Ranked #1
Super Bowls, Anna Karenina, & Cries for Help
Super Bowls, Anna Karenina, & Cries for Help
Work travel is often challenging, but one benefit of it is going to conferences is that I have the opportunity to chat w... Read more
10 Feb 2020
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54mins
Ranked #2
Proposing to propose, taking chances, and the problem of how-to-books
Proposing to propose, taking chances, and the problem of how-to-books
Barnabas is writing a new book. Dave is helping launch a few key new titles for B&H. I'm in the midst of putting tog... Read more
13 May 2019
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56mins
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Social Distancing, Post-Apocalyptic Nightmares, & the Special Handling List
Social Distancing, Post-Apocalyptic Nightmares, & the Special Handling List
Since we're all being encouraged to practice social distancing these days, Dave, Scarlet and I decided to plug in our mi... Read more
19 Mar 2020
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40mins
Ranked #4
Advance Memoirs, Nick Cage’s Pyramid Tomb, & Recording Around Landscaping
Advance Memoirs, Nick Cage’s Pyramid Tomb, & Recording Around Landscaping
Coming to you from an undisclosed location in Franklin Tennessee, Dave and I are back together, and we’ve got a friend w... Read more
16 Mar 2020
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52mins
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Personality profiles, the Enneagram, and Chicken Dave Schroeder
Personality profiles, the Enneagram, and Chicken Dave Schroeder
There are a lot of different personality profiles out there. Some folks swear by Myers-Briggs (e.g. INTJ), while others ... Read more
25 Mar 2019
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49mins
Ranked #6
The Writer’s Process, Writing Like You Speak, and Coldplay vs Dave Matthews
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Since Dave was being all professional and in a meeting, Barnabas and I decided to have a conversation about what might b... Read more
3 Jun 2019
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1hr 15mins
Ranked #7
Sensitive Subject Matter, Bad Book Covers, & Audiobook Narration
Sensitive Subject Matter, Bad Book Covers, & Audiobook Narration
With Dave still off doing something, Jennifer Brogdon returns to take his spot and class up this show. Listen in as we d... Read more
28 Oct 2019
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #8
Good biographies vs bad ones, the Tolkien movie, and Canadian coffee
Good biographies vs bad ones, the Tolkien movie, and Canadian coffee
We all love biographies and memoirs. Well, Dave and I (Aaron) do a lot more than Barnabas. But we all do love to talk ab... Read more
1 Apr 2019
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55mins
Ranked #9
Nostalgia, mindless reading, and untapped holidays
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It's a podcast crossover! Ronnie Martin of The Happy Rant joins us in-studio in exotic Indianapolis to talk nostalgia, C... Read more
22 Apr 2019
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Ranked #10
Personality types and fictional characters, and books for every Enneagram type
Personality types and fictional characters, and books for every Enneagram type
Just like everyone else, we’re still talking about the Enneagram. We had a lot of fun talking with Jenaye in our first e... Read more
27 Mar 2019
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57mins
Ranked #11
Leaders are Readers, But They’re Not If…
Leaders are Readers, But They’re Not If…
Harry S. Truman famously said, “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” (I mean, unless he didn’t, of... Read more
18 Mar 2019
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52mins
Ranked #12
Creeping on Wendell Berry, coffee talk, & why physical books are best
Creeping on Wendell Berry, coffee talk, & why physical books are best
Dave's back from vacation, Barnabas is off doing something else, and we're uncomfortable in the studio with a special gu... Read more
23 Sep 2019
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47mins
Ranked #13
Dentistry vs Writing, Teaching International Students, & a New Definition of Procrastination
Dentistry vs Writing, Teaching International Students, & a New Definition of Procrastination
Dave is off doing something (no one is really sure where he goes), but we've got a special guest! Jennifer Brogdon steps... Read more
21 Oct 2019
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57mins
Ranked #14
What made us want to write, imitating others, and the spectrum of writers
What made us want to write, imitating others, and the spectrum of writers
There's often something that triggers a writer's desire to write—even if that something is as simple as reading a book a... Read more
22 Jul 2019
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #15
"Moby Dick is the reason I went into British literature"
"Moby Dick is the reason I went into British literature"
A couple weeks' back, we travelled to exotic downtown Indianapolis for TGC19. With so many book loving people in one pla... Read more
15 Apr 2019
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44mins
Ranked #16
Christian vacation reads, movie references, & Aaron is boring
Christian vacation reads, movie references, & Aaron is boring
We don't talk about Christian books a whole lot, which is funny since we all work in Christian publishing. But since it'... Read more
15 Jul 2019
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35mins
Ranked #17
Historical fiction, splitting hairs, and honoring an American icon
Historical fiction, splitting hairs, and honoring an American icon
Over the last several months, we've mentioned a lot of works of historical fiction, but we've never really talked about ... Read more
5 Aug 2019
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Ranked #18
Summer reading, getting fatter & happier, and what not to read on vacation
Summer reading, getting fatter & happier, and what not to read on vacation
It's getting hot outside, which means it's the time of year when many blogs are sharing their annual Summer Reading List... Read more
10 Jun 2019
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Ranked #19
Great westerns, frustrating sci-fi tropes, & capturing the creative imagination
Great westerns, frustrating sci-fi tropes, & capturing the creative imagination
Things get super-nerdy—and even more middle-aged—on this episode of the show as Andrew Osenga joins us for a great conve... Read more
2 Sep 2019
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59mins
Ranked #20
How we read so much, cat-rants, and Dave’s new nickname
How we read so much, cat-rants, and Dave’s new nickname
We’re dealing with some hard truths on this episode of the podcast as we address some bad habits this week. Listen in as... Read more
25 Feb 2019
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39mins
