Podcast Episodes

26. SEXUAL DESIRE: How do we know who and what we really want?

Season 1 Episode 26

1. How Abby discovered she was gay while out to dinner with her parents at a Macaroni Grill.

2. The moment Glennon knew for sure she was queer (in an Amish Boogie Nights bathroom)—and the song that se…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

25. You’re NOT A MESS. The world is.

Season 1 Episode 25

1. The viral note Glennon wrote to herself in her car this week—and how the world’s response confirmed that we’re all struggling right now.

2. How we tend to either Avoid the world’s pain or Be Consum…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

24. ALL THE FEELS: Can we experience our emotions—not as good or bad—but as information to guide us?

Season 1 Episode 24

1. Glennon describes how she’s feeling as her oldest leaves for college—and the survival strategy that’s getting her through.

2. The life secret someone told Glennon in early sobriety that changed her…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

23. Lightning Love & Not Calming Down

Season 1 Episode 23

1. Amanda presents a case for “summer rain” love—and rejects “lightning love” as the highest form of romantic love.

2. Glennon’s theory for when to speak up and when to shut up.

3. How Abby’s experienc…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

22. REAL TALK: How can we begin to use conversation as a key to unlocking each other?

Season 1 Episode 22

1. Five communication ideas that might help us connect more deeply with people.

2. How Glennon feels that “everyone is talking but nobody is listening to each other ever” and why that’s one of the rea…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

21. On Cussing, “Cattiness” & What Feminism Means to G

Season 1 Episode 21

1. Glennon lets f-ing loose about the misogyny in our cursing lexicon—and how it reveals our hidden conditioning. (Note: Don’t listen with the kiddos.)

2. The connection between how little girls are t…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

20. PLAYING OUR ROLES: How does culture’s invention of gender typecast every last one of us?

Season 1 Episode 20

1. How, in the business world, Amanda is labeled as aggressive and dominant—and why that’s a gender trap.

2. Abby’s experiences of being publicly misgendered—and how that makes her feel.

3. Why is gend…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

19. SISTER ACT: Who is Amanda—and seriously, how does she know all the things?

Season 1 Episode 19

1. The Pod Squad is peeved that Glennon refers to Amanda as “Sister”—so what should we call her?

2. How Glennon and Amanda both spent their college weekends in jail—but for very different reasons.

3. G…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

18. “BEAUTY”: How did we get trapped in this cage, and how do we break free?

Season 1 Episode 18

1. Why are we conditioned to spend so much of our precious time and energy on our appearance?

2. Why is it that when men put work into the world, the world asks if his work is worthy—but when women pu…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

17. EASY THINGS: Why, for some of us, is lightening up the hardest thing to do?

Season 1 Episode 17

1. Glennon’s radical acceptance that she’s always going to be a midnight person in a sunshine world.

2. Our favorite movies and music—and what they reveal about our personalities.

3. Why Abby is object…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago