animals. For ten years, he lived in South America, working with conservation NGOs such as WWF and Wetlands International. He also spent three years in Asia and have worked with wildlife on every continent. Since their return to the UK they have worked for Norfolk Wildlife Trust, The Wildlife Trusts and the Hawk and Owl Trust. Having crossed the globe in search...
2023-02-201h 01
Running on JoyEpisode 31: Rane RoattaJoy is...Quiet.Rane Roatta might sound like your typical competitive cyclist, rising early to lay down the miles, following a strict regime and sweating in the Miami sun. What makes him unique, however, is that clocking up 80 mile daily rides originated from a real necessity not to crank out watts but…fruit. Although terming himself a 'professional amateur', Rane competed in the inaugural gravel world championships last year, balancing training whilst building his business 'Miami Fruit', which provides a direct-to-consumer exotic fruit shipping service. Rane still does much of the manual labor as well as leading the...
2023-02-1852 min
Running on JoyEpisode 30: Max RomeyJoy is...Wordless Happiness.Max Romey is perhaps best described as a person in motion. He is an artist who paints astonishing watercolours, often on top of mountains, which, of course, he has to get to first. He is a filmmaker who specialises in capturing athletes, particularly trail and ultrarunners, as they hurtle through simultaneously awe-inspiring and unforgiving landscapes. He is a runner himself, not simply because it enables him to keep up with their subjects, but because it is also vital to his being. However, perhaps what I find most consistent about Max is that he is...
2023-02-131h 09
Running on JoyEpisode 29: Charlie HarpurJoy is...When You Can't See It.After an early career characterised by hours at a computer, Charlie Harpur turned his back on desk work and embraced the physical elements of gardening. When not working as a Landscape Designer and Gardener, he is an impressive trail and ultra-runner who, in 2019, became the British 100km champion. His other achievements include finishing 3rd Brit at the CCC by UTMB and taking the win at Centurion Running's South Downs Way 100.Charlie epitomises the strength that comes through vulnerability, and I was humbled by how reflective and open he...
2023-02-061h 03
Running on JoyEpisode 28: Hannah BaileyHailing from Edinburgh, Hannah Bailey is an award-winning photographer, journalist, and producer, who has spent the last decade immersed in the underground scenes of action sports, adventure and the outdoors, now running her own consultant company Neonstash, which specialises in adventure. Her work has been recognised with awards from the Women's Sport Trust and Campaign Magazine, and in 2020 she won the inaugural Getty Images Show Us Grant, recognising photographers working towards a genuine representation of women and non-binary in the media. Her photographs have been featured in media such as The Guardian, BBC, Vice, Positive News, i_D, Dazed...
2023-01-301h 15
Running on JoyEpisode 27: Angel CollinsonJoy is...Freedom.Angel Collinson made her name snaking improbable lines down the sheerest mountain faces in her career as a big mountain skier. In that time, she racked up nearly every accolade possible: not only world titles, but also magazine covers and starring roles in adventure movies that would typically go to men. In 2021, however, she turned her back on her professional career and instead jumped on a 40-foot sailboat named Sea Bear to embark on a trans-Atlantic crossing. She has overcome a lot of mountains in her life, both on and off the ski slopes...
2023-01-231h 08
Running on JoyEpisode 26: Robbie PhillipsJoy is...Love.Robbie Phillips is is a professional adventure climber and filmmaker from Edinburgh. His intrepid spirit has carried him across the globe, climbing, in his own words, 'every type of rock, in every style'. From an early career competing as part of the GB team and then working as the Scottish climbing team’s head coach, he is now best known for his cutting edge ascents on alpine rock, including becoming the first Briton to climb the infamous 'Alpine Trilogy'. One of his latest challenges was climbing the world’s hardest sea cliff ‘The Longhope’ on St Joh...
2023-01-161h 23
Running on JoyEpisode 25: Avery SeuterJoy is...Being You.A Friday 'Shining Lights' episode with a remarkable young man. At nineteen years old, Avery Seuter is not your typical teenager. In September 2022, he set off on an incredible cycle journey from his home in Maine to Key West, Florida, to raise money for the East Coast Greenway, a 3,000-mile pedestrian and bicycle path that connects the two states. Not only is the scope of the distance impressive in itself, he set out, not on two wheels, but one, riding an average of 20 to 30 miles a day on a unicycle. At the time...
