“I could have been the first ex-Mr. Angelina Jolie,” chuckled Father Mike Schmitz. In the mid-1990s, Fr. Schmitz auditioned for the male lead role to star opposite Jolie in the movie Hackers. The actor who won the role married the star briefly. But between his rugged good looks and radio-ready
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Tsh Oxenreider grew up in Austin, Texas, in a nondenominational Christian church.
Normally, I review podcasts that have been around long enough to
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Nothing is better than finding a podcast that springs from the creator’s soul. That podcast turns into a window allowing the listener a look inside. That’s why I love Life, Repurposed
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