Episodes

  • Adam Singleton’s Life is a Song

    Adam Singleton’s Life is a Song
    Nov 24 2025
    Adam Singleton is an Emmy award winning newsman, host of the podcast Cross-Examined and a community theatre guru. Adam loves soundtracks, Weird Al, DJ Cummerbund and much more.Key Moments: The song that makes Adam cry made him pull over in his car to cry one day. Listen to find out what song and why it hits him so hard.Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EnXbo4BAFdbStYgaMu6Ve?si=tofD4Y_jRCyGo04VuR8eEA&pi=exZzUSuaSFWv2&pt=7616e97a52f3ad95cf7f03aaac9d9d65
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    49 mins
  • Wendy Rea’s Life is a Song

    Wendy Rea’s Life is a Song
    Nov 17 2025
    Wendy Rea is a vinyl collector, mother, outspoken advocate for many marginalized communities and is this week’s guest. Wendy’s list features a lot of Gen X staples along with 70s classic and more.Key Moments: Wendy’s connection to the Depeche Mode “Enjoy the Silence” is very personal to her. Listen to the episode to find out why.Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/30rvrviHieScDJPOQJqNO1?si=_Uewh76sRKO4RAB2hEeS5Q&pi=dh47N66USc2Ad
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Mary Beth Talley's Life is a Song

    Mary Beth Talley's Life is a Song
    Nov 10 2025
    Mary Beth Talleyis a teacher, theatre person, vocalist and published author. Her book, “Not Bad Just Different: Living Life as a mass shooting survivor” is out now. Her list features music from several soundtracks, The Beach Boys, Taylor Swift and Queen.Key Moments: Mary Beth and Melissa have a lot in common when it comes to watching "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" WAY too young and feeling bad for the poor ladies losing their homes and jobs by the mean men.Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Kj8IcspA91qYTdw96WvbQ?si=TU4K5KovQf-tC-47TbjcSg
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    59 mins
  • Chris Gibson's Life is a Song

    Chris Gibson's Life is a Song
    Nov 3 2025
    Chris Gibson is this week's guest and this local minister, counselor and jill-of-all-trades is one of our most talkative guests with one of the longest Spotify playlists to date on Life is a Song! Listen to find out why the Jock James Album is one of the best albums ever made and Bruno Mars should go to therapy based on his song "Grenade."Key Moments: Chris talks about seeing Weird Al in concert years ago and when he sang the song "One More Minute" and sang the line, "I'd rather spend eternity eating shards of broken glass/Than spend one more minute with you," he personally gave her the boxers he was wearing on stage.Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KWXgIxeTWO5u7OdTMUFGu?si=692c9f8459094985&pt=264b54716f4ccf052cad385cd64170b0
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Crystal Waldron's Life is a Song

    Crystal Waldron's Life is a Song
    Oct 27 2025
    Crystal Waldron is a librarian and free speech and equal rights advocate. She has a crush and love of Billy Idol, who appears on her list along with Jackson Browne, Tegan and Sara and Bruce Springsteen.Key Moments: These women in their 40s discuss how Miley Cyrus's "We Used to Be Young" hit them in their feels the first time they heard it.Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wJxt14QwqgYYomLKday4l?si=823860bd5d664ef3&pt=59944bb1e2a71a6182a7eaa647e5827c
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Terry Sauls' Life is a Song

    Terry Sauls' Life is a Song
    Oct 20 2025
    Terry Sauls is a vocalist and a college friend of Melissa and this week’s guest on Life is a Song. Terry’s list is influenced by choral numbers from his past along with Josh Groban, Disturbed and Tupac.Key Moments: Terry talks about his memories singing in college choir and how they shaped his life.Spotify playlist: https://spotify.link/KK995ZgYxXb
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Dr. Sue’s Life is a Song

    Dr. Sue’s Life is a Song
    Oct 13 2025
    Our most requested guest is FINALLY on the podcast, Dr. Sue Robinson, aka my Mom! Dr. Sue tells about seeing Elvis, The Rolling Stones and Commodores in concert, along with her well documented love of Tupac Shakur. Tune into wherever you find podcasts to hear more!Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/541R4UNmNdFIURyr8OVTld?si=az6CFUjYR_2_OEG-ONO7qw&pt=5f1354ae3df7b0451d29c43a9d546986&pi=2P2n3XvwSU6db
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Happy Birthday Life is a Song

    Happy Birthday Life is a Song
    Oct 6 2025
    After 1 year and over 50 episodes, Melissa looks back at the top songs and artists discussed on the podcast while looking forward to a new year of Life is a Song.
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    38 mins