Finding Good Bones

Finding Good Bones A podcast digging in to the writing that lifts us up

Episode 21: F is For Fake by Orson Welles and Oja Kodar with Eric HuntGet out your lie detectors and fedoras, Dear Liste...
11/07/2025

Episode 21: F is For Fake by Orson Welles and Oja Kodar with Eric Hunt

Get out your lie detectors and fedoras, Dear Listeners, as we wade through the drama and deception of Orson Welles’ “F for Fake” with writer Eric Hunt. The conversation examines the boundaries of truth and art, the release of anonymity, the hope of legacy, and looks to answer the question- is this even a podcast? (Spoiler alert- it is!)

1.) Episode cover
2.) What we’re reading this week
3.) This episode’s guest, Eric Hunt
4.) An excerpt from Eric’s selection
5.) The F for Fake Criterion film poster
6.) Orson Welles
7.) Oja Kodor

We're back, Dear Listeners, and we've missed you! We hope you've missed us too. We're kicking off Season Two with this t...
09/18/2025

We're back, Dear Listeners, and we've missed you! We hope you've missed us too. We're kicking off Season Two with this teaser, and all new episodes, some recorded last year and some this year. We're working real hard to find that light among all this dark, and hope you continue to join us as we go Finding Good Bones.

1.) Episode cover
2.) What we’re reading this week
3.) Kate and Amy on their way to a wedding in New Orleans in 2017
4.) Jessica Fletcher, judging you.
5.) Jessica Fletcher, judging you.
6.) Jessica Fletcher, judging you.
7.) “How Lucky We Are That You Can’t Sell a Poem by Gregory Orr

Episode 20: Magic for Marigold by L. M. Montgomery with Calandra LindstadtIn this episode, Dear Listeners, Calandra Lind...
11/15/2024

Episode 20: Magic for Marigold by L. M. Montgomery with Calandra Lindstadt

In this episode, Dear Listeners, Calandra Lindstadt takes us to Prince Edward Island and lost centuries with L.M. Montgomery’s Magic for Marigold. It’s a dreamy conversation, with musings on the beauty and challenge of generations of family living close to one another, the joy of a sassy, judgey grandmother, the gift of independence, the power that can be found in surrendering to a good death. But please, don’t mention any Anne of Green Gables adaptations other than the 1985 CBC and PBS version, and don’t call us late for dinner.

1.) Episode cover
2.) What we’re reading this week
3.) This episode’s guest, Calandra Lindstadt
4.) An excerpt from Calandra’s selection
5.) The Magic for Marigold book cover
6.) Calandra and Loraine
7.) Calandra’s mother and grandfather at a wedding
8.) Calandra’s family at her “Old Grandmother’s” funeral
9.) Calandra and sisters Abi and Hannah with Nana Mae
10.)Calandra with her old grandmother, mom, and sisters Abi, Hannah, and Hadassah at their annual summer fancy tea party.

Episode 19: A Very Special “Day After the 2024 Election” Episode with Kate and AmyWell, Dear Listeners, the day after th...
11/07/2024

Episode 19: A Very Special “Day After the 2024 Election” Episode with Kate and Amy

Well, Dear Listeners, the day after the 2024 Presidential Election many people were (are) feeling a WAY. So we decided to make a very special episode of Finding Good Bones, in case you need help sitting with the dark and looking towards the light. Kate and Amy bring some of the pieces speaking to them right now: “Hope Is the Thing With Feathers” by Emily Dickinson, “Hope Is Not a Bird, Emily, It’s a Sewer Rat” by Caitlin Seida, Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett. There’s no political analysis, but there IS a free roaming three year old and at least one musical break. The discussion includes morality, mothering, niceness vs. kindness, an inevitable reckoning, and different ways hope can show up - a bird, a sewer rat, sometimes even a toddler.

1.) Episode cover
2.) “Hope Is the Thing With Feathers” by Emily Dickinson
3.) “Hope Is Not a Bird, Emily, It’s a Sewer Rat” by Caitlin Seida ()
4.) Snippets from Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
5.) “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” by Denise Hopkins, oil on gessoboard, inspired by the poem
6.) Pizza rat
7.) Granny Weatherwax
8.) Samuel Vimes
9.) Our unofficial toddler guest

Episode 18: “Peter Pan” by Patty Griffin with Kim CaldwellIt’s bangarang, Dear Listeners, as we leave Neverland with Pat...
10/24/2024

Episode 18: “Peter Pan” by Patty Griffin with Kim Caldwell

It’s bangarang, Dear Listeners, as we leave Neverland with Patty Griffin’s “Peter Pan,” brought by whole human woman and this episode’s guest Kim Caldwell. A wistful but firm examination of lovingly leaving what we’ve outgrown, the discussion covers the art that gives us clear directions in life, the hard truth that believing isn’t enough to make something real, and the feeling of deeply comforting melancholy. Also, we all agree that Peter Pan does not have an email address but Captain Hook does have an Only Fans.

