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  • Sharna Marcus loves Chipotle

    Sharna Marcus loves Chipotle
    2025/06/30

    Israel-based educator and writer Sharna Marcus joined Leah on Friday, June 20th, to share the story of how she was able to get to Indiana from Israel during the active war with Iran. Spoiler alert: a cargo ship was involved.

    We talk about her work as a Middle East history educator, the damage done by the "weapons of mass destruction" lies told by the Bush administration, finding Jewish identity and community, and more.

    Follow Sharna online

    • https://x.com/MsSMarcus
    • https://www.instagram.com/sharnaranee/

    Note from Leah: The podcast is just on a break while I recover from gallbladder surgery in march, moving in late April, and figuring out a whole new apartment. We recorded this episode before the US got involved directly in the war and I'm releasing it a few days after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel started.

    In case it does not "go without saying" I deeply desire all of the hostages should be returned home immediately, that humanitarian aid needs to flow into the Gaza strip, and that I desire peace and safety for all people living in and around Israel. I don't know how we get there.

    A few other links

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age
    • https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/first-islamic-public-hospital
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wo2TLlMhiw
    • https://www.youtube.com/@crashcourse/search?query=israel
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_culture_kid
    • https://rebooting.com/
    • https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-one-un-leaders-mistaken-timeline-caused-confusion-about-gaza-childrens-starvation-risk
    • https://stories.bringthemhomenow.net/
    • https://zionistutopia.com/
    • https://www.youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast

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  • Lee Upton love bunnies

    Lee Upton love bunnies
    2025/04/20
    Author Lee Upton joined Leah to talk about her newest book Wrongful, available for pre-order now for May 1 delivery, and about how she became a bunny person. PSA: Bunnies are exotic pets and not responsible Easter presents. Stick to chocolate and toy bunnies today! Where was the podcast? Leah had emergency gall bladder surgery which meant hitting eject from her life for about a month. So happy to be back on the mic and to welcome back engineer-extraordinaire Rob Abrazado. Keep up with Lee online Wrongful is available for pre-order now and releases May 1, 2025: https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/wrongful/ Lee's website: https://www.leeupton.com/ Show Notes Sagging Meniscus Press: https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/ Tabitha, Get Up: https://bookshop.org/p/books/tabitha-get-up-lee-upton/21257767 Kate Racculia: https://www.kateracculia.com/ Agatha Christie: https://www.agathachristie.com/ The Withers (coming in 2026 from Regal House Publishing): https://regalhousepublishing.com/forthcoming-publications/ Book & Puppet Co.: https://www.bookandpuppet.com/ Ghostlit: https://bookshop.org/p/books/ghostlit-poems/121f3a980b2b881e On the Rocks: https://www.theodoraziolkowski.com/books Asterism: https://asterismbooks.com/ I Am a Bunny: https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-am-a-bunny-ole-risom/8547916 Michael Sowa: https://michaelsowa-art.de/ Esterhazy: The Rabbit Prince: https://www.amazon.com/Esterhazy-Rabbit-Prince-Irene-Dische/dp/0152009213Instant Relief Therapy: https://www.wikiart.org/en/michael-sowa/instant-relief-therapy Bunny by Mona Awad: https://bookshop.org/p/books/bunny-mona-awad/12087549 Alice in Wonderland: https://bookshop.org/p/books/alice-in-wonderland-illustrated-lewis-carroll/7841425 Rabbit, Run (the first book in John Updike's Rabbit series): https://bookshop.org/p/books/rabbit-run-john-updike/11076364 The Velveteen Rabbit: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-velveteen-rabbit-margery-williams-bianco/19005883 Donnie Darko: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/ Harvey: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/ Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (the first book of the Bunnicula series): https://bookshop.org/p/books/bunnicula-a-rabbit-tale-of-mystery-deborah-howe/286233 Bunnicula (TV series): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5444412/ Watership Down: https://bookshop.org/p/books/watership-down-richard-adams/286191 The House Rabbit Society: https://houserabbit.org/ POP Cats: https://popcats.co/ Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com Support Finding Favorites by shopping for books by guests or recommended by guests on Bookshop.
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  • Brandon Klein loves to interview

    Brandon Klein loves to interview
    2025/03/09

    Detroit-based Brandon Klein sat down with Leah to talk about his love of interviewing - AKA non-fiction storytelling. Brandon has been a meditation coach, lived "van life" in the national parks, and is the creator and host of Humanize the Human Eyes.

