Episodes
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Lori and Leila get personal and seek advice from two experts — including the mother of all guests
Special guests:
Dr. Jennifer Nash, author of Birthing Black Mothers
https://twitter.com/pornoscholar
https://www.dukeupress.edu/birthing-black-mothers
Dr. Katherine Fennelly, author of Family, Declassified (AKA Leila's mom)
https://www.katherinefennelly.com/
Buy their books!
Topic: Motherhood/Unmotherhood
Leila is binging The Guardian's series on Black women and infertility
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/the-great-fertility-divide
Loris is cringing at foster parents who don't want to give back the baby
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/23/foster-family-biological-parents-adoption-intervenors
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Renee invites us to visit Shondaland.
Special guest: Renee Bracey Sherman
www.reneebraceysherman.com
Topic: Abortion on TV a year after the fall of Roe v. Wade
Shows Discussed:
Grey's Anatomy
Love is Blind
Ramy
Leila is cringing at the closing of abortion clinics
Lori is binging Glamorous on Netflix
Suggested Links:
New York Times feature on clinics closing
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/22/us/abortion-clinics-dobbs-roe-wade.html
Renee's abortion storytelling organization, We Testify
https://www.wetestify.org/
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Maytha is giving main character energy.
Episode watched:
Ramy season 3, episode 2 “Egyptian Cigarettes”
Special guest:
Maytha Alhassen
https://maythaalhassen.com/
Leila is binging Pale Male content and bird Twitter
Lori is cringing at people not properly appreciating brides and comparing bad things to much worse things
Suggested links:
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Khiara for President.
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Special guest: Professor Khiara Bridges
Leila is cringing viral clips of fake podcasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H-_CwFeTag
Lori is binging full body orgasm discourse
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-04-30/la-phil-concert-orgasm-twitter-tchaikovsky
Suggested reading/links:
"Deploying Death"
https://www.uclalawreview.org/deploying-death/
The Witch Trials of JK Rowling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmT0i0xG6zg
Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
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Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme song
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Chloë invites us into the cone of trust.
Episode watched: The Diplomat, Season 1, Episode 5, "The Dogcatcher"
Lori is binging Workin' Moms
Leila is cringing think pieces bashing work from home
Suggested links:
Chloë's viral essay on pandemic parenting
https://gen.medium.com/parents-are-not-ok-66ab2a3e42d9
Lesbians react to Blue is the Warmest Color
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIjJ_VtU9PA
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Credits:
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Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme song
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Cleo will not be silenced (but she wouldn’t mind sitting down once in a while)
Show (Not Really) Discussed: Netflix' Dave Chapelle: The Closer
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Special guest:
Cleopatra Kambugu
www.instagram.com/xulaye/
Binging/Cringing:
Lori is cringing at that NYT article on interracial dating
www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/style/…acial-dating.html
Leila is binging God Loves Uganda and Call Me Kuchu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3_hKv4pEM4
callmekuchu.com/
Ad:
Ruth's Refuge
ruthsrefuge.org/
Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme song
@dadollars
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Ashley is owning her widow privilege.
