You Gotta Try This!

Welcome back to Delight Anyway, season 5 of You Gotta TryThis!   In this series, I'm sharing things you can try right now tobring a little more joy and wonder into your life. I believe practicing delight will make you more resilient, and better able to cope with everything life is throwing at us. Our souls need the nourishment of deep connection, wonder, and joy.   In today's episode, I’ll...

Happy First Friday! Today we are back with another installment of You Gotta Read This! This month we are reading Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson. Find it and all the other books we’ve ever recommended on the show in our Bookshop , which is a great place to buy books from independent booksellers and support our show.  Let us know what you think! Send in your thoughts, questions, recommend...

Welcome back to You Gotta Try This! Season 5 is called Delight Anyway: Practices for Pursuing Delight, Even Now. Tune in each week to hear about small, practical ways to cultivate delight even when everything’s upside down. In today's episode, we practice slowing down. Take one activity you usually rush through, and do it as slowly as possible. See what it feels like to not be in a rush. Make...

Welcome to Delight Anyway, season 5 of You Gotta Try This! In this series, I'll share with you some things you can try right now to bring a little more joy and wonder into your life. I truly believe it will make you more resilient, and better able to cope with everything life is throwing at us. If we’re going to take care of ourselves, take care of each other, advocate for the vulnerable, figh...

It's the first Friday of June, so we're here with this month's recommendation for the podcast book group, You Gotta Read This! This month I picked Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver. It was produced as an audio-documentary, available on Audible, Spotify, and other audio-book platforms. (No hard copy exists!) Because of the audio-only format, I can’t add it to our Bookshop...

Happy First Friday! Today we are back with another installment of You Gotta Read This! This month we are reading (or more specifically, listening to) The Dutch House , by Ann Patchett. The audiobook is read by national treasure, Tom Hanks.  Find it and all the other books we’ve ever recommended on the show in our Bookshop , which is a great place to buy books from independent booksellers and suppo...

It's the First Friday of the month, so that means a new book recommendation! This month I am choosing Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It's a high-stakes interstellar adventure about saving the world. It's been turned into a blockbuster film starring Ryan Gosling that's out now, so get yourself a copy and read this while it's still in theaters! You can find Project Hail Mary and...

It's the first Friday of the month, and you know what that means! Time for another installation of our podcast book group, You Gotta Read This! This month we're reading Theo of Golden by Allen Levi. It’s a beautiful novel about a stranger who comes to town and changes lives through art, generosity, and kindness.  Find it and all the other books we’ve ever recommended on the show in our Boo...

Happy First Friday! It's time for another installment of You Gotta Read This! This month we are reading Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall. It's a twisty and suspenseful novel about love, loss and buried secrets. Find it and all the other books we’ve ever recommended on the show in our Bookshop, which is a great place to buy books from independent booksellers. (We do get a little kickback...

Announcing the 2025 Kathy Awards! In today’s episode, Katherine announces her personal awards, celebrating her favorite things from the last year. The Kathys are a tradition that helps her savor her life and share her delights. Maybe you’ll be inspired to start your own personal awards! Learn more about the inspiration for the Kathys here: The Bobbys episode on Radio Lab.   Check out our affiliate...

First Friday of the month means a new book recommendation! This month I am choosing a compilation by William Sieghart called The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried and True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind, and Soul . The author has selected poems to "treat" all manner of emotional conditions. Feeling yourself reflected in someone else's words is such a gift; no matter what you are experiencing...

Happy First Friday! It's time for this month's book club pick for You Gotta Read This! This month we're reading The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb. It's a heartbreaking novel about love, addiction, and perseverance. Just out this spring, it's a strong contender for a 2025 Kathy Award! :) You can find it in our Bookshop , along with all the other books we've ever recommended...

TW: Domestic violence, sexual assault. This episode contains some profanity. Welcome to back to You Gotta Try This! This is the final episode in our latest series, Waking Up to the Patriarchy. Thisseason, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society. In the finale, we’ll explore how patriarchy harms women: through design that ove...

Happy First Friday! It's time for this month's book club pick for You Gotta Read This! This month we're reading Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. As we come to the end of the Waking Up to the Patriarchy series on the main show, this book brings the real plight of women and girls into the light. It’s been called “a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasi...

TW: This episode touches on violence and abuse (23-28:20). Hello everyone and welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our latest series on You Gotta Try This! In today's episode, you'll hear a conversation with Katherine and Laura about the binary of masculinity and femininity, and the way our culture creates hierarchies that limit everyone's humanity. Find us on Instagram at youg...

Welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our current series on  You Gotta Try This. This season, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society. In this episode, we tackle patriarchy in the church space. I have two brilliant guests who'll share about liberation theology, the intersection of race and gender, and their own experi...

(This episode contains some profanity.) Welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our current series on  You Gotta Try This. This season, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society. In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation I had with Matt, Jonathan, and Aaron, three of my college friends. They’ll share about their experie...

On the first Friday of every month, I choose a new book for ourbook group, You Gotta Read This! This month we are reading The Power by Naomi Alderman. It’s an electrifying novel about what happens when the gendered power structure flips on its head almost overnight.   You can find it in our Bookshop , along with all the other bookswe've ever recommended on the show. (We get a small commission...

Welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our new series on You Gotta Try This. This season, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society. In this episode, we're talking about women's sports. There's so much to say about intersectionality, equal pay, and how sexism plays out in the coverage. I'm delighted to ha...

Welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our new series on  You Gotta Try This. This season, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society. In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with my friend Kayleigh in which we talk about gendered classroom dynamics, dress codes, and new child leave. We'll also explore some histor...

(This episode mentions sexuality.) Welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our new series on  You Gotta Try This! This season, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society. In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with my friend Emily in which we talk about the matriarchy, periods, and how thepatriarchy impacts medical ou...

(This episode mentions sexuality.) Welcome back to Waking Up to the Patriarchy, our new series on  You Gotta Try This. This season, we’re pulling back the curtain to see how patriarchy is functioning under the surface, shaping our entire society. In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with my friend Becky in which we talk about early conditioning around gender, theBarbie movie, feminine power...

Welcome back to our new series: Waking Up to the Patriarchy. This season, we’re pulling back the curtain on the hidden system shaping all of our lives: PATRIARCHY. In today's episode, we hear from guest Meghan Speer about how she started to see the patriarchy functioning under the surface in her life. We talk about what it's like to be the only woman in the room, why the lines are always s...

On the first Friday of every month, I choose a new book for our book group, You Gotta Read This! This month I'm choosing Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation . It's written by historian Kristin Kobes DuMez (a professor at my alma mater, Calvin University!). It is a New York Times bestseller, and it was the publisher's "surprise hit&...

Welcome to the first episode of our new series on  You Gotta Try This, where we’re pulling back the curtain on the hidden system shaping all of our lives: PATRIARCHY. In this series, you’ll hear why patriarchy is bad for everyone , not just women. From everyday language to education, religion, sports, healthcare, and beyond, we’ll explore how patriarchy operates—often invisibly—and why it’s time t...