Finding Favorites with Leah Jones

Katie Jones loves Reality TV (Guest Host Shai Korman)

Shai Korman, host of Friday Night Movie Podcast, joins the Finding Favorites team this week as guest host. He's talking to Katie Jones about her love of Reality TV.
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Cancer and Pop Culture Favorites

Host Leah Jones is the guest this week - talking about all of her favorite podcasts, TV shows, movies and other random stuff that kept her comfortable during primary cancer treatment. She rang the gong after her final radiation treatment on March 18, 2022, so this is a recap of just some of the stuff that she liked since her diagnosis.
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Podcasts
Doughboys
HDTGM
Arm Cherries
Everything Nicole Byer - WWYDM, Best Friends, Newcomers
High mighty, Dork Forest
Blank Check with Griffin and David
Friday Night Movie Podcast and the Korman trio
The Bagel Report
Jackie and Laurie Show
Deep Dive - Jessica St Claire
My own podcasts - Candy Chat Chicago, Finding Favorites and guesting on podcasts
TV
Love is BLind season 2
The Circle season 2 (or was it 3?)
Chocolate School
Ghosts (CBS and BBC)
Murdoch Mysteries 
Grand Crew
Minx - very excited
 
Movies
Steroid Saturdays - brunch, movie
Action - big budget movies
Dune x 2
Spiderman Homecoming
Jackass x 2
The King’s Man
Fast 9
Apps
Tik Tok
Match 3 games with generous infinite lives
Caring Bridge
Anticipating trips
The return (and rescheduled) live shows
Kyle Kinane at Thalia Hall
Hadestown and Frozen
Lyric Opera
HDTGM in LA
Doughboys in Boston, Chicago
Letter Kenny Live
Israel in July
Recommending Wallys on 1-55 in Pontiac
 
Random Cancer recommendations
Ice socks and ice mittens for neuropathy
A medical recliner for recovering from major surgery
Rock that Treatment gift boxes
Israeli Gift Box
A great dress - Fringe and Co
Grubhub, Amazon gift cards
Single serving food deliveries
Aquaphor
Cozy clothes - sunday sleeper pants from old navy
Being as private or public as you want
Making silly swag for my helpers
Accepting help (wheelchairs, garbage, meals)

Steve Higgins loves The Nightmare Before Christmas

Steve Higgins, an award-winning English professor at Lewis and Clark and your favorite poetry professor on Tik Tok, has loved The Nightmare Before Christmas for 30 years. We talk about merchandise, music and lessons for aliens in the Tim Burton classic.
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Links
Peacemaker
Righteous Gemstones
Ghosts - CBS and BBC
Beforeigners
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride
Burger King Watches
Original Trailer
Sally's Song
How to light hanukkah candles
Donate to HIAS or JDC
 
Steve  0:00  Hello, my name is Steve Higgins. And my favorite thing is "Nightmare Before Christmas."
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Author Jayne Martin loves Paris

California-based author Jayne Martin's favorite place is Paris, France, and we settled in to talk about the bread, the Eiffel Tower and people watching. Jayne's newest book, The Daddy Chronicles, is available for pre-order and will launch on March 15, 2022.
Follow Jayne Martin online and pre-order The Daddy Chronicles
The Daddy Chronicles: Memoir of a fatherless daughter 
Jayne Martin's website 
Facebook 
Twitter @Jayne_Martin 
Instagram @jayne.martin.writer
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Show Notes
Jennifer Weiner advice for writers
Tik Tok Horse Rescue
Meg Pokrass (flash fiction retreats)
Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris
Alelie filming locations
Picasso Museum in Paris
MBMBAM Amelie bit
Paris Pet Cemetary
Health benefits of cobblestone streets
Revolution and throwing cobblestones
Immaculate Conception in Italy
Kingston Trio sings MTA (Boston Song)
 

TV gone Jewy with Esther Kustanowitz

Esther Kustanowitz, co-host of The Bagel Report, is back with another one of her favorite things - finding Jewish moments in pop culture! We talk about what representation meant to her as a kid and how it has changed over the last 15 years as Jewish moments on TV increase.
How TV has embraced dybbuks, golems and other Jewish lore
Twitter: @estherk @thebagelreport @tvgonejewy
IG: @estherkustanowitz @TBRthepod
FB: The Bagel Report  TVGoneJewy 
The Bagel Report podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts
 
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Show Links
Limmud
Elevator episode was Facts of Life, not Different Strokes!
Milky Way LA
Stars of David
The Wonder Years revamped Bar Mitzvah
Better Things on FX
Part one of Esther K's interview on Friday Night Movie Podcast
Friday Night Movie Podcast part 2
The Bagel Report
History of confirmation in the Reform movement

