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Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike EagleIs Stability Just a Story We Tell Ourselves? with Lyz LenzWriter Lyz Lenz joins us for a brutally honest conversation about what it really takes to survive the creative economy. From maxed-out credit cards to a New York Times bestseller, we talk about money shame, dental debt, raising kids without a safety net, and why community, not success, is the real measure of a good life.
If you want to hear more from our conversation with Lyz Lenz, including the very chaotic, very real story of what it actually felt like to hit the New York Times Bestseller list, head over to patreon.com/pa...2025-05-1455 min
The High Life with Ricki LakeThrowback: You Got a Divorce? Congrats! | Lyz LenzThis episode originally aired on October 29, 2024. Women are asking for divorce way more than men. Why is that, and shouldn’t that choice be met with celebration rather than pity? Ricki talks about her own divorces with Lyz Lenz, author of the recent memoir, “This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended my Marriage and Started my Life.” They get into finances (who keeps the house?), the perks of becoming single again (wine and murder podcasts!), and how to know when you’re ready to remarry. Follow Lyz @lyzlenz on Instagram. Check out Lyz’s newsletter...2025-04-2940 min
Cornhole Champions Podcast🌽 Cornhole Champions #13 - The abortion pill and its discontentsIowa’s near-total abortion ban is in effect. Nonetheless, Iowans are still getting abortions. It’s just harder and more expensive, often requiring travel outside the state.On this episode of Cornhole Champions, hosts Zachary Oren Smith speaks with Iowa Abortion Access Fund's Lyz Lenz about the crisis unfolding six months after Iowa's six-week abortion ban took effect. Since July 2024, the number of Iowans needing abortion funding has tripled, with hundreds forced to travel to Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Kansas for care. Lenz argues that while the ban hasn't stopped abortions, it has made them more expensive, dela...2025-02-2647 min
No Shame with Rebecca WoolfREPLAY: Lyz Lenz Was Kicked Out of EdenThere are a handful of writers whose voices I believe are so central to where we are culturally, whose voices truly define a moment by validating not only what is happening politically but also what is happening within the interior lives of women. And Lyz Lenz is one of them. She is the author of the book This American Ex Wife and the substack Men Yell At Me.Check out Lyz's book and her substack.This show is hosted by Rebecca WoolfThis is a Western Sound Podcast produced by Sarah Dealy2025-01-1458 min
American Campus PodcastCollege movies of the 2000s, millennials, and The Abercrombie Age with Myles Ethan LascityAbercrombie and Fitch is back, millennials and gen x-ers! Ethan Lascity takes us for a walk down memory lane in a discussion ofLegally Blonde, Drumline, Van Wilder, and other college movies of the aughts.Myles Ethan Lascity. 2024. The Abercrombie Age: Millennial Aspiration and the Promise of Consumer Culture. University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469680910/the-abercrombie-age/ Lyz Lenz. 2024. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life. Penguin. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704120/this-american-ex-wife-by-lyz-lenz/ Taylor Lorenz. 2023. Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet. Simon and Schuster. https://www...2025-01-0822 min
Tend HER Wild Podcast140. Final Episode of Season 2: It’s Been a RideIn today’s episode we wrap up season 2 and talk about the highs and lows of the past year, what practices have been getting us through, and our hopes for upcoming season 3. We have been so inspired by the stories and boldness of our guests. Thank you to all our amazing guests and listeners – we appreciate all of you!
In today’s Episode we discuss:
Highlights from this past year on the podcast including:
The start of season 2 with episode 97 where astrologer and dream therapist Cathy Pagano shared with us the gifts of the feminine...2024-12-2036 minThe High Life with Ricki LakeYou Got a Divorce? Congrats! | Lyz LenzWomen are asking for divorce way more than men. Why is that, and shouldn’t that choice be met with celebration rather than pity? Ricki talks about her own divorces with Lyz Lenz, author of the recent memoir, “This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended my Marriage and Started my Life.” They get into finances (who keeps the house?), the perks of becoming single again (wine and murder podcasts!), and how to know if/when you’re ready to remarry. Follow Lyz @lyzlenz on Instagram. Check out Lyz’s newsletter: https://lyz.substack.com/ Listen to...2024-10-2940 minNo Shame with Rebecca WoolfLyz Lenz was Kicked Out of EdenCheck out Lyz's book and her substack.This show is hosted by Rebecca WoolfThis is a Western Sound Podcast produced by Sarah DealyExecutive Producer is Ben Adair Editing help by Savannah Wright Mixing by Alex MacInnis
2024-10-2258 min
Re-tired: New TreadRe-tired Ep. 023: American Ex-Wife Wrap UpTina and Sue wrap up their book club discussion of This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz Lenz. Tina is back in SoCal and recording from her sunny outdoor office. Sue and Tina feel differently about marriage after divorce. Sue declares herself a product of her upbringing and still embraces the ideals of romantic love. The choice to be remarried includes the requirement of true partnership and the legal protections that society endows on the institution. Tina is still in the healing process, believing that a reciprocal promise to the...2024-06-2835 min
Re-tired: New TreadRe-tired Ep. 022: American Ex-Wife Part 3Tina and Sue continue their book club discussion of This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz Lenz with Chapters 8 - 12. They discuss the cost that a patriarchal society and some churches exact on a pregnant teen girl for HER sin, while the boy continues on without the responsibility. Then on to the sexualization of single women, and reclaiming of self and body after divorce. How women feel liberation from the drain of neediness, and the extra work in an unequal relationship. What IS a good man? To simplify...2024-06-2152 min
Re-tired: New TreadRe-tired Ep. 021: American Ex-Wife Part 2From country music and changing names, to house remodels and body autonomy, Tina and Sue continue their book club discussion of This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz Lenz. Liz utilizes our Re-tired metaphor, "Let the past be the past, people told me. Don't look in the rearview mirror. Keep going forward. I've always hated that metaphor. Because looking behind you is an essential part of driving. If a car you are driving hits something, you look in the rearview mirror to see what it was . You pause, you assess...2024-06-141h 52
Re-tired: New TreadRe-tired Ep. 020: This American Ex-Wife Part 1What is the moment when you know the marriage is over? Tina and Sue discuss and relate to their first "book club" read they share with listeners, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz Lenz. In the nonfiction manifesto of her life after divorce, Lyz starts with the end and ends with the start.Decades ago, both Tina and Sue entered idealistically into their marriages with expectations of equal partnership. Like Lenz, they found that the reality of an institution that benefits the patriarchal structures of society, the promise of...2024-06-0749 min
Your New Life BlendYNLB Highlights: Advice & Real Talk from 11 Inspiring WomenFor the past two and half seasons, we have been lucky to have some truly amazing guests here on "Your New Life Blend," who have shared so many amazing insights. As we hit that Q2 crunch time, we wanted to share some of it to help you refocus on your own priorities, goals, and boundaries (we love boundaries). Please enjoy this great advice and insight from Dorie Clark, Bridget Todd, Vanessa Bennett, Candice Cook, Lyz Lenz, Hitha Palepu, Christina Wallace, Stacy London, Bea Arthur, Morra Aarons-Mele, Abby Falik and of course, "Your New Life Blend" host, executive...2024-04-2528 min
Sylvia & MeAmerican Ex-Wife Reframing DivorceNew York Times Bestselling author Lyz Lenz is 'reframing' divorce and getting rid of the stigma. Her latest book, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage - and - Started My Life is a memoir/manifesto. Lyz debunks the myth of the 'happily ever' marriage scenario and gives us the straight talk about divorce. 'The stigma exists because everybody is afraid of a liberated woman'.2024-04-1642 minTend HER Wild Podcast103. Lyz Lenz: This American Ex-Wife
Today we have a rich conversation with Lyz Lenz, a true wild woman and writer who just released her fourth book “This American Ex-Wife” that instantly hit the New York Times best selling list. This conversation is hilarious, thought provoking, and may hit close to home for many of you out there.
