30, Flirty & Flailing

We have very special guest, Madie's 9 year old niece, Aria on the podcast today! I mean, she's calls Megan and Erica tanta too so she's OUR niece. We have the pulse of Gen Alpha with us today to give us the low down on what everyone on the playground is talking about. Aria is banned from fake nails, a jiu jitsu queen, and trying to make us do math on the pod. Naygan the fashion horse and the bang incident is addressed. “Look at that hack job!” almost breaks Erica & Megan, we talk about the 2005 side bang, first sleepover stories. We talk crushes and Aria spills the beans on her celebrity crush who she shares with her momager Taylor, drama! Megan is a fake prankster while Aria is a real one, and we find out if Aria is feeling 9, fine, or devine! Submit a story to be on the pod! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 7/3/23

Braceface, room service, field hockey tournament 2003, emotionally avoidant, Madie is rich…? Bringing twenty $5 coupon's to a restaurant, Megan is contemplating becoming a flight attendant, Megan viewing life from the perspective of a Sim again, the Christmas coat violinist, the least popular Cheetah Girl, Megan eats shrimp tails, go listen to Erica's single Million to One! We have a surprise caller, it's the summer of mixers, softball is cancelled, Megan gets out of her comfort zone, we are gonna be marathon runners…? “I want to be a part of something bigger than myself” Submit a story to be featured on the pod! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 4/1/23

Zoom AI came up with this description of our episode and its too golden not to use: Erica discusses the challenges of recording a podcast and the need for better lighting, sound quality, and sound quality. They mention looking for sponsors to provide paper and microphones. They also mention the importance of having Maddie as a go-to person for advice on quitting emails and consider making a podcast just for her. They recommend living in Old Town in San Diego's Old Town area, which is described as an old town with a fake town feel. There are only 7 houses in the neighborhood, and the most exciting thing that happened to them was leaving the house to go to the grocery store. Erica shares his recent struggles with depression and anxiety. He shares his fondness for Swedish fish candy from Sweden and his recent improvement in drinking and eating habits. Next Steps 1. Discuss the meeting with Tom and ask him if he's okay with musicians and Djs. 2. ericadawson will send pictures of both boys and the 30 30 story. 3. ericadawson will let the podcast team know how the meeting goes. 4. If Ericadawson invites someone to his mixer, he will inform them when the event is. Submit a story to be featured on the pod! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 5/28/23

The girls are reunited in LA and its a quickie but a goodie. In general LA sucks, but also we are grateful for her, like Mcdonald's it's a love/hate thing. Blue daba dee daba die. Megan is allergic to emailing. Madie is team Logan and Erica is team Jess. Our types don't overlap and that works for us. Erica got rejected, yet she continues her juggle. Erica had march madness. Magic man vs Comedy Guy, but magic man is made of magic and that's hard to beat. Playfully jealous is actually really cute. Picking someone up from LAX is a proposal at this point. Madie & Megan are the avoidant girlies in the romance club. Madie is going back to Austin, Megan maybe doesn't have a job and is secretly rich…? We always bring it back to Meyers briggs, turns out we're soulmates. shocker. The person Megan meets when she's vacation Meg is not her husband…lesson to learn. How about we flirt with life for a change? The girls are going to Main Street USA! Stream Erica's new song Million to One :)   Submit a story to be featured on the pod! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 4/1/23

This is a chaotic one, buckle UP! Erica gets the gang started late because of her slut shenanigans, we love Starbucks, McDonald's & Taylor Swift, OKAY?! Girl Scouts = picketers, Tom Dawson and the brown banana regime, we are against ketchup, Megan discovered mustard at 23! Erica's sleepover with her love interest, Erica is a rockstar now whatever, homemade margs are sexy, Madie doordashes a bread bowl, Megan & Erica catholic spiral, Megan goes to CRSSD and becomes a filmaker, Megan & Madie are avoidant yet self-aware, Erica's new single is OUT and Heidimarie is very excited about it, Erica's firefighter is back…? To be continued… Are worms in apples still a thing?! Shoutout to Busytown, does GenZ even know about worms in apples, is that still in elementary school culture? Let us know in the comments, SAVE THE WORMS merch, “Who let the dogs out? Madie! Madie! Madie!” , Erica's love interest thinks she's 25 and we lerv, the girlies never sleep at a boy sleepover, peeing is an intimate thing, Madie says to eat your greens dammit! Submit a story to be featured on the pod! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 3/11/23

