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Chowder Chat 6.7: We Are Not From Here

Cedar Mill & Bethany Libraries Podcasts - April 25, 2024 03:40 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
The teen council discusses the book, We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez, which is one of the books in our Mark Oshiro reading challenge this month. Hear their reactions to this intense story about young Guatamalan immigrants in this recording. Other books discussed were: Lessons in...

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Unlock Growth: Break Through Business Barriers!

SoTellUs Time - April 23, 2024 08:30 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 10 ratings
Welcome to "Business Breakthrough," your go-to series for uncovering the pivotal strategies that propel your business beyond its current limits. Are you feeling overwhelmed, running out of energy, or finding yourself stretched in too many directions? It's a common scenario for entrepreneurs who ...

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Boost Your Business: Maximize Marketing Profits with Automation Strategies

SoTellUs Time - April 16, 2024 08:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 10 ratings
Welcome to our latest podcast where we dive deep into the world of marketing to help you boost your business's profits through effective strategies and automation. Today, we're focusing on how to identify and scale profitable marketing tactics without necessarily increasing your initial budget. ...

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127: RTL in a New Format

Reading Through Life - April 10, 2024 07:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
Show notes: We left you with a cliffhanger in our last episode about some big news for RTL. Well, the day has come to give you the full scoop about the podcast and its future. This is a don’t-miss episode, so please tune in! We love you, book nerds.    Join our RTL Substack to become a fre...

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Grow Smarter, Not Harder: Maximize Your Profits Without New Customers

SoTellUs Time - April 09, 2024 15:39 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 10 ratings
Welcome to today’s episode, where we delve into the often overlooked gold mine that is your existing customer base. Many businesses chase after new customers thinking that’s the primary path to business growth, but what if you could double or even triple your profits without adding a single new...

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Ep 425: We're all mood readers

What Should I Read Next? - April 09, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4.8K ratings
A recent career shift has opened up more reading time for today's guest, and Tara Bañuelos is looking to make the most of this abundance by exploring new-to-her genres and overlooked backlist titles. Tara lives in Washington, D.C., where she practices law. In the past, she's relied on reading for...

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126: What We Read in March

Reading Through Life - April 03, 2024 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
Show notes: We’re back again with our monthly reading recap. We’re sharing 10 books we read in March and giving you the scoop on what we loved and didn’t. Also, Patrons, don’t forget to tune into our Overflow bonus episode this Friday to hear the rest of our March reviews. Happy listening!  ...

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Ep 424: Books that amaze, amaze, amaze

What Should I Read Next? - April 02, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.8K ratings
Recovering from a reading slump can be challenging, and today's guest credits a book subscription box for saving her reading life.  In today's episode, Anne Bogel is chatting with Tiffany Vicars, a pharmacist, mom and State Fair prize-winning paper crafter in Louisville, Kentucky. Tiffany knows r...

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Building the Right Business Foundation: A Path to Sustainable Growth

SoTellUs Time - April 02, 2024 08:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 10 ratings
In today's fast-paced business world, laying the correct foundation for your enterprise is not just a step toward success; it's a necessity for survival. In this comprehensive video, we delve into the critical importance of establishing a solid business foundation and integrating business automa...

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Episode 17: Episode S17 - BarbenHeimer!

Book Power for Kids! - April 01, 2024 00:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
We missed the Barbenheimer bandwagon!  Can our rushed effort to catch up ever be Kenough, or are we destined to become Death, destroyer of worlds... Barbenheimer… the book? (reviewed by Mirabel Power, age 11; Leilani Power, age 15; and Chaska Power, age 16) Our Family chorus is Kenough...

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Chowder Chat 6.6: What We're Watching Now

Cedar Mill & Bethany Libraries Podcasts - March 28, 2024 19:19 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
The teen council met on March 11th to talk about what they've been reading and watching lately. Find out what they recommend this month and get ready for the Mark Oshiro reading challenge next month. News: Teen Art Contest ends on March 30th The Mark Oshiro Reading Challenge starts on April...

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The Mother of All Monsters by Paula D Ashe

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast - March 28, 2024 04:01 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dear listners, have we got a podcast for you! This week the Abyss gang digs into the layers of being a parent to a serial killer with Paula D Ashe's The Mother of All Monsters. Before they chat about the extreme measures taken to ensure your child stops, they discuss Late Night With the Devil, T...

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Ep 423: Quiet, compelling, and wildly popular novels

What Should I Read Next? - March 26, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4.8K ratings
Today’s guest is Susan Meissner, a historical fiction author based in the Pacific Northwest. You might know Susan from books like Only the Beautiful and The Nature of Fragile Things: Susan is also a reader and listener and today she's here to talk with Anne about her readerly dilemma. Susan write...

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Balancing Tech & Touch: Why Automation Must Complement, Not Overpower, Personalization

SoTellUs Time - March 26, 2024 08:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 10 ratings
Welcome back to our channel, where we dive deep into the transformative power of technology in business. In our recent podcasts, we've been focusing on a topic that's reshaping industries: automation. Specifically, we've embarked on an exciting journey to rebuild our entire sales pipeline automa...

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125: Books and Music

Reading Through Life - March 20, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
Show notes: Music and books pair together so well. We’re both huge music fans and reading books about music and musicians really fascinates us. Today, we’re sharing some fiction and nonfiction books recs about music and we hope you’ll tune in to find some new faves!   Click here to join us...

