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Amanda & Laura discuss: Person, man, woman, camera, TV ... wait isn't the person a man or a woman? Is anyone seriously going to vote for Kanye & AOC's speech was perfection. In NHL news we talk Krakens, player privacy and the NHL media is outraged on their own behalf.  

This week Amanda and Laura talk: can you imagine how many times a week Lea Michelle must say "Do you know who I am?", amazing how Drew Brees was able to cram 41 years of learning about race into 2 days when his reputation was on the line, is hockey finally changing and there is no redeeming LadyG.

This week Amanda and Laura discuss one of our favourite things - the Am I The Asshole subreddit thread. We review the different AITA categories and pass judgement on issues including, AITA for wanting my daughter’s boyfriend to know her dark secret? and AITA for 'gate crashing' my ex's wedding & causing the marriage to get annulled? Also, Amanda goes off on a Chet and we both stan an evil grandma.

This week Amanda and Laura discuss: how we're dealing with (and struggling with) the new normal, Malkin's covid test, play monopoly with us AND all the cool animals now roaming the streets. 

Amanda and Laura talk: childhood car mishaps, we are both down for Taylor Swift's Miss Americana Netflix special and more specials that feature women actually working please, in politics we rank: socialist, gay, woman & billionaire on a national scary scale of 1 to 10 and finally we love us some chemical exfoliation.   

Amanda and Laura discuss Harry & Meghan divorcing the Royal Family and moving to Canada, the 70 year old royal photographer demographic is taking it like REALLY hard, we argue having your cake and eating it. Amanda recommends The Politician, Laura recommends Schitt's Creek and we are both really digging this weather. 

This week Amanda and Laura talk Christmas miracles, even Howard Stern thinks NBC is sexist, stop gaslighting me Justin Timblerlake, Trump fan energy and Bernie bro energy is the same and Mayor Pete is Tracy Flick in Election ... why is that a bad thing?

Amanda and Laura discuss: from Halloween to Christmas in ONE day, Meghan Markle's having a rough time and it feels eerily familiar, Snoopy in Space better be worth the subscription fee & Beto drops out of the Democratic race. 

We're a little obsessed with Elizabeth Warren right now. First she trolls Facebook...on Facebook and then she slays at CNN's equality form - i don't even want to think about what she'd do to that vegan woman who called the cops on friends that made her eat chicken.  Also, raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by a WaterRower.. no? just me?

This week Amanda and Laura discuss: Trudeau is why we can't have one nice thing, that hippo did not ask to be brought into your gender reveal drama, death by underwater proposal, Amanda reconnects with her punk rock phase and where we stand on the top 10 democratic nominees. 

This week Amanda and Laura talk: flying into the heart of a nuclear hurricane, Dave Chappelle want's to know why he can't say f*ggot,  racism in sport and PK is sooo invited Sid to his wedding. 

This week Amanda and Laura discuss: how hypocritical is Chrissy Teigen for advocating cancelling businesses that support Trump while hanging out with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West? Sidney Crosby joins Spittin Chicklets to retell the 5 stories we already know about him BUT in a more casual setting and Laura is obsessed with Hollywood Medium Tyler Henry but Amanda has almost literally been burned by psychics before. 

This week Amanda and Laura in a fuck you to Donald Trump list our fav things about the city of Baltimore, discuss A$AP Rocky & his incarceration  When your lawyer skips law school maybe they don't learn that justice reform is for people who've been wrongly accused of crimes, when you're in jail for a crime you actually committed that's called accountability and PDiddy is dating his son's ex girlfriend - for realsies guys. 

Amanda & Laura discuss: Phil Kessel is no longer a Penguin, Laura hates the Bottle Cap Challenge, Gwyneth Paltrow has trouble remember all the little people she has co stared in movies with, Disney has a new Ariel and she's fantastic & white people have a history of changing the colour of fictional characters to so they can identifying with them - starting with The Bible. 

This week Laura and Amanda discuss the Truman Show syndrome, Kyle the racist douchebag who got his acceptance to Harvard rescinded, are cellphones making us grow horns, we review Keanu Reaves in Always Be My Maybe and Amanda invents a great new drink called ... lemonade.

This week Amanda updates us on her lower body injury, we celebrate the Toronto Raptors and the St. Louis Blues being first time champions, we want Sid & Kawhi to be BFF’s, who goes to Jessica Biel for vaccination advice? and God do we miss Jon Stewart.

This week Amanda and Laura discuss: Sophia Bush reminding us to appreciate and accept that sometimes a win is a win even if it’s not perfect, Amanda needs your help to find a self tanner, reading your old journals,  shopping and not buying things in the UK and BREAKFAST!

This week Amanda and Laura discuss: Amanda watches John Wick for the first time ever and gives us her review, Keanu Reaves filmography, Something's Gotta Give is bullshit because who gives up Keanu for Jack Nicholson? An African American billionaire pays off student debt for a full (male) graduating class - does it matter that it was an all mens school? And finally who gave the least interesting sister on Charmed a platform?

Amanda & Laura talk women's sports leagues, Tati & James Charles make up wars because if we had to find out these two fools exist then so do you. We discuss friendship issues including, money & other power imbalances between friends, jealously, what is loyalty, what is a betrayal & is it fair when a 40 year old befriends a teenager & expects that teenager to live up to their 40 year old standards? What is the social hierarchy and who trumps who? We end on a high note & discuss why the good guy Keanu Reeves memes are what we all need right now.  

This week Amanda and Laura cough and sneeze our way through this episode and talk: bridesmaid horror stories that give us life, good grief ancestry.com - if anyone should know their history it should be you,  where we stand on prisoners voting and why Amanda's cat Toby should totally run for president. 

This week Amanda and Laura discuss: Kylie Jenner is Trump's kind of self made, a deconstructed wedding reception is the Goopiest thing ever invented by someone not named Gwyneth Paltrow...but also awesome, another round of Pete Buttigieg true or false, general impressions of 2020 nominees and a poacher gets killed by an elephant and eaten by lions. 

This week Amanda and Laura discuss: if you think taking sex advice from Dr. Phil is a good idea you deserve whatever advice he gives you, hormonal godzillas,  smoke detectors and finally I force Amanda to play my new favourite game: Pete Buttigieg True or False (aka how to make your average millennial feel inferior and unaccomplished)

This week Amanda & Laura discuss this weeks horrible celebrity Barbara Streisand & her philosophy that whatever doesn't kill you ... is totally cool with her, we give a chef's kiss to the "testicular bill of rights" recently proposed in Georgia which would require among other things that men 55 and older to report each time they ejaculate to law enforcement, Laura falls obsessively in love with Mayor Pete Buttigieg while Amanda respects his stalker-y use of the police scanner. 

This week Amanda and Laura are really enjoying all the Aunty Beck Have Mercy references resulting from the college admissions scandal, Steven Spielberg needs to Netflix and chill, the R. Kelly, Losing Neverland and Adnan Syed documentaries and how Laura is living with homicidal Roomba.  

So many Disney puns!! This week Laura and Amanda discuss Emma Thompson dropping out of animated movie due ex Disney sexual harasser John Lasseter (Dumbo), the Kardashian cheating scandal (The Fox and the Hound), upcoming movies & Amanda’s new fav podcast. Also frozen grapes (Frozen!!) ... ok we’ll stop now.

We're back Listener!!! This week Laura & Amanda discuss: Is there anything less sexy than Kenny G? Turns out yes- Kenny G serenading Kim & Kanye, over accessorizing is a totally rational reason for hating someone & if you don't agree you should probably take off that scrunchy, Liam Neeson did a racist thing and Amanda has her polenta moment. 

This week Laura is joined by friend of the pod Ally (Nametags on all social media). Ally is one of the 800,000 government employees that had to deal with the government shutdown.  She joins me to discuss what it was like working without being paid and what it felt like to then have to listen to Trump say you felt honoured to do it - spoiler - not good!!

Warning Listener - this week we talk even more than usual about food...so maybe grab a snack before you listen. We also discuss: sometimes apologizing means never having to say you're sorry, Trump ruins everything and kick ass 8 year old equestrians. 

In our last episode of 2018 Laura and Amanda talk CHRISTMAS!! We dissect all the Christmas movies, traditions, stories and of course.. food! There's also lots and lots of tangents.

This week Amanda and Laura discuss: hazing in sports, what we're reading, Netflix Christmas movies and more!

This week, Amanda and Laura talk about the joys of moving overseas, inefficiency, and stealing from JK Rowling. 

This week Amanda and Laura debate who exactly Apple's warning alarm is helping, do you have an expectation of privacy in an uber, if you've never talked shit about your boss your not human & also  a liar and when making an accusation should you have to show receipts?

This week Amanda returns from camping and can not readjust to all the bad news, Mary Bono lasts a whole 4 days as CEO of USA Gymnastics, Natalie Portman gives us a plan to destroy the patriarchy and the quote of the year, we want Busy Phillips's mom and we go off the rails while discussing going off the rails.   

