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Introducing the Bookaholics Podcast, a safe place for reading junkies who obsess over books, authors, bookstores, book news, and book trivia. You’re invited to nerd-out with book reviews, author interviews, our habit, and other bookish things . Enjoy Interviews with those in the book business. Meet new authors. Explore curating your library with new genres and discover new authors. revisit the classics with a twist. Your host Deirdre Pippins, also known as Ms. Media Content, is a board member for her local library, content creator, copywriter, and business owner. She has traveled extensively throughout the world because of the influence of books she’s read. Remember to subscribe to the podcast, follow us Instagram @truebookaholic. You can also email us at readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com. Don’t forget to support your local library and independent bookstores. The Bookaholics Podcast ”For those who can’t get enough of that bookish stuff.”
Episodes

Friday Jan 27, 2023
CTRL-ALT-DEL and Free Yourself in 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Ulrika Karlsson Is an author who has studied yoga and other holistic disciplines for more than 28 years. She overcame long-term depression during the last 5 to 6 years, she has taken the opportunity to dive deeper, explore, and examine through her own body, sacred sexuality, holy water, and the Yoni. Now, she helps people through karma cleansing.
00:00:00 An intro to Ulrika Karlsson
00:01:46 Peaceful aspect of Life
00:08:04 2:47 AM The Journey Home to My Heart
00:13:30 Holy F*ck and Sacred Water: The Secret Connections to Everything
00:21:40 The Sacred Soul: A Divine Evolution through Time and Space
00:26:22 Karma Cleansing
00:35:10 Yoga and souls perspective
00:38:22 Message from Ulrika Karlsson
Ulrika Karlsson’s Links
Website:
http://www.ulliskarlsson/karma-clearing/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000261784102
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/ulrikaulliskarlsson/?hl=en
Links to The Bookaholic
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F O L L O W M E
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https://www.youtube.com/c/BookaholicDeirdrePippins
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https://www.instagram.com/truebookaholic/
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// EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com
Bookaholic bookstore.

Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
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
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F O L L O W M E
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/
// EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com
Bookaholic bookstore.
https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

Friday Dec 16, 2022
AI Drives the Story of ”Konar and The Apple” | Episode 53
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
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
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Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore:
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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/
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https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicpodcast/
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https://www.pinterest.ph/TrueBookaholic/
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https://www.tiktok.com/@truebookaholic
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// LINKEDIN: Deirdre Pippins
https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/
// EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com
Bookaholic bookstore.
https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

Friday Dec 09, 2022
Scale Your Business Into The Diverse Legacy You Envision | Episode 52
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
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:
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:
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:
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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/
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https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicpodcast/
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https://www.pinterest.ph/TrueBookaholic/
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https://www.tiktok.com/@truebookaholic
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// LINKEDIN: Deirdre Pippins
https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/
// EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com
Bookaholic bookstore.
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Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
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
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Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore:
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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/
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https://www.tiktok.com/@truebookaholic
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https://twitter.com/truebookaholic1
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/
// EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com
Bookaholic bookstore.
https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
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
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
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Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore:
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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/
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/
// EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com
Bookaholic bookstore.
https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

Friday Nov 11, 2022
Explore the Power of Your Voice to Inspire | Leon Conrad | Episode 48
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Friday Nov 11, 2022
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://leonconrad.substack.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/leonconradlondonuk
https://www.facebook.com/WhyDoesStoryStory
Twitter:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/traditionaltutor/
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/LeonConrad
Links to The Bookaholic
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F O L L O W M E
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https://www.youtube.com/c/BookaholicDeirdrePippins
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// EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com
Bookaholic bookstore.
https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

Friday Nov 04, 2022
You Don’t Have To Grieve Alone | Dealing With Loss | Episode 47
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
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
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F O L L O W M E
// YOUTUBE: youtube.com/bookaholic-DeirdrePippins
https://www.youtube.com/c/BookaholicDeirdrePippins
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// EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com
Bookaholic bookstore.
https://bookshop.org/shop/truebookaholic

Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Every Magical Realm Has A Story | Author Pamela Lawson | Episode 46
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
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:
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
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Shop Your Books at the Bookaholic Bookstore:
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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/
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https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicpodcast/
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-pippins-38338a214/
EMAIL: readingjunkie@book-a-holic.com
Bookaholic bookstore.
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Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Publisher and Managing Editor at Common Deer Press, Kirsten Marion | Episode 45
Kirsten Marion has always been passionate about books and writing. Her background is in English, Classics, and psychology, and her day job is acquiring and publishing books for children and teens.
After decades spent traveling the world and living throughout North America and in Russia and Chile, she has a unique mix of experiences to color her imaginary worlds. Lucy & Dee has been percolating for many years now and draws inspiration from books, travels, her children, and her grandchildren.
Chapters:
00:00:00 An intro to Kirsten Marion
00:01:20 Kirsten Marion Background
00:02:02 Purchasing a Publishing Company
00:04:42 Common Deer Press
00:06:08 Publishing Children's Books
00:08:29 Biggest Competitor in Children's Books
00:13:34 Author Profile under Common Deer Press
00:19:01 What is Common Deer Press looking for an author?
00:36:00 Encouraging contemplating and self-publishing
00:37:48 Common Deer Press Last quarter of 2022
Kirsten Marion’s Links
Website:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/kirstenlmarion/
Twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/kirsten_marion
Links to The Bookaholic
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 the bio.
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F O L L O W M E
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