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Quick Tip on Staying Centered in Holiday Chaos | 🍬 Soul Snack

A lesson I learned from playing dodgeball with an incredible sapphic team. Ever feel like the world is spinning out of control? 🌀 In this episode, I share a lesson I learned from a queer dodgeball team — yes, dodgeball — about staying calm, moving with intention, and keeping your center even when everything around …

Handsome man looking into camera, That Damned Thing audio narration by Paul Cram

That Damned Thing — A Sinister, Spooky, and Possibly Queer Coded Narration | 🌙 Storytime

A haunting tale that watches you back… and maybe wants more than you think. Step into the shadows with me as I narrate “That Damned Thing” by Ambrose Bierce — a razor-sharp, unsettling classic that’s been making readers squint into the dark since the 1890s. This story is: 👁️ Sinister and suspenseful ✍️ Wickedly clever …

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The Empathy Exams Afterparty | 📚 Book Talk

Some essays slapped, some I skimmed—let’s unpack the highs, lows, and why it still sparked big questions. Good, Not Great (But Worth Talking About) Leslie Jamison’s The Empathy Exams is one of those essay collections that gets talked about a lot. But here’s the thing: for me, it was good—not great. Some chapters gripped me hard (the opening …

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Beyond Charlie Kirk: Violence, Words, and the Culture of Debate | 🍬 Soul Snack

A reflection on division, rhetoric, and the choices that shape our shared humanity. Yesterday, Charlie Kirk was murdered. In this episode, I sit with the complexity of that reality—the grief, the anger, and the deeper questions it raises about our society. This isn’t a hit piece or a celebration. It’s an attempt to reflect honestly …

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5 Audiobooks That Had Me HOOKED | 📚Book Talk

Sad, Brutal, Hilarious & Unforgettable Ever hit play on an audiobook… and suddenly it’s 3AM, you’re dehydrated, and you’ve ignored every text in your inbox? Same. In this episode, I’m sharing 5 audiobooks I couldn’t stop listening to in August—from brutal Hunger Games prequels to a memoir that’ll gut-punch you, to Irish crime fiction so …

Sketch of Jewels

What’s Really Priceless in Life? | 🌀 Timeline Cleansers

You know the classic saying “The Best Things In Life Are Free” – well it’s true. A brief timeline cleanser talking about gold, diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and what each holds and it’s equivalent in some ways with experiences and friends that are free. https://paulcramactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Whats-Really-Priceless-in-Life_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

The Sounds on the Lake at Sunset | 🌀 Timeline Cleansers

A brief reprieve from it all, toes curled on the dock, the sunset, the moon nearby. What are your favorite summer night sounds? . https://youtube.com/shorts/DTCNDGf0xwohttps://paulcramactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Timeline-Cleansers_-The-Sounds-of-a-Setting-Sun-on-the-Lake.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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The (Sometimes) Awkward Dance of Consent | 🍬 Soul Snack 🎥 Behind the Scenes

That Time a Co-Star Kissed Me Without Asking… And I Said Nothing… And What I Wish I’d Said Theater is a dance—shared sweat, casual touch, slipping into character, and learning quirks along the way. But what happens when familiarity crosses a line? In this Soft Weird episode, I share a story from a film set …

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Recognizing a Perfume on a Friday Night and Other Musings | 👃🏻 Scents & Sensibility

A romp through perfumes, memory, and a man I call Mr. Smells Good. What’s in a smell? A whole lot, it turns out. In this episode, I tell the story of Mr. Smells Good—a man whose daily fragrance choices made me rethink how powerful (and hilarious) scent can be. From lavender-triggered nostalgia to why some …