Jill mentioned the novel Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. You can order a copy via Amazon.
The following music clips were used in Episode 10:
“Family on Blast” by Cody ChesnuTT
“Selling Jesus” by Skunk Anansie
****Featured Music for Episode 10****
“Ricochet Man” by Moris Tepper
Jill and Jon welcome graphic designer Erica Ryan to the cat studio. Topics include this article concerning spirituality and this article about transgendered sunbathing controversy.  OH, and prairie dogs. Lots of prairie dogs.
The featured song for this episode is “Ricochet Man” by the legend, Moris Tepper.
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The following music clips were included in Episode 9:
“The Devil” by The Rapture
“Clean and Sober” by Anya Marina
****Featured music for Episode 9****
“We Moved Our City to the Country” by Tracy Bonham
Writer and crochet enthusiast Mickey Calderone is in the special guest seat for Episode 9. She, Diane and Jon discuss the power of names, reality shows, and pasties. Mickey later shares her struggle with PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome). The featured song for today’s episode is “We Moved Our City to the Country” By Tracy Bonham.
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Sobia Khan reads her short story, Innocence Lay Dying.
Sobia Khan is pursuing her doctoral degree in Literature from University of Texas at Dallas where she also taught introductory creative writing. Her creative work has been published in Parallax, Sojourn, and Rivers Edge. She has won awards and recognition for her work. At the moment she is working on her first novel and is still dabbling in short stories, her first love.
If you would like your fiction, nonfiction, or poetry featured on Open Mic with Secretly Timid, please contact us at letters@secretlytimid.com.
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Theme song : “I’m the One” by Moris Tepper
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In the inaugural episode of Art Appreciation, Jill interviews artists TJ Griffin and some other guy about the pros and cons of graduate art school, in-studio behavior, and the ever-so-fine line between introversion and weirdness.
Theme song: “Lately It’s So Quiet” by OK Go!
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Secretly Timid is expanding into the creative arts. Join Jill as she interviews visual artists and check out our new Open Mic for the latest and greatest creative writing.
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The following videos were referenced in Episode 8:
Woman gives thief a sick suplex!
Bear Gryll gives himself a bird poop salt water enema
The following music clips were included in Episode 8 :
“Leader” by Bif Naked
“Rebel Girl” by Bikini Kill
“I Can’t Go for That” by The Bird and the Bee
“Dance, Ten; Looks, Three” performed by Jessica Lee Goldyn from A Chorus Line
Check out this video of her performance.
***Featured Music for Episode 8***
“Accomplice” by Nervous Curtains, a great band from Dallas. Check out the link for upcoming shows!
Paul and Jon welcome Jon’s mother to the cat studio. Jon’s momma shares family secrets and discusses her experience mothering two gay children as well as her experience being a teenager during desegregation in North Carolina. Other topics include Tits and Ass, Kid Rock, Catholicism, and penetration (in no particular order).
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The following music clips were included in Episode 7
“Not a Love Song” by Uh Huh Her
“Girl Singing in the Wreckage” by Black Box Recorder
***Featured music for Episode 7 ***
“Bad Attraction” by Brad Sucks