Today we discuss:
Her early years in Texas as the second oldest of eight children where she was homeschooled, expected to follow “the rules”, and shown the importance of being a “good person” vs having a “good life”.
The fateful moment when Lyz found the box...2024-04-0557 min
Woman UncagedThe Uncaged Woman and Romantic Relationships with MenSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 13th episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast with Laura Gates-Lupton and Linda Katz! In this episode we talk about how necessary it is to center our own happiness and success, in order to be uncaged, and how difficult that can be in heterosexual relationships."What I’m asking women to do is to center their own happiness and center their success in a way that is radical. And probably going to be deeply destabilizing for their relationships.” Lyz Lenz2024-03-3150 min
Behind the Mic with AudioFile MagazineTHIS AMERICAN EX-WIFE by Lyz Lenz, read by Lyz LenzLyz Lenz narrates her memoir about the end of her marriage and the start of her new life as an “ex-wife.” Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Kendra Winchester discuss this audiobook that alternates between Lenz’s own story of divorce and freedom, and her research on women experiencing divorce. While Lenz had been told that the end of her marriage would be the end of her family, she soon discovered that leaving her unhappy marriage gave her more fulfillment and love than she ever had before. Lenz’s informal and personable delivery works well. Read the full revie...2024-03-2807 min
Anchor Baby – the audioRequired Reading If… You're A Woman Who Is (Or Ever Has Been) In A Relationship With A ManI’d love to say this was my idea, but if you listen to Not Without My Sister you’ll note that, in a recent episode, Beatrice raised the idea of “required reading”, as she waxed lyrical about Women, Language & Power: Giving Voice to Our Ambition by Susannah Baldwin. She then – off-mic – suggested that I do a series on “required reading”, recommending different books for different times, situations and seasons of life. I have a lot of broad themes in mind, books to read if: you’re pregnant; you’re a step parent; you’re feeling disempowered...2024-03-1407 min
The Feminist PresentEpisode 49 - Lyz Lenz RETURNS!Author and self-described "soccer mom Simone de Beauvoir" Lyz Lenz makes a triumphant return to the pod to discuss her new book THIS AMERICAN EX-WIFE with Laura and Adrian. (Please refer to TFP Episode 7 from December 2020 for Lyz's first mid-derecho podcast appearance!) Her third book in five years, THIS AMERICAN EX-WIFE brings Lenz's characteristic blend of incisive sociological research and searing personal commentary to a highly relevant post-pandemic issue: divorce. Discussion topics include how Laura and Lyz just missed each other in the early-2000s Twin Cities, why the movie Fargo is the Beetlejuice of the Midwest, and what w...2024-02-211h 17
Press Play On Your Ears To A Riveting Full Audiobook.This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz LenzPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/692311to listen full audiobooks.
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Length: 7 hours 37 minutes
Release date: February 20, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot—from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz “This American Ex-Wife is a bomb, a bouqu...2024-02-207h 37Immerse Yourself In This Addictive Full Audiobook — Perfect In The Car.This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz LenzPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/692311to listen full audiobooks.
Title: This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
Author: Lyz Lenz
Narrator: Lyz Lenz
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes
Release date: February 20, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Relationships & Intimacy
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot—from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz “This American Ex-Wife is a bomb, a bouqu...2024-02-207h 37
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Title: This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
Author: Lyz Lenz
Narrator: Lyz Lenz
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:37:06
Language: English
Release date: 02-20-24
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Social Science
Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot—from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz
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Title: This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
Author: Lyz Lenz
Narrator: Lyz Lenz
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes
Release date: February 20, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot—from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz “This American Ex-Wife is a bomb, a bouquet...2024-02-207h 37Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Relationships & IntimacyThis American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz LenzPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/692311to listen full audiobooks.
