Episodes
Thursday Feb 22, 2018
Public Figures and Private Lives
Thursday Feb 22, 2018
Thursday Feb 22, 2018
Author Sarah Smiley joins us again to talk about how she balances her private life as a mom and wife with her public writing, which is often about being a mom and a wife.
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Mentioned on the podcast
Dinner With the Smileys: One Military Family, One Year of Heroes, and Lessons for a Lifetime
Got Here As Soon As I Could: Discovering the Way Life Should Be
SNL Internet Comments Talk Show
Dinner With the Smileys on Katie Couric
Our Favorite Things
Kelley: Polar Seltzer (in a can!)
Gretchen: Fisher Farm CSA
Sarah: iPhone 8+
Thursday Feb 15, 2018
Everyday Sexism
Thursday Feb 15, 2018
Thursday Feb 15, 2018
Have you run into everyday sexism? Those little (or big!) ways where it's obvious that the world is designed with men as the default setting? Maybe you haven't even noticed it until it's been pointed out. We talk about it this week!
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Mentioned on the podcast
Take religion. Remove God. Add #resistance. Meet The Satanic Temple.
The Gender Politics of Pockets
Generous Maternity Leave Has Made Me a Better Academic
The Female Price of Male Pleasure
Hobby Lobby Still Covers Vasectomies and Viagra
Two Graphs That Show Why We Still Need Feminism
Gender-Neutral Clothes Are Great But Where Are The ‘Cute’ Boys’ Clothes?
LIST VIEW ON OFF 18 Kids' toys that prove girls start paying the 'pink tax' early
NYC Canceled All Its Daddy-Daughter Dances and Reactions Are Mixed
Our Favorite Things
Kelley: Native deodorant
Gretchen: Instant Pot Duo 6 quart
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Food for Thought, Thoughts for Food
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Weight and wellness go hand in hand. Kelley clarifies her own practices with choosing foods, and explains how she balances the occasional trip to McDonald's with her organic plant-based diet following the 80/20 rule.
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Mentioned on the podcast
In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense
Did you know? Why some ice cream is a "Frozen Dairy Dessert"
Can a 'Poop Transplant' Change Your Weight?
Workplace wellness programs aren't working, new research finds
I've spent years trying to get skinny. Oprah's Weight Watchers ads convinced me to stop.
If You Stop Thinking Of Exercise As A Way To Lose Weight, You May Actually Enjoy It
This American Life: Tell Me I'm Fat
Runner's World: Ultra - Mirna Valerio
Our Favorite Things
Kelley: Honey
Gretchen: Doctor on Demand
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Beating the Winter Blahs
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Winter in Maine means snow, cold, and worst of all, DARK. Why do we trick ourselves into getting excited for the seasons, and how do we beat the winter blahs? (Also, editor/husband Dave would like to clarify that he DID come with us to Sugarloaf once last year, and it hasn't been three.)
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Mentioned on the podcast
Thrillist: Definitive Ranking of States
Writer for Maine Magazine Rescued After Accidentally Venturing 20 Miles Inland
Bangor Police Department Facebook
Our Favorite Things
Kelley: Spiralizer 5 blade Vegetable Slicer
Gretchen: iPhone 8+
Kelley hates the cold & Gretchen is double-poppin' (and they are BOTH wearing their LLBean Shirt-Jacs, because it's January in Maine.)