Ranked #1
The Wonder by Michelle Redo
The Wonder by Michelle Redo
My essay that won #19 in the 2021 Writers Digest Personal Essay Competition! Today's guest host is Melanie Brooks... aut... Read more
5 Jul 2022
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57mins
Ranked #2
Laura Davis reads from The Burning Light of Two Stars
Laura Davis reads from The Burning Light of Two Stars
Go to Michelle Redo to sign up for the monthly Daring to Tell newsletter, Hit Pause. Or follow on Twitter @michelleredoL... Read more
7 Jun 2022
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1hr 48mins
Ranked #3
Third Best-An Adoption Essay with Betsy Armstrong
Third Best-An Adoption Essay with Betsy Armstrong
To read more of Betsy's work, including her award-winning essay The Alchemy of Apple Pie, check out her website, Betsyar... Read more
3 May 2022
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #4
A Hard Silence — An AIDS Story with Melanie Brooks
A Hard Silence — An AIDS Story with Melanie Brooks
Melanie Brooks, author of Writing Hard Stories, reads from her memoir manuscript, A Hard Silence, which shares her persp... Read more
5 Apr 2022
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1hr 24mins
Ranked #5
A Preganacy Tell-All with Alena Dillon
A Preganacy Tell-All with Alena Dillon
An up-close and very personal look at what pregnancy was like, both physically and emotionally, for Alena Dillon author ... Read more
1 Mar 2022
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54mins
Ranked #6
Phuc Tran and his memoir Sigh, Gone
Phuc Tran and his memoir Sigh, Gone
A discussion of tattoos, the Western Canon, alienation and never staying in the same lane, plus Phuc Tran reads two extr... Read more
1 Feb 2022
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #7
Mothers and Daughters in Congratulations and Best Wishes with Caroline Fitzgerald
Mothers and Daughters in Congratulations and Best Wishes with Caroline Fitzgerald
Clinical Hypnotherapist Caroline Fitzgerald reads from her yet-to-be published memoir- I Think I Might Die Without You.S... Read more
4 Jan 2022
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1hr 15mins
Ranked #8
This Too Shall Pass— A deeply personal essay at a sensitive time of year
This Too Shall Pass— A deeply personal essay at a sensitive time of year
Holiday time magnifies both joy and grief... Yet, the power of story helps Jeannine Burgdorf contemplate being motherles... Read more
21 Dec 2021
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36mins
Ranked #9
Zibby Owens on podcasting, writing and her new publishing venture Zibby Books
Zibby Owens on podcasting, writing and her new publishing venture Zibby Books
The creative and business mind behind the ever-growing Mom's Don't Have Time To empire- Zibby Owens talks with Michelle ... Read more
6 Dec 2021
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32mins
Ranked #10
The Art of Reassembly after early mother loss with Peg Conway
The Art of Reassembly after early mother loss with Peg Conway
Peg Conway shares two chapters from her new memoir called The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and After... Read more
2 Nov 2021
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1hr 8mins