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Jacqui wishes you the best for the holidays in this bonus episode. The mini-broadcast mixes thoughts about mental well-being, the season, and where she is headed in her writing in 2024. Yes, season 3 is right around the corner. In January a new Story Share opportunity will be launched. But before the end of 2023 one more episode will be dropped. Hear the amusing teaser for next week’s Christmas Quiz. 

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Disclaimer: The episode is a tad adult in nature, so this is your warning, you might not want to listen around the kiddos. 

In this episode of 'Jacqui Just Chatters', Jacqui Lents interviews her friend Sonia, an elementary school teacher who lived a dual life as a burlesque performer. Sonia discusses the nature of burlesque, defining it as an art form with a loose rubric that's up for interpretation but, generally, a variety show. The episode covers the performer selection process, the variety of shows and performances, and how Sonia balanced her day job with this nighttime passion. There's also a discussion on how the burlesque experience helped plus-size Sonia gain self-confidence. The podcast episode takes a lighter tone too, with Sonia sharing amusing stories from her time as a performer, including a public whipping and flashing a police officer. If you need a laugh cure right now, this is your perfect medicine.

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Gracias to Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound’s song - Ratatouille's Kitchen, which made up my opening music.  Also, merci to Nesrality on Pixabay for their cover of Irving Berlin’s tune - Always (a long fav of mine) for my closing music. Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.  

Music used for this episode includes

Cheating – Lemon Music Studio

So Sexy Ellis Smith Remix – AAP Official

Broadway Walk – Julius H

Big Band TV Show – Music For Videos

Richard Strauss The Blue Danube remix harmonica - Nesrality

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This Thanksgiving escape your family tension and join Jacqui and her husband Kevin as they share well-loved games and rank them by the skill level required. Between their banter and stories, you might find a game perfect for a gift or to play at your next holiday get-together. They review games Just One, Forbidden Island, and Castle Panic, while exploring the benefits of cooperative gameplay. 

If you have game suggestions, or your fun game-related story share them in the comment section of this episode at www.JacquiLents.com

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Game links
Just One | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
Forbidden Island | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
Castle Panic | Board Game | BoardGameGeek

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Gracias to Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound’s song - Ratatouille's Kitchen, that made up my opening music.  Also, merci to Nesrality on Pixabay for their cover of Irving Berlin’s tune - Always (a long fav of mine) for my closing music. Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.  

Other music used for this episode includes:

Richard wagner ride of the valkyries - Nesrality

80s synth wave– Alexi Action

Synthwave 80s – Alexi Action

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During this personal episode, Jacqui reflects on her time as a high school social studies teacher. During a weeklong field trip to Washington D.C. a message comes from back home. It is the worst news, the father of one of her students has passed away. Untrained for this emergency, she navigates through grief and loss with her charge. Upon their return, the student gifts Jacqui with a touching letter. While attempting not to cry, Jacqui shares the letter and her gratitude for the student and their experience.

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Music used for this episode includes –

Ratatouille's Kitchen - Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound

Always - Nesrality

Walk Together – Olexy

Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.  

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Hello my friends, today we are headed to the coast. We are joined by author, sea turtle enthusiast, and unofficial tour guide of the Wilmington, NC area, Suzanne Goodwyn. If you have walked along the North Carolina coastline, you have probably seen them on the beach – wooden stakes with orange plastic tape wrapped around them, marking off of a large square space. Every morning, volunteers walk the length of the beach looking for sea turtle tracks in the sand leading to a freshly laid nest.

Tracking sea turtle nests is so popular in coastal towns that volunteer organizations have wait lists for people who want to join. It was during one of her visits to Wilmington that Suzanne Goodwyn saw her first nest and became interested in the sea turtles. She was so taken with learning about them that when it came time to determine a career for Jess, a character in her book “Wrightsville Beach”, she chose for her to be a sea turtle biologist. This gave her the opportunity to research sea turtles with experts in the field and to share that knowledge in a fictional format. 

Suzanne shares her knowledge of turtles, the area of Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, and her novel with me. I hope you stick around.

