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Gladness & Hunger with Leanne W. Smith
Author/Professor Leanne W. Smith sits down with key individuals to mine the magic of their vocational stories. Inspired by Frederick Buechner who said the key to a career satisfying to both soul and pocketbook was to find “where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet," this podcast is geared to writers, students, story lovers, and anyone seeking inspiration for their own vocational journey.
As a fiction writer and business professor at Lipscomb University with a heart to teach students how to build sustainable careers that actually feed their soul, Smith's deep gladness is in sharing messages of hope and inspiration like these.
Podcasting since 2023 • 28 episodes
Gladness & Hunger with Leanne W. Smith
Latest Episodes
Dr. Earl Lavender: “To be Fully Trained”
Earl Lavender first came on my radar in 1985 when he ran 100 miles in a day as a fundraiser for Lipscomb Athletics. Earl has had wide influence not only in my own life, but in the lives of countless others, in the U.S. and abroad, in both bibli...
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Season 4
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Joe Ivey: “Strategy, Influence & Active Disremembering”
Joseph M. Ivey has an impressive resume with words like Harvard Business School and World Economic Forum on it. He has led several organizations, served on boards, and contributed his expertise to a number of non-profits. Then, in November of 2...
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Season 4
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Bonnie Blaylock: “Writer, Podcaster, Beekeeper”
It’s my honor to talk with Bonnie Blaylock in this episode, author of Light to the Hills, a historical fiction novel about a pack-horse librarian in Appalachia. Bonnie is also co-host of the popular “Just Ask Your Mom” podcast, and she’s a beek...
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Season 4
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Season Four: “Amy Cuddy, the Sabbath & an old Accounting Ledger”
As Season 4 of Gladness & Hunger is launched, three stories are strongly on my mind: A TED Talk by Amy Cuddy that I recently shared with a special group of women at Deborah Johnson Rehabilitation Center. The importance of Sabbath, which inc...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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Dave & Sydney Clayton: “Ripples of Love”
My husband, Stan, and I met Dave & Sydney Clayton of Ethos Church when they were undergraduates at Lipscomb. Even then, they were social influencers on a wider-than-average scale. Here, they talk about raising sons to be fathers, the transf...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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