2023-01-131h 02
Running on JoyEpisode 24: Canyon and Forest WoodwardJoy is...The Fuel.Canyon and Forest Woodward are brothers who grew up in the mountains of Southern Appalachia and the North Cascades of Washington State. After childhoods spent roaming the woods and trails, Canyon would go on to forge a path as a championship level trail runner; political strategist; author, and climate activist, managing the campaign that would see his friend, Chloe Maxim, become the youngest female state senator in Maine’s history, alongside setting astonishing course records and Fastest Known Times on the trails. Forest trod a different path to become an internationally published and aw...
2023-01-091h 14
Running on JoyEpisode 23: Rhys JenkinsJoy is...What You Have.Rhys Jenkins is a record-breaking, ultra-endurance athlete from Cardiff, South Wales, who, over the last 10 years, has raised over £125,000 for various charities. Indeed, in 2021, he was a torchbearer for the London Olympics in recognition of his incredible work. His introduction to ultrarunning was running from Boston to Austin in the USA with his brother and two friends. Since then, it’s been a case of relentless forward motion. In 2019, he became Wales' first-ever competitor in the notorious Badwater 135 ultramarathon, renowned for being the hardest footrace on the planet. In 2020, he set a new...
2023-01-021h 14
Running on JoyEpisode 22: Hailey MooreJoy is...Juxtaposition.Hailey Moore @hailey.m.moore is a freelance writer and copyeditor based in Boulder, Colorado. She writes about the outdoors, people and communities and is herself an endurance cyclist and trail runner. She also takes incredible photographs that, like her writing, foreground the beauty of human interactions and incidental moments.Hailey is a wonderful example of cross-pollination between the arts and athletic arenas, valuing craft in everything she does. Sharing our experiences and passing ideas back and forth was so much fun! We chatted about: connection to place through movement; giving ourselves...
2022-12-301h 01
Running on JoyEpisode 21: Jacky Hunt-BroersmaJoy is...What's Inside.Jacky Hunt-Broersma is the embodiment of never letting anyone tell you that you 'can’t do anything’. 20 years ago, she did not run at all but, earlier this year, she ran 104 marathons in 104 days, setting a new world record. That in itself is quite something but, 20 years ago, at only 26, she also lost her leg to Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer. Now, she is one of the most accomplished amputee ultra marathoners around, with a passion for bringing the joy of running to other amputees. Jacky holds numerous firsts and worl...
2022-12-261h 04
Running on JoyEpisode 20: Paul PowleslandJoy is...Connection.A Friday 'Shining Lights' episode with Paul Powlesland. Paul is a civil barrister, environmental activist and storyteller who is bringing new significance to what it means to be a lawyer in a time of environmental crisis. After practising as a barrister in London for a decade, he founded Lawyers for Nature, as a response to the need to create greater respect, protection and representation for the natural world and those who seek to defend it within our legal system. Outside of this, he regularly writes and speaks on legal rights for the natural world...
2022-12-231h 02
Running on JoyEpisode 19: Hillary AllenJoy is...The Process.In the last decade, Hillary 'Hilly Goat' Allen has earned a name as one of our most celebrated Sky and Ultra Runners of our times. Her energy, passion and success are undeniable; however, it is the manner in which her unstoppable spirit has emerged from a life-changing, near-death accident, whilst inspiring thousands of others, that has made her accomplishments all the more impressive. In 2017, she was ranked number one in the 2017 Skyrunning World Series when she fell 150ft from an exposed ridge-line during the Tromsø Skyrace in Norway. By the time fellow racer M...
