Finding Favorites with Leah Jones Leah Jones

We are one week out from Passover seders, so what better time to revisit Caroline's advice about preparing for the Spring holiday?
New Haggadah alert - The Promise of Liberty by Stuart Halpern & Jacob Kupietzky
Where are you leaving? EgyptWhere are you going? JerusalemWhat are you carrying? The bread of freedom
Pesach (Passover) starts on Monday night and Caroline Musin Berkowitz joined Leah to talk about how she gets organized for the holiday. We talk about recipes, family traditions, finding the right haggadah, additions to the seder plate, and how to give gift to your future self with a good spreadsheet.
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Bread Machine Challah II
Chicken Marbella
Matzah Toffee
CRC Pesach Guide 2022
A Slob Comes Clean
Fly Lady
Graphic Novel Haggadah
Matza Pajamas
Caroline's Legendary Passover Spreadsheet
Haggadot.com Sunflower addition
 
 
 

Scott Smith, aka Our Man In Chicago, returns to Finding Favorites to talk about the Mission Impossible movies - why he loves them, how he watches them and where to start with the series. Scott first joined Leah to talk about The West Wing.
Keep up with Scott online
Our Man in Chicago
Instagram @ourmaninchicago
The Frunchroom
Facebook @thefrunchroom
Show Notes
 Regal Unlimited
 The Mission: Impossible film series on Wikipedia
 Get Smart on Wikipedia
 OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies on Wikipedia
Music Box Films: Music Box Films
 
Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com
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Blaise Miller, an actor/director/writer based in LA, joined Leah to talk about his new web series "Hi, Blaise Miller" and his love of sweatpants. "Hi, Blaise Miller" is a six episode series exploring life for actors in Hollywood today - the world of self tapes and self doubt. The series is distributed by Crafty and new episodes are available every Friday.
Leah and Blaise have been friends for 20 years and are celebrating their birthday on March 23 - so we're celebrating with an early drop!
Follow Blaise online
Hi, Blaise Miller on YouTube
Crafty Short Films
2Blazes.com
@2blazes on Tik Tok
Show Notes
The Vacationeers on YouTube
It's a Disaster on Peacock
Chicago's Pizza
Smashburger.com
DMK
Au Cheval
Auntie Anne's
Wetzel's Pretzels
Fat Chris
Chubbies Shorts
Home Run Inn
https://www.vons.com/
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com
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Author Joyce Miller joins Leah to talk about her new book Joe Harris, The Moon, her love of greyhounds and her love of dancing with dogs.
Keep up with Joyce online
Look! You're Dancing: A Memoir of Dogs, Dance and Devotion
Joe Harris, The Moon
JoyceAMiller.com
Follow Joyce on Instagram @joyceamillerwriter
Show Notes
Joe Harris
Greyhounds "rooing"
Greyhounds Reach the Beach
The Grapehound Wine Tour
Greyhound zoomies
Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com
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Alabama based author Bradley Sides joined Leah to talk about his new collection Crocodile Tears Didn't Cause the Flood and his favorite band, The National.
Keep up with Bradley online
Crocodile Tears Didn’t Cause the Flood
Bradley Sides on Facebook
Bradley's website: Bradley-Sides.com
Show Notes
Those Fantastic Lives by Bradley Sides
LeVar Burton Reads
Calhoun Community College
Common Read
 U.S. Space & Rocket Center
One City, One Book
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
 Alabama Center for the Arts
Gabriel García Márquez
Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon:
Karen Russell
Kelly Link
Rocket City Reading Fest at the Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, AL
Finding Favorites on bookshop.org
The National
Alligator
Homecoming 2023
"Secret Meeting": https://thenational.bandcamp.com/track/secret-meeting
"The Geese of Beverly Road": https://thenational.bandcamp.com/track/the-geese-of-beverly-road
"Mr. November": https://thenational.bandcamp.com/track/mr-november
Trouble Will Find Me: https://thenational.bandcamp.com/album/trouble-will-find-me
"Sea of Love": https://thenational.bandcamp.com/track/sea-of-love
A Conversation Between Matt Berninger and David Letterman
Cherry Tree, The National fan club: https://www.americanmary.com/cherry-tree
Soundtrack to Garden State: https://open.spotify.com/album/24mCiOTIF5Ob1uwluRFERv
Patti Smith: https://www.pattismith.net
Bartees Strange: https://www.barteesstrange.com/
"Paul Scheer loves the L.A. Clippers": https://findingfavorites.podbean.com/e/paul-scheer-hdtgm-la-clippers/
Tyler Childers: https://tylerchildersmusic.com/
"Universal Sound": https://soundcloud.com/tylerchilders/universal-sound
"Universal Sound" art print on Soundwaves: https://soundwavesartfoundation.com/products/tyler-childers-universal-sound-originals
Fleet Foxes: https://www.fleetfoxes.co/
Shore: https://fleetfoxes.bandcamp.com/album/shore
My Morning Jacket: https://www.mymorningjacket.com/
Jason Isbell: https://www.jasonisbell.com/
Brandi Carlile: https://www.brandicarlile.com/
Weezer: https://weezer.com/
Soundwaves Art Foundation: https://soundwavesartfoundation.com/
Sewanee: https://new.sewanee.edu/
The Caverns: https://www.thecaverns.com/
Cave Jam: https://www.thecaverns.com/featured/cavejam
Watchhouse: https://watchhouseband.com/
S-Town: https://stownpodcast.org/
How Did This Get Made?: https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/
Doughboys: https://headgum.com/doughboys
High and Mighty: https://headgum.com/high-and-mighty
Nicole Byer: https://www.nicolebyerwastaken.com/
Rovos Rail: https://rovos.com/
Nailed It!: https://www.netflixreality.com/shows/nailed-it/
The String Cheese Incident: https://www.stringcheeseincident.com/
Red Rocks Amphitheatre: https://www.redrocksonline.com/
Jay Pritzker Pavilion: https://www.jaypritzkerpavilion.com/
The Pavilion at Ravinia: https://www.ravinia.org/Pavilion
Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com
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Ben Tanzer, a Chicago-based author and consultant, joined Leah to celebrate the launch of his new novel The Missing (pre-order on Bookshop.org for March 21, 2024 delivery) and his love of the book The Basketball Diaries. This conversation is a trip down memory lane, because Leah and Ben have been friends for 15+ years.
We briefly discuss the suicide of a mutual colleague.
Follow Ben online
The Missing release date March 21, 2024
The Missing book tour
Ben Tanzer on Bookshop
This Podcast Will Change Your Life
TanzerBen.com
twitter @BenTanzer
Instagram @tanzerben/
Facebook @BenTanzer
Show Notes
Amy Güth
Jen Michalski on Finding Favorites
 The Missing on Kirkus Reviews
This American Life: This American Life
Exile in Bookville: Exile in Bookville
Lee Matthew Goldberg: Lee Matthew Goldberg
The Book Cellar: Book Cellar
Finding Favorites bookshop.org shop: Finding Favorites bookshop page
Michael Keren: Michael Keren
When Words Count: When Words Count Retreat
Elizabeth Splaine: Elizabeth Splaine
The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
Adam Lawrence
Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews
Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty
John Edgar Wideman
Hendrick’s Gin: https://www.hendricksgin.com/
Bombay Sapphire: https://www.bombaysapphire.com/us/en/
Tanqueray: https://www.tanqueray.com/en-us
Death’s Door: https://www.dancinggoat.com/deaths-door-gin
Empress Gin: https://empressgin.com/
Alan Heathcock:https://alanheathcock.com/
Matilda: https://www.matilda-babyatlas.com/
David Masciotra: https://davidmasciotra.com/
Sunday Salon: https://sundaysalon-chicago.com/
P&T Knitwear: https://www.ptknitwear.com/
A Novel Idea: https://anovelideaphilly.com/
Village Well: https://villagewell.com/
Eric Spitznagel: https://www.ericspitznagel.com/
Megan Stielstra: https://www.meganstielstra.com/
Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com
Support Finding Favorites by shopping for books by guests or recommended by guests on Bookshop.