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Just Wanna Quilt Podcast Aims to Shed Light on Quilting and Intellectual Property Law

March 20, 2018

A new quilting podcast has launched recently. Called Just Wanna Quilt the show is described as a “research podcast” and is produced by Elizabeth Townsend Gard, a law professor at Tulane University who studies intellectual property. Townsend Gard opens each episode by saying, “We explore all kinds of things. Stories about quilting, tools, field trips, maybe… 

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11 Great Podcasts For Kids

July 25, 2017

Every summer when I was a kid we’d pack up the car at the end of August and head to Maryland’s Eastern Shore for week’s vacation. It was a glorious time spent jumping waves, making sand castles, and eating Maryland crabs until our lips burned only to cool them off with sweet ice cream on… 

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Community Episode: It’s Your Turn To Be On The Podcast!

November 4, 2016

If you’re a regular listener to the While She Naps podcast you know that at the end of every episode I ask my guests to recommend great stuff they’re enjoying right now. This is one of my favorite parts of the show, and I routinely hear from listeners that they love these recommendations. In celebration… 

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8 Craft Podcasters Pick the Best Podcasts

April 11, 2016

Podcasts are a thing you sorta stumble upon. Someone mentions one on Facebook or recommends one in a blog comment and maybe you note it down, or maybe you forget. You subscribe to few favorites, but then new shows come on the scene and you might be missing out on something you’d love. It’s hard… 

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5 (More) Podcasts to Love

November 24, 2014

It’s hard to find new podcasts. They’re the kind of thing you stumble on, following a link from a link, until you don’t remember how you got to where you are. I listen to podcasts on my morning run and I listen while I sew. I listen while I prep dinner and while I fold… 

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10 (More) Podcasts to Listen to While You’re Crafting

April 25, 2014

What is a podcast and why should I listen to one? A podcast is an independently made radio show. The word podcast combines “pod” from iPod and “cast” from broadcast. Being independently made means that these are audio programs people are making themselves without depending on network syndication. A podcasts sidesteps the traditional gatekeepers of… 

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10 Podcasts to Listen to While You’re Crafting

August 19, 2013

Charlie gave me an iPod for my birthday six years ago and I cried when I opened it. “I don’t have time for this! Why would you think I would ever be able to listen to something on headphones when I’m home taking care of little kids?” I rolled my eyes, crossed my arms, and… 

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20 Podcasts to Listen to While You’re Crafting

April 11, 2013

  I love sewing, but there are stages in every project that can be tedious. Stuffing a softie, for example, or pressing seams open. When faced with these tasks it’s easy to make an excuse to set the project aside and go get a snack, or check Facebook, or really do anything but finish the… 

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