Life as Gisèle Pelicot once knew it changed in November 2020 when she received a call from the Avignon police, asking her to come to the station where her husband had been arrested for upskirting (taking photos or videos up women’s skirts). They discovered years of videos and photos on his laptop of her being… Continue reading A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides by Gisèle Pelicot @gisele_pelicot #EmmaThompson @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #AHymnToLife
the setup… Alice Hoffman has assembled a collection of stories by fourteen wonderful writers who are kind enough to share their dog companion experiences and celebrate their lives at the same time. Each story bears the name of their beloved pooch. The contributors: Isabel Allende, Chris Bohjalian, Bonnie Garmus, Roxane Gay, Emily Henry, Ann Leary,… Continue reading The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love by Alice Hoffman @ahoffmanwriter @carenoutloud @carenoutloud.bsky.social @heyitsmaxmeyers @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheBestDogInTheWorld
the setup… It’s the summer of 2023 and Tembi Locke is facing another major family life change that is making her fearful and uneasy. Daughter Zoela, her only child, will start college on the east coast in the fall and Tembi needs some fortification to face her empty nest. She’s married to Robert and decides… Continue reading Someday, Now by Tembi Locke @tembilocke @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #SomedayNow
the setup… Shari Franke is the eldest of her six siblings, the daughter of infamous Ruby Franke, the woman behind the former wildly successful YouTube channel 8 Passengers parenting vlog. Ruby was charged and convicted last year of aggravated child abuse and is currently in prison. Shari shares her personal relationship with an emotionally abusive… Continue reading The House of My Mother by Shari Franke @sharilfranke @sharilfranke.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #TheHouseOfMyMother
the setup… On March 9, 1953, Mabel Monohan, a 64-year old widow, opened the door of her Burbank home to a woman claiming car trouble and needing to use the phone to call for service. She allowed the woman in and details vary about what happened next. Four men eventually ransacked her house looking for… Continue reading Trial by Ambush by Marcia Clark @thatmarciaclark @brilliancepublishing #TrialByAmbush
the setup… In 2011, Anna Akbari connected with Ethan Schuman on a dating site. Akbari was no novice to online dating and had rules she abided by…normally. Ethan’s charm and seemingly extraordinary listening skills were disarming and she gave him leeway. Before she knew it, they’d been having constant texting conversations for months, never having… Continue reading There is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America’s Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari @annaakbari @justinpricvo @HachetteAudio
the setup… On March 1, 1992 Ronald Bax entered Krystal Senyk’s home in the small town of Carcross in the Yukon and shot her with a rifle, killing her. He disappeared and has never been found. His motive? He blamed her for helping his wife Colleen leave him and file for divorce. But there’s more… Continue reading I Got a Name by Eliza Robertson with Myles Dolphin @ElizaRoberts0n @myles_dolphin @PenguinCanada @librofm
the setup… Retired Secret Service Agent Clint Hill served under several presidents from Eisenhower to Ford but his most notable time was when he was part of the protection detail for the Kennedy family. He was assigned specifically to Mrs. Kennedy and was there in Dallas. He’s the agent in that iconic photo climbing across… Continue reading My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy by Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin Hill @ClintHill_SS @lisa_mccubbin @SimonAudio @librofm
the setup… Tara Westover is the youngest of six children born to Mormon survivalist parents from Clifton, Idaho who had strong ideologies and mistrust of anything associated with the government. She never went to public school and had limited teaching at home from one of her siblings and sometimes her mother. When she was 17-years… Continue reading Educated by Tara Westover @tarawestover @PRHAudio
I was surprised when television networks began promoting their plans for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 as it’s hard to fathom that event happened that long ago. For most adults in this country, we vividly remember where we were the day the towers fell, the Pentagon was attacked and those brave souls on Flight 93… Continue reading The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg @SimonAudio
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