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Present and SoberExpat Life, Loss, and Letting Go of Wine | With Susan Hodgson03/06/2025Present and Sober Podcast Episode 185Expat Life, Loss, and Letting Go of Wine | With Susan HodgsonJoin Sam and Ellie as they chat with Susan Hodgson about living abroad, motherhood, grief, and overcoming alcohol. Discover how finding home within yourself can unlock real transformation, no matter where you are.Vote for us! Here Susan's Links...HereExplore joining us in Live Present & Sober (open this link in a web browser like Chrome so you can explore all the details) 🙂https://present-and-sober.mn.co/Now you can buy some Pres...2025-06-0354 min
Music GumboThe Resistance ContinuesNew Richie Dave Porter & Debra Susan, Alison Krauss, Willie Nelson + Dread Zeppelin, Ben Okafor, Dolly Parton, Lettuce, Dog’s Eye View, Ghost-Note, Ziggy Marley & more… Birthdays for Rose Stone, Slim Jim Phantom, Ray Dorset, Conrad Lozano, Roger Hodgson, Solomon Burke, Eddie Money
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Out of the Best BooksBook Talk with Isabella MickelsonBooks mentioned in this episode:The Nightingale by Kristin HarmelThe Book of Lost Names by Kristin HarmelThe Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin HarmelThe Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin HarmelSecrets of a Charmed Life by Susan MeissnerThe Things We Cannot Say by Kelly RimmerThe Warsaw Orphan by Kelly RimmerThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Lifegiving Home by Sally ClarksonMemory-Making Mom by Jessica SmarttAnne of Green...2025-03-1450 min
The Half Vested PodcastYour Daily Dad JokeTheories and mints and banter, oh my!Intro Music: Bach's Prelude in F, performed by Jessie HodgsonCover Art: designed by Paul Bloms & Dominique Rapsch, with help from the AI overlords2025-02-2155 minThe Half Vested PodcastThat's My Grandpa's Birthday!The Vicars explain how privacy works, ponder dates in January (mainly birthdays and stuff), and impress the importance of flags.
Intro Hold Music: Bach's Prelude in F, performed by Jessie Hodgson
Cover Art: designed by Paul Bloms & Dominique Rapsch, with help from the AI overlords2024-12-301h 12
Reading Revisitedep. 26: Introducing Dickens and A Christmas Carol w/ Shannon HoodWelcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.How to Read Dickens by Shannon HoodShannon’s Top 5:Jane EyrePride and PrejudiceAnne of Green GablesLittle Dorrit/David CopperfieldThe Woman in WhiteOther Books and Things:Muppet Christmas CarolA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettKristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset2024-11-181h 11The Half Vested PodcastGift Chickens for Christmas?The Vicars discuss Communion Setting 8, explain the importance of heat in the winter, and extol the virtues of Jessie's internship ending.
Intro & Hold Music: Bach's Prelude in F, performed by Jessie Hodgson
Cover Art: designed by Paul Bloms & Dominique Rapsch, with help from AI2024-10-1449 minThe Half Vested PodcastPeace, Be Still: The Aftermath of Hurricane HeleneIntroducing a new mini-series: Peace, Be Still, where the Vicars react to current events and other pressing matters. In the inaugural episode, the Vicars discuss the tragedy and devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene, direct the community to ways they can help those affected, and share personal memories from Appalachia.
How to help:
-Donate or volunteer with FEMA https://www.fema.gov/disaster/recover/volunteer-donate
-Donate or volunteer with the Red Cross https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/disaster-relief/hurricane-relief/hurricane-helene.html
-Donate to the Lutheran Disaster Response https://www.elca.org...2024-10-0228 minThe Half Vested PodcastSpooky Season Has Arrived!To start spooky season off right, the Vicars share their personal paranormal experiences... Or at least the first few that come to mind.
Intro music: Bach's Prelude in F, performed by Jessie Hodgson
Cover Art: designed by Paul Bloms & Dominique Rapsch, with help from AI2024-09-271h 02The Half Vested PodcastSOOO MUCH BREADThe Vicars poke and prod their microphones while giving home renovation tips, drooling over European gluten, and sharing their class schedules.
P.S. Apologies for any remaining contact/background noise; the Vicars tried their best to herniate their editor this episode. 2024-08-2743 minThe Half Vested PodcastLGBTQ...AI?The podcast time machine takes us back to Pride Month! John 3:16 finally gets the spotlight, Dominique shatters some lofty expectations, and everyone brags about having zero felonies.