Title: This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
Author: Lyz Lenz
Narrator: Lyz Lenz
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes
Release date: February 20, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Relationships & Intimacy
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot—from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz “This American Ex-Wife is a bomb, a bouqu...2024-02-207h 37
Marriage and MartinisMarriage Is Not A Requirement, With Author Lyz LenzLyz Lenz grew up religious, in a household that taught their children that marriage is the only option, and divorce is totally off-limits, with the possible exceptions of infidelity and/or abuse. But 11 years into her own marriage, she knew she couldn't stay, even though the reasons for wanting to leave were different than what she had been taught were valid and acceptable. In her new book "This American Ex-Wife, How I Left My Husband And Started My Life," Lyz intertwines her story with a broader one: that of how the institution of marriage is obviously not working as...2024-02-191h 01
Where Do We Go From Here?What if your marriage doesn’t make you happy or holy?In this episode we deep dive divorce with journalist Lyz Lenz. We talk about: why it's so hard to tell the truth about difficult marriages how the labor of women sustains western marriage political decisions that could make marriage easier for everyone Follow us on Instagram and Twitter to keep talking. Full show notes here Partner with us for $3/month (USD) to hear Jess & Devi talk about recent revelations about beloved author Elisabeth Elliot's abusive third marriage. Lyz Lenz is an author and journalist living in Iowa. This American Ex-Wife is her third book. Sh...2024-02-161h 01
This American Ex-Wife: The Podcast"Sourdough dads" with Virginia Sole SmithIn this episode, Lyz and best-selling author and journalist behind the popular newsletter, Burnt Toast, Virginia Sole Smith read your email and talk bodies, love, sourdough dads, and divorce.This is the last week to PREORDER your copy of This American Ex-Wife.Show notes:* Read Virginia’s amazing newsletter Burnt Toast.* Also, Virginia and Sara Petersen have an incredible podcast, “The Cult of Perfect.”* Of course, read Virginia’s best-selling book and one of my favorite newsletters of hers on “The Life-Changing Magic of Eating Alone.”* This American Ex...2024-02-151h 06
This American Ex-Wife: The Podcast"The heartbreak years" with Minda HoneyWe want independence. We want respect. We want love and relationships. We live our lives trying to cultivate these qualities. But as Minda Honey points out, we also live in a world that doesn’t prioritize our wants.Less than two weeks until the book comes out! So preorder This American Ex-Wife. It’s the best way to support this work. Show notes:* Buy Minda’s book The Heartbreak Years. It’s funny and smart and insightful.* You can also follow Minda’s work on Instagram.* This American E...2024-02-0853 min
Under the Influence with Jo PiazzaSunday Nice Things: This American Ex-WifeWelcome to Sunday Nice Things! Today we have an episode of This American Ex-Wife from the wonderful Lyz Lenz! I first became obsessed with Lyz when I read her book God Land and then she came on an early episode of Under the Influence to talk about attending a mom influencing conference and I fell hard for her. She's the creator of the newsletter Men Yell at Me which I read religiously every time it hits my inbox.This American Ex-wife is a podcast that explores the state of American heterosexual marriage. Lyz sits down wi...2024-02-041h 01
This American Ex-Wife: The Podcast"Lyzistrata" with Donna ZuckerbergIn the ancient play Lysistrata women withhold sex as a means of ending the Peloponnesian War. And the logic – using sex as a shaping force in marriages – is widespread both in self-help books and right-wing subreddits. Academic Donna Zuckerberg has written about the appropriation of the Classics by misogynistic groups and weighs in on Lysistrata, liberal men, ancient wives, and modern love.If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife. It’s the best way to support this work.Show notes:* Read Donna’s Washington Post op-ed about Lysistrata.* Donna ha...2024-02-0146 min
This American Ex-Wife: The Podcast"Claim your name and hotness" with Aubrey HirschAubrey Hirsch was in a hospital bed. She had just birthed her first child and found herself having to argue with a nurse over whether her last name Hirsch could be her child’s last name. In that instance and more, Hirsch shatters the notion that heterosexual parents have the same powers in the relationship.Show notes:* Read Aubrey’s essay for Time about giving her kids her last name.* Support Aubrey’s newsletter and follow her on Instagram.* This American Ex-Wife is hosted by Lyz Lenz (@LyzLenz) and produced by Zachar...2024-01-2547 min
This American Ex-Wife: The Podcast"Remembering the original ex-wife" with Marsha GordonThank you to everyone listening and sharing this podcast! In our first five weeks, we’ve gotten over 33,000 downloads! Zach, my producer, and I are just floored!Okay, now let’s get to the show…As the stock market crashed in 1929, Ursula Parrot released her novel Ex-Wife. In it, the protagonist darts between the experience of sexual liberation and the ever-present sense of loss from her marriage. It feels at once familiar and refreshingly new. Parrot’s biographer Marsha Gordon asks why a century later women still have an uneasy relationship with the label ex-wife.We...2024-01-1855 min
This American Ex-Wife: The Podcast"Take his wallet" with Morgan JerkinsBest-selling author Morgan Jerkins joins Lyz to read reader emails and give some frank advice and heartfelt insight to your divorces, break ups, and new lives.If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife and subscribe to this newsletter. It’s the best way to support our work!Show notes:* You can read more work by Morgan Jerkins by buying her books. You can also follow her on Twitter or Instagram.* This American Ex-Wife is hosted by Lyz Lenz (@LyzLenz) and produced by Za...2024-01-1152 min
This American Ex-Wife: The Podcast“Marriageocracy” with Aneeka HendersonMarriage and divorce are not experienced the same way for men and women. The same is true for white and Black women. Sociologist Aneeka Henderson has written extensively about the marriage economy and the obstacles that limit opportunities even in marriages for Black people.If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife and subscribe to this newsletter. It’s the best way to support our work!Also, if you preorder the book you can get stickers and a signed bookplate! The giveaway ends this Friday!Show notes:* Aneeka Henderson’s Ve...2024-01-0443 min
The Burnt Toast Podcast"I Can Eat Without Somebody Judging Me Now."Burnt Toast is on winter break this week, so we're rerunning a favorite conversation from last year, with author Lyz Lenz about divorce and diet culture. This conversation was inspired in part by a piece Virginia wrote in fall of 2022 about how diet culture shows up in co-parenting. Lyz writes the excellent newsletter Men Yell at Me. She’s also the author of God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America, and Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women. And she just launched a brand new podcast, This American Ex-Wife, which is a...2023-12-2839 min
