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More to the Story - with Nancy Jackson

More to the Story - with Nancy Jackson

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 There is always 'more to the story'. This podcast is dedicated to the topics and slants that are rarely discussed anywhere else. I love to dig and uncover, to research and discover. And I love talking about it to others. If you love that kind of thing too, you will be right at home. Join me as we dive into a wide range of topics.2025 Christianisme Ministère et évangélisme Sciences sociales Spiritualité
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  • After the Story - Choices Like Rivers - Episode 1

    After the Story - Choices Like Rivers - Episode 1
    Mar 2 2026
    After the Story - Choices Like Rivers - Episode 1 This podcast discusses each chapter of Choices Like Rivers and each episode is posted directly after the book episode. This corresponds to Chapter 1. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. More ways to read and follow along with my novels | Author Signed Hardcover | Author Signed Soft Cover | eBook I don't want to talk too much about why Molly Sue looks the way she does or about Sharon. The book will reveal that later on and I want to guard against any spoilers. I always write my short first chapters in a way that pulls the reader in and to present more questions than answers. If a young 5 year old girl walking into a police station disheveled and alone doesn't intrigue you, not much will. So, let's talk about this initial time period June 1978 and what was going on in 1978. This was a small town - somewhere - and life there would have been quite removed from the chaos and change of the large cities. Police stations did not have computers yet. There was also no communication between law enforcement agencies and between cities and counties. In fact there was a quite closed mindset. "you do yours and we'll do ours". In small towns morals were still upheld and expected. If behavior was considered immoral it was suppressed and hushed. That included sexual misconduct and drug and alcohol usage. No one even wanted to deal with the or acknowledge that type behavior. It just wasn't discussed openly for fear that the very discussion of it would taint a person. Here are just a few of the top stories for 1978 to help you get a feel for the times… Jimmy Carter was president of the US and he was a key figure in many of these world events. Revolution in Iran: The Shah of Iran was overthrown, leading to the establishment of the Islamic Republic under Ruhollah Khomeini. Jonestown Massacre: Over 900 members of the Peoples Temple cult died in a mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. First test-tube baby: Louise Brown, the world's first baby conceived through in vitro fertilization, was born in the UK. First mobile phone system: Illinois Bell introduced the first cellular mobile phone system. Resorts International opens: The first legal casino in the eastern U.S. opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey. First recombinant human insulin: Scientists used recombinant DNA technology to produce human insulin. Camp David Accords: President Jimmy Carter brokered a historic peace agreement between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in September. GPS: The Global Positioning System (GPS) was developed. Panama Canal Treaties: The US Senate approved treaties to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama by the year 2000. The Blue Brothers makes its debut on Saturday Night Live. Ben & Jerry's opens its first ice cream shop. First rainbow Pride flag premieres at San Francisco parade. Aldo Moro A centrist leader of the Christian Democratic Party who was regarded by many as Italy's most capable post-World War II politician was found dead in his car. He was riddled with bullets after having been kidnapped by the Red Brigade terrorist group. The movie Grease produces 2 #1 musical hits - Your the One That I Want - and - Grease. Mohammad Ali wins heavyweight championship. United States will formally recognize the communist People's Republic of China (PRC) and sever relations with Taiwan. USSR and Afghanistan sign "friendship treaty". The top 40 Billboard shows just how solid the Disco rage has become. Number 1 was Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb, and Number 2 was Night Fever by the Bee Gees. In contrast the top Country & Western hits were Johnny Paycheck's "Take This Job and Shove It," Kenny Rogers' "Love or Something Like It" and "The Gambler," and the duet by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys". Ronnie Milsap's "What a Difference You've Made in My Life," Crystal Gayle's "Ready for the Times to Get Better," and Margo Smith's "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You". Now that you have a good idea of what life was like in 1978 you are ready to embark on this journey with little Molly Sue. But first… let's learn more about Sharon, the lady Molly Sue meats in the police station. Shop all versions of my novels here: Shop Here Check out my website: NancyJacksonAuthor.com Follow me here: Substack: https://nancyjackson.substack.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyJacksonAuthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/NAJackson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/najackson/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nancyannjackson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyajackson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NancyJackson TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nancyajackson?lang=en
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    6 min
  • After The Story - with Nancy Jackson

