That Sounds Fun With Annie F. Downs

I'm so grateful to our friend Mike Kelsey for hosting, creating, and curating this week's podcast episodes! Don't miss Monday and Friday's episodes as well! When the headlines are full of stories, racial inequality is on the top of our conversations too- we read books and articles, watch documentaries and have talks around tables. But what about when the headlines are focused on something else? Rev Dr. Mika Edmonson and Dr. Christina Edmonson join Mike to talk through this and lots more helpful conversation! Here's a playlist with every Mike Kelsey episode of the podcast from the past few years! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp: This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and That Sounds Fun listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun. She Reads Truth: Use the code ADVENTANNIE at checkout for 15% off your Advent order. They’ve created resources for the whol

I'm so grateful to our friend Mike Kelsey for hosting, creating, and curating this week's podcast episodes!  Today, Mike chats with his longtime friend and acclaimed author Jason Reynolds about their personal history, some history of our country, and how and why to write well for young adults and kids. Here's a playlist with every Mike Kelsey episode of the podcast from the past few years! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! ZocDoc: 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. Your Enneagram Coach: Learn more and sign up for your free Getting Started as an Enneagram Coach minicourse at YourEnneagramCoach.com/TSF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Also releasing a new book this week- Made For This Moment- Madison Prewett joins us to talk all things RIGHT NOW and she's about to PREACH as us, you guys. She is a gem of wisdom and I'm so glad we get to know her better today! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! SuperBeets Hard Chews: Join over 1 Million Customers, get FREE Shipping and Returns, a 90-day money-back guarantee, and RIGHT NOW, you can get a free THIRTY DAY supply with your first purchase at SuperBeets.com/THATSOUNDSFUN. ID Tech Camp: Go to IDTECH.com/thatsoundsfun right now and use code THATSOUNDSFUN to save $150 dollars on weekly, small group Semesters! For a limited time, you can also get started with a 1-on-1 tutoring lesson for just $49 dollars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My very first children's picture book releases this week! So today on the show, we have lots of my miniBFFs, lots of my own thoughts about what today means to me, a few tears, and a lot more laughs and smiles. Order YOUR copy, or a few copies :), today!  If you've already got your copy, please review the book wherever you got to purchase it! And tell your friends! Let's put this fun book in the hands of as many kids as possible this week! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp: This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and That Sounds Fun listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun. Thrive: Join Thrive Market today to get $20 off your first order and am exclusive free gift. Go to https://ThriveMarket.com/THATSOUNDSFUN. Indeed: Get started RIGHT NOW with a SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to upgrade your job post at Indeed.com/SOUNDSFUN. MilkBar: Right n

I'm so happy to have Anne Wilson on the podcast today! Her music and career are relatively new, but this young woman has a strong mind and lots of wisdom. I already loved her music, now I adore her too (and I think you will as well)!  . . . . . TODAY is your last day to pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Cru: But here’s where they need your help. For only $21 a month, you can provide three people with Bibles each and every month. When you sign up to provide 3 Bibles with a monthly gift of $21, as a thank you, Cru will provide meals to five hungry families through their humanitarian aid ministry AND you’ll receive a free copy of my book, That Sounds Fun. Simply text FUN to 71326 to help today. Imagine just how much this gift could change someone’s life! Message and data rates may apply. Cru’s Terms of Use – htt

I'm so happy to have my longtime friend Mac Powell on the podcast today, on the day his first solo CCM album launches into the world! Make sure you check out New Creation- it's a new favorite and this conversation is definitely a new favorite as well. . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . Thank you to our partners! She Reads Truth: If you want to ensure that Christ is the focus of your holiday season this year, I want you to head to shopshereadstruth.com right now to get your study book.Use the code ADVENTANNIE at checkout for 15% off your Advent order. They’ve created resources for the whole family! Pendulum: Visit pendulumlife.com to find out more. And use promo code THATSOUNDSFUN for 20% off your first bottle of membership. Olive and June: Get 20% off your first mani system when you use promo code THATSOUNDSFUN at oliveandju

