Keeping kosher. Respecting the Sabbath with plastic utensils. Honoring our bodies. Many humorous stories. They are all in Judy Gruen’s book, Bylines and Blessings: Overcoming Obstacles, Striving for Excellence, and Redefining Success. We talk about these things. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

Read more about Judy Gruen.

We all think about the meaning of food - the culture, the people, and the food itself. In this podcast we discuss these questions as they apply to the food culture of Appalachia. We discuss the complexity of the food culture as well as the resiliency of the people. Listen to the discussion with Ashli Quesinberry Stokes and Wendy Atkins-Sayre about their new book, Hungry Roots: How Food Communicates Appalachia’s Search for Resilience. It’s on Tip of the Tongue.

Listen to a previous podcast with Ashli and Wendy here.

Why Not: Lessons on Comedy, Courage, and Chutzpah is a funny book about growing up, about becoming a comedian, and about living a good life. It talks about the bumps and the trips, as well as the fun parts of life. Listen to Mark Schiff discussing why he wrote this book, being funny, writing, and many more things.

You can read more about Mark on his website.

Want even more about Mark? Listen to his podcast, You Don’t Know Schiff, with cohost, Lowell Benjamin.