Episode 44 :: Bethany Turner :: For the Love of Jesus, Stories and the 90's
07/16/20 • 75 min
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Today on the podcast I have the fabulous Bethany Turner back for round 2!!! Bethany was one of my very first guests early in the season (episode 7, to be exact) and we got to talk about how she writes books that provide a space for pop culture and hard topics and faith to intersect with a lot of humor and heart. Bethany and I have bonded in a friendship solidified by a love for the Lord, stories and 90’s pop culture. So today, you get a little bit of all those things!
In the first half of this episode, we talk about what it's been like to be creative with how we enjoy movies and books and what not, and how we engage our creativity differently. You’ll also hear us talk about her latest book Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish, and actually we had this conversation on Hadley’s book birthday which was fun to celebrate that with her. Then, thanks to some of her readers’ question submissions, I also got a chance to get to put Bethany in the “Renowned” hot seat (for all those #hadbeck readers out there!) to hear more of Bethany’s story as an author as well as her miraculous survival story of ovarian cancer.
Then, in the second half of the episode, Bethany and I lay out our love for all things 90’s movies and television. I laughed SO HARD during this episode and it was just the kind of levity that I need during such a crazy season of time and we hope you get to enjoy that as well and maybe even pad your movie and tv viewing list as the Pandemic stretches on. There’s a lot of heart, there’s a lot of fun, and it's a good day to hang out with BT and me on Simply Stories. Thanks in advance for hanging out and laughing with us!
For the record, you can find everything we mention in this episode (all the books, all the movie references, all of it) in the show notes as well as how to keep connected with Bethany! This will definitely go down as the longest set of show notes in the history of the podcast, but WORTH. IT. I may have also snuck in some additional content in there, so happy hunting!
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Resources:
-Original episode with Bethany (episode #7!)
-The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck, Wooing Cadie McCaffrey, Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish
-article on straight to streaming because of Trolls, AMC won’t do Paramount movies
-Lori Beth of Elevating Motherhood’s post
-Nashville, TN - Howdy, y’all ;)
-Vanderbilt announcement about funding vaccine research, thanks, Dolly
-Robin Leach - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous clip to hear his voice
-Susie Finkbeiner -- stay tuned to hear her episode here next week! :) We love ya, Susie!
-”Save the Last Dance” Keri Washington (yes THAT Keri Washington)
-Blockbuster (MAY IT RIP!!!!)
-Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Game
Our Crazy Pants 90’s Movie and TV List of References:
Today on the podcast I have the fabulous Bethany Turner back for round 2!!! Bethany was one of my very first guests early in the season (episode 7, to be exact) and we got to talk about how she writes books that provide a space for pop culture and hard topics and faith to intersect with a lot of humor and heart. Bethany and I have bonded in a friendship solidified by a love for the Lord, stories and 90’s pop culture. So today, you get a little bit of all those things!
In the first half of this episode, we talk about what it's been like to be creative with how we enjoy movies and books and what not, and how we engage our creativity differently. You’ll also hear us talk about her latest book Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish, and actually we had this conversation on Hadley’s book birthday which was fun to celebrate that with her. Then, thanks to some of her readers’ question submissions, I also got a chance to get to put Bethany in the “Renowned” hot seat (for all those #hadbeck readers out there!) to hear more of Bethany’s story as an author as well as her miraculous survival story of ovarian cancer.
Then, in the second half of the episode, Bethany and I lay out our love for all things 90’s movies and television. I laughed SO HARD during this episode and it was just the kind of levity that I need during such a crazy season of time and we hope you get to enjoy that as well and maybe even pad your movie and tv viewing list as the Pandemic stretches on. There’s a lot of heart, there’s a lot of fun, and it's a good day to hang out with BT and me on Simply Stories. Thanks in advance for hanging out and laughing with us!
For the record, you can find everything we mention in this episode (all the books, all the movie references, all of it) in the show notes as well as how to keep connected with Bethany! This will definitely go down as the longest set of show notes in the history of the podcast, but WORTH. IT. I may have also snuck in some additional content in there, so happy hunting!
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Resources:
-Original episode with Bethany (episode #7!)
-The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck, Wooing Cadie McCaffrey, Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish
-article on straight to streaming because of Trolls, AMC won’t do Paramount movies
-Lori Beth of Elevating Motherhood’s post
-Nashville, TN - Howdy, y’all ;)
-Vanderbilt announcement about funding vaccine research, thanks, Dolly
-Robin Leach - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous clip to hear his voice
-Susie Finkbeiner -- stay tuned to hear her episode here next week! :) We love ya, Susie!
-”Save the Last Dance” Keri Washington (yes THAT Keri Washington)
-Blockbuster (MAY IT RIP!!!!)
-Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Game
Our Crazy Pants 90’s Movie and TV List of References:
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Episode 43 :: Valerie Fraser Luesse :: Stories of the South
On today’s episode, I am chatting with the absolutely lovely Valerie Fraser Luesse. Valerie is the Senior Travel Editor for Southern Living Magazine, as well as an incredible author of 3 novels. Her most recent book is called The Key to Everything, and if I’m honest with you, it was one of my favorite reads of 2020. During our chat, we talk about why the book was so impactful for me, and we learn that it is based on an incredible true story, and get to hear how special it was for Valerie to write.
The South is such a unique part of this country, for better or for worse, and I loved Valerie’s perspective on the layers and evolution of this place we both call home. In Valerie’s book, the landscape of the journey the character experiences is almost like another character in the narrative, and it's fascinating. Valerie and I discuss the power of history, the evolution of storytelling, and how it connects communities as we all learn and grow, and process who we have been and where we are from.
Valerie and I talked several months ago now, but I’m just so grateful for the sweetness and the heartfelt nature of this conversation because, gracious, I miss getting to feel that way with people in person! It always amazes me how the Lord spaces these conversations out in His perfect timing. I hope whenever you hear this, you feel like you got to hang out with two friends swapping stories today. Know that you’re loved, friend. You matter. Your story matters.
Resources:
Ree Drummond aka the Pioneer Woman and Pawhuska, OK
Southern Living Magazine - Valerie is the Senior Travel Editor
50 inspirational Bible Verses- article online SL
“Nothing beats stronger than the heart of a volunteer” - Col Jimmy Dolittle
Nashville/Cookeville/Chatt tornadoes
Her book: The Key to Everything
Bryan Stevenson / “Just Mercy” - changing the narrative, changing the part we start from -- her article for Southern Living featuring him.
Scripture References:
1 Corinthians 12- Offer up our gifts and live as the body of Christ
Luke 19- Zaccheus
Ruth- Ruth and Naomi (you can also hear this “story” on this episode of our podcast!)
Connecting with Valerie:
Articles she’s authored for Southern Living Magazine
Her Blog- “Goin Down to Mama’s”
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Episode 45 :: Susie Finkbeiner :: Stories of Hope and Heart
1 RecommendationsToday I’m chatting with the wonderful Susie Finkbeiner. Susie is an incredible Christian Fiction Author, and a woman who just radiates joy, love and hope. I actually got to talk to Susie when we were all in the thick of quarantine, and it feels so timely as many cities go back to that sort of a model, but everyone I know is processing the immediate future. Whether that is school decisions, community decisions, election oriented decisions, there is a lot of tension, a struggle with holding on to hope, and how to be present for one another with feelings and fears running rampant. Friends, this episode is for you. Susie shares really beautiful insight about trusting the Lord, especially when everything feels like it's falling apart. God’s trustworthiness and His goodness is bigger than the certainty of encountering the brokenness of the world, and that is something, as we wrestle with what’s around us, that we can put our hope in. It's the only thing that won’t change.
During our chat you also get to hear more about the heart and the history of her newest book, The Stories That Bind Us. Susie shares how personal and even painful this story was for her to write, but when God asked her to write something very confronting for her, no matter how hard it felt, He met her in the Refiner’s fire. We also discuss the beauty and the mess of what it's like to be in the trenches with someone with a calling from the Lord, as well as when someone who is walking through a deep valley through hard seasons or struggling with mental health. The Lord will provide encouragement, and support. When we are going through the deep valleys of life He delights in us, and draws us closer to the body of Christ, but we also have to be willing to receive it. Even though there is wrestling, the hope we have in Jesus is kept in a place no broken person or thing can ever touch. Sharing our stories, engaging one another’s lives, praying for and bearing with one another, these are some of the life-giving ways the Lord is close to the broken-hearted and rescues those who are crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:18)
I hope that you’ll pick up a copy of The Stories That Bind Us and check out Susie online and engage her other work too! In a space that can feel like a sea of chaos, she’s such a fun light. Hang in there, friends. Just like Susie says: “our heritage is shared through our stories.” Yours matters, friends. You matter.
Resources:
Detroit theme park being restored, aquarium around from the early 1900’s:: Belle Isle Aquarium (in this article, you can actually see the jade ceiling Susie mentions in our conversation)
Laura Frantz // Laura’s posts // (and our conversation!)
My conversation with Jennifer Greenberg, and the allorgorical conversation about suicide
Sarah Sundin (and our conversation!)
Christian Fiction Readers’ Summit
Beth White (hear her episode, and here’s the book I was reading! That series in my top 5 fave 2020 reads)
Susie’s upcoming book, features the end of the Vietnam War, 3,000 orphans were airlifted from Saigon to the U.S., Aus...
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