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Robert Guy Bathurst is an English actor. Bathurst was born on The Gold Coast in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. In 1959 his family moved to Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland, and Bathurst attended school in Killiney and later was enrolled at Headfort, an Irish boarding school. In 1966, the family moved back to England and Bathurst transferred to Worth School in Sussex, where he took up amateur dramatics. At the age of 18, he read law at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and joined the Footlights group.   00:00:00 An intro to Robert Bathurst 00:01:36 What came first? Voice or general acting? 00:03:01 Episodes preparation 00:05:37 How did Robert Bathurst become Armand Gamache? 00:07:00 All the Devils are Here 00:09:35 First recording experience  00:011:00 It's hard to live well in the cruel world 00:012:50 A World of Curiosity 00:015:30 The Village of Three Pines 00:017:24 Coming Up Next 00:20:34 Wrapping Up   Armand Gamache’s Links   Audio Book: https://soundcloud.com/macaudio-2/a-world-of-curiosities-audiobook-clip   Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertBathurst   Links to The Bookaholic   Remember to subscribe to the podcast – Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Website: www.book-a-holic.com   Register to win my FREE monthly book giveaway at www.book-a-holic.com or head over to @truebookaholic on Instagram and click the link in bio.   Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic  F O L L O W  M E   // YOUTUBE: youtube.com/bookaholic-DeirdrePippins https://www.youtube.com/c/BookaholicDeirdrePippins   // INSTAGRAM: @truebookaholic https://www.instagram.com/truebookaholic/   // FACEBOOK: @truebookaholic https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicpodcast/   // PINTEREST: @truebookaholic https://www.pinterest.ph/TrueBookaholic/   // TIKTOK: @truebookaholic https://www.tiktok.com/@truebookaholic   // TWITTER: @truebookaholic1 https://twitter.com/truebookaholic1   // LINKEDIN: Deirdre Pippins  https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/   // EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com   Bookaholic bookstore. https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

27 Des 202221min

Babak Hodjat is the CTO for AI at Cognizant where he leads a team of developers and researchers bringing advanced AI solutions to businesses. Babak is Sentient's former co-founder and CEO, responsible for the core technology behind the world’s largest distributed artificial intelligence system. Babak was also the founder of the world's first AI-driven hedge fund, Sentient Investment Management. Babak is a serial entrepreneur, having started a number of Silicon Valley companies as the main inventor and technologist. Chapters:  00:00:00 An intro to Babak Hodjat 00:00:38 Artificial Intelligence 00:03:38 Scary part of Artificial Intelligence 00:07:26 Positive part of Artificial Intelligence 00:11:14 What do you want to be when you grow up? 00:14:35 The Konar and the Apple 00:18:57 Self-book publishing journey 00:22:13 Stay Tuned! Babak Hodja’s Links Website: https://dastaanpublishing.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/babakhodjat/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/babakatwork Links to The Bookaholic Remember to subscribe to the podcast – Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Website: www.book-a-holic.com Register to win my FREE monthly book giveaway at www.book-a-holic.com or head over to @truebookaholic on Instagram and click the link in bio. Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic  F O L L O W  M E // YOUTUBE: youtube.com/bookaholic-DeirdrePippins https://www.youtube.com/c/BookaholicDeirdrePippins // INSTAGRAM: @truebookaholic https://www.instagram.com/truebookaholic/ // FACEBOOK: @truebookaholic https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicpodcast/ // PINTEREST: @truebookaholic https://www.pinterest.ph/TrueBookaholic/ // TIKTOK: @truebookaholic https://www.tiktok.com/@truebookaholic // TWITTER: @truebookaholic1 https://twitter.com/truebookaholic1 // LINKEDIN: Deirdre Pippins  https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/ // EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com Bookaholic bookstore. https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

16 Des 202223min

Veronica Kirin is an anthropologist, author, and serial entrepreneur who works with business leaders to scale their impact and income while managing imposter syndrome. She is also the author of the award-winning book “Stories of Elders” and creator of the Stories of COVID research which documents the pandemic in real-time. She has been featured on the Forbes NEXT 1,000 and BEQ's 40 LGBTQ Leaders Under 40 lists and has presented her research at two TEDx events.  Chapters:    00:00:00 An intro to Veronica Kirin 00:01:14 What is Anthropologist? 00:04:57 How did Veronica get interested in Anthropology? 00:06:52 Culture shapes perceptions 00:08:00 Stories of Elders: Project 00:12:54 Findings with Stories of the Elders 00:18:05 Selecting people to interview 00:20:07 Anthropology scaling entrepreneurs' business  00:26:52 Veronica's courses and services offer 00:30:29 Wrapping Up Veronica Kirin’s Links Website: https://veronicakirin.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veronicakirin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vmkirin/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/veronicakirindisrupter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vmkirin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmkirin Links to The Bookaholic Remember to subscribe to the podcast – Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Website: www.book-a-holic.com Register to win my FREE monthly book giveaway at www.book-a-holic.com or head over to @truebookaholic on Instagram and click the link in bio. Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic  F O L L O W  M E // YOUTUBE: youtube.com/bookaholic-DeirdrePippins https://www.youtube.com/c/BookaholicDeirdrePippins // INSTAGRAM: @truebookaholic https://www.instagram.com/truebookaholic/ // FACEBOOK: @truebookaholic https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicpodcast/ // PINTEREST: @truebookaholic https://www.pinterest.ph/TrueBookaholic/ // TIKTOK: @truebookaholic https://www.tiktok.com/@truebookaholic // TWITTER: @truebookaholic1 https://twitter.com/truebookaholic1 // LINKEDIN: Deirdre Pippins  https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/ // EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com Bookaholic bookstore. https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

