Review: House of Skulls
It is heartwrenching, thought-provoking, and surreal to realize that this history is there and so interconnected with everything we know.
Journal #5: Spooky or Spoopy Please
This week I looked for spooky, Halloween-ish episodes of podcasts that aren’t horror.
Release Day Review: The Kids of Rutherford County
Set in a courthouse with a “feudalistic feel” that had a history of over-incarceration of minors, this story is shocking.
Review: The Sisters
The team here did a stunning job of transitioning the audio through time and space. You’re never quite left behind, but you’re never quite sure if the next scene is going to be in the same time.
The Monthly Magpie October 2023
We will never read every book, watch every movie, or listen to every podcast. It’s okay! It’s important that we listen to what we like, and what will make us better humans. It’s about balance, and we’re going to find that together.
Review: Moonrise
While interspersed with interviews and clips from the past, there is no choppiness to the story or quality. This is a gorgeous glide of audio documentary to listen to.
Journal #4 - About Labor Unions
I won’t go into the personal details of why it's so important to me: but good unions protect their workers, and great unions will save lives.
Release Day Review: Incubation
If you’re looking for that polished podcast, this is one of them. The bonus is that these interviews are edited to tell a captivating story that wraps into the present day. Yes, of course, it wraps into this pesky pandemic we keep trying to forget is haunting us.
The Monthly Magpie September 2023
Hi Everyone!
Podcast Movement was in August, and while I still have
Review: Dear Alana,
I’m walking away, my heart aching, but full of hope. Alana may be gone, but now there is this central point where people can go and hear and know they are not alone.
Review: The Retrievals
This podcast balances the empirical with the emotional, in a way to be approachable, uncomfortable, and important.
Magpie Journals #3: Pages to Pods
Lately, I’ve been blazing through easy-to-read romances. Books meant to sweep me away and scandalize me.