Episodes 204
Avg. Duration 35m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 4.8 (394)
Since Jan 2020
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

Conversations with writer Tsh Oxenreider about a life that values truth, goodness, and beauty above all else.

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The Farthest Away Mountain & Kristin Lavransdatter

Dec 19, 2025 37m

For the final episode of this season, Tsh chats with Abigail Favale, a fellow author and all-around great gal. She shares her childhood book—one Tsh has never heard of—and one she’s read as an adult…

Little Men & Till We Have Faces

Dec 10, 2025 30m

Annelise Roberts is a wife and mom of six kids whom she homeschools while raising animals on their homestead in North Carolina. She shares with Tsh a beloved childhood book (that’s very fitting for…

Narnia & A Prayer for Owen Meany

Dec 04, 2025 31m

Shawn Smucker co-owns an independent bookshop in his town with his wife, and is also a long-time author of several books. He shares with Tsh a classic, perennial favorite childhood book, as well as…

Azkaban & The Lost Princess + The Wise Woman

Nov 19, 2025 30m

Autumn Kern is a mom of four who releases bookish videos in a space called, delightfully enough, The Commonplace, and also hosts Common House, a space for homeschooling moms to get their bearings in…

Out of the Ashes & The Pearl

Nov 13, 2025 30m

Hadden Turner writes the well-loved Substack newsletter Over the Field and lives in northern England among farmers and apples. He shares with Tsh his choice of a favorite book from childhood (one…

Matilda & Jane Eyre

Nov 05, 2025 24m

Faith Moore is a writer and podcaster of the popular show Storytime for Grownups, as well as an avid reader. She shares with Tsh her choice of a favorite book from childhood, as well as one of her…

First Blood & The Aviator

Oct 29, 2025 22m

Joel Miller is the writer of the popular newsletter Miller’s Book Review, chief content officer at Full Focus, author of the new book The Idea Machine, and an avid reader. He shares with Tsh a…

Novels We Love

Oct 24, 2025 33m

For a new season of this podcast, Tsh Oxenreider is talking with people about two books that changed them: one from childhood, one from adulthood. Who better to start with than her own daughter,…

"Give yourself a healthy perspective reset"

May 30, 2025 10m

Tsh gives a short pitch for why you should do — in some way, before too long — what she does every summer: take a break from the internet. She explains why this break is so life-giving and necessary…

"Community is where character is born"

May 16, 2025 55m

Tsh chats with her in-real-life local friend Rick Reynolds, whom she first got to know on one of her pilgrimages (he and his wife have since been on three with her!). Rick is a marriage therapist…

"Feasting always follows fasting"

Apr 25, 2025 42m

Tsh chats with Stephanie Duncan Smith, a book editor who’s been thinking for a while about the liturgical calendar. They get into Eastertide — and the beauty of its length (50 days), how it’s good…

"You don't have a type"

Apr 11, 2025 1h 4m

Tsh talks with Rachel Canto, author of Pretty Good Catholic, about the current dating scene and …well, what to do about it. Tsh read her book in one sitting on a flight a few months ago, and knew she…

"Finding what you love"

Mar 28, 2025 32m

Tsh chats with Millie Florence, a young author who recently published her first middle-grade novel, Beyond Mulberry Glen, with Waxwing Books. They chat about alternative education, following your…

"A reason, a season, & a lifetime"

Mar 14, 2025 51m

Tsh talks with her daughter Tatum, who’s currently studying 6,000 miles away in Austria. …From an empty classroom with wifi in Austria, she chats with Tsh about studying abroad, living…

"We're an embodied work"

Feb 28, 2025 45m

Tsh talks with musician and writer Andrew Peterson about his approach to storytelling, the sacramental nature of his sort of work, why embodiment matters, and what he’s learned in the decades of…

"I'll write a prayer for myself"

Feb 14, 2025 51m

Tsh talks with Douglas McKelvey, author and editor of the Every Moment Holy prayer collections, which she has long loved and used frequently. They talk about the role of communal prayer, why the need…

"A stewardship of the past"

Jan 31, 2025 1h

Tsh talks with historian and homeschooling mom Dixie Dillon Lane about homeschooling education, teaching history — imagination is our greatest tool! — leaning into the seasons, writing and reading…

"It gives meaning to survival..."

Jan 16, 2025 37m

Tsh and her good friend Sarah Mackenzie kick off January by working through a few topics from Tsh’s annual new year reflection questions… It’s a good conversation.* Sarah’s businesses: Read-Aloud…

A Rule of Life is a good idea

Jan 10, 2025 4m

A short little reminder-announcement: creating your own personal Rule of Life is both a time-tested practice and a great way to kick off a new year (but also, it’s good any time of year) — and I’ve…

"What kind of bookshop are we gonna be?"

Dec 13, 2024 52m

Tsh chats with Shawn Smucker, novelist and co-owner (with his wife) of the indie bookstore Nooks. They talk about his first foray into running a bookshop, what it’s like to connect with local…

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