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	<title>Ep. 8 — Alison Hodgson</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alison Hodgson, author of The Pug List, is the patron saint of our show and has dropped by to talk about complexity as well as thriving on "misery, complaints, and sadness."<div><a href="https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-8-alison-hodgson/" class="exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alison Hodgson, author of The Pug List, is the patron saint of our show and has dropped by to talk about complexity as well as thriving on misery, complaints, and sadness.Read More]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Ep. 7 — Josh Harris</title>
	<link>https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-7-josh-harris/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 05:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Josh Harris’ runaway bestseller has not entirely stood the test of time. He and Lex discuss how public critique helped him reexamine.<div><a href="https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-7-josh-harris/" class="exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Josh Harris’ runaway bestseller has not entirely stood the test of time. He and Lex discuss how public critique helped him reexamine.Read More]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Josh Harris’ runaway bestseller has not entirely stood the test of time. He and Lex discuss how public critique helped him reexamine.<div><a href="https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-7-josh-harris/" class="exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined">Read More</a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Ep. 6 — Aric Davis</title>
	<link>https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-6-aric-davis/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Horror novelist Aric Davis talks about getting the details right and we learn what title tops The Worst Book List.<div><a href="https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-6-aric-davis/" class="exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Horror novelist Aric Davis talks about getting the details right and we learn what title tops The Worst Book List.Read More]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Horror novelist Aric Davis talks about getting the details right and we learn what title tops The Worst Book List.Read More]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Ep. 5 — Jennifer Grant</title>
	<link>https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-5-jennifer-grant/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 05:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Memoirist and children’s writer Jennifer Grant talks with Alexis about reading things we don’t agree with and being curious in our present public discourse.<div><a href="https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-5-jennifer-grant/" class="exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Memoirist and children’s writer Jennifer Grant talks with Alexis about reading things we don’t agree with and being curious in our present public discourse.Read More]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Jennifer Grant]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Memoirist and children’s writer Jennifer Grant talks with Alexis about reading things we don’t agree with and being curious in our present public discourse.<div><a href="https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-5-jennifer-grant/" class="exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined">Read More</a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Ep. 4 — Clay Scroggins</title>
	<link>https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-4-clay-scroggins/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2018 05:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Clay Scroggins set out to write to ministry and community leaders, but some of his reviewers were looking for a little bit more. He and Alexis discuss reader expectations and how to process not meeting them.<div><a href="https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-4-clay-scroggins/" class="exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Clay Scroggins set out to write to ministry and community leaders, but some of his reviewers were looking for a little bit more. He and Alexis discuss reader expectations and how to process not meeting them.Read More]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Clay Scroggins]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Clay Scroggins set out to write to ministry and community leaders, but some of his reviewers were looking for a little bit more. He and Alexis discuss reader expectations and how to process not meeting them.<div><a href="https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-4-clay-scroggins/" class="exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined">Read More</a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Ep. 3 — Shawn Smucker</title>
	<link>https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-3-shawn-smucker/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Shawn Smucker’s insight and depth is not only relegated to his writing. This week the award-winning novelist joins Alexis to discuss what merits at least two stars and what does and does not go with scifi.<div><a href="https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-3-shawn-smucker/" class="exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Shawn Smucker’s insight and depth is not only relegated to his writing. This week the award-winning novelist joins Alexis to discuss what merits at least two stars and what does and does not go with scifi.Read More]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Shawn Smucker]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Shawn Smucker’s insight and depth is not only relegated to his writing. This week the award-winning novelist joins Alexis to discuss what merits at least two stars and what does and does not go with scifi.<div><a href="https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-3-shawn-smucker/" class="exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined">Read More</a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Ep. 2 — Bethany Turner</title>
	<link>https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-2-bethany-turner/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 05:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Apricot Services]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Romantic comedy writer Bethany Turner knew her Christian fiction novel was dealing with some edgy content, but did not expect the hilarious backlash that came her way.<div><a href="https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep-2-bethany-turner/" class="exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Romantic comedy writer Bethany Turner knew her Christian fiction novel was dealing with some edgy content, but did not expect the hilarious backlash that came her way.Read More]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Ep. 1 — Susie Finkbeiner</title>
	<link>https://apricotservices.com/blog/podcast/ep1-susie-finkbeiner/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Apricot Services]]></dc:creator>
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