Worth Your Time
Faith & culture writer Ericka Andersen hosts "Worth Your Time," a podcast featuring interviews with faithful, fascinating women that you won't hear from on every other program. She features Christian entrepreneurs, political leaders, athletes, authors, faith leaders, activists & more.
Ericka's writing, political and communications background means she talks with Christian from a wide variety of spaces. She doesn't shy away from entertaining controversial topics with grace. Most importantly, you'll find substantive conversation about things that matter -- and inspire.
On "Worth Your Time," you'll hear from people doing important, fascinating work for the Kingdom God and learn what drives them to live out their calling.
Learn more about Ericka, the podcast and her upcoming book at ErickaAndersen.com.
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BONUS EPISODE: Mary Katharine Ham: You Can Beco...
After her husband was killed when she was 7 months pregnant and raising a toddler, Mary Katharine had to become he paren she never though she would be
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Lauren McAfee: Adoption, Cancer and Trusting Go...
Lauren Green McAfee has an infectious laugh and is so easy to talk to. You'd never guess the turmoil she's been through in the past year.
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Out of Africa: Rachel Pieh Jones' Fascinating L...
Rachel Pieh Jones has a very cool life -- and it's almost hard to believe. The mom of three moved to Somalia years ago with her husband and three-year-old twins,
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Gracy Olmstead is the Journalist We Need
Gracy Olmstead is a beautiful writer, her pieces published regularly in the New York Times and many others. As someone who ingests thousands of words per week, I make a point never to miss hers.
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Manda Carpenter: A 28-Year-Old Foster Mom on a ...
Currently, Manda and her husband are fostering three adolescent boys and have no plans to stop fostering!
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Krish O'Mara Vignarajah: President & CEO, Luthe...
Krish O'Mara Vignarajah is one impressive leader, having run for Governor of Maryland and worked as Policy Director for Michelle Obama.
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Rachel Barkley: Fighting a Spinal Tumor with a ...
Three weeks after giving birth to her first baby, Rachel woke up unable to feel her leg. In a whirlwind of events, she was soon rushed into surgery in attempt to remove a massive spinal tumor that had been growing for years.
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Nancy French: Not Your Average New York Times B...
Nancy French is many things: writer, mother, wife, swimmer, survivor of sexual abuse.
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Pastor & Mom of 4: Melanie Lynam on Miracles an...
In Australia, they do things a little differently -- and I like it.
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Love Your Neighbor: Shannan Martin’s Messy, Bea...
Today’s episode of “Worth Your Time” is a real treat. I was honored when writer Shannan Martin agreed to speak with me, after becoming a HUGE fan of her writing. Her two books — both incredible and worth buying — are “Falling Free: Rescued From the Lif...
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Champion for Life: Lauren Enriquez of the Human...
Lauren Enriquez has dedicated her life to the pro-life movement, working first with Students for Life and now with the Human Coalition as a communications director. In today’s episode, I speak this love, passionate and articulate mother of four littles...
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Rita Soronen: President & CEO, Dave Thomas Foun...
Rita Soronen has been working on behalf of vulnerable children for decades and has been doing so for the Dave Thomas Foundation for many of those years. Today I spoke with her about why the work DTFA does is *so* vital right now — and what moves her to...
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Bobbi McCormick: Letting God Lead When Life Doe...
Bobbi McCormick is such a breath of fresh air! She lives up to her online persona, bringing joy and optimism into our conversation. We met years ago through the blogging world and I’ve followed her story through infertility, foster care,
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Jess Ekstrom: CEO & Founder of ‘Headbands of Ho...
Jess Ekstrom’s new book, “Chasing the Bright Side” is the perfect title for her personality. Though we haven’t met in person, she radiates light in conversation and I’ve learned so much from her online course helping women learn to hone their speaking ...
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Stephanie Lobdell: Where is God in the Everyday...
Today’s interview got me thinking really hard. I wasn’t expecting to come with such profound revelations after speaking with author and pastor Stephanie Lobdell, but I surely did. You can see how part of that played out in my recent (vulnerability aler...
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Our Call to Love Immigrants & Refugees Well: Br...
There’s a tide turning in the United States. It’s not as loud as partisan media voices blasting from the TV, but it matters more. Briana Stensrud is helping make way for Christian women to embrace what it means to be fully pro-life,
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A Cancer Warrior’s Legacy: Kelly Trent on Her S...
There are some interviews that make you step back and take a deep breath. That’s how I felt before picking up the phone to speak with Kelly Trent, the mother of Tyler Trent — a young man many became familiar with in 2018 when his battle with cancer wen...
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Achieving Impossible Dreams: The Atlantic’s Ela...
Elaina Plott is the White House Correspondent for one of the best magazines in the country, The Atlantic. She’s a fantastic writer with the right sense of curiosity and detail to capture the unique essence of a story or pen a brilliant profile.
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Hospitality & Loving Others Well: Leslie Verner...
Hospitality is making a comeback — or perhaps really trending for the first time in America. I have caught the bug, being inspired to love my neighbors (both literal and stranger) as a way to show kindness and God’s love.
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Combatting the Lies Women Believe: Lisa Graft’s...
Lisa Graft’s vision and enthusiasm for leading women is infectious. In the beginning of our conversation, I knew her only from her movement, I Am Mother of the Year. By the end, I realized her passion, drive and goals reach far beyond local moms — she ...
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Faith, Fitness and Freedom: How Amia Freeman Wa...
Amia Freeman had no idea when she went to an aerobics class many years ago, that it ultimately change her life in an incredible way. In the end, fitness helped her come to know God and get rid of the baggage she’d been carrying in her life for years.
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A Purpose-Filled Life: Nadine McGowan on Helpin...
Nadine McGowan has energy, passion and drive I only wish I did. Two years into being a Mom, God gave her a vision of helping women find their purpose — and she followed that vision to the mountaintop without even knowing how she would would do it.
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Helen Raleigh: What It Means to Live the Americ...
It was honor to speak with Helen Raleigh for this week’s episode of the podcast. Helen is a immigrant to the United States from China. She came here with nothing but a dream of education and opportunity that her parents and grandparents never had.
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Rina Shah: Empowering Women to Lead in Politics...
Rina Shah became a friend the moment I met her. We both have children ages 3 and 1 — and became moms after building our careers. It can be a hard transition, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. Rina is a powerhouse in all the ways: She’s built a bus...
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Rachael Denhollander Speaks: Justice Matters
Rachael Denhollander is a fierce light. That’s the first thing I thought after watching her testimony at the hearing against USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of molesting hundreds of girls over decades. Then,
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