Ignorance Was Bliss

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319 -- Doing Everything Wrong -- with Lee Shackleford May 08, 2021

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Writing, podcasting, fiction versus true crime, and other adventures in creativity...
Guest: Lee Shackleford
Promo: Roll For Weird
Disclaimer: Rachel
Art: Karin Heimdahl
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/
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318 -- Forensic Files and Food Analogies -- with Gary Lico May 04, 2021

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What does it take to revolutionize the genre of True Crime (or maybe help create it)? Work. Work, and marketing, and distribution, and... sausage??
Guest: Gary Lico
Promo: Crime of Your Life
Disclaimer: Shannon K Perry, https://audiotocracy.com/
Art: Ursula
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/
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317 -- The Horsening -- with the cast of The Weird May 03, 2021

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What happens when high-energy friends get together to record an unpredictable episode about a new show? This. This happens.
Guest: Charles, Megan and Scottye, from The Weird
Promo: Tavern Geek
Disclaimer: Karen
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/
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316 -- Balance Out the Light with the Dark -- with Gill D Anderson May 01, 2021

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There are all kinds of ways to try to understand trauma and abuse: listen to experts, read about it, take a class... or you could pick up a book.
Guest: Gill D Anderson -- https://smile.amazon.com/Gill-D-Anderson/e/B07QPYM2QS
Promo: They're Terrified & Tipsy
Disclaimer: Tim Beisiegel, Focused on Forward and Funny Science Fiction podcasts
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/
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315 -- Make it Better -- with Les from Worse Than Fiction Apr 27, 2021

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Whether it's your podcast, your habits, or life in general, there are almost always areas for improvement... even if it's already pretty great.
Guest: Les, Worse Than Fiction, Worse Than Fiction Unsolved, The True Crime Podcast
Promo: The NeighborGood
Disclaimer: Laura
Art: Emily
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/
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314 -- Glimpses of Story -- with Kathryn Gossow Apr 25, 2021

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Is there such thing as a story for all of the ages? Or do stories unfold exactly how, and when, they need to?
Guest: Kathryn Gossow -- kathryngossow.net
Promo: Deconstructive Criticism
Disclaimer: Dani
Art: Brad
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/
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313 -- Gray Area -- with Shaun from Repeat Offender Apr 22, 2021

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Sometimes the line between legality and morality is more gray than black... even (especially?) when it comes to drugs and medicine.
Guest: Shaun, The Repeat Offender podcast
Promo: Twisted and Uncorked
Disclaimer: Russ More
Art: Erin Schwartz
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/
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312 -- When You Find What You Love, You Know Who You Are -- with Reagan Pasternak Apr 15, 2021

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At what point does a loss deserve grief? (Hint: it's a trick question; if it registers as a loss, it deserves whatever you feel.)
Guest: Reagan Pasternak -- griffinsheart.com
Promo: Livestream for the Cure -- MAY 2021!
Disclaimer: Alicia
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/
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311 -- Praying for a Baby Brother -- with Eric Carter-Landin Apr 10, 2021

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The death of a child creates a permanent scar on the universe. Most people think of the parents' grief, which is natural and valid. But their siblings hurt, too. Especially when the loss is avoidable.
Guest: Eric A. Carter-Landin, True Consequences and Dos Spookqueños podcasts
Promo: Ye Olde Crime
Disclaimer: Stephen Indrisano
Music: Jake Pierle

310 -- It Has to Be an Original Universe -- with Trish Heinrich Apr 06, 2021

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You know it's a good time when I (who have never seen an Avengers movie) am engaged and delighted throughout a conversation about superheroes.
Guest: Trish Heinrich -- superherofiction.com
Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/T-L-Heinrich/e/B07613CJTW/
Promo: Shrimp & Crits
Disclaimer: Charles Kelly
Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/
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