Beste Jen Prokop podcaster (2024)

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S07.04 Trailblazer Meg Cabot 1:51:32

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We are so thrilled to have thee Meg Cabot with us, one of the original queens of YA romance. We talk about her longstanding writing career, about the authors who inspired her, about her early historical romances, written as Patricia Cabot, about her pivot into young adult romance and the power of the subgenre, about her own love story, and, of cour…

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Resilient Parenting: Brown Like Me with Founder Shari Baber 16:53

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Send us a text Join Ken and Michelle as they visit with Sharon Baber, Founder of Brown Like Me. Learn about this amazing program and how you can get involved. MISSION: Brown Like Me helps Black youth and their families connect to their culture and develop a sense of belonging by creating a community of people that look like them and reflect who the…

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Resilient Parenting: Idaho Head Start Association with Megan Woller 19:11

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Send us a text Do you love the Resilient Parenting Podcast? Give us a like, and share the love on social media. With your help we can reach more families! Join Ken and Michelle Bass as they visit Megan Woller, Executive Director of the Idaho Head Start Association. Think you know about the Head Start Program? Think again. Learn more about this amaz…

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S07.03 Wife Guys in Romance: Just Look at Her! 1:43:48

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There's a particular kind of romance hero who makes us feel all kinds of warm and fuzzy, because all he wants to do is stare in awe at his partner and tell everyone in the world to do the same. The Wife Guy is everything we love when it's done right, and we're so very excited to share a list of books that deliver this straight shot of serotonin eve…

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S07.02 Fall 2024 New Releases 2:01:54

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Everything is new and crisp in the fall, as F. Scott Fitzgerald likes to say, and the romance novels are no different! We're starting to think about cozy fall reads under warm blankets with cider and pumpkin spice...and we're talking today about our massive autumn TBR piles! There’s something here for everyone — chefs, witches, sexy anthologies, va…

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S07.01 The Magnificent (Season) Seven with Kate Clayborn and Adriana Herrera 1:45:43

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Seven is heaven! Today, we are celebrating seven seasons of Fated Mates and this genre that we just can't get enough of with two people we just can't get enough of--Kate Clayborn and Adriana Herrera! We're talking about books, about the tropes we love, about the little bits of romance that make it the very very best. We're also thanking you for lis…

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Resilient Parenting 101: TRANSITIONS 23:00

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Send us a text Join Ken and Michelle in the latest installment of Parenting 101 as they discuss the importance of TRANSITIONS. Moving from one activity to another can be a challenge. Think bedtime…going to school…bath time. Learn approaches to ease the stress for both you and your child. Special surprise visit at the end. REQUEST: After you listen …

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Stop Book Banning 2024 2:26:34

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While we're off this week, we're encouraging everyone to listen to our Stop Book Banning episode, rereleased with new content! This week, we're talking to Maggie Tokuda-Hall, one of the founders of Authors Against Book Bans about the growth of book bans around the country in 2024. Book bans in United States schools and libraries are at their highes…

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S06.51: College Bound: New Adult Romance 1:24:28

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Everything old is new again...or young again? We're talking about New Adult romance today, that is, romance novels where the love story is set at or during college! We're hopping in the time machine and headed a generation or two back in romance to talk about the first time New Adult came around changing the contemporary romance game. We're getting…

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S06.50: Daddy Issues (not the fun kind) with Christopher Rice 1:41:56

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We're back with Christopher Rice celebrating one of the longest running themes in romance: Daddy Issues (not the good kind)! Christopher writes romance under the pen name C. Travis Rice, and today, we're talking about his recent banger, Sapphire Dawn. We talk about the longstanding history of characters with terrible fathers, about why romance seem…

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Supporting your LGBTQI+ Child with Jen Blair 28:32

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Send us a text On this episode Ken and Michelle visit with Jen Blair LGBTQI+ Parent Educator and Podcast Host of In the Den with the Mama Dragons. What do you say to your child when they come out to you as gay and/or transgender? How do you support your child and honor your feelings? Jen Blair gives some helpful insight, support and resources. Reso…

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S06.49 Mafia Romance Reasons 1:39:56

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This week, we're back to Mafia books, because it's been a few years since we've tackled this one and the landscape has changed drastically. We're talking about the appeal of the organized criminal, the way the genre is the direct descendant of the Medieval romance, and the fact that it underscores some of the deepest seeded patriarchy in the genre-…

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S06.48: Wicked and the Wallflower: The Bareknuckle Bastards Begin 2:40:36

