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  • Candy Chat Crossover: Lapland and Finnish Candy

    Candy Chat Crossover: Lapland and Finnish Candy
    Feb 9 2026
    Over on Candy Chat Chicago, Ronnie Raviv joined hosts Leah Jones and Jocelyn Geboy to talk about medical diagnoses, Finland, the Ice Hotel, the last Bears game of the post-season, all while eating a lot of Finnish candy. Candy that we sample during the episode. Photos on Threads Suffeli PuffiMarianneDumle Winter MixJaffaKarl Fazer Blueberry TruffleKarl Fazer Salty Toffee CrunchSalted Caramel FudgeOllo All SortsSusu SnacksTutti Frutti Winter MixTyrkisk PeperFazer GlogikulaatLapland's blueberry candy Vestibular Schwannoma or Acoustic Neuroma information Mayo Clinic Dr. Ricky Wong Ronnie and Leah's guide to Lapland Time-lapse drive to Sweden: Housing between Kittila/Levy and Muonio Villa Borealis (where we stayed) https://www.villaborealis.com Lapland Dream Villas (3adjacent cabins, different owner, same operator) https://www.laplanddream.fi Appropriate clothing Our property owner had a warehouse that she took us to for boots, coats, gloves, snowpants, etcIce hotel provided coveralls, gloves, boots, balaclava Base layer of cotton is a no-no in a cold room at Icehotel so make sure you at least have something synthetic or wool for top and bottom Places we ate in Finland Swiss cafe MuonioTakka at Olos resortPanoramic restaurant at Levi resort via gondolaLevi PizzaSalteriat (schnitzel) Finland activities and vendors Aurora Chase with Arctic Frontiers http://www.arcticfrontier.fi/ Phenomenal. Would’ve booked a second night if neededBase camp was on a frozen lake with a hut with a fire, warm juice and brownies Dogsled http://www.maglelin.fi/ What a delightful afternoon! Ronnie drove a sled himself and I was a passenger on the guide's sled. Once she saw my cane, she made arrangements for me to sit and take 200 photos. Family owned and operated. She offers different distances based on the weather and party size. Arcandia Adventure Park What a fun, silly night! We did ramen with the shamen for dinner. Hot pot cooking with reindeer meat, filet, ramen, fresh vegA la cart sausages and snacks looked goodHot chocolate with mint liqueur was delicious We threw spears, axes, archery, and did an astrology chartThis is hilly terrain with snow packed paths. We saw people slip and fall, but kept our footing. Of course it’s a tourist trap! Take your best ren faire or Comic-Con attitude and have funhttps://www.arcandia.fi/ Reindeer safari https://www.getyourguide.com/sirkka-l139331/levi-reindeer-experience-with-sled-ride-t418396/?ranking_uuid=3248de96-0922-420f-af99-54f05c66decf Warm drinks in a hut with a fire for fascinating reindeer facts after short sleigh ride and feeding reindeer Ice hotel in Sweden https://www.icehotel.com/ What we did Ice DinnerSlept cold in 365 art suiteAurora photography with Scandinavian Sami Photoadventures Www.scandanavianphtotoadventures.com. Ice sculpture class Ice Hotel suggestions Look at the calendar for when the winter exhibit opens. We went a week before. Fun vibe with all the artists and builders on campus, but we didn’t get to see the annual buildSkip the ice dinner and eat a la cartsUse their gear! It’s really goodMake it two nights - one warm, one cold - and enjoy a slower visit Overall thoughts We went Nov 30 to December 62 hours of daylight stretched into 4-5 hours with dawn and duskWent before peak season of total darkness, so more cost effective We didn’t do any Christmas or Santa stuff A few notes on traveling fat and mobility-impaired IceHotel had gear in sizes too big for me!The icehotel sleeping bag was snug and a little claustrophobic, but it zippedThe property manager had coats big enough for me (actually a little too big)WinterRent coat was my fave, but their 6x pants didn't fit. Their boots were also the best I borrowed for me. The Snow Country snow pants I bought on clearance last year were perfect https://www.snowcountryouterwear.com/ Smart Wool base layers in largest size fit greatDarn Tough socks were tight on calf, but worked good enough Every restaurant has comfortable seating for meThe wheelchair plane access in Kittila was an elevator on a truck. If you are unsteady on your feet, get wheelchair services in the airports and save your energy for dogsledding. Bring your own towel. No towel in Finland wrapped around my body.
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    3 h et 2 min
  • 2025 Call In Show with bonus Rabbi Zedek

    2025 Call In Show with bonus Rabbi Zedek
    Jan 18 2026

    It's time for our annual Best of Call In show where past guests and listeners send in voice memos of some of their favorite things from 2025. This year's episode includes a 30 minute interlude with Rabbi Michael Zedek to talk about his newest book!

