before we end

A quick episode w/ our roomies. Join us on one of our last nights together where we reflect on how we came together. Enjoy!

For their last episode in a while, Thai and Shelly reevaluate to their 2022 eras--how have they manifested and who they are being in relation to it? They discuss post-healing chaos, the miserable and magical of early twenties, boredom, struggling with being a muse and their relationship with creativity. Where will they be in 6 to 8 months?? Only time will tell.

Thai and Shelly are back! They talk about life updates, telling stories about your life, crushes, the end of the world as a portal and other happenings. There even might be a sneaky oracle card reading (give us a review on apple podcast to claim™). Enjoy!

It's Shelly's b day episode!! In this episode Thai and Shelly talk about community, being in conflict, community groups falling a part and the possibility that lies beyond the utopian "queerlandia" community. They also get in to how Shelly is a muse and Thai is a GIRL BOSS. Thai's substack: https://thaihwang.substack.com/

Today Thai and Shelly discuss Arundhati Roy's 2020 article "The Pandemic is a Portal" retrospectively. Now 2 years into the pandemic has it been a portal? They discuss Ling Ma's Severance an apocalypse novel about the end of the world and what rupture and severance is emerging in relation to the past--can we ever go back to normal?

Today, Thai and Shelly continue their conversation of bad art, shame, identity politics in art and why Thai is sick of talking about how she is Asian. Enjoy!

In this episode, (that was unfortunately cut short) Thai and Shelly talk about bad art, creative cringe, and feeling comfortable expressing yourself online. This episode had some technical difficulties so this is gonna be part 1 in a 2 part episode. In the next episode, they will talk about Asian identity politics in art and what they think makes good art! Enjoy!

Today Thai and Shelly talk about aimlessness and the character they are labeling as "girl adrift" a woman-child that is lost, adrift, failing many times, and hopefully slowly coming of age (whatever that means). They discuss Frances Ha, Girls and I May Destroy You and the audacious, cringey, drifting women in them.

In this episode Thai and Shelly talk about the origin story of how they met and (finally) talk about the near death experience Shelly had early on into their friendship enjoy!

Today Thai and Shelly return back from their season hiatus to talk about the multiverse. They discuss the emerging cultural trend and the different possibilities it offers. They discuss everything from timeline jumping, to Everything, Everywhere All at Once, to Marvel to life in capitalist ruins. Enjoy!

Today Thai and Shelly giggle and talk about why they are over the concept of universal truths and Thai discusses her theories of Questing. Enjoy!

In this episode Thai and Shelly deep dive on the Netflix show Cheer. They then get in to celebrity, visibility and the ultimate question to be known or not to be known. Enjoy!

In this episode, Thai and Shelly talk about what their actual eras are for 2022 (coming of age twenties movie & slow east-asian cinema) respectively. Then they dive in to poetry and what it means to them to be a poet in the world, and finally they read out a few of their poems. Enjoy!

Today Thai talks from quarantine and Shelly from lockdown. They discuss all the life stuff that has gone down, they finally do the Q&As and talk about major therapy breakthroughs--enjoy!

Thai and Shelly reflect on 2021 the lessons they learned and how they grew--ex boyfriends, depressive episodes, letting go of old paradigms, friendship etc. They then discuss what they are looking forward to in 2022!

Today Thai and Shelly talk about the eclipse and what came up for them (detachment, jealousy and comparison). Thai gets in to how she wants to be a shifter and go to Hogwarts! Finally they talk about cringe on the internet, social discipline, celebrity and more! Enjoy!

In this episode Thai and Shelly talk about G-O-D, and how there relationship to God changed over time. They both discuss their catholic upbringings and how God fits within their spirituality now. Enjoy!

Thai and Shelly discuss Taylor Swift's latest Red album re-release, and all the full-circle moments around being the age when the album was made. They discuss early-twenties the joys and loneliness and that being performative is okay?? Enjoy!

Today Thai and Shelly talk about eras! They talk about the fleabag era, what it means to creative narratives and stories for yourself intentionally, celebrity eras, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift and more! Enjoy.

Today we have a bit of a chaotic episode! Shelly and Thai talk about portals as yonic, grad school, academia and alternative ego. We also dive in to the teenage shifters of Tik Tok and what philosophical questions shifting to alternative realities (aka Hogwarts) poses. Enjoy!

Today we are back from a quick break and we are speaking with a guest M! They are a student and have spent last summer in Minnesota fighting the line 3 pipeline at the guidance of indigenous water protectors and land defenders. They speak about their experience doing this frontline work, the politics of time, the importance of water and more.

Today Thai and Shelly are feeling blah, but they made a podcast episode anyways (and felt better after they did). They talked flowing with your body, portals, Hinge, and no future? Enjoy!

Today Thai and Shelly talk about this fall season, playlists as timeline jumps, Shang Chi, and of course spiritual awakening. What does 'awakening' even mean? What were our first spiritual awakenings? And spiritual awakenings are like orgasms?? This was a packed episode. Enjoy!

CW: (We talk about eating disorder recovery, body dysmorphia). Today Thai and Shelly have another guest! In this episode with Adi they get right in to it talking about everything from being white-passing, being perceived on the internet, body positivity vs body neutrality, working out, relationship with food and more! Enjoy!

Today Thai and Shelly chat with their first guest Niki! Together they talk about bravery, the mural that Niki recently created, consent, and what it means to build cultures of consent, indigenous wisdom and ancestry. This is a really great episode we hope you enjoy! You can find more information about the mural here: https://consensualhumans.wixsite.com/chqu/single-project

Today Shelly and Thai talk about what ease and pleasure mean to them and how they see both fitting in to this process of moving beyond capitalism and this current 'world'. They also discuss road trips, Montreal's queer scene, affirmations and much more! Enjoy!

Lots of H's for today! Thai and Shelly talk about what it means to affirm you are healed vs healing, and colonization, memory and haunting. This is a really packed episode. We hope you enjoy!

Today Thai and Shelly talk about what's been on their minds. They talk about everything from paying on the first date, making things less serious, manifestation, desire, shrooms and more! Enjoy!

What does radical acceptance mean at the end of the world? Well in this episode Thai and Shelly discuss what radical acceptance means to them, talk about non-judgment and the moral binaries often used within the spiritual community and the racial implications of ‘love and light'. They also discuss what does radical acceptance have to do with social justice and how we can use radical acceptance in the face of injustice. This is a jam packed episode! Enjoy! -- Our theme song is created by elisi a super talented artist! You can find her work here: https://soundcloud.com/elisi_ps/popular-tracks The documentary that was mentioned in the episode is [1804 the Hidden History of Haiti] and it is available on YouTube!

Today Thai and Shelly talk about dreams (not the kind you have when you sleep). We talk about what we wanted to be when we grow up and what we want to be now. Enjoy!

Shelly and Thai talk about Olivia and the END OF THE WORLD. This was a fun one! Enjoy!

Thai and Shelly talk about Korea and their different relationships with this identity. Thai being in the Korean diaspora and Shelly having grown up and spent most of her childhood there. They discuss their similarities and differences. Enjoy!

Thai and Shelly talk about what the podcast title means to them, and what season of life they are in. Enjoy!

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