Perfectly NOT Normal

Let's talk about the ENNEAGRAM numbers! We bring in Annie, Lindsay, Caitlyn, Kelli, and Sarah (aka, the enneagram experts). Join us on the journey of self-discovery, as we briefly discuss what the enneagram is, how it plays in our relationships with others, how it can strengthen or weaken us, and how it can help us better understand ourselves.

Let's talk about Pet Peeves. While Epi and Mikayla listed their pet peeves, they began to feel attacked by pet peeves listed on the internet... They realized that THEY were the annoying ones. Listen on any podcast platform!

HAPPY 50th EPISODE!!!!! Your perfect hosts, Epi & Mikayla, did a special Q&A session to celebrate the 50th episode! No guests this time, just us and the mics. We dive deep in weird questions that reveal a lot about each other and our heart's desires. Lots of laughs in between, nostalgia, and randomness... you don't wanna miss this!!

Do YOU know your top LOVE LANGUAGES? In this episode, Lucy joins us as we discuss the 5 Love Languages. Although we are NOT experts, we each learn a lot about our languages, where we have recognized them, and if any of them have a bad rep... and it's all PERFECTLY NOT NORMAL! Listen now and enjoy a chaotic, yet, very fun conversation about the Language of Love.

Eden joins us this week and shares her little problem about over-spending... Are big purchases always bad? We also dive into the world of college discussion posts as well as the ideal way to keep track of daily activity. We get off track a lot, laugh a lot, and it's Perfectly NOT Normal.

Epi and Mikayla are back! We decided our new word is “jive”, so join us and jive! Jani and Shemara join us as well and we catch up!

Episode 46 is here! Kelli and Annie join us to explain how we are the honorary members of the Black Eyed Peas!

Have you ever wanted to know Disney secrets? Wanted to know about the Disney College Program? On this episode, hear the tea, and also us talk about the greatest movie ever.... Lemonade Mouth! McKayla tells all on this episode of Perfectly Not Normal!

Spoons 4 Forks, our University’s improv team, comes on, and they reveal A LOT of stuff! They talk about where their name came from, what happens behind the scenes & What happens when you break character or mess up during a show! Also, at the end... there may be an exclusive Spoons 4 Forks performance just for the listeners. Listen to find out!

KaLee came on to tell us all about the Pregnancy Resource Center in Kankakee! She helps us understand the heart behind the PRC and all about how they are wanting to help the community! Listen today to hear about the amazing things that this ministry is doing!

Wow! This episode is going to blow your socks off! Bailey and Emma join us to talk about the movement that Bailey started this past year. You are going to be amazed!

Kelli joined us on this episode to talk about a program on our university. We also talk about logical fallacies! ALSO! We have new music! Thank you to Lukas! Last, follow us on social media @perfectly.not.normal on insta and @perfectlynotnormal on Facebook!

Epi and Mikayla start the podcast off by ourselves, and later Shemara joins us. We talk about Anxiety and Panic Attacks. ALSO We have new music and are thankful for Lucas for letting us use it and make it!

Lauren came on PNN to tell us all about living in Texas for the summer. Big blue was not as kind to her as she hoped, and she had to learn what Haboobs are, but she had a fantastic time! Listen to this episode hear her story about eating cow tongue!

Wow! Liz and Landon told us what it is like working with middle schoolers! Crazy that they want to do that for a living! But they both are so passionate about spreading God’s love to these pre-teens! They tell us all about balancing a college life, while still being apart of their students lives.

On this episode of Perfectly NOT Normal, Courtney joined us to tell us about her trip and study abroad experience in Costa Rica. We got to hear about the beauty of the country but also the unplanned departure due to Covid. She told us the story about how she lost her glasses and was blind for four days and had to rely on cheap reading glasses! So join us for another wonderful episode!

Season four is finally here! Epi and Mikayla are so excited to be back in the studio! That’s right, no more zoom!!! We catch up, and talk about summer, and we explain why we took and break. Last, we talk about what is to come in this new season in life!

Katie joined us for a fun summer check-in, and we also got to share friendship stories! We talked about Covid hacks, working food service, and being an only child!

A PERFECTLY NOT NORMAL SPECIAL! Annie joins us to share her wisdom about how to vote, and why we should appreciate the opportunity.

Olivia and Aubrey join us to talk about their life in YOUTH MINISTRY! They get to work with middle and high schoolers... what can go wrong??? Lots of funny and crazy stories are told through the perspective of the leaders. A few things may catch on fire, maybe a student gets left behind at an airport, and you may leave with a new respect for our youth’s mentors.

Gretchen and MT, both type 1 diabetic, come on the show to share their story about how they live a little different from the rest of the world! We get to hear several funny stories, such as how a piece of chocolate cake is a victory, as well as scary aspects of living as a type 1 diabetic, like memory loss! Dive into the laughter and learn about their interesting and unique lives!

Episode 30 is here! Myles told us his story, and opened up about his journey with pornography and homosexuality. We were thankful to address these topics with Myles and hear his opinion.

Loradana tells us all about life with an Autoimmunity disease and how faithful our God is. She encourages others and has led a student movement, while battling this disease.  

Sarah had EVERYTHING in life going for her, and then all the sudden, everything she knew and loved was STRIPPED AWAY. Through the struggles in identity and plans changing all the time, Sarah found restoration in herself and in Faith. Listen to how our plans never go the way we want them, but at the end, everything will be okay.

Welcome to season three! Mikayla and Epi look back on previous episodes, and talk about what is to come! They realized how God’s plans were perfect, so listen to hear what God is doing! Song credit: Last Summer by Ikson

A team in Nicaragua experiences a sudden van accident. With a flipped van, broken glass, and words of praise, the team is able to share their peace among the community. Lives are transformed, saved, and made new. This episode is recorded via zoom.