    After The Story - with Nancy Jackson
    Mar 2 2026
    After The Story - with Nancy Jackson - Episode 0 This podcast discusses each chapter of Choices Like Rivers and each episode is posted directly after the book episode. This episode in an introduction to this podcast. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. More ways to read and follow along with my books | Author Signed Hardcover | Author Signed Soft Cover | eBook This is a unique podcast. The idea first came to me over a year ago. I have written six novels and three of them are on Audible. I had many complaints that my readers did not want to subscribe to Audible just to listen to my books. They thought it was just too expensive of a subscription. Then I decided to have my narrator record the next books without an exclusive to Audible. I realized I wanted full control over my audio books just as I have over the written books. Then after writing Choices Like Rivers and Carrie Border a completely new series of books began to develop in my mind. I researched for almost two full years. They would be filled with historical events, but with a different take. In my research I had found many things that had developed under the surface but that had never been revealed to the public. I began to imagine a girl who experienced these things first had and then her innate curiosity led her to become an investigative journalist. Night after night when I would lay down the information that I had learned rumbled through my head and I could see how my protagonist would be intwined in the events, how she would learn various facts, and then find herself in danger because of it. Then I felt an emotional stall of sorts. I couldn't move forward for some unknown reason. So, I painted. It was so necessary to heal my soul. Art is healing. Creativity in a beautiful sense was cleansing. Yes, writing fiction is creative, but I often don't feel that it is healing for me. Necessary yes, but it pulls a lot from me. Painting for almost a year was just want I needed. Honestly the way I felt I just wasn't sure I would ever write again. The desire had total gone. Then one day while I was at the gym, I heard the Lord say, "Write it this way." I saw it all differently and the passion and fever to write had once again flooded heart and mind. From the moment two years ago that I decided I wanted to write on those topics, I felt a real need to talk to readers about the research behind the story. Where I researched, the books, I read and my personal thoughts on it all. But how to do that while also doing a fiction novel evaded me. Then the idea came to have a podcast where interested readers to get a behind the story sense of why I wrote what I wrote and my thoughts on the matter that shaped the story. Because writing in my vocation and it costs a lot to pay a professional narrator to record the books, I can't release them for free. But I knew I could do better than Audible. So, I am releasing the professionally narrated books in a subscription podcast for only $5 a month at the time of this episode and you are free to cancel at any time. You can listen to as many. of my books as you have time for. That is less than one eBook. In conjunction with that, I decided to do this free podcast with each episode synching with the paid episode of the book. So, a reader can listen to the book episode then right after hear my analysis and thoughts. I started with Choices Like Rivers and then Carrie Border. Those two books create a natural flow right into the new material I am writing now. The new material will continue on for as long as I have interesting events and crimes to write about. When I have reached a natural break that would make a good book, I will take that material and publish it into a written book, hard cover, soft cover, and ebook. I will keep doing this until the end. How many books will that be? I don't know. Many I suspect. So for only $5 a month you will get an ongoing audio delivery of my novels and then this free podcast provided as well. This podcast is a sort of story behind the story and a lot of me will be revealed here. The primary pool I draw from in my writing is from my own life and personal experiences, many quite interesting and unique. This episode, episode zero, is simply an introduction and explanation of what this podcast is and what to expect from it. I hope you enjoy it! Shop all versions of my novels here: Shop Here Check out my website: NancyJacksonAuthor.com Follow me here: Substack: https://nancyjackson.substack.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyJacksonAuthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/NAJackson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/najackson/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nancyannjackson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyajackson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NancyJackson TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nancyajackson?lang=en
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    6 min
  • Opinions | Where Do They Come From & Are They Important? - More to The Story - Episode 1

