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That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs

Episode 204: Melanie Shankle + On The Bright Side

That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs

Annie F. Downs

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.910.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Get ready to laugh, y'all. Melanie Shankle cracks me up more than most do (and y'all know I'm an easy laugh). We've been friends since before we had these jobs and it's always fun to talk to someone you've walked over a decade with. Her new book, On The Bright Side, is a real special thing. I think you're going to love it.

(Because we recorded this show before Monday, there is no mention of the tornado that passed through Nashville this week. But thank you for all your kind words and prayers as our church and city begin a rebuilding and healing journey we didn't ever expect.)

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0:00.0

Hey friends, welcome to another episode of that sounds fun. I'm your host Annie F. Down

0:08.3

so happy to be here with you today. The music in the background, you know it's from our

0:12.3

good buddy Mr. Tornwells. Make sure you grab a copy of his new album, Citizen of Heaven.

0:17.6

Hey friends, just wanted to thank you for your kindness to Dave Kinnaman and his wife

0:21.2

Jill this week. Continue to send your love prayers and if you would like to donate to help

0:26.5

them it's again at prayforjil.com. Today on the show is one of my favorite, one of the

0:33.5

OG bloggers, one of the original people that were writing in our space, one of my favorite

0:39.6

friends, she's just hilarious, Melanie Shankill, she's a New York Times bestseller and her

0:45.0

most recent book just came out last week. It's called On the Bright Side and it is excellent.

0:50.7

We jumped right in, we haven't caught up in a little bit and I think you're going to

0:54.3

enjoy just a proper catch up between good friends. So here's my conversation with Melanie

1:00.1

Shankill. Okay, are you ready Melanie Shankill?

1:07.0

Yeah, I am ready. We're really doing it.

1:08.8

Annie F. Downs, we really are. We both already expressed how happy it is to get to talk

1:15.0

to each other because it's like real like a real friend on the other side. It's just

1:18.8

such a joy. Yes, it's like old friends. Like you really are one of my, I was thinking

1:23.7

about it last night because I knew I was talking to you. Like you were really one of my

1:26.7

oldest internet friends. Oh, no, I feel the same about you. I mean, I feel like we met

1:33.7

in oh six or oh five, six. It had to be oh six. I think it was oh six because I didn't

1:40.8

start my blog till oh six. Okay. So I think it was, it was oh six and you were just a sweet

1:45.6

little teacher that was moving to Nashville and search of a dream. I mean, you were

1:51.0

one of the, she's just precious. She's making a terrible decision. This will be cute to

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