    Rabbi Michael Zedek

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    Abbas Jaffary

    • Mini ITX gaming computer
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    • Metroid Prime Beyond
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    • Itality - indigenous vegan food
    • Work team
    • Students
    • Tilted Access Press
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    Steve Higgins

    • 20th anniversary of teaching at Lewis & Clark
    • 15 years of Ink & Drink comics
    • Katharos - Steve’s own comic
    • Assorted Crisis Events (comic short stories)
    • Severance
    • Pluribus
    • KPop Demon Hunter
    • Maybe Happy Ending

    Andy

    • Minecraft in person
    • Birdwatching
    • Going to the beach
    • Anime conventions
    • Cosplay photo shoots
    • Making and wearing cosplay
    • BINGO Resolutions
    • Punch Card Resolutions

    Jasmine Davila

    • Heated Rivalry
    • Fandom & community

    Ezra Butler - independent researcher

    Jute Backerei in Berlin

    Jesse Dukes - host of Upper Middle Brow

    • Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
    • Sweet Thursday - Steinbeck
    • Exhalation: Stories Ted Chang
    • Robot Stories - Isaac Asimov
    • Salt-water fishing
    • Wet Legs - Moisturizer

    Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com

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    1 h et 22 min
  • Max Klau loves music

    Max Klau loves music
    Dec 7 2025

    Max Klau, an author, musician and social change agent, joined Leah in October to talk about his new book, a new album and making art in dangerous times. Max and Leah met through New Politics Academy and his book Developing Servant Leaders at Scale dives into his tried and true methods for self-discovery.

    Follow Max online

    Developing Servant Leaders at Scale by Max Klau: https://bookshop.org/p/books/developing-servant-leaders-at-scale-how-to-do-it-and-why-it-matters-max-klau/a9fe513c6a63c3ca?ean=9781837081653

    Max's website: https://www.maxklau.com/

    Max's LinkedIn for workshop info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-klau-0319a11/

    The Max Klau Band: https://www.maxklau.com/music

    Mentions

    New Politics Academy: https://www.newpoliticsacademy.org/

    James Talarico: https://jamestalarico.com/

    Kansas Leadership Center: https://kansasleadershipcenter.org/

    Inner Development Goals: https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org/

    Stutz: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21819228/

    Jessi Bender on Finding Favorites: https://findingfavorites.podbean.com/e/jesi-bender-victorian-utica/

    I Fight Dragons: https://ifightdragons.com/

    Tour:Smart by Martin Atkins: https://martinatkins.bigcartel.com/product/tour-smart-digital-book

    Moshav: https://www.moshavband.com/

    Bob Schneider: https://www.bobschneider.com/

    Michael Shelley: https://michaelshelley.net/

    WFMU: https://wfmu.org/

    Finding Favorites is (once again) edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com

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    49 min
  • Ry Jones loves postcards (and Slava Ukraini)

    Ry Jones loves postcards (and Slava Ukraini)
    Nov 3 2025

    Ry Jones, an open source community architect and Leah's older brother, loves sending postcards when he travels. We dig into his postcard habits and he also shares the different ways that he supports the war effort in Ukraine through Car for Ukraine and Help99.

    Follow Ry online

    • Github
    • LinkedIn

    Support Ukraine

    • https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/50forua-washington-battalion
    • Help99
    • EnGin (English ESL volunteering)

    Postcrossing

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    56 min
  • Suzanne loves NYC Garbage and Rats

    Suzanne loves NYC Garbage and Rats
    Oct 19 2025

    Suzanne Reisman is one of Leah's friends from MySpace and they sat down to talk about her viral sensation - the New York City History of Garbage and Rats walking tour! Coming soon to a newspaper or TV near you! She's been featured in Time Out NYC, the NY Post, Nebraska and Australian radio shows, and even made it to newspapers in Europe and Chinatown. We dig deep on how (and why) she created the walking tour before talking about her favorite moment of the day.

    Follow Suzanne online

    • GANYC Suzanne Reisman
    • TripAdvisor booking link
    • Off Beaten Subway Track Attractions

    suzanne@offbeatwalkingtours.com

    Show notes

    • Ghost of Aaron Burr: https://associationofparanormalstudy.com/2019/03/01/the-world-was-wide-enough-the-multiple-hauntings-of-aaron-burr/
    • https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/this-garbage-and-rats-walking-tour-explores-the-grossand-engrossinghistory-of-nyc-051425
    • https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/strolling-through-roger-eberts-perfect-london-walk
    • Rats by Robert Sullivan
    • https://sharsheret.org/
    • https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2023/04/mayor-adams-anoints-kathleen-corradi-nyc-s-first-ever-rat-czar
    • https://nypost.com/2025/06/25/lifestyle/rat-whisperer-offers-tours-of-nycs-rodent-hotspots-theyre-sort-of-little-monsters-but-also-sort-of-cute/
    • https://avagardnerplay.com/
    • Comphy sheets (now owned by Coop sheets)
    • Brooklinen
    • https://www.coco-mat.com/usa/en/sleep/mattresses
    • Big Fig
    • Thuma

