<![CDATA[Type.Tune.Tint.]]> https://typetunetint.com What is your hidden talent? Tom Kranz explores how everyday people discover art, writing, music, or other creative pursuits. Maybe your work life, personal obstacles, or sheer denial have gotten in the way. It's never too late to give yourself permission to be creative. Listen to these stories of discovery by all kinds of people.

]]> RSS.com 2026.817.133114 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 22:33:09 GMT en 03e93aae-2d80-5521-b54a-74fb86df137e https://media.rss.com/typetunetint/podcast_cover.jpg Type.Tune.Tint. https://typetunetint.com yes © 2025 Type.Tune.Tint. Tom Kranz Tom Kranz true episodic podcast <![CDATA[Writing the Roots of Rock]]> It's possible, even probable, that no one has the depth of knowledge about rock 'n' roll history that Richie Unterberger has. His 40+ year career, starting as a DJ in college to writing 15 books, countless reviews and articles, has focused on the music of the 60s and 70s. This episode focuses on his new books about the Velvet Underground and The Who and looks back at how rock music has changed over the decades.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102957 01ed4cba-89ad-46f9-9e06-53bdad7da52f 3086 full 6 6 32 32 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:29:47 GMT false <![CDATA[Writing Through the Lens of Empathy]]> Lauren Reisner admits that her dad might not totally love her decision to give up being a lawyer to follow her dream to write.

"My dad is supportive, but he is having a very hard time with me saying, I'm not a lawyer anymore," she says.

Describing herself as "trauma-informed," Lauren brings empathy to those suffering from life's setbacks, allowing her to tread lightly as she gathers information to ghostwrite their personal stories. She credits her 20 years as a disability lawyer, representing people with disability claims through the Social Security administration, with her ability to translate their experiences into words. That experience carries over to her writing process.

"I got my BA in Psychology, so a lot of my writing tends to skew towards psychology, either psych theory or neuropsych or cognitive psych, but in a very accessible way. I always use metaphors and things like that to make it easier to understand. But I think the psych background and the legal background have trained me to see things more analytically and objectively."

Lauren's ghostwriting business has gotten a running start, and she is in the process of querying agents for interest in her first novel. She is happy to lend her storytelling chops to anyone looking for help telling a personal story. Lauren's website is laurenreisner.com, and her Substack is titled Molten Crystal. Here's our conversation on the Type. Tune. Tint. podcast.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102958 065779a4-a478-4896-95ca-1e4d7f40eb1e 1798 full 6 6 31 31 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 23:30:27 GMT false <![CDATA[From pandemic to pastels:]]> Broderick Bebout's career running call centers for an insurance company took an unwanted turn during the COVID pandemic when he was forced into the virtual world. Sitting alone in his basement, he decided he had to do something other than stare at a lit screen. He began drawing on Home Depot construction paper, refined his media to pastels on sandpaper, and today, six years later, has a thriving business called Shakerbrud, selling art, greeting cards, and other merchandise. And it all happened in his 50s.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102959 e6aa23a1-9273-4d0d-a413-4a77dc4659a0 1972 full 6 6 30 30 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:51:58 GMT false <![CDATA[Not Just Any Dog]]> A new movie about a robotic companion dog for a woman suffering from depression gives us a peek at the real robotic service dog, Jennie, who is about to make her debut in the wider world.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102960 538b045a-93a4-449f-a95e-efab420592a8 2135 full 6 6 29 29 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:22:30 GMT false <![CDATA[The Main Point Story: Legendary music venue reborn in new documentary]]> Philadelphia-area media veteran Brandon Brooks has produced a new documentary on The Main Point, a legendary music venue in Bryn Mawr, a suburb of Philly. A fan of the Main Point during its heyday in the 70s, Brandon looks at the history of the Main Point and some of the many musicians who passed through on their way to stardom.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102961 510bf4bb-0a2f-43af-8188-cc842e897c4e 1870 full 6 6 28 28 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:23:29 GMT false <![CDATA[The Healing Power of Music]]> Andrew Schulman attributes his recovery from a near-death experience to music. And in the years since it happened, he's committed himself to bringing music to intensive care units, musical medicine, as he calls it. The data from a study he participated in confirms the healing power of music. His book, Waking the Spirit, is now available as an audiobook with updates on the science of music as medicine, and some of the tunes that make it so.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102962 b2559045-8114-4547-9962-39261b27b301 2300 full 6 6 27 27 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:28:01 GMT false <![CDATA[Workplace Bullies are Everywhere]]> Andy Regal spent 30 years creating television shows while working for some of the worst bullies in America. He stayed with them out of the false belief that he was the problem. While writing his first book, Surviving Bully Culture, he realized workplace bullying is a real phenomenon. Today, he's an advocate for recognizing workplace bullying, addressing it, and helping heal victims.


]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102963 bf1c7904-d5df-47a3-b14d-df3d97c3cd38 2202 full 6 6 26 26 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:38:14 GMT false <![CDATA[An Unwitting Feminist Coming of Age Story]]> Courtney Kocak's memoir, Girl Gone Wild, tells the story of a young woman from Smalltown USA who chases her dream of becoming a movie star, only to find the road to success filled with unsavory people and hard choices. But after 20 years of trial and error, she achieves success as a writer and comedian, with her best days still ahead. THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AND ADULT THEMES.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102964 fc5f00d9-0a00-4572-adb0-4cb94c174098 1796 full 6 6 25 25 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:30:33 GMT true <![CDATA[Imposter Syndrome with Mike Sealy]]> Did you ever think you're simply not good enough when really, you are? I hear it all the time on this podcast from guests who never thought they had permission to create. This is classic imposter syndrome, the feeling that we don't deserve our talent, skill, or success, that we are impostors in our own minds and bodies. Today's guest, Mike Sealy, was that guy once upon a time, until he had a talk with himself and decided he really did belong in a roomful of high achievers. Today, Mike coaches managers, companies, and even creatives on how to break free of preconceived notions and turn failure into an opportunity. His book, Mindset Unlocked, is the roadmap.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102965 ec058231-9ba8-46b5-9c53-60b07ff05371 2407 full 6 6 24 24 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:33:28 GMT false <![CDATA[Black History Month 2026: Is history repeating itself?]]> Author and historian Deric Gilliard discusses the violence at the alleged immigration enforcement operations that have led to assaults and deaths of American citizens in Minneapolis and other locales in the context of Black History Month. Is history repeating itself?

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102966 c245955f-124d-43c1-9e7c-b2e15ef5a730 1998 full 6 6 23 23 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:27:25 GMT false <![CDATA[Bandstand Bravado and Musical Mischief]]> Seattle Jazz Hall of Famer Bill Anschell's 30-year career encompassed prog rock, jazz, and electronic music. Now he's added a book to his artistic accomplishments, "Benched: Jazz Stories." Join me for this conversation with Bill, including samples of his music and readings from his book.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102967 922fea89-1660-4cfd-a626-1f44c1841732 2737 full 6 6 22 22 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:52:58 GMT false <![CDATA[Holiday Episode 2025]]> Celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah with four guests from 2025 contributing their music and written word with a holiday theme.

:00 - Nu-Blu with Carolyn and Daniel Routh
11:03 - Charles Wiedenmann, holiday stories
11:30 - Dr. Hankus Netsky on Hanukkah music
29:38 - Sudi "Rick" Karatas, west coast Christmas

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102968 fc8071e4-8f0d-43f3-a510-8e54af623098 2617 full 6 6 21 21 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:47:54 GMT false <![CDATA[A Musical Melting Pot: Dr. Hankus Netsky]]> Dr. Hankus Netsky has devoted his life to researching, documenting, and performing Klezmer music. It is traditional Jewish music with roots in Eastern Europe, introduced to the United States in the 20th century. Klezmer was a signature element of Yiddish theater in New York and Philadelphia and is a mainstay of many Jewish celebrations. Dr. Netsky talks about his own history as a kid in a predominantly black Philadelphia neighborhood, where he played in jazz and blues bands before beginning the search for his own musical roots. His book, Klezmer: Music and Community in 20th Century Jewish Philadelphia, is available on Amazon

