The Nice Girls

Last Off-Topic Topic of the Year! What better way to start the year off but to follow a random tangent that involves Irish Breakfast, Puerto Rican coffee, and BUTTER, baby. Butter.

The Nice Girls chat all things Christmas, guided by our very own Christmas Expert Ashleigh! For reals, she grew up in a Magical Christmas Town. She's seventh in line to inherit the Santa Claus crown. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & Happy New Year from The Nice Girls! 

The Nice Girls revisit the topic of coping through this COVID moment. The world is moving so fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you may miss the mask mandate. 

Today's random topic starts with Cottage Core and careens into some natural drink disasters. Listen closely. Your life depends on it. 

Just in time for Thanksgiving, The Nice Girls soft tackle the idea of Imposter Syndrome. Has your self-confidence been chipped away? Are you waiting to be found out? Well, the Nice Girls are right there with you. Want to learn more from a real psychologist? Check out Andrea Letamendi in her TedTalk about how she decided to embrace her interests, and in the process became a superhero.

The girls go head to head on the most important debate of our age.

We missed you and a lot has happened during our short break! Catch up with us to see everything that has been going on! Regular episodes will be back before you know it!

The Nice Girls chat about the folktales and urban legends that have made an...impression on them. It's almost spooky season, y'all!More about Resurrection Mary. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.Pukwudgies!

Today The Nice Girls talk all about the most feared and terrible monster every to rule the internet....Social media.We walk down memory lane and wonder about the ramifications of it all.For more read: How social media ruined the election. 

Today the Nice Girls have a little game to share with you for your next wine-tasting trip. Or, you know, just something you can do tonight. Alone. With your whiskey and Crystal Lite.

Today the Nice Girls talk about the infamous PINK TAX and TAMPON TAX and all the random gender stupidity therein. Some LINKS to LEARN MORE!What is the Pink Tax? Learn all about it at Pink.tax.The Case for Free Tampons.Tampon Tax FACTSThat Calgon Take Me Away commercial Ashleigh references.

This week on our Off-Topic Topic, The Nice Girls ask the BIG questions:What happens to a haunted house when it's torn down? Do Ghosts like rollercoasters? Why does everyone ask Chelsea to "fact check" ghost stuff?Our Off-Topic Topics are super-short conversations. We'll be back with a full episode next week! 

Cover your mirrors, cross your heart and hope to die. For their Lucky 13th episode, The Nice Girls delve into superstitions! Careful where you're walking while listening. 

The Nice Girls have a quick chat about the names of their vehicles. Tearing down gender stereotypes one bubble butt car at a time.

The Nice Girls discuss the origins and feelings wrapped up in the words Bitch and Pussy. If you got sensitive ears...I guess be warned? Some links for reading:The rise of the word Bitch after suffrage. (Vox).The Bitch Manifesto.Origin of the Word Pussy. And why certain origins are BULL.That Betty White Quote Fact Check.And finally Cosmo's list of vagina slang.

This week the girls got a little off topic when it came to laundry nightmares. Is it better to have all your laundry stolen, never to be seen again? Or to have it returned to you, piece by piece, smelling vaguely of cigarette smoke, stale bread and broken dreams?You decide! 

This week the Nice Girls tackle decision-making...or not. For more:That terrible YourTangle article.The Art of Decision Making: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/21/the-art-of-decision-making

Ever get that ringing in your ears? That's definitely not this episode exploding in your brain. FACT CHECK: when the girls say "decibel" they a really meaning "frequency." A decibel is a unit of measurement of sound. Idiots. * shakes head *.  I'd say don't judge them because they are new to this sound world but go ahead...judge. 

Today the girls are talking all about LYING...and let's just say, they are not all fans of the practice. Is that your pants burning, or are you just happy to hear us?Some things referenced in the podcast for easy reading:The poem by William Blake: https://uuwestport.org/the-liar/ Other Origins of "Pants On Fire": https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/liar-liar-pants-on-fire-origin-phrase-history Types of Liars: https://www.nirandfar.com/types-of-liars/What's Good About Lying (Growth Experiment): https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/whats_good_about_lying  Colors of Lies: http://changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/lying/four_lies.htm

Today's Off-Topic is all about some of our favorite foods. This episode is definitely NOT sponsored by Subway, Panda Express or Taco Bell. 

I know we're dreamy, but get ahold of yourself for a moment, huh?We're talking about DREAMS today. Weird ones, scary ones, psychic ones, useful ones. We got them all, baby. This is your content warning that if you don't like the mention of clowns or kewpie dolls, maybe go take a nap instead. New theory about why we dream from Tufts: https://now.tufts.edu/articles/new-theory-why-we-dreamPsychic Dreams: https://medium.com/dream-codes/psychic-dreams-how-to-know-if-youve-had-one-f0839c5d29eb 

Today we wanted to #throwback to the beginnings of this podcast, lo those many months ago, and share an early moment in The Nice Girls history…When we tried to clap all at the same time in order to help match up the audio tracks in our editing…Except we couldn't seem to do it…Though we tried, and tried…And tried. And then kept trying.Enjoy this bonus 3 MINUTES OF WTF. 

Is it important to fail? Or does it just pretty much suck?The Nice Girls get into it. And mostly fail. More about the Failure Institute: https://www.thefailureinstitute.com/mindset-behaviour/whats-failure-anyways/ How Americans Quantify Success: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/heres-how-americans-quantify-success 

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Remember when Then Nice Girls declared they were doing 30 day challenges at the end of Episode 4? (Sorry, I think we call them journeys now, not challenges...)If not, go back and listen to Episode 4: Resolutions. Because 30 days have come and gone, and it's time to check in and see how the girls did. 

The Nice Girls talk about the struggles of being women and getting dressed. This is what happens when we ask the hard-hitting question: what even ARE pants? 

So we're well into 2021 and still within the confines of the Pandemic and this has made us look into how we are all connecting for the last 12 plus months. PLUS, we dive into the wild conflict between introverts and extroverts.Sources cited during this chat:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-any-age/202010/the-emotional-strength-introverts-during-the-pandemic https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2016/04/26/9-signs-that-youre-an-ambivert/?sh=3b1bed843145 

Do you ever just start a podcast with your friends choose a name and then go off tangent? Ya, us either! We are very interested in Pumpkin Margaritas though!

So Ashleigh found this BuzzFeed quiz that matches your personality with a year of high school. Are you really a Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior? We took the quiz for fun! And then it got us thinking about high school vs. life as "adults" and...well."High school might have sucked, but this quiz doesn't.' - BuzzFeed(BuzzFeed is not a sponsor. But they could be!) https://www.buzzfeed.com/torkelsongianna/which-year-of-high-school-best-fits-your-personali-bbyjnbwf3k 

Listeners Beware!This might be a bit controversial.Chelsea's being shamed for what she chose to mix with her whiskey.SHAMED, I tell you.It's pretty CRYSTAL clear that she just hasn't gone to the grocery store for ginger ale or whatever mixer society deems appropriate. We're in a pandemic, people. Let's go a little LITE on the shame, can we?I do DECLARE.

Part 2! So Ashleigh did research on the imitation vanilla extract/beaver connection.One question...Do you like vanilla candles? How much?[No vegans were harmed in the making of this podcast.]

'K so in episode 1 we talked about imitation vanilla extract a bit (it made sense, promise).But that sent us down a rabbit hole...Or beaver hole?Ugh.If you ever wondered about the birds and the bees of imitation vanilla extract, Ashleigh's got something to tell you.This is only PART 1. We got a follow up, friends.

The Nice Girls occasionally (all the time) get a bit off-topic. So now for something completely different. 

The Nice Girls make New Years' Resolutions...in March.  What's the difference between a resolution and a goal?  What has worked for resolution setting in the past?  The Nice Girls decide to make their own resolutions.  Also, January 19th is National Quitters Day!  Hooray for all the Quitters! Also, watch Tim Minchin's graduation speech that Chelsea has memorized. 

The Nice Girls take a look at their astrological charts. What are their signs (sun, ascendant & moon), and how does it shape who they are?! And at the end of the day does it really mean anything...To do your own chart check out:https://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php 

The Nice Girls dive deep in their memories to explore how they became friends, how they maintain friendships, and all the ways our friendship styles complicate matters.

What does NICE really mean?  The word “nice” has a long complicated etymology and the dictionary meaning of it has flipped flopped over hundreds of years. Each of The Nice Girls hosts has a very different definition. It gets complicated. “And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt VonnegutReferences:Merriam Webster Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster “Dangers of Being Nice” from Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fixing-families/201807/the-dangers-being-nice “Our Incel Problem” from Vox: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/16/18287446/incel-definition-reddit Beaver Butts & Vanilla Extract from National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/beaver-butt-goo-vanilla-flavoring 

The Nice Girls Podcast is obsessed with the opposing forces that shape us - as hosts Ashleigh Boiros, Chelsea Sutton, and Katie Witkowski dive into the details of who we are, who we are expected to be, and everything in between. On The Nice Girls, they discuss pop culture, self-discovery, politics, and obsessions that are completely immersed in the WTF-ness of this moment. They're here to find hope in the madness. Let's get curious. Let's get complicated. Let's get nice. Premiering March 10, 2021.