That Sounds Fun With Annie F. Downs

Let's start here: what's a podcast network? Well, the That Sounds Fun Network is an amusement park of podcasts created to entertain, impact, help and bless you and the people you love. So if you love TSF the show, we think and hope you'll love all the shows on the TSF Network. We are deeply proud of the shows on the TSF Network, and we are very excited about the ones that will be joining in 2022! Y'all know we love talking about being healthy in every way- spiritually, emotionally, and physically. As we continue to grow the network, having shows that focus on our mental and emotional health are going to be important to us because that is important to YOU! Dr. Alison Cook is a well respected counselor, speaker, and the author of two books, including her new book, The Best of You (coming this fall!) and Boundaries for Your Soul. Her new podcast, The Best of You, will be our chance to "sit with a counselor," per say, each week, and learn ways to continue to grow personally and be our healthiest selves emotionall

Oh I am so happy our friend and favorite Lazy Genius Kendra Adachi is back on the show today! Even though the kitchen isn't my favorite room in my house LOL, I sure do love talking to Kendra about how to make it the right kitchen for me. This is a fun one. Grab a copy of her new book The Lazy Genius Kitchen today for yourself and add it to your Mother's Day gifts! Watch Kendra Lazy Genius Kitchen my freezer! . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Athletic Greens: Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/soundsfun. Ritual: Right now Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off your first three months. Visit ritual.com/THATSOUNDSFUN and turn healthy habits into a Ritual. ZocDoc: NOW is the time to prioritize your health. Go to Zocdoc.com/THATSOUNDSFUN and download the Zocdo

This story? Y'all. You aren't ready. Country music star Walker Hayes joins us to share his faith story and friendship story with neighbor and best friend Craig Cooper. Their new book, Glad You're Here, is such a cool read of how faithful friendship can lead to faith-filled lives. Y'all are gonna love hearing this... and sorry I cried. ALWAYS ANNIE. :) . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Epic Will: Go to epicwill.com and use promo code FUN for 10% off! KiwiCo: Get 30% off your first month plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code THATSOUNDSFUN at kiwico.com Family Camp: For more information or to find tickets to a theater near you, visit familycampmovie.com Brooklinen: Go to Brooklinen.com and use promo code THATSOUNDSFUN to get $20 off your purchase of $100 or more. EveryPlate: Get started with EveryPlate for just $1.79 per meal by going to EveryPlate.com and entering code THATSOUNDSFUN179 Learn more

We couldn't fit all your Prayer questions into one episode, so we made space for TWO episodes! (Make sure you check out TSF Q&A: Prayer Part 1!) We were honored to take in hundreds of your questions about prayer and bring in some incredible pastors, teachers, leaders, and friends to help answer as best we can! We are joined by Pastor Kevin Queen from Cross Point Church, Carlos Whittaker, and Beth Moore! You've also got me and Ashley in these conversations helping moderate and process. If you want to hear more TSF Q&A episodes, here's the Spotify playlist! (We have a few Spotify playlists built over there that you may find helpful!) We've made a list of some of our favorite prayer resources here! -->  https://www.anniefdowns.com/prayer We'd love for you to share your feedback about the TSF Prayer Series with us HERE! . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Get 10% off your first month

We were honored to take in hundreds of your questions about prayer and bring in some incredible pastors, teachers, leaders, and friends to help answer as best we can! We are joined by Pastor Kevin Queen from Cross Point Church, Carlos Whittaker, and Beth Moore! You've also got me and Ashley in these conversations helping moderate and process.  If you want to hear more TSF Q&A episodes, here's the Spotify playlist! (We have a few Spotify playlists built over there that you may find helpful!) We've made a list of some of our favorite prayer resources here! -->  https://www.anniefdowns.com/prayer . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun Chime: Get started at chime.com/thatsoundsfun. Sign up takes only two minutes and doesn't affect your credit score Epic Will: Go to epicwill.com and use promo code FUN20 for 20% off! Nutrafol: Y

We've talked about the practice of prayer- but what about a LIFE of prayer? My friend Beth Redman exemplifies this so beautifully, what a life of prayer looks like, and how to cultivate it. This is a note taking episode for SURE! We've made a list of some of our favorite prayer resources here! -->  https://www.anniefdowns.com/prayer . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Awana: Talk About is available as a subscription for only $5.99 a month with all kinds of great faith content for families. Receive a free month with promo code TSF at checkout at talkaboutdiscipleship.com Indeed: Start hiring RIGHT NOW with a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to upgrade your job post at Indeed.com/SOUNDSFUN. Offer valid through April 30th. Stamps.com: Go to Stamps.com, click on the Microphone at the TOP of the homepage and use promo code THATSOUNDSFUN to get a special offer that includes a 4-week trial PLUS free postage and a digital