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Here are links for Suzanne Goodwyn, her book, and organizations mentioned in the chat:

website is:

https://goodwynbooks.com/

Facebook: 

facebook.com/goodwynbooks

Instagram:

@smartgirlbooks

TIkTok:

@authorsuzannegoodwyn

For places to find my book and an excerpt of the book:

https://goodwynbooks.com/

Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Hospital:

https://www.seaturtlehospital.org/

Where to adopt a sea turtle:

https://www.seaturtlehospital.org/adopt.html

Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project:

https://wbstp.org/

Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge:

https://www.fws.gov/refuge/archie-carr

Facebook: UCF Marine Turtle Research Group

facebook.com/ucfmtrg

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Gracias to Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound’s song - Ratatouille's Kitchen, that made up my opening music.  Also, merci to Nesrality on Pixabay for their cover of Irving Berlin’s tune - Always (a long fav of mine) for my closing music. Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.  

Music used for this episode includes -

80s Synth Wave – AlexiAction

Sunshine Jaunt – Top Flow Production

Bossa Dreams Horst Rathmann – Kilofon

Summer Flings – Greg Fellman

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Happy Halloween my friends. I hope you are having a spooky, fun and safe season. Today I have a very special treat for you. Not only is this a story share based on Halloween, it comes with a few twists. This is the first time I’ve allowed authors to send in fictional work not just true tales. One is a true story by the way. Next, this is my first cross-over episode. I am joined by Mary Kate and Sam from the podcast East Coast Haunts. Together we shared the responsibility for which stories were accepted, the reading of them, and a post-story feedback session. I had such fun working with these ladies, I hope you have a good time hanging out with us.

There are stories about thrilling monsters, haunted objects, scary kids, and places. A perfect buffet of spooky stories for this time of year.

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If you want to know more about the people featured in the episode look below.

East Coast Haunts (co-hosts Mary Kate & Sam)
website - Home | East Coast Haunts
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e-mail - [email protected]

The writers
Katy Hojnacki (Hoy-Not-Skee), a writer and artist from the metro Detroit area. A creative jack of all trades, she creates short stories, illustrations, and fictional worlds. She has a degree in English and Studio Art from Oakland University and has regularly contributed work to Sterling Script: A Local Author Collection, and illustrated the children's book I Can See With My Eyes Shut Tight. (Both available on Amazon.) 

Social links: 

instagram: @Literaryfirearms

Work is featured in Sterling Script, which is available on Amazon (6 editions, 2018-2023) Sterling Script (6 book series) Kindle Edition (amazon.com)

(Hide & Seek is in the 2018 edition)

Gillian Black, is a writer of various types of fiction including horror, fantasy and romance. Although not yet published, she is diligently working on it. When not writing or reading she is usually taking various dance classes, wandering out deep in the woods or concocting her own beauty products from the plants that she grows in her garden. She lives in SE Ohio with her husband, two young sons, a slew of cats and one elderly dog.  

Tiktok @gillianblackwrites

Shelia Hanratty gives a spooky story reminding us of Halloween’s past.  Shelia studied English Literature at McMaster University, in Hamilton,Ontario. For 25 years she has worked for CHCH TV of Hamilton. She has been part the short story collaboration Writing Through Time, with her work “Romance At the Wondergrove.” She is currently working on her first novel. She enjoys Reading and spending time with friends and family especially her son, daughter-in-law and their dog Boo!

She can be found on Facebook

Tom Thomin's writing journey began in the early 2000s as an English teacher in China where he crafted a crudely self-published textbook about American culture for his students. In 2018, he began writing an account of his nine years in Asia, this is still a work in progress. He has also written a fiction project about a group of mythical creatures who live among humans in modern society while hiding in plain sight. Our story, The Disappointed Huntress is set in a similar universe.

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An attempted bank robbery, an informant and his FBI contact trying to catch the bad guys. Do I have your attention yet? This story belongs in a movie or a book. Well, it is in a book, The Con and The FBI Agent by Dave Nadolski. I got to chat with Dave, a retired FBI agent who partook in a major take down of one seriously nasty criminal, all with the help of his informant.

Dave shares some behind the scenes look at life as an FBI agent. Then how his relationship with informant Tony Romano developed, beginning with a theft at the John Quincy Adams library. It is an exciting and compelling tale.

