<![CDATA[The Commonplace: Podcast: A Drink With a Friend]]>https://thecommon.place/s/podcasthttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1jhK!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F61900199-f27b-420a-8844-6f951aa2b858_800x800.pngThe Commonplace: Podcast: A Drink With a Friendhttps://thecommon.place/s/podcastSubstackSat, 14 Nov 2026 10:15:45 GMT<![CDATA[A Boarding School & a Suit of Armor]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep205https://thecommon.place/p/ep205Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:16:30 GMTFavorite Drink guest Faith Moore is back! In this chat she shares with Tsh two more books that have shaped her life, along with two formative places—one from childhood and one from more recent… as a New Yorker who also spent her childhood in London, she’s got no shortage of magical options.

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]]><![CDATA[An Empty Museum & an Urban Neighborhood]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep204https://thecommon.place/p/ep204Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:03:45 GMT“A biography, but for things” was just one of several delightful turns of phrase offered by Tsh’s guest in this chat, , a writer, speaker, and all-around lovely human. Like all guests, she shares two books and two places that have shaped her.

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]]><![CDATA[A Bored Kid & a Famous Ceiling]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep203https://thecommon.place/p/ep203Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:03:59 GMTOrdinary places often mean the most to us as children, unbeknownst to the adults around them. Tsh has the pleasure of talking once more to one of the most repeated guest requests: her daughter, Tatum! In this one, Tate shares a childhood book she recently re-read, as well as a non-fiction class assignment that blew her socks off. She also shares why a home they only lived in for a few years meant so much to her, plus a world-renowned historic site that has a place in her new family’s history.

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]]><![CDATA[An Orphan & A European City]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep202https://thecommon.place/p/ep202Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:01:13 GMTWhy are kids drawn to stories about orphans? Has childhood always been the way it is now? Writer and historian talks to Tsh about two books + two places that have shaped her.

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]]><![CDATA[Done > Perfect: Embrace Your Partial Solutions]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep201https://thecommon.place/p/ep201Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:30:59 GMTWhen you can’t do the ideal, but you can still do something, what’s the good-enough version? That’s the partial solution. Sounds simple, but it’s really hard to enact.

This episode embodies a partial solution because it’s a departure from the usual episodes. But done > perfect, every time.

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]]><![CDATA[A Drink with a Friend is Back... ☕️]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep200https://thecommon.place/p/ep200Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:01:50 GMTAnd live for a few of you! It’s been awhile, but I’m dusting off the podcast feed and returning to a new season of Drink. I’m back to asking friends about two books—one from their childhood, one recent—that’s shaped them in some way, but I’m also asking them about something else: what about places? What’s one place from childhood and one more recent that’s formed them, even in a small way, into who they are today?

In this inaugural “dusting off” episode, I’m answering my own questions—and also explaining a bit of where I’ve been (I promise, it’s not that interesting).

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]]><![CDATA[3 Desires & a 14th-Century Headstrong Norwegian]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep199https://thecommon.place/p/ep199Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:51:32 GMTFor the final episode of this season, Tsh chats with Abigail Favale, a fellow author and all-around great gal. She shares her childhood book—one Tsh has never heard of—and one she’s read as an adult that’s been on Tsh’s TBR list for absolute ever.

]]><![CDATA[A 14th-Century Boys’ School & a Myth of Sacrificial Love]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep198https://thecommon.place/p/ep198Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:27:02 GMTAnnelise Roberts is a wife and mom of six kids whom she homeschools while raising animals on their homestead in North Carolina. She shares with Tsh a beloved childhood book (that’s very fitting for her life right now), as well as one of the most mind-blowing works of fiction from C.S. Lewis.

]]><![CDATA[A Magical Wardrobe & A 1953 Foul Ball]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep197https://thecommon.place/p/ep197Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:36:45 GMTShawn Smucker co-owns an independent bookshop in his town with his wife, and is also a long-time author of several books. He shares with Tsh a classic, perennial favorite childhood book, as well as one of his go-tos from adulthood.

]]><![CDATA[Fighting Dementors & 19th-Century Parables]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep196https://thecommon.place/p/ep196Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:52:17 GMTAutumn Kern is a mom of four who releases bookish videos in a space called, delightfully enough, The Commonplace, and also hosts Common House, a space for homeschooling moms to get their bearings in the classical Charlotte Mason world. She shares with Tsh a favorite childhood book (one of Tsh’s favorites, too, though not from her own childhood) and a recent one from her adulthood (it’s one Tsh has never heard of).

