“Ghosted” with Nancy French - Part 1

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The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

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🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Join us for a compelling two-part conversation with author, ghostwriter, and investigative journalist Nancy French. In this episode, Nancy shares some of her story - from growing up in the impoverished foothills of the Appalachian Mountains to meeting her now-husband, journalist David French, and spontaneously moving to New York and beginning her career as ghostwriter for numerous books by conservative political leaders, including five that hit the New York Times bestselling list.

Stay tuned for part two in which Nancy talks about the deeply personal investigative journalism project that changed the course of her career and her life.

*** Listener discretion is advised: This two-part discussion includes discussion of child abuse, particularly sexual abuse, suicide, and some coarse language.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast.
0:06.7	I'm Dr. Dan Allender.
0:08.7	And I'm Rachel Clinton-Centen.
0:10.5	We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.
0:14.7	And restoration for the heart.
0:17.2	Thank you for joining us.
0:18.5	Let's get this conversation started.
0:28.9	Thank you for joining us. Let's get this conversation started. I think you've heard me say a number of times that we love the privilege of interviewing folks that just absolutely intrigue us. And today, oh my goodness, I would
0:41.8	say we are maybe at the top of the Himalayas with regard to a person and a presence that is
0:51.0	just staggering intrigue.
0:57.2	So let me introduce Nancy French and say, Nancy, so thrilled you are with us.
1:05.2	And I'll tell the audience a little bit about you, but what we're going to step into is maybe one of the most compelling memoirs I've
1:17.6	ever read. And to say your life is complex and broken and bizarre and beautiful.
1:30.5	And, you know, I think maybe the greatest comment I can offer is this passage out of 2nd
1:38.1	Corinthians chapter 4 verse 10, where Paul says, I live every day in my body, the death of Jesus, so that I might also live
1:46.8	in my body, the life of Jesus. And I look at that passage of the interplay of death and
1:55.6	resurrection and say that I long to live that, but seldom do we all come close.
2:02.6	I'll just say, dear friend, you are one of those people who I think if you were to look at that passage with photos,
2:11.6	yours would be there.
2:14.6	So you are a New York Times best-selling author, ghost writer of five major
2:21.4	works that have been on that particular scale, an investigative reporter, a skintillating
2:30.9	writer essayist in terms of the book that we're going to be talking about, ghosted. All that to say, you're pretty wild, woman.
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