This American Ex-Wife: The Podcast"Weird cicadas" with Maggie SmithPoet and best-selling author Maggie Smith shares how her divorce made her spend more time with someone she didn’t expect: herself. She explains how she learned to leave room for that self even as she shares part of it in her work. If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife. It’s the best way to support this work.I am currently running a giveaway! If you preorder the book, I’ll mail you a “Burn it down” sticker and a signed bookplate!Show notes:* Buy Maggie’s book You Coul...2023-12-2855 min
This American Ex-Wife: The Podcast“Catharsis” with Candice Luter“Catharsis” with Candice LuterMany suspect that their partner is cheating on them. Few of us show up outside the motel room to catch them in the act. Candice Luter gets honest about insecurity, breaking and recovering after her ex showed who he really was. If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife and subscribe to this newsletter.You can listen to the podcast by clicking the link above. Or you can find this podcast on all your favorite podcast apps. If you need help finding it, here is a link!...2023-12-2158 min
Letters From the Road PodcastLFTR Episode 27 - Used to BeDear Friend,Welcome to this week’s episode of LFTR, Used to Be. It’s about God-stuff and loving people well and our backgrounds. But that’s after we talk about what we’ve been up to lately. Highlights include:* Some nice Harvest Hosts* Devil’s Tower* The Wall Drug Incident* Back in Iowa* Where we come from* It’s a privilege to be apoliticalThanks for being with us friends!See you down the road.Jamie and Clay...2023-09-241h 17
Othered#32: This American Ex-Wife (ft. Lyz Lenz)On Today's Episode: Caleb and Sarah sit down with celebrated local author Lyz Lenz to talk about her personal journey from religious camps to feminist writing as well as her upcoming book, This American Ex-Wife.On Lyz Lenz: Lyz’s writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, The Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, Pacific Standard, and others. Lyz received her MFA in creative writing from Lesley University. She lives in Iowa with her two kids and two dogs and one cat. She write’s a regular newsletter, Men Yell At Me, where she...2023-09-141h 31Your New Life BlendLyz Lenz, Author & JournalistWhy wait to be happy? Lyz Lenz was waiting, and waiting. She was married, she had two children, she was building a career as a writer that she loved. But she was in a marriage that was not working. Or, she was in a marriage that was not working for her. Once she realized this - and realized that it was not going to change - she ended her marriage. This started her life. We are not taking liberties here with her bio - this is taken directly from the title of Lyz's upcoming book, "This American...2023-08-0933 min
Work AppropriateMy Coworkers Are On My Last Nerve with Lyz LenzOn this show, we talk a lot about systemic workplace problems, with roots in rapid-growth capitalism, the gender and racial wage gap, etc. Today, we're doing something a little different-- we're talking about the little things coworkers do that are just plain annoying. Writer Lyz Lenz joins host Anne Helen Petersen about how to cope when your colleagues are on your last nerve.Got a workplace quandary you need help solving? Head to www.workappropriate.com and let us know!
2023-01-2547 min
Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith"I Don’t Have to Manage the Expectations of Another Person on My Body"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.comBeing able to feed yourself without the observation of someone around you just really changes things. You’re listening to Burnt Toast. This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fat phobia, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith, I also write the Burnt Toast newsletter. Today we are revisiting a newsletter essay, one that I actually published just last month. It’s called “Do I Wear Spanx to Family Court?” I’m going t...2022-12-2211 minThe Burnt Toast Podcast"I Don’t Have to Manage the Expectations of Another Person on My Body"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.comBeing able to feed yourself without the observation of someone around you just really changes things. You’re listening to Burnt Toast. This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fat phobia, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith, I also write the Burnt Toast newsletter. Today we are revisiting a newsletter essay, one that I actually published just last month. It’s called “Do I Wear Spanx to Family Court?” I’m going t...2022-12-2211 min
What'd You Do This Weekend?Episode 19: What'd You Do This Weekend? with Lyz Lenz“Republican Poetry”We’re back from our very long and random hiatus this week, chatting (sans Derek!) with Iowa journalist Lyz Lenz, author behind the famed substack Men Yell At Me. Please join us as we break down her weekend where she watches Broadcast News for the first time, cries, cuts her bangs, and finds herself having to listen to the poet laureate of Iowa. Plus, Hilary talks about being a sex positive dog mom, figuring out a shoe fits, and going to a traveling pumpkin patch in Brighton Beach. For more of Lyz’s work, pl...2022-10-171h 35
All INFaith and Politics in Middle America, with Author Lyz LenzToday we spend the hour with author Lyz Lenz to talk about her book “God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America.”
Produced by Drew Daudelin.
Guests:
Lyz Lenz
Author, “God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America”2021-12-1500 min
This is Good for YouRunning Is Good For YouI know so many people who swear by running, but I cannot understand it. I have to run... outside... in front of other people? I just don’t get it. That is why I have writer and journalist Lyz Lenz on the show today to help demystify the whole thing of running and how it has become an essential part of her life.Content Warning: this conversation touches on topics of sexual assault and miscarrage.IndulgenceNichole recommends stepping outside of your comfort pop culture zones, like watching Summertime on Ne...2021-09-0341 min
Young Adult Movie MinistryVol. 2, Episode 2: Painted Women Who Will Do Anything for SilverDetails, credits, errata: Our guest this week is the delightful Lyz Lenz, returning to watch another awkwardly erotic 1950’s Biblical epic with us. It’s a goofy one. Our film is The Prodigal, a notorious turkey that lost the studio a ton of money despite having the beautiful Lana Turner as a fertility priestess. It is, as you might imagine, “based on” the parable from the Gospels in only the loosest possible sense of that phrase. Please buy Lyz’s books! They’re good.Our image is a gorgeous Wally Wood illustration from his lengthy parody of this film, “...2021-08-261h 17
There Are No Girls on the InternetSo you’re the target of an online hate campaign. Now what?Harassment online is nothing new, but we’ve seen waves of women in journalism being harassed on social media just for doing their jobs. Being targeted by an online harassment campaign can happen to anyone, whether you’re a public figure or not. Writer and Lyz Lenz gives a practical crash course in how to prevent it. Read Lyz’s piece When The Mob Came For Me: https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/04/when-the-mob-comes/ Learn more about your ad-c...2021-04-0752 min
COVIDCallsEP #245 - 03.24.2021 - Motherhood and Feminism in the Pandemic w/Lyz LensToday is a discussion with writer Lyz Lenz author of the new book Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women.
