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Hosted by Doyle - STS · fiction · EN-US · 231 episodes
Spirit Talk Show: Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups is a storytelling podcast about connection, curiosity, and the moments that quietly shape who we become.Hosted by Doyle, each episode unfolds like a modern bedtime story—layered, reflective, funny, and often unexpectedly moving. Doyle sits down with writers, artists, thinkers, and everyday extraordinary people for unhurried conversations rooted in deep listening and genuine presence.Episodes blend intimate interviews with original tribute stories, spoken-word pieces, and narrative moments created uniquely for each guest. Stories emerge in real time—sometimes eerie, sometimes joyful, sometimes deeply human—but always grounded in trust, reflection, and connection.This isn’t a podcast about hot takes or hustle.It’s a space to slow down, honor lived experience, and remember the power of storytelling to illuminate who we are and how we live.Learn more and explore episodes at https://spirittalkshow.infoSpirit Talk Show: now go tell a stor
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Signup to Generate a PitchSpirit Talk Show: Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups is a storytelling podcast about connection, curiosity, and the moments that quietly shape who we become. Hosted by Doyle, each episode unfolds like a modern bedtime story, layered, reflective, funny, and often unexpectedly moving.
Spirit Talk Show - Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups is hosted by Doyle - STS. The show has published 231 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "S7-EP17: Lee Ann Walling: The Salt and Light Express: Reinvention, Faith, and the Courage to Begin Again" (21 October 2026, 57 minutes), "S7-EP16: Kristan Swan on Heart Mapping, Self-Discovery, and Coming Home to Yourself" (14 October 2026, 79 minutes), and "S7-EP15: The Rock by the River: Greg on God, Healing, and Hydrogen" (7 October 2026, 93 minutes).
Spirit Talk Show - Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 75 minutes across 231 episodes.
Booking probability for Spirit Talk Show - Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups is 43%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Spirit Talk Show - Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Spirit Talk Show - Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups's contact route on record: public web form.
Doyle - STS hosts Spirit Talk Show - Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups, a fiction show with 231 episodes published.
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Episode #17
What if the bravest chapter of your life begins after everyone assumes your story is already written? In this episode of Spirit Talk Show: Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups, Doyle welcomes author Lee Ann Walling, a...
Episode #16
The goal is not to fix yourself. That one idea sits underneath everything Kristan Swan does. Most of what we are handed about self-work assumes something is broken and needs repairing. Kristan starts somewhere else —...
Episode #100
He was not supposed to survive. His cardiologist told him his heart was like a Toyota Corolla towing a giant trailer — it was just going to burn out. He had been through more pain than most people carry in a lifetime...
Episode #14
There is a kind of love that asks you to give yourself completely to something that is not yet given to you. Foster parents know this love. It is patient in a way most love does not have to be. It is brave in a way most...
Episode #13
What happens when you stop waiting for “someday” and start living the story you’re meant to tell? In this luminous episode of Spirit Talk Show: Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups, Doyle and producer Howie welcome Teri M...
Episode #12
There is a Welsh word — hiraeth — for the feeling of being homesick for a place you have never been. A longing so specific it sits in the chest. A sense, just around the next corner, that something is waiting for you...
Episode #11
He comes from seven generations of doctors. Surgeons, internists, healers of the body — a family that spent over a century learning how to fix what was broken. And somewhere inside all of that, Beatty Carmichael noticed...
Episode #10
He walked into his first breathwork class and saw a sheepskin rug, crystals, and oils. He looked around and thought: what is this fresh hell that I have now stepped into? He was from Boston. He did not believe in...
Episode #9
Some stories don't die. They wait. At 19 years old, Rodney Phillips began writing a novel about conflict — about how a single disagreement can fracture trust, unravel loyalty, and ignite consequences no one can control...
Episode #8
Most of what runs your life is not part of you. You would not recognize it if it bumped into you in the street. Underneath the version of you that picks out a t-shirt in the morning and answers emails and makes small...
Episode #7
What does it teach you when a city rises from nothing… and then vanishes on purpose? Doyle is joined by guest co-hosts Howie and Russ for a wide-ranging conversation with Sarah Marshall, author of Playa Dust in My Soul...
Episode #6
In this deeply moving episode of Spirit Talk Show, Doyle sits down with Devorah Brinckerhoff for a powerful conversation about grief, trauma, creativity, and the quiet courage it takes to face the parts of ourselves we...
Episode #5
Mike Balaban didn't set out to be a historian. He was a closeted Wall Street banker who drove across America in 1978 with a dog-eared copy of the Bob Dameron guide, a yellow legal pad, and a camera — stopping at every...
Episode #4
He spent four years at the Air Force Academy. Twenty years flying fighter aircraft. Fifteen years at NORAD, the command responsible for watching the skies over all of North America. Thirty-nine years of vigilance...
Episode #3
In this extended episode of Spirit Talk Show, Doyle sits down with award-winning author Gerald Everett Jones for a wide-ranging conversation about writing, publishing, Hollywood, history, and what success really means...
Episode #2
He was in the pub with Rowan Atkinson when John Cleese called. He watched Rick Mayal and Adrian Edmondson do their very first television appearance. He stood at the back of an empty auditorium the night Stefan Grappelli...
Episode #26
Every season begins with a spark. For the Season 7 premiere of Spirit Talk Show: Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups, Doyle welcomes a guest who feels perfectly at home in the world of imagination, storytelling, and the power...
Episode #26
After we aired our Season 6 tribute to Evelyn Dorothy Parker, something stayed with me. Not just her story, but the voices of the people she made. This bonus companion episode is something I have never done before on...
Episode #26
As Season 6 of Spirit Talk Show: Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups comes to a close, we pause—not with noise, but with reflection. In this special tribute episode, Doyle sits down with his friend Russ to honor the life of...
Episode #25
What if the greatest threat to humanity isn’t scarcity — but excess? In this powerful episode of Spirit Talk Show: Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups, Doyle welcomes speculative fiction author Diana Colleen for a fascinating...
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