Megan is not a snack baby, Madie is Princess Leia, Megan's pen chew, ‘senior graduation”, Megan's 20 year secret is finally out, shoutout to Omar *bleep*! Madie & Erica's math teacher without credentials, straightening hair in math class, the breakfast club math edition, Erica's HS cheating scandal, the morality comitee BS, junior year was a dark time, Erica's high school affair, Megan's hammie down phones, Madie quit the diner bb, Erica goes speed dating, 'and away we go!”, Erica's voice note oopsie, Megan goes to the doctor and it's willlddddd, little polly pocket when our feet dangle at the doctor, Megan goes to a child doctor, codependent kissers. Submit a story! Instagram: 30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 2/26/23

Madie is a diner doll again, Costco sample monster's inc receptionist, Megan's a popcorn master chef, shoutout to Britt barfing on Taylor while watching PSice World in 1997, microwaves in the 90's were trying to burn our houses down. Madie & Erica were child pyros, Erica went on a date, friendship chemistry is REAL, Madie & Megan advice column girlies. DONT DO THINGS YOU DONT WANNA DO, now that is 30 baby. Turns out you never have to talk yourself into romance, Erica has a crush on a girl. We hang around the youths to feel youthful. Rizz, w fizz, L fizz, bussin': a millenails journey into understanding genZ vernacular. Megan “horse hoof” Cannan, cops are boner killers, Megan shows off her moves, the flicking the button returns, LA geography lesson, Madie will be the first to tell you she loves to complain, Madie is a superstar in the reality world, Erica removed her father's gallbladder, the girlies are sooo 30 with a dash of flirty, Nuuly please sponsor us, Better Help is a scam, Megan is a ‘lates addict, Megan's WILD story about her instagram stalker, Submit a story to be featured on the pod! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 2/5/23

The girlies are back, and better than ever! Madie is getting snatched, Megan is getting flirty, Erica is following fun and community babes. Tripod dating, 3 bf's each in Vegas, Megan did Cabo, poly abroad, new year new us, seaworld visar vixen, Megan wore a hickey to work, “we're basically 25”, Erica is constantly out of the loop, Megan frequents a bar on Main Street USA, lawyers are obsessed with Meg, Megan goes on a date, Erica is a home-wrecker, sucking on a sucker, Erica embraces her queer journey, Madie's a diner girl again, Madie got her offer, funny bones, happy belated 31st to Madie, Frankie Munez dreams, Fun + community = party Submit a story to be featured on the pod! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 1/22/23

We are thrilled to have Scottish actress Joanne Thomson on the pod this week! You may recognize Joanne as Amy McCallum from season 6 of Outlander, but Erica has known Joanne since she studied abroad in Scotland ten years ago! This week the girls dive into everything Joanne Thomson: Bangs are the cheapest form of botox, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Sims (duh), Joanne is secretly a rollercoaster architect…? Jo shares she was about to quit acting right before she booked Outlander AND got her pilot optioned. Erica forces Joanne to do a professional comedy show for her first time ever doing standup lol (spoiler: she SLAYED!). Joanne talks being bullied in school, her coat of many colors, turns out the UK really knows how to bully…Jennifer's Body is s feminist masterpiece, theatre & onset crushes, too many Chads in LA. Disney Kink makes an appearance again…AND WE ARE NOT HERE TO SHAME YOU! Joanne's Hawaiian healing adventure, Naked Attraction, the wedding pic manipulation on apps, heartbreak, finding your voice, and so much more! Follow Joanne on Twitter & Instagram Submit a story to be featured on the pod! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 10/8/22

Our number one fan is on the pod! We've known Alicia Vasquez since we were in elementary school! Erica was jealous, and she can finally tell Alicia why…Alicia's artistic middle school journey, being the “new girl” again, drama class at Serra, Alicia on meeting her BF 16 years ago. Alicia gets vulnerable and talks about timing finally lining up for people who are meant to be