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102970 dffec51f-6c71-4031-9908-42e0c6b562f9 2474 full 6 6 20 20 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:53:54 GMT false <![CDATA[An Easier to Read Bible]]> Dan Parr's faith came to him early, but it took him a while to go with it. He became a believer in earnest after reading the Bible. Today, Dan is a successful voice artist who has gone through the Bible, line by line, and rewritten it in everyday, easier-to-read English. He hopes it'll bring more people to God, especially Gen Z-ers.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102971 ff93d290-2b1d-4c65-8fe8-f75456bd6fc8 1958 full 6 6 19 19 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:48:40 GMT false <![CDATA[Writing True Stories, Carefully.]]> Author Susen Edwards wrote a memoir on behalf of a woman whose troubled life took her into and out of three bad marriages, addiction, a Kenyan prison, and the global drug trade. As an author, Susen was committed to writing a true account of the subject's life while being careful not to invade the privacy of some of the principals. A fascinating tale of a true story written by a skillful writer who endured the same emotional roller coaster as her subject.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102972 2f9bdc87-741e-4a36-84f9-bcfb1be5ce17 2133 full 6 6 17 17 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:19:19 GMT false <![CDATA[International Podcast Day 2025]]> Podcasts have come a long way since the early 2000s. There's a podcast for every interest and many come in video form. It's easier than ever to do your own podcast for very little money. Tom Kranz has it all in this episode celebrating International Podcast Day 2025.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102973 3445c301-5732-4a2d-a20d-61200b89a5ea 477 full 6 6 15 15 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Kid Curry, Then and Now]]> Kim Curry spent 30 years as a Top 40 radio DJ in markets across America, mostly in Miami at Power 96 and Y100. His air persona, Kid Curry, was synonymous with radio stardom of the 70s, 80s and 90s. Then, things changed forever with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis at age 50. But life goes on and the Kid is still in charge.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102974 1df3482f-1ce5-462b-9b11-5d157c005003 2238 full 6 6 14 14 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 10:39:44 GMT false <![CDATA[Staying True to the Mission When the Mission is Attacked]]> During his 25 years working for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Deric Gilliard dealt with a lot of change under five different presidents. But it was his four years with the first Trump administration that threw the most obstacles in the path of his agency's mission to promote the health and welfare of Americans. His book The Longest Four Years of My Life examines his career in detail.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102975 b0d3c956-b5a2-4ac9-9c05-b9ac96747880 2740 full 6 6 14 14 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:19:50 GMT false <![CDATA[The Grass Roots of Bluegrass: Nu-Blu]]> Nu-Blu has been a bluegrass institution for 22 years. With Daniel and Carolyn Routh at the helm, the band has recorded seven albums and toured the world. The Rouths also have stakes in two iconic businesses in their hometown of Siler City, North Carolina. Thus, their music brings their hometown sensibilities to audiences everywhere. We hear music from their latest album, Where You've Been, and Carolyn's remarkable story of surviving two strokes and learning to play the bass as part of her recovery.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102976 d9a5709d-8e68-4dae-a376-b789ef532d09 2117 full 6 6 13 13 Mon, 01 Sep 2025 11:33:42 GMT false <![CDATA[The Percussion Ranch with Brad Dutz]]> Percussionist Brad Dutz doesn't just play drums, marimba and vibraphone. He plays pots, pans, artillery shells, saw blades and cookie tins. Brad has collected hundreds or traditional and non-traditional instruments at his Percussion Ranch in Kelso, WA and he's busy playing and recording his work every day.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102977 37552e6e-de35-495c-bf36-808b2496298d 1894 full 6 6 12 12 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:56:58 GMT false <![CDATA[Healing Scars with Cheri Carandanis]]> Cheri Carandanis's career as a nurse came to a screeching halt in 2019 after a car accident left her with a traumatic brain injury. The cognitive and physical disabilities that resulted left her unable to do her life's work. 

"I could not trust my brain," she recalls. "And so I, I retired my license, and that was tough."

How would she recover? How would she move forward? During her rehab, one doctor suggested she get a coloring book.

"So I did, and I hated it. It was horrible. I ripped up the book. And I think I was just in that moment, like, you are handing me a coloring book and like, literally, you're telling me this is my life now?"

But then she watched a YouTube video of a woman painting on a large canvas. "I'm like, she's painting her feelings. She's not painting a house. She's not painting a bird. She's not painting the ocean. She's painting her feelings, and my intuition kicked in, and it was like, you need to do that."

Six years later, Cheri's paintings are magnificent and selling for thousands of dollars. She's living a life she never imagined. Check out our inspiring conversation!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102978 Buzzsprout-17528131 1853 full 6 6 11 11 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Space, Science and the Squeezebox! The Adventures of John Kamal]]> A lifelong curiosity about how things work led John Kamal to earn a master's degree in mechanical engineering, which led to Career #1 as an aerospace engineer, Career #2 as a supply chain software innovator and Career #3 as a public school teacher. And then, there's the accordion.

John's creativity has been written in all these venues and it's still going strong. Hear about his invention that showed up in the movie The Martian and his thoughts on teaching STEM in American public schools at a time when homegrown talent in science and technology is sorely needed.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102979 Buzzsprout-17495956 2480 full 6 6 10 10 Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[An Immigrant's American Dreams]]> As a young man in the east African nation of Rwanda, Cedric Muhikira was interested in construction and went to college to become a civil engineer. But he knew that to reach the pinnacle of success in that field, he had to study and practice in the United States. He emigrated in 2019, just in time for the COVID pandemic. And while his growth as an American was put on hold during that time, things blossomed for Cedric in 2021. He is now a civil engineer for a consulting firm supervising the proper use of construction materials. He is also back in school getting a degree in concete technology. As the number 2 building material in the world second only to water, concrete is a $600 billion industry. He hopes one day to take his expertise back to his home country.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102980 Buzzsprout-17397049 2267 full 6 6 9 9 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Young Author Writes 3rd Book by Age 13]]> Amobi Miracle Moses Eche wants to be an engineer when he grows up. But right now, he's a prolific author at age 13, having written his third novel, The Busted Tire. With the solid support of his mother, Moses is a middle school honor student with lots of ideas to write about. He's written two short children's books followed by The Busted Tire, a story about a man who loses his way in life, finds drugs and violence, then turns to God for redemption. Moses counts as his first inspiration his pastor. His church is a big part of his life.

I spoke with Moses and his mom in this episode of Type. Tune. Tint. because I admire his commitment to writing and self-publishing. Let's keep an eye on this young man!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102981 Buzzsprout-17190147 983 full 6 6 8 8 Mon, 19 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[MOVE: 40 Years Later]]> Forty years after the city of Philadelphia bombed a home in an eviction that went off the rails and killed all 11 people inside, there is still interest in the story as evidenced by a number of developments in 2025. Tom Kranz, who covered the story at the scene on May 13, 1985 and wrote a book about it, reports on another book in the works by a university professor, a middle-school project on the rights of the MOVE children and an adaptation of the MOVE story for an episode of a prime time TV series.

Tom's book, Liveshot: Journalistic Heroism in Philadelphia

Link to the episode of FBI: MOST WANTED on CBS/Paramount

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102982 Buzzsprout-17135297 796 full 6 6 7 7 Tue, 13 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Crime and Punishment, Real and Imagined]]> Jacob Moon spent 28 years as a corrections officer in one of Florida's huge county jails. Much of that time was spent supervising psychiatric inmates. So, it's not surprising that the villain of his latest novel, Letter 26, is a psychopathic serial killer who augments kidnapping and murder with mortuary skills. 

Jake's love of writing came early in life and began with short stories about all kinds of subjects, some of which were published. Today, he is enjoying the freedom to write novels and has three to his name. Letter 26 is an engrossing crime story that just one a Maxy Award for suspense/horror, a contest for self-published authors named for a little girl who died of the rare congenital disease Lissencephaly.

Jake and I talk about writing, inspiration and mental illness in the prison system in this episode of Type. Tune. Tint.


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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102983 Buzzsprout-17121948 2093 full 6 6 6 6 Fri, 09 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Cracking the Secrets of YouTube: Zazzify It!]]> You have to remind yourself that Samantha Ulrich is only 20 years old. With more than 39,000 YouTube subscribers, a new book explaining how to score YouTube success and a nascent clothing line, she has achieved what other entrepreneurs work at for a lifetime. She is a 10-year veteran YouTuber since she started at age 10 posting videos featuring her Barbie dolls.

Now, as Samantha Zazz, her website, zazzifyit.com, promotes her books and her YouTube coaching business. For a monthly or yearly fee, you too can learn the basics of making viral videos that earn money. Her parents have been supportive since the beginning. Today, her mom helps her with photography and sewing. They are a tight family unit.

Have a look/listen to my conversation with Samantha and maybe learn a thing or two about making your mark on YouTube!


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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102985 Buzzsprout-17078107 1947 full 6 6 5 5 Thu, 01 May 2025 17:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[New sci fi from TK: Hack Rescue]]> The 6,000 residents of the Moon habitat known as the Daedalus Dome are under attack by a mysterious hacker. Their waste management system has shut down, a ship has blown up killing a thousand citizens and the atmosphere processor is red-lining threatening the entire population with suffocation.

Once again, the Earth-based Planetary Commission turns to Enrico Janice Walton Stein, known globally as Chairman Rick, for his leadership and bravery that twice helped save them. This time, his partner is his 10-year-old daughter, an android named Peach, whose skills navigating the cyber cloud lead her to the hacker. 

Rick, Peach and Moon cop Jenna McNamara embark on a three-thousand-mile trek to find the hacker and stop the AI that is carrying out a deadly mission of revenge.

Hack Rescue: Chasing a Cyber Killer, is the third and final book in the Earth-Moon Trilogy that began with Time Travel Rescue and followed by Moon Rescue.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102986 Buzzsprout-16944666 283 full 6 6 4 4 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Lisa Michaud: Music to Manuscript]]> Lisa Michaud, an American expat now living in France, is enjoying the sweet spot where music and writing intersect. She has published her second novel, Somewhere in Hollywood, a semi-autobiographical story of a young woman navigating life and love in Los Angeles. Like her protagonist, Lisa marches to the tunes of many drummers, guitarists and singers with an eclectic taste in music and an insightful writing style. Music may well be in her genes as evidenced by a quirky 1968 album featuring her entire family and pianist Chick Corea before he became one of the most celebrated jazz musicians of our time. Lisa has engaging stories and gives a peek into the creativity that has defined her life. Listen or watch this episode of Type. Tune. Tint.

