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In this episode, Emily speaks with writer and philosophy professor Chloé Cooper Jones about her memoir Easy Beauty, which chronicles her quest to w...
- Added: May 30, 2023
- Length: 53:50
From the Super Bowl to the Vaccination roll out we have seen great examples of leadership. In the Super Bowl we saw Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat one...
- Added: Mar 07, 2021
- Length: 54:10
Goals are important. The more important it is, the bigger and more daunting it tends to be. But the more daunting, the more likely I am to find an ...
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- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 07:50
- Purchases: 1
Some decisions are terrifying to make, especially when they will have a big impact on my future. But if I can't face these decisions head on, I'll ...
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- Added: Sep 23, 2019
- Length: 06:07
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I can't seem to do all the things I want. I feel overwhelmed and helpless when faced with the metaphorical mountain of goals I have yet to achieve....
- Added: Sep 17, 2019
- Length: 06:14
I feel like a failure because I know I'm not "successful". I like like I know what success is, but do I really? By trying to define "being successf...
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- Added: Sep 17, 2019
- Length: 04:51
- Purchases: 1
I wish I was more productive. I try, but I find it so hard to avoid things like TV and video games which soak up most of my time. I need to stop wa...
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- Added: Sep 16, 2019
- Length: 05:30
- Purchases: 1
When I fight with myself or struggle with self-control, I'm really fighting with my inner monkey and struggling to control him.
- Added: Sep 16, 2019
- Length: 05:30
The Jay Leno Comedy Challenge launched many wannabe comedians into their comedy careers, and Jan is one of them. It was a nationwide search to put ...
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 04:46
At one point when I was reading about the age of water I came across some research indicating that some of the water molecules we drink could be 4....
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:09
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Series: Animalogy \ Revealing the Animals in Our Everyday Words and Phrases
Series: Animalogy \ Revealing the Animals in Our Everyday Words and Phrases
If you’ve made a serious faux pas and need to acknowledge it with humility, you might be said to be “eating crow” or “eating humble pie.” In this e...
- Added: Jan 25, 2017
- Length: 18:43
The story of Antoinette Tuff, a bookkeeper who was filling in at the front desk of an Atlanta Suburban elementary school of about 800 students on A...
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- Added: Jul 16, 2014
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 3
October 26 is Make a Difference Day. With all the bad news in the world, we can create our own good news by making a difference in our communities.
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 02:30
Recently the Park Street rape victim did something almost unthinkable in India. She revealed her identity.
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- Added: Jul 30, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
The full-hour version of our Annual Holiday Show. Also available in 2 29-minute segments.
- Added: Mar 03, 2013
- Length: 59:00
This month's Tin Roof Project, featuring Senator David Pryor reading his story "Nine Miles to Mustin Lake," followed by Q&A. True stories told by t...
- Added: Nov 10, 2012
- Length: 42:38
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year Erika Kooda will be checking in with essays reflecting on her senior ye...
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- Added: Nov 07, 2012
- Length: 03:12
- Purchases: 1
This week, our stories are all about the power of friendship. Stories by George McLeod, Pat Gillum, and Susan Elder. True stories told by the South...
- Added: Oct 07, 2012
- Length: 29:00
On this week's show, our writers all grapple with expectations of others or themselves. Stories by Martin Ferguson, Anne Owings Wilson, and Richard...
- Added: Sep 29, 2012
- Length: 29:00
This week it's our monthly series The Tin Roof Project, where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to life. This month's Tin Roofer ...
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 29:00
This week, we hear stories from two North Little Rock mayors: former mayor Terry Hartwick, and current Mayor Patrick Hays. True stories told by the...
- Added: Jun 29, 2012
- Length: 29:00
NEWSFLASH around the world! An all-out nuclear strike on America? The debt is called in.
Who will initiate this attack?
Where will it come from?
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 29:30
The seventh and final incarnation of the historic ‘Empire spirit.’ A union of ten powerful nations – or is it eleven? A revived Roman Empire in Eur...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 29:30
It doesn't really require any prophetic anointing to predict conflict in the Middle East, but what exactly DO the Hebrew prophets tell us to expect...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 29:30
It doesn't really require any prophetic anointing to predict conflict in the Middle East, but what exactly DO the Hebrew prophets tell us to expect...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 29:30