Let's start here: what's a podcast network? Well, the That Sounds Fun Network is an amusement park of podcasts created to entertain, impact, help and bless you and the people you love. So if you love TSF the show, we think and hope you'll love all the shows on the TSF Network. We are deeply proud of the shows on the TSF Network, and we are very excited about the ones that will be joining in 2022! We are beyond excited to welcome Imagine Faith Talk to our TSFNetwork! This is a podcast focused on faith-based conversations for holistic success. Episodes are hosted by Kevin Olusola (beatboxer of the 3x Grammy® award-winning, multi-platinum selling a cappella quintet Pentatonix) and author, life coach, and entrepreneur Donovan Dee Donnell. Through each deep dive into the Bible, they discover how to maximize uniqueness, weaponize the imagination, and leverage faith in God for success. The hope is simple: to find the tools to optimize your performance through partnership with God. Y'all are gonna LOVE THIS SHOW SO M

Truly one of my dearest friends and truly one of the best books I've read in years, Ann Voskamp is here talking all about Waymaker and the way that prayer moves the One who moves our stories. Our entire month of podcast episodes with a theme of prayer continues this week, as we closed out Lent, celebrated Easter, and now begin Eastertide. This month of shows matters- stick with us and pray with us and see how your life might change. We've made a list of some of our favorite prayer resources here! -->  https://www.anniefdowns.com/prayer . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun Brooklinen: Go to Brooklinen.com and use promo code THATSOUNDSFUN to get $20 off your purchase of $100 or more. Modern Fertility: Modern Fertility is offering our listeners $20 off the test when you go to Modern Fertility.com/thatsoundsfun Third Love: R

Let's start here: what's a podcast network? Well, the That Sounds Fun Network is an amusement park of podcasts created to entertain, impact, help and bless you and the people you love. So if you love TSF the show, we think and hope you'll love all the shows on the TSF Network. We are deeply proud of the shows on the TSF Network, and we are very excited about the ones that will be joining in 2022! We have been looking for a podcast to join our network that would teach scripture and tell stories and lead us towards Jesus on a weekly basis. The Unexpected Podcast with Hannah Love is JUST. THAT. We are so excited to have her on the show today (y'all are gonna love this woman!) and to have her lead us through Holy Week next week and then disciple us weekly through her podcast. Go subscribe today! The Holy Week prayer is available RIGHT NOW, there will be a short devotional every day next week, and then regular episodes will release every  Monday starting on April 18th! . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Re

Our month of prayer conversations continue today with Pastor Derwin Gray as we discuss his new book How to Heal Our Racial Divide (which I got to write the foreword for!) and how to pray for people that are like us and people that are different than us and how prayer leads us into Holy Week! We've made a list of some of our favorite prayer resources here! -->  https://www.anniefdowns.com/prayer (And just a reminder, we don't record or release episodes during Holy Week!) . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Athletic Greens: Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/soundsfun. Ritual: Right now Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off your first three months. Visit ritual.com/THATSOUNDSFUN and turn healthy habits into a Ritual. Liquid I.V.: Grab Liquid I.V. in bulk nat

We are starting a really special month here at That Sounds Fun where we talk in each episode about the practice of prayer. We start today with an absolute legend, Pastor Pete Greig, founder of the 24/7 prayer movement, and author of the new book How to Hear God. He's the perfect leader to help us start this conversation and grow in our prayer lives. We've made a list of some of our favorite prayer resources here! -->  https://www.anniefdowns.com/prayer (And just a reminder, we don't record or release episodes during Holy Week!) . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Epic Will: Go to epicwill.com and use promo code FUN20 for 20% off! KiwiCo: Get 30% off your first month plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code THATSOUNDSFUN at kiwico.com ZocDoc: NOW is the time to prioritize your health. Go to Zocdoc.com/THATSOUNDSFUN and download the Zocdoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are a

Have a tween girl in your life that could use some courage and calm? We get to talk with Katy Boatman, author if You Can Rest: 100 Devotions to Calm Your Heart and Mind, about anxiety in girls, how to combat it, and we even get to hear from one of my favorite miniBFFs, Katy's 11 year old niece, Shelby. The story of this book and the power of these words... y'all are gonna love this one! Go ahead and buy a bunch of copies of You Can Rest!  . . . . . Have a question about prayer? Voice message us here or fill out the form here . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun Indeed: Start hiring RIGHT NOW with a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to upgrade your job post at Indeed.com/SOUNDSFUN. Offer valid through April 30th. Prose: Try your own custom hair supplements and you’ll get 15% off! Go to https://prose.com/thatsoundsfun for your FREE

Our sweet friend Mandisa is back to talk all about her new book, Out Of The Dark, what it's like in the hard seasons, the courage to talk about depression from the middle of it, and how her puppy has changed everything. I love this woman- what a gift of light she is to us all. . . . . . Have a question about prayer? Voice message us here or fill out the form here . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun Rasa Coffee Alternative: Get started with 20% OFF your first purchase. Just go to WeAreRasa.com and use my special promo code: THATSOUNDSFUN20 Curology: Go to https://Curology.com/thatsoundsfun for a free 30-day trial, just pay for shipping and handling! See https://Curology.com for all the details. Athletic Greens: Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel pack

