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This week on the Geekin' on Walt Disney World Podcast, I'm joined by our good friend and Travelin' Tiara herself — Auntie Judy!Judy and Ken joined Margita and me for an unforgettable September stay along the monorail loop — including first-time experiences at the Grand Floridian Villas, Bay Lake Tower, and the brand-new Polynesian DVC Tower! It's a fun-filled episode packed with resort-hopping stories, dining adventures, and even a wild evacuation moment on Ratatouille that only a true Geek could appreciate!

This week Hannah has been doing Auntie duties around town and we hear about a breastfeeding HORROR in Pizza Express. We get a debut of Hannah's new teeth (aren't they stunning?) and Big S admits being a real piece of work in a previous episode.  There's a New Moon and we do a little segment about our star signs... Capricorn and Virgo energy - what does it mean for the huns?  Story 1Hannah has a creepy tale called Camp Ashwood. It's giving Goosebumps... Story 2 Big S gives us a Russian Sleep Experiment story... it's disturbing af. Story 3  Hannah has a horrid one about a man who loved to eat. And a wife who was afraid of him... would you eat liver huns?  CREEP OF THE WEEK (cow cow cow!!!) this week is from... Emma - "The Dissappearance of the Dutch Doll".  TRUE HAUNTED DOLL STORY.  Finally, we end on a hex. David? Hope you're listening hun.  ENJOY WE LOVE YA xoxoxo  p.s. if you came to our halloween shows, thank you so much, we had the BEST TIME. x JOIN OUR PATREON! EXTRA bonus episodes AND a monthly ghost hunt for just £4.50!  Or £6 for AD-FREE EPS and weekly AGONY HUNS! We'll solve your problems huns!  Sign up here: www.patreon.com/GhostHuns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You're listening to Burnt Toast! I'm Virginia Sole-Smith. Today, my conversation is with Lisa Sibbett, PhD. Lisa writes The Auntie Bulletin, a weekly newsletter about kinship, chosen family and community care. As a long time Auntie herself, Lisa often focuses on the experiences of people without children who are nevertheless, in her words, "cultivating childful lives." We've been talking a whole bunch about community on Burnt Toast lately, and Lisa reached out to have a conversation about the systems that get in the way of our community building efforts—specifically our culture's systemic isolation of the nuclear family. This is one of those conversations that isn't "classic Burnt Toast." But we're here to do fat liberation work—and so how we think about community matters here, because community is fundamental to any kind of advocacy work. Plus it brings us joy! And joy matters too. I super appreciate this conversation with Lisa, and I know you will too.Join our community! Today's episode is free! But don't forget, if you were a Substack subscriber, you have until October 28 to claim your free access to our paid content. Check your email for your special gift link! Episode 216 TranscriptLisaSo my newsletter is about building kinship and community care. I live in cohousing, and I've been an auntie for many years to lots of different kids. I've always been really involved in the lives of other people's children. And people who have lives like mine, we often don't really have even language for describing what our experience is like. It's sort of illegible to other people. Like, what's your role? Why are you here?And all of this has really blossomed into work that's definitely about loving and supporting families and other people's children, but I also write about elder care and building relationships with elders and building community and cohousing. And I have a chronic illness, so I sometimes write about balancing self-care and community care. VirginiaI have been an instant convert to your work, because a lot of what you write really challenges me in really useful ways. You have really made me reckon with how much I have been siloed in the structure of my life. It's funny because I actually grew up with a kind of accidental–it wasn't quite cohousing. We had two separate houses. But I was the child of a very amicable divorce, and my four parents co-parented pretty fluidly. So I grew up with adults who were not my biological parents playing really important roles in my life. And I have gotten to the point where I'm realizing I want a version of that for my kids. And that maybe that is just a better model. So it's fascinating to consider what that can look like when not everybody has those very specific circumstances. LisaIt's a dreamy setup, actually, to have amicably divorced parents and extra parents.VirginiaI'm super proud of all of my parents for making it work. My sister —who is my half sister from my dad's second marriage—has a baby now. And my mom made the first birthday cake for them. There are a lot of beautiful things about blended families. When they work, they're really amazing. And it always felt like we were doing something kind of weird, and other people didn't quite understand our family. So I also relate to that piece of it. Because when you say "cohousing community," I think a lot of folks don't really know what that term means. What does it look like, and how does it manifest in practice? What is daily life like in a cohousing community? LisaThere are different synonyms or near neighbor terms for cohousing. Another one is "intentional community." Back in the day, we might think about it as kind of a commune, although in the commune structure, people tended to actually pool their finances. I would say that cohousing is a much more kind of hybrid model between having your own space and being up in each other's spaces and sharing all of the resources. Join the Burnt Toast community! So I really think of cohousing as coming frpm where so many dreamy social policies come from: Scandinavia. In Denmark and I think other countries in Northern Europe there is a lot of intentional urban planning around building shared, communal living spaces where there are things like community kitchens and shared outdoor space for lots of different residences. So that's kind of the model that cohousing in the US tends to come from. And sometimes it's people living together in a house. Sometimes it's houses clustered together, or a shared apartment building. It can look a lot of different ways. The shared attribute is that you're attempting to live in a more communal way and sharing a lot of your familial resources. In my cohousing community, there are just three households. It's really, really small. We really lucked into it. My partner and I were displaced due to growth in our city, and needed to find a new place to live. And we had been talking with some friends for years about hoping to move into cohousing with them. But it's very hard to actually make happen. It takes a lot of luck, especially in urban environments, but I think probably anywhere in the United States, because our policies and infrastructure are really not set up for it. So we were thinking about doing cohousing with our friends. They were going to build a backyard cottage. We were thinking about moving into the backyard cottage, but it was feeling a little bit too crowded. And then my partner was like, "Well, you know, the house next door is for sale." So it was really fortuitous, because the housing market was blowing up. Houses were being sold really, really fast, but there were some specific conditions around this particular house that made it possible for us to buy it. So we ended up buying a house next door to our friends. And then they also have a basement apartment and a backyard cottage. So there are people living in the basement apartment, and then, actually, the backyard cottage is an Airbnb right now, but it could potentially be expanded. So we have three households. One household has kids, two households don't, and our backyard is completely merged. We eat meals together four nights a week or five nights a week. Typically, we take turns cooking for each other, and have these big communal meals, and which is just such a delight. And if your car breaks down, there's always a car to borrow. We share all our garden tools, and we have sheds that we share. There are a lot of collective resources, and availability for rides to the airport ,and that kind of thing. VirginiaThere are just so many practical applications! LisaIt's really delightful. Prior to moving into cohousing, we never hosted people at all. I was very averse to the idea of living in shared space. I was really worried about that. But because we have our own spaces and we have communal spaces, it sort of works for different people's energies. And I certainly have become much more flexible and comfortable with having lots of people around. I'm no longer afraid of cooking for 12 people, you know? So it just makes it a lot easier to have a life where you can go in and out of your introversion phases and your social phases.VirginiaI'm sure because you're around each other all the time, there's not the same sense of "putting on your outgoing personality." Like for introverts, when we socialize, there's a bit of a putting on that persona.LisaTotally. It's much more like family. We're kind of hanging around in our pajamas, and nobody's cleaning their houses. VirginiaYou have that comfort level, which is hard to replicate. It's hard even for people who are good friends, but haven't sort of intentionally said, "We want this in our relationship. "There are all those pressures that kick in to have your house look a certain way. This is something I've been writing about —how the hosting perfectionism expectations are really high. Messy House Hosting! LisaAbsolutely, yeah. And it's just such an impairment for us to have to live that way.VirginiaFor me, it took getting divorced to reckon with wanting to make some changes. I mean, in a lot of ways, it was just necessary. There were no longer two adults in my household. The moving parts of my life were just more. I suddenly realized I needed support. But it was so hard to get over those initial hurdles. Almost every other friend I've had who's gotten divorced since says the same thing. Like, wait, I'm going to ask people for a ride for my child? It's this huge stumbling block when, actually, that should have been how we're all parenting and living. But it really shows how much marriage really isolates us. Or, a lot of marriages really isolate us. Our beliefs about the nuclear family really isolate us and condition us to feel like we have to handle it all by ourselves. So I would love to hear your thoughts on where does that come from? Why do we internalize that so much? LisaVirginia, you've been cultivating this wonderful metaphor about the various things that are diets. VirginiaMy life's work is to tell everybody, "everything is a diet."LisaEverything's a diet! And I feel like it's such a powerful metaphor, and I think it really, really applies here. The nuclear family is such a diet. You have done, I think, the Lord's work over the last couple of years, helping us conceptualize that metaphor around what does it mean to say something is a diet? And the way that I'm thinking of the Virginia Sole-Smith Model of Diet Culture is that there's an oppressive and compulsory ideal that we're all supposed to live up to. If we're not living up to it, then we're doing it wrong, and we need to be working harder. And there's this rewarding of restriction, which, of course, then increases demands for consumer goods and forces us to buy things. Then, of course, it also doesn't actually work, right? And all of that is coming out of a culture of capitalism and individualism that