The girlies take Santa Boobie! And things go off the RAILS! You've been warned…LET's get one thing straight, this is a motel. Hungover and it's a vibe, termites in the pool, State Street reminiscing, love a lounge, Megan wants to live on Love Island, the great heat wave 2022, lobby bathroom hack, Megan is an SB veteran, colonial times turtle vs. rat-ta-ta-tat turtle?! Caramel as an APPETIZER?! FUCK OFF. Where the fuck is Barvaria even? Megan blackmail times ten, Sharkey's or Malarkey's, we don't know! Maddie's 18 year old blast from the past, vodka & alka seltzer is the drink of the season, anxiety and hangovers are besties, 3 little dance party babies, the GenZ girl named could, Mr.Peanut Butter…The man, the myth, the golden retriever, PHILLIP! Megan has never been more embarrassed, Madie is scared of adult twins, Megan doesn't know the diff between Dumb&Dumber and The Shining, Made & Erica got in a fight :/ obviously about water… “If I wanna do the chicken dance to Lil' John, I will.” -Madison Stemler Submit a story! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com *Recorded 9/04/22

We are joined by our first official guest, friend and sister of the pod, Taylor Stemler! She comes in with flattery, boosting Megan's singing confidence. We talk with her about our childhood , the origins of her nicknames such as Angelica, Fidel Castro, & tiny dictator. PLUS the scoop on her upcoming wedding, Aria AKA queen of the world, and much more! Michael Thomas White shoutout, Taylor fills us in on our MOST annoying moments, playing court and Taylor was always the Judge! Megan was always willing to sacrifice herself because of her anxiety, Britt the bailiff, “I MUST meet Amanda!” DANCE PARTY BABY the origins and everything it means to all of us. Obsessed with bandaids, Erica is turning 30! Ah by the time this is out, the girlies are all officially 30! We find out our flirtiest ages, Taylor's sober journey, soft nip, Made on married at first sight? We get to hear the Taylor and Brandon love story, big shoutout to Brandon! We talk about boundaries, self worth, self esteem, and the real shit honey! Taylor talks AA and her healing journey, the blending of families, Taylor shame spirals and makes a public apology to pretty much everyone she interacted with in her first 20 years of life LOL. The three peas mention the dark years of high school when they were all more…edamame. Erica promises to send Alicia Vasquez cash for being a #1 fan! Doors or wheels? Erica finally gets back out there AHHHHH! “We all know physical touch is not my love language.” Madie Submit a story! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 8/20/22

It's the Shame Spiral Sleepover Special! “So what's up with you guys lately?” , Erica method acted and manifested the Unfabulous show, one woman show Angie, Heidimarie appears on the pod! SWORK on it, The Shame Corner is here, it doesn't go away, we coexist with it and we laugh at it! We are REALLY working on not interrupting each other… Megan has shame about having shame, Megan tells Erica she's Ms.Trunchbull…rude. The GARLIC is in the OVEN. Erica tells a silly shroom story, shoutout to Hannah Pilkes. “There's some Star Wars shit going on up there…” Ever been so high you thought you pissed yourself?! Acceptance is pee, Megan is on FIRE with her stories, Madie's bikini wet denim story is truly out of a film, FUCK YOU MAXXXX! We be casting spells, full moon in Capricorn babes, I wanna do sooo good I'm getting in my own way, A Prism of Idiotship!, Shoutout to Joanne Thomson

Our first ep recording since Hawaii. Post vacay blues are REAL. Erica has covid, Megan the nurse, clogs are art school, ant doorbell, we are not a science based podcast, we are a vibes based pod. Art school science is cool, Alicia Vasquez shoutout 4ever, Megan is Sims biggest fan, “Deli” is actually short for “delicatessen”, Megan turned into Spongebob, hyper focus girlies, silent Ubers should be an options, Megan's sister Bridget is addicted to gift cards, A gift card for the card store, Megan only drinks nyquil before she drives, Erica's childhood crush shares a story on the pod EEK! “ Erica lives at Madie's house in her dreams, we got a sexy story babies!!!! Murder by Numbers 69, “You're doing it, Peter!”, Erica the self-proclaimed “cock gobbler”, we yes-and our listeners story, plzzzz tap a dick and say, “Is this thing on?!”, STOP APOLOGIZING, no post on Sundays, send us crush stories! "There's a boy in the house and he's OUR AGE!” 9yr old Erica “I'm just like you all, I'm just like everyone else.” -Megan Submit a story! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 6/14/22