9 Des 202231min

Porsché Mysticque Steele is a professional writer, editor, and publisher who has successfully ghostwritten and edited multiple science-fiction novels, non-fiction how-to guides, blog articles, and other publications. She’s helping coaches become globally recognized and impactful by helping them write and publish powerful and authentic books. 00:00:00 An intro to Porsche Mysticque Steele 00:00:40 Struggle is real! 00:02:37 MysticqueRose: Brainstorm part 00:06:16 MysticqueRose: Create part 00:08:00 MysticqueRose: Selling part  00:11:14 Different programs for every author 00:14:40 Services price range  00:15:32 Bestselling Fiction and Non-Fiction 00:18:30 Target client 00:21:05 Wrapping Up   Porsché Mysticque Steele’s Links Website: https://www.mysticquerosepublishing.com/ Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/PorscheMysticqueSteele Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysticqueroseps Links to The Bookaholic Remember to subscribe to the podcast – Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Website: www.book-a-holic.com Register to win my FREE monthly book giveaway at www.book-a-holic.com or head over to @truebookaholic on Instagram and click the link in bio. Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic  F O L L O W  M E // YOUTUBE: youtube.com/bookaholic-DeirdrePippins https://www.youtube.com/c/BookaholicDeirdrePippins // INSTAGRAM: @truebookaholic https://www.instagram.com/truebookaholic/ // FACEBOOK: @truebookaholic https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicpodcast/ // PINTEREST: @truebookaholic https://www.pinterest.ph/TrueBookaholic/ // TIKTOK: @truebookaholic https://www.tiktok.com/@truebookaholic // TWITTER: @truebookaholic1 https://twitter.com/truebookaholic1   // LINKEDIN: Deirdre Pippins  https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/ // EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com Bookaholic bookstore. https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

6 Des 202222min

Timothy Stuetz is a certified self-esteem coach for children. A Children’s Educator who has developed programs for the State of California, several California Counties, and private foundations; and a Retired Certified Public Accountant. He is also a Master of Ancient Arts and Sacred Sciences. He writes to inspire everyone to achieve their full mental, physical, emotional, and heart-filled potential. His own experiences of the wonders and magic of life; and that “inner spark” we all have! His sharings are enriched through having held children and others at birth and death and coaching people of all ages through a variety of life challenges. With blessings of love, wisdom, health, bliss, and peace. 00:00:00 An intro to Timothy Stuetz 00:02:18 From CPA to Children's Writer 00:08:48 Putting your inner child into children's book 00:12:40 40 years span of writing book 00:15:43 Book Series  00:19:25 How children clear their minds  00:22:15 Multitasking 00:26:15 See the beauty in life  00:29:50 Fox in socks 00:33:21 Wrapping Up Timothy Stuetz’s Links Website: https://www.timothystuetz.com/freebies www.timothystuetz.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.Timothy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/timothystuetz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timothystuetz/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TimothyStuetz/featured LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-stuetz/ Links to The Bookaholic Remember to subscribe to the podcast – Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Website: www.book-a-holic.com Register to win my FREE monthly book giveaway at www.book-a-holic.com or head over to @truebookaholic on Instagram and click the link in bio. Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic  F O L L O W  M E // YOUTUBE: youtube.com/bookaholic-DeirdrePippins https://www.youtube.com/c/BookaholicDeirdrePippins // INSTAGRAM: @truebookaholic https://www.instagram.com/truebookaholic/ // FACEBOOK: @truebookaholic https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicpodcast/ // PINTEREST: @truebookaholic https://www.pinterest.ph/TrueBookaholic/ // TIKTOK: @truebookaholic https://www.tiktok.com/@truebookaholic // TWITTER: @truebookaholic1 https://twitter.com/truebookaholic1 // LINKEDIN: Deirdre Pippins  https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/ // EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com Bookaholic bookstore. https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