Lyz Lenz: Lyz’s writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, The Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, Pacific Standard, and others. Her book God Land was published in 2019, through Indiana University Press. Her second book Belabored , was published in 2020 by Bold Type Books. Lyz’s essay “All the Angry Women” was also included in the anthology Not that Bad edited by Roxane Gay. Lyz received her MFA in creative writing from Lesley U...2021-03-251h 02
Book FightEp 364: 1960s Misogyny w/ Lyz Lenz This week we're continuing our Winter of Wayback season, in which we've been reading books, stories and essays from 1968, a year that parallels our current moment in a number of ways. Writer Lyz Lenz (God Land, Belabored) joins us to discuss a writer she admires from that era: Ellen Willis, who began her career as a music journalist but did some of her most important work on misogyny within the progressive movement. Also discussed: internet hate, why men love The Maltese Falcon, and the harassment Lyz has gotten in the wake of her...2021-02-221h 40
Broads and BooksBonus! The Broads Talk Books With: Lyz LenzIn this new installment of The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to Lyz Lenz! We recommended her book Bad Habits in Episode 78. Lyz talks about her favorite books, past and present, ethical escapism, and a killer cocktail+show combo. In The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to some of our favorite authors, and nerd out about books. We've talked to Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Andrea Lawlor, Jeannie Vanasco, Mona Awad, and more! Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every bonus episode will come straight to you. Like magic.2021-02-1030 min
Adult Conversation Parenting PodcastIt Took Divorce to Make My Marriage Equal with LyzAuthor, Lyz Lenz, talks about what happened when she realized she was the only one supporting her dream, and how she finally got that equality she was seeking. Lyz also shares the dangers of marrying someone with political differences, how to negotiate the contract of marriage, and why it’s important to show our kids that there is no invisible lunch-making fairy. There are lots of laughs and divorce real talk here as well as a ha moments about our own mothers, and Lyz shows us why when life gives us lemons, we need to throw them at people’s he...2021-02-081h 05
The Curiosity Hour PodcastEpisode 171 - Lyz Lenz, MFA (The Curiosity Hour Podcast by Tommy Estlund and Dan Sterenchuk)Episode 171 - Lyz Lenz, MFA.
Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund are honored to have as our guest, Lyz Lenz.
Lyz’s writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, The Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, Pacific Standard, and others. Her book God Land was published in 2019, through Indiana University Press. Her second book Belabored, was published in 2020 through Bold Type Books. Lyz’s essay “All the Angry Women” was also included in the anthology Not that Bad edited by Roxane Gay. Lyz received her MFA in creative writing from Lesley University. She lives in Iowa with her two...2021-01-211h 13
Writer Mother MonsterWriter Mother Monster: Lyz Lenz, “Labias to the wall, ladies!”“Labias to the wall, ladies!”Lyz Lenz is the author of Belabored and God Land and her essay “All the Angry Women” was included in the anthology Not that Bad edited by Roxane Gay. She lives in Iowa with 2 kids and 2 cats and describes writing-motherhood in 3 words as “creative and chaotic.” In this episode, Lyz shares the story of how President Biden once (sarcastically) called her “a real sweetheart,” why she no longer matches her socks, and why men get mad at her. Find out why Lyz was kicked out of an online mommies group–and discov...2021-01-151h 03
The Divorce SocialLyz Lenz (TW)"l love being divorced, I would recommend it to anyone" - Lyz LenzLyz Lenz joins Samantha Baines all the way from the States to chat divorce, being raised Evangelical Christian and why getting married at 22yrs old was a bold feminist statement. The two compare religious upbringings and their hang overs and Samantha discovers the religious rules of courtship for young Lyz. Opening up about her sisters abuse as a child, Lyz talks about her family situation and how much that affected her marriage and the fact that she did get married even though she...2020-12-1647 minThe Feminist PresentEpisode 17 - Lyz LenzLyz Lenz is the author of two books, the latter of which, Belabored: A Vindication on the Rights of Pregnant Women, was released while she was fleeing an Iowa derecho mid-pandemic with her two young children. She was, until very recently, a columnist for the Cedar Rapids Gazette; her work has also appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, and in her popular newsletter, “Men Yell at Me.” Lyz talked to Adrian and Laura about releasing Belabored amidst multiple disasters, the hardcore survival instincts of Midwestern women, and becoming a writer on the inte...2020-12-021h 07
Launch Student NewsLyz LenzFrom her early days as an occasional opinion writer for her high school's student paper, Lyz Lenz has never shied away from speaking her mind. In the last few years, her freelance writing career has risen dramatically, with bylines in the Columbia Journalism Review, the Washington Post, and Glamour. Lyz's work, which constitutes both reported pieces and personal essays, focuses on feminism, religion, the Midwest, and everything in between. Her book, Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women, was published in August 2020.2020-11-1800 min
One Bad MotherEp. 374: What Will It Take to Slay the Motherhood Myth with Lyz LenzBiz talks with Lyz Lenz about her new book, Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women. We get all riled up this week and for good reason. It turns out that as women, we are still not being given agency over our own bodies. We talk about cultural myths and how those influence how women's bodies are viewed, specifically pregnant women and mothers. Plus, Biz could get used to Theresa stopping by! Follow Lyz on Twitter @lyzl and on Instagram at lyzlenz. Find out more about her work on her website at lyzlenz.com. Her bo...2020-10-071h 15
WomanhoodWomanhood and Lyz LenzOur guest this week is Lyz Lenz, journalist and author of Godland and her most recent book, Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women. We discuss maternal health, what makes a 'good' mother, who is allowed to be a mother in America, racism, inequality, how you can create change, and more! Check out Belabored today and read this passionate, thoughtful, deeply impactful new book by the phenomenal Lyz Lenz. Find her on Twitter @lyzl and Instagram @lyzlenz.
