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The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Wonders of the Soul What if the pain you’ve carried your whole life isn’t random?Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS This episode explores Wonders of the Soul by Helen P. Slater—a story about three women confronting unresolved trauma, and a healer who helps them understand it. A look at healing, personal struggle, and the possibility that there’s more behind what we go through. Welcome to The Curated Chapter, formerly Newsgram. I’m your host, Sam Youmans. We call it The Curated Chapter because it is a short – chapter-sized look at books…An episodic peek into an...

2026-04-0709 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The Pagalan Chronicles Book 1 Search for Morganuke’s Roots by Andrew Houlston In this edition of Newsgram, Sam Youmans explores The Pagalan Chronicles: Book 1 – Search for Morganuke’s Roots with author Andrew Houlston. The conversation traces the journey of Morganuke—a young man driven by an inner sense that he comes from somewhere else—set against a vast, layered world shaped by hidden histories, fragile peace, and deep personal bonds. Blending epic fantasy with emotional insight, this episode looks at identity, destiny, and the quiet inner pull that guides us toward meaning, even in times of uncertainty.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this editio...

2026-01-1207 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Examining The Word In their Voices Mary. Judas. Peter. Their voices echo through scripture — and now through Augustine Jeyaraj’s poetry. In this episode, we explore The Word in Their Voices, born from Augustine’s life in medicine, Catholic tradition, and a deep desire to bridge the gap between ancient scripture and modern readers. His poems help us step into these lives with fresh eyes, rediscovering the humanity, struggle, and hope at the heart of their stories.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Sam Youmans: Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! This episode is being written and produced...

2025-12-0609 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans A Look at “Poetry Matters – Write!” This week we explore Poetry Matters – Write! (What you don’t know CAN hurt you) by Douglas McCulloch — a call to see poetry not as luxury, but as necessity. calls his poems “candles in the wind,” lighting up the truths we live but rarely name. His work reminds us that writing—and truly seeing—can lead to deeper understanding in a time of noise and distraction. Tune in as we ask: what can poetry still teach us about living with honesty and purpose?Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this week’s edition of Newsg...

2025-11-1109 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Life Changing Walks Round Uluru Author Marian took eight solo walks around Uluru — and each one changed her life. Along the way, she discovered surprising insights about the balance between men and women, the wisdom of nature, and the quiet humor hidden in deep reflection. Today we explore what this ancient place had to teach about life, love, and harmony.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! I’ve recently discovered the power of walking. I know that may sound strange, but walking just for the sake of walking used to seem...

2025-10-2311 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Higher Power: My Life of Service In this episode of Newsgram, Sam Youmans features Higher Power: My Life of Service by Reverend Michael D. Schmitz. This heartfelt memoir reflects on the lessons learned from life’s mistakes, offering wisdom on personal growth and faith. Ordained at 50 after entering seminary at 44, Reverend Schmitz’s journey of service is shaped by the grace of God and the love of his parents, Leo and Elizabeth Schmitz. Tune in to hear how his powerful story continues to inspire and touch lives.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! ...

2025-02-1906 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans A Tomb Guard Remembers Sam – Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS If you’ve never been to our nation’s capital I highly recommend it. We once took a family vacation in early April, which was unusual for us because the kids were in school, but we were able to be there for Cherry Blossoms season which made it extra special. In addition to walking the National Mall, one of my favorite memories was walking through the Arlington National Cemetery and visiting the tomb of the unknown soldier. Put this on yo...

2025-01-1709 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Art of Life and Curiosity Welcome to this edition of Newsgram!Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Sam – Today we are going on a self-improvement journey. Mairead Ashcroft is going to share her story with us. Now, just a heads up, it does touch on some delicate material but her ability to share her experience openly and honestly with us is one of the things you’re going to love about her. If you’ve tuned into Newsgram in the past then you know this program at its core is all about finding and showcasing interesting people livi...

2024-12-1817 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Reflections Welcome to this edition of Newsgram!Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Sam – I hope you are ready for adventure because today we are going deep into Australia to the magical town of Walgett where I will introduce you to Irene Holmes – a mystery writer: Irene – Just like Uncle Sherlock. With a name like that I have to write murder mysteries right? Sam – Can you tell we’re in for a bit of fun today? Before we get to the Murder and mayhem let’s set the scene because I think it’s imp...

2024-08-0511 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Fletcher Babysits Dream big. Today we profile Adrian Kooistra, an Australian author living with Cerebral Palsy who has written the “Fletcher Babysits” series of children’s books. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! Adrian Kooistra is an Australian author living with Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is a disorder that affects the part of the brain that controls a person’s mobility. It also affects speech…but it cannot take away your imagination and it cannot stop you from dreaming. Adrian can testify to that. His dream was to...

2023-05-1003 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Little Cherubs Short Stories This episode is based on the series Little Cherubs Short Stories. A series of books addressing different situations from a child’s perspective, like death, fostering, disability, animal care and comradery, family situations. A learning curve and “food for thought”.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram Today we’re going to take a look at a series of children’s books that teaches children about a lot more than just colors, numbers and farm animals. These are socially conscious short stories that sprinkle together a bit of mag...

2022-12-0706 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Healing There are many aspects to Healing – Healing the Body, Healing the Mind and Spirit, along with Healing the World. In studying Healing, we see who we are and what we are doing here in this life. It is the combination of medicine, science and philosophy unravelling the old spiritual mysteries held in trust by religions through time.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. The title of this show is HEALING and I mean that in the broadest sense of the word. I want you to thi...

