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The Kara Goldin Show719 Daryl-Ann Denner: Co-Founder & Creative Director of nuudsOn this episode of The Kara Goldin Show, we’re joined by Daryl-Ann Denner, Co-Founder and Creative Director of nuuds—the elevated basics brand redefining what comfort and confidence look like. From high school chemistry teacher to influencer to nine-figure founder, Daryl-Ann’s story is a masterclass in listening to your audience, trusting your gut, and building something that truly fits.We dive into her journey from fashion blogger to CEO, how she built a loyal community of over two million followers, and why she created nuuds to offer high-quality, flattering staples for real bodies—not fit models. Daryl-An...2025-07-2538 min
Bookish Flights: Books, Author Interviews & Must-Read RecommendationsThe Mom Handbook: From Daughter to Mother — Writing and Reconciliation with Lisa Vailencour (E155)Send us a textIn today’s episode, I’m joined by Lisa Vailencour, founder of The Handbook Club and a seasoned brand & communications strategist with over 20 years in the tech industry. Her debut book, The Mom Handbook, was written as a love letter to her daughters and to anyone navigating the complexities of motherhood and identity. We talk about how movement fuels her creativity, the emotional release that came with publishing her book, and her unique editing process using voice memos to capture rhythm and pacing before putting words to the page.Epis...2025-06-2537 min
Bookish Flights: Books, Author Interviews & Must-Read RecommendationsThe Dressmakers of London with Julia Kelly (E152)Send us a textThis episode marks the latest gathering of our BFF Book Club. This month, we’re discussing The Dressmakers of London with the author, Julia Kelly. Julia is the international bestselling author of emotional historical fiction about extraordinary women and intriguing historical whodunnit mystery novels. In addition to writing, she’s been an Emmy-nominated producer, journalist, marketing professional, and a tea waitress. Julia called LA, IA and NYC home before settling in London with her husband.Highlights:A meaningful literary gift idea Julia’s mom gives every year.Revisiting the cla...2025-06-0643 min
Bookish Flights: Books, Author Interviews & Must-Read RecommendationsWriting an Epistolary Novel and Books Representing Physical Disabilities with Caitlin Miller (E149)Send us a textIn today’s episode, I am chatting with Caitlin Miller, represented by The Steve Laube Agency. Caitlin has been writing stories for nearly a decade and self-published two books in 2022. She has also been an English teacher to Japanese students for six years and a freelance editor for two years. When she’s not writing or editing, Caitlin loves frequenting bookstores and coffee shops, and you’ll often find her with her nose in a book or a pen in hand as she jots down storyline ideas. Caitlin is an award-winning author and poet...2025-05-2133 min
Bookish Flights: Books, Author Interviews & Must-Read RecommendationsThe Science of Reading with Dr. Irene Daria (E144)Send us a textToday’s guest is Dr. Irene Daria, a developmental psychologist and passionate literacy advocate who has helped hundreds of children learn to read—including the children of celebrities. She’s also trained teachers in the science of reading and created the Steps to Reading program for parents.Before entering the world of psychology, Dr. Daria worked as a journalist and editor, with bylines in The New York Times, Parents, Money, and more. She joins us to talk about what actually works when teaching kids to read—and what doesn’t.2025-04-2355 min
Oddity ShopBlood on the Shawl: DNA Reveals Jack the Ripper's IdentityWelcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale. This week, your Curator Zach, As promised has the solved tale of the Identity of Jack The RipperThe mystery that has perplexed investigators and captivated true crime enthusiasts for over a century has finally been solved. Jack the Ripper, the shadowy figure who terrorized London's Whitechapel district in 1888, now has a name backed by science: Aaron Kosminski.We journey through the fog-covered streets of Victorian London, where five women—Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly—met t...2025-04-1753 min
Afterlives of Ancient Egypt with Kara CooneySolarism and the Great Hymn to the AtenWhat does sun worship mean? The sun is the giant ball of fire in the sky. It warms us, embraces us. It lights up the air all around us, and its absence creates coldness, an implicit threat of non-return, something we must placate with entreaties, offerings, brave deeds. The sun is the most powerful element in our sky, heroically returning to us every morning, helping us start our daily labors of farming or carpentry or war, and as such, the sun usually takes on the guise of a masculine ruler. Indeed, solar worship is permeated with elements of kingship—th...2025-03-181h 26
Afterlives of Ancient Egypt with Kara CooneySeth, Part II: Feminization of the Masculine and DemonizationWho should inherit the throne when the ancient Egyptian king is killed? The strong brother of the king or the younger son who needs serious time to mature? This was a vital question that the Egyptians solved through mythology. Egypt found itself in a power vacuum; it was the first political crisis the land had ever experienced. The primary god-king was dead, killed by his own brother. Who should become king next? Should Seth, the murderer of Osiris, inherit the throne of Egypt over Osiris’ son, Horus? It was ann age-old question of succession, property, violence, power, an...2025-02-181h 56
