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Thoughts from a Page PodcastKelly Hooker - October's Real Time ReadingKelly joins me for October's Real Time Reading episode where we discuss our current, past, and upcoming reads.
Kelly's Selections:
Last:
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
Dominion by Addie E. Citchens
Now:
Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns
Bone Valley by Gilbert King
Next:
Good People by Patmeena Sabit
Scavengers by Katherine Boland
DNFs:
Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra
Book Mail highlights:
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
Ruins by Lil...
2025-10-3055 min
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Cozy MysteryMurder at Maple Grange by Jane BettanyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/742147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder at Maple Grange Series: #3 of A Violet Brewster Mystery Author: Jane Bettany Narrator: Hannah Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 18, 2024 Genres: Cozy Mystery Publisher's Summary: 'Perfect cozy mystery.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An interesting story by an excellent writer…I look forward to more.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Maple Grange is the perfect place to retire for the residents of Merrywell. But when a murder investigation unfolds on its grounds, Violet Brewster must dust off her sleuthing skills once again! Violet Brewster has just finished a project at local reti...
2024-06-1805 min
The Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandA Mighty Writer from Kensington: Brooke FultonWe end the second season of the award-winning Mighty Writers podcast in my personal comfort zone, as I sit down with a former student,16-year-old Brooke Fulton.Brooke talks to me about her childhood in one of the most distressed neighborhoods in Philadelphia — a section of the city where drugs are sold and used openly, a place that continues to be afflicted by all of the devastating effects of the opioid crisis, especially homelessness and violence. Brooke was born in Brooklyn, but her family moved to Kensington when she was 4 years old. She lives wit...
2024-06-0626 min
The Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandIdentity and Authorship with Candice IlohAt Mighty Writers, our days revolve around helping young people find their voices, which is why we’re especially excited when we connect with authors who speak to the issues that matter to them. In this episode, I talk to Candice Iloh, an award-winning author of young adult novels including “Every Body Looking,” “Break This House” and their newest release, “Salt the Water.” Candice is a first generation Nigerian-American who grew up in the Midwest before coming to the East Coast. They attended Howard University and later taught creative writing to students of all ages in New York City public sc...
2024-04-1834 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandThe Power of Fun with Dave Raymond, aka the Original Phillie PhanaticIn Philadelphia, one figure who needs absolutely no introduction is the Phillie Phanatic, the team mascot who is as iconic in these parts as Dr. J, Ben Franklin, or Rocky Balboa.Beyond being a key fixture of Phillies' home games, the Phanatic shows up at playgrounds, schools, hospitals and all kinds of special events with one purpose: to bring happiness — especially to kids.In this episode, I speak with Dave Raymond, the man who first brought the Phanatic to life in 1978. Dave spent 16 years in the green suit, entertaining thousands along the way.
2024-03-2843 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandTalking About Grief With Counselor Samantha AnthonyPhiladelphia is awash in grieving children and families. But it’s not all bad news, because where there are serious problems, there are humans at work on serious solutions. In my years as a classroom teacher, I saw many organizations try to help students with problems like grief. Rarely did I see an immediate impact — that is, until I observed the work of Uplift, formerly known as The Center for Grieving Children. Uplift’s therapists go into schools (and other places where kids gather) and convene groups of young people who have lost someone signif...
2024-03-0742 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandComing of Age in the City of Brotherly Love with Semaj H.I’ve been obsessed with coming-of-age stories since I first read “A Catcher in the Rye” when I was in seventh grade. That obsession is probably what made me feel entirely at home when I became a ninth grade English teacher. There is very little that moves me more than hearing people grapple in language with themselves and society during that short but profound moment that occurs somewhere between the ages of 13 and 16. In the thousands of pieces of writing I had access to as a ninth grade English teacher in Philadelphia, certain themes emerged over and ove...
2024-02-1531 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandAmerican Dreaming with Yakquelin GarduñoI often say that my favorite thing about being a classroom writing teacher was my access to stories. It was enriching to me as a teacher and as a human being to learn about my students' lives through their stories. And I learned a lot about issues in society by hearing the same kind of stories over and over again. One issue that came through to me via my students’ stories is the challenge people face when their citizenship — or the citizenship of their loved ones — was unsettled. I became aware of how anxiety-provoking it is t...