18 Nov 202234min

Leon Conrad is a Story Structure Consultant, Writer, Poet, and Tutor based in London UK. He is the author of Story and Structure: A complete guide (shortlisted for The People's Book Prize), History Riddles, Odyssey: Dynamic Learning Journey (with David Pinto), and Aesop the Storyteller.   00:00:00  An intro to Leon Conrad 00:02:25  Why did Leon want to write "Story and Structure" 00:09:04  Positive Beginning  00:12:40  The time of a telling and the time of a tale 00:16:00  Fortunately Unfortunately 00:21:37  Meeting of the 2 Characters 00:26:45  The mapping of the story 00:30:00  Story structions 00:34:55  Wrapping Up    Leon Conrad’s Links   Website: https://www.leonconrad.com/ https://leonconrad.substack.com/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leonconradlondonuk https://www.facebook.com/WhyDoesStoryStory   Twitter: https://twitter.com/TradTutor   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/traditionaltutor/   Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LeonConrad Links to The Bookaholic   Remember to subscribe to the podcast – Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Website: www.book-a-holic.com Register to win my FREE monthly book giveaway at www.book-a-holic.com or head over to @truebookaholic on Instagram and click the link in bio. Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic  F O L L O W  M E // YOUTUBE: youtube.com/bookaholic-DeirdrePippins https://www.youtube.com/c/BookaholicDeirdrePippins   // INSTAGRAM: @truebookaholic https://www.instagram.com/truebookaholic/   // FACEBOOK: @truebookaholic https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicpodcast/   // PINTEREST: @truebookaholic https://www.pinterest.ph/TrueBookaholic/   // TIKTOK: @truebookaholic https://www.tiktok.com/@truebookaholic   // TWITTER: @truebookaholic1 https://twitter.com/truebookaholic1   // LINKEDIN: Deirdre Pippins  https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/   // EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com   Bookaholic bookstore. https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

12 Nov 202237min

Mandy Capehart is an author, speaker, and certified grief and life coach in the Pacific Northwest. She is the founder of The Restorative Grief Project, an online community of grievers and grief supporters looking for movement while they heal. Her own experience with grief left her searching for resources while offering empathetic, long-term support without minimizing the pain of the moment. When she found nothing, she created it for herself and for you.   Her first book is titled, “Restorative Grief: Embracing our losses without losing ourselves” and is a memoir and 31-day guidebook for managing grief and growth in the aftermath of loss, no matter how long it lasts.   Chapters:    00:00:00  An intro to Mandy Capeheart 00:00:36  The Restorative Grief  00:03:48  Death Anxiety 00:08:27  Expressing experience of grief 00:12:45  Practicers of faith 00:22:00  Different degrees of loss 00:29:42  Helping grievers articulate needs 00:34:45  Restorative Grief  process 00:39:17  Contact Information    Mandy Capeheart’s Links   Website: https://www.mandycapehart.com/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rests   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MandyCapehart   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mandycapehart/ Links to The Bookaholic   Remember to subscribe to the podcast – Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Website: www.book-a-holic.com   Register to win my FREE monthly book giveaway at www.book-a-holic.com or head over to @truebookaholic on Instagram and click the link in bio.   Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic  F O L L O W  M E   // YOUTUBE: youtube.com/bookaholic-DeirdrePippins https://www.youtube.com/c/BookaholicDeirdrePippins   // INSTAGRAM: @truebookaholic https://www.instagram.com/truebookaholic/   // FACEBOOK: @truebookaholic https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicpodcast/   // PINTEREST: @truebookaholic https://www.pinterest.ph/TrueBookaholic/   // TIKTOK: @truebookaholic https://www.tiktok.com/@truebookaholic   // TWITTER: @truebookaholic1 https://twitter.com/truebookaholic1   // LINKEDIN: Deirdre Pippins  https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/   // EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com   Bookaholic bookstore. https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

5 Nov 202242min

Talladega, Alabama native, Pamela Lawson received her Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology frA om the University of California at Berkeley. After threatening to write a book for twenty-plus years, Pamela finally did so, with Rise of the Ravenisha being her maiden novel. The second book, Rogue Ravenisha is complete, and there are plans for a third installment, tentatively titled Revenge of the Ravenisha. Pamela has been a fan of horror since childhood: staying up many a weekend watching creature features and reading books written by authors, such as Edgar Allen Poe and Mary Shelley.    Chapters:  00:00:00  An intro to Pamela Lawson 00:00:40  Describing the New book's genre 00:05:16  Black writers 00:10:09  Rise of the Ravenisha background 00:17:12  Pamela and Deirdre's childhood similarities 00:21:20  Every book is not for everyone 00:25:15  Listening audiobook 00:28:38  Pamela's Publishing Journey 00:36:00  Contact Information Pamela Lawson’s Links   Website: https://pgracelawson.com/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pgrace.lawson.1   Twitter: https://twitter.com/pgracelawson   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pgracelawson/ Links to The Bookaholic   Remember to subscribe to the podcast – Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Website: www.book-a-holic.com   Register to win my FREE monthly book giveaway at www.book-a-holic.com or head over to @truebookaholic on Instagram and click the link in bio.   Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic  F O L L O W  M E // YOUTUBE: youtube.com/bookaholic-DeirdrePippins https://www.youtube.com/c/BookaholicDeirdrePippins   // INSTAGRAM: @truebookaholic https://www.instagram.com/truebookaholic/   // FACEBOOK: @truebookaholic https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicpodcast/   // PINTEREST: @truebookaholic https://www.pinterest.ph/TrueBookaholic/   // TIKTOK: @truebookaholic https://www.tiktok.com/@truebookaholic   // TWITTER: @truebookaholic1 https://twitter.com/truebookaholic1   // LINKEDIN: Deirdre Pippins  https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/   EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com   Bookaholic bookstore. https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

3 Nov 202238min