Jul 18, 2025
On this nostalgic episode from our archives, Tiffany regales Katy with the details of a recent trip to the cradle of the Renaissance, including specific stops she made to research her latest book, a YA historical fiction thriller set in Florence in 1600.
Also, we talk about how memory-provoking it can be to travel to a...
Episode 591: Where Would You Go if You Had Six Months to Travel? (with Katy's sisters Dana and Sara)
Jul 14, 2025
Where would you go if you only had about six months left before travel would be out of the question for health reasons?
Most people will never be forced to answer this question, but today's guest was recently asked this question by her husband, as they prepare and plan for the end of her life, after a...
Jul 11, 2025
In a world that is becoming ever more homogenized, what sets places apart? What are the blaring indicators that communicate we are in a place vastly different from anywhere we've ever been before?
In this episode from our archives, Katy recounts her magical and sometimes maddening week in Bali. She lays out the ways the...
Jul 9, 2025
School is out in Italy, and the summer is LONG (not to mention, extremely HOT!) and a certain red-headed someone is refusing to go to summer camp.
To fill the time (and keep his brain from atrophying), Tiffany has created a daily list of ten things her son Aurelio must do. Can you guess what's on there?
This is...
Jul 7, 2025
What is a growth mindset and why would you want one? And perhaps more importantly, how do you cultivate one?
To answer these questions, we dive back into Dr. Therese Huston's fascinating book, Sharp: 14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Live with Brain Science. We explore the idea of growth vs. fixed mindset in relation to...