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This is the never-before-told story of a unique time in San Francisco as well as in book industry history, when Bay Area small presses—armed with arrogance and personal computers—took the publishing field. At Foghorn Press, Vicki Morgan was an ambitious woman publisher, young and brash, coming-of-age while quixotically building a book publishing company from scratch with her eccentric brother to help.

A fascinating biography of Freda Bedi, an English woman who broke all the rules of gender, race, and religious background to become both a revolutionary in the fight for Indian independence and then a Buddhist icon. She was the first Western woman to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun - but that pioneering ordination was really just one in a life full of revolutionary acts. Freda Bedi broke the rules of gender, race, and religion - in many cases before it was thought that the rules were ready to be challenged.

Welcome to The Vicki Kotris podcast where we focus on the ways to make more magic (and money) with our digital marketing efforts and feel inspired to create content that connects with our dreamiest of clients.Here we'll share real life strategies, marketing tips and mindset shifts that have helped me go from cubicle to creator! This podcast is for business owners, creatives or those just looking for a little extra sparkle in their day.

A Podcast that shows some real life in a world that doesn’t always do that. It’s not meant to be self help, but just a peak into a regular suburban mom’s life. To add some joy and levity, and most definitely some oversharing to your day.

After 28 days on a respirator, hanging in the balance of life and death at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Queens, Gary Mizel was well enough to be sent into a rehabilitation center to regain the strength to hold up his head and walk again. A month later, Mizel was released to his only family member, his sister Vicki, and returned to his home in Astoria. This miraculous story of recovery is being published in Vicki Mizel’s newest book, A Sister’s Love–How Family Bonds Can Save a Life.

After the United States embassy in Havana was closed in 1961, relations between the countries broke off. A thaw came in 1977 with the opening of a de facto embassy in Havana, the United States Interests Section—where Vicki Huddleston would serve under Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. In her memoir of a diplomat at work, she tells gripping stories of face-to-face encounters with Fidel Castro and the initiatives she undertook, like the transistor radios she furnished to ordinary Cubans.

Dusty Springfield biographer Vicki Wickham and DJ and hip hop forefather Grandmaster Flash on this archive edition of Fresh Air. With writer Penny Valentine, biographer Vicki Wickham recently published Dancing with Demons: The Authorized Biography of Dusty Springfield.

A podcast that encourages being unapologetically uncensored every day. We just happen to be moms too. New episodes every week. Hosted by Michelle Dixon and Vicki Henry. Say hi at theumcast@gmail.com Follow us @theumcastSend us a message or a voicemail: www.theumcast.com/asktheumcastLearn more about us on our website: www.theumcast.com

God doesn't saunter in once for all and settle like a large cat plumping herself into your favorite rocker with an air that says, "Here I am! Now your life is complete!" God dances beyond the threshold and must continually be enticed into our dwelling. I hope these essays remind us all to extend...