Someone had to say it....

Heidi spoke with bestselling author Meredith Schorr about her novel RoomMating, Someone Just Like You and so many others. Did you know she is also a paralegal! Her books are known to have sexy, steamy scenes which they were happy to talk about. You'll also hear a little about Heidi's light stalking of another author Susan Elizabeth Phillips and how that turned out. You can get all her books on Amazon and anywhere books are sold. Visit Schorr's website here Enjoy and don’t forget to share, like and subscribe if you haven't already! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to subscribe to our ⁠⁠⁠NEW YouTube channel here⁠⁠⁠ to watch all the videos and to send us a message! Thank you for listening, subscribe if you haven’t and rate Someone Had to say it on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. Enjoy! For more about Julia Bendis, ⁠⁠click here⁠⁠ For more about Heidi Shertok, ⁠⁠click here⁠⁠

Princeton-educated (pre-med at Harvard) Angelika Morris describes how she sold her possessions and traveled the world after the untimely death of her father. While in search of life's meaning, she discovered a passion for connecting people, and fueled that drive into a successful matchmaking company. Listen to her describe how she matches singles and creates globe trotting trips for locals and single travelers to organically meet new people.To learn more about Angelika Morris, visit her website at soulmatesearchmatchmaking.comTo learn more about Julia Bendis, visit https://linktr.ee/juliabendisTo learn more about Heidi Shertok, visit https://www.heidishertok.com/

Lynn Golodner, the author of many books including Cave of Secrets, and I love you Charlie Brown coming out in two weeks. We aske dher about the history and background inspiration of all her books including the research she does for each one. How she traveled to Scottland to live among the locals and learn about Scottish rich history for her book Cave of Secrets. We talked about the characters, which include LGBT! stories and her own experience in the Orthodox Jewish community.  Of course our coversation pivoted many times so listen to the end. You can find more information on Lynn Golodner's books on her website: lynnegolodner.com Please Enjoy and don’t forget to share, like and subscribe if you haven't already! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to subscribe to our ⁠⁠NEW YouTube channel here⁠⁠ to watch all the videos and to send us a message! Thank you for listening, subscribe if you haven’t and rate Someone Had to say it on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. Enjoy! For more about Julia Bendis, ⁠click here⁠ For more about Heidi Shertok, ⁠click here⁠

Welcome back to Someone Had to Say it! On today’s episode, we interviewed Authors of novel Life Derailed - Beth Merlin and Danielle Modaferi. We discussed Artificial Intelligence, how they decided to include it in their recent book Life Derailed, all about the publishing world, how to sell a manuscript and what it takes these days to find an agent in the literary world. Beth and Danielle shared their writing techniques, how they decided to co-write books and Danielle’s own publishing company.  You can find their books on Amazon and on their website: merlinandmod.com Enjoy and don’t forget to share, like and subscribe if you haven't already! Thank you for listening! Don't forget to subscribe to our ⁠⁠NEW YouTube channel here⁠⁠ to watch all the videos and to send us a message! Thank you for listening, subscribe if you haven’t and rate Someone Had to say it on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. Enjoy! For more about Julia Bendis, ⁠click here⁠ For more about Heidi Shertok, ⁠click here⁠

On today's episode, Heidi and Julia spoke with author Annie Cathryn about her new book, The Friendship Breakup, and the real-life story that inspired it, as well as talking about how friends are often closer to us than spouses, the querying process to get a literary agent, and disappointing DNA results. Thank you so much for listening and don't forget to subscribe, like, comment, and share! We appreciate your support. Please consider leaving a review for Someone Had To Say It on Apple podcasts and Spotify. To learn more about Annie Cathryn, visit anniecathryn.comTo learn more about Heidi Shertok, visit heidishertok.comTo learn more about Julia Bendis, visit linktree.com/juliabendis

