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Where Did I Go? is a podcast and newsletter about the quiet identity crisis that so often comes with motherhood—and the slow, beautiful, messy process of finding your way back to yourself. Whether you’re in the thick of new motherhood, riding the waves of matrescence, creeping toward perimenopause, or just feeling a little lost in the demands of everyday life—this space is for you.
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Kitchenette Paris -- Cook, Travel, Daydream, Repeat

Art, culture, deliciousness, love. In Paris, In Life.

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In Paris, it's all about food. Pleasure. Culture. And love. And passions. And the existential yearnings that the city ignites. Join me as I answer the siren call of Paris, and eat and frolic my way through town. From a cook, historian, traveler, and lover of all things France. From Paris, with Love. cocinita.substack.com
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Listen in as author Linda Sivertsen (aka Book Mama) brings together the world’s most beloved bestselling authors to chat about writing, publishing, deal-making, spirituality, activism, and the art of romancing creativity. Now streaming on American Airlines, these up-close conversations are a fan favorite, downloaded millions of times, and frequently profiled on “Best Podcast” lists (i.e., The Motley Fool’s “10 Best Podcasts for Women”) while gracing the "Popular Podcasts, Books" (formerly Li ...
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We’re back. Sorry. Aotearoa New Zealand’s politics, posting and pop culture podcast is back because everything is going very wrong. We last ran from 2021 to 2023, and then took a hiatus. We’re back. Sorry for that.
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Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets is a weekly romance novel podcast reviewing some of the best (and worst) romance stories out there. Hosted by Erin, Dani, and Liz - 3 college friends and ex-theatre kids that think filters are a waste of time and will let you know the good, bad, and otherwise.
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Welcome to How To Make A Scientist, a podcast series about diversity in science. Join the conversation @HowToSci #HowToSci. Episode transcripts available on howtosci.substack.com. Made by Pablo Izquierdo (@pablotres14, he/him). Supported by the Biochemical Society.
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UEN Homeroom

Utah Education Network, Dani Sloan, Matthew Winters

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This podcast is UEN’s chance to tell the stories and talk about the issues impacting Utah’s amazing teachers. We feature educators and leaders from Utah and around the nation in a fun and informative podcast.
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Hello and welcome back to the penultimate episode of Season 1 of WDIG? If you’ve been feeling foggy, exhausted, or like everything’s a little heavier than it should be, this episode is for you. Alison Campbell, founder of Unburnt, talks honestly about why working mums are especially at risk of burnout, how the expectations of an “always-on” culture…
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Summer markets in Paris incite my complete surrender to the deep pleasure of French flavors and scents. As the season comes to an end, I reminisce about my produce man, his melons, and the indulgence of sultry summers in France. In every episode, I share stories about "la vie en rose." Part memoir, part travel stories, part homage to the deliciousn…
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Just as you begin to reclaim your identity post-motherhood, sneaky symptoms like brain fog, hot flashes, and anxiety start knocking on your door. Is it hormone havoc, burnout, fatigue, or...perimenopause? Join me for a candid chat with the lovely Emma Thomas, who's on a mission to unravel the mysteries of the messy middle of life for women everywhe…
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This month I'm joined by my guest, who wanted to talk about Gen A.I, Data Sovereignty and ethics in tech and - I think we got there, and had a nice talk about the human who should be prioritised before the machine. They've has been thinking about A.I a lot longer than some of the people wasting billions on it, and wrote this post 'Raising A.I' back…
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Subscribe to the KITCHENETTE PARIS NEWSLETTER to keep in touch with me, and to find my recipes. Every day feels like a fancy wedding reception in Paris. Church bells ring around the clock. The urns at the gardens overflow with pretty geraniums. The buildings, so ornate, resemble wedding cakes filigreed with buttercream flourishes and gold leaf. Cut…
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TW: A quick note before we begin, this episode includes a conversation about suicide and maternal mental health, so if you're in a vulnerable place, please take good care of yourself while listening and take a look in the show notes for some links to places where you can get some support if and when you need it. This week, I’m talking to my old fri…
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We are going out on a bang! Next week's episode is discussing Caught Up by Navessa Allen. Junior and Lauren had one awful end to their high school romance. Now, after years of being apart, it's time to rekindle that old flame. This episode will be our final episode. After a lot of thought, tears, and laughs, we're ending our podcast. With about 3 y…
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It's summer wedding season, and we watched the new movie, You're Cordially Invited, with Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell. In classic farce fashion, Jim ends up booking the same resort for his daughter's wedding as Margot booked for her sister's. Only this place can only host one wedding at a time. So, the two families have to share the space. Bu…
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Just in time for a day at the lake, we are diving into One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune! Alice and her grandmother, Nan, decide to escape the city and their problems for a summer at the lake. Both women are submerged in old memories while hoping to make some new ones. Alice decides to embrace the summer by creating a teenage summer bucket list. …
