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Listen to today's episode, " Why Every Child Sparkles: Aditi Wardhan Singh's Mission" as Teacher/ Writing Coach/ Choreographer, Aditi Wardhan Singh joins Dori Durbin! 

How can books raise cultural awareness and acceptance in kids? Children's book author Aditi Wardhan Singh shares her mission to fill holes in diversity through books and storytelling. Hear excerpts from her children's book "Sparkles of Joy" that celebrates different cultures and reminds kids how they each have unique talents to share. Aditi shares her journey creating diverse books, how she assesses her books' success, and her next projects. Discover where books and dance meet to help every child feel seen and get to know Aditi's heart behind "Raising World Children"!

• Holes in Cultural Awareness and Acceptance 
• Why a Kids' Book?
• Where Dance and Books Meet
• Everyone Sparkles
• About "Raising World Children"
• Kids in Multicultural Places
• Reading of "Sparkles of Joy"
• Assessing Book Success
• Next Book Plans
• Where to Find Aditi's Books

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More about Aditi :
Aditi is author of ten multicultural books and founder of RaisingWorldchildren.com.  When not teaching, she loves writing and choreographing dance recitals. Her passion for cultural mindfulness drives her work in writing and teaching.

Find Aditi's  Book:
https://www.RaisingWorldchildren.com/childrensbooks

Follow Aditi:
https://raisingworldchildren.com/
https://www.instagram.com/raisingworldchildren/
contact@raisingworldchildren.com

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More about Dori Durbin:
Dori Durbin is a Christian wife, mom, author, illustrator, and a kids’ book coach who after experiencing a life-changing illness, quickly switched gears to follow her dream. She creates kids’ books to provide a fun and safe passageway for kids and parents to dig deeper and experience empowered lives. Dori also coaches non-fiction authors, professionals, and aspiring authors to “kid-size” their content into informational and engaging kids’ books!
 
Buy Dori's Kids' Books:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Dori-Durbin/author/B087BFC2KZ

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Email: hello@doridurbin.com

Dr. Claire Muselman is back! 

We are happy to welcome back Dr. Claire Muselman to our podcast. So much has changed since the last time she was on the show. 

Yvonne and Rafael share some laughs as we catch up with Dr. Claire on some important changes in her career and life. 

Now taking on risk management as chief risk officer with Emory Industrial, Dr. Claire explains some of the fascinating changes she has managed over the past year. 

She also shares about the journey of navigating life with a thirteen-year-old daughter,  teaching at Drake University, and more. 

Grab your headphones, settle in and let's go talk to Dr. Claire!

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We review the celebrity book "The One and Only Sparkella" by Channing Tatum.

Phil and Jake abstain from bad words and bawdy talk as they apply some sparkle to the List of Every Damn Thing by ranking glitter, broken glass and cows.

If you have something to add to the list, email it to list@everydamnthing.net (or get at us on Twitter and Instagram).

SHOW NOTES:

• We briefly refer to the old-timey game where you push a hoop with a stick. It goes back to antiquity!
• Recycling is complicated.
• Here’s some vampire sparkle action in Twilight.
• We talk a bit about how glam rock blurred gender lines, including mentions of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Gary Glitter.
• Package thieves are annoying, but so are YouTube glitter bomb guys.
• We allude to “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, but fail to say its name. We also totally fail to mention “Walking on Broken Glass” by Annie Lennox, and are ashamed.
• We talk a bit about Glass Beach in Mendocino County. If you’re ever in Fort Bragg, CA, be sure to check it out.
• Here’s the broken glass scene from Die Hard that Phil brings up.
• WARNING: Jake indulges in an elaborate fantasy about murdering Hank Williams, Jr. and cannibalism.
• Elmer’s glue's mascot is really clueless.
• Jake bring up the use of cow patties as fuel. It’s pretty common with the manure of all types of animals.
• Neither Jake nor Phil has read Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry.
• Bova is the cow-woman who was the midwife for Magneto's children in the Marvel comics. She's just a gentle-natured cow-woman created by the High Evolutionary.
• Apparently cow farts produce less methane than cow burps.

ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
speakeasies * people eating boots * ancient cosmetics * fishing lures * wrapping paper * pixies * Ted Cruz * forensics * nail clippers * shirtless men wearing elaborate angel wings, gold lame shorts, and furry cha-cha heels * saxophone in rock music * Bon Jovi * Jewish weddings * barfights * broken bottles as weapons * Double Stuf Oreos * Lincoln Logs * Jenny McCarthy * McRib * leather * the beef industry * dairy * bulls * goats * cowboys * barbed wire fences * ice cream * Mrs. O’Leary’s cow * the Marvel Cinematic Universe * Ferdinand the Bull * dilapidated shacks * ducks * eggs * sardines * crows

Below are the Top Ten and Bottom Top items on List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the complete up-to-date list, go here):

TOP TEN:

1. Dolly Parton - person
2. interspecies animal friends - idea
3. Clement Street in San Francisco - location
4. Prince - person
5. It’s-It - food
6. Cher - person
7. Pee-Wee Herman - fictional character
8. Donald Duck - fictional character
9. Hank Williams - person
10. air - substance

BOTTOM TEN:

131. Lincoln Logs - toy
132. broken glass - substance
133. Jenny McCarthy - person
134. Jon Voight - person
135. Hank Williams, Jr - person
136. McRib - food
137. war - idea
138. cigarettes - drug
139. QAnon - idea
140. transphobia - idea

Theme song by Jade Puget. Graphic design by Jason Mann. This episode was edited by Jake MacLachlan, with audio help from Luke Janela. Show notes by Jake MacLachlan & Phil Green.

Our website is everydamnthing.net and we're also on Twitter and

Sparkles is a dear friend of mine who has had a remarkable life. We learn about how he followed his passion into the music industry, was fired as a band manager, and how he was eventually led to swap his black denim jeans for a suit and tie. Importantly, we learn how he is still able to scratch his music industry itch. Hang on! We also find out the truth behind the nickname Sparkles and a few other good stories. Hope you enjoy it.