Great American Chat
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Join me for a recap of A Christmas Prayer, one of the 2025 Great American Christmas movies, starring Shae Robins and Christopher Russell.Â
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Cricket and I chat about the sale of the quarry, the baptism, & meeting a new Newman in the mid-season finale of Crossroad SpringsÂ
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Cricket and I chat about exciting stuff in the 5th episode of Crossroad Springs: a surprise twist in the ownership of the quarry, Red Oak welcoming a new member, & Dr. Eric leaving town.
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Cricket and I chat about the episode four storm that swept through Crossroad Springs and helped Willis find his motorcycle, and brought out a side of Daniel Newman that I suspected existed
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Cricket and I chat about Janet avoiding Eric, and James and Maggie's drive-in movie date, in Crossroad Springs' third episode.
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Chatting about the second episode of Crossroad Springs with Cricket.
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Cricket and I are on the farm chatting about the latest new series from Great American Media, Crossroad Springs. It is the adventures of the Hamiltons, the Newmans, & the Hedges.
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Cricket and Tracie from the Dishing with the Dono Fans YouTube channel joins me to chat about the Brookfield: A When Hope Calls Story season finale. We celebrate Sam's goldmine, Jenny/Dolores' new job, & wonder if Nora will wind up in the slammer with the cattle rustlers.Â
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We are heading towards this season's finale. Cricket and I chat about the 5th episode in which Sam gets good news, Hannah gets a bump on the knee, and a mystery woman arrives at the orphanage.Â
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Chatting with Cricket and Hopefuls about the action packed 4th episode of Brookfield: A When Hope Calls StoryÂ
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Chatting with DonoFans Cricket, Beth, and Jackie about the 3rd episode of When Hope Calls: hello Hannah, Wyatt, Mountie Jim, and Jenny!Â
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Cricket and I are back in Brookfield chatting about the second episode of When Hope Calls' second season.
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Cricket and I head back to Brookfield and chat about the highly anticipated season 2 premiere of When Hope Calls.
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Can't remember what happened on the first season of When Hope Calls? Never saw it?
Have no fear, Cricket and I are here. We chat characters, storylines, and refresh your memory before season 2 premieres on Great American FamilyÂ
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The end is here. Cricket and I chat about the bittersweet season 2 finale of County Rescue.Â
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Cricket and I chat with Cindy Busby and Christopher Russell about the new season of When Hope Calls. They chat about the differences between this season and the last, new and returning characters, and how fun it is to work together again.Â
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Things are getting serious in this 5th episode. Join Cricket & me as we chat about iced tea and carpal tunnel, narcissism, and what will happen in the season finale
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Lots to chat about in this fourth episode of County Rescue: Ashley's job offer, Duke still hitting the bottle, and Tamra crushing on Scotty. Cricket and I chat about all of it and make predictions on what will happen in the final two episodes.Â
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In this third episode of the season, Ashley gets a job offer, Tim grows a beard, and Hunter confesses his love to Dani. Cricket & I break it all down.Â
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This week Cricket & I chat about County Rescue's second episode of the second season. Â
Is Griffin back in the picture? Has Tim given up on Dani? What do you think Ashley's letter is all about?
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