2022-12-191h 04
Running on JoyEpisode 18: Rosie WatsonJoy is...Play.A Friday 'Shing Lights' episode with Rosie Watson, a runner and climate activist, who, in 2019, began an epic journey running self-supported from her doorstep in the Lake District, across Europe, to Bulgaria. The purpose of ‘The New Story Run’ was to use the challenge to contribute towards changing the way we talk and think about the climate crisis. By meeting people on the way who were working on climate crisis related issues, and telling their experience from their individual perspective, she hoped to spread ‘new stories’ regarding how we can work together towards a better f...
2022-12-161h 12
Running on JoyEpisode 17: Helen MortJoy is...an undulating path.Helen Mort is an award-winning poet and novelist, with a life-long passion for running, climbing and the outdoors. She has published three poetry collections, the latest of which, The Illustrated Woman, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize. She has also been shortlisted for the T.S.Eliot Prize, the Costa Prize and won the Fenton Aldeburgh Prize in 2015. She appears regularly on BBC radio, has taught creative writing for over ten years, and is currently Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. Landscape is an important presence in her writing, and many of...
2022-12-111h 32
Running on JoyEpisode 16: Emily WormaldJoy is...Sharing Adventures.Another Friday episode in the ‘Shining Lights’ series, platforming lesser-known voices with their own incredible stories of showing up, shooting their shot and putting one foot in front of the other.Emily Wormald is a cyclist based in the Lake District and is the founder of Lakes Gravel Gang, a women’s only cycling group, which has now grown to over 150 members. Having got into cycling through her then boyfriend, Emily is now a huge advocate of literally 'fixing your own puncture' and the freedom that cycling can bring, to women in par...
2022-12-081h 07
Running on JoyEpisode 15: Alex StaniforthJoy is...When Nothing Else Matters.Alex Staniforth is a record-breaking adventurer, author and charity ambassador, based in the Lake District. As just 27, he is no stranger to challenges, whether they be mental or physical. He is perhaps best known for surviving the two biggest disasters in Mount Everest history, whilst still only a teenager, including the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Since then, he has achieved numerous feats of endurance, including being the fastest person ever to climb all 100 UK county tops and running the National Three Peaks Challenge, completing 452 miles in just 9 days 12 hours. However, it is the...
2022-12-041h 32
Running on JoyEpisode 14: Alvaro De La CamaraJoy is...The Mission.Another episode in the Friday 'Shining Light' series, platforming lesser known voices with incredible stories to tell.Alvaro De La Camaro is an amateur triathlete, cyclist and father who has also happened to have ridden 2,500km from Croydon, London, to his native Cadiz, in Spain, in 10 days, all for a bowl of soup. To give some context, Alvaro is the co-founder of Cycling 4 Soup, a media platform documenting endurance challengesto engage community, create connections, and to make sport (and soup), the binding agent to raise awareness for important...
2022-12-011h 04
Running on JoyEpisode 13: Adam MerryJoy is...Learning.Adam Merry is an elite athlete for Saucony, based in Colorado. He started training competitively in 2017 and has since raced in distances up to 100km on the road and trails. As well as being an incredible athlete in his own right, he also uses his expertise to coach others and his background in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to bring light to the issues in the trail and ultra running world.I chatted to Adam upon his return from representing Team USA at the 80km World Mountain Running Championships and we shared an...
2022-11-271h 31
Running on JoyEpisode 12: Jean-Baptiste Joly-LavrieuxJoy is...A Way of Living.Jean-Baptiste Joly-Lavrieux is a photographer based in the French Alps. He spent over a decade in banking before leaving the profession to pursue his passion for trail running and photography. I was recently drawn to a series of photographs that Like the Wind Magazine shared from Jean-Baptiste's Instagram: images from the UTMB mountain race, all captured on a disposable camera. Although not his usual camera of choice, the experiment epitomises Jean Baptiste's fluid style that evokes his deep relationship with the natural world and how we move through it....
2022-11-221h 09
Running on JoyEpisode 11: Stian Dahl SommersethJoy is...Sharing.Stian Dahl Sommerseth is a promising young mountain runner from Norway, who has placed competitively at the 20 and 50km distances in races across Europe, including a recent 4th place at the Nice Cote D’Azur 50km race as part of the UTMB World series. We first connected on Instagram through a common sense of humour and some poignant post-race posts that Stian wrote regarding the privilege and joy of suffering in beautiful places. Stian is an athlete for Satisfy Running and an advocate for the International Dark Sky Association, a group striving to protect a...