Kylie joins us for episode 25! We talk all about her experience participators in Homeless week at our school. There may have been rainy days, but there was also big smiles! We are so grateful she could give us an inside look!

Epi finally gets all of her camp friends on the podcast, and you don’t want to miss it! We learn all about life at camp, and living in hotels all summer. They tell us all about sharing the gospel with kids too! This is our first podcast from recording through zoom. Zoom has allowed us to talk to people all of the USA, so we are so excited for these new podcasts!

Mikayla’s and Epi’s sisters come on the show... and a lot of tea is spilled. We talk about the childhood memories, the teenage rebellious stage, and the college/post college. We hear from both sides, the youngest sister and the oldest sister. Great memories were told and a lot of laughter.

Tanner Leuellen, aka, Skittles, comes in the studio and tells us about his life as a child celebrity... kind of. He’s also a radio person, so we also talked about being a different kind of celebrity... a Radio Star. Apart from his childhood business skills and radio experience, we all had a great time joking with each other and talking about life. To proof that Skittles was on the news, we used Youtube audio link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do97LW1jws8&t=72s Pls enjoy.

This is an update on the Corona pandemic. First of all... SAD VIBES. Second of all... the show must go on! We will not stop making episodes, but we did sit down and recorded a “real-talk” on what is going on today. We shared our favorite 7th pre-corona memory & went live on Instagram answering whatever questions our listeners had about coronavirus. NO WORRIES, WE WILL GET BACK TO BUSINESSES.

WE CELEBRATE OUR 20TH EPISODE, with video team's intentions of revenge! They tell us all about camera lingo and what it is truly like being the behind the seems of the university. We talk about team conflict, and strategies of working together. 

Shelby and Mel joins us to tell all about what it is like to be Resident Directors at a university. We discuss if pumpkins float, and the hard conversations that come with their jobs. Last, we learned all about the prank wars that have taken place in their buildings.

We get serious on this episode. Sweet Bailey come on and tells her ongoing story of her being sexually assaulted. Lots of love, encouragement, and worthiness is shared. And a few tears were shed.

City On A Hill band, otherwise known as COAH, joined us in the studio to share all about there travels as a band. All EIGHT MEMBERS spilled the tea! We talk about tour life, as well cults. We thanked them for letting us see a glimpse of there difunctional family.

Join us on another thrilling episode! Grace came into the studio to share about her adoption story, talk about the adoption process, and about the foster care system.

Zach and Tim join us in the studio to talk about their tour life as a band. They’re both sound technicians, so the story is unique and different. Also..... we all work together, so crazy work stories come out and we all have a great time.

We brought in our Broadcasting Professor, Brian Utter, and we talked about our main question. Is radio dead? With that, we sparked conversations on his international travels, and being in the mission field. He told us all about his view on the future of media and radio. Crazy stories of being in prisons and getting hijacked.

Heather comes into the studio and tells us the story of how she is a PAGEANT QUEEN! She tells us all the details and motives of her beauty career as well as how college plays into that as well.

Welcome to season 2 of Perfectly NOT Normal! We are kicking of another great season with guests Peyton and Shemara! We talk about the highs and lows of what it means to be a PK (Pastor’s Kid), and discuss all the crazy things we did as kids in the church. We also were able to highlight the unsung heroes, our moms, the pastor’s wife. [Song: “Take My Hand” by Wyatt Boyer]

Join us and listen to an episode full of calling people out! We hear from Grace and her amazing Make-A-Wish story. We get to celebrate with her five years in remission! We talk about handicap parking and the heat over vaccinations!

One of our professors, Dr. McLaughlin, joins us in the studio for another amazing episode of Perfectly NOT Normal. We talk about life after college and the boomerang effect. She shared some tips on how to start real life, and told us her story.

Jordan and John join us in the studio, talking about moving! We relive the different moves we have all went through and what it is like moving out of the house.

Cami and Macey join us in the studio to talk about Fair Trade and dressember! They gave us their stories and they told us a lot about what is happening in the world regarding human trafficking. This was soooo much to record and as you will be able to tell, we were all shooketh.

Cassidy Joins us for another episode of Perfectly NOT Normal. She starts off telling us about how to survive college with a Vegan diet. Then we jump in and talk about scheduling and our favorite calendar. Last, she tells us all about the time she gashed her knee cap and got stitches after a skiing accident!

Lukas joined us on another Episode of Perfectly NOT Normal. We exposed ourselves from old phases we went through, and Lukas told us all about his Emo phase. Then he told us the wild story of his house catching on fire. We finished off the podcast giving him advice before he starts driving.

We brought Jordan in to talk about "healthy relationships" -(Jordan would like you to know that that was his joke). We first dive in about health fads, and Jordan teaches us a lot about the Keto diet. Then we talk about relationships, and Jordan shows us the bro and sis check.

We brought in Peyton to talk about the things nobody told us about college and how that affected our money decisions and our friend groups. And epi... welp, she talked about camp... AGAIN. Lots of advice on things you need to know about the college life and how fast one can mature.

We brought in Lindsay to talk about how Spanish is better than psych... then we talked about NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES!! So check out Perfectly NOT Normal episode tres! (thats "three" for the non spanish kiddos)

We brought in 2 TALENTED guests that have released their own music. We talked about their journey with music and how to get over stage fright. Music: "Realizer" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We sit down with our producer to talk about cultural differences and shock! We fall into the conversations of saying "no", potlucks, and the elderly... you will just have to listen to figure it all out.