This is a two-part episode: (1) a hard and raw update of the state of my life right now, and (2) a conversation with Leela Sinha, who persistently believes there are ways to make the world a better place event when I'm whimpering in a corner.

Guest: Leela Sinha, https://intensivesinstitute.com/

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Art: Laura Eccott
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/

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Health, and the lack thereof, have not been kind to the podcast.

When you have a lifetime's worth of experience in the criminal justice and military, you've accumulated some stories. Some are never to be told, due to privacy or intensity or just the inability to speak the words. Others are shifted into fiction, to give space to say what you need to say without quite as many roadblocks...

Guest: Gary Edgington, https://garyedgingtonauthor.com/

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Promo: OctoberPod Christmas Ghost Story (drops 25 December 2023)
Disclaimer: Alicia
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/

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Just an update on where I've been and expressing my fervent hopes that I'll be able to return to some version of normal within the foreseeable future...

Lots of us went through school thinking of history as just a series of facts to memorize for the test... but it actually matters on a greater scale, and kids are fully able to understand that.

Guest: Barbara Ann Mojica
Books: Amazon page

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Promo: Madison on the Air
Disclaimer: Kennedy Phillips
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/

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Being a producer -- one who creates, brings about, makes available -- could mean any number of things, even within the slice of life called podcasting and pop culture.

Guest: Reena Friedman Watts, Better Call Daddy podcast

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Promo: Blood Rose Island (novel) by Amy Koto
Disclaimer: Bex, Tu Tía Bruja
Art: Kim Erwin
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/

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Every life has defining before/after moments; things that that change everything. What's yours, and how do you place meaning on it?

Guest: Nicole Angelique Kerr, author of You Are Deathless

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Promo: The Compulsive Storyteller
Disclaimer: Colin, The Podcast Host
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/

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What do you do when your child (or your self) is sick but the doctors are getting it wrong?

Guest: Elizabeth Harris, whatswrongwithmychild.com

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Promo: And Then Suddenly
Disclaimer: Jason Myers
Art: Julia
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/

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How do you know who you are, or aren't? How do you know what you're good at? What is "typical," anyway?

Guest: Joel Bouchard, From Nowhere to Nothing podcast
Spotify: Joel Bouchard

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Promo: Omen
Disclaimer: Mike Gagne
Art: Kim Erwin
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/

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How vulnerable are you to giving away personal or corporate secrets? How likely are you to try and gather that information from others?

Guest: Robert Kerbeck
Book: https://www.robertkerbeck.com/book/ruse/

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Promo: Our True Crime Podcast
Disclaimer: Kristen, Murder She Told
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/

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Connection and belonging are tremendously important, as are the knowledge of your own value and a sense of awareness of your space in the world. So... how do you get those things?

Guest: Catherine Bell, The Awakened Company
The Enneagram Institute Type Descriptions: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-descriptions

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Promo: Witches Talking Tarot
Disclaimer: Audrey
Art: Minna
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/

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