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Back in the States

Pillows and Beer with Craig Conover and Austen Kroll - July 11, 2024 22:31 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
After a much-needed hiatus, Craig Conover and Austen Kroll are back in Charleston (temporily) and hitting the mics again. In this episode, hear where the boys have been and why they have not been recording. They share their stories from Mexico City to France and Italy. Austen then gives Craig th...

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Recipe for Love: Mark

Canadian Love Map - July 11, 2024 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's love story comes from Mark Brand from Vancouver, BC. What started as an idea, a thought, a dream - turned into a foundation that impacted millions and continues to grow. Mark is an example that if you want something and have ideas to get there, you can. He took the problem of f...

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Finding Peace in Canada: Arta

Canadian Love Map - July 01, 2024 11:36 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's story belongs to Arta Rexhepi from Kosovo (and from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia). With grief and loss, comes hope and new beginnings. Meet Arta, a Kosovo-born woman who had to flee her country during the war and start anew with her family in Canada. She moved 25 years ago, went to c...

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Exploring Love: Steph and Katie

Canadian Love Map - June 27, 2024 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's love story comes from Steph & Katie Burlton from Vancouver, BC. What started as an innocent meeting at dance class, turned into something magical. Steph and Katie fell head-over-heels for each other and decided that they would travel the world together all while documenting the...

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Sewing Down South - The Flagship

Pillows and Beer with Craig Conover and Austen Kroll - June 22, 2024 23:13 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
No, the podcast is not dead, the guys just required a much-needed break from the work world after just finishing up their job from the past few months, so stay tuned there. In honor of the Nashville store just opening, here is Craig and Jerry talking all things Sewing Down South 3 years ago when...

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Lessons from Dad: Greg and Hali

Canadian Love Map - June 20, 2024 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's story comes from Greg Scott & Hali ScottSmith from Hornby Island, BC. Finding common ground with your child can be tough (especially during those pre-teen years), but Greg Scott made it his mission to not only form genuine bonds with both his children - but share it with the re...

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Making Amends: Melanie

Canadian Love Map - June 13, 2024 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's story belongs to Melanie Chambers, of London, Ontario. High school is tough for most, but harder when you have a bully. Melanie shares how she, years later, reached out to her high school bully for questions and received not only answers - but a new friend. She uncovers how mee...

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Seventy Happy Years: Fran and Matt

Canadian Love Map - June 06, 2024 11:43 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's story belongs to Fran and Matt Hrabluk, of Mississauga, Ontario. Although every marriage is special, some are just made of tougher stuff. Fran and Matt, for example, are celebrating a big anniversary this year: seventy years. It was 1954 the year Fran and Matt, two young lovers...

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Muscle Shoals

Steel Magnolias Podcast - June 04, 2024 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 133 ratings
"Any discussion about American music that doesn’t include Muscle Shoals, Alabama isn’t really a discussion at all.” That’s a direct quote from the website of FAME STUDIOS. We had a chance to visit Muscle Shoals and the 2 studios that stayed undercover for most of the 60’s and 70’s while legend...

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the first

Pillows and Beer with Craig Conover and Austen Kroll - June 04, 2024 03:33 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
As the boys are off somewhere...doing something... I think you may have seen pictures, we just had someone ask if we could post the first ever pod again to listen to and asking why they started it. Well, here it is the guys in their first official podcast together, and how they have changed over ...

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Rising Up: Belinda and Carol

Canadian Love Map - May 30, 2024 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's story comes from Belinda and Carol Bigold, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Lots of families bond over baking, but very few take that fondness to the next level. If you ask Belinda and Carol, they'd say it was a no-brainer. Carol's fearless nature and impeccable baking talents paired ...

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Museums of Dallas

Steel Magnolias Podcast - May 28, 2024 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 133 ratings
Museums of Dallas Dallas has a vibrant arts scene that keep someone busy for days on end. Museums offer so much to explore from classes, films, lectures, and it really helps expand your horizons. The Dallas Arts District is just 6 miles from Love Field Airport (Southwest’s hub)! So let’s discus...

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Like Mother, Like Daughter: Pierena and Amanda

Canadian Love Map - May 23, 2024 11:26 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's story comes from Amanda and Pierena Di Zazzo, from Montreal, Quebec. The pandemic was a strange and challenging time for everyone, but amidst the darkness there were opportunities for joy. Many rekindled relationships with friends and family, or immersed themselves in the hobb...

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Like Mother, Like Daughter: Pierina and Amanda

Canadian Love Map - May 23, 2024 11:26 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's story comes from Amanda and Pierina Procino Di Zazzo, from Montreal, Quebec. The pandemic was a strange and challenging time for everyone, but amidst the darkness there were opportunities for joy. Many rekindled relationships with friends and family, or immersed themselves in ...

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Delayed Travels

Pillows and Beer with Craig Conover and Austen Kroll - May 22, 2024 04:56 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
Craig is talking about all things around the world. He talks about wanting to head to Australia to set up an SDS pop up, visit the Cherry Blossoms in Japan, and other interesting and fun events/festivals. Craig vents about how certain people up North are trying to do things and how we need to fi...