2022-11-171h 24
Running on JoyEpisode 10: Markus TorgebyJoy is...Right Now.Markus Torgeby is a Swedish runner, author and lecturer. At age 20, with nothing but an axe, a sleeping bag, and the clothes he was wearing, Markus bought a one-way ticket to Gothenburg train station. There, in the Jämtland forest, where temperatures plummet to -40°C in winter, he lived off-grid for 4 years. Existing in complete solitude and harmony with nature, Markus constructed a hut by hand, slept on reindeer skins, survived on a diet of oatmeal, berries and fish and found a way to rebuild both his body and mind away from th...
2022-11-131h 07
Running on JoyEpisode 9: Claire SmithJoy is...The Things We Hate.In November 2019, Claire Smith became the first British athlete ever to complete a continuous Double Deca Iron Distance triathlon: 48 miles of swimming, 2,240 miles of cycling and 524 miles of running, in 28 days. The numbers are almost too much to process and, as impressive as they are, the woman behind them is even more so, and for reasons that the numbers don't tell.Over the last ten years, 'Brutal Claire' has been learning how to use her innate drive, ambition and healthy dose of craziness for a better purpose. Her first...
2022-11-061h 25
AFC DONScastMatchday 12 - RangersAh well, it wasn't to be - a solitary goal from Connor Barron is all that we offered in our away fixture in our 4-1 loss against Rangers at Ibrox.
Post match reaction with Jim Goodwin.
Another side struggling is Aberdeen FC Women - hear from Loren Campbell and Francesca Ogilvie prior to their match at Pittodrie on Sunday against Glasgow Women.
Plus the usual round-up of Dons and supporters news.
2022-10-3131 min
Running on JoyEpisode 8: Mark White (Run Grateful)Joy is...Simplicity.Mark White is the CEO/founder of Run Grateful, which aims to inspire people to connect through gratitude and the power of movement. Mark is known as a creative, an ideas man, and someone who wants to impact the world in a positive manner. His other current project, MEUS, is an app that encourages men to be more self-aware and reflective. In 2019, Mark was voted in the top 15 social entrepreneurs in the UK by Redbull. Mark is also a proud father to his two amazing daughters Sienna-Rose and Grace and dog, George.Mark...
2022-10-301h 20
Running on JoyEpisode 7: John KellyJoy is...What Lies Ahead.The one where I ask one of the greatest endurance athletes of our time his thoughts on white spandex; get into an existential debate on Gandalf vs Gimli, and try to convince him to set up a side hustle in American snack cakes.John Kelly is a US based husband, father and data scientist who has run the Boston marathon dressed as the Zelda character Link. He also happens to be only the 15th person to finish the formidable Barkley Marathons since its creation 24 years ago. Having moved his family...
2022-10-231h 11
Running on JoyEpisode 6: Louis HallJoy is...The Unknown.Louis Hall is an actor, writer and founder of The Big Hoof charity. The Big Hoof promotes adventure and wellbeing through their long distance rides. Beginning in 2020, Louis rode down the length of the UK in memory of his friend Leo, raising over £38,00 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Most recently, the charity organised a 2789km ride from Siena, Italy to Cape Finiterre, Spain, to raise money for refugees and their trauma. The pursuit of human connectivity, fundraising and adventure is at the core of everything The Big Hoof does. Louis, originally from Scotland, i...
2022-10-171h 15
Running on JoyEpisode 5: Dan LawsonJoy is...Symbiosis.Dan Lawson is a record-breaking ultramarathon runner who’s represented Great Britain and achieved podium finishes in some of the world’s toughest races. He is the current LEJOG (Land's End to John O'Groats) record holder, and founder of the incredible ReRun initiative, which aims to prolong the life of sports clothes and equipment and campaign to reverse the impact that over-consumption and production in the running world is having on the environment.Dan is a truly beautiful soul who really does epitomise 'running on joy' in all areas of his life. He is a...
