Leann's Very Serious Podcast

This podcast is the audio version of my free newsletter, Leann’s Very Serious Newsletter. Read the original post with photos below! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

This podcast is the audio version of my free newsletter, Leann’s Very Serious Newsletter. Read the original post with photos below!I wrote a book and telling my closest friends and family about it feels (almost) more intimidating than coming out to them. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

Occasionally you will read a book and know that from then on your life will be defined by before and after you read the book. For me, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann.How to Hide An Empire changed my life.This podcast is the audio version of my free newsletter, Leann’s Very Serious Newsletter. Read the original post with photos below! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

I read Jane Eyre and…What are we doing?We are not post-feminism enough to be stanning Mr. Rochester and I’m not joking. We need to get a grip...This podcast is the audio version of my free newsletter, Leann’s Very Serious Newsletter. Read the original post with photos below! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

As an American with Irish heritage, I spent most of my life thinking Americans clinging to some flimsy claim of “Irishness” were at best cringey and at worst offensive to “real” Irish people. I thought, we’re American. Period. That’s it. We have no claim on a faraway culture...This podcast is the audio version of my free newsletter, Leann’s Very Serious Newsletter. Read the original post with photos below! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

My Spanish teacher (maestra de espangol), Marcella, asked me what I was doing a fin de semana and I said that I was going to Washington, DC to talk to congress about funding for tuberculosis research. She blinked at me.This podcast is the audio version of my free newsletter, Leann’s Very Serious Newsletter. Read the original post with photos below! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

The Midwest has been bombarded by snow and ice. (ha. ha.)I love winter. I love turning in and tucking up. I love an excuse to stay inside. But when the birds tweeted loudly for the first time in living memory yesterday, I almost cried, lol. Enough is enough. What I wouldn’t give to see the grass!My wfh buddy and neighbor and florist, Sarah, said to me this week that every single year, without fail, on February first she feels overwhelmed with a need for it to be Spring again.I was like, dawg, have you heard of Imbolc?This podcast is the audio version of my free newsletter, Leann’s Very Serious Newsletter. Read the original post with photos below! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

My friend and client, journalist Nora Neus, released a book last week called 24 HOURS AT THE CAPITOL: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE JANUARY 6th INSURRECTION. You’ve probably heard me talk about it over the last six months.This podcast is the audio version of my free newsletter, Leann’s Very Serious Newsletter. Read the original post with photos below! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

Happy Samhain! What would you talk about if you had a podcast? (This podcast is the audio version of my free newsletter.) Original post This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

What would you talk about if you had a podcast? (This podcast is the audio version of my free newsletter.) Original post This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

I wrote about visiting Chicago in this Original Post This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

I wrote about the end of summer and the Lammas festival in this Original Post This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

I wrote about going to Dingle in 2025 in this Original Post This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com

Original Post about visiting Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park in March, 2025. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leannsw.substack.com