2022-12-0709 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Messages from the Divine Mother Dee Buchanan spent over 20 years journaling. Now, her journal is a book of messages to support and empower women to learn and grow and understand themselves. This episode is based on her book Messages from the Divine Mother: A Selection of Spiritual Conversations for Women.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Let’s call this a Holiday edition of Newsgram because if I do this right it’s going to fill you with the holiday spirit and make you feel good. It’s a show about love...

2022-11-2107 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Pensioned Off Facing retirement, Ruth, Trudy and some other baby-boomers are drawn together by a love of music to form a traveling ukulele band. This “feel-good fiction” episode of Newsgram is based on the book Pensioned Off: Baby boomers out to pasture by Sue Dawson. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! Today’s show is dedicated to anyone born between the years 1946 to 1964. The Baby Boomers. In a recent Forbes article titled Baby Boomers Are Leaving The Workforce To Live Their Best Lives In A Silver Tsunami ‘Great Retiremen...

2022-11-0205 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The Cosmic Romance with Existence Relax your inner light and connect to God. The power is in you. This episode is based on the book, The Cosmic Romance with Existence by Murali Dharan who teaches us how to connect the inner light within us to a higher light – the light of God. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Are you ready to tap into the power of the universe? We can all do it. The power is actually within us. It is called our inner light or consciousness and today we are...

2022-11-0206 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Rungs On My Ladder Who is Eleanor Riley? Today on Newsgram we find out by exploring her memoir. This episode is based on the book, “Rungs On My Ladder” by Eleanor RileySubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Today we ask the question, who is Eleanor Riley? Eleanor Riley – I was born on the Island Jamaica west indies. I migrated to the United States in 1970. from the time I came to the United State with my experience, which was a little bit different-much different from Jamaica. I said I must...

2022-11-0207 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans aliengg7 Let’s seed this idea in the consciousness of Planet Earth. This episode is based on the book aliengg7.co.uk The First Chapters: A Philosophers Dream 114 by David Keith GreenawaySubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Human beings are flawed, it’s our nature. We screw up but we are evolving. At least I like to think so. However, there are times when I look back on the things that have happened in history and I want to say thank God we don’t do that any...

2022-11-0208 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Not for the Boys Imagine your brothers, cousins or local boys in embarrassing situations. This edition of Newsgram is based on the book Not for the Boys: Preteen Edition by Pamela LavanSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to the first ever, pre-teen ladies only edition of Newsgram. That’s right, today we are going to boldly go where we’ve never gone before. We’re going to a place where girls have all the power and they know how to use it. Our guide is Pamela Lavan. Pamela Lavan (P-A-M-E-L-A) PAMELA LAVAN, ...

2022-10-2706 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Chaos in Quantum City What is your super-ability? Would you consider your primary skill to be your superpower? What if you had an actual superpower, what would you like it to be? This episode is based on the book Fog Vol. 1. Chaos in Quantum City by Athanasios Panayotou. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! We all have unique skills and abilities but what if our strengths, our unique abilities, were our superpowers? Imagine finding yourself in a world where all that is possible. A world with a lot more tha...

2022-10-1906 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Gibberrishi’s Rhymes to Contemplate Who creates a new you? Of course, you do! Your transformation begins by forging a new view. To see life anew ignites an explosion in you. When your view of everything changes, everything changes for you. This episode is based on the rhyme’s within the new book by Paul W. Naragon titled, “Gibberrishi’s Rhymes to Contemplate, Poetic Verse Moving You Into A New Life”Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram Let’s begin the process of creating a new you. If you are willing to...

2022-10-1907 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Galusha Anderson Civil War Pastor Should a pastor keep the peace or stir the waters?! This was the moral dilemma that Rev. Galusha Anderson faced when he arrived from the North to serve a congregation of divided loyalties in a divided city during the Civil War. This episode is based on the book GALUSHA. Crisis and Courage in a Civil War Pastor by Stephen D. Jones. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram We live in divided time. Is that the understatement of the day or what? I’m not just talk...

2022-10-1008 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Journey Back Into the Vault This is the story of those psychological forces that help define us. Who are you and where did you come from? Learning more about your past brings a sense of security and inner peace. Mario Cartaya went back to Cuba to reclaim his forgotten Cuban past and wrote a book about it called Journey Back Into the Vault, In Search of My Faded Cuban Childhood Footprints. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram Recently my daughter and her husband took a trip overseas to the UK. In...

2022-10-0507 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Suppose Tomorrow Never Comes? If Tomorrow Never Comes What would you do with your last twenty-four hours? It’s not only a great question, it’s the subject of today’s show and the title of the book that inspired it all by Scott E. Kauffman.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram What would you do with all that money if you won the lottery? No-one really expects to win but when the jackpot rises we all like to play because it’s fun to think about what life would be...

2022-10-0507 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Linkages Mamie and her brother Spanky harbor a deep illicit passion for each other but as you might expect, their longings hold grave consequences. This Scandalous version of Newsgram is based on the book LINKAGES By Elaine Chandler-HarrisSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. This is gonna be a spicy one! Do we need a disclaimer? I don’t think so but get ready because we are dealing with toxic relationships on the show today and it may seem at times to be disturbing because we are t...

2022-10-0106 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Living With Bipolar Living with Bipolar is never easy but there are ways to have a good life and deal with the illness. This episode focuses on the book One In One Hundred, Living With Bipolar by Lorna Mabry and her husband Pete Smart.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. According to the National Health Service in England 1 in every 100 people will be diagnosed with Bi-Polar disorder at some point in their life and it does not discriminate. It seems an equal number of men and women develop the...

