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Travel and World, Especially Africa, and Learn...

Story-Power ·

2026/02/11

For most of Barry’s forty year broadcast career as an international broadcast journalist spanning five continents, his main area of interest and focus has been on the African continent. Both his children were born in Ethiopia while he was employed in Addis Ababa between 1969 and 1975 as both a broadcast and print journalist. HeContinue reading "Travel and World, Especially Africa, and Learn Valuable Lessons"

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Classic Cinema: To Kill a Mockingbird

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2026/02/06

Just in case you don’t know this book and movie, it’s 1932 in Maycomb, Alabama. Widower Atticus Finch is asked to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, which he didn’t commit. Jem and Scout, his young children, are witnesses to the tensions this trial brings up in the town.Continue reading "Classic Cinema: To Kill a Mockingbird"

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Past Story-Power Guests Promote Social Justice

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2026/02/02

My Story-Power guest, Jennifer Manocherian, Episode 112, which aired on October 23, 2024, co-wrote and co-produced the film IF I TELL YOU that is partnering with RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, for an 8 day launch event on GATHR. IF I TELL YOU was adapted from the novel ‘Closed Doors’ by Lisa O’Donnell. The storyContinue reading "Past Story-Power Guests Promote Social Justice"

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Classic Cinema: Gentleman’s Agreement

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2026/01/30

This movie from 1947 uncovers the layers of anti-semitism, and all racism. Gregory Peck plays Phil Green a reporter who pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-semitism. The result is he personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred. The movie was directed by Elia Kazan and produced byContinue reading "Classic Cinema: Gentleman’s Agreement"

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When Your Genealogy Inspires a Novel

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2026/01/14

D. H. Morris, a native of San Diego, California, has lived on four continents and traveled through countless countries. Now residing in Kansas City, Missouri, she’s the proud mother of four children and grandmother to eleven. With a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Choral Music Education from Utah State University, she later pursued graduateContinue reading "When Your Genealogy Inspires a Novel"

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Astrology, Enneagram, Psychology, and Human Dynamics

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2025/12/31

For 50 years Indra Rinzler has been involved in Spirituality and Vedic Astrology. He has been studying and sharing Enneagram of Personality since 1999. He uses these modalities in Life Readings designed to help clients wake up to who they really are. Indra is an enthusiastic genuinely interestingly man who has been a world travelerContinue reading "Astrology, Enneagram, Psychology, and Human Dynamics"

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“Early This Morning”: A Mystery Novel About Gays in...

Story-Power ·

2025/12/17

This is actually episode 142. Darrell Berry is retired from the Army, having served in both the enlisted and officer ranks. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s in Human resources, and a post graduate diploma in strategic intelligence from the Defense Intelligence College. He served during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t tell” policyContinue reading "“Early This Morning”: A Mystery Novel About Gays in the Military"

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Classic Cinema: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

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2025/12/10

This iconic film came out the same year as IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, (1967). Both films starring Sidney Poitier. His costars were Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER was the more popular of the two even in the South and to everyone’s surprise, earned the studio a great dealContinue reading "Classic Cinema: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner"

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The Marriage of Story and Music

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2025/12/03

I started writing fantasy stories with colorful illustrations when I was nine. Later, I discovered music and lived the life of composer for many years. I earned a Doctorate in Music Composition. I am the type of person that needs an active imaginative scenario to get to sleep. I emerged from my schooling phase withContinue reading "The Marriage of Story and Music"

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Classic Cinema: In the Heat of the Night

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2025/11/30

Our Classic Cinema with the Sage Sisters installment this week. It’s 1967 in the small Mississippi town of Sparta. The murder of an important man who is going to build a factory, is discovered. The first suspect is, of course, the black man waiting for a train. But the local police find out he’s aContinue reading "Classic Cinema: In the Heat of the Night"

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Strained Family Relationships

