The Silver Linings Handbook
Jayson Blair
Life has many layers. Whether it's true crime, the media spotlight, mental health, religion or any other part of a person’s journey, there are so many deeper truths underneath the surface. To truly understand them, you need to peel back those layers to find the depth, beauty, joy, suffering and struggles that become the silver linings. Join Jayson Blair each week for interesting conversations with interesting people from all walks of life.
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51. 2023 End of the Year Wrap Up
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12/29/23 • 53 min
We made it through another year and 2023 this year like many brought some challenges, a lot of rewards and a ton of learning. I had the idea here in our first year looking through our episodes to see what messages we heard from our guests that enlightened us and challenged us to think through many complicated issues that we grapple with as humans. There were moments of hope, clarity, inspiration and so many people who are trying to make the world a better place. I will be reflecting on 2023 through the lens of our guests and our listeners.
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56. Gone: The Life of Brianna Maitland and the Search to Find Her and Others
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01/30/24 • 78 min
In this profoundly moving episode, we delve into the heart of a father's relentless quest for answers. Bruce Maitland, the founder of Private Investigations for the Missing, shares the stirring tale of his daughter Brianna's disappearance and the profound impact it has had on his life. His journey from anguish to action has led him to create an organization dedicated to aiding families in their search for missing loved ones. Through his story, we explore the complexities of missing persons cases and the often-overlooked struggles that families face. Tune in to discover how one man's love for his daughter has ignited a beacon of hope for countless others.
Learn more about Private Investigations for the Missing here.
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60. Helping the Caged Birds Sing with Tiffanie Richards
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02/27/24 • 83 min
Tiffanie Richards, a survivor turned advocate, joins us to share her personal journey through intergenerational trauma and abuse that has led her to create a podcast that transcends the genre. We're going to talk about trauma and stigma, victims and abusers, the danger of flattening people into characters, healing and advocacy in the value of that learning, that leaving and that letting go.
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43. Lost Sheep: The Religious Trauma from When Our Shepherds Betray Us with Greg Lygon
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11/07/23 • 84 min
In this episode, Jayson is joined by Greg Lygon, a former member of Calvary Temple, a church in Sterling, Virginia that has spent more than a decade ensnared in scandals about emotional, sexual and physical abuse, controlling members and alienating them from the rest of the world.
They will talk about community, loss of power and religion, the prevalence of cults hidden behind buildings that look like any other religious organization, religious trauma in general and what happens to you emotionally and socially when religious leaders, the people who are supposed to guide us, our Shepherds, betray us.
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October Trailer: Unveiling Horror, Exploring the Paranormal and Entering the Darkness
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09/28/23 • 3 min
We have taken you to what the life of a New York Times reporter and a podcaster trying to cover The Lost and Forgotten is like. We've looked at the world through the eyes of an FBI profiler and a woman who's trying to catch a serial killer who's killed her cousin. But this month...the month of October, each week we're going to take you into the world of horror, the paranormal, and some darkness.
We will explore the spooky month through the lens of a horror writer. We'll look at what it takes to create characters that are scary and nice. We'll look at why we as people are so fascinated by darkness with an author, and we'll explore the real life nightmare of the serial killer Israel Keys. One of our episodes this month will be with Jason, the creator of the Santa Maybe, a Criminal Podcast, which you will hear the trailer for in this episode.
Stay tuned for a month of horror, paranormal and darkness.
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44. Taking Back Your Autonomy: Recovering and Thriving After Sexual Abuse with Katie Moran
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11/14/23 • 76 min
Katie Moran is an author, speaker, social media influencer and an advocate for mental health, sexual assault and suicide prevention. Katie is a survivor of sexual assault, suicide attempts and suicidal ideation and has spoken with remarkable openness about her challenges with depression and anxiety in a world in which we can be prone at times to forget the stigma that still exists around these topics. We discuss stigma, healing and advocacy in these areas, the cost and value being vulnerable in the public sphere and using creativity to find healing.
Learn more by visiting our website and follow along with us on Instagram.
The Silver Linings Handbook is a production of BlueSky Studios LLC.
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39. Our Fascination with Darkness with Allison Dickson of the Ding Dong Darkness Time Podcast
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10/17/23 • 98 min
Joining Jayson today is Allison Dickson, who's been writing novels and short stories for more than 15 years and who's the host of the Ding Dong Darkness Time podcast. Allison is the author of several well-reviewed, independently published novels as well as a debuted thriller, The Other Mrs. Miller. That book was picked up by Putnam in the United States and other publishers across the globe. Some of the other writing she has done includes the horror thriller, Strings, a chilling tale of entrapment and greed and the dystopian science fiction novel, Last Supper.
