Talk Jam Podcast

Episode 27 of Season 2 has two jams.

In our first segment, we talk about the unrest (ie, riots and protests) in countries like Cuba and South Africa; what is HAPPENING in the world today? And why?

In our second jam, we talk about network marketing--what it is, which companies use it, why, and how well (or badly) it works. When it's bad, they call it 'a pyramid scheme'. When it's good, they call it a miracle. Get the lowdown from two people who actually did it!

Visit Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler's author website at: 

https://www.kellyfitzgeraldfowler.com/

Visit Susan Sloate's author website at:
https://susansloate.com

Episode 27 of TALK JAM is sponsored by OVER MY DEAD BODY, the great Biblical thriller by Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler; check it out here:

https://www.amazon.com/Over-Dead-Body-Supernatural-Historical-ebook/dp/B07GDTQBGM/

As always, contact us with comments, questions or show ideas at [email protected]. We LOVE hearing from you, and we DO read every email!

Episode 26 of Season 2 has two intriguing jams!

In our Political Talk segment, we talk about the origin of the phrase 'swallowing the Kool-Aid', where it came from and what it means in the context of political conversation today. 

In our second jam, we talk about how long it ACTUALLY TAKES to write a book. That time can vary widely--from three days to, in one case, thirty years! The good news is, other writers have done it much more quickly, and we discuss them, too, and how to get a good book out of ANY time you have to write. (Warning: Hearing how quickly some of these writers have turned out their books may make you need to lie down with a cold cloth on your head!)

For example, the 'ultimate' fast writer, check out THE WAR OF THE WORLDS MURDER by Max Allan Collins, one of my favorites in his 'disaster' series from the mid-2000s. You'll find plenty of details on Walter Gibson (aka Maxwell Grant) and how he wrote The Shadow novels, which were so popular in the 1930's":

https://www.amazon.com/War-Worlds-Murder-Disaster-ebook/dp/B007X637A4/ (We get no compensation for recommending this, we just love it!)

The War of the Worlds Murder (Disaster) - Kindle edition by Collins, Max Allan. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.The War of the Worlds Murder (Disaster) - Kindle edition by Collins, Max Allan. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phone, or tablet. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The War of the Worlds Murder (Disaster).www.amazon.com

Visit Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler's author website at: 

https://www.kellyfitzgeraldfowler.com/

Visit Susan Sloate's author website at:
https://susansloate.com

Today's episode is sponsored by Joe Stephen's first book, KYLE & COREY and the Game-Store Mystery:

https://www.amazon.com/KYLE-COREY-Game-Store-Mystery-Mysteries/dp/0578922592/

Reach out to author Joe Stephens at [email protected].

As always, reach out to us with questions, comments and show ideas at [email protected]; we love hearing from you!

Episode 25 of Season 2 is an exploration of one of America's favorite topics--UFO's!

Kelly takes the lead in a lively discussion about the work of prominent UFO researchers, what she's learned in watching their documentaries and reading their stories, and finally comments on whether she herself believes in UFO's.  We also learn what 'Foo Fighters' actually are (Susan didn't know before this conversation!) and what "Operation Paperclip" was really about. (Note: It was the OSS--Office of Strategic Services--until the end of World War II, the CIA after that.)

Visit Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler's author website at: 

https://www.kellyfitzgeraldfowler.com/

Visit Susan Sloate's author website at:

https://susansloate.com

Episode 25 of TALK JAM is sponsored by OVER MY DEAD BODY, the great Biblical thriller by Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler; check it out here:

https://www.amazon.com/Over-Dead-Body-Supernatural-Historical-ebook/dp/B07GDTQBGM/

As always, contact us with comments, questions or show ideas at [email protected]. We LOVE hearing from you, and we DO read every email!

Episode 24 of Season 2 is special--Kelly is back from Ireland and behind the microphone again, where she belongs! We've all missed her, and we're so glad to be creating new content for you IN PERSON again! Thanks for sticking with us through this very tough time!

This episode has two jams, starting with a Political Talk segment unlike the others. In this one, instead of defining a term that may not be familiar, I just read a very special quote from Alexis de Tocqueville--which you may know as the "America is great because she is good" quote. This quote is beloved by many, including several presidents--Reagan, Clinton, Eisenhower and even Nixon--except... did Alexis de Tocqueville ever really SAY it or WRITE it? As far as we know, he didn't! So who did? We explore that question--along with a sidebar on racism and a 1960's experiment on prejudice that Kelly herself took part in at school--in this riveting jam.

