Best Bookfest Podcasts (2026)

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Audiobooks from Flying Pig Audio 2025 50:10

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Michelle plays some of her favorite clips from the audiobooks she produced this year. Body My Life in Parts by Nina B. Lichtenstein The Mother of All Decisions by Besty Armstrong Meme's Famous Crepes by Theodore A. Perry State of Maine State of Mind by Theodore A. Perry Book title links go to Libro.FM akin to Bookshop.org for audiobooks. It support…

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Cyra Sweet Dumitru reads from Words Make a Way through Fire 1:47:27

2M ago1:47:27

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Conversation with poet and writer Cyra Sweet Dumitru who reads from her new memoir Words Make a Way Through Fire: Healing After My Brother's Suicide. Sign up for Michelle Redo's free monthly newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Band Camp, Apple Music and Spotify. Cyra Sweet Dumitru is a published poet, ins…

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Gail Straub reads from Home Inside the Globe 1:40:48

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Learn more about Gail Straub at her website GailStraub.com. Order Home Inside the Globe Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Apple Music, on Spotify or at philredo.com

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Nancy Collins reads from The Perfectly Imperfect Potter 1:12:24

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Order you copy of The Perfectly Imperfect Potter. Learn more about author Nancy Collins. Sign up for my free, monthly newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com Stuff for Mainers: Meet Nancy, check out her book and perhaps even some of her pottery at one of these October 2025 events: Sat Oct 4 at the Windham Fall Harvest Festival Sun Oct 19 at the Ro…

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Changing the Rules 45:57

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For this episode Michelle presents the time she was the guest on a different podcast, And So, She Left. Plus, hear the "big announcement" for what's next with Daring to Tell. Sign up for The Re-do—newsletter of the Daring to Tell podcast—at michelleredo.com. Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Bandcamp, Spotify, or Apple Music. Remember to hit f…

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Butterflies 18:29

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Be sure to hit "follow" in your podcast app so new episodes will automatically download each month. Sign up for Michelle's newsletter at michelleredo.com Check out Michelle's first episode about the monarch caterpillar that arrived at her doorway in Maine Listen to more of Phil Redo's musicBy Michelle Redo

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Elissa Altman reads from Permission 1:49:23

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Get Elissa Altman's Permission (ha!) at her website, ElissaAltman.com where you can also subscribe to her Substack, Poor Man's Feast. Don't forget to hit Follow so Daring To Tell will automatically drop into your podcast app each month! Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter, The Re-do, for more contemplations on the topics in each episode at Miche…

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Nina Lichtenstein reads from Body: My Life in Parts 1:29:21

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Visit Nina Lichtenstein's website to pre-order her new memoir Body: My Life in Parts available May 27th! Visit Maine Writer's Studio for information about her October retreat "Embodied Stories", as well as upcoming workshops and the next monthly Literary Salon. Check out Nina Lichtenstein's Substack, The Viking Jewess and Other Curiosities Sign up …

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The Mother of All Decisions with Betsy Armstrong 1:12:46

9M ago1:12:46

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Be sure to click follow on this podcast so you'll get the new episode that posts on the first Tuesday of each month. For April 2025 host Michelle Redo talks with Betsy Armstrong about her debut memoir, The Mother of All Decisions: A Memoir of Mother Loss, Legacy and Adopting Kids in Midlife. Daring to Tell is proud to be a sponsor at this year's Wo…

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Woodstock Bookfest 2025 with Martha Frankel 37:48

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The only link to click on is for Woodstock Bookfest 2025! Get your tickets now!By Michelle Redo

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Sari Botton Reads from And You May Find Yourself 1:21:53

10M ago1:21:53

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Links from this episode: Woodstock Bookfest Sari Botton on Substack Sari Botton's Essay at 100 Days of Creative Resistance Michelle Redo's website Phil Redo's music Thanks for listening!By Michelle Redo

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Ching Ching Tan reads from An Extra 1:33:46

11M ago1:33:46

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Don't forget to follow this podcast! Emerging writer Ching Ching Tan reads from her as-of yet-unpublished memoir, An Extra. Learn more about her and read some of her other publications at chingchingtan.com Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Redo at michelleredo.com I can't vouch for what this website is selling, but this is a place where yo…

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Tony Perry reads from Meme's Famous Crepes 49:05

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Thanks for listening to this lastest audiobook production from Flying Pig Audio! Meme's Famous Crepes: Les Crepes Celebres de Memere, is now available as both a paperback and an audiobook-read by its author Tony Perry in both English and French. Learn more about Tony Perry at his website, State of Maine State of Mind. Sign up for the Daring to Tell…

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Tova Mirvis reads from The Book of Separation 1:30:33

