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In Northern Ireland in the 1980s and '90s, war was a secret, and young Jane Ferguson wanted to know the truth. For her, war was called The Troubles, bomb threats and military checkpoints on the way to school were commonplace, and an uncle's gunshot wound by an IRA assassin was disguised as a cow kick. Jane developed a penchant for asking questions that cut through this culture of silence,...

Travel journalist Jeff Jenkins didn't step foot on a plane until he was 20 years old, but once he did, he started living by his mantra "life begins where your comfort zone ends." His mission is to inspire those who look like him to travel without fear and push past their perceived limitations to experience everything the world has to offer.  Never Say Never  follows Jeff as he travel...

July 7, 2023   Getting lost in a thought. Putting too much interest into something that's very tiny.  I struggle with people getting to see my side of the story.  It's been a lifelong challenge.  I do make comments that fall short of being funny.  I save from reserved thoughts for daily writing.  No judgement.  But I'm known for stumping even myself.  What was I trying to convey?  This...

Pod Crashing Episode 253 Lauren Bright Pacheco From Murder In Miami In the 1980s crime journalist Phil Stanford dove into the decadent and dangerous world of Miami just as the city was becoming the cocaine- and murder- capitol of the United States. His path would place him in the crosshairs of a federal investigation focusing on a mysterious and controversial drug smuggling pilot who claimed to be...

Ray fell in love with music at a young age and went to a performing arts school where he was introduced to classical music. At college, he was active in choirs, opera and also began writing and recording music. Ray and his friends even put together a sold-out cabaret show in their hometown. Currently, Ray is working as a bausiness and data nalyst. His goal has always been to use his professional c...

The famed wild west – where outlaws rampage and lawmen become legends – is a great story. Cowboys and native Americans are eternal archetypes, but the real history of the American West is filled with rich tales of diverse pioneers, unprecedented opportunity, ambition, fortune, and technological marvels that change the country and the world. The Real Wild West  – premiering June 29th on  Curiosity...

The smooth rolling hills that surround this tiny lake are decorated in mid-fall colors. Amazing reds, vibrant yellows, oranges and browns. There's no breeze to rough up the water, therefore the reflection on the surface showcases the perfect continuation. From the color of the morning sunrise to the light layer of fog slow dancing across the water. This is what I want heaven to look like when...

Steeped in ancient Korean mythology, driven by a plucky young heroine, and filled with action, suspense, and the possibilities of magic all around us, THE LAST FALLEN REALM is a work of fantasy and the perfect end to Graci Kim’s Gifted Clans saga.  New York Times best-selling author, Kim, is a Korean-Kiwi diplomat turned author who writes about the magic that is inside all of us.    Riley Oh wasn’...

We are a family, a true relationship fed by the compassion of a community enlightened by your word.

Pod Crashing Episode 252 With Alan Williams From Monkee Mania Radio We live in amazing times. If you think it. You can build it. Broadcasters and other creative minds have been given several different platforms to bring their art of sight and sound to life. Alan Williams has taken his love for the Monkee's to a first ever internet radio station. But how did it unfold? What were the legal barri...

Over the pandemic we started writing and passing ideas back and forth from the US to Lima, Peru. After a few online writing sessions, Holly and Fred flew to Lima, Peru to record two songs with Cesar. When the songs were finished they produced accompanying music and lyric videos which quickly gained attention. A few months later they signed with Rock Avenue Records USA, and returned to Lima to fini...

For many, high school is supposed to be defined by wild parties, backseat hook-ups and a devil-may-care attitude. But, when three friends at Our Lady of the Crusades, an all-boys high school, receive earth-shattering news about an upcoming merger with their rivals, they make a pact to have one last, epic weekend before their lives turn upside down. Along the way, however, they unknowingly make a d...

We can only see whats before us. There are two ways to look at this. Before meaning before you got here there was a story. Before as in something that's standing right there with you in this moment of now. We can only see whats before us, everything else is assumption. Living a mindful lifestyle keeps me away from the pages of history. Yes, I'm a daily writer but I don't go back to pag...

What we see on television, as well as what we read in newspapers, watch on YouTube, and hear on the radio, routinely glorifies the military, obscures the real costs of war, and dehumanizes people the U.S. government has deemed dangerous or expendable. In War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine ( Hardcover; $27.99; 978-1-62097-791-0; On sale 6/13/2023 ) acclaime...

We've got to stop being a divided generation. It will be a continued split on every child born hereafter.

I don't know anyone else who has been a daily writer for three decades. It's how I breathe. The goal is to remove the stones from the stream. The greatest challenge is learning how to tune out the atmosphere created by others. I can't expect people to sit around silently while I paste thoughts to page. I know other writers but not daily journal writers. I call them expression artists....

Summertime has changed in the way of there being fewer memories. Multiple bloggers have embraced this by sharing their own summertime memories. As a daily writer I'm able to step back and get it as it was happening rather than relying on a rewritten thought or experience. But how can you participate with your own journey? Become part of the future by taking notes of your today. Gift your futur...

Pod Crashing Episode 251 With Tim O’Brien From Crash Coarse A narrative exploration of what happens when powerful, innovative or disruptive forces in the business world collide - and what lessons we can learn from those collisions. Whether it's newbie day-traders taking on Wall Street titans in the GameStop saga, or a staid corporate giant such as AT&T overreaching by going Hollywood, &quo...

A riveting, deeply personal memoir of more than twenty years of death-scene investigations by New York City death investigator Barbara Butcher.   Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected lifeline: a job at the Medical Examiner's Office in New York City. The second woman ever hired for the role of Death Investigator in Manhattan, she was the first t...

TEN YEAR OLD TOM  follows the misadventures of an average kid as he contends with questionable guidance from the well-meaning grownups around him. Being a kid is hard enough for Tom, but when bad influences seem to lurk around every corner – from litigious parents and drug dealing bus drivers to school administrators who want to sleep with his mom – it’s downright impossible. While the adults in T...

Having the ability but no vision or inspiration to use the tools to gain access to different levels of the performance. If you could go back and talk with department heads about your workday performance, could your heart handle the real reasons why you kept your job? Who we think we are almost never matches what others have invested in. Just because I write everyday doesn't make me an author....

Everyone loves turtles. And no wonder: long-lived, unhurried, and ancient, these shelled reptiles are fascinating. Turtles are also endlessly surprising. There are turtles with soft shells, turtles with googly eyes, turtles with necks longer than their bodies, and turtles whose shells glow in the dark!  Now, readers can meet more than 300 types of turtles in the beautiful new compendium, THE BOOK...

Somehow we've got to not only trust your wisdom and strength but we need to see for ourselves how leading a peace filled life is possible...

July 3, 2023   When people make it known that you aren’t smiling.  While in public, I usually wear a candy coated plastic bathroom mirror smile.  Somewhat real somewhat fake.  In radio we usually called it nervous laughter.  The person who spotted me without a smile didn’t know of the amazing amount of stress I had put myself in the center of.  Not only did I have a register till full of money out...

I’m CT…  When I’m not hosting podcasts, I live in the real world.  Everybody has to have a job.  Mine is C.S.  Customer Service.  Solutions, relationships while keeping my team motivated to keep a constant connection with each guests who’s chosen to stop their day to visit our location.  Episode 88 Con Job Rooftop Intruders And Stolen Shrimp This is C.T.C.S.