Our second jam features a conversation about a brand-new book we're really excited about! Full disclosure: Susan is a principal in Covfefe Press, a small local publishing house, and they've just published the first book by one of her closest friends! Joe Stephens has loved boys' series books for years, and now he's written his own, the first in a series, titled KYLE & COREY and the Game-Store Mystery, for readers 9-15.  Susan and Kelly (who has also known Joe for years) talk about his inspiration for the series and his plans to write more books. You won't want to miss this one!

Here's the entire "America is great because America is good" quote:

“I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests–and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her public school system, and in her institutions of higher learning–and it was not there. I looked for it in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution–and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”

Visit Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler's author website at: 

https://www.kellyfitzgeraldfowler.com/

Visit Susan Sloate's author website at:
https://susansloate.com

For the first time, today's episode is brought to you by a book written by an author OTHER than your hosts! And because the entire episode is pretty much about that book, we WON'T be including a commercial--so you get the whole episode AD-FREE!!
Learn more about KYLE & COREY and the Game-Store Mystery at:

https://www.amazon.com/KYLE-COREY-Game-Store-Mystery-Mysteries/dp/0578922592/

Reach out to author Joe Stephens at [email protected].

As always, reach out to us with questions, comments and show ideas at [email protected].

Welcome to Talk Jam Extra #3. In this extra episode,  Kelly and Susan discuss how Kelly has found herself in Mandatory Hotel Quarantine in Dublin, Ireland, due to a family emergency.  What Kelly calls an emergency, the Irish Government does not call an emergency. 

Having been distraught when she first arrived, she has managed to work within the confinement of the hotel on the family emergency. However, just being in the same time zone has made a great deal of difference.  Mind you, this is recorded just a few days into the quarantine, so catch up with us on our next podcast, and I am sure Kelly will be able to give you an idea of how things went after the first four days. 

We hope you enjoy the discussion and learn how to navigate some international travel in this unprecedented season. 

Visit Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler's author website at: 

https://www.kellyfitzgeraldfowler.com/

Visit Susan Sloate's author website at:

https://susansloate.com

As always, contact us with comments, questions, or show ideas at [email protected]. We LOVE hearing from you, and we DO read every email!

Episode 22 of Season 2 contains two jams. 

1) Jam 1 is another diet update; thankfully, Susan FINALLY has some good news on her intermittent fasting! And who'd believe it: KELLY has started intermittent fasting, too! 

2) Jam 2 is a Political Talk segment. This one, a little more complicated than most, deals with both psyops (military-speak for psychological operations, often in the intelligence agencies) and false-flag events, which we discuss at length.  Did you know Pearl Harbor may have been a false flag event! Tune in and find out why!

Visit Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler's author website at: 

https://www.kellyfitzgeraldfowler.com/

Visit Susan Sloate's author website at:

https://susansloate.com

Episode 20 of TALK JAM is sponsored by OVER MY DEAD BODY, the great Biblical thriller by Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler; check it out here:

https://www.amazon.com/Over-Dead-Body-Supernatural-Historical-ebook/dp/B07GDTQBGM/

As always, contact us with comments, questions or show ideas at [email protected]. We LOVE hearing from you, and we DO read every email!

Episode 21 of Season 2 is a treat!

In this episode, we interview Chris Weatherhead, a gifted actress, daytime drama star (THE EDGE OF NIGHT), writer, and director, who is not ONLY a published novelist and one of the co-founders of the Actors' Theatre of South Carolina, but she has also directed and written a terrific new docudrama--premiering May 24th--about a real South Carolina hero of the Revolutionary War, JOHN LAURENS WAR. We also discuss her amazing historical novel, AGAINST THE WIND, and its fantastic setting in Hawaii. Welcome, Chris!

Reach out to Chris at www.johnlaurenswarmovie.org.
You can also find her on Facebook at John Laurens War Movie: https://www.facebook.com/JohnLaurensTheMovie or on her own YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfnwo37JKFLUpG9QzE0T5pA

 | John Laurens War - The Movie - Home | Facebook
John Laurens War - The Movie, Folly Beach, South Carolina. 498 likes. "JOHN LAURENS" A new docudrama movie about an astounding lost hero of the American Rev War who was also fighting slavery 90 years...www.facebook.com

 | HOME - John Laurens' War Actors' Theatre of SC received a grant from SC Humanities to produce their latest docudrama, "John Laurens' War." The film is based on the play “Radical Son,” which premiered in October 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina.www.johnlaurenswarmovie.org

