Roundy's Rants, Raves and Reviews
Roundy's Rants, Raves and Reviews
Podcast Description
As an English, Theatre, and Speech and Debate Teacher, I've got issues and thoughts on issues. My students call them my "rants". Everyone has their soapboxes, their certainties/beliefs, and each voice is important and should be heard! So, let's Rant together! I also firmly believe that literature of all forms makes up a part of who we are, our beliefs/thoughts, and what we do with them to create. In this podcast we discuss: 1) Rants: What's your certainty/soapbox? Let's have a respectful discussion about it. 2) Raves: The Literature/authors who have inspired you, your life, and your work. 3) Reviews: A discussion and review of your work (whatever you do), or what you believe others should be reading/watching/listening to and why.
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The podcast focuses on three main themes: rants, where guests share their certainties and soapboxes, raves about the literature and authors that have inspired them, and reviews of various works recommended by guests. For example, episodes include discussions on mental health through literature and interviews with local authors discussing their creative journeys.

As an English, Theatre, and Speech and Debate Teacher, I’ve got issues and thoughts on issues. My students call them my “rants”. Everyone has their soapboxes, their certainties/beliefs, and each voice is important and should be heard! So, let’s Rant together!
I also firmly believe that literature of all forms makes up a part of who we are, our beliefs/thoughts, and what we do with them to create.
In this podcast we discuss:
1) Rants: What’s your certainty/soapbox? Let’s have a respectful discussion about it.
2) Raves: The Literature/authors who have inspired you, your life, and your work.
3) Reviews: A discussion and review of your work (whatever you do), or what you believe others should be reading/watching/listening to and why.
This is a video about From Comedy to Christ with Author Stan Cronin
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Host Tanya Roundy interviews author and former police officer Stan Cronin about his life in Arizona, his church mission in the Manitoba-Minnesota Mission, his divorce and remarriage, and his path to writing. Cronin shares how his book How to Date Your Wife grew out of seeing family fights while policing and interviewing women about successful marriages, and how he also created clean joke books from decades of collecting jokes. He discusses a vivid dream inspired after hearing Kenny Rogers’ song “A Soldier’s King,” which prompted him to write a four-book Christian historical fiction series centered on Mercury, a Roman soldier ordered by Caesar to hunt a prophesied king in Judea, and how researching Roman life and scripture shaped the story. Cronin explains his writing process, upcoming formats and release plans, where to buy his books, and upcoming signings.
00:00 Welcome and Introductions
00:36 Growing Up in Arizona
01:50 Downwinders and Moving Around
03:37 Mission Years and Travel Tales
04:39 Divorce, Faith, and Remarriage
07:24 Odd Jobs to Police Career
10:24 How to Date Your Wife Origin
11:47 Learning to Write and Joke Books
13:41 Dream Sparked New Series
18:51 Meet Mercury the Roman Soldier
22:57 Writing Process and Book Three Tease
24:57 Jesus Stops Mercury
26:36 Writing With Accuracy
27:46 Thaddeus Revealed
30:17 Mercury’s Inner Conflict
32:01 Four Books At Once
33:03 Dream Versus Vision
34:57 Writing Brought Me Closer
36:29 Other Projects And Priorities
38:08 Where To Buy The Book
40:15 Social Media And Audiobook
42:00 Signings And Travel Plans
44:33 Who This Book Is For
45:48 Final Message We Are Mercury
In a world full of uncertainty, how does one cope with unbearable loss and pain? A Christmas tragedy finds Steve and Maria struggling to find hope. With the love and support of family and friends, will they find peace as they walk through the fire of Uncertainty?
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