Finding Favorites with Leah Jones

James Ziegenfus loves tracking his hobbies

James Ziegenfus loves riding his bike, baseball, music, travel and ice cream and he's kept a meticulous spreadsheet of data on many of his favorites things. On this episode, Leah and James dive into the decades of data that James has kept about baseball games, live concerts, plane travel and his physical music collection. He shares tips on how to keep quantitative data, using apps to supplement his notes and his new notebook on international ice cream recommendations.
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Bands we talked about
Wren
I Fight Dragon
Wilco
The Fold
Beach House
My Morning Jacket
Orville Peck
The National
Links
Primavera Sound festival 
Menards Candy Aisle
Everything Steven Soderbergh watched and read in 2021
Setlist.fm
FlightRadar24
SeatGuru
Six Flags over Texas
Tableau
 
 

Angelique Pesce loves reading

Author, attorney and costume designer - Angelique Pesce love of reading is at the center of everything we talk about on this episode. Her first novel, American Pastime, is available for pre-order and ships on June 7, 2022.
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Show Notes
Cost of standing vs sitting in Rome
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 
Perfume Story by Patrick Suskind
Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann
Edward Scissorhands
Finnegans Wake (the book with creative language)
About American Pastime
Adam is a writer having a conversation with God at a baseball stadium in the Bronx. God chooses Adam because his stream of consciousness since childhood has been heavy on commentary about American life connected to love. God narrates on Adam’s baseball field of life.
Rounding first, second, third, and then heading for home, we watch Adam’s life: past, present, and future unfold. God is always in on things as he sees and hears everything, but now they sit side-by-side at a baseball game ear-to-ear, no longer separated by space. Their conversation is heavy on capitalism, culture, violence, religion, art, science, and hope. The art of conversation is in danger of being lost, but now more than ever we need to use our American pastimes to bring it back, ear-to-ear, device-to-device, and ask “What is love?” And, even further reaching, “If you knew how your life affected humankind, what would you do differently?”
Slow down and think about the world and love yourself enough to change it. Will Adam find love as life stands in the way?
 
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Author Anita K Newman loves teaching little kids music

This week author and retired teacher Anita K. Newman sat down with Leah to talk about her new children's book Clark the Colorblind Chameleon, illustrated by Asha Hossein. We also talk about her love of teaching kids through music, taking voice lessons as a lifelong learner, and finding time to get two additional degrees while teaching!
Clark the Colorblind Chameleon will be published on May 24, 2022.
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Preparing for Pesach with Caroline Musin Berkowitz

Where are you leaving? EgyptWhere are you going? JerusalemWhat are you carrying? The bread of freedom
Pesach (Passover) starts on Friday 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
 
 
 

Author Deborah Greenhut loves challah, Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro.

Deborah Greenhut, author of The Hoarder's Wife, joined Leah on Finding Favorites to discuss her debut novel, baking challah, and the music of Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro. 
Deborah's debut novel is available on April 5, 2022, in print and digital.
DeborahGreenhut.com
The Hoarder's Wife
Woodhall Press
Children's travel books by Deborah
Gentle Art Swedish Death Cleaning
The Settlement Cookbook
Joni Mitchell's mysterious illness
Laura Nyro
Gershwin Plays Gershwin
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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