wants us to solve our problems by buying stuff. VirginiaI mean, I say all the time, Amazon Prime was my co-parent.LisaI think the nuclear family is just part of that whole system of individualism and consumerism that we're supposed to be living in. It really benefits the free market for us all to be isolated in these little nuclear families, not pulling on shared resources, so we all have to buy our own resources and not being able to rely on community care, so we have to pay for all of the care that we get in life. And that is gross. That's bad. We don't like that. And you also have written, which I really appreciate, that it's a very logical survival strategy to adhere to these ideals, especially the farther away you are from the social ideal. If you're marginalized in any way, the more trying to adhere to these ideals gives us cover.To me, that all just maps onto the nuclear family without any gaps. Going back to your specific question about why is it so hard to not feel like in an imposition when you're asking for help: We're just deeply, deeply, deeply conditioned to be self reliant within the unit of the family and not ask for help. Both you and I have interviewed the wonderful Jessica Slice in the last few months, and she has really helped me.Jessica wrote Unfit Parent. She's a disabled mom, and she has really helped me think about how interdependence and asking for help is actually really stigmatized in our culture, and the kind of logical extension of that for disabled parents is that they get labeled unfit and their kids get taken away. But there's a whole spectrum there of asking for help as a weakness, as being a loser, as being really deeply wrong, and we should never do it. And we're just, like, deeply conditioned in that way. VirginiaSpeaking of community care: My 12-year-old was supposed to babysit for my friend's daughter this afternoon, she has like a standing Tuesday gig. And my younger child was going to go along with her, to hang out, because she's friends with the younger kiddo. I was going pick them up later. But then we heard this morning that this little friend has head lice. And that did make the community care fall apart! LisaOh no. It's time to isolate!  VirginiaWhile I want us all to be together....LisaThere can be too much togetherness. You don't want to shave your head.VirginiaThat said, though: It was a great example of community care, because that mom and I are texting with our other mom friends, talking about which lice lady you want to book to come deal with that, and figuring out who needs to get their head checked. So it was still a pooling of resources and support, just not quite the way we envisioned anyway. LisaIt always unfolds in different ways than we expect.VirginiaBut what you're saying about the deeply held belief that we have to do it all, that we're inconveniencing other people by having needs: That myth completely disguises the fact that actually, when you ask for help, you build your bonds with other people, right? It actually is a way of being more connected to people. People like to be asked for help, even if they can't do it all the time. They want to feel useful and valuable and and you can offer an exchange. This sounds so silly, but in the beginning I was very aware, like, if I asked someone for a ride or a play date, like, how soon could I reciprocate to make sure that I was holding up my end of the bargain? And you do slowly start to drift away from needing that. It's like, oh no, that's the capitalism again, right? That's making it all very transactional, but it's hard to let go of that mindset. LisaYeah, and it just takes practice. I mean, I think that your example is so nice that just over time, you've kind of loosened up around it. It's almost like exposure therapy in asking for help. It doesn't have to be this transactional transaction.VirginiaAnd I think you start to realize, the ways you can offer help that will work for you, because that's another thing, right? Like, we have to manage our own bandwidth. You wrote recently that sometimes people who aren't in the habit of doing this are afraid that now I'll have to say yes to everything, or this is going to be this total overhaul of my life. And  No. You can say no, because you know you say yes often enough. So talk about that a little bit.Community building for introverts!LisaAbsolutely. I come at this from a perspective of living with chronic illness and disability where I really need to ration my energy. I've only been diagnosed in the last few years, and prior to that I just thought that I was lazy and weak, and I had a lot of really negative stories about my lack of capacity, and I'm still unlearning those. But over the past few years, I've been really experimenting with just recognizing what I am capable of giving and also recognizing that resting is a necessary part of the process of being able to give. If I don't rest, I can't give. And so actually, I'm doing something responsible and good for my community when I rest. You know, whatever that resting looks like for me or for other people, and it can look a lot of different ways. Some people rest by climbing rocks. I am certainly not one of those people, but...VirginiaThat is not my idea of relaxation. LisaBut, whatever, it takes all kinds, right? And I think that the systems of community care are so much more sustainable the more that we are showing up as our authentic selves. VirginiaYou talked about how you schedule rest for yourself. I'd love to hear more about that. LisaThat was an idea that I got from a really, really, really good therapist, by far the best therapist I've ever had, who herself lives with chronic illness and chronic pain. She initially suggested to me that whenever I travel--I have a hard time with travel--that, like, if I travel for three days, I