2024-02-0131 min
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio PodBest Plays - "Night Must Fall" (12-21-52)"Night Must Fall" (Aired December 21, 1952)Listeners get a taste of plays from the Broadway stage in this anthology series. The featured works were from authors as talented and varied as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Noel Coward and William Shakespeare. Stars such as Vincent Price, Burgess Meredith, and Maureen Stapleton played roles in such notable dramas as The Glass Menagerie, Of Mice and Men and Macbeth. Plenty of comedies, including a performance of Arsenic and Old Lace starring Boris Karloff, were on the bill as well. As if to guarantee the show’s quality, it's host was John Ch...
2024-01-211h 04The Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandResisting and Resting with Liz WesleyMy close friend and colleague Liz Wesley knows what it’s like to fight for fairness in a profoundly unfair world. She battled her way through the education system as a child only to find herself up against some of the same forces of inequity as a teacher in Philadelphia's highly segregated public school system. Always a social justice warrior, Liz became even more involved in trying to fight racial segregation in education in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd. But the often lonely struggle took its toll...
2024-01-1828 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandFighting for Children’s Rights with LuQman AbdullahLuQman Abdullah caught my attention when I read his commentaries on gun violence in the Philadelphia Citizen.He emphasized something that had become evident to me through my work as a classroom teacher: Young people are not being heard. Now maybe that’s always been the case. Maybe American adults have perennially dismissed the voices of children. But what LuQman says is that given the prevalence of guns and despair, our failure to listen is having deadly consequences.LuQman’s passion for saving Philadelphia’s children is connected to the fact that he los...
2023-12-1927 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandRiding the Trolley with Soup DavisI am an obsessive people-watcher. Which is one of the reasons working in a school never-got old for me. Schools are full of people and stories. When I started the podcast, I thought about other workplaces that allow for good people-watching, and public transportation came to mind. Bus drivers, train conductors, transit workers — they all see an incredible cross section of the city’s population every day. My grandfather, Charlie Gibbons, knew this well: He was a trolley car driver for SEPTA, Philadelphia’s public transportation system. So as a sort of tribute to Charlie...
2023-12-1428 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandTrailer: The Mighty Writers Podcast Season 2Here's a taste for what's in store for our second season! Season 2 officially launches on December 14th. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Season 2 of the Mighty Writers Podcast with Maureen Boland will have 9 biweekly episodes (our first episode with Eagles legend Malcolm Jenkins came out a little early), focused on good people doing good work in and around a big American city. Known for its sports fans and food, history and grit, inequality and authenticity, Philadelphia maintains a complicated relationship with the notion of brotherly love. ...
2023-12-1202 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandWinning With Malcolm JenkinsWe kick off the second season of the Mighty Writers Podcast with a conversation with former NFL safety and two-time Super Bowl champ Malcolm Jenkins who recently published a revealing and introspective memoir, “What Winners Won’t Tell You: Lessons from a Legendary Defender.”In addition to his achievements on the field, Jenkins is admired for the work he did with Anquan Boldin and other NFL players to form the Players Coalition, which transformed the NFL by bringing together owners, players and other stakeholders to fight racial injustice. In 2010 he founded the Malcolm Jenkins Founda...
2023-09-2942 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandReflecting on Season 1 with Pat CooperOn paper, Maureen Boland and Pat Cooper might seem like unlikely friends. They come from very different backgrounds and have had totally disparate life experiences. Maureen was Pat’s high school teacher years ago. But as deeply curious people, interested in complex matters of the heart and mind, they’ve found many threads of connection between them.In our final episode of this season, Pat talks to Maureen about growing up in North Philadelphia, his spiritual awakenings, fatherhood and writing. The two also reflect on some of the podcast stories that resonated with him.The...
2023-08-2529 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandMighty Writing at Covenant HouseThe U.S. is facing an unprecedented youth crisis: 1 in 10 young adults is dealing with some form of homelessness each year, and the numbers of them struggling with mental health issues has increased dramatically. When host Maureen Boland was a high school teacher, it was not unusual for her to discover that one of her students was homeless. The clues were subtle: Maybe they’d just be carrying extra bags, or arrive later than usual. But when she learned that one of her students who had a baby had no place safe to stay, she took her to ...
2023-08-1032 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandNotes From Helen UbiñasIn this episode, we speak with award-winning Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Helen Ubiñas about her career path, themes in her writing, the challenges of being a woman of color in journalism, and why she created The Ñ Fund, a scholarship fund for Latinas who want to pursue a career in journalism. We’ll also speak with young Idaho journalist Mariela Esquivel Rodriguez, the first recipient of the The Ñ Fund for Latinas in Journalism award. For more information about The Ñ Fund for Latinas in Journalism, check out Helen’s column.Visi...