2022-09-2809 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans I Am Kellie Earl: Peace Carries A Cost Join me as we peek into the psyche of a murderer! This psychological thriller edition of Newsgram is based on the book I Am Kellie Earl: Peace Carries A Cost by Maggie Charters. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Today we’re going to look inside the mind of a murderess. Her name is Kellie Earl. She lives inside the Fairlea Women’s Prison. She used to live inside the mind of author, educator and retired Social Worker Maggie Charters. Maggie Charters – My characters are a...

2022-09-2807 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans It’s Amazing! God’s love is amazing and can work miracles. The power of faith can overcome all. In It’s Amazing! Dorothy Melton provides a guide for readers, based on passages from the bible, to spread the gospel, avoid sin and temptation and strengthen their faith and walk with God. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! I have been trying hard to embrace gratitude lately and you know what? It’s not that hard. We have so much to be grateful for, especially when you think about the...

2022-09-2606 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The Words of the Lost Soul This show addresses the important issue of mental Health. It is based on the book The Words of the Lost Soul by Rudo Savage. A powerful, humbling account of what it feels like to struggle with identity, purpose, direction and meaning in life. It is for anyone who has ever felt completely lost in life with no direction, meaning or sense of purpose. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Have you ever felt completely and utterly lost? You look around and see all kinds of peo...

2022-09-2607 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans A Voyage of Mystery In order to convey the best of emotions, I write for you. Today we peer into the mind of a poet named Ben, author of the book A Voyage of Mystery. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. This show is all about interesting people leading their lives in interesting ways. Today I want to introduce you to Ben. His name is Ben Hill but he just goes by Ben. Ben is not a rich man…well at least financially…but when it comes to life, he is...

2022-09-1606 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The 6ixth Evolution This edition of Newsgram is going to shine a spotlight on your life, your career and the key to it all “adaptation”. It is based on the book The 6Ixth Evolution: Managing Lives and Careers Through Convulsive Time by Dr. Larry G. StraubSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome. Today we’re going to shine a spotlight on your life by taking a look at your career, your education and the key to it all, your ability to adapt. Not sure if there’s a standardized definition of the term life...

2022-09-1608 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Saved from Dementia This episode is based on the book Saved from Dementia by John Omar Vieira a book that demonstrates the healing proofs and evidence by the grace of God, followed by the author’s attendance at the eleventh Church of Christ, Scientist, London, UK, since the author’s early admission into Sunday school as a teenager. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. We all have issues. Sometimes we can resolve them on our own and sometimes we need to seek the help of a professional. John Omar Vie...

2022-09-1403 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The 6ixth Evolution by Larry Straub This edition of Newsgram is going to shine a spotlight on your life, your career and the key to it all “adaptation”. It is based on the book The 6Ixth Evolution: Managing Lives and Careers Through Convulsive Time by Dr. Larry G. StraubSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome. Today we’re going to shine a spotlight on your life by taking a look at your career, your education and the key to it all, your ability to adapt. Not sure if there’s a standardized definition of the term life...

2022-09-1008 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Love Conquers All Today we look at spiritual messages of hope for our despairing world from Denise Bachrodt author of the book Love Conquers All: Spiritual Messages of Hope for our Despairing WorldSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Recently someone told me to trust the process…the best is yet to come. I know that comes out of context for you but it was said to me because I am personally going through some…exciting and at the same time very frustrating things in my personal life but tha...

2022-09-0708 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans DaVinci’s Mental Code The theory goes that Leonardo DaVinci grew wary of Hermeticism and created his Vitruvian Man . His representation of a human male body. What does it have to do with the inner workings of the universe? Let’s see. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS For this episode we need to paint a couple of mental pictures in our minds’ eyes. The first one is The Caduceus. If you don’t recognize the name you will definitely recognize the image. Think of a short rod entwined by two snakes and topped with a pair of wing...

2022-08-2906 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Image Transformations of the Brain-Mind This show addresses basic questions about DREAMS, SELF and CONSCIOUSNESS. It is based on the book “Image Transformations of the Brain-Mind: Experiencing the Emergent Supervening Self” by Glen Just.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS How does the mind work? Kind of a loaded question….Alright let’s narrow it down a bit. How do dreams work? They are influenced by the physical self aren’t they? Are they influenced by our waking lives or the amount of sleep we’re getting? And what if our waking life is causing us to have nightmares? H...

2022-08-2908 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The Vicissitudes of Life We are boats on the thrashing sea of life. We rise and fall with the waves. People react differently in their tragedies. This episode is based on the book From Dusk to Dawn: The Vicissitudes of Life By Henry Krauss Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of News gram I’m so glad you clicked on this episode because Vicissitude is not a word we use all the time but it’s a great one to describe the things that happen to us that are beyond our control...

2022-08-2008 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Persons of Interest Greed is a powerful motive for murder! Today we look at the Crime/Romance novel Persons of Interest by John Jenchura. The main character, Warren Wallace, is a lawyer whose golfing parter, Brenda Lamb is brutally murdered. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Do you like crime novels? Who doesn’t. It’s fascinating to peer into the mind of a killer and try and sort out what on earth could drive someone to commit such a heinous act. It’s also fun to play amateur detective and try and figure out who di...