need to book three days of rest. If I travel for two weeks, I need to book two weeks of rest. That's a radical proposition to me, and one that I still am like, yeah, I don't know if I can quite make that happen. But it did inspire me to think about what would work for me. And the reality of my life for many, many years, is that on a cycle of one to two weeks, I have at least one day where I just collapse and am incapable of doing anything. I can't get out of bed. So this conversation with my therapist inspired me to go, you know, maybe I should just calendar a day of rest every week. Instead of having an uncontrolled crash, I can have a controlled crash, and then I'm making the decision ahead of time that I'm going to rest, rather than having to emergently rest when other people are relying on me for something, right? It just actually makes me more reliable to rest on a calendar.VirginiaAnd it honors that need. You're not pretending that's not going to happen or hoping you can skip by without it. You're like, no, this is a real need. This is going to enable me to do the other things I want to do. So let's just embrace that and make sure that's planned for. It's really, really smart.LisaWell, and you know, I'll say that not having kids makes it much easier, of course. But I hope that there are ways that parents can schedule in little pieces of rest, even, of course, it's probably not like an entire Saturday. But, the more that families lean into aunties and community care, the more that that space can be carved out. VirginiaSo let's talk about the auntie piece. Is it just something, like, because these friends live next door and they had kids, you found yourself playing that role? How do you cultivate being an auntie? LisaThat's a great question. For me it was kind of both always going to happen and a conscious choice. I grew up in a big family. I'm one of six kids. I spent a lot of time babysitting as a kid for both my siblings and all the kids in my town, and some of my siblings are a lot older than me, so I became an aunt in my teens, and so I've always had kids in my life. Really, I can't think of a time when I didn't have little ones around, which I think is a real benefit, not a lot of people have that kind of life. And I was raised by early childhood educators. My mom is a teacher. My grandma was a preschool teacher. My other grandma is a teacher. There are a lot of teachers in my family, and a lot of them worked with little kids, so there are a lot of resources available to me.But then I also did have to make some conscious choices. I think that one of the early things that happened for me was one of my best friends asked me to be her child's godmother, and that kid is now 17. I know, she's a teenager, oh my god. So that relationship in my 20s started to condition me to think: How do I really show up for a family? How do I really show up for a child that's not my own child? And then when we moved into cohousing, which was in 2019 right before the pandemic started. We knew that we would be involving ourselves more in the life of a family. More on Lisa's childful lifeAt that time, my partner and I were hoping to have kids, and I ended up losing a lot of pregnancies. We decided to not become parents, but so we were initially envisioning sort of raising our kids together, right? And then when my partner and I decided not to have kids, one of the things that we sort of decided to pivot toward is like, well, we're going to really invest in these kids who live in our community, which we already were, because the pandemic hit and we were a bubble. So many people know the story. All the adults are working full time. There's no childcare. There are little kids. So it was really all hands on deck during that time, and it really pushed our community into a structure of lots and lots of interdependence around childcare and I spent a lot of time with these kids when they were really little, and that really cemented some bonds and forced us to make some very conscious decisions about how we want to be involved in each other's lives. To the point that once you get very involved in the lives of kids, you can't exit. Like, even if you wanted to. And so that changes your whole life trajectory. Moving to Mexico is off the table for me and my partner until these kids are at least out of the house, and that's many years down the road, right? It would be harmful for us to separate from these kids at this point. So, there are conscious decisions and just sort of happenstance. And I think for anybody who's interested in becoming an auntie or recruiting an auntie: Every situation is kind of different. But the piece about making conscious decisions is really important and requires sometimes scary conversations where we have to put ourselves out there and be vulnerable and take risks to let our loved ones know that we would like to form these kind of relationships. VirginiaAs someone on the side with the kids, my fear would be that I'm asking this huge favor, and like, oh my gosh, what an imposition. Because kids are chaos and these friends have a lovely, child-free life--I love my children, standard disclaimer. LisaKids are total chaos.VirginiaKids are always in whatever vortex of feelings and needs that that particular age and stage requires and asking someone to show up for that is, it's big. It's big.LisaWell, I definitely can't speak for all childless people, definitely not. But there are a lot of aunties who read The Auntie Bulletin, several thousand people who read The Auntie Bulletin, and a lot of shared values there in our community. Something that I think is a common feature among people who are aunties, or who want to be aunties, is: We really recognize how much we benefit from being in relationship with families. There are a lot of people, myself