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Apricity Publishing has worked with numerous authors to create, illustrate, publish, and market their works. The Apricity Publishing podcast features authors we've worked with, authors we are inspired by, and so many others in the publishing realm to talk about their stories and experiences.
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Circles of Collaboration Series: Barbara Marx Hubbard and the Power of a Question
with ​Dr. Ina Gjikondi, Director of Learning Innovation & Strategic Growth at the Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (CEPL) at GWU
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In conversation with Christine Merser, co-author of Circles of Collaboration, Dr. Ina Gjikondi reflects on the question: if you could share a meal with anyone, living or dead, who would it be? Her choice is futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard, whose vision during the nuclear era feels just as urgent in today’s age of artificial intelligence. Gjikondi imagines the guidance Hubbard might offer on harnessing new power for good—an invitation to consider how collective wisdom can shape a more conscious, connected future.
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Circles of Collaboration Series: Building Trust in Intuition: Lessons for Life and Work
with ​Dr. Ina Gjikondi, Director of Learning Innovation & Strategic Growth at the Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (CEPL) at GWU
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Dr. Ina Gjikondi explores intuition as a powerful tool for collaboration. In conversation with Christine Merser, co-author of Circles of Collaboration, she shares how slowing down, listening, and trusting subtle cues—whether from within ourselves or from others—can open pathways to better decisions and deeper connections. Intuition, she explains, is not luck but a practice, a muscle that strengthens when we let go of reactivity and remain open to the signals around us.
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Circles of Collaboration Series: Ecocentrism and Collaboration
with ​Dr. Ina Gjikondi, Director of Learning Innovation & Strategic Growth at the Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (CEPL) at GWU
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Dr. Ina Gjikondi introduces the concept of ecocentrism, the belief that nature is not just a backdrop but an active collaborator with wisdom to share. In conversation with Christine Merser, co-author of Circles of Collaboration, she shows how the practice of circles—where every voice matters and progress is made together—can extend beyond people to include the natural world. She brings fresh insight into how we can work, connect, and solve problems in partnership with both one another and the earth itself.​
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Circles of Collaboration Series: How to Do the Ask
With the launch of Apricity Publishing's Circles of Collaboration by Christine Merser and Leslie Grossman, PR powerhouse Patrice Tanaka of Joyful Planet joins Christine for a conversation. Their focus? Two pivotal chapters: Do the Ask and Quid Pro Quo.
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Great Authors Series: The Story of Wallis Simpson
& Other Extraordinary Women in History
Anne Sebba, extraordinary NY Times best selling author, talks about the women she has chosen to write about. From Ethel Rosenberg to Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, to Mother Theresa - they all have something in common. She sheds light on her writing process, her next book about the women's orchestra at Auschwitz, and life after loss. Decades of enlightening writing from a woman who has so much to teach us all, on and off the page.
​Get more from Anne Sebba and check out her books here. ​​


Great Authors Series: A Fascinating Account of Taking a Book to the Big Screen, old Hollywood Tales & Much More
Don't miss Christine Merser's interview with literary legend Warren Adler, who named the Watergate complex. Discover insights from the author of over 50 novels (including The War of the Roses and Random Hearts), including what books uniquely offer, Hollywood stories, and his decision to control his own destiny.


Great Authors Series: Two-time Author and Multitasker Extraordinaire
with author Kathy Aspden
Our Managing Partner, Christine Merser, chats with author and Apricity Publishing client Kathy Aspden around her irritating ability to get more done in a day than anyone Christine has ever encountered. She walks through how she does it. It’s a fun and interesting discussion around habits and to do lists. (Did you know you shouldn’t make a to do list?) And, Kathy would recommend multi-tasking while you listen.
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Get more from Kathy Aspden and check out her books here.


Great Authors Series: The Tragic Story Behind Ethel Rosenberg
with author Anne Sebba
Ethel Rosenberg. Not guilty. A victim of a patriarchal US government plan (you remember Hoover) to get her husband to confess by putting her on trial. A bad plan gone worse, and the destruction of her reputation and motherhood was a planned strategy. Do not miss this new take on the Rosenberg's and what really happened. Anne Sebba, who is a NY Times best selling author of eleven biographies, is mesmerizing as she tells the backstory of the times and what happened.
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​Get more from Anne Sebba and check out her books here.






