Best Richard Parrish Podcasts (2025)

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Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld 1:17:01

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Sometimes in life, a special book comes along and embraces you with characters you relate to, a setting that you enjoy, and a plot that exists. This is unfortunately not that book. This week we read "Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld and good news, we hated it! Big thanks to our patron Saroj for making us read this stinker and congratulations to Curtis Si…

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Cheryl Scruggs: Chapter 5 (Solo Episode) 27:14

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Related Links: WEBSITE: Thriving Beyond Belief: Courageous, Rooted, Thriving Women (Paperback)By Cheryl Scruggs

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Art Without Borders - RAJIV MENON'S Vision for South Asian Art 46:31

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“I want people to understand South Asian art as broader than a single gallery or a single artist, but as a larger cultural movement. I want people to encounter art in all parts of their lives, and I’m constantly thinking about new ways to achieve that. I was very aware, as someone launching a South Asia-focused gallery, that this was the cultural d…

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"The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen 1:41:25

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Was it profound or was it pretentious? Is the author a genius or a misogynist? The only thing we know for sure is that a man made love to a couch. Mean Book Club returns for our 20th season with "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen. Big thanks to patron of the mean arts, George for generously forcing this behemoth onto us! Mean Book Club is four l…

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Proper 16 (21) Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) 10:05

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Proper 16 (21) Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) Scripture Readings: Jeremiah 1:4-10, Psalm 71:1-6, Isaiah 58:9b-14, Psalm 103:1-8, Hebrews 12:18-29, Luke 13:10-17By Bob Ravenscroft, Richard Parrish

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From the Vault: "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer 51:12

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Mean Book Club "From the Vault!" We're periodically reuploading episodes straight from the ghost of Mean Book Club's past! This week we're taking a look back at the book that started the multimillion dollar franchise: "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer. Sarah, Johnna, Clara & Sabrina rip apart this week's NYT bestseller: Twilight. Released in 2005, this…

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Proper 15 (20) Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) 10:46

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Proper 15 (20) Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) Scripture Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7, Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19, Jeremiah 23:23-29, Psalm 82, Hebrews 11:29-12:2, Luke 12:49-56,By Bob Ravenscroft, Richard Parrish

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Season 20 Book List and Promo 4:02

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Mean Book Club is BACK with their biggest season yet! Join us for a series of bad romances, self-help stinkers, and mandane mysteries to celebrate our 20TH SEASON. New episodes start on August 15th and follow us on Patreon for even more of that sweet, sweet season 20 content! Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical …

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Proper 14 (19) Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) 10:12

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Proper 14 (19) Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) Scripture Readings: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20, Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23, Genesis 15:1-6, Psalm 33:12-22, Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16, Luke 12:32-40By Richard Parrish, Bob Ravenscroft

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AI, UFOs, Perception & Reality with Artist, Geographer, Author TREVOR PAGLEN - Highlights 14:14

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“If we look at the entire history of the human experience, if you saw some text or you heard some spoken language, you could 100 percent reliably infer that there was a human who created that. Our experience of having that text or that image generated for us is very akin to the experience of a magic trick, and we sort of pre-subconsciously want to …

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How AI is Shaping Perception, How Deception is Sculpting Our Reality with Artist TREVOR PAGLEN 55:26

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“There's a word for this brain rot, right? I think that's very real. There are studies coming out now that are showing that the more and more of our cognitive labor we offload to AI systems, the less creative we become, the less critical we become, and the less of our human faculties for reason we use. There's something sad about that, but there’s …

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Art, Empathy & Resilience with CADY McCLAIN, Actor, Director, Writer, Artist, Musician - Highlights 11:20

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“I had to become the father of my family very young because my parents divorced when I was 12. My situation was a little bit unusual in that my father kind of disappeared, and I had been making a fair amount of money as a kid, doing commercials and television and film. We needed money, and I kind of became the breadwinner. But I had this amazing wo…

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A Life in Acting with Emmy Award-winning Actor, Artist, Director CADY McCLAIN 1:06:02

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“I won my first Emmy when I was 21, which was the result of absolutely devoting myself day and night for two years to doing all the scene work. I attended classes simultaneously and did plays until my mother died. I studied with Michael Howard for eight years. Even when I was so tired I couldn't get up to do a scene, he would say, "Get up and do a …

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Proper 13 (18) Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) 10:33

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Proper 13 (18) Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) Scripture Readings: Hosea 11:1-11, Psalm 107:1-9, 43, Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23, Psalm 49:1-12, Colossians 3:1-11, Luke 12:13-21By Bob Ravenscroft, Richard Parrish

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Life As No One Knows It - Exploring AIR Aspen with NICOLA LEES - Highlights 9:04

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“For us, I think it really is about trust and commitments, and I don't think that has necessarily changed over the years. As we work on that, obviously, we are very much invested in how we can engage an audience and spark the curiosity that people are looking for. The most important thing often is how we can spark that curiosity in ourselves. As a …

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From the Vault: "Congo" by Michael Crichton 1:39:16

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Mean Book Club "From the Vault!" We're periodically reuploading episodes straight from the ghost of Mean Book Club's past! This episode we're revisiting "Congo" by Michael Crichton. Check out our thoughts on this bad, bad book before we watch the bad, bad movie! Hey book nerds! This week Colin O’Brien (Just For Laughs) and Michael Wolf (Comedy Cent…

