• NEW,  The Twist Podcast

    The Twist Podcast #300: Fireworks, Jumbotrons, Birthday Wishes, Zachary James Interview and So Much More

    July 27, 2025 /

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we throw a studio party for our 300th episode. We started The Twist in 2018 and we’re as irreverent as ever. They’ll never paint over our rainbow lives or our sparkly podcast, as we enjoy a PBS review  from Emma, Rick’s interview with Zachary James, and an up-and-personal chat with Jo Klett, whose wisdom and humor offer a balm for these chaotic times.

    This Week’s Survey Results

    If you could master one thing instantly what would it be?

    Playing an instrument  65 percent
    Speaking multiple languages  47.06
    Cooking like a super chef   5.88
    Painting or drawing  23.53
    Other – what would it be? 5.88

    COMMENTS:

    • Any and all! I always dreamed of being able to speak and understand whatever language of the country i was visiting, instantly and without study. That would be my superpower!
    • Spanish and French so I can speak with my friends in Europe in their language
    • Piano
    • spanish, Portuguese
    • understanding and predicting stock market fluctuations
    • Ukulele
    • Spanish and/or Portuguese, since we might end up moving to a place where that’s the primary language.
    • Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic. Not French tho- I already speak the language of love bahahahahahaha!
    • Singing
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  • NEW,  The Twist Podcast

    The Twist Podcast #299: Disappearing Client Lists, New Wisdom of Jo Audio, and Emma Zoe Lyons Reviews HBO’s ‘Enigma’

    July 11, 2025 /

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we hunt for Jeffrey Epstein’s mysteriously vanishing client list, share more fan facts and photos, dig the Wisdom of Jo in her own words, and enjoy Emma Zoe Lyons’ review of HBO’s ‘Enigma.’

    Last Week’s Survey Results

    If you could be one of these things, what would you be?

    Thinner 18.75 percent
    Younter 31.25 percent
    Richer 18.75 percent
    Kinder 31.25 percent

    Two ‘others’:

    “Only if I could also still have all my experiential wisdom from 86 years.”
    “Wiser”

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  • NEW,  The Twist Podcast

    The Twist Podcast #298: Big Monstrous Bill, ‘Poop Cruise’ Movie Review, Fan Photos, and a Rick Rose Chat with Adele George

    July 4, 2025 /

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we choke on the Big Ugly Bill, take our wins where we can get them, learn about the ‘Poop Cruise’ from Emma Zoe Lyons, and enjoy Rick’s conversation with author Adele George. Plus our weekly survey and new fan photos!

    This Week’s Survey

    New weekly survey! Only ONE answer preferred this time. Would you be thinner, younger, richer, kinder? Or something else.

    TAKE THE SURVEY

    A View from Our Listeners


    These are pix of your co-hosts Mark and Rick with fans of the Twist.

    Send us your photo(s) and a line or two to: TheTwistPodcast AT gmail.com

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  • NEW

    A Smashing Smashwords Summer Sale! All My eBooks Free for July

    July 1, 2025 /

    Another summer, another sale at Smashwords. Talk about freedom! You can download all (that’s ALL) my eBooks for free through the month of July.

    You can also find dozens and dozens of other free and discounted books by your favorite authors, and ones who’ll soon join your list of must-reads.

    FIND MY BOOKS HERE (be sure to click on each one for the freebie) or just go to Smashwords summer sale page and start browsing. Hot reading fun in the summer time!

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