This week Amanda and Laura are sick of bad news and decide to just randomly ask each other questions from the Quality Conversation Starters website instead. What would be Amanda's last meal? What App has changed Laura's life? There's only one way to find out Listener.

This week Laura and Amanda discuss the sexual abuse allegations against Judge Brent Kavanaugh and ask the question if and when should we forgive prior bad behavior. Also, Amanda reminisces about helping to raise an eventual murderess. 

This week Laura and Amanda take on bullying when all we wanted to do was talk about cats. Also - how come no one told us Chick Fil A isnt evil anymore?!  

In this episode: the prize for worst Go Fund me ever goes to Kylie Jenners fanbase, Pat McGrath is with a real self made cosmetics tycoon looks like and lots of talk about food ... again. 

This week Laura and Amanda talk food disappointments, good news stories, maternity leave and just a smidge of Donald Trump.  

This week Amanda and Laura discuss: ITS FREAKING HOT OUTSIDE, England won and the Unicorn is overfollowing with man joy, 8 year old John Tavares' striking resemblance to full grown Steve Dangle, Team Torts vs Team Grandpa and we tell you what we're up to: spoiler alert - horseback riding and house shopping.

This week Laura and Amanda use the Currey (Karlsson) /Caryk (Hoffman) in Ottawa to have a hopefully nuanced conversation about how we behave on social media, our fascination with celebrity and all those who are connected to them. Why are we interested in who players are dating or married to? Why do we know the name of Ed Sheeran's bodyguard or Oprah's best friend?  What is at the root of this type of harassment and bullying and what do we gain from it?  We have more questions than answers but it was a conversation worth having and hopefully worth listening to.  

This week Laura and Amanda discuss Trump Pardoning Kanye’s racism … I mean Alice Marie Johnson’s Life sentence, Eagles White House visit cancelled, Clinton supports the #metoo movement except for the me part, Judge Aaron Persky learns the hard way what its like when someone takes away your power and Laura is conflicted about the Canadian election.  

This week Amanda and Laura geek out on the Royal Wedding including: Meghan's amazing dress, we can add fashion advice to the list of things no one wants Katy Perry's opinion on, Meghan's Serena trumps Harry's James Blunt, Bishop Curry should officiate all weddings, we decide if we are hat people or fascinator people and finally Amanda introduces us to the Netflix reality show Eat Your Words and makes our lives. You're welcome. 

This week Laura and Amanda discuss how Kim-ye and Trump-lania are the exact same people, are Chrissy Teigan and John Legend complicit?, the Childish Gambino This is America video & what it means and come on DJ Khaled's wife knew exactly what she would not be getting.  

This week Amanda and Laura discuss Starbucks response and actions in the aftermath of the racial profiling at their store, Shania Twain says she would have voted for Trump and to say the least That Don't Impress Us Much but Man I Feel Like A Moron for being your fan! To add to a disappointing week the US women's hockey team announces they are going to the white house ... for real they're doing that. We end on a high note by discussing waffle yumminess. 

This week Laura & Amanda discuss how the only thing that's a surprising at a gender reveal party is thinking anyone wants to go to a gender reveal party, can any celebrity tattoo top Ben Afflecks as the worst of all time? Who's up for rebooted Charmed, Queer Eye, Will and Grace & Roseanne?! AND our least and most inspiring thing of the week. 

This week Amanda and Laura talk: when you’re being trolled by the property Gods, pre vacation prepping, sugar free restaurants, 18 year old lottery winner, why isn't Julia Roberts in ever movie and our most disturbing and inspiring things this week.

This week we're releasing another full episode to make up for the half episode last week - sorry listener!  We also discuss: ToysRUs closing, Rihanna snaps back at Snapchat, Katy Perry sexually harasses a contestant and passive aggressively kills a nun AND in our new weekly segment we tell you our selections for most disturbing and most inspiring things that happened this week. 

Ok this is a short one because daylight savings made us this this was a bonus.....ooops!! In this weeks episode Laura and Amanda talk Mary Poppins, the Obama's portraits, the new Queer Eye, cookies and so much more. 

This Week Amanda and Laura find the world news so depressing that they decide to play a game of Have you Ever instead. We answer burning questions like: Have we ever  - missed a high five, googled ourselves, 'cleaned up' by piling everything into a closet or wanted to be one of the Kardashians? (spoiler thats a hard no)

This week Laura and Amanda geek out over the Olympics. We talk opening ceremonies, curling, not so bright snowboarding boys and we also discuss the Sarah Jessica Parker/Kim Catrall feud and our thoughts on when it is and isn't ok to express your condolences to someone who is not your friend.