Episodios

  • Starting the New Year Right

    Starting the New Year Right
    Dec 26 2025
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Christmas is just about here, but I know I’m already looking forward to what’s coming in the new year as well. We ended our holiday book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas, with a few New Year’s stories and I’m going to share a couple of them with you today, about traditions you might want to start for yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    10 m
  • Someone Has to Be Nice… and Someone Has to Be Naughty, Too

    Someone Has to Be Nice… and Someone Has to Be Naughty, Too
    Dec 24 2025
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today’s episode is all about naughty and nice as we head into the final days before Christmas. I’ve got two very funny stories to share today, one about a grandma ingesting stuffing made with a very special herb that was supposed to be just for the twenty-somethings at their family dinner, and one about taking a Christmas card photo in a very unauthorized location. Let’s start with that one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    9 m
  • Treasured Traditions

    Treasured Traditions
    Dec 22 2025
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I want to share a couple more stories with you from our book about the Spirit of Christmas. This is going to be the last new episode of the podcast before the holidays, so I wish you the very best for the last day of Hanukkah and the coming Christmas extravaganza. Today’s stories about are about a couple of our writers’ favorite traditions for Christmas Day and the day after. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    11 m
  • Getting Creative at Christmastime

    Getting Creative at Christmastime
    Dec 19 2025
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and I want to share a couple of stories with you today from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of Christmas, stories about a couple of ways to get creative at Christmastime. I love publishing these stories about new and different ways to handle the holidays, because I always get good ideas from them, and I feel that could be very helpful to our readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    9 m
  • Holiday Hope and Gratitude

    Holiday Hope and Gratitude
    Dec 17 2025
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I want to share a couple of stories with you today from our book about The Spirit of Christmas. This is such a happy time of year, but what about the families that are going through hard times? You probably live in a community that has giving trees, and community gift collections, and plenty of ways to contribute and make Christmas more magical for families in need. And that’s what we’re going to talk about today – what happens when a family falls on hard times, which is often just a temporary issue. Often, those families end up helping out another family during a future Christmas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    10 m
  • The Perfect Gift

    The Perfect Gift
    Dec 15 2025
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I want to share a couple of stories with you today from our book about The Spirit of Christmas. I’m still working on gifts – I have to buy them for a couple of dozen people, what with 17 people just in the immediate family – so I love some of the creative ideas I get from our Christmas books. And today I want to share a couple of creative ideas that were just so personal and perfect for the family members who got them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    10 m
  • When Kids Bond with Their Pets

    When Kids Bond with Their Pets
    Dec 12 2025
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I want to share a couple of stories with you today from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Pets, Pets, Pets. This is such a fun book. I haven’t counted but I think there are at least 40 kinds of pets in this new collection, every kind of furry, feathered, scaly, flying, walking, swimming, slithering, indoor or outdoor, tame or wild, tiny or gigantic pet imaginable. No matter what kind of pet people have, their stories are all about how their pets provide them with companionship, comfort, understanding and lots of life lessons. Plus a lot of laughs and entertainment. And so much good stuff for kids, who really bond with their pets, often using those pets to help them through whatever tough times they are facing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 m
  • A Different Kind of Christmas

    A Different Kind of Christmas
    Dec 10 2025
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I want to share a couple of stories with you today from our new book about The Spirit of Christmas. This collection is the perfect way to get your holiday spirit going in time for Hanukkah and Christmas and all the other winter holidays that we enjoy while it’s getting darker and colder and we need to bring light into our days. And what I love is all the big and small miracles that see in this book, two of which I’m going to share with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    10 m