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A storytelling podcast, with first-hand amazing stories presented by Scott Johnson and Meredith Hackwith Edwards. Each storyteller tells their own personal true story, with all the details of what happened.
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TQ73: What's a cooking hack that everyone should know? (opens the original)
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Every other Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by other listeners. The question for this episode: What's a cooking hack that everyone should know? Links for this episode: The PSI Games:https://psigamesinternational.com/ Mise en place:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place Chef Chew comfort food from plants:https://www.chefchewskitchen.com/ Onion goggles:https://www.amazon.com/Haoun-Goggles-Kitchen-Gl
269: Tara hoped the roof wouldn't blow off (opens the original)
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I live in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, and I like it here. I never have to shovel snow, I don’t have to drive on ice, and earthquakes are pretty rare. I can ride my bike almost year-round. But - one of the worst things about living in Florida is going through hurricane season. I’m in the Tampa Bay area, which is on the Gulf of Mexico side, so we’re a little more sheltered. But even here, we sometimes have hurricanes that come up into the gulf and cause some damage when the decide to finally co
TQ72: What do you wish you didn't like? (opens the original)
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Every other Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by other listeners. The question for this episode: What do you wish you didn't like? Links for this episode: Hu Chocolate: https://hukitchen.com/ How to turn off YouTube watch history: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/95725 Jordan Harbinger episode about alcohol:https://www.jordanharbinger.com/alcohol-skeptical-sunday/ Bushwacker cocktail recipe:http
268: Felicia was at the Pentagon on 9/11 (opens the original)
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Today marks the 25th anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked some airplanes and crashed them in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 innocent people lost their lives that day in those attacks. Many people remember that day very clearly. It’s one of those times where you recall exactly where you were when you first heard the news, and as the events unfolded throughout that morning. Here on the podcast, every yea
267: Kevin was crushed by a boulder (opens the original)
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A lot of people have a serious fear – they can’t stand the feeling of being trapped in some way. And really, there are a variety of ways this can present itself. It could be a really crowded, small room where the exits are not easy to access. Or it could be when you’re on your back and going into an MRI machine and the top surface is like an inch from your face. Some people fear being in a stuck elevator. I remember having that feeling in high school PE class. We had a few classes where the boys
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