1y ago1:30:33

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Thanks for listening to Daring to Tell with Michelle Redo--which just won a 2024 Silver for Best Indie Podcast from the Signal Awards! Learn more about Tova Mirvis and all her books at her website... TovaMirvis.com Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Redo at her website... MichelleRedo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at his bandcamp …

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Roadtrip through Iran and Afganistan with Robert Norris 1:36:20

1y ago1:36:20

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Find out more about writer Robert Norris at robertwnorris.com where you can also order his book The Good Lord Willing and the Creek Don't Rise: Pentimento Memories of Mom and Me. Sign up for Michelle Redo's free newsletter, The Redo at michelleredo.com And if you enjoyed this episode you might also enjoy Daring to Tell's episode with Chris Woolf re…

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David Stuart MacLean with The Answer to the Riddle is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia 1:20:53

1+ y ago1:20:53

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Check out David Stuart MacLean and his book, The Answer to the Riddle is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia Learn more about Michelle Redo and sign up for my newsletter, The Re-do at MichelleRedo.com Listen to more music from Phil Redo on Band Camp, or search for Phil Redo at Spotify or Apple Music. Thanks for listening!…

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Nina Lichtenstein reads Latchkey Kid and Eyes 1:22:13

1+ y ago1:22:13

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Visit Maine Writer's Studio for more info about the Embodied Stories Writing Retreat with writer and teacher Nina Lichtenstein If you haven't listened to Nadine Kenney Johnstone's podcast Heart of the Story, I don't know what you're waiting for! Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Redo or get in touch with me through my website at MichelleRe…

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A Vulnerability Talk with Nadine Kenney Johnstone 1:01:58

1+ y ago1:01:58

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Links from the episode: Subscribe to Michelle Redo's free Substack-- Ineffable Listen to Nadine Kenney Johnstone's podcast Heart of the Story Listen to This Jungian Life podcast Sign up for my newsletter at my website michelleredo.comBy Michelle Redo

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The start of something NEW (again?) 49:43

1+ y ago49:43

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Michelle's New Substack page Nancy Schnog's Writer's Digest article on what to do with your old journals Nadine Kenney Johnstone and Melanie Brooks' workshop Writing Hard Stories Listen to audiobook samples, sign up for Michelle's Daring to Tell newsletter, The Re-do, and listen to other Daring to Tell episodes at michelleredo.com…

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Melanie Brooks A Hard Silence AUDIOBOOK- now available! 58:03

1+ y ago58:03

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Download the audiobook of A Hard Silence, by Melanie Brooks before July 2nd to receive a special sale price at any audiobook retailer! A Hard Silence at Audible A Hard Silence at Libro.FM Check out AudioFile Magazine for more audiobook recommendations and reviews Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter at michelleredo.com where you can also hear a s…

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How To Be Old with Lyn Slater 1:45:26

1+ y ago1:45:26

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Yes, she's the creator of the Accidental Icon and in this conversation we talk about social justice and aging and burnout and the many layers and iterations of who she was before that "happy accident" that led her to the top of the fashion world, and who she is becoming next. Check out Lyn Slater's Substack to follow her post-Accidental Icon writin…

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Maine, A Love Story with Blue Butterfield 1:08:31

1+ y ago1:08:31

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Maine, A Love Story by Blue Butterfield See it. Read it. A finalist in the 2023 Memoir category from the Maine Writers and Publisher's Alliance. Sign up for the FREE Daring to Tell podcast newsletter, The Re-do, at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music.By Michelle Redo

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Abigail Thomas reads new work Deathbed Regrets 1:03:49

2y ago1:03:49

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Abigail Thomas author of the memoirs Still Life at Eighty, A Three Dog Life, What Comes Next and How to Like it, and Safekeeping talks with Michelle Redo about writing and life, and reads from some new writing she's been doing, a piece called Deathbed Regrets. Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter, The Re-do at michelleredo.com Listen to The Band'…

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Book Marketing Talk with Jenn Hanson-dePaula 1:16:54

2y ago1:16:54

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Equally daring to writing your memoir is then, the work of marketing it. Jenn Hanson-dePaula shares valuable info and insight about marketing your book. And by the way... even if you're only working on your manuscript, it's not too early to start thinking about who you want to connect with about your story. Learn more about Jenn Hanson-dePaula, Boo…

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And Always One More Time with Margaret Mandell 1:14:21

2y ago1:14:21

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Thanks for listening! Visit Margaret Mandell's website Pre-order And Always One More Time at Barnes & Noble or Amazon. Read Margaret's essays at Oldster and Brevity Blog. Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter, The Re-do at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at BandcampBy Michelle Redo

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Beginnings and Endings and Nothing 22:28

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Mentioned in this episode... Heart of the Story Podcast with Nadine Kenney Johnstone A Hard Silence by Melanie Brooks Sushi Tuesdays Audiobook by Charlotte Maya Open Heart Project of Susan Piver Sign up for Michelle's newsletter The Re-do Listen to more of Phil Redo's music Add a Tip to help support this podcast…