Thanks for listening! 2020-10-0400 min
For Your MisinformationInterview: Lyz Lenz Today we are joined by the hilarious Lyz Lenz to talk about her new book Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women. Lyz has a simple, urgent call for everyone to trust women and let us choose what happens to our own bodies. *** VOLUNTEER for Sara Gideon *** 2020-09-1700 min
Nights & Weekends#10 - Lyz Lenz, Sam Thielman - Hurricane in Iowa, The Church of QAnonLyz Lenz, author and columnist at The Cedar Rapids Gazette, talks with Lee Pacchia about the severe thunderstorms that brought 120 mph winds through much of Iowa last week. The storms inflicted severe damage, leaving many homeless and in need of basic services. Lyz talks about the damage and some of the reasons why it took so long for local, state and federal government officials to even realize there was a problem in Cedar Rapids. Also, Sam Thielman, writer and host of the Young Adult Movie Ministry podcast talks with Lee about his recent article in CJR on QAnon and...2020-08-1954 min
Young Adult Movie MinistryEpisode 6: Sullied By MonotheismDetails, credits, errata: Episode 6, Sullied by Monotheism, is written by Sam Thielman and Alissa Wilkinson, produced by Sam and distributed by Alissa, with our very special guest, Lyz Lenz. Lyz is an Iowan affected by the derecho, a storm about the strength of a category 2 hurricane, and would be grateful if folks who have either time or money to give would check out a recent piece of hers at the Cedar Rapids Gazette, where she is a columnist, that itemizes ways to help people left homeless, hungry, and without water or power by the storm.And for...2020-08-141h 14
Immerse Yourself In This Game-Changing Full Audiobook — Perfect Before Bedtime.Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women by Lyz LenzPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411696to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women
Author: Lyz Lenz
Narrator: Natalie Peyser
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes
Release date: August 11, 2020
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
In Belabored, Lyz Lenz will 'make you cry in one paragraph and snort-laugh in the next' (Chloe Angyal, contributing editor at MarieClaire.com). Written with a blend of wit, snark, and raw intimacy, Belabored is an impassioned and irreverent defense of the autonomy, rights, and dignity of pregnant people. Lenz shows how religious, historical, and cultural myths about pregnancy have...2020-08-116h 45Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceBelabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women by Lyz LenzPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411696to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women
Author: Lyz Lenz
Narrator: Natalie Peyser
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes
Release date: August 11, 2020
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
In Belabored, Lyz Lenz will 'make you cry in one paragraph and snort-laugh in the next' (Chloe Angyal, contributing editor at MarieClaire.com). Written with a blend of wit, snark, and raw intimacy, Belabored is an impassioned and irreverent defense of the autonomy, rights, and dignity of pregnant people. Lenz shows how religious, historical, and cultural myths about pregnancy have...2020-08-116h 45
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceBelabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women by Lyz LenzPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411696 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women Author: Lyz Lenz Narrator: Natalie Peyser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 11, 2020 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: In Belabored, Lyz Lenz will 'make you cry in one paragraph and snort-laugh in the next' (Chloe Angyal, contributing editor at MarieClaire.com). Written with a blend of wit, snark, and raw intimacy, Belabored is an impassioned and irreverent defense of the autonomy, rights, and dignity of pregnant people. Lenz shows how religious, historical, and cultural myths about pregnancy...2020-08-1103 min
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Title: Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women
Author: Lyz Lenz
Narrator: Natalie Peyser
Format: Unabridged
Length: 06:45:59
Language: English
Release date: 08-11-20
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Women's Health, Social Science
Summary:
In Belabored, Lyz Lenz will 'make you cry in one paragraph and snort-laugh in the next' (Chloe Angyal, contributing editor at MarieClaire.com).
Written with a blend of wit, snark, and raw intimacy, Belabored is an impassioned and irreverent defense of the autonomy, rights, and dignity of pregnant people...2020-08-116h 45
What A WeekLies, Damned Lies, and StatisticsLyz Lenz is back!Ashley Hinson endorses Abby Finkenauer's positions but forgets to tell everyone, and Governor Reynolds straight up lies about the number of sick people in our state on behalf of big business. Cool.Links: Follow Lyz on Twitter you cowards! Des Moines Register - GOP congressional candidate Ashley Hinson apologizes for plagiarism, cuts ties with consulting firm AP: Outbreak at Iowa pork plant was larger than state reported--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/progress-iowa/message2020-07-2427 minWhat A WeekParades and Pandemics with Lyz LenzMatt and Lauren are joined by Cedar Rapids Gazette columnist and author Lyz Lenz to discuss the news of the week and the state of our fine state.Correction: In the intro Matt mistakingly says 500 Iowans have died from COVID-19. The correct number is 400 and we hope that number never goes up.Links Follow Lyz on Twitter--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/progress-iowa/message2020-05-2237 min
Turn Every Moment Into a Story With Full AudiobookGod Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America Audiobook by Lyz LenzListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 410692
Title: God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America
Author: Lyz Lenz
Narrator: Lyz Lenz
Format: Unabridged
Length: 06:26:43
Language: English
Release date: 04-07-20
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Religious Studies, Counseling & Inspirational
Summary:
In the wake of the 2016 election, Lyz Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics. A mother of two, a Christian, and a lifelong resident of middle America, Lenz was bewildered by the pain and loss around her-the...2020-04-076h 26
Savor This Breakthrough Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.God Land by Lyz LenzPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/131813to listen full audiobooks.
Title: God Land
Author: Lyz Lenz
Narrator: Lyz Lenz
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
Release date: 04-07-20
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 35 ratings
Genres: 21st Century
Publisher's Summary:
From drugstores in Sydney, Iowa, to skeet shooting in rural Illinois, to the mega churches of Minneapolis, Lenz set out to discover the changing forces of faith and tradition in God's country. Part journalism, part memoir, God Land is a journey into the heart of a deeply divided America. Lenz visits places of worship across the heartland and speaks to the...2020-04-076h 25
Thread the NeedleLyz Lenz Says Your Anger Is Not a ProblemRaised evangelical Christian, feminist writer Lyz Lenz grew up believing her anger made her bad. In the fifth episode of Thread the Needle, find out what happens when Lyz starts listening to her feelings. Along the way, discover the dark underbelly of repressed rage.Follow Thread the Needle on Instagram @theneedlepod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-03-1841 min
Failing BoldlyConversation with writer Lyz LenzMy guest this week is Lyz Lenz, author of the book, “God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America.”
Liz is a journalist who writes for the Cedar Rapids Gazette. In “God Land,” she reports on the state of the church in the Midwest, while also integrating her own experiences of faith, marriage and divorce. She writes with bracing candor and honesty, but does so in a way that bespeaks her commitment to a life of faith. We talk about all of this in this conversation.
