N&S – Episode 136 – Alice Cooper and Six Crows

http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS136.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSA return to some old standbys: A book and an Alice Cooper album. Guess who recs which one..   Kelly’s Rec: Album: Paranormal by Alice Cooper The brand new album from Alice Cooper! Kelly gives a preview of his thoughts on the album before he and Mike talk about it on Squat Cobbler. Some Links: a playlist on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Prime   I’m only 30 out of 50 Shades of Grey….     Mel’s Rec: Book: Six of Crows by … Continue reading

N&S – Episode 135 -Podcats

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N&S – Episode 134 – Whole Lotta Literature

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Episode 133 – Swords Galore

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Episode 132- Child Sized Ear Holes

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Episode 131- Crafting Some Extreme Sports

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Episode 130 – The Long Dark of Cutting Cable

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Episode 129 – Extraterrestrials Come from Wolf 359

http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS129.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSWe’re Back! Mel’s Recommendation: Podcast: Wolf 359 An AudioFiction podcast set in a space station in orbit around Wolf359. Told mainly from the perspective of Doug Eiffel, the communications officer of the station’s 3 person crew. Doug is not exactly thrilled to be on the station and doesn’t bother to hide it. Instead he spends most of his time broadcasting running monologues full of popculture anecdotes out into the void. Follow along as the station AI possibly plots to murder the crew, … Continue reading

Episode 128 -Give Vader some Props

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Episode 127 – Home is in The Hollows

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