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In 1996, the unnamed narrator of Teddy Wayne’s Apartment is attending the MFA writing program at Columbia on his father’s dime and living in an illegal sublet of a rent-stabilized apartment. Feeling guilty about his good fortune, he offers his spare bedroom rent-free to Billy, a talented, charismatic classmate from the Midwest eking out a hand-to-mouth existence in Manhattan. The narrator’s rapport with Billy develops into the friendship he’s never had due to a lifetime of holding people at arm’s length, hovering at the periphery, feeling "fundamentally defective."

David Moloney’s Barker House follows the story of nine unforgettable New Hampshire Correctional Officers over the course of one year on the job. While veteran guards get by on what they consider survival strategies - including sadistic power-mongering and obsessive voyeurism - two rookies, including the only female Officer on her shift, develop their own tactics for facing “the system”.

In her latest book, Genevieve Chavez Mitchell shares her own Sacred Money journey and brings a revelation: Money is not just a transactional tool, but a potent catalyst for profound spiritual transformation and societal change. Mitchell shows listeners how to explore the uncharted waters of wealth in their day-to-day life. This journey isn't so much about walking the straight path, but rather finding beauty and magic along the tangled, crooked road to using your resources in new ways.