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Ep 422: Fiction and memoir, but make it travel

What Should I Read Next? - March 19, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.8K ratings
Today's bookish goal: finding the right books to fuel a reader's wanderlust. Georgia-based Joy has traveled extensively and even lived abroad, but now that she's not on the road, she's looking to load up her bookshelf with titles that will take her vicariously to places she can't get to right now...

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Through Their Eyes: Viewing Your Business from the Customer's Perspective

SoTellUs Time - March 19, 2024 08:30 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 10 ratings
Welcome to "Through Their Eyes: Viewing Your Business from the Customer's Perspective," a deep dive into the heart of what makes businesses succeed or fail in today's market: the customer experience (CX). Often, there's a gap between what business owners believe their customer experience to be ...

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The Haunting of Velkwood with Gwendolyn Kiste

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast - March 14, 2024 04:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
What's scarier than a haunted neighborhood? A new episode!! This week the Abyss gang is joined by Gwendolyn Kiste to discuss her newest book The Haunting of Velkwood. Before diving into the grief and ghosts, they chat about Poor Things, The Crimson Labyrinth by Yusuke Kishi, Jamison Shea's I Fee...

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Ep 421: Go ahead, judge that book by its cover

What Should I Read Next? - March 12, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.8K ratings
Today’s guest's love of reading was reignited in late 2022 when she found a path into the bookish zeitgeist by reading a super-popular series. Around the same time, Julie Van Huizen found herself surrounded by her friends' end-of-year reading wrap-ups, which left her feeling inspired, intimidated...

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124: What We Read in February

Reading Through Life - March 06, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
Show notes: It’s time for our February reading recap! We’re sharing 10 books we read in February and our opinions of them, the good and the bad. It was a bit of a weird reading month for us, but we powered through! Also, Patrons, don’t forget to tune into our Overflow bonus episode this Friday...

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Mastering Patience: How to Craft Thoughtful Responses in a World of Instant Reactions

SoTellUs Time - March 05, 2024 09:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 10 ratings
In our fast-paced digital era, where immediacy often trumps thoughtfulness, it's increasingly common to find ourselves reacting impulsively to communications from clients or employees. This knee-jerk reaction, fueled by the instantaneity of emails, texts, and voicemails, can sometimes lead us as...

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Ep 420: Soul-changing reads with staying power

What Should I Read Next? - February 27, 2024 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.8K ratings
Today, Anne talks with Courtney Dezahd about discovering themes in her reading and finding novels that will stick with her long after she turns the last page.  Courtney is a marketing professional and a mom whose reading tastes range from World War I history to outdoor survival stories and beyond...

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Recognizing the Value: Embracing The New

SoTellUs Time - February 27, 2024 09:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 10 ratings
In the fast-paced world of business, it's easy to get caught up in the daily grind, focusing solely on the tasks at hand without pausing to consider the bigger picture. Yet, in doing so, we risk overlooking valuable opportunities that lie just beyond our routine activities. The story of a childc...

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Chowder Chat 6.5: Black History Month Books

Cedar Mill & Bethany Libraries Podcasts - February 26, 2024 16:09 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
The teen council met in February 2024 to discuss their favorite recent reads by Black authors.  Books discussed are: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Dangerous Ones by Lauren Blackwood (publishes in May 2024) Cameron Battle and t...

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Abyss Spotlight on Black Horror Writers

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast - February 22, 2024 05:01 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
It's time, Abyss time!!! On this week's episode the Abyss crew sit down to spotlight some of their favorite Black horror writers and their books. Before the deep dive they discuss All the Fiends of Hell by Adam Nevill, Maurice Broaddus' Knights of Breton Court, The Kill List, Mark Russell's Cere...

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123: Debut Novels We Loved, Part 2

Reading Through Life - February 21, 2024 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
Show notes: Debut novels are so exciting! Can you imagine being a writer and getting your book out into the world for the first time? We love supporting debut authors and today we’re sharing more debut novels we’ve loved (check out episode 74 of the podcast for part 1) and a few we’re excited ...

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Ep 419: Romance is my entire personality

What Should I Read Next? - February 20, 2024 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.8K ratings
Today's guest Farrah Rochon is passionate about the romance genre, Disney, and the city of New Orleans (among other things), and today Farrah and Anne dive into all of the juicy details. Farrah is a prolific romance author with 45 books to her name, so you may be as surprised as we were to learn...

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Effective vs. Efficient: Understanding the Crucial Difference for Business Owners

SoTellUs Time - February 20, 2024 09:30 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 10 ratings
As business owners, we often find ourselves juggling multiple tasks, striving to make the most of our resources and time. In this quest for productivity, two terms frequently come into play: effective and efficient. While they may seem interchangeable at first glance, understanding the disparity...

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Grasshands with Kyle Winker and Laurel Hightower

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast - February 15, 2024 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Hey kids! You have your moss ready? Good, because you'll need it when the Abyss gang chat with Kyle Winkler and Laurel Hightower about Winkler's Grasshands! Before they dive into libraries and nature, they discuss the last issue of Vastarien, Hailey Piper's Even the Worm Will Turn, From the Bell...

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Ep 418: Swipe right for book love

What Should I Read Next? - February 13, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.8K ratings
Amy Rohn joins Anne to talk about literal literary matchmaking: the ups and downs of her life as a reader in search of real-life romance. We’re exploring what she looks for in a partner, whether they’re a reader or not, and truly baffling stories from her attempts at talking to men on dating apps...