This week’s episode features the one, the only, Austen Tosone!  Austen and I talk about rejection as redirection, all the sides of influencing you DON’T see, why micro-influencers work, and so much more.

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Austen’s Links:

Instagram: @austentosone

TikTok:

YouTube: Austen Tosone

Pinterest: @austentosone

Twitter: @austentosone

Clubhouse:

Website: austentosone.com

Blog: keepcalmandchiffon.com

This week, I’m chatting with the CEO of Archive Sunday and Miss Utah 2021, Sasha Sloan!  Sasha and I talk about how she’s embracing her role as a complex, multi-dimensional woman through her company, her title, and her service work.

Sasha tells me about the feminist impact of the Miss America competition and how it’s shifting to include diversity and intersectionality.  She also touches on her work with refugees and what narratives she hopes to correct with her social impact initiative.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

International Rescue Committee (The IRC)

Help International

ServeRefugees.org

Annie’s Links:

Instagram: @annielikeswordsblog and @helloheroinepod

TikTok: @annieearnshaw13

Newsletter: annieearnshaw.substack.com

Blog: annielikeswords.com

Sasha’s Links:

Website: sashaesloan.com

Shop: archivesunday.com

Instagram: @sashaesloan

TikTok: @sashaesloan

YouTube: Sasha Sloan

In this episode, join me as I interview the queen of true crime TikTok, Haley Toumaian aka @RobandHaley!  Haley gained traction on TikTok during her coverage of the unsolved case of Gabby Petito and has since dedicated her platform to being a “voice for the voiceless.”

Haley and I talk about her true crime “origin story,” the case that got her into true crime, and how her views of the genre have shifted since she became a content creator.

Haley also discusses why she’s passionate about using social media as a tool to bring justice to unsolved cases.  We break down where the line is between education and entertainment and how you can ethically get involved with true crime.

(CW: We don’t discuss any cases in explicit detail, but if you’re sensitive to true crime, missing person cases, and unsolved cases, I would recommend listening to other episodes of Hello Heroine instead.)

Cases discussed in this episode:

Kristin Smart

Jon-Benet Ramsey

Jayna Murray (The Lululemon Murder)

Israel Keyes

The Hillside Strangler

Green River Killer

Ted Bundy

Annie’s Links:

Instagram: @annielikeswordsblog and @helloheroinepod

TikTok: @annieearnshaw13

Newsletter: annieearnshaw.substack.com

Blog: annielikeswords.com

Email: [email protected]

Haley’s Links:

TikTok: @robandhaley

Podcast: Inhuman on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

YouTube: Rob & Haley and Haley’s Crime Time

Instagram: @robandhaley and @inhuman_podcast

In this episode, the lovely Mackenzie Newcomb of @BadBitchBookClub, @MackInStyle, and the Friends to Lovers Podcast joins me for a conversation about the appeal of talking about books online.  With the rise of the pandemic and a reason to stay home on a Friday night, readers old and new are turning to online book clubs, Bookstagram, and Booktok to discuss all things reading.  Mackenzie and I talk about why this shift is happening and how online reading communities have changed the way we read offline.

BRIEF CONTENT WARNING for childhood sexual abuse and suicide from 26:15 to 27:30.

Annie’s Links:

Instagram: @annielikeswordsblog and @helloheroinepod

TikTok: @annieearnshaw13

Newsletter: annieearnshaw.substack.com

Blog: annielikeswords.com

Mackenzie’s Links:

Book Club: Bad Bitch Book Club

Blog: Mack In Style

Instagram: @mackinstyle and @badbitch.bookclub

TikTok: @mackinstyle

Twitter: @mackinstyle

Patreon: Bad Bitch Book Club

Podcast: Friends to Lovers Podcast

Books mentioned in this episode:

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

Truth or Beard by Penny Reid

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

How to Be Perfect by Michael Schur

Consumed by Aja Barber

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

American Fairytale by Adriana Herrera

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottesah Moshfegh

Poet Warrior by Joy Harjo

Educated by Tara Westover

Hello Heroine is back and better than ever.  Tune in next Tuesday for the first episode of season three!

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In this episode, I interview my favorite podcast guest: my mom Gretchen!  We talk about our audiobook habits, what we learn from self-help books, and why we read the books we do.  Books mentioned in this episode: Drive by Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink, Grit by Angela Duckworth, Profit First by Mike Michalowicz, Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee, and No Pain, No Gaines by Chip Gaines.  Follow Annie and the pod on Instagram.   Inquiries: [email protected]

In this episode, I interview Mary Emmerling, an Elon University graduate and one of the funniest people I know.  We talk about transitioning from college to "real life," the legitimacy of The Bee Movie, our experiences as English majors, and the books that every person should read.  Books mentioned in this episode: Beloved by Toni Morrison, Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehesi Coates, The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros, City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, The Selected Works of Audre Lorde, Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, and Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde.  Follow Annie, Mary, and the pod on Instagram.  Inquiries: [email protected]