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Episode 64: Our interview with Tom Wald, candidate for Austin City Council in District 9. This is the audio file from the live interview that can be found on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/te_SioAYeDQ. We will be doing our interviews live from now on and placing the audio tracks here.

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Episode 63: Our guest today is Jill Dabbs, Executive Director of Downtown Springdale Alliance in Springdale Arkansas. We met when she came to Austin on a study tour of communities that are creating better places. 

We talked for a while after the tour and I knew that she would be a great guest for Podcast Celebrating Differences. So join us as Ani and I jump into a conversation with an amazing person. 

Her description of the work that is on-going in Northwest Arkansas is eye opening. It shows what can happen when enough good people get working together. 

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Episode 62: Ani and Truda finalize their in-depth review on Ani's Book Self Love as Spiritual Practice, Nine Keys to Loving Yourself. 

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Episode 61: Ani and Ty had the opportunity to talk with Holly Macve, a startlingly good singer/songwriter about her life and work. At 26, she has done more musically than most of us ever get to. Listen as Holly talks about making music.

This is the first of our podcasts that was also recorded on video. If you want to watch Holly talk as well as listen here is a link. Holly Macve

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Episode 60 - Ani and Truda talk about the ninth and final key in the book Ani authored. This key is titled "Feel and Heal the Planet" and takes on some big questions. There will be one more podcast in this series. The two of them will talk about the epilogue in the book and what Ani learned in the process of putting the book together. 

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Episode 59: Ani and Truda complete another episode of the Colt and Stansky Show where they dig deeply into the 8th Key to loving yourself in the book Self Love as Spiritual Practice, Nine Keys to Loving Yourself by Ani Colt. They are really amazing together and enjoy the chance to toss out ideas and yes, even to disagree sometimes. Worth listening to.

#SelfLove #spiritual #choices #growth

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Episode 58: Colt and Stransky dig deep into the Seventh Key to loving yourself: Receive Yourself.
Ani Colt, author of Self Love as Spiritual Practice and Truda Stransky,  a Jungian psychoanalyst, are having a great time digging into the Self Love book. As friends they relate and their friendship shows through in these conversations.
Truda mentioned the author Shakti Gawain and her books.  Here is a link to her website
Ani's book Self Love as Spiritual Practice is available on Amazon. Currently it is only available in paper back format. 
We are in the process of re branding our podcast with a new name but we'll still be bring you the great dialogues you have gotten to love. We also may soon be doing some video content as well so stay tuned. 

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Episode 57: Running for Austin City Council: Ben Leffler

Welcome to On Politics! A series of podcasts that give us a chance to get know our elected officials better by asking things questions about the things that are important to them. Of course we will also ask about those subjects that are important to us and our neighbors. 

We are right in the middle of the 2022 primary season and are going to be talking with some of the people who are running for office in Austin, TX. 

Austin is divided into 10 council districts and has a Mayor who is elected by the entire city. 

Today, to get us started, we’ll be talking with Ben Leffler who has filed to be a candidate for City Council in District 9 in Austin. District 9 covers most of downtown Austin and some of the close in neighborhoods. It does cover the neighborhood that Ani and I live in, Mueller. 

Ben has a great background for a politician. He has a Bachelor in Government and a Masters in Policy. He has worked for elected officials and is a long time Austin resident, raising a family in a close-in neighborhood. 

He was doing a Meet and Greet in our neighborhood and It struck me that this election season was a great time to broaden our podcast focus and talk to people who are stepping up to run for office.
 
Ben is running on a platform that is focussed on making Austin a great place for all of its citizens, to be able to work, live, and play.  Here is a link to his website.
 Ben Leffler for District 9

During our conversation, Ben mentioned a couple of places that I think need to be recognized. 

Foundations Communities: is a non-profit that is providing the wrap-around services and housing to get people off the streets and started on a new life. They have over 20 facilities in Austin serving a population of over 7,000.

Vic and Als Cajun Restaurant:  A good local spot with great food and an Austin vibe.

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Episode 56: Ani and Truda jump into a lively discussion of Self Love as they step us through the lessons of Ani’s book Self Love as Spiritual Practice — Nine Keys to Loving Yourself.

Here is a link if you would like to buy the book. Self Love
It appears that the book is only available in paperback at the present time. 

In this episode Ani mentions a book she loves, Power vs. Force, the Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by David R. Hawkings. 

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Episode 55: After knowing Peter for 25 years, it was great to finally meet Tracy and get to know her. They talked about their history and how they decided it would be a great idea to ride a tandem bicycle from the Pacific to the Atlantic. We also had a chance to get to know each other better as they talked about what it took to get their book published and what they learned from both the trip and writing the book. 

Here is a link to see their website and purchase the book. https://www.webike.org/our-book/

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