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Awakenings with Diane Gottlieb and Nina Lichtenstein 1:08:40

2y ago1:08:40

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Michelle Redo talks with Diane Gottlieb, Editor of the new essay anthology called Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness. Diane also is the Prose/CNF editor of Emerge Literary Journal, and has a blog called WomenPause- conversations with women over 50 and the people who love them. Nina Lichtenstein is the founder of Maine Writers Studio, and t…

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A Hard Silence with Melanie Brooks 1:44:52

2y ago1:44:52

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Author Melanie Brooks is back with the release of her memoir A Hard Silence: One daughter remaps family, grief, and faith when HIV/AIDS changes it all. More about her first book, Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma. Sign up for Michelle's monthly newsletter The Re-do Listen to more of Phil Redo's music…

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I Believed You with Margaret Mandell 1:07:56

2y ago1:07:56

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Learn more about Margaret Mandell at her website, MargaretSMandell.com Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter, newly re-dubbed The Redo at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's musicBy Michelle Redo

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Exciting News-And So, She Left-BONUS 35:39

2+ y ago35:39

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I hope you'll check out this special And So, She Left podcast episode featuring guest, Michelle Redo--which is a finalist for a Signal Award! If you are inclined please click to vote for this podcast before October 6th. And So, She Left is hosted by Katherin Vasilopoulos, produced by Ethan Lee and put out by Cansulta. Thanks for daring to listen!…

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Making of Sushi Tuesdays AUDIOBOOK with Charlotte Maya 1:21:36

2+ y ago1:21:36

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Debut memoirist Charlotte Maya now has a self-narrated audiobook of Sushi Tuesdays: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Family Resilience, produced by Michelle Redo. In this episode they talk about writing the book about the suicide death of Charlotte's husband, Sam Maya, as well as sharing what it was like to read and produce the audiobook. Listen to Miche…

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BONUS-Spoiler Conversation on The Butcher, The Embezzler and The Fall Guy 1:05:36

2+ y ago1:05:36

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Spoiler Alert! In this bonus episode Michelle Redo talks with author Gretchen Cherington about all the revelations she discovered through writing The Butcher, The Embezzler and The Fall Guy: A Family Memoir of Scandal and Greed in the Meat Industry.By Michelle Redo

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Jody J. Sperling with The 9 Lives of Marva DeLonghi 1:13:19

2+ y ago1:13:19

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A discussion about fiction and nonfiction with Jody J. Sperling about his new Speculative Fiction Detective Novel- The 9 Lives of Marva DeLonghi. Listen to more of Phil Redo's music. Sign up for my newsletter at michelleredo.comBy Michelle Redo

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Brave No More: An Essay by Michelle Redo 1:18:59

2+ y ago1:18:59

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Michelle Redo invites Katherin Vasilopoulos to guest host when Michelle reads her own essay--Brave No More. Check out Katherin's podcast And So, She Left. Curious about the Bugzooka? Pauline Oliveros died in 2016 but her Deep Listening Institute continues to resound. Listen to more of Phil Redo's music. Sign up for Michelle's monthly podcast newsle…

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Gretchen Cherington with The Butcher, The Embezzler, and The Fall Guy 1:23:07

2+ y ago1:23:07

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Check out Gretchen Cherington's NEW memoir, The Butcher, The Embezzler, and The Fall Guy: A Family Memoir of Scandal and Greed in the Meat Industry. Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter. Listen to more of Phil Redo's music.By Michelle Redo

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Brad Listi with Be Brief and Tell Them Everything 1:37:05

2+ y ago1:37:05

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If you like this podcast, you might also like my monthly newsletter... Hit Pause. Sign up for it at my website michelleredo.com Get your copy of Be Brief And Tell Them Everything, and listen to Brad Listi's podcast Otherppl. Listen to Jody Sperling's podcast TRBM; check out his new book The 9 Lives of Marva DeLonghi Phil Redo has lots more music. C…

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Sushi Tuesdays with Charlotte Maya 1:18:17

2+ y ago1:18:17

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Writer Charlotte Maya reads from her debut memoir Sushi Tuesdays: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Resilience. discussing the importance of talking clearly about depression and suicide. Follow her on Instagram @charlottemayawriter To sign up for Michelle Redo's monthly podcast newsletter called Hit Pause visit michelleredo.com…

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Neurosurgeon Dr. James Doty with Into the Magic Shop 1:03:32

3y ago1:03:32

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Thanks for listening! Sign up for Hit Pause, the newsletter of the Daring to Tell podcast at michelleredo.com Learn more about Dr. James Doty's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, and check out his award-winning New York Times Best Selling book Into the Magic Shop. And you can hear Caroline Fitzgerald and I discuss healing te…