    Shoe Recommendations

    • https://www.stegmannusa.com/collections/womens-shoes
    • https://www.topoathletic.com/women/womens-shoes/activity/Recovery

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    51 min
  • Jesi Bender loves victorian homes in Utica

    Jesi Bender loves victorian homes in Utica
    Sep 7 2025

    Author/artist Jesi Bender joined Leah to talk about her novel Child of Light, available from Whiskey Tit press, and Victorian houses in Utica, New York.

    Note from Leah: In this episode, I boldly say that there are no Victorian houses in Chicago, because they all burnt down in the Chicago fire. I couldn't have been more wrong.

    Follow Jesi Bender online

    • https://www.jesibender.com/
    • https://www.jesibender.com/child-of-light.html

    Show Notes

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned-over_district
    • https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fountain-elms-2
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica,_New_York
    • https://oneidacountyhistory.org/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_House_(Georgetown,_New_York)
    • https://abandonedonline.net/location/spirit-house/
    • https://www.hamilton.edu/offices/lits/special-collections/college-archives
    • https://www.uticaod.com/picture-gallery/news/history/2025/01/18/photo-gallery-look-back-at-the-history-of-genesee-street-in-utica/77743355007/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica_Psychiatric_Center
    • https://inmatesofwillard.com/2012/09/08/1880-the-utica-crib/
    • Of course there are Victorian Homes in Chicago. I had amnesia.
    • https://www.zillow.com/chicago-il/victorian-style_att/
    • https://fortunerestoration.com/services/residential-painting/painted-ladies/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_Beverly_Randolph
    • https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchmen/comments/npiyzq/did_the_hbo_show_influence_this_long_overdue/
    • https://www.cureddocumentary.com/

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    57 min
  • A Mitzvah to Eat with Sarah Osborne

    A Mitzvah to Eat with Sarah Osborne
    Aug 31 2025

    To kick off the month of Elul and High Holy Day preparations, Leah sat down with Sarah Osborne, founder of A Mitzvah to Eat, to talk about how her organizations supports Jews who are unable to fast on days like Yom Kippur. We also talk about leadership, our mutual friend Evonne, and tongue drums.

    Order your A Mitzvah to Eat care package by September 12, 2025 to receive before Yom Kippur.

    A Mitzvah to Eat

    https://fnd.us/a-mitzvah-to-eat-care-packages

    https://www.amitzvahtoeat.org/

    https://www.amitzvahtoeat.org/about

    https://www.amitzvahtoeat.org/yom-kippur-1

    Show Notes

    https://findingfavorites.podbean.com/e/evonne-marzouk-writing/

    Tongue drum: https://www.balmyworld.com/products/sound-healing?

    https://www.mayyimhayyim.org/

    https://www.mayyimhayyim.org/ceremonies/

    https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08712-2.html?

    https://slate.com/culture/2025/08/long-story-short-netflix-show-pandemic-covid-grief.html

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33247080/

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    1 h et 2 min
  • Shai Korman loves film festivals

    Shai Korman loves film festivals
    Aug 3 2025

    Shai Korman, one of the Friday Night Movie podcast hosts, is on the road with a movie he produced with his sisters. He took a break in between festivals to talk about The Floaters, film festivals and Weird Al.

    Follow Shai online

    • Shai Korman: https://www.instagram.com/pancake4table/
    • Friday Night Movie Podcast: https://fridaynightmoviepod.podbean.com/
    • Floaters the Movie: https://floatersmovie.com/

    Show Links

    • Weird Al tour: https://www.weirdal.com/tour/
    • Weird Al Behind the Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36CtQCvc7e8
    • Taskmaster Season 19: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRWvNQVqAeWKt7kCUfEMdJi40m7H58CJd
    • Tires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tires_(TV_series)
    • Bentonville Film Festival: https://bentonvillefilm.org/
    • Floaters IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31145438/
    • And Mrs. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6614198/
    • Don’t Tell Larry https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16311236/
    • Bird in Hand https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36298555/
    • Espina https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17016098/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1
    • Adult Children https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17424166/
    • Lemonade Blessing https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32432676/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1
    • Cotton Candy Bubble Gum https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28305079/
    • Magic Hour https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32134256/?
    • Sabbath Queen https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32145808/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1
    • Malka https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32778054/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1
    • Frankenbabes from Beyond the Grave https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36364856/?

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    55 min