What an honor to have Sheila Walsh on the podcast today! She's a LEGEND! Her new book Holding On When You Want To Let Go is a moving memoir full of truth and hope- just like this conversation!  . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp: This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and That Sounds Fun listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun. Brooklinen: Go to Brooklinen.com and use promo code [thatsoundsfun] to get $20 off, with a minimum purchase of $100. Raycon: Go to https://buyraycon.com/thatsoundsfun for 15% off your order. Brought to you by Raycon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My friend Charles Robinson, founder of The Red Road, joins us today to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day, to teach us about Native American culture, faith, and what we can do to help our neighbors.  Do you have questions for Charles and his wife Siouxsan? SUBMIT THEM HERE BEFORE NOVEMBER 1. CLICK HERE to give to The Red Road! . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Stamps: Save time and money with Stamps.com. There’s NO risk. And with my promo code, THATSOUNDSFUN, you get a special offer that includes a 4-week trial PLUS free postage and a digital scale. No long-term commitments or contracts. Third Love: Right now, you can get 20% off your first order at THIRDLOVE.com/SOUNDSFUN. Rothy's: Right now, you can get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/SOUNDSFUN. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis

Oh y'all. Our good buddy Tyler Merritt is back today, talking all about his new book I Take My Coffee Black, how he survived cancer in 2020 (literally diagnosed DAYS after being on our show last fall!), and his big plan for a Hamilton Sing-A-Long.  . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . Thank you to our partners! Chime: Get started today at chime.com/thatsoundsfun. Green Chef: Go to https://GreenChef.com/thatsoundsfun100 and use code thatsoundsfun100 to get $100 off including free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Today we get to welcome another AMAZING show to the network - Coffee with Kailey! Kailey invites everyone to sit down and have coffee with her and her friends. As a touring wife and mother, Kailey gets to the heart of the matter with the people that matter most to her. She and her friends will catch up over a cup of coffee, sharing intimate stories of their lives. Y'all are going to love it! Go subscribe today! The show launches TODAY and the first episode (with her hubby, Russell Dickerson!) is ready for you RIGHT NOW and new shows will release every Wednesday! . . . . . #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp: As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun. Join ov

Oh I'm so happy that my friend Trillia Newbell is joining us! We recorded on Friday afternoon, so we're a little wild and extra, but that's kinda who we are anyways. :) A perfect way to start your week! . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . Thank you to our partners! Cru: For only $21 a month, you can provide three people with Bibles each and every month. When you sign up to provide 3 Bibles with a monthly gift of $21, as a thank you, Cru will provide meals to five hungry families through their humanitarian aid ministry AND you’ll receive a free copy of my book, That Sounds Fun. Simply text FUN to 71326 to help today or visit give.cru.org/Fun. Message and data rates may apply. Cru’s Terms of Use – https://www.cru.org/us/en/about/terms-of-use.html Cru’s Privacy Policy – https://www.cru.org/us/en/about/privacy.html Modern Fertili

After watching Playing God, I so wanted to talk to Aaron and Luke Benward . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Moink: Join the Moink Movement today! Go to MoinkBox.com/THATSOUNDSFUN RIGHT NOW and listeners to this show get FREE bacon for a year. LiquidIV: Grab your favorite Liquid I.V. flavors nationwide at Walmart or you can get 25% off when you go to LIQUIDIV.com and use code THATSOUNDSFUN at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ever-lovely Kate Bowler is back to remind us what we all know so deeply- there is No Cure For Being Human. With grace and kindness and humor, this conversation is sure to encourage you and give you hope. It did me. . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Olive and June: Get 20% off your first mani system when you use promo code THATSOUNDSFUN at oliveandjune.com You on Purpose: Use code TSF40 at BakerBookHouse.com to get 40% off You On Purpose, plus free shipping in the US! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of our all-time favorites, John Mark Comer, is back to talk about the power of lies, prayer, fasting, and how spiritual practices set us free. Make sure you grab a copy of his new book Live No Lies. . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp: I want you to start living a happier life today. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off  your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun ZocDoc: 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. Prose: Take your FREE in-depth hair quiz and get 15% off your first order today! Go to https://prose.com/thatsoundsfun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I cried just about start to finish of this conversation with Dr. Curt Thompson and I cried just about start to finish while reading his new book The Soul of Desire. Paying attention to where your emotions and soul and body meet is so important and Dr. Curt is an absolute expert and guide and leader and coach and caretaker and I'm so grateful to share this hour with him and with y'all. . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Grove: Choosing products that are better for you and the planet has never been easier. For a limited time, when my listeners go to Grove.com/SOUNDSFUN you will get to choose a FREE starter set with your first order. Super Beets Heart Chews: Join over 1 Million Customers, get FREE Shipping and Returns, a 90-day money-back guarantee, and RIGHT NOW, you can get a free THIRTY DAY sup