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https://www.instagram.com/lisamichaudrocks/

We Are the Levitts (album referenced above)


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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102987 Buzzsprout-16748638 2426 full 6 6 3 3 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 20:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Matt Campbell Living the Lives]]> As a 6-year-old boy, Matt Campbell had a stuttering problem. His mom thought that the local community theater might give him more confidence. It did, and after just a few years his stutter was gone. He'd come out of his shell and he was acting in one local play after another. By age 14, he'd acted in 33 shows. Today, at age 30, Matt is a full-time actor who has appeared in many commercials, TV shows, movies and music videos. His dream was to create a movie based on a wild weekend he had in Las Vegas with several of his friends. He wrote a screenplay which he adapted to a novel, Sinister City. Now, it's being developed into a feature-length movie and Matt is on the brink of seeing his dream come true. Meanwhile, he's going on auditions, acting in web features and anything that comes along. Join me for our fascinating conversation about acting, movies and the craft of writing.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102988 Buzzsprout-16715142 1682 full 6 6 2 2 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[All American Mom, Wife, Author]]> Jennifer Carr gave up her career as a family and marriage counselor to do something she loved more--writing. She is an author of several romance novels in both Christian and Clean Contemporary categories, a conscious choice based on her desire to create work accessible to wider audiences. Her latest book, Wrapped Up In You, follows two young people whose love of music brings them together in a sweet, country romance. As we await her next release in March of 2025, Jen and I talked about juggling the homeschooling of her daughter, with podcasting and writing. Give us a listen!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102991 Buzzsprout-16526594 1809 full 6 6 1 1 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 07:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[2024 Year End Review: The Most Amazing Stories!]]> Of the 23 episodes I produced for the Type. Tune. Tint. video and podcast in 2024, I came up with four that really amazed me because of the amazing people behind them. Any time you need a little inspiration, perhaps a reminder that your life isn't as crappy as you think, watch/listen to this episode to see how Zach redefined his life after an unsuccessful suicide attempt; how Allie dove into the world of wasps and created more than 800 illustrations of individual species; how Mary Beth survived a life of near-fatal addiction and abuse to become a federal administrative court judge; how Risa deals, every single day, with a tumor at the base of her brain that affects her energy, her joints but didn't stop her from an 18-hundred mile bike trek.

It's been a privilege meeting these and other guests on Type. Tune. Tint. I hope you'll visit the complete collection of videos and subscribe to the regular podcast at the link below.  

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102993 Buzzsprout-16319780 410 full 5 5 23 23 Sat, 21 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Cloning Your Better Self: A Solution to Eternal Life]]> Jeffrey Ashkin's first novel, The Second Life of Jonathan Sendel, begins with a bewildered man who discovers he is a clone and is charged with finding the killer of his original self. As he and his assigned police officer dig into the case, he comes to a disturbing realization--the real Jonathan Sendel was not a solid citizen. The story begs the question, are we happy with the person we project to the world, or do we wish we could have a do-over? 

My conversation with Jeffrey who, in addition to being an author, actor and film maker also teaches public school, explores the inspiration of writing sci fi and his interest in cloning as a possible way to live forever. Give this episode a listen!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102996 Buzzsprout-16237715 1995 full 5 5 22 22 Sun, 08 Dec 2024 07:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[40 Countries by Age 26, a Journey of Self-Discovery]]> As a Fullbright scholar, Kristen Van Nest lived and traveled across Europe for a year learning about marketing and branding. At the time, she was a young woman in her early 20s and considered it a gift.

"The great thing about travel is you meet these people who live these very different lives," he says. "And I think they saw that I was genuinely curious about them as people and understanding them, and so they invited me into their lives and that is such a gift."

Her travels continued to China where she lived for more than three years, working in the wine business and living with a host family. She finally came home to the U.S. at age 26 and settled in Los Angeles. Having had close encounters with acting, stand-up comedy and directing, she is now concentrating on writing. She's released her first book Where To Nest, a memoir of her global travels, and is working on new short stories she hopes can be adapted for TV or movies.

Kristen was a pleasure to meet and talk with. Her global experiences, her work ethic and sheer determination are inspirational. Give this episode a listen!  

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3102998 Buzzsprout-16106613 2183 full 5 5 21 21 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Central Jersey Book Festival Nov. 16, 2024, with Jae Logan and Brimstone]]> Founded by Jae Logan of Edison, New Jersey in cooperation with the Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Woodbridge Public Library, the Central Jersey Book Festival will present holiday ideas for book gifts and an appearance by the legendary Brimstone. Brimstone is a professional wrestler, radio host/podcaster, actor, voice actor, author, musician, philanthropist, food critic, horror model, and comic book/animated/children's book/video game hero. He's also very modest.

Founder Jae Logan has written four children's books in both English and Spanish and has her horizons set on her brand Kids That Care Books. Learn more about Jae's project and purchase your holiday gift books at the festival. Hear more in this episode of Type. Tune. Tint.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103000 Buzzsprout-16000295 1390 full 5 5 20 20 Sun, 27 Oct 2024 20:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[A Dog's Life Inspires Stories for Kids]]> Sue Steinhardt, a retired English teacher from Warren County, New Jersey, found her voice as a writer in an unexpected place. After adopting a St. Bernard/Mastiff mix named Phil, she discovered his personality and idiosyncrasies made him unsuitable as a therapy dog, but perfect as the imperfect subject for children's stories. Thus was born the Imperfect Phil series of children's books and a whole new career for Sue. Today, she and Phil travel to book fairs and school classrooms bringing their message of perfect imperfection to children and adults alike.

Websites:
Imperfect Phil
Amazon
Etsy (signed copies available)
Illustrator Jessica Murr

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103003 Buzzsprout-15947963 1750 full 5 5 19 19 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 08:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[International Podcast Day]]> September 30, 2024, is International Podcast Day. Who says? I have no idea but I'm going with it. This episode contains random facts about podcast history, podcasts today and a blatant, shameless plead for more subscribers for Type. Tune. Tint.!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103004 Buzzsprout-15830290 548 full 5 5 18 18 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Taming A Tumor: Risa August]]> Whadya think of this episode>

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103009 Buzzsprout-15733629 2289 full 5 5 16 16 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT true <![CDATA[Survivor Times 3: Zach Tidwell]]> A conversation with Marine veteran Zach Tidwell, survivor of a severe head injury following a motorcycle accident, a recovering alcoholic and an unsuccessful suicide attempt that left him totally blind. After all that, he's designed a iPhone app and is writing a book.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103006 Buzzsprout-15827806 2148 full 5 5 15 15 Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT true <![CDATA[A Dog's Journey Home: A Children's Story]]> The Dinicola family of Scotch Plains, New Jersey is used to having lots of dogs around. They provide a foster home for dogs awaiting adoption, a specialized commitment that requires patience and a love of animals. One particular dog was a hard sell because of his skittish personality. So, they got special permission to adopt Jordan and he's now a family member. Their story is immortalized in the children's book Jordan and the Fosters, written and published by dad Joe Dinicola and illustrated with the help of AI. Joe, a software tester who works from home, juggled his full-time job, his three kids and four dogs and somehow found time to write the story and create the illustrations with the help of the Midjourney platform. The result is a sweet story with beautiful illustrations. Our conversation digs into the process of fostering pets, writing and using AI as a tool of story telling.

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https://hfg.jordanandthefosters.fun (a portion of the sales price supports Home For Good Dog Rescue, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey)

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103011 Buzzsprout-15592883 1594 full 5 5 15 15 Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Rising Rapper DjRetsam]]> A cocaine addiction, two burglaries that cleaned him out and a fraught recovery have shaped Sam Gladu's music. Performing as DjRetsam, Sam has been sober for ten years and only a few months into his new career as a rap artist. But he has attracted the attention of Busta Rhymes and a streaming audience that has grown to thousands. His music is raw and real with messages of recovery, loss and optimism. He also hates to see used books go to waste, so for the last three years he's been gathering used books and stuffing them into sidewalk kiosks in the suburbs of Montreal to bring the gift of reading to people who might not have access to books. Listen to this unique artist and his story of survival and success.

DjRetsam's socials:
YouTube
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn

DjRetsam's podcast:
Rumbling Facts

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103013 Buzzsprout-15525064 2632 full 5 5 14 14 Sun, 04 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT true <![CDATA[The Medical Musician Initiative]]> A near-death experience inspired professional musician Andrew Schulman to create the Medical Musician Initiative, teaching musicians to become part of the care of critically ill patients in ICUs. Having benefitted himself from the healing power of music, Andrew is on a mission to bring a dose of medical music to every ICU around the world. The autobiographical account of his life, death and rebirth Waking the Spirit has attracted attention globally and remains a compelling story of survival and inspiration.

Music selections performed by Andrew Schulman:

Here Comes the Sun by George Harrison
Little Theme in D by Peter Williams

Websites:
Andrew Schulman
Medical Musician Initiative

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103017 Buzzsprout-15488589 3285 full 5 5 13 13 Sun, 28 Jul 2024 17:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Creative Engineering by a Jersey Girl]]> Wasps are not our friends, usually. However, Chris Alice Kratzer has found redeeming qualities in wasps, dedicating an entire book to them called The Social Wasps of North America. She was also inspired by a specific type of wasp to design a new kind of home insulation that could go into production sometime in 2024. We'll find out when Yellowjacket Insulation will be coming to a Home Depot near you. Alie's fascination with nature informs her creativity and a moral imperative to find solutions to some of the problems created by humans.

