The RAD Podcast

I’m back with a new episode— my first ever unscripted one! — and sharing all about my recent solo getaway, what I read (and reread),  what questions I’m asking, and the recent spiritual breakthrough that’s changing everything.

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SHOW NOTES:

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck // amazon / bookshop
• Bandersnatch: An Invitation to Explore Your Unconventional Soul // amazon / bookshop
• Getaway House
• Emily Roig -- website / spotify /  "You Are Loved"  (LIVE)
• Hope Music
• Music + mix by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

It’s a new year and The RAD Podcast is back with a new season and a slightly new format! We’re kicking things off with some reflections on the book I’m reading by Martin Luther King, Jr, the question I’m asking myself lately about what it might mean to love my inner child, and talking about all the bullet journaling I’ve been doing lately.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Strength to Love by Martin Luther King, Jr
• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 24 and I’m recapping some of my favorite reads from 2020, some of the most meaningful action steps I took this year, and discussing what this year has held and what I hope for in 2021.

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SHOW NOTES:

• My favorite fiction read for this year: The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
• My favorite debut novel this year: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
• My favorite non-fiction read: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
• My favorite romance read: The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez, and the sequel The Happy Ever After Playlist
• My favorite self-help read: Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode— and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi Kolber
• My favorite memoir: Good Enough: Learning to Let Go of Perfect for the Sake of Holy by my friend Wendi Nunnery
• My favorite Christian read: Leaving Egypt: Finding God in the Wilderness Places by Chuck deGroat and Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom by Kelley Nikondeha
• My favorite young adult read: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• My favorite poetry read: What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer
• My favorite thriller: The Guest List by Lucy Foley
• My favorite fantasy read: A Court of Thorns of Roses, or the whole trilogy really
• The rings I get engraved with my word of the year 
• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 23 and I’m sharing all about my article published in the New York Times on my collage project!

SHOW NOTES:

• Make a Collage with Your Newspaper
• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 22 and I’m sharing 5 books that feel like fall, talking about experiencing art, and sharing pockets of peace that I’ve found inspiring.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Chief Inspector Gamache novels by Louise Penny
• Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• The Guest List by Lucy Foley
• Episode 1
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
• Episode 20
• Nabela Noor on TikTok
• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 21 and I’m talking about a book on birth order that was incredibly helpful, celebrating your people and how my friends celebrated an important milestone in my life, and living in the tension between two things at once.

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SHOW NOTES:

• The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are 
•  On Being podcast episode hosted by Krista Tippett with Brene Brown
• email from Girls Night In
• Minaa B post
• tweet from Iris McAlpin
• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 20 and I’m talking about how I organize my books (both read and unread), a new art endeavor in my life, and my struggle to own calling myself an “artist.”

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SHOW NOTES:

• 15% off at ThriftBooks 
• $10 off $25 at BookOutlet
• my #alltheradjournals shop!!!
• I’m on tiktok now!
• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 19 and I’m sharing my halfway top ten books, some tips and tricks from the curly girl method I’m trying on my hair lately, and some evolving thoughts on impact vs. intent.

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SHOW NOTES:

• The Scent Keeper: It reminded me a little of Crawdads, mixed with a bit of The Great Alone... // review here
• The Book of Longings: Would it be sacrilegious? Would it feel inappropriate? Would it be bizarre? // review here
• A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live: Spent my early morning being inspired and soothed and comforted // review here
• So You Want to Talk about Race: It’s an essential read, and a reference I’ll return to again and again as I keep learning and growing // review here
• Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy: I brought this book to several counseling sessions to talk about it more // review here
• The Friend Zone: I grabbed it at Target before spending 2 hours at the tire shop for my car, and I almost wanted them to take longer so I could finish it in one sitting??? // review here
• A Court of Mist and Fury: I didn’t know how it could after the first was amazing BUT THEN I READ IT AND HOT DAMN YOU ALL WERE RIGHT // review here
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: I left this one unread on my shelf for too long, afraid of what it would open my eyes to and what injustices it would expose // review here
• Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom: I am better for having read her words from her heart and her thoughtful and thought-provoking work // review here
• The Vanishing Half: So good, that it inspired me to start a new thing on tiktok sharing mini book reviews?!??? // review here
• My curly girl highlight (with the process for how i plop my hair)
• “Praying” by Mary Oliver — from this book
• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 18 and I’m sharing three books about the intersection of faith and LGBTQIA stories, why I love using a basket for my quiet time, and my new motto of “authentic over aesthetic.”

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SHOW NOTES:

• Messy Grace: How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Without Sacrificing Conviction by Caleb Kaltenbach
• Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America by Jeff Chu
• Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been by Jackie Hill Perry
• Things in my quiet time basket:
  • this parallel Bible 
  • this incredible Women’s Bible Commentary 
  • this daily meditation book 
  • A Morning and Evening Prayerbook
  • Sacred Questions: A Transformative Journey through the Bible
• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 17 and I’m sharing 5 young adult books by Black authors I have loved reading, two poems I’ve written about life lately, and apologies.

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SHOW NOTES:

• 23 Phenomenal Young Adult Books By Black Authors From The First Half Of 2020
• Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
• SLAY by Brittney Morris
• This Side of Home by Renee Watson
• With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
• The Nos of Apologies - The Popcast
• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram