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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How can two people love each other and still feel misunderstood? My guests, Pesa and Whitney Shayo of Live Your Best Marriage, join me to explore culture, family expectations, and learning to hear each other. www.podcastreallife.com/s4e224

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Ep. 224 - Pesa & Whitney Shayo: The Marriage Behind the Marriage…

What happens when the person you love brings a different definition of marriage into the relationship? Pesa and Whitney Shayo, founders of Live Your Best Marriage,…

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A college classmate and I reconnected, and decided to have a conversation about race, the meaning of “pro-life,” social media, ministry, and what happens when political loyalty and religious conviction become difficult to separate. What could go wrong? www.podcastreallife.com/s4e223

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Ep. 223 - Lisa Heisner: When Your Politics No Longer Fit Your Fa…

What happens when the political identity you inherited begins to collide with the faith that helped shape it? Melvin E. Edwards talks with educator and fellow John…

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Xish, it’s making Mao head spin.

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Are you high on boiled peanuts again?

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If the Astros don’t make the playoffs, I’ll root for the Rays with you.

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My novel has a new cover. The interior story is just as compelling as it has always been. Get your fresh copy hot off the presses. amzn.to/4xGhbcG

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What happens to a child who learns that being invisible is the safest way to survive? Author Rich Dunning survived abuse, poverty, homelessness and addiction. Now he tells the story he spent decades learning how to speak. 🎙️ Stories from Real Life www.podcastreallife.com/222

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Ep. 222 - Rich Dunning: ‘Silence Was My First Language’

Content note: This episode includes discussion of childhood abuse, sexual abuse, addiction, and trauma. What happens when the silence that helped you survive become…

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For identity coach Sass Schaeffer, that question isn’t theoretical. Her own journey through major professional and personal upheaval forced her to confront something deeper than how to rebuild her circumstances: she had to reconsider who she was.

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What would you do if you opened an old binder at an estate sale and realized you were holding a piece of WWII history? Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and military historian Patrick Naughton Jr. knew almost immediately that he had found something extraordinary. www.podcastreallife.com/s4e220

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Ep. 220 - Patrick W. Naughton, Jr.: Saving Baker Battery

What would you do if you opened an old binder at an estate sale and realized you were holding a piece of World War II history? Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel…

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Andre Robertson joins me to trace a career that moved from the University of Texas to the Yankees. He also reflects on the racial barriers he faced, the coaches and teammates who shaped him, and the car accident that reshaped his playing career and life. www.podcastreallife.com/s4e219

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Ep. 219 - Andre Robertson: Before the Pinstripes: How Andre Robe…

Andre Robertson on Texas, the Yankees, and the accident that changed everything Former Major League shortstop Andre Robertson joins Melvin E. Edwards to trace a ca…

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What do you mean? “I think he has 29 homers this year” is totally normal for someone who doesn’t know what he’s doing.

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My daughter created the coolest birthday song ever for me. Makes turning 60 feel a lot better. youtu.be/e-_a5qJ8_VU?...

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Hey, Mel!

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Margaret Eastman Smith joins me to discuss her memoir, A Spectacular Inheritance: A Memoir of Letting Go, and the extraordinary journey of discovering an identity outside the tightly connected world of Moral Re:Armament that shaped her childhood. www.podcastreallife.com/218

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Ep. 218 - Margaret Eastman Smith: Faith, Family and Freedom

Margaret Eastman Smith grew up inside Moral Re-Armament (MRA), the international movement that emerged from the Oxford Group and sought to transform society through…

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

What if the principles of crimes against humanity had been applied to Jim Crow America? I asked that question — and followed it to its consequences in my debut novel, Nuremberg, Mississippi. mediawelldonellc.com

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Please watch this video. www.facebook.com/share/v/1CTH...

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I was 2 weeks from my 18th birthday and 3 weeks from beginning college.

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In this episode, I sit down with internationally recognized facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Michael Brandt for a thoughtful conversation about confidence, identity, aging, and the responsibility that comes with changing someone’s appearance. open.spotify.com/episode/35JX...

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Ep. 217 - Dr. Michael Brandt: The Future of Facial Plastic Surgery

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In this episode, I talk with @ClintHurdle13 about being labeled a future star before adulthood, sobriety, family, leadership, and discovering that sometimes the life you were supposed to have isn’t nearly as meaningful as the life you eventually build. www.podcastreallife.com/s4e217

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Ep. 216 - Clint Hurdle: Take The Long Way Home

Long before Clint Hurdle became one of baseball’s most recognizable managers, he was the kid everyone expected to become a star. A first-round draft pick of the Ka…

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This guy will be my special guest tomorrow on the bonus episode of Stories from Real Life. Don’t miss it! I’ll post the link here.

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

National bestselling novelist Diane Les Becquets joins Stories from Real Life for an unforgettable conversation about survival, faith, creativity, and the remarkable healing power of nature, and how brain surgery while she was writing her latest novel changed everything. www.podcastreallife.com/215

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Ep. 215 - Diane Les Becquets: Between Heaven and the Rest of My …

National bestselling novelist Diane Les Becquets joins Stories from Real Life for an unforgettable conversation about survival, faith, creativity, and the remarkabl…

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Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Real question: Who are the bigger cowards - these nominees or the senators who will still vote to confirm them?

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