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Tag: Season 2

October 30, 2016 by Travis Jonker

#32 Kate & Cassie Beasley (S2 E3)

Travis: The second season of The Yarn is all about the middle grade novel Gertie’s Leap to Greatness. Today, in episode 3 we head down to the Beasley farm in Georgia and hear from Kate Beasley’s mom and sister, Circus Mirandus author Cassie Beasley. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/32-kate-cassie-beasley-s2-e3 If you missed the first two episodes of this season, […]

October 15, 2016 by Colby Sharp

#31 Grace Kendall (S2 E2)

Colby: We’re excited to bring you Episode 2 of Season 2. In today’s episode we tell the story of Gertie’s Leap to Greatness editor Grace Kendall. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/31-grace-kendall-s2-e2   If you missed Episode 1, subscribe below and you can catch up on all of our episodes. Click here to subscribe to The Yarn Newsletter

October 2, 2016 by Travis Jonker

#30 Kate Beasley and Jennifer Holm (S2 E1)

Travis: Our initial idea for The Yarn: One Book, All Angles. In Season 1, we focused on the graphic novel Sunny Side Up: Season 2 of The Yarn kicks off today. This time around, we’re following Gertie’s Leap to Greatness by debut author Kate Beasley.   In this episode you’ll hear from Kate, but also […]

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Travis: When Colby and I began The Yarn, we wanted a show that was a mix of Netflix (release a bunch of episodes at once, or close), Serial (have a bunch of episodes focused on one topic), and Beyoncé (release them unannounced). Season 1 was all of these things. Since then, the show has evolved […]

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