Continuing the reading of my book, from where I left off at Chapter 4. Now that the book is complete and nearing release, in print this will appear as Chapter 5. It covers early memories with my sister and lays the groundwork for events that wi

Book Updates and Coming Release

Jul 19th, 2023 22m 10s

Talk about upcoming book release and the struggles in completing it. I also go into why I felt it was important to finish and release within the next year.Support the Show.

The Best Season Premiere Ever

Nov 11th, 2021 1h 43m

I was only tentatively planning to continue this year, and unfortunately I felt I had no choice but to be the most cliché thing of the moment. This is a raw, unedited perspective on the purposes, mistakes, and early triumphs of Dave Chappelle's

Gina who? And biological reality.

Feb 17th, 2021 1h 7m

I've been gone a while due to surgery, but I'm back. In this episode I talk shortly about the actress recently let go by Disney. Then I discuss the great raging debate in and surrounding the transgender community, as always. Biological reality.

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Holiday Special: A Bigger Table - A Virtual Community Theater Experience

Dec 2nd, 2020 1h 31m

Presenting, A Bigger Table - A Thanksgiving Story. You can support any cast or production member of Stargazer Virtual Community Theater though their Patreon. Mine is https://www.patreon.com/lauraengram. Please listen for a the list of cast mem

Reading My Book: Chapter 3

Nov 25th, 2020 1h 5m

I continue reading my book, Growing Up As One of Jehovah's Transsexuals. In the third chapter, I go on a thoughtful road trip with my best friend, struggling to come to terms conflicting feelings, a world collapsing around me, and still having

Reading My Book: Chapter 2

Nov 24th, 2020 27m 56s

Now in the second chapter, I continue reading my book, Growing Up As One of Jehovah's Transsexuals. My hope is that this book shed light on the difficult choices and ingrained flaws fundamentalists are faced with and learn after years in such c

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Special: Election Night Pre-Mortem

Nov 9th, 2020 1h 13m

If you missed it, Mind Wave, Fred's Front Porch, Resurgent.Us, and That Other Laura Engram teamed Up for this very special election night stream. We talk a little fun, a little relaxed politics, and a little about Studio Stargazer's debut perfo

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Halloween Special: Stargazer's Only Through Fire - Part 1

Oct 26th, 2020 21m 50s

Stargazer Virtual Community Theatre Presents, Part One of Only Through Fire - A Prior's Hollow Story. Support production at MindWave.mediaPart 2 of Only Through Fire will be available on 10/31/2020 at 10:31 am, exclusively through the Patreon a

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Fire!... aka Hail Cognitive Dissonance (Special Edition)

Sep 19th, 2020 36m 46s

A special production. If you want to listen to the original audio for S1 E7, it is still available. This is an immersive audio experience. Sadly, the northwest of the United States is on fire. Lives have been lost and towns torched. The air qua

Fire!... aka Hail Cognitive Dissonance

Sep 14th, 2020 36m 25s

Sadly, the northwest of the United States is on fire. Lives have been lost and towns torched. The air quality is hazardous, particularly in my home city of Portland. Over a million acres have burned and the size and damage of the fires are the

"Good Citizens" and Christian Terrorists

Aug 31st, 2020 51m 28s

Commenting on the Christian groups reaching out to defend Kyle Rittenhouse. The situation is shrouded in controversy, so I ask, what does it really mean to be a "good citizen". What is creates terror, and what is love? It seems like we have for

Reading My Book : Chapter 1

Jul 11th, 2020 25m

I continue reading my book, Growing Up As One of Jehovah's Transsexuals, with the first chapter. This chapter is about the desperate, somewhat manic, but anticlimactic day I became known as an apostate to the religion I was raised in. My hope i

COVID-19 Mothers and Rights For Woomuds

Jun 17th, 2020 28m 3s

A simple but intimate narrative of the life of a COVID-19 single mom. I consider my average week, and one that steadily bubbled into an atypical one. As JK Rowling so elegantly pointed out, somewhere out there, is an intelligent conversation to

Black Lives Matter, Police Brutality, and Building Bridges

Jun 7th, 2020 36m 11s

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, while protests still rage around the country. I discuss why Black Lives Matter and how we can begin to build bridges, and strive for peace.Gain access to video podcasts of my book reading by becoming a

About That Other Laura Engram / Reading My Book - Preface

Jun 7th, 2020 20m 52s

Talking a little about the podcast. I begin reading the book I have been working on for years, Growing Up As One of Jehovah's Transsexuals, starting at the preface.Watch the video for this podcast at:https://youtu.be/QX6eCNF6KwQGain access to o

Social Distances: Isolation, the Rational Mind, and Spirituality

May 24th, 2020 24m 32s

I've been giving a lot of thought to how we are all affected by social distancing. It's not easy to stay centered and rational while isolated, in the middle of a global pandemic and with our current political and economic climate. It can take a

Relatability Speaks to All

May 10th, 2020 15m 35s

After a bit of a hiatus, living "stealth", I decide to open up by reflecting on my original feelings and journey, and how I feel now about what it means within the context of communities I've been a part of. Drawing attention to a schism that h

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