Alie's website: https://owlflyllc.com

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103020 Buzzsprout-15393426 2154 full 5 5 12 12 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 07:00:00 GMT true <![CDATA[Summer Reading Special]]> Three authors, three books, three ways to enjoy your summer reading!

I invited three of my returning authors to tell us about their new books, all coming out during June, 2024. There’s something for everyone here, to wit:

  • Fork Social Media! (And the algorithm it rode in on). Sudi “Rick” Karatas returns for his third visit to Type. Tune. Tint. with stories of social media users who ended up booted, suspended, tossed because the algorithms can’t take a joke. We agree that it’s necessary to guard against hate speech and posts/comments that advocate violence and crime. Bravo! Unfortunate, the policing is done by little pieces of AI programming, algorithms, that don’t know that misinterpret you and a friend “shooting the breeze” as advocating violence. Or the guy who needed to “bomb” his basement for fleas. Or the Dolly Parton impersonator, legit and approved by Dolly herself, who is frequently banned for impersonating someone. Maybe you have a story of being tossed into Facebook jail!
  • I Like Black People...The Good Ones! Author Marklyn “Mr. Direct” Johnson prides himself of speaking plainly and honestly about everything from gender to race. As a 50-ish Black man, he’s lived a life of well-meaning and not-so-well-meaning people saying things he calls “microagressions,” little things that marginalize or insult people of color. “You’re one of the good ones,” is a classic, along with “You’re a credit to your race,” and “You speak so well” are just a few. He also has a modern and sobering take on Black history.
  • Island Serenade. Charles Wiedenmann’s first foray into fiction is a light and airy romance novel that pairs a sweet hotel housekeeper with a high-powered rock star at a luxury resort on a tropical island. The story has no sharp edges, a perfect beach read designed to be pure escapist fare for summer. Charles unleashes his imagination to all of our benefit resulting in an easy story to fall in love with.

I brought all three authors on board for this special summer episode.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103022 Buzzsprout-15344914 2901 full 5 5 11 11 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Fiction from Fact: A Life in Transplant Surgery]]> Dr. David Weill spent 20 years as one of the world's pre-eminent heart and lung transplant surgeons. Some of his exploits are detailed in his memoir, Exhale: Hope, Healing and A Life in Transplant, which he wrote to preserve the amazing nature of transplant surgery, its successes and failures.

But as many authors have found, writing fiction from fact is incredibly freeing. Thus, his first novel, All That Really Matters, is a fictional account of Dr. Joe Bosco, a transplant surgeon based broadly on himself with clear differences--Dr. Bosco loses himself in his own arrogance fueled by alcohol and self-destructive behaviors. A disastrous operating room mistake almost ends his career but forces him to confront the question facing so many of us: What really matters in our lives?

This was a rare opportunity for a chat with a doctor who has seen the extreme highs and extreme lows of one of the most demanding and rewarding areas of medicine. Listen up!

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidweillmd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidweillmd/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/David-Weill-MD/author/B08MQTR645?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103024 Buzzsprout-15289159 1969 full 5 5 10 10 Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Escape from Addiction, Embracing the Good Life]]> Australia’s pre-eminent recovery guru brings his positive energy to the world. It took sheer exhaustion from a 17-year heroin addiction to simply stop the madness. And in 2009, he cleared his head and began living a life devoted to better health and commitment to helping other addicts.

"I'm incredibly blessed to be where I am today,” he says.

At age 48, Danny Shannon is a college graduate, an expert on helping addicts get and stay sober and the developer of an online program and mobile app designed to allow addicts to create video journals to help chart their progress. And thus was born Encapsulator, an easy way to record a video journal, born of his early use of video during sessions with other recovering addicts. 

This is Danny’s remarkable story of recovery and rebirth.

https://encapsulator.io
http://dannyshannon.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/sobersquaddannyshannon

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103026 Buzzsprout-15215389 2167 full 5 5 9 9 Sat, 08 Jun 2024 07:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[The passing of a friend]]> I lost a friend of mine recently. I was fortunate to reconnect with Rob Feldman after going our separate ways for several decades. I was even more fortunate to be able to speak with him at length during this podcast episode in January of 2023. I learned so much about this individual whom I only knew dribs and drabs about even while working with him for a couple of years in the mid 1980s. He lived a remarkable life and I thought you might share my remembrance of him here for a couple of minutes. You may also be moved to listen to the entire episode linked above. 

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103028 Buzzsprout-15178334 299 full 5 5 8 8 Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[From Junkie to Judge]]> Of all the author stories I’ve encountered in five years, this is probably the most amazing of all. Mary Beth O’Connor is a retired federal administrative law judge who survived a childhood rife with physical, sexual and emotional abuse followed by 20 years of hard core alcohol and drug addiction. Faced with never-ending feelings of abandonment, danger and marginalization, she persevered through high school and college, made it into law school, dropped out, then rejoined finally tackling her addiction in her 30’s to become a judge. She writes about it in stark terms in her memoir From Junkie to Judge: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction.  Now 30 years sober and living a stable life in the San Francisco Bay area, Mary Beth tells her story with candor and self-deprecation that will hook you and reel you in. She is also an advocate or hope and recovery and offers several resources, listed below, to help those trying to overcome addiction and other trauma.




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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103030 Buzzsprout-14833206 1887 full 5 5 7 7 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Home Studio Musician: Stock Music is Everywhere]]> The combination of musical talent and digital technology has created a new breed of artists who can create amazing music at home using a computer and a keyboard. It’s one thing to create tunes as a hobby. It’s quite another to identify a market for that music and sell it. In this episode, we meet Evan Oxhorn who has done just that. He’s recorded hundreds of songs and stock music tracks that have earned him thousands of dollars from video producers, YouTube posters and commercial television programs such as 90 Day Fiancé and The Real Housewives of Potomac. Moreover, Evan is teaching nascent home-studio musicians how to do it all, from purchasing the right gear to creating a library of music, licensing and selling it.

Evan’s website: https://www.stockmusicmusician.com

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103032 Buzzsprout-14750936 2224 full 5 5 6 6 Sat, 23 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Read Wreck and Return: A Cautionary Tale]]> Can one devastating mistake erase 20 years of good?

The road to redemption for volunteer EMT Griffin Ambrose is dark, indeed--a crashed ambulance, a dead patient, an injured partner, then testing legally drunk. After going to jail, losing his EMT card and getting fired from his paid job, he contemplates a new life in exile.

But some of his former patients haven't forgotten the good he did, the lives he saved. Will their support be enough to allow him to rise from oblivion?

 Read Wreck and Return, the new novel by Tom Kranz, available on Amazon. Wreck and Return, in e-book and paperback.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103034 Buzzsprout-14494038 371 full 5 5 5 5 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 06:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Sister In A Brotherhood: Pioneering female firefighter’s story]]> As recently as the 1980s, women firefighters were rare, especially in light of the tough road a group of New York women had in achieving their dream of becoming members of the FDNY. But they did it and around the same time a young woman in Florida named Cindie Schooler-Ball embarked on a career in the fire service there. A product of poverty in Ohio, then jumping from job to job as a teen and young woman in Florida, Cindie was encouraged to become a firefighter by some of the men in her local firehouse. The rest is history as she completed a successful career as a firefighter, EMT and paramedic in several Florida communities, retiring in 2015 at the rank of Captain. She documents her story in Sister In A Brotherhood, her book that is the subject of our conversation on Type. Tune. Tint.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103035 Buzzsprout-14475518 1976 full 5 5 4 4 Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Were you a Toys R US Kid?]]> Sal Panicci wasn’t looking to work retail in his youth in New Jersey, but the blind ad in the Newark Star Ledger was inviting. Seeking to get out of jobs that were unstable, he went for the interview and discovered the job was for a management trainee at Toys R Us, the nationwide chain of toy stores that dominated the market for a generation. His short book In the Toy Box is a recollection of his almost 30 years working for the pre-eminent toy chain in America. Remember the Cabbage Patch Kid craze? Sal’s stories recall extreme customers and some extreme employees who made working in retail a job to remember.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103039 Buzzsprout-14387566 1842 full 5 5 3 3 Sat, 27 Jan 2024 07:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Tattoos and Survival with Dan Henk]]> After surviving a transient childhood, a knife fight, brain cancer and the death of his wife, Dan Henk’s survival is a story in itself. But he’s not dwelling on the tragic tales. He is a successful tattoo artist who was in the right place at the right time to benefit from the resurgent popularity of body art. He has been around the world, done illustrations for magazines and bands and is a self proclaimed “Master of Horror,” a prince of tattoo darkness. He has also found a voice in fantasy/sci-fi novels and a recent book of short stories. He is an upbeat and energetic man whose art has propelled him and whose resilience is inspirational.

Website: danhenk.com
Podcast: Skull Sessions with Dan Henk
Books: On Amazon

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103040 Buzzsprout-14324253 2014 full 5 5 2 2 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:00:00 GMT true <![CDATA[The Best of 2023!]]> The Type Tune. Tint. podcast is about to launch its 5th season thanks to all of you who have become loyal listeners. Thank you. Here’s a look at some of the highlights of the 2023 season.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103015 Buzzsprout-15500917 118 bonus 5 5 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Holiday Edition 2023: All I Want For Christmas is you GONE!]]> The title is a tad snarky but it’s all in good fun as we hear from writer/singer/producer/actor Sudi “Rick” Karatas about his newest song and music video. The title is a play on the famous Mariah Carey song, but the words and concept bear no resemblance. It’s a lighthearted tune about holiday betrayal. It’s played for laughs with slapstick and humor. And in an unusual twist, there are two versions of the music video, one in which the male protagonist is betrayed by his girlfriend, the other in which he is betrayed by his boyfriend, or as Sudi calls it an LGBTQ version.