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2025/11/23

Fran Hawthorne has been writing novels since she was four years old, although she was sidetracked for several decades by journalism. During that award-winning career, she wrote eight nonfiction books, mainly about consumer activism, the drug industry, and the financial world, and was also an editor or regular contributor for The New York Times, BusinessContinue reading "Strained Family Relationships"

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When Your Book Brings the FBI to Your Door

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2025/11/19

Guy Morris has led an extraordinary life. After escaping an abusive childhood at age 13 to become a homeless runaway, Guy worked alongside migrant workers before he earned three degrees by age 25, including acceptance to Harvard MBA and a scholarship from University of Arizona. Recognized for his innovations in building a macro-economic that out-performedContinue reading "When Your Book Brings the FBI to Your Door"

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Gaslight, Classic Cinema’s Final Mental and Emotional...

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2025/11/13

If ever we needed a visual example of the methods used to manipulate how people think, this movie, Gaslight (1944) is the perfect example. That’s why Celeste and I chose it to end our series about mental and emotional health. In the movie, a young woman, played by Ingrid Bergman, finds her beloved and famousContinue reading "Gaslight, Classic Cinema’s Final Mental and Emotional Health Episode"

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Finding Unlikely Heroes for Your Story in Unexpected...

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2025/11/05

When reality isn’t enough, you build your universe. That’s precisely what J.F. Monroe did with the Legacy of the Four trilogy, creating a world where ancient powers walk among us and destiny can be rewritten by the courage of the human heart. A lifelong devotee of fantasy fiction, Monroe crafts stories that blend epic adventureContinue reading "Finding Unlikely Heroes for Your Story in Unexpected Places"

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Mental Health Movie: Home Before Dark

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2025/10/29

This is the third installment of our Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters movies that are about characters with mental and emotional health issues. In each of the three so far, what the characters need most to heal is a strong support system. Home Before Dark is from 1958 and like, Now, Voyager before it,Continue reading "Mental Health Movie: Home Before Dark"

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20 Miracles and 4 Escapes from Tyranny

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2025/10/22

I am the author of a biography about my father’s amazing story of living as a Jewish man in Hungary when the Nazis, and later the communists, seized power. Growing up in affluence, young Ervin Wolf was forced into a labor camp, unaware that his parents were deported to Auschwitz. In Not a Real Enemy:Continue reading "20 Miracles and 4 Escapes from Tyranny"

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Balancing Healthy Skepticism With Musical Dreams

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2025/10/08

Hi! I’m Gillian. I’ve been an artist my whole life, creating book covers on Wattpad and drawing my own comic books. I got into writing songs and stories in high school and haven’t stopped since. I graduated from the University of Washington and Columbia Publishing Course. I love to think of out-of-the-box ways to promoteContinue reading "Balancing Healthy Skepticism With Musical Dreams"

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Guest Appearance on “A Writer’s Day”

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2025/10/01

Whew what a busy time it’s been for me. I got the revisions for *Time’s Echo* done and sent off. And I’ve recorded some Story-Power episodes and the latest Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters. More on that later. But, I was a guest on “A Writer’s Day” with Ruth Douthitt and while we didContinue reading "Guest Appearance on “A Writer’s Day”"

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More Books with Disabled Protagonists, Please

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2025/09/24

T.L. McCoy is the founder of Blue Round Book Group, LLC, and the author of DELILAH VERSUS THE GHASTLY GRIM, a magical middle-grade fantasy novel inspired by her real-life granddaughter, who lives with a rare and life-threatening seizure disorder known as Dravet Syndrome. The story follows a young girl who, after a life-threatening seizure, isContinue reading "More Books with Disabled Protagonists, Please"

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Autumn Reading:Cozy Up to the Fire with a Good Book

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2025/09/15

Diane Merrill Wiggington was a Story-Power guest way back in December of 2023. We connected again recently and I finally read a couple of her books that I think you will enjoy as the weather becomes cooler. One is a political/romance, A Compromising Position, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and her venture into the mystery genre,Continue reading "Autumn Reading:Cozy Up to the Fire with a Good Book"

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