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Pod Crashing episode 358 with Gianna Prudente and Jame

Each week on Let's Talk Offline, LinkedIn's Gianna Prudente and Jamé Jackson

Jor-El Caraballo's Self-Care for Black Men became a popular, instant seller. Leaning into that success, Caraballo’s audio meditation program MEDITATIONS FOR BLACK MEN is filled with unique insights and tools for Black men everywhere to prioritize mental health, empowering listeners to create a deeper connection with their mind, body, and spirit over the course of ten guided meditations.

For Black men, self-care too often feels like a luxury. But being in touch with your emotions, deepening sensory awareness, and taking time to quiet the busy mind are essential tools for a healthy lifestyle. Mindfulness can be a pathway to emotional and psychological freedom.

Over the course of ten guided meditations, this audio program covers topics such as redefining Black masculinity, connecting with your ancestors, and creating sacred space, as well as physical practices such as breath work and a walking meditation. The program closes with affirmations: short, positive messages to further instill self-confidence and emotional well-being.

The ten meditations vary in length from 5 to 20 minutes and are designed for all levels. Each is performed by the author and includes music and rich sound design for an immersive listening experience. This inspiring program will provide everything you need to develop your own meditation practice and find mindful moments every day. This audiobook has something for everyone -- whether you're a first-timer or an experienced meditator, and whether you have hours to spare or just a few minutes between meetings for a mindful moment.

Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last. But the peace that's taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea's young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn't return soon, he will be sent back to jail.

Aaron eventually turns up with a vague story about a camping trip with his troubled girlfriend, Mae, that ended in a fight and a long hitchhike home. Days later, when she still hasn't returned, suspicion falls on Aaron, and when Mae is subsequently discovered dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first-degree murder.

Faced with few choices and even fewer hopes, Bea begs Rusty to return to court one last time, to defend her son and to save their last best hope for happiness. For Rusty, the question is not whether to defend Aaron, or whether the boy is in fact innocent-it's whether the system to which he has devoted his life can ever provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty.

JOURNEY TO AMERICA: WITH NEWT AND CALLISTA GINGRICH, which has been in production since 2023, and was secured by PBS in early 2024, celebrates the achievements of nine individuals from diverse backgrounds who pursued the American dream and contributed to the fabric of our nation -- from Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, who arrived from Italy in 1889, to Maria Daume, who was adopted from a Russian orphanage in 2002 and became the first female Marine to earn a traditional infantry title. The film celebrates their achievements in a nation that, at its best, recognizes that the ideas of freedom and opportunity are still a beacon of hope for so many who come to America.

"We are and have always been a country of immigrants," Newt Gingrich said about the series. "Immigration has become such a loaded political issue that we often lose sight of the fact that, as a country, we've significantly benefitted from the hard work and creativity of generations of immigrants who legally migrated to our country."

"JOURNEY TO AMERICA is a celebration of our diversity and a reminder that regardless of one's political ideology, we're a better country when the contributions of legal immigrants are recognized," said Callista Gingrich. "In JOURNEY TO AMERICA, we want to assure viewers that the American dream is alive and well in communities across our nation."

"We're very excited to bring this film to PBS because we hope to have this conversation with people across America, regardless of where they live, their politics, or their background," Newt Gingrich added.

"Ambassador and Speaker Gingrich have created a personal and visual essay that asks us to pause and reflect on the journeys of immigrants who have contributed so greatly to the larger American story," said Sylvia Bugg, PBS Chief Programming Executive & GM of General Audience Programming. "These are stories of hardship, challenges, creativity, perseverance, patriotism, and joy, American stories that help us better understand who we are as a nation."

I’m CT…  When I’m not

Episode 161 Richard’s dose of reality, stop that cart and interrupting

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I’m CT…  When I’m not

Episode 161 Richard’s dose of reality, stop that cart and interrupting

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Aaron Mahke, has delighted millions of listeners for years with tales of wonderful and astounding moments of history. Now in CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre (St. Martin's Press; November 12, 2024; $30.00 hardcover) he's curated his favorites and pulled together over 150 largely unheard-of stories from history.

In CABINET OF CURIOSITIES some of the real life, bitesize tales include:

. The individual who aspired to be buried in a Pringles can

. The real-life story behind Frankenstein's monster

. The heir to Andrew Carnegie, whose sudden disappearance remains a mystery

. The invention of the croissant in a country that was not France

. How Abraham Lincoln's son was rescued by his assassin's brother

. The story of how too many crash landings inspired one pilot to leave the airline industry and trek for the stars

. The adventures of a dog that stowed away and went to war, only to help capture a German spy

. Specifics on the American state of Franklin

"Aaron's stories bring history to life in a way that's reminiscent of Paul Harvey's approachable style, and of course, those curveball endings. What a great way to learn about our curious past!"― Brad Meltzer, bestselling author of The Nazi Conspiracy

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Sharing her own musical career with her internationally known musician-husband, Robert, Gaby excelled in her roles as a concert pianist, piano teacher, interpreter of modern French composers, intrepid world traveler, mother to three children, wife, and champion of her husband’s composing career as well as his extraordinary performance career as a pianist.  Gaby and Robert certainly could be said to have had a “piano love affair.”  The Casadesus family had been musicians for generations but Robert and Gaby’s family went on to be especially known as the “The First Family of the Piano.  Their son, Jean, sometimes performed with them on pieces featuring three pianos, one even captured on CBS TV!

Gaby’s delightful memoir, My Musical Notes, is now available in English for the first time and is being published in October by Hamilton Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.  It was first published in French in 1989 and describes:

*Gaby’s love of teaching the French piano tradition, giving lessons at well-known schools such as the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, Julliard and Curtis Institute of Music.  Due to her close association with many of the modern-day French composers, especially Ravel, she was known for her insights in helping students learn and interpret their works.

*Her collegiate relationships and friendship with many leading musical figures of the 20th century including Ravel, Poulenc, Fauré, Toscanini, Bernstein, Szell, Ormandy, and many others.  In fact, she was friendly with Albert Einstein as well during her stay in Princeton from 1940 - 1945 and performed Mozart with him in a local concert!