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Books That Make You brings you conversations with both authors and literary folks on the business side of things. We discuss new books, old books, indie books, and all the wonderful themes found within books.
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S:7 E:29 | Is Your Phone Choosing How You Live, Reclaiming Your Life from Endless Scrolling (opens the original)
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How much of your digital life are you actually choosing? In this episode of Books That Make You, author Heather Henderson joins Desireé Duffy to discuss her book, Reclaim: How to Stop Scrolling Through Your Life and Start Living It, and the subtle ways technology can shape our attention, habits, choices, and relationships. After spending a decade working inside technology companies including Google and Uber, Heather saw firsthand how deeply our digital environments can influence the way we live.
S:7 E:28 From Broken to Brave with Amy M. Le: A Heart Warrior's Journey (opens the original)
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How do you keep going when life gives you every reason to stop? In From Broken to Brave , author and publisher Amy M. Le shares the deeply personal experiences that shaped her life, from escaping the Vietnam War as a five-year-old child to undergoing life-saving open-heart surgery shortly after arriving in America. Amy joins the Books That Make You Show to discuss why, after years of writing fiction and helping other authors tell their stories, she knew it was finally time to tell her own. Her m
S: 7 E: 27 Inside Audiobook Production with Becky Parker Geist of Pro Audio Voices (opens the original)
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Can listening to a book create a richer experience than reading it on the page? Becky Parker Geist, CEO of Amplify Audiobooks and Pro Audio Voices, joins Books That Make You to explore how the human voice can transform a story. She explains why skilled narration does more than read the words—it draws listeners into the characters, atmosphere, emotions, and meaning of a book. Becky also takes us behind the scenes of professional audiobook production. From manuscript preparation and casting to rec
S:7 E:26 Angel on a Bridge: Becca Moore's Fight for Family Beyond Football (opens the original)
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What happens when doing the right thing comes at a deeply personal cost? Author Becca Moore joins Books That Make You to discuss her memoir, Angel on a Bridge, a story shaped by childhood trauma, family sacrifice, public criticism, and the courage to stand beside young people who need an advocate. Becca reflects on being adopted by her aunt and uncle at age nine after growing up in an abusive home. That experience changed the direction of her life and taught her that love often requires sacrific
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