Softball leagues are flirty, Gepetto wants to get f*cked! No more BLEEPING, softball showoffs, “dan dan the cheerleading man” prank, short kings are KINGS, bring your therapists favorite, getting medicated (professionally), mental health dot com and taking care of thine SELF! 30 things, ritalin in high school, performance anxiety in testing, “your brains!”, we are all scientists, please email us…middle school advice column, a sexy story turns SURPRISEY, “Im gonna make you love me!”, Hawaiian airlines can suck it, DRINK TICKETS!, Hawaii is HAPPENING, why do we never fly together?! John, Jacob, jingle-heifer-smith, his name is mine name TOO! Airport technicalities, Madie & Erica are NOT app girlies, the thrill of being IRL, WE WILL NOT LOWER OUR STANDARDS, sparking with someone is everything, no job interview dating, Megan goes on an easter date, horny 4 Jesus, Madie doesn't listen to our own podcast…”Offense on your family!”, don't unmatch someone on the way home, Erica is a born again virgin, plus a big reveal, 30 flirty flying, sandlot crushes, we love to crush on a bully, drummer from school of rock, Erica famously not attracted to blondes, ACTUALLY EMAIL US PLZ, “Draco Malfoy made me feral as a child.” Megan Megan will sing, Erica will rant, & Madie (won't) Mingle Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***Recorded 4/25/22

Trips and vacays, oh my! Our first episode recording after we released our premiere episode! Megan was a star CRSSD lover at CRSSD, Flirty flails, Madie wants to make love in this club, Madie goes to Vegas, Our past Vegas tales and flails,  Erica's historical hangover and rally, The fun of crushes, Megan can be forward when it's a joke, ltalians undress you with their eyes, Megan's 45 min Irish BF, “You got me intoxicated!”, Eurotrip 2015, Megan did Italy! Erica is super 30 and working, we are vacay addicts, San Rancho Coucamonga, 23& 24 in Vegas = absolute mess, Mountain DONT EVER AGAIN, Erica was HIGHLY disrespectful, Taylor learns what “going on a walk” means…, the infamous Pretzel incident, teaching Taylor how to do Vegas, Erica had never been so scared to go out, Madie CANNOT get her Vegas years straight,"You can't drink our alcohol", Bachelor Boy Bro's negging, resting dick face, Erica's full blown manic for projects, we're not Disney adults but we appreciate the culture, Megan's grandma calls her out! Megan will sing, Erica will rant about LAX, & Madie mingles with her soft launch of hot girl summer. Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com *recorded 3/21/22

WARNING:This IS our funniest episode to date. Do not operate heavy machinery and listen THIS WEEK: Vegas, The Linq, Mountain Dew Purgatory, dehydration, anxiety/depression from drinking, AIM dates in the park, middle school exes rekindling the flame? Britt and Renee are engaged!, European Boyz, My Heart Will Go On on the recorder, facebook status', orchestra, brass vs. winds. Solos for 4 in the land of make believe, Hey Arnold trumpet covers, middle school band was social suicide but actually cool, Cornel of Kern, French onion creamer, word mess-ups are for LIFE, way wack here!, warts n all, Fucking+Sucking=Tindr, Erica deleted hinge, long story LONG, one Saturday morning!, “shall we share a kiss?”, Erica can only flirt as a colonial boy, Erica's dating flails continue…,CALLING YOU OUT WESLEY, lick tajin rims, 6'4 vibes, Erica is horny for trauma, cinderella story, Madie's go to delivery service is Jersey Mike's, settlement money is hot, cops are gross, you wanna know more more more about me?!, 30 flirty & high-fiving, get tangled up in me! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com Trigger warning: WARTS ***Recorded 2/21/22

Maui wowiiiiee, angels and guides, turtle town USA, dragons tooth, we don't know how to flirt with boys, spam masubi, grocery store sushi, bread spiral, Bridget church mouse feature, Kihei to Lahaina, mushrooms are fun, no buns for Madie, no blonde men for Erica, cliff jumpers, GoPro addict, tired ass bitches, Pirates of the Caribbean clear blue, the road before the road to Hana, CHERRY blossoms, mermaid ladies, vacation all I ever wanted!, hot guy repellent, bikini butts, play with us!, grocery store friends, Akamai sluts, and so much more! Megan will sing, Erica barely rants, and Madie cannot be bothered to mingle! Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com