To learn more about Lyz and her...2020-03-1300 min
Parenting ForwardChanging the Myth of Motherhood w/ Lyz Lenz & Amy SullivanParenting and progressive faith are not monolithic in any way. There are many different paths of parenting and I am fascinated by the many ways people do it. Author Lyz Lenz and podcast host Amy Sullivan join me to share their views on changing the myth of motherhood, parenting, and progressive faith. Lyz is the author of Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women. Amy is an author and co-hosts Impolite Company, a podcast about politics and religion. Both Lyz and Amy share how they parent and what role faith plays in their parenting. Together w...2020-02-1050 min
It's Been a MinuteInterview: Writer Lyz Lenz On 'God Land', Faith And Politics In The MidwestIn the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, writer Lyz Lenz watched a discussion unfold about Midwestern voters, their political views and their religious beliefs. Then, her politically divided marriage ended when she learned she and her husband had voted for different presidential candidates. She found herself questioning the impact of faith on politics in middle America. Lenz's book, ' God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America,' explores exactly that: the conversations taking place in churches in the Midwest and their impact on Americans' values. Lenz and Sam Sanders spoke about questioning her faith, how...2019-12-1030 minPast Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike EagleBand-Aids on a Broken Leg with Lyz LenzAre you looking for a book on the Midwest and Christianity that doesn’t excuse racism? Good news! This week Lyz Lenz (@lyzl) joins Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) to talk about her book God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America. They start by diving into the parallels between Lyz’s divorce and the 2016 election; America is a lot like your crappy college boyfriend whose red flags you ignored. Afterwards, they discuss what our silence means, especially as white liberals. Finally, they talk about atonement and what it means to better yourself when you have harm...2019-10-251h 19
Keep the Channel OpenMarisa CraneMarisa Crane is a writer based in San Diego, CA. What I love about Marisa’s chapbook Our Debatable Bodies is how it moves from one emotion to another and another, both within a poem and throughout the collection—the poems juxtapose our society’s casual misogyny and homophobia with the tenderness and intimacy of a moment between lovers. In our conversation, Marisa and I talked about her book, our “zig-zagging brains,” and what it means to invite an audience into our private moments. Then for the second segment, we talked about the hit sitcom Schitt’s Creek. (Conversat...2019-10-231h 11
The IshBody-ish, with Lyz LenzOn this week's episode Cameron celebrates the release of her memoir THIS IS MY BODY by having last week's guest, journalist Lyz Lenz, back to talk about faith, sex, shame, and religious trauma.Click here to buy Cameron's memoir THIS IS MY BODY!And click here for info on the Texas Book Festival!This show is made possible by patrons like Robyn Morton, Jim & Becky Brawner, Candice & Marc Robinson, and John Mann. To support the work we're doing and receive bonus content from this and other Odd Parliament shows for as little as $1...2019-10-2250 minThe IshExvangelical-ish, with Lyz LenzOn this week's episode Cameron talks to journalist Lyz Lenz about her spectacular new book God Land, the dangers of evangelicalism, and the deeply freeing experience of leaving it behind.Click here to buy GOD LAND!And click here to pre-order Cameron's forthcoming memoir THIS IS MY BODY!This show is made possible by patrons like Robyn Morton, Jim & Becky Brawner, Candice & Marc Robinson, and John Mann. To support the work we're doing and receive bonus content from this and other Odd Parliament shows for as little as $1 a month, join us on...2019-10-1538 minKeep the Channel OpenLyz LenzLyz Lenz is a writer based in Iowa. Part journalism and part memoir, Lyz’s book God Land is a nuanced, insightful, and moving look at the role of faith in the culture of Middle America. In our conversation, Lyz and I talked about her book, belonging, false nostalgia, and the ways marginalized people are expected to share their pain. Then for the second segment, we talked about country music. (Conversation recorded September 19, 2019.) Bonus Reading: Subscribers to the Likewise Media Patreon campaign can hear Lyz read an excerpt from God Land. Subscribe: Apple Po...2019-10-0959 minWhat A WeekABC... Are You Ok?Matt and Lauren talk about the Democratic debate in Houston which was heavy on people but light on some big issues, a new study shows the contributions DACA recipients make to our economy, and we reconvene the Lyz Lenz Fan Club for the question, "Men, Ok?" What a week.Links: Reproductive justice discussion missing from Democratic debate Report: DACA recipients pay over $50 million in taxes Lyz Lenz: Are Men Ok? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/progress-iowa/message2019-09-1335 min
#AmWritingEpisode 174: #WhenIt'sReallyHard Writing through chronic illness and other challenges, with Karen Lock KolpThis writing thing often feels hard. A common text among the three of us (Jess, Sarina and KJ) goes like this: OW OW OW OWOWOWOW. Our brains hurt. But for this week’s guest, Karen Lock Kolp, it’s more than that. Because of a rare tendon condition, Karen does all her writing and online work—and we do mean all—using her voice. That means that when it comes to both dictation and writing through big challenges, she’s a pro, and her advice in this episo...2019-08-3049 min
The Maris ReviewEpisode 14: Lyz LenzLyz Lenz’s writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Pacific Standard, and others. Her book God Land was published Indiana University Press. Her second book Belabored, is due out from Bold Type Books in Spring of 2020.. She lives in Iowa with her two kids and two cats and is a contributing writer to the Columbia Journalism Review.Recommended Reading:Savage Appetites by Rachel MonroeFurious Hours by Casey CepHeavy by Kiese LaymonIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado Learn more about your ad ch...2019-08-1530 min
Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 326: Lyz Lenz - God LandVoices In My Head Podcast Episode 326: Lyz Lenz - God Land
In the wake of the 2016 election, Lyz Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics. A mother of two, a Christian, and a lifelong resident of middle America, Lenz was bewildered by the pain and loss around her—the empty churches and the broken hearts. What was happening to faith in the heartland?
From drugstores in Sydney, Iowa, to skeet shooting in rural Illinois, to the mega churches of Minneapolis, Lenz set out to...2019-07-1053 min
Rick Lee James Podcast NetworkVoices In My Head Podcast Episode 326: Lyz Lenz - God LandVoices In My Head Podcast Episode 326: Lyz Lenz - God LandIn the wake of the 2016 election, Lyz Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics. A mother of two, a Christian, and a lifelong resident of middle America, Lenz was bewildered by the pain and loss around her—the empty churches and the broken hearts. What was happening to faith in the heartland?From drugstores in Sydney, Iowa, to skeet shooting in rural Illinois, to the mega churches of...2019-07-1053 min
#AmWriting156 #WhenFansPayIt's hard enough to start a subscriber email. But what if--like freelance writer Lyz Lenz, who has two books coming out in the next twelve months--you asked your fans to pay for it? It's so crazy, it might just work.Hello from the Mom 2.0 conference, where Jess and I just did a panel on Launching a Speaking Career. More on that in an upcoming episode--but meanwhile, this one's a real thought-provoker. Most of us struggle with what's a good use of our time in our writing careers. We've talked a lot about the value of an email subscriber list...2019-04-2640 min
#AmWriting156 #WhenFansPayIt's hard enough to start a subscriber email. But what if--like freelance writer Lyz Lenz, who has two books coming out in the next twelve months--you asked your fans to pay for it? It's so crazy, it might just work.