2022-08-1906 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans BROTHERS SummarySubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS This episode is based on the book ’Brothers’ by M.E.Taylor. Brothers is about life in Roman Britain. It’s also about betrayal, treachery, stolen gold, hidden treasure and forbidden love. Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! Traveling through the Island of Great Britain you’ll find it hard to miss the dotted remains of the Roman Empire. I mean the Romans ruled Britain for nearly 400 years and one day I’m going to talk JT Crowley into taking me on a tour of so...

2022-08-0806 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Bittersweet Neighbourhood SummarySubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Today on Newsgram we’re going to travel to the fictional town of Lavender Mews and meet the neighbors with Junio Carols, author of the book Bittersweet Neighbourhood. Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! They say no one knows what goes on behind closed doors. If we are harboring secrets then we certainly hope so. I mean we all have secrets hidden away in the closet. They may not be quite as scandalous as the residents of Lavender Mews but I’m getting...

2022-08-0804 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Awaken & Journey to Your True Self SummarySubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Today we’re going on a journey of self-discovery with the help of Dr. Merlin Pickston, author of the book, Awaken & Journey to Your True Self. If you want to improve your life, this show is for you. Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! So how’s it going? Everything good? The easy answer is yep, it’s all good…thanks for asking but let’s get real for a minute. You can share with me because I can’t hear you. Is there anyt...

2022-08-0809 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Shadow Journeys Jen’s headaches were caused by the unfinished business of the people she used to be. It’s all part of new book Shadow Journey’s by Kathleen Olson. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! Do you know anyone that has cured their nicotine habit with Hypnosis? It’s pretty common. In fact Hypnosis is fast becoming a great way to treat a number of afflictions. Kathleen Olson – Myself I’ve been hypnotized a couple hundred times. O.k. that’s a lot… Ka...

2022-08-0804 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The Prophecy Summary: Today we enter into a mysterious, fantasy world. It’s 2000 BC Scotland and the skies are filled with dragons because this episode of Newsgram is based on the book The Prophecy by J.B. Liquorish. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS How many times has your life been turned upside down by the appearance of a key? What is this key for? Should I throw it away or put it back in the drawer? It usually goes back in the drawer because all I’ve ever found were ordinary keys. Nothing you could describe as otherworl...

2022-07-2706 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Trapped by the Devil Based on Kate Spencer’s book – Trapped by the DevilSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Kate Spencer committed a crime. It was a decision that took her a path of destruction for 15 years. This episode is based on the book “Trapped by the Devil” by Kate Spencer. Transcript How many decisions have you made today? We make hundreds of them all the time and usually there aren’t any real consequences. They might make us late for a meeting, or cause us to miss our flight but we’ll be O.K...

2022-07-2107 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The Gentleman’s Guide to Cooking Summary: Guys, if you want to prepare an elegant meal all by yourself then this is how you do it. This episode is based on the book The Gentleman’s Guide to Cooking by Randy Motilall. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Something that never happened during my dating life was preparing a candlelit dinner at my place. “Let me do the cooking” was just not one of my lines. Romantic dinners were great as long as someone else was preparing the food. It actually started to become a problem because sometimes you need to be able to...

2022-07-1807 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The Choice Summary: Life on this wonderful but badly abused planet is in chaos. What is really happening and what can we do about it. This episode is based on the book The Choice by Peter Childs who recognizes the peril of this moment in our history and shows what an extraordinary opportunity it affords us.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS With climate change and many other crises threatening our society and creating chaos in the world we live in, it is important to have a look at what is really happening, why, and what...

2022-07-1611 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The History of the Progressive Movement Summary: Inflation can’t be helped but where does it stop? Let’s look at government programs between 1900 and the present. This episode is based on the book The History of the Progressive Movement in the United States and How Liberalism Has Created a Mediocre Society by Ralph E. Saucier Sr. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Webster defines the word Mediocre as being of moderate or low quality, value, ability or performance. Mediocre is just ordinary or so-so and some things that may be fine but is society one of them? We have alway...

2022-07-1408 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Words Can Hurt Words most definitely can hurt so choose them wisely. Our kids are listening. This episode is based on the book Words Choose Wisely by Paolo Iglesias. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Transcript I grew up with the expression “Sticks and Stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me” and you know what. It’s not true. I think the saying was designed to give us a snarky comeback when you’re up against the wall with no other way to retaliate. Kind of like “I know you are but am I” these chil...

2022-06-2306 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The People of the Bible Based on the book, We Are “The My People” in the Bible by Carl L. JonesSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Summary: Let’s talk about the people in the bible. This episode is based on the book by Carl Jones, We Are “The My People” in the Bible. It is an accumulation of years of study, experiences, teaching and learning. Transcript Let’s talk about the people in the bible. Is it possible that we are confused about their skin color and true identity? Is it possible that the things...

2022-06-2106 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans DRAGUMMUD at LesQ Based on the book DRAGUM by K.c. LaSagaSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Kali craves to venture out into the world; to travel, but instead of going to Paris she falls into a risqué relationship with another woman. Driven by Dragum, the invisible force pulling her to do things she wouldn’t normally do, she enters into a journey of self discovery. Transcript I want to talk to you for a minute about the importance of being your own true authentic self. Is that how you live your l...

2022-06-0907 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans A Short Book of Poetry and Thoughts to Share Summary: This episode is based on the book A Short Book of Poetry and thoughts to Share by Maryanne Wright. It’s about ordinary life, love, loss and Fantasy.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Transcript There was a hummingbird in my backyard the other day and I couldn’t stop watching it. The way they move, the speed of their wings. Fascinating birds. I had to learn more about them so I looked it up. The North American hummingbird averages around 53 beats per second in normal flight. I also get...