Bookish Flights: Books, Author Interviews & Must-Read RecommendationsFake Dating & Full-Cast Audiobooks: Creating Know Your Newlywed with Heather Taylor and Hillary Nussbaum (E131)Send us a textIn today’s episode, we have not only one guest but two! I am chatting with HEATHER TAYLOR and HILLARY NUSSBAUM. Together they wrote Know Your Newlywed, a full-cast audio production starring Mary Mouser of Cobra Kai and Tyler Posey of Teen Wolf. Know Your Newlywed is set between Boston and Chicago, and the female main character is an anthrozoologist—how cool is that? Heather writes and directs TV, film, and audio projects about complicated family relationships. She strives to destigmatize mental illness, disabilities, and poverty in her work. Hill...2025-02-1240 min
Bookish Flights: Books, Author Interviews & Must-Read RecommendationsBook Club Fiction | Realistic Motherhood with Author Hadley Leggett (E124)Send us a textIn today’s episode, I am chatting with Hadley Leggett. Hadley writes layered book club fiction exploring truth in shades of gray. Her winding career path has included degrees in medicine, biochemistry, Spanish, and science journalism, as well as a ten-year stint as a stay-at-home mom. After moving all over the United States during her childhood, she now lives in Seattle with her husband and three children, as well as her parents, three cats, and an ever-rotating troop of foster kittens. Hadley’s first novel, All They Ask Is Everything, is her love lett...2025-01-0148 min
Syster VÄCKER Syster Podcast55. Syster VÄCKER Syster väckte Johanna PerssonI vårt femtiofemte avsnitt pratar vi om att vi två själssystrar har väckt upp en av våra kära poddlyssnare, Johanna Persson, i sin andlighet. Det är ett kort men ack så hjärtligt avsnitt där vi får höra om hennes uppvaknande utifårn att ha blivit guidad till oss och där hon har följt vår podcast ända från starten. Johanna får berätta vad det har betytt för hennes utveckling att ha podcasten som sin trogne vän, men också hur det har varit att ha träffat oss fysiskt...2024-12-1525 min
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Romance, HistoricalBreathe for Me by Brittany AnnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breathe for Me Series: #1 of Langston Brothers Duet Author: Brittany Ann Narrator: Meg Sylvan, Aiden Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: DENVER The Hallow Ranch was left to me, the first-born son. Before I inherited the ranch, I left to serve my country. When I came back to embrace my destiny, I was tricked. One night of lies and betrayal led me here. Without a brother. With a son. The Hallow Ranch is my focus. I have to ensure my s...2024-11-0530 min
UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for EveryoneRaising Feminist Kids (and Raising Yourself!): A Conversation with Jo-Ann FinkelsteinHow do the messages you received as a child impact the way you parent your own kids? What if we could raise the next generation to be more empowered, resilient, and free from limiting gender stereotypes? To explore these questions, I’m joined by clinical psychologist and author of the new book, Sexism & Sensibility: Raising Empowered, Resilient Girls in the Modern World, Dr. Jo-Ann Finkelstein, PhD.As an expert in feminist parenting, Dr. Finkelstein is here to illuminate how even the most well-intentioned and progressive of us unconsciously transmit harmful messages. Jo-Ann and I explore the importance of...2024-10-1028 min
Bookish Flights: Books, Author Interviews & Must-Read RecommendationsMorally Gray Women in Fantasy with Author K.W. Foster (E103)Send us a textIn today’s episode, I am chatting with K.W. Foster. She is the author of deliciously haunting and spicy fantasy romances featuring morally gray women and the men (and women) who love them. Originally from the Midwest, she now resides in the Mid-Atlantic with her husband and two big fluffy dogs. Her debut novel, A Curse of Breath and Blood, came out yesterday —congratulations K.W!Episode Highlights:Writing Process: From the intricacies of cover design to what she has learned about herself through writing.Cr...2024-09-1833 min
Bookish Flights: Books, Author Interviews & Must-Read RecommendationsMiddle Grade Novels of Courage and Creativity with Author Jaime Formato (E102)Send us a textJaime Formato is a writer, elementary school teacher, and tiefling rogue from northern Florida. Her days are spent hanging out with kids and reading, and the nights are for D&D, hockey, and writing. She lives in a little house by the woods with her amazing husband, their beautiful children, two cats that don’t love her enough, two dogs that love her too much, and a whole lotta nature. Her novel Roll for Initiative, a geeky coming-of-age story came out in Fall 2022. Episode Highlights:Screening books for...2024-09-1148 min
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Romance, HistoricalA Kingdom to Claim by Sian Ann BesseyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/765717 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Kingdom to Claim Author: Sian Ann Bessey Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Aisley lost everything in a Viking attack. Now, working alongside the one man she trusts, she is ready to fight for her people—and for love. Aisley’s young life was changed forever when her father accompanied King Alfred into battle and lost his life in a deadly skirmish with the Vikings. Now, almost seven years later, the Vikings are once again rallying on Wess...2024-07-3003 min
KNOCK IT OFF PodcastI Ate My HatI Ate My Hat‘Tis the week for our unscripted conversation & recommendations!We have an unscripted convo (rather than writing) about once a month. During this convo, we ridicule each other while discussing books and other things we are currently loving. Why? Because we’ve never felt so alive.🤓 Awkward? Yes.😬 Cringy? Mmmhmm.🤩 Fun? The most.Here are a few highlights and most of the promised links from this week’s convo (for all of them, visit our post directly on Substack via knockitoff.substack.com):0:55 — Life u...2024-07-1450 min