    Opinions | Where Do They Come From & Are They Important? - More to The Story - Episode 1
    Mar 1 2026
    Opinions | Where do they come from & are they important | More to the Story with Nancy Jackson Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Opinions, what are they really? Are they valid? Are all opinions valid? Wars have been fought over opinions, but let's discover what they really are and if they're worth fighting over. More to the story with Nancy Jackson, episode one. An opinion, according to the dictionary, is a noun. Buy me a coffee! No Commitment . No Membership . No Hassle It is a thing. Opinions are more than one noun, more than one opinion. An opinion is a view or a judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or even knowledge. We have elevated our own opinions to the point where we believe always they're true, factual, and based on knowledge. But honestly, an opinion is only as good as the truth behind it. And we fight over opinions. We fight to the death over them, even though they may be wrong. But because they're our opinion, we have elevated them far beyond where they might need to be. So how do we know if our opinion is the right opinion and something that we should absolutely stand our ground over? Our opinions are formed on experiences and data that we've taken in. But our opinions are only as good as the data we use to form them. If that data was inaccurate, to say the least, if that data was a lie, then our opinion is not based on truth. So what do we do about that? I once saw on Facebook a young lady post that her opinion was based on fact, that she had researched on the internet. She had Googled and she had found cited documents exposing this or that. But unfortunately in this day and age, we can cite a document and it can be just as fraudulent as the day is long. And if a document is cited, that just means the person creating the document stands by it or can find some sort of information that backs it up. Is that information that backs up the document accurate? We don't know. So to say that a document is cited and therefore is valid in forming our opinion may or may not be truthful. It may or may not be accurate. It may or may not be based on truth and fact. So how do we know if our opinion is a good opinion, an opinion that we need to stand by? First of all, we do need to pray about it. And I know that sounds, oh yeah, pray about our opinions. No, we really do. Before we go to expound our opinions out there to the world, we need to pray over them. And we need to know that it's not just an opinion that we've dug up information to support. You want to believe your opinion is correct. Therefore, you go out to the internet or wherever and you dig up supporting documents that will bolster your opinion. But that doesn't mean your opinion is right. If you have a question about something, research it. Research it fully. Talk to a lot of different people, even people you disagree with. They may have a morsel of truth that you need to incorporate into your opinion. I didn't say the whole truth. I said a morsel of truth. But we have sequestered our opinions away. We've held them tight and we've refused to change them, no matter what. Or we get our knickers in a twist and we change our opinion when really we should be holding true to the one we have. Now I want to talk about how we disrespect others' opinions. It has become vile and violent out there. And people are disrespecting and they're tearing others apart based on an opinion. An opinion which is just a belief. We don't have the right to do that. I'm sorry. We do not have the right to be vile or violent against someone else for their opinion. We may not like it. We may hate it. But we can't hate them. And yes, I get angry when I see the things said. And yes, I get angry when I see the violence seemingly nonsense over seemingly nonsense. But I still can't hate them. Jesus doesn't hate them. What do we do then? Again, let's go back to prayer. Let's go back to really fighting prayer in spiritual warfare. Let's really get serious about praying for them. Not this willy-nilly, oh, I pray for John, Susie, or Andrew because they disagree with me. And I want them to see my opinion is the right one. No, we need to pray that the truth would be made known. We need to pray that scales fall off of eyes, including our own. Because I firmly believe all of us have a tiny bit of deception somewhere. We don't know it all. None of us do. I know that may come as a shock to you, but we don't. None of us knows it all. But are you willing to open up your mind, open up your heart to learn more so that your opinion can be modified to be more accurate? I am a questioner. I'm a very curious person, and I have been for years and years and years. So I ask questions. When something just seems a little not right to me, if two things don't quite line up to me, I start to ask, God, this doesn't seem right. What's the deal here? This has an element of truth to me, but then this over here ...
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    10 min
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