Dogs Are Smarter Than People via Anchor

Jan 10 2023

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Welcome to Dogs are Smarter Than People with NYT and internationally bestselling quirky human author Carrie Jones, her slightly more normal husband, Shaun, and their dogs. Life tips. Writing tips. Dog noises. It's all here. Bonus episodes of BE BRAVE FRIDAYS (telling people's stories of bravery) and LOVING THE STRANGE (all about celebrating the weird) and author-to-author interviews. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/support

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Losing Your Junk and Swimming in the Pool of Commoners

Jan 10 2023 22 mins

So, over on our substack, LIVING HAPPY, I’ve been talking a lot about creating our own realities in relation to success and meaning. This is really just sort of diving deep to realize that maybe your perspective isn’t the one you want. When you attain your goals, do they satisfy you? That’s really the question. Listen to us talk about this, losing your junk (and word ch

Please Don’t Fart On Me: Making Systems For Success

Jan 03 2023 19 mins

Yep, we’re going there, because we’re the only self-development podcast that will. Join us as we talk about brawls in the Waffle House, farting, and creating systems to actually achieve your goals. DOG TIP FOR LIFE Sometimes you have to review the system to stop having resource guarding. Cough. Pogie. Cough. SHOUT OUT! The music we’ve clipped and shortened in this podcast is

The Ask

Jan 02 2023 1 mins

Hi! This year (2023), I’m continuing my quest to share a poem on my blog and podcast and read it aloud. It’s all a part of my quest to be brave and apparently the things that I’m scared about still include: My spoken voice My raw poems. Thanks for being here with me and cheering me on, and I hope that you can become braver this year, too! Hey, thanks for listening to C

Eight types of drunkards and law-breaking Santa clauses a scene in the UK

Dec 20 2022 22 mins

Since it’s the time of holidays for many religions, we thought it would be a great time to talk about the ancient types of drunk-foolery from the 1500s and how they still exist today. And, a random story about a sleigh-riding Santa. There’s a great post on Medium from back in November by Jack Shepherd one of Buzzfeed’s former directors. I know nothing about Jack Shepherd but

Christmas Cheer

Dec 19 2022 1 mins

Just so you all know, if my poem is about a relationship, it might not be about my own current relationship or even about me. :) Hey, thanks for listening to Carrie Does Poems. The music you hear is made available through the creative commons and it’s a bit of a shortened track from the fantastic Eric Van der Westen and the track is called “A Feather” and off the album T

To e.g. or to i.e., that is the question

Dec 14 2022 3 mins

Sometimes you see these little bastards in text or sometimes you might want to put them in there yourself. Gasp! We aren’t here to tell you how to be fancy or not, but we are here to let you know how to be fancy correctly and not look like a schmuck. E.g. is short for exempli gratia, or “for example.” But this is a REAL example, so you can use it when you mean, “h

Weird Junk Finds and Key Take-aways From Spending Time with Spiritual Leaders

Dec 13 2022 21 mins

This week we talk about the take-aways from spending time with the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, plus weird junk finds. Because why not? Filmmaker Peggy Callahan spent a lot of time listening to spiritual leaders while working with author Doug Abrams who co-authored The Book of Joy. She wrote for the Today Show, “Their message is needed now more than ever. We’re headi

Grammy Barnard Poem: A Dream

Dec 11 2022 1 mins

Hi! This year (2022), I’ve decided to share a poem on my blog and podcast and read it aloud. It’s all a part of my quest to be brave and apparently the things that I’m scared about still include: My spoken voice My raw poems. Thanks for being here with me and cheering me on, and I hope that you can become braver this year, too! I say all that, but sometimes I feature a Gram

Weather vs Whether: It’s sexy to know the difference.\

Dec 07 2022 2 mins

Weather vs Whether It’s sexy to know the difference. So, a lot of people mess up weather vs whether. I actually had one writer who just spelled the word consistently wrong as a totally made up word wether. Anyway these bad boys are homophones which means they sound the same aloud, but they have different meanings and different spellings. WEATHER – This is a noun or a verb. It c

Humping with half-eaten burritos or dealing with sexual hangups part two

Dec 06 2022 23 mins

It’s part two of how to deal with being uptight about sex.Yes, this is a two-part podcast series Carrie isn’t cool with.Plus, we have a Florida man story about a bad choice in a Wal-Mart filled with cops. DOG TIP FOR LIFE FROM SPARTY BOY Take your opportunities when you can and don’t let hangups hold you back. Even if you have to hump with a half-eaten burrito in your mouth,