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Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read
Chris and Emily discuss books and literary adventures
Book talk and author interviews aimed at helping you discover your next favourite read, presented by Good Reading Magazine.
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Get To The Good Part - A Ready Player Two Podcast
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‘Get To The Good Part’ is a podcast driven by a deep love and appreciation for Ernest Cline’s books “Ready Player One” and “Ready Player Two.” We started the show with the premise that there were Gunters like us out there on the hunt for more. What we found was a passionate community who welcomed our humble podcast with open arms. Thanks for tuning in to our podcast. Now, let’s Get to the Good Part!
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SGE with S&G: A School for Good and Evil Read-Along Podcast
SGE with S&G is a School for Good and Evil read-a-long podcast hosted by Sam and Gale.
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Good hebrew bible reading and interpretation
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Good hebrew bible reading and interpretation
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We talk about the bible and go over bible scriptures.The Bible is one of the most intriguing subjects of all time.Men for thousands of years have tried to decipher the Bible in order to understand its contents.Men have failed to look at the creator for his holy spirit to help them understand scriptural meaning to the Bible.All they ever had to do is pray for holy spirit and they would have received understanding of the scriptures.With holy spirit they would be able to decipher God commandmen ...
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Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read
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Episode 158 - Author Spotlight with Andrea Wang and Debbi Michiko Florence
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Bởi Emily Fine & Chris Wolak
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Geraldine Brooks on the grim legacy of American slavery, racism and injustice in 'Horse'
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A discarded nineteenth century painting depicting a magnificent horse and its proud black groom is the starting point for Geraldine Brooks' deep dive into one of the darkest periods in American history. Kentucky 1850. Enslaved groom Jarret, forges a close bond with a foal that will carry it to the highest echelons of thoroughbred racing in America.…
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Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read
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Episode 157 - A Chat with AudioBook Narrator Simon Vance
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Some highlights in this episode: Emily and Chris have kicked off their reading for Sue Jackson’s Big Book Summer reading challenge! Both Book Cougars are starting off with re-reads: Chris is re-reading THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova and Emily is reading Kent Haruf’s Prairie series. She’s already re-read the first novel, PLAINSONG, and is now in…
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Sandi Logan on the most unlikely drug-running grannies in Australian history in 'Betrayed'
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In 1977 Vera 'Toddie' Hayes and Florice 'Beezie' Bessire thought they were about to embark on the trip of a lifetime when Vera's nephew Vern Jr made them an unbelievable offer: drive a camper van from Stuttgart to Bombay and finally to Australia. Little did they know the van was packed with two tonnes of hashish.'Betrayed' is the fascinating inside…
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Phil Barker on the rise and fall of Australian magazines in 'Axed! Who Killed Australian Magazines?'
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In the 1990s Phil Barker left the male-dominated world of the Daily Telegraph to work on magazines such as NW and Woman's Day. It was the golden age of Australian magazines with circulation at an all-time high. But along came the internet. A failure to deal with the challenges of the digital world saw a once great industry fall into decline. In Axe…
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Wendy Davis on speaking up in 'Don't Make a Fuss: It's Only the Claremont Serial Killer'
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A violent workplace attack nearly 30 years ago left Wendy Davis with trauma that has permeated her entire life. The police investigation at the time was woefully inadequate and Wendy found herself virtually ignored while the perpetrator faced only relatively minor consequences. Despite being plagued by anger and guilt, Wendy tried to bury the incid…
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Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read
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Episode 156 - Announcing Our Big Summer Books with Sue Jackson
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We dedicate this episode to Jenny Colvin, host of the Reading Envy podcast. We were stunned and deeply saddened to learn of her sudden death. Jenny will be deeply missed by the book community. Our thoughts are with her loved ones and family. On this episode we recap our biblioadventure to Manchester, VT for Booktopia at the Northshire Bookstore, wh…
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Dr John Tickell on 'Your Best Immunity: Build Resistance the ACE Way'
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Dr John Tickell is a medical doctor, health researcher and author who has spent decades studying the health and longevity of people around the world. His formula of Activity, Coping and Eating, draws on his medical experience, extensive international research, and the lifestyle patterns of the longest living people on earth.'Your Best Immunity: Bui…
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Matthew Spencer on his brilliant debut crime thriller 'Black River'
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Adam Bowman, a second-string journalist at a Sydney newspaper, may be the only person with enough inside knowledge to uncover the links between a murder on the grounds of a private school and the notorious 'Blue Moon Killer'. But Bowman will have to venture into the darkest places of his childhood to piece together a series of shocking crimes.Detec…
