Life lately
Sarah’s been digging up weeds and planting native plants in her front yard.
Abby shares the ups and downs of her recent trip to D.C. for a conference.
Reading lately
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Sarah read My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan and Abby read Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler.
A podcast about podcasts
We’re going meta with this episode and talking about podcasts: what we love about them, when we listen, and all our favorite shows. We’d love to hear your favorite listens so we can add them to our rotation!
- Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
- NPR Politics
- Girl Next Door
- Food Psych (some favorite guests include: Lindy West, Fiona Sutherland, and Alan Levinovitz)
- Death Sex and Money
- Cohesive Home
- Streamlined Motherhood
- Highs and Lows (listen to Abby’s episode here)
- She’s All Fat
- More Perfect
- We Live Here (especially their most recent episodes on housing)
- Still Processing
- Minimalist Moms
- Your Parenting Mojo
- Conversations With People Who Hate Me (episode on the term Latinx)
- What Should I Read Next
- Reading Women
- Not By Accident
- But Why?
- Sparkle Stories
Eating lately
Abby’s family is enjoying spaghetti with meat sauce on a weekly basis.
Sarah has found a new breakfast favorite: avocado toast.
If you’d like to join in the conversation, please leave us a comment, email us at friendlierpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Instagram @friendlierpodcast. Thanks for listening!
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For bingeable podcasts, I’d recommend Making Oprah & Making Obama. Those were both excellent. RBG Beyond Notorious was good, as I haven’t been able to watch the documentary. I have the following on my lists for bingeable series: 16 Shots, the new season of Serial, Casting Call, the City and Believed. I love How I Built This where NPR’s Guy Roz interviews company founders about how they built successful companies (Patagonia, Lyft, Framebridge, etc). 99% Invisible is really well produced and not long – I listen when I find the topics interesting. Slow Burn’s second season has me hooked right now – I was unbelievably unaware of the Clinton impeachment details in high school so it’s really interesting to hear the whole story now and with the current time’s perspective. For parenting podcasts, I really like Slate’s Mom and Dad are Fighting – the host rapport is great and it’s not preachy. I do like the RIE approach so I tried Janet Lansbury’s podcast but I prefer the transcripts honestly. I’ve gotten into the Mom Hour a little bit after hearing it mentioned on Best of Both Worlds. And for relationships, Dear Sugar is always a treat (though now no longer making new episodes!) and Esther Perel’s Where Should We Begin are always food for thought.
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Thanks for the great suggestions! I’ve heard Slow Burn mentioned a couple of places and it sounds right up my alley. Now, to find the time! -S
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