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Welcome to another episode of "Where Did I Go?"! This week, we're diving into the transformative power of motherhood on creativity. Most of us have heard the spiel that becoming a mother takes away our freedom and sense of self. What we don’t often hear is how it can also spark a massive creative expansion; a total cosmic realignment of who you are…
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We're super excited to be reading and discussing our hometown author, Amy Daws, and her super fun and spicy novel: Nine Month Contract. Trista needs money to start her dream of an animal sanctuary for exotic and farm animals. So, she decides to be a surrogate for Wyatt, the mountain man who's ready to start a family. Even as a single parent. Only, …
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We're going in the way back time machine and celebrate the 25 year anniversary of 10 Things I Hate About You. In this Taming of the Shrew retelling, Bianca can't date until her older sister, Kat, does. Only Kat is not liked by most of her classmates. So, Bianca's suitors scheme to have Patrick, another high school outcast, date Kat. This movie is a…
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This week, we're discussing Phantasma by Kaylie Smith. And boy are the vibes vibing! Ophelia goes in search of her sister, and the only clue she has is a diary leading her to the haunted mansion, Phantasma. Where she has to face ghouls, devils, and all manner of trickery. All to find her sister and bring her back home. Until she meets a handsome ph…
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Is balance a myth for working mums? Or have we just misunderstood what it really looks like? In this episode of Where Did I Go?, Dani sits down with psychologist and founder of Balanced Mum Academy, Roz Davies, to talk about the emotional, psychological, and identity-level shifts that happen when you’re a parent trying to do it all. Together, they …
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You are cordially invited to our reading wrap up. Where we discuss all the books we read that didn't make full episodes. And, you get to vote! At the end of the episode, we'll each pitch one book to have an episode of it's own. Here's just some of the books we're discussing: * Deep End by Ali Hazelwood * A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentr…
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We're starting off our 3rd season with For Whom the Belle Tolls by Jaysea Lynn. Based on the popular TikTok series Hell's Belles. Lily faces death and now a new existence in the afterlife. She navigates new friendship and overcomes feel trauma - including visiting Hell. Oh, and starting a help desk to guide souls as they are sent to Hell. In the pr…
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What if ambition doesn’t mean climbing a ladder, but rather finding your own way across a web? In this episode of Where Did I Go?, I talk to Dr. Anne Welsh — coach, consultant, writer, clinical psychologist, and mum of four — about how motherhood reshapes our relationship with ambition, identity, and success. We explore what happens when the career…
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This week I asked the wonderful Dr Dani @noflightfairy.bsky.com to talk about their PhD Thesis "Settlers against colonialism? Education, organising and the Tiriti workers' movement" which you can find here: https://openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/thesis/Settlers_against_colonialism_Education_organising_and_the_Tiriti_workers_movement/28039256?file=5…
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In this episode of Where Did I Go?, I sit down with Jess Ringgenberg, founder of ELIXR and creator of the groundbreaking Five Phases of Matrescence, a practical framework to guide women and businesses through the constant evolution that is caregiving while working. Together we unpack: What matrescence really is, and how it's a lifelong journey How …
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Find my recipe for CHOCOLATE CAKE at cocinita.substack.com, and while you are there subscribe to my newsletter. Written, directed, and produced by me, Dany Bells. Theme Music: "The Dance" by Kyle Cox Paris France Celebration Chocolate Cake Art Museum Travel Paul Rozin language flavor taste gourmet culinary mythology Heraclitus american cities trave…
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In this episode, I sit down with Belinda Jane Batt, founder of The Flourishing Mother and an expert in maternal guilt. We dive into why guilt is such a common feature of modern motherhood, how it affects our confidence, and most importantly, how we can break free from the guilt spiral. Belinda shares her expertise in positive psychology and coachin…
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In our season finale, we review Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025). As Mississippi Hoodoos, we have to talk about the Mississippi and Hoodoo rep in this film. We get into Mississippi racial politics as well as whiteness and assimilation as vampirism. We discuss the need to let go of representational politics and learn to appreciate art for what is is ra…
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I'm joined by Hugh Dingwall of the mighty Manawatu People's Radio to discuss art, creativity and free speech. He's the host of the excellent Reserved Recommendations show. This one's a free-wheeler where we talk about Iain Banks, difficult movies, how interpretation of art is contextual. There's a lot about Zardoz, and more about how important it i…
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we're celebrating out 100th episode with The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams. Gavin and Thea's marriage has been in a rut. When Gavin finds out Thea is faking the Big O, he doesn't handle it well. In fact, he moves into the guest room and, eventually, Thea asks him to leave the hous…
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The phrase having it all used to sound like freedom. Now, for many women, it feels like pressure to do everything perfectly, all at once: raise the kids, run the meetings, look good doing it, and never drop the ball. In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Giselle Goodwin, author of Can Women Really Have It All?, to unpack how that idea shifted from emp…
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In the final episode of Homeroom, Fernando and Dani take a heartfelt trip down memory lane.They’re joined by former UEN Homeroom hosts and some of the beloved substitute teachers who’ve stepped in along the way.To our incredible listeners—thank you for tuning in over the past seven years. We’re deeply grateful to every guest who shared their experi…