After watching Tokyo 2020, I wanted to hear about what it was like for Team USA! We talk today with our new VERY FAVORITE OLYMPIAN Garrett Scantling is here to tell us about his Olympic experience, life as a DECATHLETE (y'all. He does TEN events), and what happens next!  You're gonna love this dude so much. GO TEAM USA! GO GARRETT! . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Brooklinen: Go to Brooklinen.com and use promo code thatsoundsfun to get $20 off, with a minimum purchase of $100. Third Love: Right now, you can get 20% off your first order at THIRDLOVE.com/SOUNDSFUN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Y'all better BUCKLE UP because Pastor Mike comes in HOT today and we are not playing around talking about Crazy Faith and how it can change your life. It's only crazy until it happens, friends. I can't wait to hear your thoughts. . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Cru: Simply text FUN to 71326 to help today. Imagine just how much this gift could change someone’s life! Text to help now or visit give.cru.org/Fun. Message and data rates may apply. Cru’s Terms of Use – https://www.cru.org/us/en/about/terms-of-use.html Cru’s Privacy Policy – https://www.cru.org/us/en/about/privacy.html Ritual: Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off your first three months. Visit ritual.com/THATSOUNDSFUNand turn healthy habits into a Ritual. Rothy's: Right now, you can get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/S

When I first read Carey Nieuwhof's book, At Your Best, I made some quick adjustments to my life that have panned out for the best in so many ways! (We talk about it!) Carey is one of my all-time favorite leaders and the conversation will help you to made a few small changes that may lead to BIG results. . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Trust & Will: Gain peace of mind at TrustandWill.com/THATSOUNDSFUN and get 10% off plus FREE SHIPPING of your customized legal documents. Moink: Join the Moink Movement today! Go to MoinkBox.com/THATSOUNDSFUN and listeners to this show get FREE bacon for a year. That’s One Year of the Best bacon you’ll ever taste, but for a Limited Time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My gal Christy Wright is back on the pod and we GO IN on how to balance our lives and our time and it is one of the most helpful conversations! Her new book Take Back Your Time inspired some changes in my life- it will do the same for you! :)  . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp: I want you to start living a happier life today. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun Indeed: Get started RIGHT NOW with a SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to upgrade your job post at Indeed.com/SOUNDSFUN. Offer valid through September 30th. Terms and conditions apply. Thrive Market: Join Thrive Market today to get $20 off your first order and an exclusive free gift. Go to https://ThriveMarket.com/THATSOUNDSFUN. Learn more about your ad choices. V

One of my BFFs Danielle Walker is back today and wow is her new book special. Food Saved Me is her story, it's so deep and personal and I think you will all love it. This conversation is one of my favorites- but that's easily true because Danielle is absolutely one of my favorites! . . . . . Pre-order my first kids' book What Sound Fun To You today! https://whatsoundsfuntoyou.com/ . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Stamps.com: There’s NO risk. And with my promo code, THATSOUNDSFUN, you get a special offer that includes a 4-week trial PLUS free postage and a digital scale. No long-term commitments or contracts. Just go to Stamps.com, click on the Microphone at the TOP of the homepage and type in THATSOUNDSFUN. Stamps.com – Never go to the Post Office again. Raycon: Go to https://buyraycon.com/thatsoundsfun for 15% off your order. Brought to you by Raycon. Chime: Get started today at chime.com/t