2023-07-2730 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandFood for Thought from Mighty Writers in Kennett SquareKennett Square, PA, aka the Mushroom Capital of the World, is about an hour south of Philadelphia. Fully half of the U.S. gets its mushrooms from Kennett Square, and the majority of people who make that happen, often in substandard working and living conditions, are migrant farmworkers from Mexico, Central America and Venezuela.Today we speak with friends Anita Davidson and Nelson Alberto Contreras Gelves, who both work at a food pantry in Kennett Square. Nelson, a Venezuelan migrant who fled political persecution, tells us his immigration story and explains why he feels so connected...
2023-07-1332 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandMeeting Jane Wong in Atlantic CityKirkus called Jane Wong’s debut memoir about her childhood in Atlantic City “a generous, steaming stew of a book loaded with personality and originality and sprinkled with the fiery chili of rage.” In this episode we talk to Wong about structuring a memoir, writing about family, marginalized history and generational healing.The Mighty Writers Podcast with Maureen Boland is produced by Mighty Writers in partnership with Rowhome Productions. The executive producer is Tim Whitaker. Lead producer is Sojourner Ahebee. Rowhome’s executive producers are Alex Lewis and John Mye...
2023-06-1539 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandWill the Kids Be Alright? With Dr. Laurie SantosIn January, Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos adapted her popular “Science of Well-Being” course for teen audiences. That curriculum was picked up by Philadelphia high school teacher Kate Reber, who offered the online course in the hopes that it would help her students — many of whom have been struggling with anxiety and depression — navigate their lives. In this episode, we begin by talking to Kate about being on the frontlines of the youth mental health crisis, and how “The Science of Well-Being”fit into that. Then we speak with two of Kate’s seniors, Jada...
2023-06-0139 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandSinking with Joseph Earl Thomas“A brilliant and fucking fearless debut.” That’s what acclaimed author Carmen Maria Machado said about “Sink” by Joseph Earl Thomas — and that was just the beginning of the raves, from Kiese Laymon to the New York Times. In this episode, we speak with Thomas about his brutal and wrenching memoir, and what it means to thrive when you’re living a life so focused on survival. Warning: This episode contains subject matter and language that may not be suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. The Mighty Wr...
2023-05-1830 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandLetting Go with Linda GeraghtyIn 2021, mother, writer and yoga instructor Linda Geraghty was featured in the stirring and critically acclaimed documentary Our American Family. The project, which was filmed over the course of a year inside Linda’s family home in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, documents the family experience as Nicole, Linda’s adult daughter, begins a journey of recovery from heroin addiction. For Linda, writing was the lifeline that helped her make sense of her complicated childhood with a mother who suffered from anorexia, and it helped her process her adult life dealing with a spous...
2023-05-0432 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandLove At First SightThirty-year-old Akeiba Emerson shares her journey from foster care to adoption. Like too many children, Akeiba experienced abuse and neglect as she moved through 22 different foster care placements before she was old enough to read. But, thanks to a chance encounter with Judy Emerson, a remarkable single mother who was looking to grow her family, Akeiba went on to enjoy the best of what a good family life has to offer. Their voices and spirits are full of warmth and love, and their story speaks to the power of healing that happens when open hearts manage to find each...
2023-03-1337 minThe Mighty Writers Podcast... with Maureen BolandIntroducing: The Mighty Writers Podcast with Maureen BolandThe Mighty Writers Podcast with Maureen Boland is a new show from Mighty Writers, a Philly non-profit that promotes literacy as a tool for social change. Through decades of experience as a writing teacher, host Maureen Boland knows the power of storytelling and mindful listening; how an honest story, even one that looks unflinchingly at a sometimes brutal world exactly as it is, has the power to lessen the isolation, despair, and polarization so many of us feel. Like the Mighty Writers centers themselves, this podcast is a place to find creativity, compassion, and community through d...
2023-03-0601 min
Principals of SuccessEp 57: Taking Risks in Education with Maureen BolandI have the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Maureen Boland. She’s an elementary principal in Fairfax Public Schools and along with chatting about her love for the principalship, she talks about the power of encouraging her staff to take risks in their work. Support the show
2022-10-0626 min
Loquate PodcastsTutor Teachers in TechnologyMaureen Boland, a Technology Integration Specialist at Wright College, will share a story of helping a Professor at work. Hear her deep trust in God. Hear tips for any person with or without physical constraints. Be inspired to look on the bright side.
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2017-06-1619 min