I’m always about getting as many of you to listen to these podcast episodes. But this time, I urge you to watch the video which includes both versions of the music video plus a holiday song about recovery from addiction.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103044 Buzzsprout-13994559 1733 full 4 4 17 17 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 09:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Inspired by a child’s friendship]]> Elementary school teacher Sabine Posy did her share of virtual teaching during COVID while her two young children learned virtually in the next room. Her daughter Nora was a social butterfly who got antsy sitting in front of a monitor. Her son Nate, younger and already a shy boy, worried her. When the lockdowns were lifted and it was time to go back to school, would Nate’s socialization be harder?

She was pleasantly surprised when Nate made a friend in preschool, another boy named Harry. 

“Their friendship was very inspiring. He made friends with Harry. They helped each other.”

That inspiration moved Sabine to write and illustrate her first children’s book, Nate and Harry Are Great Friends, a story emphasizing the simple concept of friendship.

“The pureness on their friendship, the pureness of their love, it’s like no matter where they were in the building, after dismissal when they’re going home or during drop off, you know, they would greet each other with the biggest heartwarming hug.”

Sabine, an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher, still sees some kids catching up from social and academic deficits caused by the isolation of virtual learning. Listen to our conversation or watch our video.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103046 Buzzsprout-13941136 1585 full 4 4 16 16 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[The Invisible Illness: Talking To Children]]> In less than 48 hours, Jae Logan went from having a stomach ache to learning she might die. A wife and mother of two young children, her mind raced to cope with the possibility of an early death and how she could possibly tell her kids. Miraculously, her prognosis wasn’t so dire after all, but she was left with the same question: What’s the best way for a parent to talk to young children about a serious illness, especially one that doesn’t show obvious symptoms? Thus came the inspiration for Mommy Doesn’t Look Sick, her first published children’s book that seeks to answer that very question. Listen as Jae retells the story of her frightening illness and how she, her husband and the kids came through it OK.

Websites:
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www.kidsthatcarebooks.com

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103048 Buzzsprout-13776701 1707 full 4 4 15 15 Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[A Flicker In The Water: Man vs. Fish]]> A lifetime of fishing presented a challenge to Bob Gonzalez in writing his book  A Flicker In The Water. Was it possible to capture the visceral sensations of being on a boat miles from shore in the Gulf of Mexico, breathing the salt air, feeling the ocean spray and getting the adrenaline rush that ensues when a big fish bites and takes you for an hours-long battle? I submit that he met the challenge.  His book of fish tales is based on his experiences deep sea fishing. Bob’s passion for the sport shines through in his vivid descriptions of high-seas exploits accompanied by his 82-year old father and trusted companions aboard a boat called Twister. Give yourself a 20-minute break from your day-to-day and join me for this transporting episode of Type. Tune. Tint.

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Bob’s website: https://flickerinthewater.com 

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103050 Buzzsprout-13734882 1527 full 4 4 14 14 Sat, 07 Oct 2023 17:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Independent Authors Book Expo 2023]]> For the 10th year in a row, the Independent Authors Book Experience hosts an expo of independent authors and their work, free and open to the public. This year's event takes place Saturday, September 30th, 12noon-6pm at Kean University's Downs Hall, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. The mastermind behind the book expo ant the IABX is Renaee Smith, founder and CEO, an independent author with a series of children's books and several cook books. Renaee's energy is contagious as you'll see in this episode of Type. Tune. Tint. I hope you'll plan on coming to the expo, meet me, buy a book, spend some time browsing and meet some fabulous people!   

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103052 Buzzsprout-13609906 1171 full 4 4 13 13 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 06:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Unconventional With Unwoman]]> The Handmaid's Tale, the dystopian vision of women as fertile slaves to a ruling elite, describes the Unwoman as the lowest class of woman who is shunned because she protests, thinks for herself, expresses independence and follows her own path. It's no wonder, then, that musician Erica Mulkey chose Unwoman as her stage name, a performance persona dedicated to being her own advocate. This independent songwriter, singer, musician and performer, who's elevated DIY music to a new level, is about to release her ninth original album. With a degree in music and her trusty electric cello, Unwoman has traveled around the country bringing live performances that are nuanced shades of electronic music with lyrical and sometimes dark messages. Along the way, she's made no compromises. Listen to one of her studio recordings and you have to remind yourself it's all one person doing the multiple vocals, instruments and electronic sounds. Hear more in this episode which features music from her latest album, Desire Paths, due to be released on September 22, 2023. 

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103055 Buzzsprout-13570583 2398 full 4 4 12 12 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Wishes and Knishes]]> Children's books are harder to write than one might think, according to Yona Diamond Dansky whose new book, Wishes and Knishes, elevates the Jewish pastry called a knish to a place of importance for young Kaley and her grandmother whom she calls Bubby.  The author's story contains a number of simple lessons parents or teachers can impart on their kids including the joy of cooking, responsibility and the importance of passing on family traditions. The author, a Bubby herself, is a life-long educator who gave herself permission later in life to sit down and write children's books. She also illustrates them herself, tapping into a talent she developed in a past life of teaching.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103058 Buzzsprout-13437162 1850 full 4 4 11 11 Sun, 20 Aug 2023 12:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Breakthrough! With Joe Sernio]]> A kid from Jersey makes good. Twice. That's Joe Sernio's story. He's a successful entrepreneur with a digital marketing company going strong after fourteen years. But he's always dabbled in the acting trade starting after high school and all during his tenure as a CEO. Now, after 20 years of passing out headshots and resumes, 2023 is Joe's breakthrough year. He's received rave reviews for his tour de force role in the short film Loved. He's got a feature film coming out in the summer of 2023 and a TV pilot in the works. Listen in on this conversation with one of the hardest working people in New Jersey, Joe Sernio, coming soon to a screen near you!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103061 Buzzsprout-13271131 1770 full 4 4 10 10 Sun, 23 Jul 2023 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[The Steampunk Explorer with Stephen Beale]]> There are a lot of people worldwide who are into Steampunk, and almost as many ways of describing it. Wikipedia says Steampunk is "a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retrofuturistic technology and aesthetics inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. " As we find out in this episode, Steampunk is a form of creative expression among people who enjoy crafting, sculpting, painting, dressing and otherwise expressing themselves creatively. Its 19-century themes are enhanced by 21st-century sensibilities. And there's no one who knows more about the history, practice and sheer fun of Steampunk than Stephen Beale, a career journalist whose authoritative website https://steampunk-explorer.com/ is the first and last word on the subject. Join us for a fascinating chat!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103064 Buzzsprout-13193844 1834 full 4 4 9 9 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Down The Shore]]> What are your favorite summertime memories? For Philly kids like Charles Wiedenmann and me, it's going down the shore, the Jersey Shore, home of beach resorts like Ocean City, Atlantic City and of course, Wildwood. Chaz's new book, Down the Shore, is an affectionate memoir of days of youth in Wildwood, the quintessential Jersey Shore resort. It has everything--cool rides, infinite food choices, wide beaches and a family-friendly feeling. Chaz and I have a great conversation about our days as kids at the shore and you're invited to listen in!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103066 Buzzsprout-13142830 1873 full 4 4 8 8 Sat, 01 Jul 2023 07:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Not Just Any Jeep: Jennifer Lane's Car Stories]]> Author Jennifer M. Lane turned her passion for an old Jeep into inspiration for her novel Of Metal and Earth. It's the story of a Jeep and the seven people who own it over its lifetime. The trials and tribulations of those humans form the heart and soul of the book and it may appeal to anyone who's had a soft spot in his/her heart for a car.  But as you might imagine, it is Jeep owners who have launched Of Metal and Earth into Amazon's Best Seller ranks. They are loyal and passionate and can't get enough about their Jeeps, other people's Jeeps and fictitious Jeeps. Jenn's book is by one measure an homage to one of America's storied motor vehicle brands and by another measure a look into the emotional ties people have with cars. Give a listen! Buy the book!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103070 Buzzsprout-13039402 1698 full 4 4 7 7 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Big Momma Badass]]> From the moment she takes the stage, Big Momma is in charge. After 11 years of performing as a standup comic, Big Momma is now in demand. From comedy clubs to weddings, churches to cruise ships, this Jersey girl gets around and leaves them laughing each time.

Big Momma's real name, Tia Williams (she says that's just for the tax man) graces her social media and web pages. But her Big Momma persona is her money maker, even though she has a regular 9-to-5 job, the details of which she'd rather keep to herself (she assured me she's not a stripper). She's also a mom to her 27-year-old daughter and helps to take care of her grandson. All that and comedy, too.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103073 Buzzsprout-12917998 1348 full 4 4 6 6 Thu, 25 May 2023 06:00:00 GMT true <![CDATA[TK Audiobook Collection]]> Audiobooks are here to stay, thanks to easy downloads, wide availability and the flexibility of listening devices. You can listen on your smartphone, in your car, the possibilities are endless. My audiobooks haves been reduced in price and are a great venue for entertainment whenever you have the time. Stop and start at will. Pick the time and place. Earbuds, headphones, or blast it through your TV. Have a listen as I do my best softsell with a couple samples of my best audiobooks.
 