In this episode, we're going to explore our fascination with darkness but one thing I can guarantee is you're going to find this conversation a lot brighter than you imagined.
Check out Allison's podcast, Ding Dong Darkness Time.
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The Silver Linings Handbook is a production of BlueSky Studios LLC.
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36. Streaming Love: How Music Can Bring People Together with Dani Brillhart and Colton Jones of NI/CO
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09/26/23 • 86 min
At a time when so much divides us, music like fictional books, television and movies are one of those things that tends to bring us together, Dani and Colton and their group NI/CO, have put a focus on what ties us together as partners in life and in music.
In 2016, Colton and Dani began writing and within two years they had a body of work that they released their first single which was a creative spin on Marvin Gay's, What's Going On. Eventually, they moved to Los Angeles where they've become well known for their work producing music videos and songs both as cover artists and for their own work. They have also created songs written with producers in Nashville, Los Angeles and London and have been featured on several top Spotify playlists and have appeared on various music networks including the CW Network, VH1, BET and Freeform, featured in promos for The Today Show, the World of Dance and advertising campaigns for Spotify and Ralph Lauren.
They've been entrepreneurial in their efforts doing everything from building custom wedding playlists, creating custom covers, creating their own music and performing.
Follow along with Dani and Colton on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and find their music here.
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29. Homicide: Life on the Savannah Streets with Kevin Grogan (Part 2 of 2)
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08/15/23 • 50 min
In this episode, Jayson is joined by Kevin Joseph Grogan, who is a former Savannah Chatham metropolitan police department homicide detective who has a reputation as a straight shooter, who cares passionately about public safety and the people in the mostly poor minority and dangerous neighborhoods that for twelve years he was sworn to protect. Kevin has traded his badge and gun in for a pen and now is the author of two books. The 2018 book Black Sheep White Cop and the 2022 book Ruffian.
They discuss the type of people who go into law enforcement, the price they pay not just physically but mentally and emotionally, the stigma that prevents so many of those officers from getting the treatment they need and the anxiety and its impact on their performance in the field.
Jayson and Kevin discuss the toll that being a police officer took on Kevin's personal life and the reason why he's taken to writing both as a form of therapy and as a way to promote a better way of policing.
Listen to part one with Kevin Grogan here.
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42. Exploring the Unexplained: Looking at the World Through the Lens of Horror and the Paranormal with Author Brett Talley (Part 2 of 2)
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10/31/23 • 66 min
Jayson is joined by Brett Tally, an author of several bestselling novels and anthologies including He Who Walks in Shadow, That Which Should Not Be and The Fiddle Is the Devil's Instrument. He has been twice nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement which is the top award for horror writing presented annually by the Horror Writers Association.
Brett is also the author of several true ghost stories and a nonfiction book called Haunted Tuscaloosa, which explores the paranormal in the Alabama town from the now shuttered local insane asylum in antebellum mansions said to be haunted by ghosts to cemeteries where confederate soldiers are still said to march and ghost stories from the University of Alabama Grounds.
Brett is an attorney and his interests include horror, science fiction, the paranormal and other whodunnit mysteries. He's the host of the Prosecutor's Podcast where he and his co-host Alice tackle well-known and less known true crime cases. But they also tackle some mysteries and some flat out hard to explain events.
Today we're going to continue our discussion about the paranormal, horror, science fiction and all that's mysterious and spooky both about fiction and in reality.
Learn more by visiting our website and follow along with us on Instagram.
Check out The Prosecutors podcast and The Prosecutors: Legal Briefs, both hosted by Brett and Alice.
The Silver Linings Handbook is a production of BlueSky Studios LLC.
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How many episodes does The Silver Linings Handbook have?
The Silver Linings Handbook currently has 192 episodes available.
What topics does The Silver Linings Handbook cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, True Crime and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on The Silver Linings Handbook?
The episode title '51. 2023 End of the Year Wrap Up' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Silver Linings Handbook?
The average episode length on The Silver Linings Handbook is 66 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Silver Linings Handbook released?
Episodes of The Silver Linings Handbook are typically released every 4 days.
When was the first episode of The Silver Linings Handbook?
The first episode of The Silver Linings Handbook was released on Feb 6, 2023.
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