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Margaret Cunneen SC on a remarkable career in 'The Boxing Butterfly'
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Margaret Cunneen worked for 30 years as a Crown Prosecutor on cases involving murder, pedophiles and rapists and became a specialist in child sexual assault law. In 2019 Margaret took up practise as a defence counsel.The Boxing Butterfly is Margaret Cunneen looking in the rear-view mirror. It chronicles an eventful career which included cases such …
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Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read
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Episode 155 - Death on the Nile with Our Mystery Man John Valeri
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#BuddyRead! We had a fun time talking with our Mystery Man, JOHN VALERI, about Agatha Christie’s DEATH ON THE NILE, both her novel and Kenneth Branagh’s new adaptation. Spoiler alert: mixed reviews.Other books we read and discuss in this episode did not have mixed reviews. We both had some good reads!THOMAS MERTON: An Introduction to His Life, Teac…
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Caroline Petit on an epic love story across three continents in 'The Natural History of Love'
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Carolina Fonçeca is a lonely sixteen-year-old girl confined to a remote Brazilian sugar plantation in the 1850s. Her life changes when the French explorer, naturalist and diplomat, the Count de Castelnau stumbles out of the Amazon rainforest, delirious and near death. With a head full of Balzac and dreams of Parisian life, she nurses him back to he…
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Get To The Good Part - A Ready Player Two Podcast
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Chapters 0019 & 0020 - Ready Player Two
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Things go from bad to worse as the team discovers Anorak and Sorrento have been perpetrating their own schemes. Time to bring back the Low Five to Get to the Good Part!
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Caroline Beecham on an exceptional World War 2 heroine in 'Esther's Children'
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Austria, 1936. Esther Simpson works for a British organisation that rescues academics from the cruel Fascist and anti-Semitic regimes taking hold in Europe. On a dangerous trip to Vienna, Esther falls in love with Harry Singer, a young Jewish academic and musician.When Harry is detained on the Isle of Man while waiting for news of his parents, Esth…
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Caroline Beecham on an exceptional World War II heroine in 'Esther's Children'
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Austria, 1936. Esther Simpson works for a British organisation that rescues academics from the cruel Fascist and anti-Semitic regimes taking hold in Europe. On a dangerous trip to Vienna, Esther falls in love with Harry Singer, a young Jewish academic and musician. When Harry is detained on the Isle of Man while waiting for news of his parents, Est…
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Sophie Cachia on a life-changing moment in 'And Then There Was Her'
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By the age of twenty-five, Sophie Cachia was a happily married mother and digital marketing expert with a very successful business powered by documenting her every move online. Then, in a single moment, everything changed. Sophie met a woman who prompted her to question her own life and relationship. 'And Then There Was Her' is a frank and deeply h…
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Victoria Purman on the unsung heroes of World War I in 'The Nurses' War'
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May 1915. As war rages in Europe, Australian nurse, Sister Cora Barker, leaves her home in Adelaide for England, determined to make her own contribution. She arrives at Harefield House – a stately home donated by its expatriate Australian owners. There she helps transform it into a hospital that is also a little piece of home for recuperating Austr…
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Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read
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Episode 154 - Biblio Adventure to NYC and Author Spotlight with Jess Montgomery
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A big welcome back to JESS MONTGOMERY! We have a lovely chat about the new entry in her Kinship Series, THE ECHOES: A Novel.Emily and Chris are both currently reading DEATH ON THE NILE by Agatha Christie for a buddy read with Our Mystery Man, John Valeri. Stayed tuned for our conversation with John about the novel and the new movie adaptation comin…
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Chloe Hooper on the dark and light of storytelling in 'Bedtime Story'
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When Chloe Hooper's partner is diagnosed with an aggressive and deadly cancer she had to find a way to tell their two sons. Could the news be broken as a bedtime tale? To find out, Chloe Hooper went on a quest to find the book that might help.From the Brothers Grimm to Frances Hodgson Burnett to Tolkien and Dahl, Hooper followed the trail of the wo…
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Three generations of Silbery women on personal memories and life's lessons in 'Out of the Box'
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You might know them as Isabelle, Kerry and Emmie Silbery from Foxtel’s and Channel 10’s series Gogglebox, a program where they share their thoughts on the week’s TV offerings. But even from the comfort of the couch it was clear that the Silbery's were a connected, supportive and loving family.In 'Out of the Box', these three strong, independent wom…
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Three generations of Silbery women reflect on personal memories and life's lessons in 'Out of the Box'
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You might know them as Isabelle, Kerry and Emmie Silbery from Foxtel’s and Channel 10’s series Gogglebox, a program where they share their thoughts on the week’s TV offerings. But even from the comfort of the couch it was clear that the Silbery's were a connected, supportive and loving family. In 'Out of the Box', these three strong, independent wo…