Hello from the Mom 2.0 conference, where Jess and I just did a panel on Launching a Speaking Career. More on that in an upcoming episode--but meanwhile, this one's a real thought-provoker. Most of us struggle with what's a good use of our time in our writing careers. We've talked a lot about the value of an email subscriber...2019-04-2640 min
Fall for the Book PodcastLyz Lenz - Fall for the Book PodcastFall for the Book director Kara Oakleaf sits down with Lyz Lenz to talk about her new book God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America.2019-04-0527 min
Embrace The Most Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook Today!Not That Bad by Roxane GayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/226421to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Not That Bad
Author: Roxane Gay
Narrator: Gabrielle Union, Ally Sheedy, Lyz Lenz
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
Release date: 01-01-19
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings
Genres: Sexual Abuse & Harassment
Publisher's Summary:
Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times best-selling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays read by all 30 contributors, including Gabrielle Union, Ally Sheedy and Lyz Lenz, tackles rape, assault and harassment head-on.2019-01-018h 41
Immerse Yourself In Your Day With A Uplifting Full Audiobook.Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane GayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332223to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Author: Roxane Gay
Narrator: Sophia Mayer, Xtx, A.J. Mckenna, Lynn Melnick, Jill Christman, Aubrey Hirsch, Claire Schwartz, Lyz Lenz, Amy Jo Burns, Liz Rosema, Michelle Chen, V. L. Seek, Nora Salem, Vanessa Martir, Lisa Mecham, Emma Smith-Stevens, Brandon Taylor, Gabrielle Union, Roxane Gay, Ally Sheedy
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
Release date: May 1, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8
Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3
Genres: How to Survive Anything
Publisher's Summary:
New York Times Bestseller “This is a devastating book, he...2018-05-018h 42Begin An Spellbinding Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane GayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332223to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Author: Roxane Gay
Narrator: Sophia Mayer, Xtx, A.J. Mckenna, Lynn Melnick, Jill Christman, Aubrey Hirsch, Claire Schwartz, Lyz Lenz, Amy Jo Burns, Liz Rosema, Michelle Chen, V. L. Seek, Nora Salem, Vanessa Martir, Lisa Mecham, Emma Smith-Stevens, Brandon Taylor, Gabrielle Union, Rox
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
Release date: May 1, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8
Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
Edited and with an introduction written and read by Roxane Gay, the New York Times...2018-05-018h 42Embrace The Mind-Blowing Full Audiobook Experience!Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane GayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332223to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Author: Roxane Gay
Narrator: Sophia Mayer, Xtx, A.J. Mckenna, Lynn Melnick, Jill Christman, Aubrey Hirsch, Claire Schwartz, Lyz Lenz, Amy Jo Burns, Liz Rosema, Michelle Chen, V. L. Seek, Nora Salem, Vanessa Martir, Lisa Mecham, Emma Smith-Stevens, Brandon Taylor, Gabrielle Union, Roxane Gay, Ally Sheedy
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
Release date: May 1, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8
Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
New York Times Bestseller “This is a devastating book, heartbreaking in ho...2018-05-018h 42Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceNot That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane GayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332223to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Author: Roxane Gay
Narrator: Sophia Mayer, Xtx, A.J. Mckenna, Lynn Melnick, Jill Christman, Aubrey Hirsch, Claire Schwartz, Lyz Lenz, Amy Jo Burns, Liz Rosema, Michelle Chen, V. L. Seek, Nora Salem, Vanessa Martir, Lisa Mecham, Emma Smith-Stevens, Brandon Taylor, Gabrielle Union, Roxane Gay, Ally Sheedy
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
Release date: May 1, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8
Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
New York Times Bestseller “This is a devastating book, heartbreaking in ho...2018-05-018h 42
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceNot That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane GayPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture Author: Roxane Gay Narrator: Sophia Mayer, Xtx, A.J. Mckenna, Lynn Melnick, Jill Christman, Aubrey Hirsch, Claire Schwartz, Lyz Lenz, Amy Jo Burns, Liz Rosema, Michelle Chen, V. L. Seek, Nora Salem, Vanessa Martir, Lisa Mecham, Emma Smith-Stevens, Brandon Taylor, Gabrielle Union, Roxane Gay, Ally Sheedy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestseller “This is a devastating book, heartbreaking in...2018-05-0105 minEnjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsNot That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane GayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332223to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Author: Roxane Gay
Narrator: Sophia Mayer, Xtx, A.J. Mckenna, Lynn Melnick, Jill Christman, Aubrey Hirsch, Claire Schwartz, Lyz Lenz, Amy Jo Burns, Liz Rosema, Michelle Chen, V. L. Seek, Nora Salem, Vanessa Martir, Lisa Mecham, Emma Smith-Stevens, Brandon Taylor, Gabrielle Union, Rox
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
Release date: May 1, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8
Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
Edited and with an introduction written and read by Roxane Gay, the New York Times...2018-05-018h 42
Enjoy Amazing Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsNot That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane GayPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture Author: Roxane Gay Narrator: Sophia Mayer, Xtx, A.J. Mckenna, Lynn Melnick, Jill Christman, Aubrey Hirsch, Claire Schwartz, Lyz Lenz, Amy Jo Burns, Liz Rosema, Michelle Chen, V. L. Seek, Nora Salem, Vanessa Martir, Lisa Mecham, Emma Smith-Stevens, Brandon Taylor, Gabrielle Union, Rox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Edited and with an introduction written and read by Roxane Gay, the New York...2018-05-0105 minListen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Learn Something New, How to Survive AnythingNot That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane GayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332223to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Author: Roxane Gay
Narrator: Sophia Mayer, Xtx, A.J. Mckenna, Lynn Melnick, Jill Christman, Aubrey Hirsch, Claire Schwartz, Lyz Lenz, Amy Jo Burns, Liz Rosema, Michelle Chen, V. L. Seek, Nora Salem, Vanessa Martir, Lisa Mecham, Emma Smith-Stevens, Brandon Taylor, Gabrielle Union, Roxane Gay, Ally Sheedy
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
Release date: May 1, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8
Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3
Genres: How to Survive Anything
Publisher's Summary:
New York Times Bestseller “This is a devastating book, he...2018-05-018h 42