Waking Up With Liz and Peter

Liz and Peter start this episode by recounting memories from their childhood surrounding their favorite foods and food traditions. The conversation eventually turns to the class implications of food and the sad reality capitalism leads us to.

Liz and Peter discuss the toxic side of gaming culture. From SWATting to yelling racial slurs, they cover everything. Not really.

Liz and Peter discuss why the 2020 election sucks so bad. Spoiler: it's because we live in a capitalist oligarchy hellbent on profiting off the blood of the working class. Yippee!

Liz and Peter discuss the various health issues that have nagged them for most of their lives.

This morning Liz and Peter discuss earlier versions of themselves or "Past Lives" as Liz likes to call them. In a way, they're aspects or eras of themselves that are no longer at the forefront of their everyday lives.

Liz and Peter discuss nicknames they've had as well as the many nicknames they have for their cats.

Liz and Peter talk about two inspiring stories and relate two more of their own.

Liz and Peter have two cats who don't do so well with car travel. Today they discuss a recent disaster and a recent success.

Liz and Peter talk about the various things they take with them every time they leave the house.

Liz and Peter briefly discuss a video of a traffic stop and a show of white allyship.

Liz and Peter talk about their different morning routines.

Liz and Peter talk about an article highlighting racial discrimination in housing.

Liz and Peter talk about mirror neurons and their impact on our relationships.

Liz and Peter discuss a meme format that's having its moment in the sun. Then they talk about what they would do with a time machine.

Liz and Peter talk about how they stay motivated in this crazy, crazy world.

Liz and Peter discuss what intimacy means to them as well as Peter's hang ups.

Liz and Peter talk about stress and how to deal.

Liz and Peter talk about society's reaction to hair from the perspective of someone with Black hair and someone who thought they wouldn't live as an adult with hair.

The mainstream media caters to the upper rungs of society. Nowhere is this more evident than when prominent publications try to talk about "average" folks.

Most Americans have no idea just how horrible the CIA, FBI and government in general have been to those who challenge white supremecist capitalism. Thankfully we now have memes as a means to tell these stories.

Simple, yet controversial, masks have taken on new meaning in the time of COVID. Liz and Peter discuss a new kind of fatigue that stems from seeing people who won't follow public health orders.

Chadwick Boseman passed away from cancer recently and that got Liz and Peter thinking about the celebrities whose deaths meant the most to them.

Essential workers wear trash bags as PPE while wealthy Hamptonites use rapid response tests to get drunk and drool all over each other. Why is it that nobody at the hospital can tell you what your treatment is going to cost? Because it's more profitable that way.

Britney Spears has struggled with mental health issues to the point that her father pretty much controls every legal aspect of her life. Her story raises questions about conservatorship and highlights the difference in care between those who have means and those who don't.

Liz and Peter discuss their experience with therapy and their journies with mental health.

Liz and Peter discuss their history with and feelings on pets.

Liz and Peter talk about how great life would be if every neighborhood contained all of your needs within a 15-minute walk.

Liz started seeing a professional witch to have some energy work done, so we decided to talk about alternative medicine.