2022-10-071h 07
Running on JoyEpisode 4: Damian HallJoy is…Imperfection.Damian Hall is a record-breaking ultrarunner, writer and activist, who has represented Great Britain at the Trail World Championships and competed in some of the world's toughest races. His attempt to break into the top ten at the 105-mile Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc was made into an award-winning film, Underdog; and the documentary Totally FKT followed him and John Kelly as they raced to break the 268-mile Pennine Way record in 2020. Damian has also set records on the Paddy Buckley Round, the South West Coast Path, the Cape Wrath Trail (with Beth Pascall), and Wainwri...
2022-09-301h 09
Running on JoyEpisode 3: Zoë RomJoy is...Finding Your Strange. Zoë Rom is Editor in Chief at Trail Runner magazine and managing editor of Women's Running. She is currently at work on her first book, Becoming a Sustainable Runner which will debut in August 2023. She has recently helped launch Relay, a premium, collaborative newsletter for runners. You can read her work on Trail Runner, Women's Running, Outside and Relay . Zoë is an outspoken advocate for environmental justice and is certainly not afraid of hard things. In this expansive conversation we delve into what drives Zoë; what finding our voice means and how we make space fo...
2022-09-191h 09
Running on JoyEpisode 2: Jack KuenzleJoy is...Burning Bright.Special Episode Alert! Jack Kuenzle is a US based mountain runner, who has just set the trail and mountain running community alight by smashing Kilian Jornet's Bob Graham Round record (66 miles with 28,500 feet of ascent across 42 Lake District fells) by an astonishing thirty minutes. This, however, is just the icing on the cake of a string of incredible feats of endurance in 2022 alone.Jack is an entertaining, passionate, driven guy and this was a rollercoaster of a conversation – much like his incredible record breaking effort.We deep dive into hi...
2022-09-081h 10
Running on JoyEpisode 1: Paul MinterJoy is...Giving.Paul Minter is currently on the final leg of a 5,000 mile run around the coastline of the entire UK to raise awareness and funds for his charity Head Up. Paul has been running Forrest Gump style since 1st March 2022, housed and joined by members of the public along his way.Head Up intends to promote mental health awareness for UK Armed Forces, and to help forces personnel build a positive mindset and improve their mental resilience. Paul and his fellow founding veterans are on a mission to raise enough money to develop a...
2022-08-3050 min
Transform Your Commute Into a Captivating Journey With Free AudiobookWoman at the Door Audiobook by Daniel HurstListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 592783
Title: Woman at the Door
Author: Daniel Hurst
Narrator: Adam Goodwin, Francesca Waite
Format: Unabridged
Length: 06:24:00
Language: English
Release date: 06-14-22
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Psychological
Summary:
It was a perfect Saturday night. Until she knocked on the door . . .
Rebecca and Sam are happily married and enjoying a typical Saturday night until a knock at the door changes everything. There is a woman outside, and she has something to say. Something that will change the happy couple's relationship forever . . .
With their marriage thrown...
2022-06-146h 24
The Charles Billingsley PodcastFrancesca Battistelli - Faith, Family, and Farming (Ep. 106) You may have heard the songs of Grammy Award winner, Francesca Battistelli, for years. But who is she when she steps away from the microphone? It may not surprise you that she and her husband, Matt Goodwin, have 5 children. But did you know she lives on a farm - and loves it! Charles dives into that, her movie career, and much more in this interesting episode.
2022-02-0921 min
Purposely Bossin UpEp. 88: Learn 2 Thrive Personally & ProfessionallyOn this episode, we are talking to Francesca Witzburg, Esq. She will be educating us on intellectual property.
2022-01-1330 min
Immerse Yourself In This Vivid Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Chicken Licken by Francesca AssirelliPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/203043to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chicken Licken
Author: Francesca Assirelli
Narrator: Child's Play
Format: mp3
Length: 6 mins
Release date: 04-29-21
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Birds
Publisher's Summary:
Traditional tales are a well-established part of all cultures. Retold from the originals, these lively stories will captivate listeners.
