Productivity Alchemy

Hi folks! This week our intrepid Wombat Co-Host returns after finishing two books and our visit to a writing retreat hosted by our wonderful friend Mur Lafferty! There are also some baby chicken updates, and general updates. After that, we have a lovely talk with long-time listener Dr. Brooke Macnamara, and find out how she stays productive with Trello!

• Charity Spotlight: Fair Fight
• Charity Spotlight: NAACP Legal Defense Fund
• Valiant Fox Gaming
• Trello
• Kathy Mazak's Academic Writing Amplified
• Habitica
• Remember the Milk
• Unicycle App
• Clutterbug Podcast
• Toggl
• Mighty Mur Lafferty
• Digger Unearthed - The Complete Tenth Anniversary Edition Kickstarter
• The Common Loon
• Loon Rescue Twitter Thread

We are going on a writing retreat, and so it is a quick intro and progress check with Kevin before we dive right in to a chat with the most delightful Ace Tilton Ratcliff, and find out how they stay productive! Enjoy!

• Charity Spotlight: Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS)
• Charity Spotlight: Harper Project
• Charity Spotlight: Shanti Project
• Ace Tilton Ratcliff on Twitter
• Stay Weird, Be Kind
• Rainbow Mealworms
• Isopods
• Armory Art Center
• Kevin's Skull Dice

Hi folks! Welcome to Year 6, and to kick it off we get to talk to Yoon Ha Lee! Before that, we have an update on baby chickens, Ursula's current book, big projects that save money, and a few other things. Enjoy!

Links for this Episode:

• Charity Spotlight: UN Refugee Agency
• Yoon Ha Lee's Website
• Yoon Ha Lee on Twitter
• Schlock Mercenary
• ST Dupont Luxury Pens
• LAMY Digital Writing Tools

We did it! Five years of Productivity Alchemy all done! And after we talk about our productivity for the week, we have our annual catch-up interview with host Kevin Sonney, conducted by co-host Ursula Vernon.

• Charity Spotlight: Tango's Extra Life
• Kevin Sonney on Twitter
• Kevin Sonney on OSDC
• ReMarkable2
• Gather Virtual Space
• Official Productivity Alchemy Planner Pages by Reagan Earl

FYI - the noise in the interview is Sergi rubbing on my microphone. He wanted to be held for a large portion of the interview and LOVED the mic.

Ho Boy, what a week! First up, the world is a lot right now, and it's OK to not be OK, and it's OK to take a break, and Ursula and I will discuss that. We also have our individual productivity updates, and some discussion of the new book launch. Finally, we have an incredible catch-up with Michelle Wexelblat and how things have changed for her since we talked last!

Links for this Episode:

• Charity Spotlight: The Trevor Project
• Charity Spotlight: National Trans Equity System
• Charity Spotlight: Trans Lifeline
• Charity Spotlight: Planned Parenthood Action Fund
• Charity Spotlight: Carolina Abortion Fund
• Michelle Wexelblat on Twitter
• Michelle Wexelblat on Quora
• Early Intervention Training
• Arisia
• Last Hope K9 Boston
• Psoriatic onychodystrophy
• Cognitive Therapy
• Flare Audio
• AXIL Ear Protection
• Foundation for Shamanic Studies
• Sjogren's Syndrome
• Dysgraphia
• LAMY Digital Writing
• Jetpens
• Goulet Pen Company
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• Hashimoto's Disease
• Burnout Journal Page
• Planned Parenthood FRIES Infographic
• "Rooster Cubes"
• OurGroceries
• Libby
• Hoopla
• Bookfunnel
• Podurama
• Daylio
• Fork Theory
• Migrane Buddy
• Clue App
• Oura Rings
• ColorNote
• SimplePractice
• Crow Time Comic
• Slack Wyrm Comic
• FoundryVTT
• The Forge FoundryVTT Hosting
• Ignacio "Nacho" Jarerio
• Rabbi Danya on using the term Abrahamic Religions
• LIFX Switches

Nettle & Bone is out and we have

• Charity Spotlight: United to Beat Malaria
• Augusta on Dreamwidth
• Augusta on Twitter
• Warriors for a Living: the experience of the Spanish infantry in the Italian Wars, 1494-1559
• Bluetooth Sleep Mask
• Bose Sleep Buds
• Apple Airpods Pro
• Danie Ware Books
• Ciaphas Cain
• Gaunt's Ghosts
• The Horus Heresy Series
• Daz 3D
• Something Shiny Podcast
• Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Hi folks! Ursula is out of words, so I'm flying solo this week. After a quick introduction, we'll jump into a catch-up interview with returning guest Debbie G!

• Charity Spotlight: The Barnabus Fund
• Debbie G and Selphie on Twitch
• ChickenCam
• The Watch
• The IT Crowd
• Scrubs
• ER
• Doc Martin
• Doc Martin's Cottage
• Neil DIamond's Jonathan Livingston Seagull
• Sleepcasts
• Maintenance Phase
• Turning Red
• Pre-Order Nettle & Bone

This week while Ursula continues to sign bookplates (for a different book this time) Kevin talks about starting the Build a Second Brain course, finishing projects and looking at the next one. After that, we read and respond to your letters.

• Charity Spotlight: Tango's Extra Life
• "If I am not for me, who will be for me?"
• Build a Second Brain
• What Moves the Dead Pre-Order
• The Kaiju Preservation Society
• Tithonia rotundifolia
• Mourning Cloak Butterfly
• ColoGuard
• Sarra Cannon
• Gretchen Rubin
• Visionary Vultures 2

Hi everyone! This week we will talk about the new chicks, where Kevin is on all his projects, Ursula's book (and book plate) progress, and her current book insecurities. After that, we have this AMAZING interview with friend of the show and long-time listener Gerald Sears!

• Charity Spotlight: Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Charity Spotlight: Southern Poverty Law Center
• Charity Spotlight: Feeding America
• Gerald on LinkedIn
• Raspberry Pi 400
• Argon Pi Case
• Logi K860
• The Rook & The Raven Notebooks
• ArcaOS (OS/2)
• Selenium
• Beautiful Soup
• Ingress Prime
• Pokemon Go
• Ask a Mortician
• Coffee and Cults

This week Ursula continues to sign bookplates for the upcoming launch of "Nettle & Bone", we talk about being burned out on creating art, the new baby chickens, and constructing a new coop. We then have a catch-up interview with Bill and Laura Pearson!

• Charity Spotlight: The Trevor Project
• Charity Spotlight: Planned Parenthood
• Quack Quack Honk Design
• Alport Syndrome
• Sunk Cost Fallacy
• Pool Noodle Hat
• Icelandic Chickens
• Audio Induction Loops
• Beocorgi on Lizardbeth's Patreon