included, who were not able to have children and really want to have a child-ful life. We would feel a loss if we didn't have kids in our lives. And so this was something that I was reckoning with during the pandemic, when my partner and I were providing really a lot of childcare for another family. People would ask me: Do you feel like you're getting taken advantage of? What are you getting in return? What I realized during that time was, I'm getting paid back tenfold, because I get to have these kids in my life for the rest of my life, but I don't have to do the hard stuff. And that's really important. Parenting, I don't have to tell you, is very hard. As a person with chronic illness and disability at this point, I'm very glad that I don't have kids, because I don't think actually that I have the stamina. It's not about capacity for love, it's just about straight up physical energy. And so I'm able to have the benefits as an auntie of being parent-adjacent, without the cost. So I'm the winner in that transaction. And I think a lot of aunties think that way.VirginiaWell, that's really encouraging to hear. And I think, too, what you're talking about is just having really good communication, so people can say what they can do and also have their boundaries honored when they have to set a limit. That's key to any good relationship, so it would apply here too. Subscribe to Burnt Toast! LisaYeah, totally.VirginiaThinking about other barriers that come up. I've been reading, and I know you're a fan too, of Katherine Goldstein, and she's been writing such interesting critiques right now of how youth sports culture really derails families' abilities to participate in community. That's a whole fairly explosive topic, because people are really attached to their sports. So, I'll save the specifics of that for some time I have Katherine on to discuss this. Are youth sports a diet? Yes, absolutely. And we are not a sports family, but when she wrote about it, I immediately recognized what she meant, because every fall I noticed that my kids' friends become much less available for play dates because it's soccer season. And it's like, waiting for when soccer practice will be over, so that so-and-so might come over. Suddenly, even as a non-sports family, I feel like I'm loosely revolving around these schedules. And to bring it back to your work: That is one aspect of parenting culture that is really feeding into this isolation problem and this lack of community problem. This way that we've decided parenting has to be so intensive and performative around sports makes people actually less available to their communities. So this is a long way of asking my question: Do you think what we're really talking about here is a problem with the institution of marriage or the institution of parenting, or is it a bit of both?LisaThat's so interesting. I do think that youth sports is, like, by far, the kind of biggest engine of this. But there also are families that are, like, deep, deep, deep into youth performing arts that would have the same kind of function.Virginia Dance is another big one. Competitions taking up every weekend.LisaOr youth orchestra, sometimes those can be incredibly consuming and also incredibly expensive. So going with the grain of the parents that are really hyper investing in their kids activities: They will find community in those places often, right? It's a sort of substitute community for the length of the season, or whatever. And then my question is: What's the culture within those spaces? Is it like, hyper competitive? Is it about getting to the national championship? Is there a sense of community? Is there a sense of supporting kids around resilience when things don't go the way that they want them to? The cultures within these spaces matter. And I think it just ties back to the way that the nuclear family is a diet. Because we are so deeply incentivized to be fearful in our culture and to treat our problems with money, goods, services, activities. And the fear, I think, for a lot of parents, is that their kids are going to not have a good and happy life. So then there's what Annette Lareau, an educational researcher, calls concerted cultivation, particularly among more bourgeois middle class families of trying to schedule kids to the hilt, to make sure that they get every opportunity in life, and they can therefore succeed through every hurdle, and never have any adversity. Or that the adversity that they have is character building adversity in some way. And so I think that the hyper-involvement in kids activities does come from fear that's motivated by capitalism. And is that an issue of parenting culture or marriage culture or capitalist culture or gender culture?VirginiaAll of it. Yes. I mean, one thing I think about, too, is how these activities create their own community. But it's a very homogenous community. The child-free folks aren't there, because it's only soccer families or dance families or whatever. And you're only going to get families who can afford to do the activity. So it's a self-selecting group. This is not to say I'm doing a great job cultivating a more diverse community for my kids. I live in a white majority town. This is hard for all of us. We're not saying you all have to quit your sports! But if that's your primary community, that is going to narrow things in a in a way that's worth reflecting on. To bring this a little more fully into the Burnt Toast space, where we talk about diet as metaphor, but also diets specifically: One question I am asked a lot from the aunties in the Burnt Toast community, is, "How do I show up for the kids in my life that are not my own, I don't get to make the parenting calls, but for whom I still want to model anti-diet values?" Maybe there's stuff the parents are doing with food