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-National Suicide Prevention (& Veteran Crisis) Hotline: call or text 988, or chat online at 988lifeline.org (& veteranscrisisline.net)
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2024-08-1259 minThe Half Vested PodcastA Veritable OceanAs the Midwest is inundated with record flooding, the Vicars discuss laundry, children's books, and Jessie's future as Bishop.
(Note: Jessie references this episode as #4, and astute minds will see that only 2 episodes have been published prior. Episode #4 was released prior to #3 to address the disaster).
Intro music: Bach's Prelude in F, performed by Jessie Hodgson
Cover Art: designed by Paul Bloms & Dominique Rapsch, with help from AI2024-07-291h 09
Expat ExpertsHelping expats quit alcohol with Susan Hodgson 🍷🚫Send us a message!🇮🇪🇫🇷 In this episode, we talk with Susan Hodgson, an Irish who was supposed to go in a short holiday to France but more than 20 years later is still there, married and with children. Tune in to discover how Paris has changed over years and how Susan is trying to change the relation expats have with alcohol. Join us to know how a professional coach she helps her clients realise the emotions and effects that alcohol has on all of us and how can we change habits around it, or even quit drinking.Follow...2024-07-291h 07The Half Vested PodcastWe're Theologians, Not Computer PeopleThe Vicars discuss your own personal Jesus, prove they really are turtle-y enough for the Turtle Club, and continue to triangulate themselves despite their worst efforts.
Intro music: Bach's Prelude in F, performed by Jessie Hodgson
Cover Art: designed by Paul Bloms & Dominique Rapsch, with help from AI2024-07-141h 02
The Half Vested PodcastAre We in Revelation Already???Welcome to episode one of the Half Vested Podcast! Jessie & Susan start the party with the necessary introductions, lay the groundwork for future episodes, and narrowly avoid a dangerous Bean attack.
Intro & Hold Music: Bach's Prelude in F, performed by Jessie Hodgson
Cover Art by Paul Bloms & Dominique Rapsch, with help from AI2024-06-2950 min
No More Booze - The PodcastSusan HodgsonSusan is from Donegal but now lives in Paris- Ooh La La! She gave up alcohol 4 years ago and is loving life alcohol-free. We chat about how alcohol helped her shyness and how it was part of the culture growing up in Donegal. We also chat about motherhood, living away from home and how her life has improved since giving up the booze. She has since trained as a Coach with This Naked Mind and now helps people Lose the Booze! You can follow her on instagram @losetheboozewithsuz. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,...2024-06-0245 min
Property Solopreneur with Rachael Troughton138 Property Solopreneur Classics: Must-Listen EpisodesAs I’m taking a small break to complete some big projects, I want to give you a selection of past episodes that offer nuggets of knowledge and wisdom on your property journey. I believe we should all look at the experiences that other people have had to give us an insight not just into how wealthy property can make us, but also what will happen if we don't have our businesses correctly set up and if we don’t have a strategy behind it. Because the business part of the property business is the backstage, the unsung hero of i...2024-05-2719 min
Beef And Dairy NetworkEpisode 109 - Ted DansonTed Danson, Susan Harrison, David Reed, Natasha Hodgson, Mark Turetsky and Linnea Sage join in for this episode in which we speak to the dentist at heart of the campaign to legalise the use of cow teeth in cosmetic dentistry.Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.com
2024-04-2236 min
An Intro to Anthro with 2 HumansEpisode 32: Holding Hands and Pitchin’ WooGrab your chaperone and pour the lemonade! In this episode, The Two Suitors come a-callin’ and take a look at dating and courtship throughout history. Aw shucks, ain’t they sweet!
Episode 32: Holding Hands and Pitchin’ Woo
An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans
Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.
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Bailey, Beth L.
1988 From Front...2024-01-221h 13
The Not Drinking Alcohol Today PodcastAn Alcohol-Free Irish Woman Thriving in France?! Meet Coach Susan HodgsonOur guest today, Susan Hodgson, is an Irish coach living in France, who helps expats to drink less and find a welcoming sober community abroad.We discuss how Susan made the choice to step away from alcohol after experiencing anxiety and worried that her alcohol use may be exacerbating it. We also discuss the startling differences between Irish and French drinking cultures and how it can be hard to drink less as an expat when you are trying to find friends and fit into another culture where wine is revered and accompanies every gathering. Finally, we...2023-12-0950 min
SundayMoaningChow Mein Kopf
In Folge 442 des SundayMoaning klären wir, wie man endlich diese beklagenswerte Unproduktivität im Schlaf loswird, in welchen Jobs eine Kündigungsfrist besonders viel Sinn macht, Warum digitale Post Verbrechen stärkt, und warum Sichherheit nicht immer und unbedingt subjektiv ist. Und natürlich noch so manches mehr!
