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Trash Juice Hands

Season 11 Episode 182

This week we debrief Gabby's visit to scummy, stinky NYC. We join in our collective annoyance in being asked for money for charity (at the checkout),…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Loons & The Left Phalange

Season 11 Episode 181

Gabby's back! So we are hearing all about her trip, including insight into a Heurta family obsession. We're also talking about chatty pilots, city fa…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Return Of The Dave

Season 11 Episode 180

Gabs in on her family vacation so this week Mel is joined by Dave again (sorry/not sorry?) We have the usual marriage banter/bickering and answer lot…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Girls Fest

Season 11 Episode 179

This week we take a decade overdue dive into the TV show Girls and the nostalgia of the era. We talk Lena Dunham, the contrast with SATC and Lena's n…

1 year, 3 months ago

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King & Queen of Glasto

Season 11 Episode 178

Summer is in full swing so we're talking about all things music festivals, reading - with a brief segue about the 7/7 bombings in London. Light and s…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Summer Camp

Season 11 Episode 177

Ahh this is a nostalgic episode for us. We get into a bit of a chat about our experiences of working at Summer Camp and the ridiculousness of teenage…

1 year, 3 months ago

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The Brown Valve

Season 11 Episode 176

We are BACK! Thanks for letting us take a hiatus at the start of the summer but we're back for a mammoth catch up including all the holiday chat, sto…

1 year, 4 months ago

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Explosive Beef

Season 10 Episode 175

Discussing the enormous effort of family holidays, a listener who has BEEF with Gabby and a little discussion of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Se…

1 year, 5 months ago

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Mom So Hard

Season 10 Episode 174

Just stories from the trenches this week. 

Don't forget! The Making An Effort Podcast is a listener supported podcast - BEHIND A PAYWALL! Imagine! If…

1 year, 5 months ago

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Tops Off, Shaved Legs

Season 10 Episode 173

Listeners dreams, Motherland, Embarrassing stories on Tik Tok (with a lot of gasping laughing), kitchen utensils, Chat GPT interiors. That's all on t…

1 year, 5 months ago

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