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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103075 Buzzsprout-12569920 351 full 4 4 5 5 Sun, 02 Apr 2023 15:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Modern Improv: Don Berman & Dick Valentine]]> The Seattle music scene is as eclectic and diverse as you can possibly imagine. There's all kinds of music for all kinds of people and the musicians making it own it to the max. Don Berman and Dick Valentine both settled in Seattle more than 30 years ago. They found each other more than a decade ago and realized that they shared a common sensibility--breaking out of the traditional musical boundaries they grew up with and venturing into the art of free improvisation. While it's not understood by all, those musicians who express it are fully committed to telling stories through motifs and sketches. They leave it up to listeners to feel the sound and draw their own conclusions. In this conversation, we explore Don and Dick's brand of free improv and hear some of their successful performances.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103078 Buzzsprout-12235605 2081 full 4 4 4 4 Sun, 12 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Still Here: Chris Walls' Rock n Roll Life]]> More than three decades of rock and roll have left Chris Wall more determined than ever to live his rock and roll dream. An editor/director at CBS News by day, Chris has been playing guitar and writing songs since his college days. A close encounter with rock stardom in the early 90s left him bruised and disappointed. Depression, addiction and anxiety pulled him away from music for years, but he came back, stronger than ever. Today, he is Recwall, a prolific rocker creating compelling music with the skill of a pro and the determination of an artist. You'll hear his current songs including a soaring version of Alanis Morrisette's Uninvited and his story of inspiration, music-as-therapy and the sheer joy of creation.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103082 Buzzsprout-12124840 2113 full 4 4 3 3 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT true <![CDATA[Rob Feldman Behind the Lens: Sitcoms and Snapshots, Russia to Bucks County]]> A unique skill set and some good fortune took Rob Feldman around the world, producing television and, along the way, taking remarkable photographs. A native Philadelphian, Rob spent a number of years as a news producer in Philadelphia, New York and Miami before embarking on a career as a vice president for Sony International. His job--to bring hit American sitcoms like The Nanny, Everybody Loves Raymond, Seinfeld and more to international markets complete with adapted scripts, local actors and the proper cultural sensibilities. And every step along the way, Rob brought his camera. Today, Rob roams the farmlands of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, capturing the natural beauty therein and preserving its rural heritage through the lens of his Fujifilm X100F. Join us for a fascinating look at how he made Everybody Loves Raymond into a hit series in Russian while capturing some of that nation's history years before Vladimir Putin decided to attack Ukraine.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103084 Buzzsprout-12031006 1086 full 4 4 2 2 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Comic Book Art with Bob Budiansky]]> A lifelong love of art led Bob Budiansky to Marvel Comics where he spent 20 years drawing, writing and editing fantastic superheroes and supervillains. The Transformers, Spiderman, Sleep Walker and Ghost Rider comics have all been touched by Bob's imagination and creative sensibilities. Today,  Bob still draws, designs and teaches when he's not creating and supervising recreation programs for the Borough of Fanwood, New Jersey. But it's his legacy as one of the creators of the Transformers that commands the attention at the many comic conventions he attends.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103087 Buzzsprout-11956822 1606 full 4 4 1 1 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 12:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[A new name for this podcast: TYPE TUNE TINT!]]> In this episode, I'm announcing the change in our name to Type Tune Tint, a podcast about independent authors, musicians and artists. There's a whole world of people with talent who practice their craft in their basement or with friends, but who deserve a wider audience. This podcast will focus on their inspirations, their personal stories and their paths to creativity. The first episode under the new brand will be coming your way soon.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103104 Buzzsprout-10612395 313 full 4 4 1 1 Fri, 13 May 2022 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[2022 Year End Review]]> The Type. Tune. Tint. podcast shined a light on some amazing creators during 2022. This episode reviews the top four downloaded episodes. Hopefully, it'll whet your appetite to become a subscriber in 2023!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103088 Buzzsprout-11917996 652 full 3 3 15 15 Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Action! The Re-Re-Relaunch of Steve Gabe]]> For a life so packed with creative ventures, work, music and acting, it's hard to know where to begin telling Steve Gabe's story. So, I started out with music and his colorful past as a singer, songwriter, drummer and guitarist. Life as a blues and rock musician was his passion. Along the way, there was acting school, a stint as a stand-up at Gotham Comedy Club and Caroline's and, oh yes, his career as an attorney. He had to make a living, right?

The acting bug got its due when he studied at HB Studio in New York, then again just as COVID was ebbing when he auditioned and was chosen for the role of Daddy Murphy in the Summit Playhouse production of Bright Star. That led to other opportunities including  a significant role in an industrial film. He's hoping more acting comes his way. Meanwhile, he's still a practicing entertainment attorney and has a podcast called Live from the Vault where he tells stories of his brushes with greatness and plays music he wrote, performed or just plain loves.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103089 Buzzsprout-11768522 1856 full 3 3 14 14 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Holiday Edition 2022]]> Join songwriter Sudi Karatas and me for an informal conversation about our Christmas memories and Sudi's original Christmas songs. He's got five of them, funny and poignant.

We met Sudi earlier in 2022 when he brought us his books How Catering Sucked the Life Right Out of Me--behind the scenes tales of the catering world on the left coast-- and Rainbow Relatives, useful stories and advice on talking to kids about LGBTQ family members.

Please spend this half-hour with us as an alternative to your usual, humdrum Christmas shows! 

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103090 Buzzsprout-11727283 2118 full 3 3 13 13 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 16:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Do You Know You?]]> How many of us have found ourselves living someone else's life? It's a reality that dawns on many of us  too late. But for Jazmine Stevenson, a woman in her 20's who has already experienced enough pain and mental anguish for a lifetime, the discovery came just in time.  With the help of a strong family support system, her faith and a good helping of determination, she found the strength to look at herself the way she really was and make positive changes. Her book Getting To Know Yourself: Do You Know You? is a perfect starting point for anyone seeking to do the same. We talk about fearlessly examining the person in the mirror, speaking out loud the unspoken, and how it opens the door to self-realization, self-confidence and personal honesty.  

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103091 Buzzsprout-11548140 1250 full 3 3 12 12 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Catering to Creativity: Serving It Up With Sudi]]> The title alone is smile-worthy: How Catering Sucked the Life Right Out of Me. And the author, Sudi Karatas (pronounced kara-tosh), brings humor to everything he does. And man, he has done a lot.

From humble beginnings in upstate New York and Long Island, Sudi, who also goes by Rick, had dreams of acting, took classes and finally moved to the west coast. Now, 20 years later, his credits fill an entire website--sudirick.com--and make it hard for a podcast interviewer to know where to begin. So, this episode begins with an upbeat song that Karatas co-wrote, and it turns out he's written a lot of songs, many of which he sings himself. You'll hear one in this episode. But that's only the beginning. Rick wrote, produced and acted in the film Walk A Mile In My Pradas, currently available on Amazon, and has two books out based on subjects he knows very well--catering and the LGBTQ community.  We spend the first half of the episode discussing some of his hilarious experiences working in the catering industry, which he still does from time to time. The second half we spend talking about his book Rainbow Relatives, a sort of how-to on speaking to children about gay and lesbian family members, why some families have two dads or two moms and the whole spectrum of LGBTQ topics that children are exposed to.

Somehow, we crammed all these topics into an episode just 30 minutes long, so your short attention span is no excuse not to listen!
 

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103092 Buzzsprout-11378041 1894 full 3 3 11 11 Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Creativity born in a Philadelphia neighborhood]]> Charles Wiedenmann grew up in a neighborhood remarkable for its unremarkableness. Lawndale was a neat, working-class section of northeast Philadelphia during the 1960s and 70s. He spent his youth without video games, the internet or a smartphone. Chaz and his pals played outside with whatever was around yelling "Car!" to get out of the way of a car coming down the street.  They walked to school and rode their bikes miles from home and it was OK as long as they were home by dinner time.  Bored by school, Chaz made music, played in a band and moved to LA for a time. After a decade in the corporate world, he did what so many of us did later in life--sat down to feel it and write it. Now he's a prolific writer and blogger. His new book Lawndale is filled with nostalgic anecdotes about life in the neighborhood during simpler times and affords a peek into how creativity sparks while the world chugs on around you.

"Best Song About Philadelphia" used with permission from Matt Farley/Motern Media

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103094 Buzzsprout-11295399 1632 full 3 3 10 10 Sat, 10 Sep 2022 17:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[The Ultimate Recall: Cars Rescued from a Shipwreck]]> Of the 6,000 recorded shipwrecks in the history of the Great Lakes, perhaps none is as unusual as the wreck of the City of Bangor. It carried more than 200 brand new Chryslers, hot off the assembly line and destined for car dealers in Minnesota when it wrecked on a reef on Michigan's Upper Peninsula in a horrendous winter storm that clobbered Lake Superior. The year was 1926. The weather was unforgiving. Ice eight inches thick encrusted the ship and the cars. The crew made it off but their nightmare had only just begun as they trudged through a blizzard for two days to find shelter. They were ultimately rescued, several suffering from severe frostbite. And then came the salvage of the cars. Walter Chrysler wanted them back and the mission to recover them is an incredible story of human achievement that comes alive in the new book Shipwrecked and Rescued by journalist and historian Larry Jorgensen, who chats with me about this incredible story in this episode of Type. Tune. Tint.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103095 Buzzsprout-11058247 1555 full 3 3 9 9 Sun, 31 Jul 2022 19:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[1000 Works: How Poetry Found Adele Kenny]]> As a little girl with polio, Adele Kenny learned to read at age four, then grew up to teach, write, survive cancer, live with MS and fuss over the cutest dog in New Jersey. Today, Adele has published her 1,000th work and dozens of books and is a cultural icon of the New Jersey town where she is the Poet Laureate.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103096 Buzzsprout-11013559 1594 full 3 3 8 8 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Sit Down and Write: 2022 Book Expo]]> Independent authors from around the U.S. gather in Linden, New Jersey in August, 2022 for the 9th annual Independent Authors Book Expo. The event is the brainchild of Renaee Smith, a busy woman with a full-time job and family who somehow has time to write and manage a non-profit that supports independent authors. Today we have a preview of the book expo and some useful advice for first-time authors who might feel reluctant or even scared to sit down and write their story. You can do it. For some inspiration, listen to today's episode.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103097 Buzzsprout-10974935 1526 full 3 3 7 7 Sun, 17 Jul 2022 14:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Baseball to Brain Injury and Back: A Story of Survival]]> Ruppert Jones was a star player for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees and four other teams during his 11-years in Major League Baseball. But his love for shagging fly balls almost cost him his career and his life in 1980 when he crashed into the unpadded center field wall at the Oakland Coliseum. His injured shoulder was the big concern at first, and it took a long time to recover from that. But when he finally got back onto the ballfield, he knew something else wasn't right. He was having trouble sleeping. He couldn't concentrate. He had flashes of anger. He wasn't as sharp as before. He turned to alcohol and cocaine to self-medicate his depression. He lost his family, his money and almost his career. It took another decade to realize he was suffering from a traumatic brain injury, and even more years with psychiatrists to get a definitive diagnosis of mental illness as a result of the injury. Today, he is an advocate for mental health and TBI awareness and tells his incredible story of survival in his book Never Give Up: A Memoir of Baseball and Traumatic Brain Injury. We talk about his book, which he wrote by hand, and his long and slow process of recovery with the help of good friends, his wife and his faith. 

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103105 Buzzsprout-10485113 1330 full 3 3 7 7 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Miles to go before I eat: Foodigenous!]]> Writing and food might just be the most heavenly combination a blogger could concoct. That's exactly what Adam Horvath does in his blog, website and social media pages called Foodigenous (food-IDGE-enous), a culinary adventure to foreign lands like Philadelphia, Elmira, East Hampton and even Newark. With a background in the food industry and a day job as a CFO, Adam's blog is a passion project. His experiences not only recount amazing food but the amazing places where the food lives. And there are the people, the inventors of things like a pizza made with American cheese and a clam chowder pie to make you weep. Take a break for 20 minutes and enjoy our conversation.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103098 Buzzsprout-10852771 1597 full 3 3 6 6 Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Ramadan 101: A Magical Message for Kids & Adults]]> Ramadan in 2022 is not only a time of fasting, prayer and reflection. Today's generation of Muslims decorate for Ramadan, put up Ramadan trees and exchange presents. It's a joyous time of family togetherness and celebration. Talha and Rahama Alvi have created a children's book, The Ramadan Tree, that demystifies Ramadan and Islamic culture for kids, with adults along for the ride. Talha did most of the writing while Rahama, a graphic artist, did the many gorgeous illustrations. She's also a public school art teacher and encountered questions about Ramadan from her students.  Both are passionate about spreading the word that Muslim families are part of our community and their cultural and religious traditions are part of what Jimmy Breslin called "the great melting pot."

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103106 Buzzsprout-10450547 1429 full 3 3 6 6 Sat, 16 Apr 2022 19:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Fred Rossi: At the intersection of past and present New Jersey]]> At a time when local newspapers across America are struggling, Fred Rossi has worked for the same central New Jersey newspaper for 23 years. He's a lifelong New Jersey resident and student of its history. So, it's no surprise that his book, Jersey Stories: Stories You May Not Have Heard About People and Places in New Jersey, is rich in the history that helped forge New Jersey and the America we live in today. Even if you're not a New Jerseyan, you'll learn a lot from Fred's book. In the meantime, join us for a little chat about the Garden State, past and present. It won't hurt, really.

Fred's book is available by emailing him directly at jerseystoriesnj@gmail.com.

Thanks to John Pizzarelli and Joseph Cosgriff for their permission to use the song, "I Like Jersey Best."

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103099 Buzzsprout-10778644 1145 full 3 3 5 5 Sun, 12 Jun 2022 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Facebook Conversations: The Good, The Funny, The Ugly]]> Facebook, the greatest double-edged sword of 21st-century communication, brings people together and divides them all at the same time. For author and comedian Marklyn Johnson, Facebook is a vehicle for honest discussion. But it turns out "real talk" has real consequences. His new book, Facebook Conversations: The Good, The Funny, The Ugly, is a collection of discussions on every current issue we care about. Marklyn navigates the topics, some of which meander from thoughtful discourse to sheer verbal abuse. It's a high-energy read and in this episode, I talk to him about why he does it, his opinion on why people post on social media and his plan to bring veterans along for the comedy ride.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103107 Buzzsprout-10365722 1361 full 3 3 5 5 Sat, 02 Apr 2022 13:00:00 GMT true <![CDATA[Living A Creative Life]]> After a 30-year career as a television news reporter and anchor, Kasey Kaufman picked up a paintbrush and discovered her new passion in life. With no formal training, her use of color in her preferred medium of acrylics has resulted in thoughtful and inspiring work. Now, she paints every day in her home studio. Her work is in demand and she has adopted what she calls a creative life. How did she adapt storytelling in television to storytelling on canvas? Find out in this fascinating episode of Type. Tune. Tint.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103101 Buzzsprout-10736417 1359 full 3 3 4 4 Sat, 04 Jun 2022 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Teaching the teachers, and the rest of us!]]> Frank Lyman has spent his life teaching children, adults and other teachers. It turns out that many of those lessons can apply to non-teachers. How do our kids learn to read and what's our role as parents in that effort? What parallels are there between teaching children in school and on-boarding a new employee, teaching adults EMT skills or how to navigate a database? Frank's book, 100 Teaching Ideas That Transfer and Transform Learning, is a starting point to answer these and other questions about teaching and communication.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103108 Buzzsprout-10321974 1302 full 3 3 4 4 Sun, 27 Mar 2022 09:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Not Karaoke: Making Waves with Fake Pockets]]> Finding your voice can be a lifelong journey. This is the story of a young woman who found hers in an unusual place in her early 20s, embraced it and is taking it to the next level. Devon Alana is the lead singer, lead composer and guitarist for the New Jersey indie band Fake Pockets. In this episode, she talks about her journey of self-discovery, her inspirations and her songwriting process. With creativity rooted in real life, Devon and Fake Pockets are destined to make it big, and this is your front-row seat!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103102 Buzzsprout-10692540 1968 full 3 3 3 3 Fri, 27 May 2022 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Bringing your passion to the page with Coach Debby]]> Debby Handrich is known to her fans in Seattle as Coach Debby, radio host, podcaster and life coach specializing in helping aspiring writers bring their passion from their hearts to the written page.  Her story begins as many writers' stories do, with a lonely childhood brought on by a condition over which she had no control, leading her to create her own world by writing stories.  Today, she is a successful writing coach whose clients seek her out for help writing something as simple as a letter to a full-blown book. Her humanity and optimism make her a joy to listen to in this episode.  Debby has a weekly radio show on 1150 KKNW, Seattle, and a website filled with inspiration. 

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103109 Buzzsprout-10143352 1328 full 3 3 3 3 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[The science of Sci-Fi, with a little help from the smart kids]]> Writing science fiction requires attention to science while retaining the sense of wonder and imagination that makes it fiction. In writing my new sci-fi novel Moon Rescue: Escape from the Dome, I went to a great source for advice and guidance--engineering students and their teacher at a Philadelphia public high school that nurtures young people's interest in STEM. Teacher John Kamal, with degrees in mechanical engineering and a passion for teaching young people, brought two of his students into my research process and the three of them kept me on the right track as I made stuff up about how 5,000 people might live under a giant dome on the Moon. My interview with John reveals a man who left a successful career in developing power sources for spacecraft and supply chain software to teach in one of the most financially challenged school districts in America.  I was inspired and you will be, too!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103103 Buzzsprout-10654868 1163 full 3 3 2 2 Fri, 20 May 2022 19:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Saved by Music and Playing It Forward]]> Is it possible to save a life with music? It is not only possible but a medical reality as we hear from Andrew Schulman, a professional musician whose near-death experience and miraculous recovery is the subject of his first book, Waking the Spirit. Hear about his harrowing surgical experience during which his vital signs bottomed out causing clinical death, the frantic resuscitation effort and the medically induced coma. As his doctors and nurses agreed he would most likely not survive, his desperate wife found his iPod, placed the earphones on him and hit "PLAY". Within 30 minutes, the St. Matthew Passion by Bach stabilized Andrew's vital signs, reignited his will to live and, with intensive and remarkable care by the doctors and staff at New York's Beth Israel Hospital, slowly brought him back. Thus, he found a new calling--bringing his guitar and musical passion to the bedside of other critically ill patients. Today he is a Certified Medical Musician and a recognized expert on the healing power of music.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103110 Buzzsprout-10121214 1698 full 3 3 2 2 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 06:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Drumming and Writing, Inspiration for 2022]]> In the first episode of 2022, Tom Kranz gives a preview of his next book currently underway, a sequel to his successful, five-star sci-fi novel Time Travel Rescue. The new book is called Moon Rescue and should be out in the spring. Tom also recently attended a percussion convention and found some inspiring words about writing from a drummer. How did that happen? Give a listen!