1.) Episode cover
2.) What we’re reading this week
3.) This episode’s guest, Kim Caldwell
4.) The lyrics to “Peter Pan” by Patty Griffin
5.) The Flaming Red album cover
6.) Kim and her sister as small children
7.) Kim with her sister as her sister is forced to share
8.) Kim with her sister more recently

Episode 17: “Becoming, Part 1” from Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Joss Whedon with Kate CaldwellBuckle up, Dear Listeners,...
10/11/2024

Episode 17: “Becoming, Part 1” from Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Joss Whedon with Kate Caldwell

Buckle up, Dear Listeners, we’re headed to Sunnydale for our first (but certainly not last) official episode on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The conversation explores what the show means to Kate and Amy, living through big moments of change, working to offer others the grace we’ve received, and managing the oppositional truths that arise when something you love was written by a real as***le.

1.) Episode cover
2.) What we’re reading this week
3.) This episode’s guest, Kate Caldwell
4.) An excerpt from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2, episode 21 “Becoming (Part 1)
5.) The Buffy Season Two DVD box set cover
6.) A still from Becoming (Part 1)
7.) Kate as Buffy for Halloween (with a stake she whittled at her office earlier that day) a very long time ago.
8.) Kate and her dad, an even longer time ago

Join us, Dear Listeners, as we fall under the thrall of The Overstory by Richard Power and teacher, writer, publisher an...
09/19/2024

Join us, Dear Listeners, as we fall under the thrall of The Overstory by Richard Power and teacher, writer, publisher and editor Melanie Haupt. It’s a lengthy selection befitting a lengthy novel and the conversation covers man vs. nature, the devastation of loss, the nostalgia of Christmas, the longevity and patience of trees, and the writing that changes our lives.

1.) Episode cover
2.) What we’re reading this week
3.) This episode’s guest, Melanie Haupt
4.) An excerpt from The Overstory, by Richard Powers
5.) The Overstory book cover

Episode 15: We May Be the Ones by Paul Westerberg with D.L. NaillingWelcome back, Dear Listeners, as we revel in the gri...
09/05/2024

Episode 15: We May Be the Ones by Paul Westerberg with D.L. Nailling

Welcome back, Dear Listeners, as we revel in the gritty nostalgia of Paul Westerberg’s “We May Be the Ones” with musician and 6th grade social studies teacher D.L. Nailing. You can practically feel the death trap playgrounds of the 1980s as we discuss the specificity and yet universality of the people in the lyrics, the power of a pocketknife, the intense calm of dissociating, and just a touch of David Lee Roth.

1.) Episode cover
2.) What we’re reading this week
3.) This episode’s guest, D.L. Nailling
4.) Selected lyrics from We May Be the Ones
5.) Stereo album cover

Excited to get back to it this week! If you haven’t had a listen to any of the past episodes, it’s a perfect time to che...
09/03/2024

Excited to get back to it this week! If you haven’t had a listen to any of the past episodes, it’s a perfect time to check them out.

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Well, Dear Listeners, it feels like a great time to join our wildernesses and sorrows together with Ross Gay’s Book of D...
07/05/2024

Well, Dear Listeners, it feels like a great time to join our wildernesses and sorrows together with Ross Gay’s Book of Delights, brought by burgeoning gardener, Gatherer of memes, and Tea Geek Sumina Bhatti. The conversation covers the immediate understanding of “March of 2020”, chaotic joy, sitting with pain, sharing burdens, and how rough we all are on our books!

1.) Episode cover
2.) What we’re reading this week
3.) This episode’s guest, Sumina Bhatti
4.) Selection from The Book of Delights
5.) The Book of Delights cover
6.) Sumina’s notched and dog eared copy
7.) Bodhi The Dog
8.) The bookmark alignment chart

Join us, Dear Listeners, as we delve into Terry Pratchett’s Discworld through the novel Carpe Jugulum with podcast co-ho...
06/20/2024

Join us, Dear Listeners, as we delve into Terry Pratchett’s Discworld through the novel Carpe Jugulum with podcast co-host and episode guest Amy Winters. The conversation covers the responsibility of choice, standing in between the light and the dark, the hilarious awkwardness of Death, and the subtle empathy of stern people who take on the weight of hard decisions. There’s also just a touch of Bridgerton and the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice miniseries!

1.) Episode cover
2.) What we’re reading this week
3.) This episode’s guest, Amy Winters
4.) Selection from Carpe Jugulum
5.) Carpe Jugulum cover
6.) A Bridgerton text conversation

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