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Romance, HistoricalMy Gallant Texan: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Dakota LacoyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/786754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Gallant Texan: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance Series: #3 of The Bradford Brothers of Honky Tonk, Texas Author: Dakota Lacoy Narrator: Jason Clarke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 17, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: MY GALLANT TEXAN: Fun. Sparkling. Romantic. Clementine Duvall should come with a warning label. She'd been a pain in his backside when they were adolescents and was a pain in his backside now. It didn't keep her from insisting her method of training d...2024-06-1703 min
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Romance, HistoricalMy Rowdy Texan: A Bad Boy, He Falls First Romance by Dakota LacoyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/786758 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Rowdy Texan: A Bad Boy, He Falls First Romance Series: #7 of The Bradford Brothers of Honky Tonk, Texas Author: Dakota Lacoy Narrator: Jason Clarke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 17, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: MY ROWDY TEXAN: Fresh. Romantic. Engaging. Every girl wants a bad boy who will be good just for her. And every boy wants a good girl who will be bad just for him. Shane and Jaycie were friends-with-benefits until she decided to go on a sex fast--and to convince the s...2024-06-1703 minSyster VÄCKER Syster Podcast29. Livets trädI vårt tjugonionde avsnitt har Amanda fått nedladdat en viktig kanaliserad text som läses upp till er kära lyssnare. En visdom som tåls att höras upprepande gånger, en visdom att växa i enskilt som tillsammans med livets träd. Vilken väg vi än väljer att vandra på är fötterna alltid neråt och huvudet uppåt likaså som på trädet med dess rotsystem ner och kronverk upp.
Vi pratar även om synkroniseringar till den upplästa texten och hur vi alla behöver rota oss, genom att...2024-06-1624 min
Everyone's Business (But Mine) with Kara BerryDaddy Boy: A Vanderpump Rules & The Valley Recap This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/everyonesbusiness and get on your way to being your best self.This week is part 2 of the Vanderpump Rules reunion in which Lala acts like people are stealing her money, Schwartz gaslights everyone into thinking he didn't gaslight Jo, Ann beats Summer Moon for most popular and on The Valley Jax's reign of terror over his own wife makes Brittany go Kentucky on him, and Jesse realizes his marriage is fully over!The Valley recap begins around 50 minute mark!...2024-05-241h 10
Soul Elevation: Guiding Your Ascension to New Heights338. The Science Behind Meditation - Ann Swanson Tired of scrolling through your phone, feeling stressed and overwhelmed? What if I told you that the key to immediate relaxation and long-term brain health is just a few minutes away? Ok, ok, I know you know I'm going to talk about meditation - this is the Meditation Conversation, after all. But let us remember and really consider all of the incredible benefits that science has confirmed about this ancient practice. And this is what Ann Swanson brings in spades - expertise in the fascinating research that underscores all the various ways meditation benefits us...2024-05-0935 min
Afterlives of Ancient Egypt with Kara CooneyApril 2024 Listener Q&AIn this episode Kara and Jordan answer listener questions from April. To submit a question for the monthly Q&A podcast, become a paid subscriber on Substack or join our Patreon!A few photos from Kara’s Egypt tripShow Notes:Female Genitalia Lexicography* Bednarski, Andrew 2000. Hysteria revisited. Women's public health in ancient Egypt. In McDonald, Angela and Christina Riggs (eds), Current research in Egyptology 2000, 11-17. Oxford: Archaeopress.* Ghalioungui, P. 1977. The persistence and spread of some obstetric concepts held in ancient Egypt. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'É...2024-05-0656 min
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Romance, HistoricalIf This Is Love by Jewel E. AnnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/768973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If This Is Love Author: Jewel E. Ann Narrator: Meg Sylvan, Tim Paige Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: April 17, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: He's mine.... Don't ever forget that. Milo lives in the barn, a cowboy through and through. I live in a castle, but I'm not a princess. When the only person who loves me dies, Milo's there. As I get older, I no longer look at Milo like a big brother. I look at him like the man God made just for me. With...2024-04-1703 min
Download Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureSaving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action by Dana R. FisherPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/761353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action Author: Dana R. Fisher Narrator: Ann Sprinkle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 16, 2024 Genres: Animals & Nature Publisher's Summary: We've known for decades that climate change is an existential crisis. For just as long, we've seen the complete failure of our institutions to rise to the challenge. Fossil fuel interests maintain a stranglehold on political and economic power. Even though we have seen growing concern from everyday people, civil society has succeeded only in pressuring decision makers to...2024-04-1630 min