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Diane Connell on a force to be reckoned with in 'The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird'
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Ricky Bird loves making up wild stories for her little brother Ollie. Her outlandish plots and whimsical characters help fortify them against the hopeless reality of their lives. Her father has abandoned her and her family has moved to a bleak new neighbourhood. Worse still, her mother's new boyfriend has come with the furniture.Ricky's greatest we…
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Shelley Burr on the unsolved disappearance that haunts a small farming community in 'WAKE'
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The small town of Nannine was once a thriving outback centre but years of punishing drought have taken their toll. Nannine still has one claim to fame: the unsolved disappearance nineteen years ago of Evelyn McCreery from the bedroom she shared with her twin sister Mina.Mina McCreery's life has been defined by intense and ongoing public scrutiny. T…
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Shelley Burr on an unsolved disappearance that haunts a small farming community in 'WAKE'
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The small town of Nannine was once a thriving outback centre but years of punishing drought taken their toll. Nannine still has one remaining claim to fame: the unsolved disappearance nineteen years ago of Evelyn McCreery from the bedroom she shared with her twin sister Mina. Mina McCreery's life has been defined by intense and ongoing public inter…
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A F Steadman on the magical world of unicorns in 'Skandar and the Unicorn Thief'
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Soar into a world where unicorns are real but also deadly and can only be tamed by the riders who hatch them. Skandar Smith has always wanted to be a unicorn rider but when the terrifying Weaver steals the most powerful unicorn in the world, becoming a unicorn rider turns out to be very dangerous idea. And what if Skandar turns out to be the villai…
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Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read
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Episode 153 - Author Spotlight with Amy Bloom
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Emily and Chris were honored to have the opportunity to talk with author Amy Bloom about her new memoir, IN LOVE: A Memoir of Love and Loss about Amy and her husband Brian Ameche's love and his decision to end his life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Both Book Cougars are captivated by this beautifully written memoir about love, the agony o…
3-2-1 Contact! The Great Space Coaster. Captain Kangaroo. Yep, we are digging deep into our childhood to find the next shard while Z works through the trauma of parental abandonment, panic, and grief. EMOTIONAL DAMAGE! It's time to pull out the psychiatric couch and Get to the Good Part!
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Catherine Deveny on emerging from oppression and finding her tribe in 'True North'
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When writer Catherine Deveny faced the end of a seventeen-year relationship with the father of her children she knew she had to create space for a new life. She had no idea what lay on the other side of months of tumult but it wasn't the first time Catherine had taken a plunge into the unknown.In this heartfelt memoir, Catherine traces the path of …
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Jackie Huggins and Ngaire Jarro on a remarkable indigenous serviceman in 'Jack of Hearts QX11594'
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Jackie Huggins and Ngaire Jarro are sisters from the Bidjara and Birri Gubba Juru nations. One hundred years since the birth of their father John Henry 'Jack' Huggins III, they decided to research and write about about a man they hardly knew.Jack Huggins was one of only fifty indigenous servicemen to enlist in the Australian Armed Forces in WWII. '…
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Mark Tedeschi on the double murder case that gripped Australia in 'Missing Presumed Dead'
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Mark Tedeschi AM QC has worked as a Barrister and Crown Prosecutor on some of Australia's most significant criminal cases. He led the prosecution in the conviction of Bruce Burrell for the brutal murders of Kerry Whelan and Dorothy Davis. Together these cases were a high watermark in the Australian criminal justice system and resulted in important …
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Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read
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Episode 152 - Author Spotlight with Kathleen Courtnay Stone
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Announcing our second quarter readalong! TWO OLD WOMEN: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis.Emily recaps her trip to Washington, D.C. where she was able to visit three awesome bookstores and came across a lovely memorial Little Free Library.We talk about some books we READ. Shout outs to Huma Abedin (BOTH/AND) Dolly …
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Ruth Wilson on the healing power of literature in 'The Jane Austen Remedy'
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At the age of seventy Ruth Wilson found herself grappling with both a physical diagnosis that affected her hearing and balance and unfathomable feelings of sadness. Ruth took the radical decision to leave her conventional life and reclaim her voice in search of personal healing. In this poignant and insightful memoir of love and self-acceptance Rut…
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Lauren Chater on the secrets locked up in 17th century clothing in 'The Winter Dress'
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Jo Baaker is drawn back to the island of Texel to investigate the provenance of a 17th century silk dress unearthed by a local diving team. It offers a tantalising opportunity to explore the way people lived during Holland's Golden Age. Jo's research leads her to artist and intellectual Catharina van Shurman and her companion Anna Tesseltje and the…