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Decoration Day

Steel Magnolias Podcast - May 21, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 133 ratings
For many, Memorial Day is the official start of summer, kicked off with a large parade and a celebration of the men and women who gave their lives so we could have the freedom to enjoy our own. But up until 1971, this day was simply known as "Decoration Day.” Join us at the table as we discuss t...

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Stepping Into Friendship: Mary Jane and Natasha

Canadian Love Map - May 16, 2024 05:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's story comes from Mary Jane Copps of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Natasha Marchewka of Santa Clarita, California. This story started decades ago, when a then 23-year-old MJ got together with 12-year-old Natasha's divorced father. Almost immediately, MJ grew deeply attached to Nata...

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A Glitch

Pillows and Beer with Craig Conover and Austen Kroll - May 15, 2024 03:41 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
Craig talks about how mad he is for missing the Aurea borealis and how his friends didn't believe him until it happened. He then talks about how Paige and he got caught in the matrix when they could not find something until it all the sudden popped up. I think everyone has had the moment where yo...

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United Cajun Navy

Steel Magnolias Podcast - May 14, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 133 ratings
Louisiana is known as a “Sportsman‘s Paradise”, but due to its location, it has also seen more than its share of natural disasters from hurricanes. Join us at the table, to hear about a grassroots effort for sportsman and sports women to join forces in an effort to help their neighbors when disa...

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Mom Jokes: Farideh Olsen

Canadian Love Map - May 09, 2024 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's story comes from Farideh Olson, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. For a lot of new mothers, an unexpected part of the journey comes when figuring out your "new normal." After all, having a baby radically changes your day-to-day lifestyle, especially for mothers.  For the free-spiri...

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Nightstands and Honeybees

Pillows and Beer with Craig Conover and Austen Kroll - May 08, 2024 21:32 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
Craig is off to film something new in New York with Paige but first hops on with Nick to catch up. The guys catch up and discuss Craig's new venture in Nashville and SDS. The conversation then moves to the state of the world and why Craig, to the skepticism of Paige, thinks he'd make a good Pres...

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Gullah Geechee

Steel Magnolias Podcast - May 07, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 133 ratings
Located on the sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia are communities of people who are descendants of enslaved Africans. They have a unique culture that is directly linked to West Africa. In South Carolina, this group of African-Americans and the language they speak are referred to as Gullah...

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Wedding Things

Pillows and Beer with Craig Conover and Austen Kroll - May 02, 2024 19:07 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
Wedding season has started which has Austen listing cool type things he has seen and may want at his wedding...whenever that may be. From a tattoo parlor to a cool location, his list is ever-growing. Speaking of tattoos, the guys then start to talk about where and what they might get their first...

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100 Cats: Kate Leth

Canadian Love Map - May 02, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's story belongs to Kate Leth, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It's not uncommon to start off the new year with a resolution. For a lot of us, that usually takes the form of sacrifice or change, like drinking less coffee or going to the gym. For one Canadian cartoonist and writer, howeve...

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The Steel Magnolia Bed & Breakfast: Natchitoches, Louisiana

Steel Magnolias Podcast - April 30, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 133 ratings
If walls could talk, the Steel Magnolia Bed & Breakfast in Natchitoches would have hundreds of stories to tell. The home is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana where the writer of the play, Robert Darling, originally grew up. The 1989 film was shot here in this very small town and today the centr...

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Oyster Wars

Pillows and Beer with Craig Conover and Austen Kroll - April 27, 2024 15:16 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
Nick shares with Austen with who he thinks which celebrity the latter could be related to. Austen then talks about what he has been up to and winds up spending time talking about his family and how he could be on the brink of starting a turf war. The guys end the show talking about some recent d...

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The Backpack: Paul Bromby

Canadian Love Map - April 25, 2024 05:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's story belongs to Paul, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Growing up can be tough, especially if you're juggling the responsibilities of childhood with the anxiety of caring for an ailing parent. For Paul, his mother's bipolar disorder was a constant fixation of his young life. It was a...

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Moving Sucks

Pillows and Beer with Craig Conover and Austen Kroll - April 23, 2024 18:06 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
Who else things moving sucks? Craig and Nick are discussing how much of a pain it is and how different it is depending on where you live. Craig then discusses how much Sewing Down South has grown since the past few years and some of the messages he has gotten from people seeing the displays in K...

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The Grand Ole Opry featuring Sean Dietrich

Steel Magnolias Podcast - April 23, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 133 ratings
We’re discussing the show that made country music famous! The Grand Ole Opry is the longest running radio show; turning 100 next year! With an ever changing lineup of musicians, each performance is broadcast to a global audience via WSM radio, SiriusXM and Circle. We got to sit down with our dea...

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Fly Me to the Moon

Pillows and Beer with Craig Conover and Austen Kroll - April 19, 2024 17:18 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
Do you think Paige would move to space with Craig? Well, that is exactly what Craig and Nick are discussing. First, they talk about how certain businesses took off when others failed and laugh about how a certain thing has changed over the years. The guys then discuss all things space from Alien...