On today’s episode, Julia interviewed a colleague, matchmaker and relationship educator Andrea LaRosa. This is Andrea’s second time on the podcast. She is the force behind Date Smarter Matchmaking, where love meets innovation. Her matchmaking business goes beyond traditional dating services, offering personal coaching, podcasts, courses, workshops, and tailored programs designed to elevate relationships. Andrea isn’t just your average matchmaker, she is a relationship architect, transforming lives with her empathy, wisdom, services and her book called Get the Girl: Dating the High Value Woman, which you can find on Amazon We talked about her communication course, the skills singles and couples gain from going through her program and why the idea of older men dating younger women is still so prevalent and common. You don’t want to miss this episode, we went into all the controversial topics, as we always do! Enjoy and don’t forget to share, like, subscribe if you haven't and tell us your thoughts!  Don't forget to subscribe to our ⁠NEW YouTube channel here⁠ to watch all the videos and to send us a message! Thank you for listening, subscribe if you haven’t and rate Someone Had to say it on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. Enjoy! For more about Julia Bendis, click here For more about Heidi Shertok, click here

Welcome back to 8th season of Someone Had to Say it! On this episode, Julia and Heidi spoke with author Jennifer Wilck about her many Harlequin books, why it sucks getting old, representation in films and books, how to combat antisemitism and so much more! To learn more about Jennifer Wilck and about her books, visit her website here Don't forget to subscribe, share and comment. Thank you for listening, subscribe if you haven’t and rate Someone Had to say it on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. Enjoy! For more about Julia Bendis click here For more about Heidi Shertok click here

Welcome back to 8th season of Someone Had to Say it! Heidi and Julia are back with your most scandalous topics: why do Christians celebrate Passover and do Seder? How we love arguing with morons on social media, California torturous winters, women running the world and more! Don't forget to subscribe to our NEW YouTube channel here to watch all the videos and to send us a message! Thank you for listening, subscribe if you haven’t and rate Someone Had to say it on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. Enjoy! For more about Julia Bendis, visit linktree.com/juliabendis For more about Heidi Shertok, visit heidishertok.com

On today’s episode Julia and Heidi talked about cleaning dead people before burial, which is something Heidi does through her synagogue, Zionists and why gentile women want to date Jewish men and other stereotypes about the Jewish community. Thank you for listening, subscribe if you haven’t and rate Someone Had to say it on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify For more about Julia Bendis, visit linktree.com/juliabendis For more about Heidi Shertok, visit heidishertok.com

On today’s episode Julia and Heidi spoke to a best-selling women’s fiction author Sara Goodman Confino. Sara is an English teacher who started writing romance novels and they are a huge success. They talked about writing historical fiction, about life in the 60s, how her stories come to be, why old ladies wear dark red lipstick, abortion and so much more. Our conversation took many directions and pivoted many times. Don’t forget to order Confino's new book Good Grief - for all her books, social media and info, visit: saraconfino.com Thank you for listening, subscribe if you haven’t and rate Someone Had to say it on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify For more about Julia Bendis, visit linktree.com/juliabendis For more about Heidi Shertok, visit heidishertok.com

On today’s episode Julia and Heidi talked about paying their bills with Only Fans account, selling organs on the black market to pay for kid's college, how they both have crazy, vivid dreams, solving problems with violence, the cure to all of our problems - can you guess what it is? S-E-X Heidi turning in her final draft for upcoming book Match Made in Brooklyn, Julia making jewelry and much more! Thank you for listening, subscribe if you haven’t and rate Someone Had to say it on Apple and Spotify. For more about Julia Bendis, visit linktree.com/juliabendis For more about Heidi Shertok, visit heidishertok.com

On today’s episode Julia and Heidi had a fun time talking about what it would be like to have sister wives to help with the everyday life, why Polygamy was eventually outlawed, matchmakers promoting older men dating young women and why all of Eastern Europe leaves babies outside while parents enjoy dinner out. If you want to laugh and escape the reality of life for an hour - this is the episode for that! You won't be sorry. Thank you for listening, subscribe if you haven’t and rate us on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. For more about Julia Bendis, visit linktree.com/juliabendis For more about Heidi Shertok, visit heidishertok.com

On today’s episode we interview a best-selling author and one of our favorite authors, Rochelle B. Weinstein. Her new book just came out this week called 'We Are Made of Stars'. Her other works include: What you do to me, When we let go, This is not how it ends, What we leave behind, and more. We discussed the background of her writing journey, how she went from self-publishing to having multiple book deals, the inspiration behind her novels and what it takes to write a bestseller. You can find more about Rochelle Weinstein and her books at rochelleweinstein.com and get her books on Amazon and in bookstores everywhere. We hope you enjoy her story as much as we enjoyed it and as always please subscribe if you haven’t, rate and review Someone Had to Say it on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. Thank you for listening and enjoy! For more about Julia Bendis, visit linktree.com/juliabendis For more about Heidi Shertok, visit heidishertok.com

