Ignorance Was Bliss

Kate Wallinga

A podcast about how we become who we are. Almost anything can seem normal. Are you sure you really want to know?

501 Episodes

498 -- Uncompromising -- a personal message and a conversation with Leela Sinha
1/27/2024
1:34:53
This is a two-part episode: (1) a hard and raw update of the state of my life right now, and (2) a conversation with Leela Sinha, who persistently believes there are ways to make the world a better place event when I'm whimpering in a corner.Guest: Leela Sinha, https://intensivesinstitute.com/....................Art: Laura EccottMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)
Update
1/1/2024
1:42
Health, and the lack thereof, have not been kind to the podcast.
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497 -- Putting Together the Puzzle -- with Gary Edgington
11/26/2023
1:03:44
When you have a lifetime's worth of experience in the criminal justice and military, you've accumulated some stories. Some are never to be told, due to privacy or intensity or just the inability to speak the words. Others are shifted into fiction, to give space to say what you need to say without quite as many roadblocks...Guest: Gary Edgington, https://garyedgingtonauthor.com/....................Promo: OctoberPod Christmas Ghost Story (drops 25 December 2023)Disclaimer: AliciaMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)Sponsor: Horrific Hope Film Festival 2024 (code bliss24 for 15% off submission)
496 -- Connection and Hibernation
9/28/2023
4:47
Just an update on where I've been and expressing my fervent hopes that I'll be able to return to some version of normal within the foreseeable future...
495 -- Context and Connections -- with Barbara Ann Mojica
8/29/2023
54:15
Lots of us went through school thinking of history as just a series of facts to memorize for the test... but it actually matters on a greater scale, and kids are fully able to understand that.Guest: Barbara Ann MojicaBooks: Amazon page....................Promo: Madison on the AirDisclaimer: Kennedy PhillipsMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)Sponsor: Horrific Hope Film Festival 2024 (code bliss24 for 15% off submission)
494 -- Producer -- with Reena Friedman Watts
8/19/2023
1:10:23
Being a producer -- one who creates, brings about, makes available -- could mean any number of things, even within the slice of life called podcasting and pop culture.Guest: Reena Friedman Watts, Better Call Daddy podcast....................Promo: Blood Rose Island (novel) by Amy KotoDisclaimer: Bex, Tu Tía BrujaArt: Kim ErwinMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)Sponsor: Horrific Hope Film Festival 2024 (code bliss24 for 15% off submission)
493 -- The Crash -- with Nicole Angelique Kerr
8/2/2023
55:26
Every life has defining before/after moments; things that that change everything. What's yours, and how do you place meaning on it?Guest: Nicole Angelique Kerr, author of You Are Deathless....................Promo: The Compulsive StorytellerDisclaimer: Colin, The Podcast HostMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)Sponsor: Horrific Hope Film Festival 2024 (code bliss24 for 15% off submission)
492 -- A Case-By-Case Basis -- with Elizabeth Harris
7/25/2023
1:10:20
What do you do when your child (or your self) is sick but the doctors are getting it wrong?Guest: Elizabeth Harris, whatswrongwithmychild.com....................Promo: And Then SuddenlyDisclaimer: Jason MyersArt: JuliaMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)Sponsor: Horrific Hope Film Festival 2024 (code bliss24 for 15% off submission)
491 -- Defining Typical is Very Difficult -- with Joel Bouchard
7/21/2023
51:22
How do you know who you are, or aren't? How do you know what you're good at? What is "typical," anyway?Guest: Joel Bouchard, From Nowhere to Nothing podcastSpotify: Joel Bouchard....................Promo: OmenDisclaimer: Mike GagneArt: Kim ErwinMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)Sponsor: Horrific Hope Film Festival 2024 (code bliss24 for 15% off submission)
490 -- An Honest Book About Lying -- with Robert Kerbeck
7/19/2023
49:02
How vulnerable are you to giving away personal or corporate secrets? How likely are you to try and gather that information from others?Guest: Robert KerbeckBook: https://www.robertkerbeck.com/book/ruse/....................Promo: Our True Crime PodcastDisclaimer: Kristen, Murder She ToldMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/....................Ignorance Was Bliss online: https://linktr.ee/iwbpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 25% off)Sponsor: Komuso Design (code bliss15 for 15% off)Sponsor: Horrific Hope Film Festival 2024 (code bliss24 for 15% off submission)

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Ignorance Was Bliss

Kate Wallinga

501 Episodes

498 -- Uncompromising -- a personal message and a conversation with Leela Sinha

Update

497 -- Putting Together the Puzzle -- with Gary Edgington

496 -- Connection and Hibernation

495 -- Context and Connections -- with Barbara Ann Mojica

494 -- Producer -- with Reena Friedman Watts

493 -- The Crash -- with Nicole Angelique Kerr

492 -- A Case-By-Case Basis -- with Elizabeth Harris

491 -- Defining Typical is Very Difficult -- with Joel Bouchard

490 -- An Honest Book About Lying -- with Robert Kerbeck