Conversations with Laurel

Conversations with Laurel

By Laurel McHargueSociety & Culture
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Conversations with Laurel episodes

  • Episode 13: No Trampoline Tonight
    Are you sure you want to know how your children live?
    In this episode of Alligator Preserves, Laurel talks about a time she decided to help out her son by cleaning his apartment. She could have gone to a trampoline park . . .
    14 min
  • Episode 12: Bataan Memorial Death March
    “You pick a race with ‘Death’ in the title as your first marathon?”
    Well, yes, I did, and there were many good reasons behind my decision. In this episode, you'll learn a little World War II history and I'll share the ridiculous series of events leading up to my first full marathon.
    The Bataan Memorial Death March marathon is just one week away, March 25, 2018. If you live within driving distance of White Sands, NM, you should check it out.
    19 min
  • Episode 11: Loneliness and Atrocity
    "War . . . What is it good for?"
    In this episode of Alligator Preserves, Laurel shares another letter from her father from WWII Army training and talks about her recent experience at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. She ponder the question of human evolution and asks the question, "How?"
    NOTE: Serious subject matter in part II of this episode.
    26 min
  • Episode 9: A Visit with Ken McLeod, Author and Buddhist Practice Teacher
    Are you listening? Am I listening? Do we even know how to listen anymore?
    Laurel's visit with Buddhist practice teacher Ken McLeod, a peaceable man in a turbulent world, will provide you with glimpses of different ways to live your lives. Now retired, but still publishing books on Eastern philosophies for Western minds, Ken talks about his own journey and offers suggestions for listeners.
    51 min
  • Episode 8: A Visit with Sherry Ficklin, Author
    Sherry Ficklin, best-selling author of the Stolen Empire Series, visits with Laurel McHargue in this episode of Alligator Preserves! She explains how she has become "a toucher of things," and shares amazing stories of her own life and how her experiences have influenced her writing.
    43 min
  • Episode 7: Battle-Dressed Breasts
    Laurel recounts a time she nearly instigated an international incident in a public restroom in South Korea. She was an Army Captain at the time, deployed to support the Team Spirit Exercise in 1989.
    19 min
  • Episode 6: A Visit with Stephanie R. Sorensen, Author
    Stephanie R. Sorensen, author of "Toru: Wayfarer Returns," discussing her writing inspiration, challenges and routines, and her personal history with Japan. Her highly acclaimed novel takes readers on an alternate history journey to Japan in the 1800s, and includes action-packed steampunk elements.
    30 min

About Conversations with Laurel

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Award-winning author and podcast host Laurel McHargue lives and laughs and writes in the breathtaking elevation of Colorado's Rocky Mountains. She writes about life--real and imagined--and wants to share your stories, too! She hosts guests for FREE, and would love it if you'd consider buying her a treat for her efforts! buymeacoffee.com/laurelstuff Please and Thank you!