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Journey: Memoirs of an Air Force Chief of Staff

Norty Schwartz and Ron Levinson

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The General's dysfunctional home life drove him to apply to the Air Force Academy almost 40 years...

Taking Root: The Nature Writing of William and Adam Summer of Pomaria

William Summer

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William Summer founded the renowned Pomaria Nursery, which thrived from the 1840s to the 1870s in...

The Dogs of Avalon: The Race to Save Animals in Peril

Laura Schenone

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Greyhounds, bred to be the fastest racing dogs on earth, are streaks of lightning. Beautiful,...

A Lawless Breed: John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction, and Violence in the Wild West

Chuck Parsons, Leon C. Metz and Norman Wayne Brown

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John Wesley Hardin! His name spread terror in much of Texas in the years following the Civil War as...

Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do about It

Larry Olmsted

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"Olmsted makes you insanely hungry and steaming mad--a must-read for anyone who cares deeply about...

Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) rated We Drink and We Know Things in Podcasts

Oct 18, 2020 (Updated Oct 26, 2020)

We Drink and We Know Things

Comedy, News & Politics, Society & Culture

10.0

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The hosts: Andrea and Tom. (6 more)

The variety of topics.

Keeps my interests throughout.

The humor.

The coolness factor.

Not over-produced or over-commercialized.

Homegrown in Kentucky

Tom has a little bit of a potty mouth sometimes so if that offends you, hide your kids and be prepared to clutch your pearls. (0 more)

Doused in alcohol and lit with knowledge.

I am an avid podcast listener. We're talking up to 12 hours a day, sometimes more, so I'm always looking for something good to feed my ears. I heard a We Drink and We Know Things promo on one of the podcasts in my usual rotation and was so taken by the hosts' personalities and rapport that I paused my usual podcast and went to WDAWKT and immediately dove into their latest podcast. It was so much fun, so interesting, and intriguing that I had to hear more! So for the next three days, I binged their podcast.

To say it's delightful may seem weird to some, considering the topics they cover, but nonetheless, it's true. It made me very happy to hear that they are from my home state of Kentucky because we have such interesting stories from here that need to be told, though that is not the focus of the podcast. Married hosts, Andrea and Tom, are charming, funny, authentic, and real, and their thirst for knowledge cannot be quenched. For that, I am grateful as it means they will never run out of material for their podcast and I'll get to listen to them every week.

Some of the topics they've covered are true crime, ghosts, haunted locations, paranormal, aliens, UFOs, cryptids, urban legends, conspiracies, weird science, strange historical events, and more, and regular episodes Florida Man Friday, Let's Not Meet stories, and Creepypastas.

I have several paranormal stories to share with them so maybe one day, you'll hear my story on one of their episodes.

If these kinds of topics interest you, give this podcast a try. I think you'll like it.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2099 KP) rated Fashionably Late in Books

Sep 20, 2019

I’m Late Reading This Book, But I Enjoyed It

It all starts with a fashion show. It’s fashion week in Milano – Milano, Florida, that is, and Summer Smythe has snagged tickets for herself and her friend Dorothy Westin to the luncheon and fashion show that are kicking things off. However, things take a strange turn when Angelica Downs, one of the models, asks them for help before the show starts. When they try to track her down, they find her dead body. Angelica’s mother, Frankie, is living in the part of their senior center for those with memory issues, and Dorothy and Summer are worried that Frankie might be next. However, when they go to talk to Frankie, that only leaves them with more questions. Is a killer after Frankie? Who killed Angelica? Can Dorothy and Summer figure out what is really going on?

Having read the previous two books in this series, I knew what to expect, and I wasn’t disappointed. The plot starts off strongly. We don’t seem to be gathering any clues right off the bat, but there is still plenty happening to keep our interest. Naturally, much of that comes back into play as the book leads us to the logical conclusion. The climax was a tad rushed, but it was also fun and answered all of our questions. The characters range from fairly realistic, like Dorothy, to less so, like Summer, to outright wacky. The mix works for this book. We care enough to want to see justice done, but we also are having fun laughing and smiling as things go along. The book is set in December, but the holidays only color events a little. Instead, this is more about the fashion shows and the events happening in connection with them. If you are looking for a delightful book, this is definitely one to pick up.