2022-05-3105 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Leon the Warrior Dog Summary: It’s 313 A.D. and Rome is under attack. Can Beat and his Dog Leon save Rome? This episode is based on the book Leon the Warrior Dog by CY Sansum.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Transcript Today’s show is about a giant dog. Nope, not Marmaduke or Clifford. He’s not THAT big. No, this is a fictitious dog but not a cartoon one. He is very realistic and his name is Leon. He is an Antolian German Shepherd dog that weighs in at around 150lbs. He stands abou...

2022-05-3004 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans We are all Kings and Queens Based on the book “Kings & Queens In Slavery” by Polina MladenovaSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS I have an epiphany for you. Are you ready? There is nothing wrong with the way you look. Pretty much everything about you is perfect. That’s all there is to it. Just the way you are, created in the image of God you are perfect. Don’t change a thing. Now, do you believe me? That is the real key. Because deep down we know better – or at least we think we do. We are flawed human...

2022-05-1905 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Remembering Anna Based on the book “Under the Fig Tree: Time to go. One Last Coffee” by Rita WrightSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS When someone you know commits suicide it can affect you in so many ways. We are all very different but at the very least there are powerful feelings of grief. There is anger — How could you do this to me? There is guilt — I should have seen the signs, should have been about to do something and there is confusion. When it’s your child the effects are even more deva...

2022-05-1705 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Storytime with Basil and Brenda This episode is based on the book The Bears of the Evergreen Forest: Basil and Brenda Go for a Stroll by Hazel ThompsonSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Author Hazel Thompson talks about creating her book and her characters, Basil and Brenda. One day these two sibling Bears decide to go for a walk. They stroll through the forest, meet some friends and have a laugh and a little picnic. Transcript When it’s story time do you like to read from a chapter book or from...

2022-05-1704 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Brie, Bikes and the S.O.B. Based on the book AFM by Joy BallentineSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to Newsgram Love is in the air. Can you feel it? Today on Newsgram we are gonna talk about a love story…and it’s a good one. Bridget was supposed to marry Roland but then there’s Axel and I’m getting ahead of myself. These characters live on the pages of Joy Ballentine’s new book AFM and if you’re ready for romance then do this. I do need to tell you right up...

2022-05-1405 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Katie Bar the Door! Based on the book “A Dagger for Catherine Douglas” by Euan Macpherson.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Have you ever heard the expression “Katie bar the Door”? It’s one of those old sayings that means basically get ready, there is trouble on the way. I love old sayings and I like to trace their origins. Most of the time there is very little proof as to where they came from but with this one it’s origin seems to date way back to 1437 when Catherine Douglas found herself in the middle of a plot to...

2022-05-1407 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Create Your Own Reality This episode is based on the book “The Voice from the Back Row: Off the Bandwagon” by Diane DrummondSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Summary Finding the truth and understanding the Yin and Yang of our choices is key. What kind of world do you want to live in? This show is about making choices objectively and understating and accepting the ramifications of our decisions. It’s important for us to do this kind of thinking because if we don’t, someone else is going to think for us and we may not l...

2022-05-1307 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans A Unique Near Death Experience Based on the book Dying to Live: The two Deaths and the One Worth Dying by Monica Hards.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS What happens when we die? I’ve thought about this a lot. Let’s get one thing straight. It’s no longer a debate. There is plenty of information out there that will fill you in on exactly what happens. Whether you believe it or not, that is the real key but there are very specific accounts of what happens in and around the afterlife. Today I want to talk a...

2022-05-1006 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Repairing The Breach Based on the Book Repairing The Breach by Sam White and Golden Winters. It’s about repairing your soul when your soul is injured, making amends and learning who you are.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Transcript (Sam Youmans) Sam White is incarcerated and while that is a simple statement and a cheap visual it’s also one that can wrongly label a person. Sam is a lot more than that. He is locked down physically but he is spiritually and emotionally free and the best way to show you what I me...

2022-04-1905 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans PTSD Based on the book: Hearing What I Hear, Seeing What I See: A Poetic Journey Through PTSD” by Meghan DilleySubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS P T S D you’ve heard this acronym before. It stands for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. What do you think of when you hear the term? Veterans returning home from war is the first thing I thought of. The truth is, anyone that’s been through a terrifying event can have PTSD and determining what is terrifying and traumatic is different for every person. The symptoms...

2022-04-1806 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Facing the Environmental Crisis Based on the Book by Hilmar Lorenz, Based on the book Facing the Environmental Crisis: Consequences for Scientific and Religious Communities Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS On December 12th of 2015 representatives of 196 countries met in Paris to discuss reducing greenhouse gas. According to the organizing committee of the summit in Paris, the objective of the 2015 conference was to achieve, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, a binding and universal agreement on climate change. The outcome of the summit was an agreement adopted by the states’ parties that...

2022-04-1206 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Standing Alone and Other Poems of Inspiration I don’t know about you but lately my favorite place in the whole world…is my bed. Collapsing on that bed and letting all the stresses of the day melt away is my new favorite pastime! Check out this poem by Paul Jones. It’s called AS I LAY.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Poem from Standing Alone (As I Lay) Paul takes it to another level including someone to lie next to. I think the next best thing to the Peace and tranquility you get laying restfully next to someo...

2022-04-1206 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Poetic Travels Based on the book First Poem of Words by Jef Harris.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Do what you love. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Celebrate life. See the world. Try to see the good in everything. How many other good pieces of advice can you think of? Today we are going to look at a man who embodies everything I just said. He’s a world traveler. He’s an author and a poet with a friend...

