brooke & v make white noise

our most scandalous episode yet and the start of our 2022 faves. plus......a potential rebrand???

we were tired and sad cuz it's winter and holidays are weird so we did a tarot reflection of 2022. enjoy! for reference, the book v was using is called "Kitchen Table Tarot" by Melissa Cynova

brooke claims that there's nothing funnier than a bald man in a wig and she's got the anecdote to prove it.

tune in to find out what brooke and v are fighting about this week. also find out if they make fun of themselves for taking so long to record another episode (spoiler alert: they do)

TW: more discussion of Roe v. Wade the final episode of the podcast (not really, v is just mad at brooke...don't freak out)

TRIGGER WARNING: this is a big ole TW for the entire episode. we spend the entire episode talking about Roe v. Wade being overturned and talk a bit about gun violence and it's overall a very heavy episode. please know that going in and do what you need to do to take care of yourself, even if that means skipping this episode or saving it for another day. more resources and info to come next episode.

*tw - we feel like this one needs a trigger warning, but we're not sure exactly why brooke & v talk father's day and podcasting from bed. see below for all of our references from this episode. podcast episode from Soft White Underbelly: https://www.softwhiteunderbelly.com/entire-library/videos/exotic Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AmOqQOOPn8 Cozy K (the cozy gamer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbjmgjB1cv8 Chad Chad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKMG6wG9nkI

it's the 2022 birthday episode!!

brooke and v talk about porn and groceries.

I'M SO SORRY MY AUDIO IS BAD I ACCIDENTALLY CONNECTED TO MY HEADPHONE MIC INSTEAD OF MY MIC MIC DON'T HATE ME PLZ love, v please enjoy the grossest ep we've ever recorded, featuring strep throat and Captain America.

V gets on Brooke's nerves and Brooke enlightens us about Saturn returns.

welcome to brooke and v's super sappy anniversary episode. please don't forget to pay attention to what's going on in the world to whatever extent/capacity you have the bandwidth for. if you'd like to help the people in Ukraine, check out this article from npr - https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-help

brooke and v talk about how Trader Joe's is for the gays and Brooke's favorite pastime, which is reading aloud.

brooke and v are back to their regularly scheduled programming! tune in for talk of shower tea, some lovely sappy friendship moments, and some sexy recs.

the much-anticipated conclusion of brooke and v's 2021 favorites!

part two of our (never ending) 2021 favorites

part one of our 2021 favorites in honor of the year changing to a different year, even though that's pretty arbitrary and most definitely made up by humans. plus - it's our twentieth episode!!!

"the selfish giant" by oscar wilde (the short story brooke referred to) drinking outta cups - https://youtu.be/zrIPLAo0_iQ gen z harry potter - v couldn't find a better link than this so if anyone has a better person to give credit to, hit me up https://www.reddit.com/r/harrypotter/comments/r87mvh/accidentally_bought_the_gen_z_how_do_you_do/

it's an ode to beans. plus, a brand new segment!

brooke and v celebrate ~spooky season~ check out Christine McConnell and go watch What We Do In The Shadows!

v tells brooke a modern-day horror story. kilgore books - http://www.kilgorebooks.com/

brooke and v have their first guest!!

it's a ~~secret~~

TW - murder and suicide (40:30-50:30) brooke and v read some synopses. thanks to @strwberryskiess for your sweet academia pinterest boards shoutout to v's fav tattoo artist - https://hannahleathers.com/

brooke and v are back from their impromptu summer hiatus. Jessica Lanyadoo's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JessicaLanyadoo/posts the songs we mentioned are "Tech Noir" by Gunship and "Blue Monday" by New Order

**trigger warning** talk of depression, self-harm, trauma, general mental health links to mental health resources that brooke and v really hope you use if you need them: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/mental-health-r https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help/ https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/tools-resources/individuals/index.htm some books that have been helpful to v: "Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life" by Tom Holmes, "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma" by Bessel van der Kolk, and "EMDR Therapy, 3rd Edition" by Francine Shapiro

even though they don't have a nasty body odor like a Homosapien lover.

brooke is sad and v is pissed.

tune in today to hear about petulance, tom ruthford's limp dick, and our good pal ethan. who are you to not know who you are?

this episode is about Evan.

this episode, Brooke and V dive into birthdays and how good they are at having them.

this week, Brooke and V talk about how they take their tea, discipline, and how contacts are basically the bras of the eye.

today, Brooke and V talked about the color of school subjects, Molly the dog and her grumbling, and Brooke's most embarrassing moment.

we discover V's penchant for inventing awesome band names, V guesses one of Brooke's weirdest comforts, and it takes us ten minutes to even say hello.

part 2ish of our second episode - not really though cuz we messed up. this week we talked about embroidery, spicy Korean noodles, and V accidentally didn't record the entire second half.

part 1 of our second episode. this week we talked about embroidery, spicy Korean noodles, and V accidentally didn't record the entire second half.

TW: sexual trauma, body image issues What it's like when a pen dies, and other confusing stuff on the rules of the universe