    Keep up with Brandon on YouTube and Instagram

    https://www.youtube.com/@brandonmklein/videos

    https://www.instagram.com/brand0nklein/

    Show Notes

    • https://www.descript.com/
    • https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanseisen/
    • https://goodnightoscar.com/
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_gGwOlIb9k
    • https://blackwing602.com/collections/pencils
    • https://findingfavorites.podbean.com/e/lucas-balisong-knives/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phatic_expression

    Fact check: It was Jack Paar and not Dick Cavett that hosted Oscar Levant, sorry for so confidently talking about the wrong late night host.

    Second fact check: Rob Abrazado will return to editing the podcast on the next episode. The last few weeks have been rough in the Jones house, but I recently closed on a condo sale and have returned to the land of the living.
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  • Christine Marie Eberle loves the Ignatian Pilgrimage in Spain

    Christine Marie Eberle loves the Ignatian Pilgrimage in Spain
    2025/02/03

    Christine Marie Eberle returns to Finding Favorites to discuss her new book and the pilgrimage that inspired her to write it. Her new book Finding God Along the Way: Wisdom from the Ignatian Camino for Life at Home is available now.

    We have an in depth conversation about the logistics, prayer and intentions of going on this pilgrimage in the fall of 2022.

    Christine-Marie-Eberle.com

    Finding God Along the Way

    Show Notes

    • The Way on IMDB
    • Camino del Santiago (the other pilgrimage in Spain)
    • Camino Ignacio
    • Ignatian Volunteer Corps
    • Ignatius of Loyola

    Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com

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  • Best of 2024 with your favorites

    Best of 2024 with your favorites
    2025/01/19

    Every year, we start by looking back at 2024. We asked friends and past guests to send in voice memos highlighting their favorite things of 2024. In this episode you'll hear from

    • Shai Korman – Friday Night Movie Podcast
    • Jesse Dukes – Upper Middle Brow
    • Liz Nord
    • Laura and Annie – BFF Sticker Club
    • Chris Bagg – Upper Middle Brow
    • Pam Mandel – Canned
    • Mike Maddaloni
    • Amy Guth – Canned
    • Rocco Cataldo - Some stuff from Rocco
    • Jason Mathes
    • Steve Higgins
    • Rabbi Michael Zedek

    Leah's recommendations for the year include

    Live comedy performances

    • Jackie Kashian
    • Laurie Kilmartin
    • Kyle Kinane
    • Paul Scheer book launch with Adam Pally
    • Dinosaur Improv at the Den
    • Michelle Collins at City Winery

    Live theater

    • Illinoise at Chicago Shakes
    • Some Like it Hot
    • Death Becomes Her
    • Great Comet at Writer’s Theater
    • An Enemy of the People
    • Here There Are Blueberries

    Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com

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  • Robot Friends with Upper Middle Brow

    Robot Friends with Upper Middle Brow
    2025/01/12

    It's a crossover episode of Finding Favorites and Upper Middle Brow - Leah Jones, Jesse Dukes and Chris Bagg are talking about robot friends and enemies. We start with M3GAN and go on a winding conversation from there.

    Subscribe to Upper Middle Brow and rate them 5 stars: https://uppermiddlebrow.com/

    Recommendations from this show:

    • Ted Chiang’s Exhalation
    • Alien: Romulus
    • Duncan Jones Moon

    Honorable Mentions:

    • Robocop
    • The Terminator/Terminator 2
    • Short Circuit
    • M3gan
    • Robot Visions
    • Doctor Who

    Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com

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  • Curtis Smith loves 70s Hollywood

