# five things (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover five things.

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## [5 Things of Joy](https://megdunley.substack.com/p/5-things-of-joy-c89)

_2026-08-21 · Meg Dunley · Musings with Meg_

Five things that brought me joy this week: House guest | Snail mail | Spring is coming | More warm hands | Time and space to write

## [Introducing The Memoir Collection](https://myfivethings.substack.com/p/introducing-the-memoir-collection-df8)

_2026-08-19 · Five Things I've Learned · Five Things I've Learned_

Plus: a special offer for readers of The Metropolitan Review.

## [S2E25: Tim Pilgrim on gardens, creativity and learning to work with what you can't control](https://megdunley.substack.com/p/s2e25-tim-pilgrim-on-gardens-creativity)

_2026-08-19 · Meg Dunley · Musings with Meg_

Gardener and designer Tim Pilgrim on observation, time, happy accidents and why a garden is never really finished.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211659021/15a86423dc1f931ccc43e9af1cb180b9.mp3)

## [Eden: The Original Garden](https://gilberthouse.substack.com/p/eden-the-original-garden)

_2026-08-17 · Giants, Gods & Dragons · Giants, Gods & Dragons_

Spoiler: It's at Jerusalem

## [Why are we so tough on ourselves?](https://megdunley.substack.com/p/why-are-we-so-tough-on-ourselves)

_2026-08-17 · Meg Dunley · Musings with Meg_

How to understand and work with our inner critic.

## [Giants Are Coming](https://gilberthouse.substack.com/p/giants-are-coming)

_2026-08-16 · Giants, Gods & Dragons · Giants, Gods & Dragons_

Listen now | Gilbert House Fellowship #491

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211438983/3d325f46b5f7e55ab8a81d15878ae03e.mp3)

## [The Strong Covenant](https://gilberthouse.substack.com/p/the-strong-covenant)

_2026-08-15 · Giants, Gods & Dragons · Giants, Gods & Dragons_

Listen now | P.I.D. Radio

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211324981/fd957ded514b7ee50b431c2a36d945d9.mp3)

## [Writing Opportunities & Competitions | August 2026](https://megdunley.substack.com/p/writing-opportunities-and-competitions-12c)

_2026-08-15 · Meg Dunley · Musings with Meg_

A curated monthly roundup of competitions, grants, residencies, submissions and opportunities for writers, artists and illustrators.

## [Gardens of the Kings](https://gilberthouse.substack.com/p/gardens-of-the-kings)

_2026-08-14 · Giants, Gods & Dragons · Giants, Gods & Dragons_

Cult centers for venerating dead royalty

## [5 Things of Joy](https://megdunley.substack.com/p/5-things-of-joy-ccb)

_2026-08-14 · Meg Dunley · Musings with Meg_

Five things that brought me joy this week: More good reasons to knit | Family | Wattle season | Warm hands | New place to write

## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4hbgI2yv1BBp)

_2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Money for Nothing and Kids for Free](https://gilberthouse.substack.com/p/money-for-nothing-and-kids-for-free)

_2026-08-13 · Giants, Gods & Dragons · Giants, Gods & Dragons_

Listen now | P.I.D. Radio Throwback Thursday

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210657384/a14ac9f1a439f0a147d1d28573d5ff0e.mp3)

## [Roswell and the Reich](https://gilberthouse.substack.com/p/roswell-and-the-reich)

_2026-08-12 · Giants, Gods & Dragons · Giants, Gods & Dragons_

Listen now | A View from the Bunker Wayback Wednesday

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210646588/4763f14ade77b8642c034ed99822f508.mp3)

## [S2E24: Megan Dalla-Camina on creativity, truth and making space for what wants to come through](https://megdunley.substack.com/p/s2e24-megan-dalla-camina-on-creativity)

_2026-08-11 · Meg Dunley · Musings with Meg_

Author, researcher, women's leader and founder of Women Rising Megan Dalla-Camina on slowing down, trusting your creative instincts and moving beyond the inner critic.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209887754/844850546e750a0222103354fd473dbb.mp3)

## [The Plague-god and the Exodus](https://gilberthouse.substack.com/p/the-plague-god-and-the-exodus)

_2026-08-11 · Giants, Gods & Dragons · Giants, Gods & Dragons_

Apollo and the underworld

## [Just Five Things You Should Know About... Armageddon](https://gilberthouse.substack.com/p/just-five-things-you-should-know-be3)

