Best Andrew Hackett Podcasts (2025)

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Psychedelics and Christianity with Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles 53:44

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Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles is a Professor of New Testament and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. Jaime is a leading authority on faith and the use of psychedelics in both therapeutic and religious contexts. Her work in the area of psychedelics aims to build bridges between the m…

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 17 20:25

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 16 17:45

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 15 20:43

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 14 15:53

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 13 21:22

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 12 18:16

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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Kennedy Rice from Panther Revival 1:43:15

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Panther Revival is a punk band from Greenville, TX playing loud noise and shouting various protest songs. On this week on The Trace my guest is lead vocalist from Panther Revival Kennedy Rice. We talk music, military, teaching, protest, and much more. My audio novel “The Woman on the Bridge” will continue to be released next week. Thanks to Kennedy…

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 11 24:44

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 10 26:53

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 9 14:34

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 8 22:24

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 7 20:46

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 6 24:48

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 5 12:03

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 4 21:22

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 3 25:30

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 2 30:03

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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The Woman on the Bridge - Chapter 1 36:12

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Catherine is on the run from a dangerous situation back home in the USA. She escapes to Guadalajara where she meets Maria Elena who is another woman in danger. The two of them try to save each other from the different men pursuing each of them. This is "The Woman on the Bridge" - an audio novel.By Andrew Thomas Hackett

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S5 E6 - The Gospel Albums of Bob Dylan 1:24:39

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You may or may not know that from the summer of 1979 through to the summer of 1981 Bob Dylan released three Gospel albums. Right in the time of musical advances like post-punk, goth, industrial, and hip-hop Bob Dylan went back to one of the original sources of this thing called rock n' roll. Straight up Christian songs from Dylan were not what audi…

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S5 E5 - Siskel and Ebert 1:37:27

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This is a celebration of those two wonderful film critics that went from rivals to partners. Siskel and Ebert was a movie review show unlike any other. These two journalists passionately debated the merits of every kind of film you can possibly imagine. Their show ran from 1975-1999 and what a glorious half hour it was. I learned about the movies, …

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S5 E4 - An Introduction to Larry Norman 1:31:08

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These days The Trace is primarily about movies but I do like to mix it up ocassionaly with a focus on music. In this case it's an episode devoted to "The Father of Christian Rock" Larry Norman. This guy lived a strange life and remains an iconoclast after his death in 2008. Here is your chance to get an overview of the life, times, and music of thi…

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S5 E3 - Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me 59:22

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This episode goes out to my dear friend Arielle Heighton! She requested "Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me" which is certainly an intimidating film to talk about but also one of my very favorites. I re-watched both the movie plus "The Return" in prep for the episode. The other title here could be "The Passion of Laura". Let's get into it.…

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S5 E2 - This is The End 57:43

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And The Trace is back! This episode goes out to my teenage son Dylan. He specifically requested on episode on the 2013 apocalyptic comedy "This is the End". Los Angeles, movie stars, weed, demon possession, and non-sensical attempts at understanding eschatology. The movie is a blast. It's a pleasure to watch a raunchy comedy like this when looking …

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Looking Inward, Living Outward with Daniel Wolpert 1:03:23

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Our guest this week on The Well QA is Daniel Wolpert. We discuss his newest book "Looking Inward, Living Outward". Daniel Wolpert, a healer and student of the spiritual life, worked as a research scientist, psychologist, farmer, and teacher, before earning his Masters of Divinity degree at San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS). Co-founder and E…

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Jeff Bettger (AKA Jeff Suffering) 1:45:51

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Jeff Bettger (AKA Jeff Suffering) is a musical artist who has played in Ninety Pound Wuss, Raft of Dead Monkeys, Suffering and the Hideous Thieves, and DRYBNZ. Ninety Pound Wuss will be doing some shows this summer so it felt like a great time to have him on The Trace. We talk about punk/hardcore, the 90's, getting older, religion, and the inclusiv…

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Jenny Smith and Justin White on Poetry and Grief 1:08:46

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Our guests on The Well QA Podcast are author/pastor Jenny Smith and pastor Justin White to discuss grief. Rev. White is the pastor at Stanwood UMC. He is a spiritual director and retreat leader as well as the former chair of The Well’s board. Pastor Justin’s dad passed away unexpectedly last fall. He understands grief from the side of walking with …

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S4 E20 - Andrew Hackett on "Sayulita : Stories" 1:35:01

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The tables are turned on this episode of The Trace as Andrew is interviewed by therapist and artist Josh Horvath. Josh talks with Andrew about his new book “Sayulita : Stories” which comes out on October 13th. Josh and Andrew have been friends and music collaborators for nearly 25 years. In this conversation they explore the writing process and the…