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It's coming up on the end of Season 6, and that means we're talking about one of Sarah's books! We're finishing up (or beginning?) the Bareknuckle Bastards series today with a deep dive of Sarah's Wicked and the Wallflower, the first in her Bareknuckle Bastards series--part Rumplestiltskin retelling, part Peaky Blinders fic, all justifiable face pu…

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S06.47: Romance Novels with Paris 2024 Olympics Vibes 1:09:34

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We're back this week living Olympic vibes and recommending books with big Olympic vibes! Whether you're drawn to the sports of it all or the France of it all or you just really love Flavor Flav stanning women's water polo, or you were very drawn to the wild, exciting, perplexing opening ceremony and just want to read a romance with beheading, we've…

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Blended Families After Divorce with Ignite Idaho Family Resource Center 26:15

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Send us a text This week Ken and Michelle visit Ignite Idaho Family Resource Center in beautiful McCall Idaho. Traci Jamieson, Executive Director and Ashley McCoy, Clinical Director share important information and resources focused on divorce and blended families. We know this is a hot topic and this episode is just the beginning. We want to hear f…

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S06.46: Romance and The New York Times Best 100 Books List 1:44:47

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This week, we are doing something a little different, talking about the New York Times's Best 100 Books of the 21st Century, a list that Sarah was asked to contribute a ballot for. We talk about how Sarah made her list, what she put on it, and why...and why we think there are no romance novels on the final top 100 list. Don't fret, though -- on the…

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S06.45: Our Favorite Episodes, Tropes we Love, and Books that Take the Finger 1:42:40

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Jen and Sarah are together at last (again), and we’re taking your questions! Listen as we revisit some of our favorite past episodes of the podcast, as we discuss our favorite books with our least favorite tropes, and recommend a bunch of books that take the finger. We’re also talking about historical romance, and why it remains an absolute bop. We…

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S06:44 Summer Romance Bingo Recommendations 2024 1:28:50

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For the last few years, The Ripped Bodice bookstore has published a Summer Romance Bingo Card and this year, we're helping you win! With absolutely no prep, we're recommending books for every bit of the game, from Lost Treasure to Time Travel to the Olympics. Head to The Ripped Bodice's instagram feed to see the bingo card and get reading! Books Me…

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Kinship Parenting with Charlye Hahn 19:10

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Send us a text Don't forget to follow The Resilient Parenting Podcast, give us a review and share with everyone you know! Ken and Michelle had a lively conversation with Charlye Hahn, Kinship Resource Coordinator at the Southwest Idaho Area Agency on Aging. Learn about resources throughout the State of Idaho and Nationally. Being a Kinship caregive…

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S06.43: Even Our Hiatus Is a 20 Minute Episode 19:36

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We're taking a break this week, but we forgot to tell anyone about it. We’ll be back next week. In the meantime, check out Romancing the Vote 2024!Av Fated Mates

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S06.42: Witch Romances (are not just for Halloween) 1:23:32

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Who says it has to be Halloween to celebrate witches? It’s 2024 and frankly, we could do with a few more powerful, spell-casting women around here. We’re talking about our favorite witch romances, many of which (see what we did there) have nothing at all to do with spooky season! There are rumors of a new Practical Magic in the air, which (ope!) ma…

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Strengthening Families with Holly Whitworth 21:59

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Send us a text Ken and Michelle are visited by Holly Whitworth to talk about strengthening families. Every family has strengths and protective factors: Parent Resiliency, Concrete Supports in times of need, Social and Emotional Competence (healthy relationships), Knowledge of Child Development, Social Connections. Children thrive when families thri…

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S06:41: The Devil of Downtown (Yeah, He Is) by Joanna Shupe 1:09:42

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We are talking about a full on banger this week — Joanna Shupe’s The Devil of Downtown, which is Sarah’s favorite of the Uptown Girls series (Jen is a The Prince of Broadway fan, but honestly, all three are basically perfect). We love this one so much, you’re about to get an hour or so of squeeing and sighing — Jack Mulligan is everything you could…

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Getting Out in Nature with Mary Jo Surges-Prokop 22:27

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Send us a text Ken and Michelle are joined by Mary Jo Surges-Prokop, Early Childhood Education Specialist with the Boise Parks and Recreation Department. Learn why exploring nature is important for building connection and curiosity with your children. There are many green spaces to explore from big to small and for different comfort levels. You do …

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S06.40: Siblings in Romance Novels 1:37:42