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The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Skincare Advice from an L.A. Aesthetician Welcome to Newsgram. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Today I want to talk about your largest organ. That’s right, it’s your skin. You knew that right? Skin problems are the worst! They are right there, staring us in the face, daring us to stand up to them, so let’s do it! Do you want healthy skin? I’m going to tell you how to get it and I’m going to do it without selling you a product. Seriously. This is not a skincare commercial. So…if you are t...

2022-03-2906 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Blusher’s First Christmas by Teresa Rowland Alright kids, today I’ve got another children’s book for you so settle in, Here we go…. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS (Excerpt from the book) It was a cold and windy night. The moon peeked out over the silver lined powder puff clouds, while in the valley below, snow was falling gently on the rooftop of a wooden stable. Inside a reindeer was being born. The wise old owls looked on with their large beady eyes. They knew this reindeer was an unusual one. You know what made thi...

2022-03-1705 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Crime and Punishment Based on the book Joseph Akeroyd: Rediscovering a Prison Reformer by Ron WilsonSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! When a crime is committed we want justice. We want it swift and we want to make sure it doesn’t happen again. We have a system of laws that are there to make sure the proper punishment is rendered in accordance with the law. We’ve created penalties for criminal conduct and we seek to rehabilitate criminals through incarceration. How often do you think...

2022-03-1105 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The Wildly Whimsical Tales of Gracie and Sniggles Based on the books, The Wildly Whimsical Tales of Gracie and Sniggles by Teressa HillSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS It’s story time kids! Are you ready to solve a mystery? Why not. Let’s have some fun. From time to time here on Newsgram we like to take a moment and wander down the magical path of childhood wonderments. Today the path leads from the city to the suburbs where we find Gracie and her dog Sniggles – who is wearing a very smart top hat. They just moved out of the city a...

2022-03-1006 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Lead Like A Mustang! Based on the book “Orders from the General: Leadership Advice from a Two Star General”.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Let’s travel down the path of Self-Improvement today. On our virtual stroll we’re also going to talk about leadership. Now, if you listen to Newsgram, then you know it’s not going to be a traditional path but I believe we should never stop learning and we should never stop trying to better ourselves. I also think that leadership takes on various forms. It’s all about where you are in your life...

2022-03-0908 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Child Development and Nurturance Based on the book Nurturing the Nurturers; Healing the Planet, The Wati Kanyilpai Story by Leon PetchkovskySubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Childhood trauma is a global problem. How’s that for an opening statement? Let me ask you a question. If you had a time machine where would you go? You could live in any century. After a long debate about the pros and cons of that time but here’s the catch, the society you choose needs to be hyper focused on the importance of early childhood development. I usual...

2022-03-0406 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Women Who Take Your Breath Away by Julie Torres-Johnson It’s been said that opposites attract and I could not disagree more. We are attracted to people who are like us. Think about it. How excited are you when you meet someone and in the middle of the conversation you keep saying “…oh my gosh, me too!” or “…I know what you mean, I grew up there too..” Shared experiences and similarities are energizing. They are positively magnetic. The pun was intended because positive attracts positive and negative attracts negative. So, are you a positive person or a negative person? We all have moments of both positivity and negativity...

2022-03-0106 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Mary Whyte was Right Pedro by Billy Menamin Today we’re going to talk about love and war involving ordinary human beings just trying to live peaceful lives. People doing their jobs, going to school and hanging out with their friends while a war rages in their backyard. When I first sat down to write this edition of Newsgram Russia had just invaded Ukraine and it got me thinking just how often this scenario exists throughout history. What war or conflict was raging when you grew up? There’s always one going on somewhere. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Enoug...

2022-03-0106 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The Lethal Elixer by Dennis Ross What do you do when you complete all the necessary steps to become a Nephrologist? Do you know what a Nephrologist is? It’s a Kidney doctor, and if you’re Dr. Dennis Ross you write fiction novels. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Dennis Ross (Bucket List) It was just something that was on my bucket list. …true and a bit of an oversimplification. Dr Ross is also a clinical professor with The University of Kansas Medical Center in Wichita and he has published extensively in scientific journals but it was his no...

2022-03-0104 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Traditional Short Stories for Children Gather ‘round kids. It’s story time! Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Today we have a selection of short stories for you written by a former teacher by the name of Kim Brack. Like many teachers Kim says it’s very important to emphasize reading and storytelling because they open the door to so many things. As a teacher she always encouraged her students to read and share story time with their parents or someone else. Kim Brack – And not just go home and sit down with a tablet or smartphone or a...

2022-03-0105 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Baseball Based on the book No More Games: A Story About Life, Love, and Baseball by Mike GalloSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS What image is conjured up in your mind’s eye when I say the word BASEBALL. So many, right? You can smell the hotdogs and fresh cut grass. You might be a die hard fan with a head full of stats and figures and room full of memorabilia or just a guy that likes to take in the occasional game because going to the ballpark is tantam...

2022-02-2808 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Have you heard about the healing power of dogs? Have you heard about the healing power of dogs? How about the expression 22 a Day? I’m throwing a lot at you here but this show has multiple themes. It’s all gonna come together don’t you worry about that. If you’re a Veteran you know exactly what 22 a Day is all about. In 2013, the United States Department of Veteran Affairs released a study that covered suicides from 1999 to 2010. It showed that roughly 22 veterans a day were committing suicide and there are some who suggest the numbers are even higher. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player

2022-02-2506 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Cultural Differences: U.S. and China based on the book, Memoir of Half a Banana by Fay ChouSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS One of things I love most about this country is our many cultures. America is a melting pot. It always has been and if you’re open minded you can learn a lot from people who immigrate here from other places. Full Disclosure, I have never been outside the United States. It’s something I’m embarrassed about to be honest with you because when I talk to people who do a lot of...