_2026-08-10 · Giants, Gods & Dragons · Giants, Gods & Dragons_

Watch now | Just Five Things

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210529697/3cdf36fe5464293eeebf2f1b6fbeb392.mp3)

## [Gatekeeper of the Dead](https://gilberthouse.substack.com/p/gatekeeper-of-the-dead)

_2026-08-07 · Giants, Gods & Dragons · Giants, Gods & Dragons_

Molech and the gates of hell

## [5 Things of Joy](https://megdunley.substack.com/p/5-things-of-joy-ba3)

_2026-08-07 · Meg Dunley · Musings with Meg_

Five things that brought me joy this week: Fleeting light | A bowl of mandarin goodness | Tartan progress | Making for others | Skin checks

## [The Late Great USA](https://gilberthouse.substack.com/p/the-late-great-usa)

_2026-08-06 · Giants, Gods & Dragons · Giants, Gods & Dragons_

Listen now | P.I.D. Radio Throwback Thursday

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209810368/aedbd4ab2e0399fec26abef1c7a2ec21.mp3)

## [S2E23: Samantha WL Lee on Building a 5am Writing Practice, Curiosity and Writing Bound](https://megdunley.substack.com/p/s2e23-samantha-wl-lee-on-building)

_2026-08-05 · Meg Dunley · Musings with Meg_

Author Samantha WL Lee on writing before sunrise, following curiosity into fiction and why simply turning up is often the difference between dreaming about a book and finishing one.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209846447/80be74e95f6b152ed05dbfd7d9e87c0c.mp3)

## [5 Things of Joy](https://megdunley.substack.com/p/5-things-of-joy-15b)

_2026-07-31 · Meg Dunley · Musings with Meg_

Five things that brought me joy this week: Community | Unknotting story problems | Orange baubles | When a bunch of flowers is more than just a bunch of flowers | Babies

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_2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_

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## [July Reading, Listening, Watching](https://megdunley.substack.com/p/july-reading-listening-watching)

_2026-07-30 · Meg Dunley · Musings with Meg_

Books read this month: Mother Mary Comes to Me | I am Nannertgarrook | Every Wild Soul | The Children’s Bach | She Has My Heart | Iluka | Famesick | Circle of Wonders

## [S2E22: Author Lynsey McDonnell on magic, momentum & writing Bailey Street in the spaces between](https://megdunley.substack.com/p/s2e22-author-lynsey-mcdonnell-on)

_2026-07-28 · Meg Dunley · Musings with Meg_

Perth CFO and debut novelist on writing retreats, trusting creative momentum, and why she believes she never had writer’s block.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208792086/57208d28139cfc3072d3f4bb061d0893.mp3)

## [A personal invitation from Maya C. Popa](https://myfivethings.substack.com/p/a-personal-invitation-from-maya-c-384)

_2026-07-24 · Five Things I've Learned · Five Things I've Learned_

Join me tomorrow at a special time, live and online for "Five Things I've Learned about Manuscript Mixtapes."

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203339345/534d058ea3a6893938da109b0759aee1.mp3)

## [Five Things We've Learned from Americans We Admire (Part III)](https://myfivethings.substack.com/p/five-things-weve-learned-from-americans-f41)

_2026-07-18 · Five Things I've Learned_

One more look back at collected reflections from "Five Things I've Learned about America"

## [Pre-order Maya C Popa's,"If You Love That Lady," and join the VIP List for "Five Things I've Learned about Manuscript Mixtapes"!](https://myfivethings.substack.com/p/pre-order-maya-c-popasif-you-love)

_2026-07-12 · Five Things I've Learned_

Join us live for something special when Maya C. Popa returns to Five Things I’ve Learned Saturday, July 25!

## [Five Things We've Learned from Americans We Admire, Part II](https://myfivethings.substack.com/p/five-things-weve-learned-from-americans-b55)

_2026-07-11 · Five Things I've Learned_

A second look back at collected reflections from "Five Things I've Learned about America"

## [Five Things We've Learned from Americans We Admire](https://myfivethings.substack.com/p/five-things-weve-learned-from-americans)

_2026-07-06 · Five Things I've Learned · Five Things I've Learned_

A look back at reflections from our series, "Five Things I've Learned about America"

## [Maya C. Popa’s new collection of poems, If You Love That Lady, releases July 14th!](https://myfivethings.substack.com/p/maya-c-popas-new-collection-of-poems)

_2026-06-30 · Five Things I've Learned_

Something New from Someone We Admire.