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103111 Buzzsprout-9875654 704 full 3 3 1 1 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[The Doctor Is In: Tonya Nagle, PhD, talks about creative writing and assembling box sets]]> Dr. Tonya Nagle worked hard to get her PhD in Higher Education Administration, then decided it wasn't for her. She preferred teaching, interacting with students and writing creatively. So, that's what she did. Today, the Marine Corps veteran is a curriculum instructor for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and uses her weekends to write. She has a lengthy collection of books under the pen name Cara North and currently is part of a new anthology of stories for young adults called Written In The Stars. Tonya talks about her writing process, her roots as a writer, and juggling a full-time job with her passion for writing.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103112 Buzzsprout-9658767 1329 full 2 2 14 14 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Kids, Baseball and Honest Talk About Race]]> Steven A. Falco's novel Mickey Mantle's Last Home Run is about the friendship between two boys, TJ who is black and Jonathan who is white, and their common love for baseball which helped bridge their differences during 1968, a year of racial and political polarization.  Baseball fans will be attracted to Steve's affinity for the sport, the stats and the heroes of the game, especially Mickey Mantle whose star began to fade at about this same time. TJ and Jonathan's honest talks about race are refreshing and as relevant today as they were in 1968. Steve is retired from government service but remains active as chairman of his local Shade Tree Commission which preserves and plants trees in his community. Listen as he talks about his inspiration, his writing process and his volunteer work.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103113 Buzzsprout-9254522 1008 full 2 2 13 13 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Childhood isolation leads author to create Sci-Fan worlds]]> By day, Cassandra Morphy is a business data analyst, working from home in front of her computer. By night, she delves into alternative realities, creating fantasy worlds and writing about them in 25 self-published books.

By her own admission, Cassandra grew up escaping the real world into the other realities of books, TV shows, and movies, and now she writes about those worlds.

"I have social anxiety disorder. I've dealt with it for most of my life. It started developing about when I was 10 or so. And basically, like middle school, high school, I basically had no friends. And I spent all the time in school, just reading books. So, like that's always been this aspect of my life, just reading the books, imagining myself in those worlds."

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103115 Buzzsprout-9067257 822 full 2 2 12 12 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[A young model of motivation for Gen Z, and maybe the rest of us]]> At age 23, Pavlina Osta has accomplished more than many people have accomplished in a lifetime. She got a running start at a career in her early teens when she showed a talent for interviewing people for a local radio station in Daytona Beach, FL. One thing led to another and at age 17, she was asked by an executive at iHeartRadio to do a syndicated interview segment. In the ensuing couple of years, she interviewed celebrities including Ed Sheeran, Katie Couric, athletes, NASCAR figures and more. Her drive for success took a significant turn at age 18 when she left home and went to live and work in New York, a prescient move that opened the door to a career as a media personality, blogger, podcaster, guest commentator and now, author of 20 Things Every Motivated 20-Something Should Know.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103116 Buzzsprout-9055227 1200 full 2 2 11 11 Thu, 19 Aug 2021 10:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Hey, Tuskegee! Black History Lesson for Young and Old]]> Robert E. Constant's children's book, Hey Tuskegee! provides a guided tour of one of America's hotbeds of Black History, Tuskegee University and the Alabama city that surrounds it. But here's a secret: it's not just for children. Robert's straightforward narrative, through the eyes of a young brother and sister, provides a clear review of some key chapters in the history of African-Americans that the rest of us may not know, but should. Robert's family history reads like a chapter in the Tuskegee alumni journal and informs this interesting and articulate author's story.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103117 Buzzsprout-8906416 777 full 2 2 10 10 Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Successful indie author follows the Coca Cola Trail]]> Larry Jorgensen follows America's most famous soft drink brand from its first bottling in Mississippi to its growth across America in his two books of memorabilia, anecdotes and photographs. It's not a history of the Coke corporation, but a history of the grass-roots bottlers and communities that were at the heart of the product's growth. Larry has sold 9,000 copies of his books as a one-man operation, packing and shipping books from his back bedroom.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103118 Buzzsprout-8870218 850 full 2 2 9 9 Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Old School Hoops: Basketball After 60]]> Jim Sweeney is a member of a growing federation of basketball players in their 60's, 70's, even 80's, who travel, compete and continue playing their favorite sport without regard to their age. Maxi Basketball is a worldwide phenomenon with its own organization and a passionate following that Sweeney has tapped into with personal relationships and friendships that span the globe. His book Old School Hoops is a close look at Maxi Basketball, the people he's met and the places he's been. Join us for a fascinating look at these colorful athletes through the experiences of a lifelong basketballer.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103119 Buzzsprout-8792426 1016 full 2 2 8 8 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Independent Authors Book Expo 2021]]> A preview of the upcoming Independent Authors Book Expo on August 7, 2021, in Roselle, NJ. Organizer Renaee Smith, founder of the Independent Author Book Experience, talks about her non-profit support activities for self-published authors and gives a preview of the expo for those who'd like to just show up and those who would like to exhibit.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103121 Buzzsprout-8613094 826 full 2 2 7 7 Sun, 30 May 2021 12:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Beaches, Bays & Backroads]]> Career news photographer Brian Horton turns his camera to the beauty of the Jersey Shore, making a bookful of scenic and nature photos as a tribute to his late wife and a fundraiser for the center that helped her cope with multiple sclerosis. Info on obtaining the book is included.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103122 Buzzsprout-8492471 946 full 2 2 6 6 Mon, 10 May 2021 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Lessons from a Sh*t Talker]]> Marklyn Johnson, stage host, comedian, podcaster and author may not have invented the phrase tell it like it is, but he certainly lives by it. His new book, Lessons from a Shit Talker, tells his story of a life journey fraught with other peoples' ideas of what he should have done with himself. His lessons are surprisingly relevant to the rest of us and told in a funny, memorable way. 

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103124 Buzzsprout-8175217 927 full 2 2 5 5 Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:00:00 GMT true <![CDATA[Dystopian Earth: A Common Sci Fi Theme]]> Author Calvin Fisher's first novel, Northfield, takes place in a post-apocalyptic world shrouded in poisonous gas and day-to-day survival that depends on wearing a gas mask and earning "credit cards" instead of currency. Why do so many sci-fi stories take place on an Earth that is dying? Calvin talks about that and gives us a preview of his book.  

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103125 Buzzsprout-8139450 585 full 2 2 4 4 Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Two Books and a Movie from a Checkered Family History]]> Kevin D. Miller's family tree provided inspiration for his two historical fiction novels, one of which details a real-life murder in his family and is soon to become a feature film. His latest book is inspired by his great great grandparents' interracial marriage during the Civil War era. Kevin, a web developer and part-time actor with a silky voice, is a totally delightful and informative guest.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103127 Buzzsprout-8103532 695 full 2 2 3 3 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 19:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Writing Gets Personal]]> Author Mike Archer talks about revealing personal secrets in his new collection of short stories, Living With Humans: Stories of Each Other. A lifelong TV journalist, Mike also talks about the challenge of learning to write expansively after decades of writing news stories that are only a few sentences long.  

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103128 Buzzsprout-8070105 757 full 2 2 2 2 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Bud & Maggie's Secrets: Third in a Series]]> One novel became three and now I'm on the third and final installment of the exploits of my favorite fictional married couple, Bud and Maggie Remmick. Also, I'm looking for other independent and/or self published authors to join me for occasional interviews or even seamless self-promotion.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103129 Buzzsprout-7944472 406 full 2 2 1 1 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Story Structure: Don't Be Captive]]> The writing process is different for everyone, from those who like to storyboard and outline every chapter to those who start with an idea and let the story wander along its rightful path. I found a short excerpt from a Stephen King interview from a few years ago in which he talks about the idea of letting a story find its own way. This formula makes for more of an adventure in writing, but it has its downsides.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103130 Buzzsprout-5145925 546 full 1 1 6 6 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Audiobooks Can Be Fun]]> You can convert your prized written work into an audiobook. It's all online, free if you narrate it yourself but most of us are better off using a paid narrator, and there's the rub.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103131 Buzzsprout-4548311 488 full 1 1 5 5 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Do It Yourself: Self Publishing]]> There's a whole industry that wants you to self publish your book but do your research and be patient. They ALL want your money.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103134 Buzzsprout-4492376 642 full 1 1 3 3 Wed, 08 Jul 2020 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[A Sci-Fi Writing Adventure]]> Writing science fiction is fun and challenging. Engaging sci-fi fans requires your science at least SOUNDS feasible. 

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103133 Buzzsprout-4492670 502 full 1 1 1 1 Wed, 08 Jul 2020 14:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Liveshot: Author recalls writing non-fiction before the internet and digital media]]> Tom Kranz, former TV news producer and author, wrote his first-person account of the 1985 MOVE confrontation in Philadelphia at a time before digital media, online resources or even decent desktop computers. 

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/typetunetint/3103135 Buzzsprout-4492340 496 full 1 1 1 1 Wed, 08 Jul 2020 13:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Write what you know: What moved Mike Archer to write his first collection of short stories]]> Former TV news executive Mike Archer, now a blog writer and contributor to Smerconish.com, provides an interesting perspective on the inspiration and process in writing and publishing his first collection of stories.

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