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We’re talking about brothers and sisters as secondary characters in romance today — by popular demand from listeners, it’s our sibling episode! We get to the bottom of why we all love secondary siblings—the overbearing olders, the wild child middles, the delightful youngers, the equally handsome and broad shouldered boys, the snarky, stunning girls…

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S06.39: Summer 2024 Reads 1:38:28

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School’s out for Jen’s summer and Sarah’s in the final stretch so we’re dreaming of romance beach reads and talking about our massive summer TBR piles! There’s something here for everyone — hot librarians, superheroes, heists, funeral homes, wedding planners and baseball players and F1 drivers and, of course, dukes. Our next read along is Joanna Sh…

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Parents As Teachers with Michelle Graff and Melanie Quas 20:14

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Send us a text EPISODE #10!! On this episode Ken and Michelle visit Central District Health to learn about the Parents As Teachers Program. Joining this week's podcast is Michelle Graff, Program Manager, Family & Clinic Services (FCS) | Parents as Teachers, and Melanie Quas, Parent Educator, Program Services: Personal in-home visits: Clients will r…

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S06.38: Curvy Heroines #3: Curvy Girls Get Railed in Carriages, Too 1:25:32

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One of our most popular interstitial topics, we had to come back for a third run at Curvy Heroines this month in celebration of Bridgerton-mania online and our absolute delight that we finally get to see Penelope get that handsome man who is just back from his long trip to glow-up-land (we deserve nice things, and so do curvy heroines)! Sarah’s tal…

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Resilient Parenting 101: Is it Praise or Encouragement? Why it Matters 28:06

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Send us a text In the third installment of Parenting 101 Ken and Michelle explore the difference between giving children praise versus encouragement and the long-term effects of both. Learn how to support your children to become independent thinkers while building their self-confidence, self-reliance, and courage to be imperfect. Resources: http://…

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S06.37: Weddings in Romance 1:19:22

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Gather together your bouquets and boutonnières, wedding season is here! But, in typical Fated Mates fashion, we spend the first 20 minutes talking about Pulp Fiction (just go with it, these are the mysterious ways of the podcast and you just need to trust the process). Then, we’re talking weddings in romance novels—not the books where the main char…

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Fated Mates - A Romance Novel Podcast

Fated Mates

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The Resilient Parenting Podcast

Ken Bass and Michelle Bass, LCSW

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S07.04 Trailblazer Meg Cabot 1:51:32

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Resilient Parenting: Brown Like Me with Founder Shari Baber 16:53

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Resilient Parenting: Idaho Head Start Association with Megan Woller 19:11

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S07.03 Wife Guys in Romance: Just Look at Her! 1:43:48

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S07.02 Fall 2024 New Releases 2:01:54

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S07.01 The Magnificent (Season) Seven with Kate Clayborn and Adriana Herrera 1:45:43

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Resilient Parenting 101: TRANSITIONS 23:00

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Stop Book Banning 2024 2:26:34

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S06.51: College Bound: New Adult Romance 1:24:28

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S06.50: Daddy Issues (not the fun kind) with Christopher Rice 1:41:56

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Supporting your LGBTQI+ Child with Jen Blair 28:32

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S06.49 Mafia Romance Reasons 1:39:56

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S06.48: Wicked and the Wallflower: The Bareknuckle Bastards Begin 2:40:36

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S06.47: Romance Novels with Paris 2024 Olympics Vibes 1:09:34

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Blended Families After Divorce with Ignite Idaho Family Resource Center 26:15

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S06.46: Romance and The New York Times Best 100 Books List 1:44:47

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S06.45: Our Favorite Episodes, Tropes we Love, and Books that Take the Finger 1:42:40

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S06:44 Summer Romance Bingo Recommendations 2024 1:28:50

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Kinship Parenting with Charlye Hahn 19:10

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S06.43: Even Our Hiatus Is a 20 Minute Episode 19:36

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S06.42: Witch Romances (are not just for Halloween) 1:23:32

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Strengthening Families with Holly Whitworth 21:59

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S06:41: The Devil of Downtown (Yeah, He Is) by Joanna Shupe 1:09:42

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Getting Out in Nature with Mary Jo Surges-Prokop 22:27

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S06.40: Siblings in Romance Novels 1:37:42

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S06.39: Summer 2024 Reads 1:38:28

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RESILIENT PARENTING: Parents As Teachers with Michelle Graff and Melanie Quas 20:14

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S06.38: Curvy Heroines #3: Curvy Girls Get Railed in Carriages, Too 1:25:32

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Resilient Parenting 101: Is it Praise or Encouragement? Why it Matters 28:06

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S06.37: Weddings in Romance 1:19:22

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