2022-02-2106 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Vietnam in 1968. Based on the book 13 Months: In the Bush, in Vietnam, in 1968 by Bruce Bastien Some would say the 1960’s were the best decade in American history. Those people would have to be talking about the great music, movies, fashion and the counterculture taking place. Sex, Drugs and Rock-N-Roll. I mean we met the Beatles in 1964. Elvis gave us his legendary comeback special and then we landed on the moon! Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Still it wasn’t all rosey. In fact it was also called the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history because we witnessed two Kennedy assassinations, the tragic Martin Luther King...

2022-02-1508 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Slaves of the One They Chose to Obey by Shinete Christina Maunze Shinete Christina Maunze was born in Zimbabwe and educated in London. She’s an interesting woman with a fascinating story to tell…so she did in her new book Slaves of the One They Chose to Obey: A Family Torn Apart. This is the true story of her family and how it was destroyed by unscrupulous, ungodly prophecies, false-prophets and witch doctors. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS An important takeaway here is that you don’t have to be from Zimbabwe to believe in witchdoctors. We put our faith and trust in the wrong...

2022-02-1005 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Love in Rhyme, based on the book, A Little Birdie Told Me by Lorraine Burkey Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Putting together a group of words that tell a story, create a melody, or evoke an emotional response is a very powerful thing. I admire the people who do it well. In fact, when it comes to creative careers I think the writer is on the top of the pyramid. How many times have you gone to the movies because the picture you wanted to see had one of your favorite movie stars in it, but you left hating it...

2022-02-0805 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Barbeque for Charity Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS The thing about men is we like to cook outdoors. Maybe it’s primal. An instinct that can be traced back to Homo Erectus thousands of years ago. The cookout is a safe place. It’s a social gathering, a meeting place, a romantic place, a fun place to tell stories, cook s’mores or plan an ambush. It might be a necessary way to eat if you’re out on an extended hike or just a fun adventure...

2022-02-0704 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans End Times: According to Scripture by Charles Pallaghy Since the world began man has looked to the heavens in wonder about his place in the world. Who am I? How did I get here? What does it all mean? To that end, there are two primary schools of thought that have emerged. Science and Religion. There is a third party who believes in nothing but they are as likely to gain favor as a third party candidate is to get elected president. Oh yes…we’re going to have fun today!Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS On this edition of News...

2022-02-0707 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Wild Colts Make the Best Horses: The Intrepid Life of Abigail Adams Every now and again on Newsgram we like to take a glimpse into history, after all this is a show about interesting people living their lives in interesting ways. So today we’re going to meet two women Abigail Adams wife of the second President of the United States, John Adams and Mary Mauch author of the new book Wild Colts Make the Best Horses: The Intrepid Life of Abigail AdamsSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Mary Mauch (Based on Facts)…and I base it all on facts, so I always try to bring...

2022-02-0706 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Healing the World with Happiness and Prayer Based on the book Happy People Happy World by Vincent D’SouzaSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Welcome to Newsgram What do you say we make this a happy day! Whatever time it is right now, let’s make the rest of the day a happy one. Why, because a positive attitude is like a beacon of light. It’s a literal magnet to attracting more happiness. Have you ever noticed how happy, upbeat people are always surrounded by others? It’s the law of attraction, but that’s not where we are going tod...

2022-02-0706 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Blue on Black Crime Based on Blues in Blue by Vaughn LeMon Welcome to this edition of NewsgramSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Today I’m going to talk about Blue on Black crime. We’ve all heard the stories of unarmed men, most of them African American who were shot for reasons that seem inconceivable; Cases like George Floyd. Now, this show isn’t going to get into the specifics of all the different individual cases. It’s more about getting to the core of why they happen, why there are so many, and why they’ve been going on for such a long time...

2022-02-0507 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Highschool, Basketball, Family and You Based the book VALIENTE: Courage and Consequence by A.G. CastilloSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS I couldn’t think of a better time than right now to talk about student-athletes and Basketball. At the time this podcast is being written we are staring straight down the alley-top of the NCAA playoffs. No? How about the Free-Throw Line? Anyway, depending on when you are hearing this show, it may or may not be time to work on your bracket but lets sets all that aside and focus on the story of Chant...

2022-02-0405 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Love and The Cyborg Welcome to this edition of NewsgramSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Today I have a book that has so many cool things wrapped up in you are going to think I’ve made it up. I would not do that to you. (Dramatic music) Are you ready for a Love Story involving a female Cyborg?! How about a War story? I’ve got a book for you that has love blooming in the heat of battle, it’s got Taliban, it’s got cutting edge Science, cheeky humor and it ev...

2022-01-2405 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Using Japanese Paper for Digital Printing of Photographs. Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Art is something I’ve always been fascinated with. Every person’s view of what constitutes art is different. And…there are so many different types of art. Personally, I like to play with pottery, wheel-throwing to be specific but on this show I want to focus on the two-dimensional arts. Paintings, drawings, prints, and photography. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS I recently came across the work of a man named Carl-Evert Jonsson. Carl-Evert is a painter and a photographer and he likes to use Japanese ...