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Come Home to Your Heart with Nadine Kenney Johnstone 54:59

3y ago54:59

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The rest of the episode and conversation with Writer, Podcaster and Writing Teacher Nadine Kenney Johnstone. Listen to her podcast Heart of the Story (produced by your humble host, Michelle Redo) and be sure to pre-order her book and guided journal Come Home to Your Heart today! Sign up for the Daring to Tell newsletter, Hit Pause, at my website, m…

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Journaling with Nadine Kenney Johnstone 17:22

3y ago17:22

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Preliminary conversation with writing teacher, podcaster and retreat leader Nadine Kenney Johnstone, in advance of her new book announcement coming Sunday Feb 12 on Heart of the Story! Be sure to check it out. Then Nadine will read a chapter from her new book on Daring to Tell, later this month. Sign up for my monthly newsletter Hit Pause at my web…

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The Colors I Saw with Eliza C Walton 1:09:59

3y ago1:09:59

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Where is truth fiction and fiction truth especially when one's reality becomes a diagnosis of rectal cancer? "At the very least, it’s a sign of life. The source of my embarrassment speaks of existence. I am alive." In her memoir Eliza Walton shares her actual experience and pushes us into those spaces where she gives life to a fictional edgy alter …

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Death Doulas, End of Life and other festive holiday topics 40:12

3y ago40:12

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Visit Rachel Lee's website at This-Is-Getting-Old.com. And don't forget to check out her cartoons. Some of the other website resources we discussed were The Conversation Project, Cake and Departing Dearly. Have thoughts or feeback about Daring to Tell? Share with me at my website, michelleredo.com or follow me on Twitter @michelleredo…

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My Monarch and Me 42:49

3y ago42:49

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Michelle Redo shares a story of witnessing transformation when it came to the corner of her doorway. If you are curious about some of the websites mentioned here are some links... Wisconsin Pollinators Journey North Listen to more of Phil Redo's music. Follow me on Twitter @michelleredo Sign up for my newsletter, Hit Pause, at my website.…

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The Buddhist Enneagram with Susan Piver 57:47

3y ago57:47

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Host Michelle Redo shares her Enneagram number with The Open Heart Project founder and best selling author Susan Piver (a #4), who reads from her new book The Buddhist EnneagramBy Michelle Redo

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Sailing at the Edge of Disaster with Elizabeth Garber 1:11:04

3+ y ago1:11:04

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Maine writer Elizabeth Garber releases Sailing at the Edge of Disaster: The Memoir of a Young Woman's Daring Year later this month, September of 2022. Check out one of her many book launch events through September and October also at ElizabethGarber.com. Sign up for Michelle's newsletter, Hit Pause, at michelleredo.com. Make Me Brave is written by …

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To Do No Harm with Dr. Tonya Coats 41:51

3+ y ago41:51

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For the August episode host Michelle Redo talks with doctor, mother and writer Tonya Coats, whose essay To Do No Harm deals with themes of parenting, discrimination, and acceptance. You can find more of Tonya's writing at River Teeth, on the Heart of the Story podcast with Nadine Kenney Johnstone, or on her own website Tonyacoatswrites.com The othe…

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Jody Sperling & personal connection on Twitter 47:55

3+ y ago47:55

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BONUS! Michelle Redo talks with Jody Sperling, another writer/podcaster about podcasting and marketing ourselves as writers. Find Jody on Twitter @jodyjsperling and listen to his newly rebranded podcast The Reluctant Book Marketer Follow Michelle on Twitter @michelleredo Sign up for the Daring to Tell Newsletter, Hit Pause, at michelleredo.com Curi…

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The Wonder by Michelle Redo 57:08

3+ y ago57:08

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My essay that won #19 in the 2021 Writers Digest Personal Essay Competition! Today's guest host is Melanie Brooks... author of Writing Hard Stories. This month's spotlight bookstore is Twice Told Tales on Maine St. in Brunswick. Quality used books run by the Friends of Curtis Memorial Library. If you're curious about the Bugzooka, heard about in to…

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Laura Davis reads from The Burning Light of Two Stars 1:48:22

3+ y ago1:48:22

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Go to Michelle Redo to sign up for the monthly Daring to Tell newsletter, Hit Pause. Or follow on Twitter @michelleredo Learn more about Laura Davis, her retreats and writing classes, and her The Burning Light of Two Stars at her website. Listen to #amwriting, another great podcast talking about all types of writing and the writing process. Be the …

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Third Best-An Adoption Essay with Betsy Armstrong 1:06:20

3+ y ago1:06:20

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To read more of Betsy's work, including her award-winning essay The Alchemy of Apple Pie, check out her website, Betsyarmstrong.com I hope you will also sign-up for the Daring to Tell newsletter called Hit Pause, where I share some of my other thoughts and musings as I consider the conversations we have with writers here each month, sign up for tha…