Viel Spaß beim Nachhören!
Shownotes vom 03.12.23 – SMC442 – Chow Mein Kopf
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Play stupid games, win stup...2023-12-061h 03
Leaf by LanternThe Golden BirdAlicia examines how a Christian artist could approach retelling “The Golden Bird” in the light of Scripture. Topics discussed include good Edens vs. false Edens, a Scriptural view of gold, and Biblical approaches to betrayal. ResourcesWilkie Collins’s A Woman in White (both the book and the 2018 miniseries)Mary Shelley’s FrankensteinSusan Gaskell’s North and SouthFrances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret GardenA.A. Milne’s Winne the PoohBonus: For a more thorough discussion of the imagery of the princess in this tale, see Nicholas Kotar’s episode, “Princess Ivan and the Gray Wolf,” from his po...2023-12-0435 min
ICONSHayao Miyazaki (Creator of Studio Ghibli)Ideas I got from artist Hayao Miyazaki from reading Miyazakiworld, A Life In Art, by Susan Napier.
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Download the bonus PDF (Hayao Miyazaki's best art + summary) here
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Art mentioned:
The Last Samurai — Film, 2003
Spirited Away — Film, 2001
My Neighbour Totoro — Film, 1988
Princess Mononoke — Film, 1997
Howl's Moving Castle — Film, 2004
Ponyo — Film, 2008
The Boy and The Heron — Film, 2023
9 Shots — Song, 50 Cent
The Wind Rises — Film, 2013
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind — Film, 1984
Laputa: Castle in the Sky — Film, 1986
The Count of Monte Cristo — Book, Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers — Book, Alexandre Dumas
The Prisone...2023-11-291h 01
The Book Snug PodcastChapter 24: Ghosty BooksSend us a textGhosts are the topic of the day! We share some of our favorite books containing ghosts as main characters, side characters or narrators. Some of the recommendations are pretty terrifying and some aren't scary at all. One thing is certain - we enjoyed every one of these books! Julia’s Books:The Seer of Shadows by AviDeep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing HahnThe Sundown Motel by Simone St. JamesThe Woman in Black by Susan HillStephany’s Books:Pony by R. J. Pal...2023-11-011h 01
The Bailey ShowThe BS Welcomes Susan HodgsonWe spoke with Susan Hodges who made headlines for having her house wrongfully demolished by a company that's not taking ownership of their mistake.2023-10-2314 minBeef And Dairy NetworkEpisode 100 - Your Host's Hundredth EpisodeMike Wozniak, Susan Harrison, Tom Crowley, Gemma Arrowsmith and Lucy Farrett join in this month as your host celebrates his hundredth episode. Also thanks to Linnea Sage, Amy Mason, Matthew Crosby, Josie Long, Stevie Martin, Natasha Hodgson and Chris Cantrill. TICKET LINK FOR LIVE SHOW AT LONDON PODCAST FESTIVAL ON SEPTEMBER 16 2023:Live-stream tickets: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/online-streaming-beef-and-dairy Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.com Music credit courtesy of epidemicsound.com:Turning Strin...2023-08-201h 01
Critical Care Reviews PodcastPATCH-Trauma Trial PresentationRussell Gruen, Brian Burns and Stephen Bernard present the results of the PATCH-Trauma trial, investigating tranexamic acid in severe trauma. An independent editorial is delivered by Karim Brohi (London). Caroline Leech (Coventry) chairs a panel discussion consisting of Susan Rowell (Chicago), Carol Hodgson (Melbourne), John Holcomb (Birmingham, USA) and John Norrie (Edinburgh).2023-07-271h 24
StoryshapedGetting Storyshaped With Rebecca SchillerA slightly different vibe for today's Storyshaped! We're sitting down with Rebecca Schiller - smallholder, parent, memoirist, creative writing teacher, neurodivergent person, and author, for a wonderful chat about her recent ADHD diagnosis, creativity (and permission to enter into creativity), parenthood, the art of writing a memoir, the beauty of children's literature, and how vital it is for children to feel empowered by the things they read. We also make some pit-stops along the way, where Rebecca traces the influence of some very important books, ones that shaped and affected the course of her life and career. We'd love...2023-05-251h 10
HubsREAD17: Managing Stress with Mrs. HacagaArista and Tilly chat with RTHS counselor Mrs. Hacaga about managing stress, reading for comfort, and becoming a counselor.In this episode:The Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettNora RobertsSusan Elizabeth PhillipsThe Harry Potter Series by J. K. RowlingThe Odyssey by HomerPercy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan J.D. RobbHubs, be sure to visit the RTHS Library-Media Center...2023-05-1411 min