2022-01-2404 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Secret Healer’s Business by Keryn Lee Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS It’s true confession time. Something you might not know about me is that in addition to hosting this podcast I also own and operate a small business. It has always been a passion of mine and you know what? It’s not easy. If you have any interest in starting your own business I would suggest doing something you truly care about. That makes putting in the time and doing all the hard stuff a lot easier to handle. So...

2022-01-2004 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Professionalizing Strategic Systems Management for Business and Organizational Success Today’s show is all business. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS It’s hard to find a business that doesn’t want to succeed and it seems crazy to say that but many times, despite our education and training as a business executive our best efforts wind up backfiring. Recognizing the need to increase work-flow or achieve consistent results can lead to the roll out any number of processes. But don’t take it from me, take it from an expert, Dr. Terrence Farrier and his new book, Professionalizing Strategic Systems M...

2022-01-1905 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans The Kid Code: 30 Second Parenting Strategies On this edition of Newsgram I bring you peace. If you are a human being, let’s hope that is the case, and you have children or work with children then this show is for you because we are bringing in the services of “the Peace Coach”. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Brenda Miller has been in private practice for twenty years helping people to free themselves from upsets and inner conflict—in 30 seconds. Joy is natural to all of us, so Brenda spends her time helping people rediscover theirs. She is the author o...

2022-01-1805 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Bullying and Fantastic Florence This show looks at Bullying and the new book Fantastic Florence, It’s Not Your Fault: A Story about Bullying by Lesley Millard Zafran. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS This is a story about bullying. Actually, it’s a look at a series of children’s books that not only talk about bullying but address the traumatic experiences some children face. When I sat down to write this episode the memories of bullying came flooding back to me; Memories that I dismissed because I was kind of a smart-mouthed kid. Being sh...

2022-01-1502 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans A Longing for Justice: In a Patriarchal Society by Amy Croft Welcome to this edition of Newsgram. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS The mission for equal rights for women and in fact the idea of advancing rights for women has been a long time in the making. Legal, sexual, civil and even voting rights have been on the docket – just in the last 100 years. I have to be very careful here because I don’t want to give the wrong impression. This is not a political show and it’s not a history lesson but despite the many movements throughout history it seems we are s...

2022-01-1405 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Poetry and Cowboy Wisdom On this edition of Newsgram we take a look at some Cowboy style wisdom from Robert A. Wilson author of MY WISDOM BREATHES: Wisdom Energizes Fun and we are going to judge a book by its cover because it was the cover of this book that first caught my eye. Imagine the silhouette of a bucking bronco and a cowboy trying to hang on, arm waving, hat flying with the words. “Life is a journey. Enjoy the ride”. How cool is that? Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS The title of the book is My...

2022-01-0403 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Joseph Akeroyd: Rediscovering a Prison Reformer Welcome to Newsgram.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS When a crime is committed we want justice. We want it swift and we want to make sure it doesn’t happen again. We have a system of laws that are there to make sure the proper punishment is rendered in accordance with the law. We’ve create penalties for criminal conduct and we seek to rehabilitate criminals through incarceration. How often do you think about what happens beyond that. When the bars close. What is happening to the person locked up? We d...

2022-01-0205 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Making the World a Better Place Today on Newsgram we focus on the book WHILE THE U.S. SLEEPS: Squandered Opportunities and Looming Threats to Societies by Winston LangleySubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS It’s never been our practice to get political on Newsgram and we are not going to start today, even though it may seem like that’s where we’re going. It’s actually quite the opposite. These are challenging times and I say with the utmost optimism. I think conflict and challenge can lead to positive change. And, the best way to solve...

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The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Historical Fiction and The Kingfisher by Dr. Donna Clovis Today on Newsgram we look at The Kingfisher by Dr. Donna ClovisSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Everyone has a story to tell. I mean you have led a fascinating life. But being able to share that story, well that’s something else entirely because while we all have a story to tell we aren’t all natural born storytellers. Today on Newsgram we’re gong to spotlight one of those storytellers. Her name is Donna Clovis, no hold on…it’s Dr. Donna Clovis. DClovis: “…these older people that we...

2021-11-3003 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans Bullying – Fantastic Florence by Lesley Millard Zafran This show looks at Bullying and the new book Fantastic Florence, It’s Not Your Fault: A Story about Bullying by Lesley Millard Zafran. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS This is a story about bullying. Actually, it’s a look at a series of children’s books that not only talk about bullying but address the traumatic experiences some children face. When I sat down to write this episode the memories of bullying came flooding back to me; Memories that I dismissed because I was kind of a smart-mouthed kid. Being sh...

2021-11-3002 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans LOVE AND HONOUR? Marriage for Peace by David D.E. Evans This edition of Newsgram looks at killing our own in the name of Honor and it’s based on the book LOVE AND HONOUR? Marriage for Peace by David D.E. Evans.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking Sam, you’ve talked about a lot of different things on Newsgram, met with several different authors and some highly interesting people but you’ve nevevr explored romantic tragedy. Well that changes today. We are about to delve into Romeo and Juliet style romance tragedy; families killing thei...

2021-11-3004 min

The Curated Chapter with Sam Youmans God’s Plan by Salty Yeom First a warning, the subject of this weeks show is highly controversial. Salty Yeom’s debut book God’s Plan contains some radical views, that are thought-provoking. I’m going to play a couple of sound-bites from Salty later in the show from a recent interview he with JT Crowley on the Talking Books podcast. On that show I realized that he’s not ashamed to be making money, it’s part of his plan.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS So let’s get into it, Here is Salty Yeom (SALTY SOUNDBI...

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