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For many years I’ve been writing very short pieces that are musings on the passing scene, taking on the serious dilemmas of our time in personal and laugh-aloud ways. The trick has been to end with a positive twist on the dilemmas we are all facing. I wish to show how all this pain and negativity is our opportunity to shift focus and change how we live in the world.

Carolyn North Out Loud Carolyn North

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For many years I’ve been writing very short pieces that are musings on the passing scene, taking on the serious dilemmas of our time in personal and laugh-aloud ways. The trick has been to end with a positive twist on the dilemmas we are all facing. I wish to show how all this pain and negativity is our opportunity to shift focus and change how we live in the world.

    S4 E36 Getting Real

    S4 E36 Getting Real

    "It was easy to forget that only moments before we accompanied Daisy on her own feet to this place."
     
    We continue Season Four of Carolyn North Outloud podcast with a reading by Carolyn from her book, Freeflow Stories published by ICRL Press. 
     
    Music: Composer: Kaila Flexer
    Performed by Teslim: Kaila Flexer and Gari Hegedus.
    Carolyn North Out Loud is produced by: Leslie Jackson: www.mudfest.net
     
    Please rate, review, and share—it is how Carolyn spreads this message of comfort in these weird times. 

    • 9 min
    Decoding Donald

    Decoding Donald

    “If the puppies in Chernobyl can do it, why not us?”
     
    We continue  Season Four: Freeflow Stories with a reading by Carolyn North from her book, Freeflow Stories available through the publisher’s website, ICRL Press.
    Carolyn North Out Loud is produced by: Leslie Jackson: www.mudfest.net
    Music: Composer: Kaila Flexer
    Performed by Teslim: Kaila Flexer and Gari Hegedus
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    Please rate, review, and share this show—it is how we spread this message of comfort in these weird times.

    • 14 min
    Up in the Air

    Up in the Air

    "I just know that whatever it is we are supposed to do now, it is big. And it will take great strength and courage."
     
    We continue Season Four with a reading by Carolyn from her book, Freeflow Stories published by ICRL Press.
     
    Music: Composer: Kaila Flexer
    Performed by Teslim: Kaila Flexer and Gari Hegedus
    Carolyn North Out Loud is produced by: Leslie Jackson: www.mudfest.net
    Contact Carolyn North: hellopodcaster@mudfest.net
    Please rate, review, and share.

    • 10 min
    SANCTUARY ARE US

    SANCTUARY ARE US

    " "As the surface congeals into fascist arrangements and as hate and fear get codified into law, there is yet one place to go; which is beneath the surface…'"
              —Bayo Akomolafe
     
    We continue Season Four with a reading by  Carolyn’s from her book, Freeflow Stories published by ICRL Press:
     
    Music: Composer: Kaila Flexer
    Performed by Teslim: Kaila Flexer and Gari Hegedus
    Carolyn North Out Loud is produced by: Leslie Jackson: www.mudfest.net
     
    Please rate, review, and share.

    • 9 min
    Hurting

    Hurting

    "Look for your calm core on the other side of the pain ... We can make it through these hard times by staying calm, breathing."


    We continue Season Four with a reading by the author Carolyn North from her book, Freeflow Stories published by ICRL Press.
     
    Music: Composer: Kaila Flexer
    Performed by Teslim: Kaila Flexer and Gari Hegedus
    Carolyn North Out Loud is produced by: Leslie Jackson: www.mudfest.net
    Contact Carolyn North: hellopodcaster@mudfest.net
    Please rate, review, and share this show—it is how we spread this message of comfort in these weird times.

    • 11 min
    Friendship

    Friendship

    "We contemplate the possible and the impossible, and then prepare to do both."
     
    We continue Season Four with a reading by Carolyn from her book, Freeflow Stories published by ICRL Press: https://icrl.org/icrl-press-2/freeflow-stories/.
     
    Music: Composer: Kaila Flexer
    Performed by Teslim: Kaila Flexer and Gari Hegedus http://www.kailaflexer.com/teslim/
    Carolyn North Out Loud is produced by: Leslie Jackson: www.mudfest.net
    Contact Carolyn North: carolyn.north@gmail.com
    Please rate, review, and share this show—it is how we spread this message of comfort in these weird times.

    • 7 min

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