• Big Boo Cast: Episode 446

    This week Sophie and I have lots of Super Regional developments to discuss, along with what she is referring to as Mississippi State’s First Official Baseball Pageant as they welcomed their new baseball head coach Brian O’Connor. We also talk about a new Birmingham restaurant favorite and my awareness of my challenges with European geography….

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Meet Melanie

Melanie Shankle is a three-time New York Times bestselling author, speaker and co-host of The Big Boo podcast.

She looks for the holy and the humorous in her daily life and uses her voice to share that with others.

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Treading the Deep Waters of Motherhood, Mean Girls, and Generational Trauma

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Authors / speakers Melanie Shankle and Sophie Hudson – also known as Big Mama and BooMama on their blogs – talk about all the important stuff: faith, family, friends, football, fashion and food… and of course, their hair.

  • Big Boo Cast: Episode 411

    This past weekend delivered in terms of COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAOS – which, as we all know, is my favorite. So on this week’s episode we talk about the chaos, and…

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  • Big Boo Cast: Episode 409

    On this week’s episode Sophie and I talk about college football (sad trombone for Sophie), my unprecedented closet clean-out, and Sophie’s latest travels related to book-related fun and shenanigans. Plus,…

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  • Big Boo Cast: Episode 408

    Well, college football is pretty much all wrapped up for Sophie this season, so this week we discuss that unfortunate development as well as the very positive turn of events…

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