Episodes

Your nervous system knows the truth before your mouth does: you’re tired of being “on.” We start with the tiny stuff that somehow isn’t tiny at all, nail salon small talk, the sensory weirdness of having nails, the executive function it takes to schedule self care, and the relief of simply saying “we don’t have to talk.” For Gen X women juggling high "face time" work and busy lives, silence isn’t awkward. It’s oxygen. From there we swing into the big stuff: hangover math, why going out costs a ...

HOST NOTE! You might notice we are late and you would be right! The pod is moving to monthly-ish! Life is pretty lifey right now and we need to change our pace in order to keep our heads above the waterline. We haven't gone away! So prepare to be as surprised as we are when we get a new episode up! Thanks for hanging around. We hope you like it here! Let's Goooooo! The week felt like DEFCON 3: coffee makers that require Bluetooth, websites freezing, a vacuum that quits before the box hits recy...

TW: Discussions related to the release of the Epstein files. On our listen back we realized this was a pretty tough conversation. We chose to leave it as it happened live. We can speak only to our own experiences and are not experts outside of that. This is a personal reflection from two Gen X cis white midwestern women's experience. The year has barely started and its a dumpster fire—snowbanks swallowing bumpers, headlines swallowing hope. We take that energy and point it at the news cycle’s bi...