    Curtis Smith loves 70s Hollywood
    2024/12/29
    Curtis Smith, author of Deaf Heaven (available May 2025) and The Lost and The Blind, is a professor who loves 70s Hollywood. Leah and Curt talk about his new book, favorite movies and directors. Build your own 70s To Watch list from this episode. Leah is still collecting voice memos for the best of 2024 episode slated for January 12th. There's still time to send in a 1-5 minute clip highlighting some of the things you found and loved in 2024. Follow Curtis online Short stories collections: https://www.press53.com/curtis-smithCurtis on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/contributors/curtis-smith-4ddf66b4-7838-4c5b-a813-010b2772f1a7Deaf Heaven: https://bookshop.org/p/books/deaf-heaven-curtis-smith/22029558?ean=9781960018786The Magpie's Return: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-magpie-s-return-curtis-smith/17051877?ean=9781947041615The Lost and the Blind: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-lost-and-the-blind-curtis-smith/19735398?ean=9781955062619 Show Notes Jen Michalski: https://bookshop.org/contributors/jen-michalskiJMWW: https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/Ben Tanzer: https://www.tanzerben.com/This Podcast Will Change Your Life: https://tbwcylinc.libsyn.com/Flannery O'Conner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannery_O%27ConnorThe Graduate: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/The Twilight Zone: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052520/Vivian Maier: https://www.vivianmaier.com/Mary Ellen Mark: https://www.maryellenmark.com/The Center for Creative Leadership: https://www.ccl.org/Running Wild Press: https://runningwildpublishing.com/To Sir, with Love: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062376/The Godfather: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/The Conversation: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/Dog Day Afternoon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072890/Nashville: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073440/Robert Altman: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000265/McCabe & Mrs. Miller: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067411/The Long Goodbye: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070334/Francis Ford Coppola: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000338/Apocalypse Now: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/Martin Scorsese: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000217/Mean Streets: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070379/Taxi Driver: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/Raging Bull: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081398/Brian De Palma: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000361/Blow Out: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082085/Sisters: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070698/Terrence Malick: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517/Days of Heaven: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077405/Badlands: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069762/The Candidate: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068334/Robert Redford: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000602/The Parallax View: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/Warren Beatty: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000886/John Cassavetes: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001023/A Woman Under the Influence: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072417/Regal Unlimited: https://www.regmovies.com/unlimitedThe Substance: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/Demi Moore: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000193/The Exorcist: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/Gene Hackman: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/Dustin Hoffman: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000163/Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/Three Days of the Condor: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073802/Shampoo: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073692/Reds: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082979/Faye Dunaway: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001159/Robert De Niro: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/Al Pacino: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/Woody Allen: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000095/John Travolta: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000237/Urban Cowboy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081696/Tree of Life: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478304/Gosford Park: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280707/The Player: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105151/Megalopolis: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10128846/2001: A Space Odyssey: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/Lawrence of Arabia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/RRR: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8178634/The Jungle Book: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061852/Bonnie and Clyde: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/Bette Midler: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000541/Ruthless People: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091877/ Poltergeist: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/The Wizard of Oz: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/"The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)Goodfellas: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/ Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com Support Finding Favorites by shopping for books by guests or recommended by guests on Bookshop.
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  • Jeph Wilkinson loves TTRPGs

    Jeph Wilkinson loves TTRPGs
    2024/12/15

    Jeph Wilkinson, host of Big Campaign Podcast, loves table top role playing games (AKA TTRPGs) and joined Leah to talk about how he found Dungeons & Dragon, the joy of running TTRPGs campaigns with friends, and storytelling. Jeph is an independent podcaster!

    Follow Jeph online

    • The World of Big Campaign Stories: https://www.bigcampaign.com/
    • Big Campaign Podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/big_campaign_stories
    • Big Campaign Podcast on X: https://x.com/BigCampaignPod
    • Big Campaign Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/big_campaign_podcast

    Show Notes

    • Upper Middlebrow: https://uppermiddlebrow.com/
    • Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson: https://bookshop.org/p/books/snow-crash-neal-stephenson/7327954?ean=9780553380958
    • Dungeons & Dragons: https://dndstore.wizards.com/
    • Dune by Frank Herbert: https://bookshop.org/p/books/dune-frank-herbert/7502701?ean=9780441172719
    • Vampire: the Masquerade: https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/world-of-darkness/discover-world-of-darkness/vampire-the-masquerade
    • The Golden Bachelorette: https://abc.com/show/4175a1c6-1594-4c90-9895-02008e6f0550
    • Żubrówka Bison Grass Vodka: https://zubrowka-vodka.com/
    • Epic Level Handbook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Level_Handbook
    • Finding Favorites "Chris Bagg loves Table Top Roleplaying Games": https://findingfavorites.podbean.com/e/chris-bagg-dnd-ttrpg/
    • Newcomers: https://headgum.com/newcomers
    • Pathfinder: https://paizo.com/pathfinder
    • Wizards of the Coast: https://company.wizards.com/
    • High and Mighty: https://headgum.com/high-and-mighty
    • Magic: The Gathering: https://magic.wizards.com/
    • Clash of Krits: https://linktr.ee/clashofkrits
    • Rainbow Dice Club: https://linktr.ee/rainbowdiceclub
    • How Did This Get Made?: https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/
    • Doughboys: https://headgum.com/doughboys
    • Armchair Expert: https://armchairexpertpod.com/

    Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com

    Support Finding Favorites by shopping for books by guests or recommended by guests on Bookshop.
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    52 分