]]><![CDATA[Farm Life & Poor with a Pearl]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep195https://thecommon.place/p/ep195Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:10:16 GMTHadden Turner writes the well-loved Substack newsletter Over the Field and lives in northern England among farmers and apples. He shares with Tsh his choice of a favorite book from childhood (one she’d never heard of before), as well as a recent read for his choice of favorites as an adult.

]]><![CDATA[A Girl with Power & a Powerful Woman]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep194https://thecommon.place/p/ep194Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:49:52 GMTFaith Moore is a writer and podcaster of the popular show Storytime for Grownups, as well as an avid reader. She shares with Tsh her choice of a favorite book from childhood, as well as one of her all-time favorites as an adult (it’s one of Tsh’s favorites, too).

]]><![CDATA[A Vietnam Vet Legend & a 20th-Century Russian with Amnesia]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep193https://thecommon.place/p/ep193Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:03:00 GMTJoel Miller is the writer of the popular newsletter Miller’s Book Review, chief content officer at Full Focus, author of the new book The Idea Machine, and an avid reader. He shares with Tsh a beloved book from his childhood and one from adulthood (as well as two extras from both).

]]><![CDATA[Childhood Mythology & the Greatest Medieval Epic]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep192https://thecommon.place/p/ep192Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:02:55 GMTFor a new season of this podcast, Tsh Oxenreider is talking with people about two books that changed them: one from childhood, one from adulthood. Who better to start with than her own daughter, Tatum?

]]><![CDATA[Take a Regular Internet Hiatus (Yes, You!)]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep191https://thecommon.place/p/ep191Fri, 30 May 2025 10:57:15 GMTTsh gives a short pitch for why you should do — in some way, before too long — what she does every summer: take a break from the internet. She explains why this break is so life-giving and necessary for her, her three reasons why she firmly believes EVERYONE needs to take regular breaks from the internet, as well as some encouragement that you, too, can do this. Yes, you! Really.

The next season will return after a brief hiatus!

]]><![CDATA[Community Reaps Character]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep190https://thecommon.place/p/ep190Fri, 16 May 2025 05:01:49 GMTTsh chats with her in-real-life local friend Rick Reynolds, whom she first got to know on one of her pilgrimages (he and his wife have since been on three with her!). Rick is a marriage therapist specializing in infidelity, so they get into what really holds marriages together, why community matters so much to ALL of us, what it means to affair-proof your relationship, how to heal from betrayals, and where hope is truly found in all of it. (Sounds like a potential downer, but it's actually a super encouraging conversation!)

]]><![CDATA[Feasting Always Follows Fasting]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep189https://thecommon.place/p/ep189Fri, 25 Apr 2025 03:19:28 GMTTsh chats with Stephanie Duncan Smith, a book editor who’s been thinking for a while about the liturgical calendar. They get into Eastertide — and the beauty of its length (50 days), how it’s good that feasting always follows fasting, why Ordinary Time is magical, and how it all fits together with the rhythms of our personal lives (and how it feels when it sometimes doesn’t).

]]><![CDATA[Dating: You Don't Have a Type]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep188https://thecommon.place/p/ep188Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:46:08 GMTTsh talks with Rachel Canto, author of Pretty Good Catholic, about the current dating scene and …well, what to do about it. Tsh read her book in one sitting on a flight a few months ago, and knew she wanted to chat with her. Rachel’s thoughts are chock-full of sage, practical advice — and not just for Catholics. She has wisdom beyond her years!

]]><![CDATA["Finding what you love"]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep187https://thecommon.place/p/ep187Fri, 28 Mar 2025 03:10:03 GMTTsh chats with Millie Florence, a young author who recently published her first middle-grade novel, Beyond Mulberry Glen, with Waxwing Books. They chat about alternative education, following your skills and interests during the adolescent years (and how homeschooling is a boon for this), the process of getting a novel published, what makes a good story, and more.

]]><![CDATA["A reason, a season, & a lifetime"]]>https://thecommon.place/p/ep186https://thecommon.place/p/ep186Fri, 14 Mar 2025 05:01:41 GMTTsh talks with her daughter Tatum, who’s currently studying 6,000 miles away in Austria. …From an empty classroom with wifi in Austria, she chats with Tsh about studying abroad, living cross-culturally, Theology of the Body, friendships, and all other sorts of sundry. (She’s currently in a four-way tie as Tsh’s favorite human.)

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