Lori is binging and cringing at Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Leila is binging and cringing at Stolen Youth
Episode discussed: Shrinking Season 1, Episode 7: Apology Tour
** Spoiler warning, we talk about plot points in the series so far**
Special guest:
Ashley Reese
https://twitter.com/offbeatorbit
https://www.instagram.com/offbeatorbit
https://www.tiktok.com/@offbeatorbit
Suggested reading:
Vogue's coverage of Ashley and Rob's wedding
https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/ashley-reese-and-rob-stengel-wedding
The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century by Amia Srinivasan
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-right-to-sex-feminism-in-the-twenty-first-century-amia-srinivasan/16204360 -
Rachel wants #JusticeForAlfie
Show watched: Emily in Paris, S3 Ep 1, "I have two lovers"
Special Guest:
Rachel Fleit
https://www.rachelfleit.com/
Introducing, Selma Blair (directed by Rachel)
https://www.rachelfleit.com/films
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Leila is binging French podcasts (Laisse-moi kiffer, Kiffe ta race, JINS)
Lori is cringing the dwindling number of new podcasts
https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/01/where-did-all-the-new-podcasts-go/#:~:text=Even%20so%2C%20the%20margin%20is,1%2C109%2C000%20new%20podcasts%20were%20launched
And binging the podcasts Shameless Acquisition Target; and Bone Valley (CONTENT WARNING: contains graphic content around gender-based violence)
Suggested TikTocking: Same shirt prank
https://www.tiktok.com/@kiaa_m1297/video/7119934590927654187
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Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme song
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Bassey Hops Across the Pond
Film watched: Love Actually
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Special guest:
Bassey Nyambi
https://www.instagram.com/bnyambi/
Binging/Cringing: Leila and Lori share binges and cringes of the year
Ad:
Support your local abortion fund
https://abortionfunds.org/funds/
Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme song
@dadollars
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Senti remembers that feeling.
Show watched: The Sex Lives of College Girls, season 2, episode 1 “Winter is Coming”
Special Guest:
Senti Sojwal
https://www.sentisojwal.com/
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Leila is binging Wednesday
Lori is binging Stromae
Suggested reading:
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Gen Z and the Sex It’s Allegedly Not Having
https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/04/gen-z-generation-sex-abstience-puriteen-research-studies.html
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Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme original song
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Glenn warns us to beware the nice guy.
Featured Guest:
Glenn Kenny
https://twitter.com/glenn__kenny
Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/made-men-glenn-kenny?variant=39308750487586
Show discussed: The White Lotus, Season 2, Episode 3: Bull Elephants
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Lori is binging lazy susans
Leila is binging Alaska Daily
Recommended reading:
‘White Lotus’ and the Plight of the American Man
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/opinion/white-lotus-masculinity.html
Are the Men of The White Lotus Okay?
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/11/are-the-men-of-white-lotus-okay
Here’s why more millennials are getting prenups
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-why-more-millennials-are-getting-prenups-11663950442
Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme song
https://soundcloud.com/dadollars -
Leila and Lori have a water purification system to sell you.
Show discussed: Loot, Season 1, Episode 10, "Silver Moon Summit"
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Lori is binging the best of Twitter
Leila is cringing at how little vacation Americans take
‘Queen Caroline’: The ‘Fake Charity Nerd Girl’ Behind The FTX Collapse
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2022/11/18/queen-caroline-the-risk-loving-29-year-old-embroiled-in-the-ftx-collapse/?sh=1fe13249791f
Lori's speech on effective altruism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvnwqi8Ogn0
Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
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Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
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Soraya is team Tom.
Show Discussed: Succession, S3 Ep5 "Retired Janitors of Idaho"
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Special guest:
Soraya Darabi
https://twitter.com/sorayadarabi
https://www.synchrony.com/business-schooled2.html
Binging/Cringing:
Lori is cringing at travel bans on Southern African countries
Leila in binging the podcast Once Upon a Time at Bennington College
http://www.lilianolik.com/once-upon-a-time-at-bennington-college
Ad:
WanderWomxn Bazaar
https://www.wanderwomxntravels.com/
Offer code: FRIENDS gets you 10% off at the holiday store
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrystalOasisStore
NYT article on the college gender gap that Soraya mentioned
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/business/dealbook/women-college-economy.html
Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme song
https://soundcloud.com/dadollars
Our ad music is by Sidhartha Corses
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Alison has seen beyond the CGI...and it was glorious
Show watched: House of the Dragon, S1 Ep 6, “The Princess and the Queen”
Special Guest: Alison Herman
https://twitter.com/aherman2006
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Lori is binging Flatbush Misdemeanors (and cringing that it’s canceled)
Leila is binging The Newsroom
Alison’s article: Womanhood Is War in ‘House of the Dragon’
https://www.theringer.com/house-of-the-dragon/2022/9/26/23368825/house-of-the-dragon-feminism-sexism-womanhood
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Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme original song
https://soundcloud.com/dadollars
New theme by Amy Klein of AK and the Hallucinations
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Golnoush is pleasantly surprised by Gen Z.
Special Guest: Golnoush Niknejad, founder of Tehran Bureau
https://twitter.com/TehranBureau
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Leila is binging the protest song “baraye”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr9QLSJbeGs
Lori is binging the MacArthur Genius Grantee Award list which this year includes Loretta Ross, mother of reproductive justice and friend of the pod! https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/
Check out her calling in workshop.
https://lorettajross.com/online-courses
Recommended reading:
Iran’s protests are the first counterrevolution led by women
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/irans-protests-are-the-first-counterrevolution-led-by-women
Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/prisoner-jason-rezaian?variant=32130072313890
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Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme original song
https://soundcloud.com/dadollars
New theme and interstitial music by Amy Klein of AK and the Hallucinations
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Reina thinks if you're considering going on a reality show, you should volunteer at a local abortion clinic instead.
Show watched: Love is Blind "After the Alter" series
Special Guest: Reina Gattuso
https://reinagattuso.com/
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Leila is binging Tell me Lies
Lori is cringing cats
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Credits:
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www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme original song
@dadollars
New theme by Amy Klein of AK and the Hallucinations
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Femi is personally averse to dancing on graves, but respects your right to do so.
Show watched: The Crown, S3 Ep8 “Dear Mrs. Kennedy”
Special Guest: Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
https://twitter.com/OlufemiOTaiwo
http://www.olufemiotaiwo.com/
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Leila is cringing at mainstream media’s slow coverage of Iran’s #MahsaAmini protests
Lori is binging analysis of the Magnus v Hans scandal on chess Youtube
Recommended reading:
The Defeat of Identity Politics (New Yorker review of Elite Capture)
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-defeat-of-identity-politics
What’s Happening in Iran
https://www.fastcompany.com/90791883/whats-happening-in-iran
Magnus Carlsen Publicly Accuses Hans Niemann of Chess Cheating
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/27/magnus-carlsen-hans-niemann-chess-cheating
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Credits:
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www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme original song
https://soundcloud.com/dadollars
New theme by Amy Klein of AK and the Hallucinations
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Alencia wants to hear you say it.
Show watched: The Good Place, S1 Ep13, "Michael's Gambit"
Special Guest: Alencia Johnson
https://twitter.com/alenciajohnson
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Leila is binging The Lie That Binds podcast
Lori is cringing at Red Scare Podcast
Recommended reading:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/10/abortion-history-right-white-evangelical-1970s-00031480
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/
Some places to donate:
https://abortionfunds.org/
https://brigidalliance.org/
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Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme song
@dadollars
Our ad music is by Sidhartha Corses
www.siddharthamusic.bandcamp.com/ -
Leila and Lori are on their own.
Show watched: Last Man on Earth S4 Ep 14 “Special Delivery”
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Host only episode!
Lori is cringing at the UK scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
Leila is binging Sanditon
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Related readings:
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World
http://www.michellegoldberg.net/the-means-of-reproduction
How the far-right is turning feminists into fascists
https://xtramagazine.com/power/far-right-feminist-fascist-220810
Is Ecofeminism Due for a Comeback?
https://newrepublic.com/article/165926/ecofeminism-climate-crisis
Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme song
@dadollars
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www.siddharthamusic.bandcamp.com/ -
Sabrina is choosing grace.
Show watched: The 94th Academy Awards
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Leila is binging Standing Up (aka Drole) on Netflix
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/arts/television/standing-up-netflix.html?searchResultPosition=1
Lori is cringing at Ginni Thomas and the digital trail she has left of her bad actions
Special guest:
Sabrina Hersi Issa
https://twitter.com/beingbrina
https://beingbrina.com/
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Credits:
Our editor is Karen Y. Chan
www.karenychan.com
Judith Walker created our logo and cover art
Dallas DL Engram created our theme song
@dadollars
Our interstitial music is by Sidhartha Corses
www.siddharthamusic.bandcamp.com/ - Montre plus
