We have officially entered the part of the year where every morning requires a small investigation before getting dressed. It's chilly when you wake up, somehow 78 degrees by lunch, and by the time you figure out whether you need a sweater, the weather has changed its mind again. Welcome to October. 🍂 We're settling into spooky season over here, which means the Halloween decorations are coming out, we're pretending buying another seasonal candle is a completely reasonable financial decision,...
11 days ago • 3 min read
Is anyone else at the point in the year where every week feels like it lasts approximately three days? You blink, it's Monday. You answer a few emails, suddenly it's Thursday. Then somehow you're standing in the kitchen on Sunday night wondering what exactly happened to the weekend. So we're officially giving you permission to ignore whatever you're supposed to be doing for a few minutes and hang out with us instead. Last week we covered Reckless Ben & The Lego Saga Parts 1 and 2, if you...
18 days ago • 2 min read
Happy Tuesday, friend! We need to know who decided September was allowed to move this fast. Because somehow we're already at that point where the mornings feel a little more like fall, the calendar is packed, and we're starting to realize all those things we said we'd “get to once summer was over” are now staring directly at us. Rude. So grab your coffee, ignore your to-do list for a few minutes, and come hang out with us because we have a very weird one for you this week. It starts with a...
25 days ago • 4 min read
Somehow we're already halfway through September, which feels impossible considering we were just complaining that summer was too hot approximately five minutes ago. But here we are. The kids are back into their routines, the mornings are getting a little darker for most of us in the U.S., football has taken over the weekends, and Target is doing everything in its power to convince us that it's basically Halloween already. Meanwhile, we're still trying to figure out what happened to the first...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
We've reached the age where stores have apparently realized the fastest way to get Millennials to spend money is to put something from 1999 in front of us and say, "Remember this?" And unfortunately for our wallets...it's working. Give us the snacks we ate after school, the clothes we begged our moms for, or anything that once appeared in our childhood bedrooms, and suddenly we're standing in Target having an emotional experience we did not plan for. This week, one particular comeback got us...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Remember when getting home from school meant throwing your backpack on the floor, grabbing a snack, and immediately logging onto AIM to see who was online? There was something about that little door-opening sound that made it feel like the evening had officially begun. You'd check your Buddy List, see whether that one person was online, and then proceed to do absolutely nothing about it. Maybe sign off and back on once or twice so they noticed you. Very subtle. Very emotionally mature....
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Happy Tuesday, friend! Sometimes we think about the fact that we made it through an entire school day without a cell phone and honestly...how? You couldn't text your mom because you forgot your lunch. You couldn't check where your friends were between classes. And if there was drama happening somewhere in the building, you had to wait until lunch like a civilized human to get the full story. We really were out there operating on rumors, locker meetups, and whatever information made it down...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Remember when the hardest decision you had to make in August was whether to wear your new outfit on the first day of school... or save it for the second day so everyone wouldn't think you were trying too hard? We really thought we were playing chess. Now grab your coffee, settle in, and let's get into this week's episodes. Last week we covered The Calum Simpson Case Parts 1 and 2, if you missed them you can listen here!And last week Patreon Members received Lauren McCluskey on Murder Mixtape...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Happy Tuesday, friend! If your social media feed is full of first-day-of-school photos right now, you're not alone. Some parents are celebrating with happy tears. Others are celebrating with a hot cup of coffee they finally get to drink while it's still hot. Either way... we hope everyone has a great school year. Now grab your favorite drink, enjoy a few quiet minutes (if you can), and let's dive into this week's episodes. Last week we covered A Toxic Love Story Parts 1 and 2, if you missed...
2 months ago • 2 min read