2021-04-2906 min
Unleash Your Imagination, Through Free AudiobookWitch's Mirror: A Magical Realism Witch and Vampire Romance Audiobook by Eva AltonListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 490541
Title: Witch's Mirror: A Magical Realism Witch and Vampire Romance
Author: Eva Alton
Narrator: Adam Goodwin, Gabriela Milo
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:30:53
Language: English
Release date: 11-27-20
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Romance, Science Fiction & Paranormal
Summary:
Embark into a magical trip to Lake Como, find out more about Clarence's past in Victorian London, meet a coven of Italian witches, and spend a magical night witha ghost... or two.Stray witch Albais about to defy a vampire queens rules in order to undertake a journey to Italy in search...
2020-11-2710h 30
Midwifery: Love, Life and Learning2: Celebrating success the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative QualificationsMidwifery: love, life and learning - episode 2 Celebrating success the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative QualificationsPeople joining me in the podcast:Sally Goodwin-MillsAdvanced Health Improvement Specialist – Infant Feeding and MaternityLeedsMary RenfrewProfessor of Mother and Infant HealthSchool of Health Sciences, University of DundeeChair of the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative Qualifications Framework BoardFrancesca EntwistleProfessional Advisor UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative Donna ButlerBaby Friendly Specialist ELHT and Blackburn with DarwenProfessional Officer with Un...
2020-11-1742 min
花園裡的光合進行曲CCM All Stars 19. Francesca Battistelli介紹一位過去10年相當走紅的新生代CCM義裔女歌手，Francesca Battistelli 法蘭西斯卡 巴提思堤麗，小名Franny 芬妮，1985年5月18日出生於紐約市的音樂世家，父母是做音樂劇的，從小就很嚮往舞台。 2004年發行了一張獨立專輯Just a Breath，後來與Fervent Records簽約，2008年發行第一張錄音室專輯“My Paper Heart”，立刻受到眾人矚目及喜愛，在基督教廣播電台播放的第16首最熱門歌曲。
Battistelli於2009年獲得了她的第一個格萊美獎提名，她的單曲“Free to be me”獲得最佳福音表演獎，同時他也是Dove award 金鴿獎的常勝軍。2016年，專輯“If We’re Honest”中的單曲“Holy Spirit” 在第58屆格萊美獎最佳當代基督教音樂表演/歌曲中獲得她的第一個格萊美獎！
她在出道的第二年就嫁給了另外一個老牌CCM大團, NewSong 的打擊樂手Matthew Goodwin，並且育有4個孩子。Franny 年輕的嗓音成熟帶有爆發力，他的音樂節奏鮮明，歌曲訊息充滿正能量與愛，幾乎每一張專輯對「愛」都有深刻的見解，就讓我們一起來認識這一位充滿愛的CCM歌手，也透過他的歌曲更認識上帝的愛！
【MY PAPER HEART】
Well, I’ve been treated like a valentineThat’s been ripped apart and left behindI’m a fragile girl in a crazy, careless worldMy dreams were torn and scattered on the floorBut You’ve been picking up the pieces, Lord‘Cause Your love is real, the only hope to heal
My paper heart is Yours nowI have landed in Your handsI’ve come so far to find outMy life will never be the sameSince You wrote Your nameOn my paper heart
I had been so terrified to trustSo many times I’d been reduced to dustBut You keep showing me You’re the safest place to be
Never knew that I could feel the way I feelNever knew…
歌詞大意：在這個瘋狂又無情的世界，我感覺我好像是過完了情人節就被丟棄的情人一樣。我的夢想像一張紙被撕毀，被踐踏一地。可是沒想到，主你卻把這些碎片一片一片的撿了起來。你的愛好真實阿！我這個紙做的心，被你捧手心上，已經屬於你了我的生命不再一樣，因為你已經把你的名寫在我這個紙做的心上面。Free to Be MeAt twenty years of ageI’m still looking for a dreamA war’s already waged for my destinyBut You’ve already won the battleAnd You’ve got great plans for meThough I can’t always see*’Cause I got a couple dents in my fender...
2019-06-2428 min