Happy to have our pal Tim Tebow back on the show and I think this new book- Mission Possible- is so perfectly timed for our day. I loved talking to him about it and I'm so inspired by his passion and perseverance.  . . . . . Have a question about prayer? Voice message us here or fill out the form here . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun Canopy: Check it out at canopy.us/thatsoundsfun, and get 30 days free and 15% off the regular price forever when you use promo code thatsoundsfun at checkout. Pendulum: Visit pendulumlife.com and use code THATSOUNDSFUN for 20% off your first month of membership. Stamps.com: Go to Stamps.com, click on the Microphone at the TOP of the homepage and use promo code THATSOUNDSFUN to get a special offer that includes a 4-week trial PLUS free postage and a digital scale. No long-term commitments

If you want to hear two people go from 0% friendship to 100% love, it's about to happen! Wow Kristin Chenoweth is so genuine and authentic and invites everyone around her to be the same. I was so moved by this conversation and by our time together. Her new kids book What Will I Do With My Love Today? is such a sweet read- you're going to love it!  . . . . . Have a question about prayer? Voice message us here or fill out the form here . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Family Camp: For more information or to find tickets to a theater near you, visit familycampmovie.com Nutrafol: You can grow thicker, healthier hair AND support our show by going to Nutrafol.com and entering the promo code TSF to save $15 OFF your first month’s subscription -- this is their best offer ANYWHERE and it is only available to US customers for a limited time. Catalina Crunch: See why Catalina Crunch Cereal is the fastest growing c

Oh y'all. You knew Rebecca St. James a few decades ago, and you loved her then. But you are about to LOVE HER AGAIN in a million ways. Her new album, Kingdom Come, is about to be your new favorite.  . . . . . Have a question about prayer? Voice message us here or fill out the form here . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun Indeed: Start hiring RIGHT NOW with a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to upgrade your job post at Indeed.com/SOUNDSFUN. Offer valid through March 31st. Thrive Causemetics: Right now, you can get 15% off your first order when you visit thrivecausemetics.com/TSF Prose: Try your own custom hair supplements and you’ll get 15% off! Go to https://prose.com/thatsoundsfun for your FREE in depth hair consultation and 15% off custom hair supplements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm so happy to have my favorite comedian Anjelah Johnson Reyes back on the podcast talking about her new book Who Do You Think I Am? (that releases TOMORROW!), her new reality show, and what she's been learning lately. We both got teary at a point in the convo so let's just say it's a good one. :)  (And FYI we jump into some pretty deep conversation about femininity and sexuality, so let's put a PG13 label on this one? May be best to listen without #miniBFFs in earshot.) . . . . . Have a question about prayer? Voice message us here or fill out the form here . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Epic Will: Go to epicwill.com and use promo code FUN20 for 20% off! Brooklinen: Go to Brooklinen.com and use promo code THATSOUNDSFUN to get $20 off your purchase of $100 or more. Liquid I.V.: Grab Liquid I.V. in bulk nationwide at Costco or you can get 25% off when you go to LIQUIDIV.COM and use code THATSOUNDSFUN

It is LONG overdue having my friends Luke and Joel Smallbone on the pod! For King and Country is one of my all-time favorite groups and their new album, What Are We Waiting For?, is as good a music as I've ever heard them make. Can't wait for you to hear this conversation- it goes deep and wide and I'm grateful for it. . . . . . Have a question about prayer? Voice message us here or fill out the form here . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Pine Cove Summer Camps: Check out https://pine.co.ve/tsf-1 and use the code TSF250 for $250 off a first-time overnight, youth camp registration at the Pine Cove Springs! Modern Fertility: Modern Fertility is offering our listeners $20 off the test when you go to Modern Fertility.com/thatsoundsfun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a joy to have our pal Ben Rector back in the studio to talk about JOY and The Joy of Music. This new album is an absolute favorite of mine and I am sure it will be the same for you. You'll hear it in this conversation- it's a new season for Ben, and it's a good one. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Athletic Greens: Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/soundsfun. KiwiCo: Get 30% off your first month plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code THATSOUNDSFUN at kiwico.com Ritual: Right now Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off your first three months. Visit ritual.com/THATSOUNDSFUN and turn healthy habits into a Ritual. Shopify: Go to shopify.com/soundsfun, for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Learn

Always always always a great time when Bob Goff is back on the podcast! Today we are talking about life and joy and peace and his new book Undistracted. What a gift to have this time with him and hear some of his thoughts around how best to live life in 2022. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun Epic Will: Go to epicwill.com and use promo code FUN20 for 20% off! ZocDoc: NOW is the time to prioritize your health. Go to Zocdoc.com/THATSOUNDSFUN and download the Zocdoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices