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This month’s JHBC selection, The Berry Pickers, by Nova Scotian author Amanda Peters has found a particularly receptive audience within book club communities, including the Jen Hatmaker Book Club, for exploring universal human emotions and experiences, and for examining unique cultural perspectives. By masterfully blending her father's compell ... Show More
Jan 28
Nedra Glover Tawwab: The Wake-Up We Need About Love, Boundaries, and The Balancing Act Behind Healthy Relationships
Description:Many of us were taught that strength looks like independence. Don’t need too much. Don’t ask for help. Don’t lean on others. And then—somewhere along the way—we find ourselves lonely, exhausted, or quietly resentful, wondering why connection feels so hard and so heavy ... Show More
1h 4m
Jan 23
[ENCORE]Small Steps, Big Change: Waking Up To The Hidden Power of Our Habits with James Clear
Description:Sometimes a wake up call doesn’t arrive as a crisis. Sometimes it arrives as a quiet realization: the way I’m living isn’t actually working. In this encore episode, we revisit a powerful conversation with James Clear, bestselling author of Atomic Habits, whose work ha ... Show More
1h 1m
Jan 21
Wake Up Call: Your Body Was Never the Problem with Body Liberation Advocate, Chrissy King
Description:This is your wake up call: your body was never the problem. By midlife, so many women are exhausted—not just by life, but by decades of being told to manage, fix, discipline, and override our bodies. Wellness culture promised health and control. What it often delivere ... Show More
1h 13m
Jan 2025
The Elusive Promise of the First Person
<p>The first person is a narrative style as old as storytelling itself—one that, at its best, allows us to experience the world through another person’s eyes. On this episode of Critics at Large, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz trace how the technique has bee ... Show More
45m 48s
Dec 2024
Schwen Schwen: Stories & Flavors featuring Maria Bradford
Welcome to Schwen Schwen: Stories & Flavors, the podcast where we explore the magic of food, culture, and reinvention with Maria Bradford, the founder of Shwen Shwen Ltd. In this episode, Maria shares her inspiring journey from working as an accountant to becoming a celebrated ch ... Show More
1h 3m
Dec 2024
Best of 2024 — Anita Heiss
<p>Reflecting on a year of phenomenal guests, we are bringing you a selection of the Best Conversations of 2024.</p><p>Anita Heiss is a Wiradjuri woman and a prolific author. Her latest novel, Dirrayawadha, brings together Indigenous and colonial history, as well as Wiradjuri lan ... Show More
48m 6s
Jan 2025
BIG Summer Book Club : Uplifting reads for Mental Wellbeing + a deep dive with Julie Goodwin
Summer is here, and if you're looking for your next read, Jess has you covered! In this episode of the Big Summer Book Club, Jess shares the books that have been a source of strength, inspiration, and hope during challenging times, offering her invaluable support for her mental w ... Show More
50m 10s