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We went for it and watched the popular movie My Fault: London. And y'all were right! It feels like a booktok book turned movie. It hits all the tropes! When Noah movies with her mom to London to love with her new stepfather, she also has to put up with his entitled son, Nick. The two bond over their love of cars and racing, but things go south when…
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Fake dating, astronaut MMC, and some family issues to work through. This week we're discussing The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton. Amerie got dumped, lost her job, and is about to lose her apartment. When she runs into her ex at a coffee shop, she grabs the first guy she can find to play her new boyfriend. And Vincent is all too happy to do it for h…
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We're super excited to jump into this fantasy based on Finnish folklore. This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we're discussing North is the Night by Emily Rath. Siiri and Aina are best friends growing up in a small fishing village. On one dark day, Aina is kidnapped by a death goddess. Siiri vows to save her friend from the …
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This week it's just me, talking to you. This month has seen a moral panic be stoked by nefarious right-wing forces, intent on taking down members of the Green Party. In this episode, I put all the pieces together. A right-wing echo chamber, the Deputy Prime Minister, a moral panic, and what happens next and what to do next. It's shorter than usual,…
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In this episode we talk with co-authors Nyasha and Ms. Kenda about their picture book Saturday Magic: A Hoodoo Story. We discuss intentional and conscious ancestor veneration, overlooked Hoodoo rituals in contemporary Black culture as well as allowing Black kids to see themselves in stories. Nyasha shared her process when creating her tarot and ora…
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we're discussing Your Monster. This movie explores self love and accepting the monster within. Laura was recently broken up with after going through surgery for her cancer. When she's back at her childhood home, alone, the Monster in her closet tries to scare her into leaving. Only, Laura…
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we discuss Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross. This book is an exemplary example of beautiful prose, well-rounded and amazing characters, and world building that draws you with in. Iris takes a job as a war correspondent to find her brother on the front lines. Roman, her rival and the man who …
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I'm joined by Kyle, Jennifer and Stephanie to discuss what the hell has happened in the two years since we went off-air. In short, not a lot of good stuff - a lot of bad stuff. We take the usual dismal view of the United States, look to the absolute state of the NZ Government and the rising dirty politics tactics against the left as a response, but…
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The honorary third member of Hoodoo Plant Mamas, Ghrey Mbenza is back to talk about the 1994 Ariel School UFO Incident in Ruwa, Zimbabwe. We delve into conspiracy, truth, and paranoia and the need for curiosity when exploring the unexplainable. Tasha "Ghrey" Mbenza (they/she/he), more recently known simply as Ghrey, is a black, queer, and autistic …
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We don't talk a lot on this one. Instead, we invited Zoomer correspondents Artemis, August and Jack to talk about being a Zoomer, the pandemic, social-media, representation, that gay shit and what it's like being a Zoomer (and what Millennials, Gen X and Boomers gets wrong about zoomers, it's a lot) This is the best podcast we've done. You should l…
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This week I asked Adam, Hannah and Nick on to talk about what safeguarding actually looks like in schools, what the Christian and anti-trans right wing are saying about the Relationships and Sexuality Curriculum guidance, and how teachers are responding to gross accusations and conspiracies about them. Transcript of the show available here: https:/…
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A movie episode! I brought prospective parliamentary candidates for the NZ Greens Steph Rodgers and Fran Hernandez on, and we watched Keanu Reeves flick Chain Reaction from 1996. It's about the discovery of free energy (Yay!) and how the CIA are bad (Yay!) but also the FBI are good (Huh?) and, yeah, overall there are some baffling choices in this f…
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Kellie-Jane Keen-Minshull came to Aotearoa and had a BAD TIME. John has asked three trans folks and a cis woman to talk about attending the protest in Tamaki-makau-rau, the trans rights rally in Pōneke and Ōtautahi, and their views on this issue. These voices are not often heard in NZ media, so we'll do it instead. Our theme music is New Opportunit…
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We had Cassie and Charlie on a month or so ago and promised we'd get them back for a fun episode. So, we fucked that up. We all watched Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes Of Grindelwald and had a Bad Time watching a Bad Movie from a Bad Writer. You want a cruel and brutally awful world? Yeah? With magic? Yeah! How about some children being murdered. Co…
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We got 1 of 200's Kyle Church on to talk about the media in Aotearoa, and the role that independent left wing media has in providing a breadth of ideas, especially at a time when it seems like the horizons are somewhat narrowed by what is and isn't deemed politically viable. We chat some shit about other stuff too.…
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Two eps in a week I bet you think that's pretty clever, don't you boy. We are joined by Charlie @casuallycharlie and Cassie @shortcasserole because SHIT IS GETTING WORSE OUT THERE. We talk about Wellington, COVID, incurious political professors and the horrible feeling that this is only the beginning of some very bad stuff. It's a cheerful episode …
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