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Proper 12 (17) Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) 11:47

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Proper 12 (17) Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) Scripture Readings: Hosea 1:2-10, Psalm 85, Genesis 18:20-32, Psalm 138, Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19), Luke 11:1-13By Bob Ravenscroft, Richard Parrish

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The First Artist-Led Global Summit & The Future of Museums - NICOLA LEES, Director, Aspen Art Museum 46:04

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“It's a complicated time to think about how we can slow down, be still, and bring a brilliant group of people together to do something that feels purposeful and can be productive. It's a moment where things are moving so fast. When I brought up the idea of a hinge generation, I think it's impossible to know how we will look back and reflect on this…

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Amy Daughters: You Cannot Mess This Up 28:30

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It's 2014 and Amy Daughters is a forty-six-year old stay-at-home mom living in Dayton, Ohio. She returns to her hometown of Houston over the Thanksgiving holiday to discuss her parents’ estate—and finds herself hurled back in time. Suddenly, it’s 1978, and she is forced to spend thirty-six hours in her childhood home with her nuclear family, includ…

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Examining Monuments, Memory & The History of White Supremacy IRVIN WEATHERSBY JR. - Highlights 12:18

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“I'm hopeful for revolution. I'm optimistic. I want radical change. I think there's such a disinterest in education in America that it is sickening. I think we are repeating history. We are going through a cycle of fascism and greed, and I think we're going to see a lot of states collapse. As a result of that, I think people are going to be forced …

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Leslie Means 31:55

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On today’s episode of Thriving Beyond Belief, Cheryl is joined by the incredibly inspiring Leslie Means — a wife, mama of three, former TV anchor, storyteller, and the founder of Her View From Home, a vibrant online community where women from all walks of life share their hearts and real-life stories. Leslie opens up about her journey from Nebraska…

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"The Rom-Commers" by Katherine Center (w/ Emily Fidago) 1:51:32

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A Hollywood romance, a high diving board, and a weirdly important video from high school: this week we read "The Rom-Commers" by Katherine Center for a very exciting season finale, featuring special guest Emily Fidago, and the triumphant return of Sabrina! Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, di…

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In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art & Public Space with IRVIN WEATHERSBY JR. 49:45

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“One of the biggest symbols of America is Mount Rushmore. This monument, right? But I think most people fail to realize where it's located and why it's located there. Even more importantly, who did it? It's on a sacred Native American mountain, a place that was central to their creation stories. But then you think about who did it, and it was a Kla…

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"The Paris Apartment" by Lucy Foley 1:10:55

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Family drama, wine caves, and Johnna crimes: This week we read "The Paris Apartment" by two-time Mean Book Club offender Lucy Foley and it was un peu ennuyeux. Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's…

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Day of Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) 11:06

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Day of Pentecost (Year C, 2024-2025) Scripture Readings: Acts 2:1-21, Psalm 104:24-34, 35b, John 14:8-17By Richard Parrish, Bob Ravenscroft

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Cally Logan 35:25

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Meet Cally! Unveil the hidden potential within and discover your true identity at the lunch table of life with The Wallflower That Bloomed by Cally Logan. Cally invites readers to break free from the labels society places upon us—shy, quiet, awkward, different—and encourages us to embrace our unique qualities through the lens of biblical faith. Wit…

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Seventh Sunday of Easter (Year C, 2024-2025) 12:55

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Seventh Sunday of Easter (Year C, 2024-2025) Scripture Readings: Acts 16:16-34, Psalm 97, Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21, John 17:20-26By Richard Parrish, Bob Ravenscroft

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Ascension of the Lord (Year C, 2024-2025) 9:26

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Ascension of the Lord (Year C, 2024-2025) Scripture Readings: Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 47, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:44-53By Richard Parrish, Bob Ravenscroft

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Cheryl Scruggs (Solo Episode) 27:15

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Solo episode with Cheryl Scruggs! Related Links: WEBSITE: Thriving Beyond Belief: Courageous, Rooted, Thriving Women (Paperback)By Cheryl Scruggs

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"The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid 1:19:32

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Heartbreaks, hate rates, and a host of husbands. This week we read "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid and it was... pretty good? Special shoutout to the person who recorded Johnna's version of the audiobook. This episode wouldn't have been the same without you. Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Imp…

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Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year C, 2024-2025) 10:32

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Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year C, 2024-2025) Scripture Readings: Acts 16:9-15, Psalm 67, Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5, John 14:23-29By Richard Parrish, Bob Ravenscroft

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Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year C, 2024-2025) 11:18

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Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year C, 2024-2025) Scripture Readings: Acts 11:1-18, Psalm 148, Revelation 21:1-6, John 13:31-35By Richard Parrish, Bob Ravenscroft

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"The Last Mrs. Parrish" by Live Constantine 1:17:25

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Rich husbands, dead sisters, and another non-NYTimes Bestseller!? This week we read "The Last Mrs. Parrish" by Liv Constantine and, twist, it was a stinker. Big thanks to Molly our recommender who was very correct about the NYTimes Bestseller status of this book. Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who r…