You can purchase Dave’s book using this link: https://www.amazon.com/FBI-Agent-Unlikely-Alliance/dp/1538159597/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3GEXYFZERF0YH&keywords=The+con+and+the+fbi+agent&qid=1695840678&sprefix=the+con+and+the+fbi+agent%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1

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Gracias to Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound’s song - Ratatouille's Kitchen, that made up my opening music.  Also, merci to Nesrality on Pixabay for their cover of Irving Berlin’s tune - Always (a long fav of mine) for my closing music. Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.  

Music used for this episode includes -

Soft chill downtempo- Coma-Media

the best jazz club in new orleans – PaoloArgento

awaken-Onoychenkomusic

Risk – StudioKolomna

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Guest Chris Owens opens up about the struggle he faced after the sudden death of his big brother Robbie. As a teen Chris understood he wasn’t like the majority of boys around him, he was gay. In a late-night confession, his father admits Robbie was gay. Then after snooping around in family documents, Chris discovered that Robbie died of AIDS related pneumonia. Chris started to ask questions. Who was Robbie really? What kind of life did he have after leaving home? Over decades Chris will collect pieces of the puzzle. Settle in and listen to his story.

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TikTok video about brother: My brother Robbie died from #AIDS in 1987 when he was 25 and I was 13.... | TikTok

Chris’ writing

Medium: Chris Owens – Medium

Essay about his brother Robbie - My Brother’s Keeper. “Come on!” I shouted in whisper as I… | by Chris Owens | Aug, 2023 | Human Parts (medium.com)

Prologue for work in progress: Prologue: Robbed. Blinding yellow sunlight. Our laughter… | by Chris Owens | Medium 

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Gracias to Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound’s song - Ratatouille's Kitchen, that made up my opening music.  Also, merci to Nesrality on Pixabay for their cover of Irving Berlin’s tune - Always (a long fav of mine) for my closing music. Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.  

Music used for this episode includes -

summer-walk- Olexy

sad moment sad and melancholy piano background music- SoulProdMusic

sinister-drama- SamuelFrancisJohnson

the-cradle-of-your-soul- lemonmusicstudio

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Jacqui was knocked down by bronchitis and that put her podcast schedule behind. Don't worry, she is feeling better and will be back next week with a great episode. Guest Chris Owens will share his story about dealing with the death of his older brother Robbie. Then finding out later that Robbie was also gay and passed away from AIDS related causes. This held special significance because Chris is gay as well. Check out his journey next week.

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Be on the look out for Jacqui's launch of her new website. It will be coming shortly. The link will be www.jacquilents.com. You can find all sorts of information there.

Check out her FB and IG accounts for news about her upcoming giveaway to celebrate the launch of her new website.

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This bonus episode explores Cold War history, when the Capitalists and the Communists were in a battle for supremacy and intelligence was a matter of life and death. Author T.H. Henning shares his knowledge and time with the United States Air Force Security Service, a much-underrated intelligence gathering branch of the Air Force. They were so good at keeping secrets that few people know their name today. Tom reflects on his arrival at the base in Kirknewton, Scotland.

As a defense contractor, he managed military and government contracts for much of his career and developed web-based corporate institutes. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and graduated with a Bachelors and Master’s degree from The Pennsylvania State University. He and his wife Cheryl reside in Northern Virginia.

Here is a listing of his books that are available at Amazon and Barnes & Nobles:

T.H. Henning 

Fiction:

 The Scotland Spy

Legend of the Chinese Spy

Non-Fiction;

 Memoirs of a Defense Contractor

Web Based Corporate Institutes

Poetry;

 Anaria: A Collection of Poems

A Rhapsody of Random Rhymes

A Swan Song for Chaotic Times

A Ballad for Those Lost at Sea

A Symphony of Verse from Cradle to Hearse

 
Websites:
OhioLINK ETD: Shackelford, Philip Clayton
USAFSS NSA COMINT SIGNINT Intel operations (vivausafss.org)
presentation (rafkirknewton.com) 

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Gracias to Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound’s song - Ratatouille's Kitchen, that made up my opening music.  Also, merci to Nesrality on Pixabay for their cover of Irving Berlin’s tune - Always (a long fav of mine) for my closing music. Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.