You've Got to Be Kidding Me!, the podcast about raising kids, becoming yourself, and navigating relationships with family and friends while trying to maintain your baseline sanity. Join Amy Frost and Nicole Meade as we strive to become better people before the clock runs out.
In this, the last episode of our two-year run, we talk about what we've learned. Thanks so much for your support! We love you!
What happens when you simply can't see eye to eye with someone you care about?
We discuss the New York Times article "What Is Owed."
We're starting a series of shorter episodes about our efforts to learn about and confront systemic racism. Here, Nicole talks about the book White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo.
A short look into what we're doing to be allies in the Black Lives Matter movement. Following this episode, we'll be stepping away from our podcast for a while in order to contribute to the centering of Black voices.
What we wanted to do, what we did, and what we want to do
It's not all pedicures and matching dresses.
We swear we picked this topic long before social distancing, business closures, and the astonishing surrealism that is April of 2020.
Our intended podcast was accidentally deleted (see my use of the passive voice there?), so we decided instead to process a little of our virus-time feelings.
This is a long one, friends. Bras, hair removal, plastic surgery: we talk about what we're down for and what it all might mean.
This week, we're talking about gossip: why we do it, why we try so hard not to, and how to possibly use it for good. The books that talk about triangulation in relationships are The Dance of Anger and The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner. We highly recommend any of her books.
Here's a list of the books we discuss (and heartily recommend) in this episode. All links take you to our local bookstore, Antigone Books. If you're in Tucson, you can email info@antigonebooks.com and ask them to order for you for pick-up at the store. If you're out of town, you can mail-order from Antigone or visit your own local bookstore. And, of course, check your library for these titles! Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Furious Hours by Casey Cep Mercy Watson Boxed Set by Kate DiCamillo The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo Mindset by Carol S. Dweck This Organic Life by Joan Dye Gussow 10% Happier by Dan Harris Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel by Helen Oyeyemi Lucky by Alice Sebold The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia Inheritance by Dani Shapiro The Unsettlers by Mark Sundeen The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk Educated by Tara Westover
Thanks to everyone who supported us with our first live podcast venture at the Tucson Fringe Festival!
Amy and Nicole discuss moving through pain and discomfort, both physical and emotional.
Night-swimming, movies, and all that's cold: survival tips for the summer
Friends we make as adults: work friends, couple friends, mom friends, and beyond
Tales of front porches, trailer parks, sharing space, and making a house a home. Oh, and bra sizes.
Bearing little resemblance to The Parent Trap.
The pick-up, the drop-off, and the rotisserie chicken
Should I stay or should I go? How do we know when to stick with something and when to throw in the towel?
In which Amy and Nicole sprinkle you with fairy dust and give you permission.
Love it? Hate it? Tolerate it? Somehow manage to avoid it? Here's what we and some of our listeners think about Thanksgiving.
In which Amy and Nicole discuss the care and feeding (quesadillas, please, and bring your special fork) of children growing up together
In which Amy and Nicole talk about their lives as sisters.
In which Amy and Nicole tell you long, boring stories about people you don't know. Just kidding. Have a listen.
In which Amy and Nicole discuss assumed names, group identity, and getting caught placing a non-organic banana within the reach of toddlers
Welcome to the inaugural episode of You've Got to Be Kidding Me! In this episode, we tell you some things you'd likely learn about us if you were to chat us up at a dinner party, and then we spill a few secrets about ourselves. Future episodes of our every-other-week, 30-or-so-minute podcast will feature a topic, a personal story that illustrates said topic, and us trying to make sense of it all.
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