Please welcome Heidi Shertok back! Julia and Heidi Shertok interviewed Zach Silverman aka Z.E. Silver. Zach is creating content on TikTok and Substack since October 7th educating people on Israeli history, politics, and Jewish peoplehood.  They talked about his platform where Jewish writers and creators showcase their stories, why it’s so important right now and a little bit of Israel’s history along the way. We hope you enjoy and as always don’t forget to follow Someone Had to say it, rate and review us and come back for more interesting guests and stories. To learn more about Zach: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@silver_z.e Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gam_v.gam/ Substack: https://gamvgam.substack.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GamvGamMedia

On this Thanksgiving week episode, we followed up on Julia’s homework of meditating and taking time off to quiet the mind. We talked about ADHD, manifesting and #robots from #Tesla that Kim #Kardashian owns. We even talked about a new cologne that guarantees women will be attracted to you and contains pheromones.  We hope you enjoy this episode and as always, please share, rate this podcast and subscribe. If you have an interesting story to share or a funny one and would like to be a guest on Someone Had to Say it, email us at hadtosayitpodcast@gmail.com  For all the links and info, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktree.com/juliabendis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

We talked to Dr. Sara Gallup, psychologist and host of 'Behind the walls of the world's psychiatric hospitals' podcast. Dr. Gallup talked about why she chose her profession, her interest with now defunct and abandoned mental health hospitals as well as the history of those facilities. You can listen to Behind the walls podcast on all platforms. We hope you enjoy this episode and as always, please share, rate this podcast and subscribe. Happy listening. If you have an interesting story to share or a funny one and would like to be a guest on Someone Had to Say it, email us at hadtosayitpodcast@gmail.com  For all the links and info, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktree.com/juliabendis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Julia spoke with Ishita Bhama - who is a clairvoyant, healer and medium. She started feeling and seeing auras when she was just a child. We talked about what she does, her courses and workshops for those who want to improve their intuition and clairvoyant abilities, and we dove right into an actual reading. I wanted to see if my dad would come through, watch and listen to see how it went, it was fascinating to say the least. For more information about Ishita’s readings and workshops - visit linktree.com/clairvoyanthealerishita We hope you enjoy this episode and as always please share, rate this podcast and subscribe. If you have an interesting story to share or a funny one and would like to be a guest on Someone Had to Say it, email us at hadtosayitpodcast@gmail.com  For all the links and info, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktree.com/juliabendis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

On this episode, we discussed Julia's weekend at the Willow Springs race track where her son competed. Scott attempted to do a therapy session on Julia - find out how that went and much more! We hope you enjoy this episode and as always, please share, rate this podcast and subscribe. Happy listening. If you have an interesting story to share or a funny one and would like to be a guest on Someone Had to Say it, email us at hadtosayitpodcast@gmail.com  For all the links and info, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktree.com/juliabendis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

On this episode we spoke with a family and marriage therapist Reesa Morala.  Reesa is the owner of Embrace Renewal Therapy & Wellness Collective and host of The Real Family Eats. She is dedicated to being a parenting ally, helping parents create thriving families by prioritizing their relationship. Her goal is helping parents feel less alone in the hard times and supporting their success as a family. You can find more about Reesa here: linktr.ee/EmbraceRenewalTherapy We discussed mental health issues, whether people can truly change and what it takes to break generational trauma. We hope you enjoy and thank you for sharing, rating us and for listening. For all the links and more info on matchmaking, dating and relationship support visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktree.com/juliabendis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

On today's episode Julia and J had an unexpected guest, Julia's husband Scott... They decided to bring him on to talk about sports which is completely out of Julia's realm, and how being a Cleveland native affects every aspect of their marriage. Cleveland Browns suck and why people continue to support that team, as well as so much more. We hope you enjoy this episode and as always, please share, rate this podcast and subscribe. Happy listening. If you have an interesting story to share or a funny one and would like to be a guest on Someone Had to Say it, email us at hadtosayitpodcast@gmail.com For all the links and info, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠linktree.com/juliabendis⁠⁠⁠⁠