To purchase the novel: Against the Wind, The Rise of Kamehameha The Great
https://amzn.to/3bsVE0C

An Amazon review: “...action-packed, character-driven tale of the rise to power of a mighty, in some ways magical king, set against the world of the Hawaiian islands, which many of us think we know but which in reality is as unknown to us as one of the Graeco-Roman or Norse mythological realms of old.  Chris Weatherhead brings his world to life, inhabiting it with real men, real women... a head-on (and ultimately joyful) collision of history, legend, and a real page-turner of a novel.”      Dann Thomas

Link to John Laurens War on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/John-Laurens-War-Clarence-Felder/dp/B095YLNHGB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3RAZ6Y7YEXALR&dchild=1&keywords=john+laurens+war&qid=1622400498&sprefix=john+laurens+war%2Caps%2C182&sr=8-1

Today's episode is brought to you by REALIZING YOU: A Novel Approach to Changing Your Life, by Ron Doades and Susan Sloate, a self-help NOVEL (I invented the genre back in 2013!) and a great read to assist in making those 'small changes that bring big results.  Filled with a great story and creative exercises to help you, this novel is both a dynamite read and a chance to turn over a new leaf:

https://www.amazon.com/Realizing-You-Ron-Doades-ebook/dp/B00FZ32ZZU

As always, reach out to us with questions, comments, and show ideas at [email protected].

And congratulate us! As of now, we're being heard in 36 countries and 41 out of the 50 American states!

We'd only expected to do 2 jams today, and we'd already signed off when we realized we could actually fit in a third jam! So here it is:

In Jam 1, we bring back Political Talk after a long absence. Today we're defining "The Great Reset" and "The Great Awakening"--two diametrically different terms which have very different meanings, depending on which side you're on!

In Jam 2, we discuss Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis--and how his highly dysfunctional family, from the nineteenth century to today, has affected American popular culture in different and terrible ways. Make sure you listen to the end--you won't believe where Freud's latest descendant has landed, and how he's affecting YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, every single day!

After those 2 jams, when you thought it was all over--presto! Jam 3! This is a short discussion of our favorite TV shows to binge on and why we enjoyed them so much. Let us know which are YOUR favorite binges, too! 

Here's the link for Akiane's beautiful painting of Jesus (as discussed in Jam 1):

https://akiane.com/?ulp=RvJp5MCPa9lRBILL&ac=orjODhBs7pXCTDg4

Visit Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler's author website at: 

https://www.kellyfitzgeraldfowler.com/

Visit Susan Sloate's author website at:

https://susansloate.com

Episode 20 of TALK JAM is sponsored by OVER MY DEAD BODY, the great Biblical thriller by Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler; check it out here:

https://www.amazon.com/Over-Dead-Body-Supernatural-Historical-ebook/dp/B07GDTQBGM/

As always, contact us with comments, questions or show ideas at [email protected]. We LOVE hearing from you, and we DO read every email!

Episode 19 of Season 2, we bring back registered nurse and certified holistic health coach (CHHC) Jane K. Dye, who works with people to achieve great changes in their bodies through small changes in their lifestyle habits. While we focused in her last appearance on water, sleep and oxygen, today Jane tells her own remarkable health story, gives us a glimpse of how she became so fascinated with what our bodies could do, and then talks about the incredible power of what she calls 'crowding out' to help replace bad habits with good ones. Give it a listen; this is amazing!

In our second jam, we talk about a lifelong favorite--movie musicals! Each of us has firm opinions about what we love and why; listen to OUR favorites list and then tell us your own! 

Here's the clip of the famous barn dance in SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (Susan's all-time favorite musical, bar none):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbzJtP75NqM&ab_channel=Movieclips
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (5/10) Movie CLIP - The Barn Dance (1954) HD - YouTubeSeven Brides for Seven Brothers movie clips: http://j.mp/2bbTgOeBUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/2aQfXV1Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6prC...www.youtube.com
Visit Jane Dye at www.janekdye.com, or email her at [email protected]. You can even set up an initial consultation right on her website!
As always, reach out to us with any comments, questions or show ideas at [email protected].
Today's episode is brought to you by REALIZING YOU: A Novel Approach to Changing Your Life, by Ron Doades and Susan Sloate, a self-help NOVEL (I invented the genre, back in 2013!) and a great read to assist in making those 'small changes that bring big results'.  Filled with a great story and great exercises to help you change your own life, this novel is both a dynamite read and a chance to turn over a new leaf.
https://www.amazon.com/Realizing-You-Ron-Doades-ebook/dp/B00FZ32ZZU