## [Writing and Reading](https://myfivethings.substack.com/p/writing-and-reading)

_2026-06-23 · Five Things I've Learned · Five Things I've Learned_

Discover more great classes on writing and craft – available anytime, on demand.

## [Replay: Peter Orner shares Five Things He's Learned about Messing with the Truth (In Order to Lie)](https://myfivethings.substack.com/p/replay-peter-orner-shares-five-things-e53)

_2026-06-23 · Five Things I've Learned_

Check out the first five minutes of his recent class.

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_2026-06-23 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Replay: Adam Gopnik shares Five Things He's Learned about Writing a Memoir](https://myfivethings.substack.com/p/replay-adam-gopnik-shares-five-things-a33)

_2026-06-23 · Five Things I've Learned_

Check out the first five minutes of his recent class.

## [What Is an Answered Prayer?](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/what-is-an-answered-prayer)

_2025-07-19 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

I didn't even want to speak the word "cancer" out loud...

## [The end of my imagination](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/the-end-of-my-imagination)

_2025-04-30 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

is where God's begins

## [A Lesson in Rest](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/a-lesson-in-rest)

_2025-04-01 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

What I didn't expect from a 7-month sabbatical

## [You Can Just Talk to God](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/you-can-just-talk-to-god)

_2025-03-11 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

Am I getting what I asked for, or is prayer just changing me?

## [It Wasn't Christmas Without You](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/it-wasnt-christmas-without-you)

_2025-02-12 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

Dad was never one to risk the ice– at least when it came to fishing.

## [I Want to Raise Boys](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/i-want-to-raise-boys)

_2025-02-05 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

Rambunctious little boys. Boys with scraped up knees and bruised feelings...

## [Relentless Optimism](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/relentless-optimism)

_2025-01-31 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

The Best is Yet to Come

## [A Prayer for a Tuesday](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/a-prayer-for-a-tuesday)

_2025-01-07 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

Writing became a consistent habit in my spiritual life years ago, as I began to write out the prayers I struggled to articulate.

## [Why You Should Be Jumping in Frozen Lakes](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/why-you-should-be-jumping-in-frozen)

_2024-12-29 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

A spiritual experience for the peer-pressured

## [Coming Home](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/coming-home)

_2024-12-19 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

A little romance in the everyday

## [The Blue Collar Boardroom](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/the-blue-collar-boardroom)

_2024-11-27 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

Lessons in leadership from around the dinner table

## [The Infinite More](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/the-infinite-more)

_2024-11-21 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

A life coach told me one time that my saboteur was restlessness.

## [Too Many Fish in the Sea?](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/too-many-fish-in-the-sea)

_2024-11-20 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

Dating Apps and The Paralysis of Choice

## [Friday Five – Michelin Star Mold, Need for Nuance, Luck & Love, Creative War and a new.shortcut](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/friday-five-michelin-star-mold-need)

_2024-11-15 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

Five things I'm interested in this week

## [What Meditation Taught a New Yorker About Jesus](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/what-meditation-taught-a-new-yorker)

_2024-11-12 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

A mug of black coffee steaming and the sunrise peeking over the trees, I settled in for a quiet morning of reading.

## [Friday Five – Focusing a Scattered Mind, Bitcoin and Bros, Sports That Make You Live Longer, Learning to Love Meditation and Unfinished Books](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/friday-five-how-to-focus-a-scattered)

_2024-11-08 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

Five things I'm interested in this week

## [Friday Five – Breathtakingly Insipid Tennis Stars, Unscalable Community, New York Nostalgia (twice), An Ambitious Reading Update](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/friday-five-breathtakingly-insipid)

_2024-11-01 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

Five things (most of which are essays or books) I'm interested in this week

## [Independence is Overrated](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/independence-is-overrated)

_2024-10-30 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

You can’t even call me a Childless Cat Lady.

## [Friday Five – Inspired by Kids, Texas Incarceration Rates, The Magic of Barton Springs, a Military Base Turned Art Installation and an Ambitious Reading List](https://aliviaduran.substack.com/p/friday-five-inspired-by-kids-texas)

_2024-10-25 · Alivia Halva (Duran) · Growth Patterns_

Five things I'm interested in this week