Grab a joint and grab a glass of wine for this one honey bunnies! But if you're going to have wine, 2 GLASSES ONLY! It's Megan's world, we are just living in it...This week: Madie and Megan spiral about being podcasting public personas, Better Help is actually not sustainable, SORRY! Erica thinks all Scorpios should be in therapy, Pattern rules us, deep dive into our astrological makeups, Madie's getting eaten by the Blair Witch, comedy size wine glasses only, Madie MINGLES this week, accidentally dating a 25 year old, Love is Blind SPOILERS, back sweat dot com, reality TV producers are the devil, friends being emotional dumpsters, bleeps of course, short kings, Tindr v. Hinge, Lizzie McGuire, "This is what dreams are made of." "The Universe is REAL." Megan Cannan "I can be a fucking asshole!" Erica Dawson "Men mature emotionally in dog years." Madison Stemler Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com ***recorded February 27th 2022

Our worst dates ever! Erica goes out for the first time post breakup and it's a DISASTER. A very detailed & salacious MESS.  PLUS: Studio diner reopened, 5th grade promotions, proud to be an American, drunk baby boys, tucking in grown men, cornrows from Mexico, short kings, do you even know who Zendaya is?!,Euphoria, hinge, why is Megan's defense mechanism “being regular”?! Erica knows how to make a long story LONG, selling burps is a thing, “he'd buy my merch” status, pulling taffy is exhausting, gold rush obsessed, bathubs are creative vortexes, building a roster, fertile to the MAX, are our parents even listening to this?!?! Erica rants. Madie doe NOT mingle. And Megan.Will.SING. Overall...we were hardcore flailing this week, and we do not sugarcoat it. Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com *recorded 2/7/2022

This is part two of last weeks episode! We pick up right where we left off, talkin' TSwift baby! But things get real deep and juicy too, here are some other highlights from this weeks episode: Our fave Swift song of all time! Flirty people from our past associated with certain songs! Remember when we used to listen to iTunes?!? Millenial vibes! Madie's #1 is ALWAYS Taylor! It's a love story. Megan Stans Julia Michaels! Madie panics over making plans! Erica's dramatic breakup saga continues and Madie dives deep into her dating past! We apologize in advance for the amount of bleeps in this episode... Playin' it fast & loose MUCH?!? PLUS Megan sings the 10 min version of All Too Well (don't worry, it's only the best clips) “I've been 30 since I literally turned flirty!” Megan Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com *This podcast was recorded in November 2021

This week we mostly talk about Taylor Swift, but we also talk about: Megan turning 30, we're all in the same room, 30 year old women in movies , Zeetus Lapitus, karaoke, depression playlists, Erica auditioning to play a child, hand hugs, Victorian house bars, young faces, & Taylor Swift and Madie lead parallel love lives?! Taylor Swift? We know her All Too Well

This week the girlies talk about religion, spirituality, and getting weird :) We are talking feminist rants, Catholicism, belch content, standup is back, flirty ghosts, Old Edward, Christianity, Spice World barf, first holy communions, angels & guides 4ever!!! Madie is anti-freelance, Erica pays for air, and MEGAN STARTS A RUMOR THAT GAS IS FREE...?!?!? Erica will rant, Madie will mingle, & Megan will SING. Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com *Special note: We still can't do math and we never will.

Hello and welcome to our first episode! We are Erica, Madie, & Megan, three childhood best-friends attempting to navigate life, and the start of our thirties together. We're here to bring our inner child into the next chapter of our lives, and who better to do that with than your lifelong friends?! This week, truly, what don't we talk about? Our friend-family for life sitch, the end of our 20's, 2020, San Diego, Saturn Return, mental health, crushes, being "little sisters", middle school, college and our 20's, fresh breakups, being OG emo girls, the National Anthem vs. the Star Spangled Banner, strikes, and just WHY is Megan so obsessed with Vons?!??! Erica will rant, Madie will mingle, & Megan will SING. Instagram: @30flirtyflailingpod Email: 30flirtyflailingpod@gmail.com

Welcome to 30 Flirty & Flailing! Madie, Megan, & Erica are three childhood best friends, attempting to navigate the start of their thirties together. Whether it's a flirty week, or a flailing one, they discuss all the up's and downs of what they want to bring into the next chapter of their lives. Each week they discuss different topics like religion, dating, Taylor Swift, and mental health! Join these three peas in a pod as they summon the joy and silliness of childhood into the start of their thirties! Instagram @30flirtyflailingpod