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Book BistroPride Fiction Part OneJune is Pride month, so the women of Book Bistro are bringing you three Pride-themed episodes. This week, join Shannon, Stacy, Shan, and Brooke as they dive into some fiction. Titles mentioned include:Lotte Jeffs, This LoveVenessa Vida Kelley, When The Tides Held The MoonMaya Deane, Wrath Goddess SingFelice Stevens, Just One NightKate Fagan, The Three Lives Of Cate KayVictoria Lee, A Shot In The DarkJohn Wiswell, Someone You Can Build A Nest InRobbie Couch, If I See You Again TomorrowHolly Stars, Murder In The Dressing Room (Misty Divine Mysteries #1)D. N. Bryn, How To Bite Your Neighbor And Win...2025-06-061h 12
Strengths On FireGretchen Bietz, The Blueprint Collaborative: The InterviewHave you ever wondered what a river clam is, or if you should eat one? Or perhaps how Gordon Ramsey might step on (or get won over by) someone with a high Positivity theme? Our guest today Gretchen Kelley Bietz answers these questions, along with how Woo, Communication and Connectedness helped her meet 5 women in parking lots years ago, discuss a community need and form a non-profit helping powerhouse. Although, with all that Woo a receptionist job would also be a blast to have.To contact Gretchen:https://www.theblueprintcollaborative.com/To book Kelleys Can...2024-12-171h 03
SoCal Restaurant ShowShow Introduction and Preview with Executive Producer & Co-Host Andy HarrisGeorgia’s Restaurant (“Soul Delicious”) welcomed the launch of its fourth Southern California location on Friday, October 18 at its new home at the Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine. “As we celebrate the opening of our Irvine Spectrum Center location, we simultaneously applaud 10 successful years since the opening of our first location, which is at the Packing House,” says Nika Shoemaker-Machado, who owns the restaurant with her mother, Gretchen Shoemaker, and husband, Marlon Machado. “It’s quite an incredible feeling to see our family’s recipes become loved by so many throughout Southern California. We definitely filled a void in the Orange County mark...2024-11-1909 min
Superman & Lois & PalsThe End & The Beginning - “Sometimes I’m a Little Dorky”EPISODE 1: The End & The Beginning - “Sometimes I’m a Little Dorky”Greetings Super friends! Welcome to Superman & Lois & Pals. I’m Henry Bernstein and alongside me is my favorite super pal, Professor Sam Brody. Catch up on Superman movie news, how that affected S&L, Super/Man Chris reeveLet’s talk about Superman & Lois Season 4, Episode 1Directed by:Gregory SmithWritten By:Brent Fletcher and Todd HelbingThe Apple TV and Imdb description is: Superman is locked in a brutal battl...2024-10-2140 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesGretchen: Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American MotherhoodSeason 7 FinaleGretchen Sisson, PhD is a qualitative sociologist who studies abortion and adoption in the United States, based at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the author of Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood, a ten-year examination of adoption relinquishment during the years of Roe.To skip ahead to the interview go to timestamp: 11:36Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood...2024-06-181h 04
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesSteve: An Adoptee Talks Birth RecordsSteve Inskeep is an adoptee and adoptive parent born in 1968, the peak year for adoptions in America during the Baby Scoop Era. He is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.Known for interviews with presidents and Congressional leaders, Steve has a passion for stories of the less famous: Pennsylvania truck drivers, Kentucky coal miners, U.S.-Mexico border detainees, Yemeni refugees, California firefighters, and American soldiers.And now adoptees can be added to that list. Recently, he published an in-depth article in The Atlantic a...2024-06-1155 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesChristina: The Ups and Downs of ReunionChristina Thanstrom is a baby Scoop-era adoptee born in Los Angeles in 1966. A loving couple adopted her in 1967 through LA County and she had a mostly idyllic childhood with a younger brother (also adopted) in the San Fernando Valley.Christina was reunited with her birth mother, Arleen, an R.N., at age 19 while in college (the same age Arleen had given birth to Christina). Christina learned that whenArleen’s parents discovered her pregnancy, they threw her high school graduation photo against the wall and called her a “whore.” She then went to a “home forunwe...2024-06-041h 10
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesMark: An Adoptee Holds the Church AccountableMark Diebel has been married for almost 46 years and has two sons and two grandchildren. He has been serving as an Episcopal priest in parish ministry for thirty-six years. He was reunited with his birth mother, a second-generation Japanese immigrant, in 2004 when he was 49. A year later he learned that his natural father, a Cuban doctor, was killed in a bizarre accident in Matanzas Cuba in 1970. Over the years, he has learned about both of his first parents and visited their homes in Hawaii and Cuba. As an Episcopal priest, he advocated for adoptees and donor-conceived persons to have...2024-05-281h 05