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Norman Wirzba on Agrarian Spirit 1:00:03

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We welcome a wonderful guest this week on The Well QA Podcast! Norman Wirzba is Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology and Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University. He has authored such books as "Agrarian Spirit", "This Sacred Life", and "Food and Faith". His research and teaching interests are at the…

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Dr. Cornel West on King’s Philosophy of Non-violence 1:52:44

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Dr. Cornel West joins the Seattle Regional Poor People's Campaign, The Well, and the WA State PPC for a talk on King's Philosophy of Non-Violence. This talk is in preparation of the Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls on June 16. Presenters: Dr. Cornel West is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at …

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S4 E19 - A Few Jokes and My Top 10 Movies 53:42

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I felt like reaching out to y'all out there so I recorded a solo episode just for fun. I live streamed the recording on Instagram which I've never done before so this is all in one take. Stand up comedy has been calling to me so I recently gave it a shot at an open mic. It was nervewracking but also kind of exciting. To be honest, these are as much…

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The Poor People's Campaign with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 52:18

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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a leader in the Red Letter Christian movement and the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. With the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, he co-authored “The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and he Rise of a New Justice Movement.” Jonathan is a pastor, author, speaker, and a leader in…

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S4 E18 - Scout Tafoya on Elevated Horror, "Men", and Tobe Hooper 1:46:38

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I talk with Scout Tafoya about our mutual loathing of "elavated horror", the new film "Men", and then get into his book on the films of Tobe Hooper ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Poltergeist", "Lifeforce".) Scout Tafoya is a film critic, video essayist, filmmaker, and author of Cinemaphagy: On The Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper, the first …

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Brian McLaren on "Do I Stay Christian?" 58:31

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Our guest today is Brian McLaren who is a pastor, public theologian, popular speaker, and prolific author. He is a faculty member of The Living School and podcaster with Learning How to See, which are part of the Center for Action and Contemplation (with Richard Rohr). His newest book comes out May 24; it is titled "Do I Stay Christian? A Guide for…

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Challenging Thoughts on John’s Passion with Wes Howard-Brook 51:15

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Wes Howard-Brook is a retiring instructor of New Testament at Seattle University. He is an author of several books, including Come Out My People, John’s Gospel & The Renewal of the Church, and his most recent book Empire Baptized: How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected (2nd - 5th centuries). He co-leads Abide with Me with his life partner Sue …

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AJ Levine on John’s Passion, Christianity, and Antisemitism 57:22

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Amy-Jill is our guest this week. We talk about Easter, Holy Week, and anti-semitism within Christianity - specifically the Gospel of John. Amy Jill Levine is the Rabbi Stanley M Kessler distinguished professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at the Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. AJ is University Professor of New Testa…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 13 - "The Final Chapter: Brother Moon, Sister Sun" 31:37

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 12 - "The Sand In Between My Toes" 21:08

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 11 - "In Between Days OR Almost There" 21:17

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 10 "California Arrival, Kind Of" 19:32

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 9 - "Samson and Delilah" 26:01

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 8 "Reno, Nevada" 21:48

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…

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Janet Wolf and Non-Violent Organizing 1:33:56

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Janet Wolf is our guest this week on The Well QA Podcast. Janet has worked as a poverty rights organizer, United Methodist pastor with urban and rural congregations; college and seminary professor; learner, teacher, and animator with think tanks inside prisons. She recently retired from the Children’s Defense Fund where she was focused on public th…

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S4 E11 - The Trace Radio Plays 80's Music 1:40:35

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Kat and Andrew are back with more Trace Radio! Here is some music to break up "The Sky, Finally" episodes. Part 8 of the novel comes out next Thursday. On this show we each pick five tracks from the 80's. We don't exactly pick the songs you might expect. Give a listen to some great 80's music plus fun conversation with Kat and Andrew.…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 7 "Happy Endings Only" 19:42

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 6 "Talking With Ghosts" 24:21

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 5 "Goodbye Boys!" 26:28

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 4 "No Husbands, No Boyfriends, No Babies" 25:28

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 3 "Angst, Existentialism, and a Whole Lot of Rats" 22:52

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…

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The Sky, Finally - Part 2 "Youth Group Experimentation" 22:17

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"The Sky, Finally" is my debut novel. This is the story of 17 year old Anna from Omaha, Nebraska. The year is 1979 and she feels very much like an outsider. She is longing for another life. Punk music, religion, partying, sex, philosophy..she's looking for a place to be. Will she find it? I will be releasing these in parts here on The Trace Podcast…