Sarah M Anderson’s guide to Romance Books

Author Sarah M Anderson, who also writes as Maggie Chase and Sally Sultzman, joined Leah this week to share the story of how she became a prolific published author. With well over 40 romance books available, Sarah shares recommendations for all types of romance genres, YA romance and cozy mysteries.
Follow Sarah online
SarahMAnderson.com/
Twitter @sarahmanderson1
Twitter @SallySultzman
SallySultzman.com/
Maggie Chase on Amazon (very spicy)
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Show Links
Most popular baby names of 1976
Bunnicula
GP Gottlieb (cozy mysteries with recipes)
The Cat Who Series
Jamie Loftus, Lolita Podcast
Harlequin
Romance Authors
https://www.crystalwrote.com/
https://www.oliviawaite.com/
https://oliviadade.com/
https://kjcharleswriter.com/
https://catsebastian.com/
https://www.meganframpton.com/
https://www.emeryleebooks.com/meet-cute-diary
https://www.byleahjohnson.com/
https://karenbooth.net/
https://twitter.com/_AdeleBuck
https://www.tashalharrison.com/ wrote the Say Yes duet
https://www.mandacollins.com/
 
Updates on Leah's CaringBridge

Jessica loves traveling the world

Jess, a Wisconsin-based world-traveler, loves... well, she loves travel! In this episode, Jessica shares her story of how two week vacations turned into a three month trip and set the stage for her to travel abroad for one year and eight months. COVID may have brought her back to the States early, but it hasn't dampened her desire to share how to make long trips work.
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Show Links
The Professional Hobo
How much does it cost to travel around the world?
Budget travel around the world
Trail Wallet
Countries and locations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bund
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
No intro this week, because Leah is in Boston celebrating the end of chemotherapy and enjoying a break before radiation starts.
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Updates on Leah's CaringBridge

Adal Rifai loves Chicago restaurants (guest host Shai Korman)

Adal Rifai, a legendary Chicago-based podcaster, loves Chicago restaurants and joined guest host Shai Korman to give recommendations. Adal is Chunt on Hello from the Magic Tavern, hosts Hey Riddle Riddle and Siblings Peculiar. Shai is joining us from the Friday Night Movie Podcast.
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Hello from the Magic Tavern 
Instagram @adalrifai
Twitter @adalrifai 
Chicago Food Tour
Percolator
June Bug
Galit
Au cheval burger
Community on Milwaukee
Chicago Diner
Taste Of Lebanon
JP Grazianos
Alinia
Girl and the Goat
 
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Filmmaker Erika Valenciana with guest host Amy Güth

Erika Valenciana, a Chicago-based filmmaker, loves making her own clothes. She joins guest host Amy Güth to talk about documentary films, sewing and more. Catch up with Erika in Mexico City in March for the premier of her documentary La Mitad del Mundo!
Follow Erika on Instagram and online with Diverse Voices in Docs, Stowe Story Labs. Erika and Magdelena Hernandez "La Mitad del Mundo" documentary film is going to premiere at Lit Luz in March
Amy is the host of Unconventional with Amy Güth and Crain's Daily Gist. She also produces cultural events at 5959 in Chicago. Follow Amy on Instagram for yoga writing prompts and subscribe to her weekly email newsletter.
 
Show Notes
"Brewer" and "Birder By The Lake" are both not yet available online, both are in-progress
Anu Rana, producer of "Brewer" film
Mitch Wenkus, cinematographer of "Birder by the Lake" film
Professor Valerie Frizzle, PhD
Threadbare
TV Host wears same suit
Barack Obama wore the same tuxedo for 8 years, nobody noticed
Successful people wear the same clothes every day
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Scott “ToyGuru” Neitlich loves Toys with guest host Shai Korman

Scott “ToyGuru” Neitlich knows and loves toys. If you look around your house, you might have some that he helped bring into the world. Guest host Shai Korman sat down with Scott to learn more about his career, philosophy and why he loves Arbor Day so much.
Shai brings over the Friday Night Movie Podcast signature game Buy, Rent, Meh for some tough choices.
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Keep up with Scott "ToyGuru" Neitlich on YouTube, Twitter and Spector Creative
 
Show Notes
Interview with Scott about Masters of the Universe
Staction Figures and Masters of the Universe
Star Wars: The Power of the Force 1985 Toy Line
Star Wars Vintage Collection
New HeMan on Netflix
He-Man Wikipedia
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Updates on Leah's CaringBridge