that's sending a weird message, or dieting in the home, that kind of thing. LisaWell, my sense is for myself—and I try to preach this gospel at The Auntie Bulletin— is that there are a lot of these moments for non-parents who are really deeply invested in the lives of kids, where it's not our call. And it's just a tricky terrain for aunties or any kind of allo-parental adults who are involved in the lives of kids who aren't their own kids. I'm really fortunate that most of my friends are pretty on board with an anti-diet philosophy. The people who are close to me, where I'm really involved in feeding kids are on the same page. But it comes up in other ways, right? Where I might have a different perspective than the parents. My sense is really that aunties do need to follow parents' lead that it's actually quite important to honor parents' decision makings for their kids. And we can be sort of stealthy ninjas around how we disrupt cultural conditioning more broadly. So I'm not super close to their parents, but we've got some kids in our neighborhood who are buddies with the kids who are a big part of my life. And those neighborhood kids get a lot of diet conditioning at home. There's this little girl, she's in fourth grade, and she's always telling me about her mom's exercise and saying that she can't get fat and she can't eat that popsicle and things like that, which is really heartbreaking to witness. And it's exactly that kind of situation where it's like, I'm invested in this as a just a member of our society, but I also care about these kids, and it's just not my call, you know? So I can just say things like, "Well, I like my body. I feel good that I have a soft body and I'm going to have another brownie. It tastes really good." And just kind of speak from my own experience, where I'm not necessarily trying to argue with their parents, or trying to convince the kid of something different. I'm just modeling something different for them. And I think it's totally fine to say, "In my house, you're allowed to have another brownie if you want one!" VirginiaThat modeling is so powerful. Having one example in their life of someone doing it differently, can plant that seed and help them reframe, like, oh, okay, that's not the only way to think about this conversation. That's really useful.LisaAnd I think affirming difference whenever we have the opportunity to do so is important. When a kid comments on somebody's body size or shape, you can just always say, "Isn't it great how people are different? It's so wonderful. There's so much variety."VirginiaRelated to modeling and fostering anti-diet values: I think there is a way that this collective approach to living and being in community with each other runs quite counter to mainstream narratives around what is good behavior, what are social expectations, and which groups do we let take up space. I'm thinking about how the group of soccer moms is allowed to be a community that everyone has paid to participate in, while the Black neighborhood having a block party might have the cops called on them. So, talk a little bit about how you see collectivism as also an act of radicalism.LisaYeah, thank you for that question. It's such a good one. A soccer community that is literally pay to play, where there are increasing tiers of elitenes—that is coded as very respectable in our society. Whereas a block party in a neighborhood of color is coded as disrespectable, unrespectable, disreputable. The music is loud and the people are being inconsiderate and their bodies are hanging out. There is all of this stigma around collectivism. I find for myself it's very insidious and subtle, the ways that collectivism is stigmatized. I have a theoretical allegiance to collectivism, but it takes having to actually ask for help to notice our friction and our resistance to that. You were talking about that earlier in the follow up to your divorce. And I've had that experience, when I've needed to ask for help around my disability and chronic illness, and there's all of a sudden this feeling of like, oh, I shouldn't ask for help. Oh, there's something wrong with that. And I think that there actually is a dotted line there between our resistance to asking for help and that feeling like we're doing something bad and anti-Blackness, anti-brownness, anti-queerness. Community is so, so essential for queer folks who have had to find their own family, choose their own community for for for generations. There's this kind of whiff of disreputability around collectivism, and these narratives around these kids are running wild and bodies are hanging out and the music's too loud, and like, what's going on there? What are they eating? VirginiaThere are so many ways we police it all.LisaIt's all really, really policed. I think that's really well put. So I think it's important to reclaim collectivism and reframe collectivism as legitimate, valuable, important, meaningful. Collectivism is something that a lot of people who live in dominant white communities have actually had taken from us through the medium of compulsory individualism. We need to reclaim it, and we need to not stigmatize it in all the communities that are around us and our neighbors.VirginiaMaybe instead, we should be looking at other communities as examples to emulate.LisaAs resources, absolutely. The disability community as well. VirginiaI think that's really helpful, and I'm sure it gives folks a lot to think about, because it just continues to show up in so many small ways. Even as you were describing that I was thinking about the stress response that kicks in for me after I host a gathering, and my house is left in whatever state it's left in. And it's like, of course, the house is messy. You just had 12 people over, and there are seltzer cans laying around and throw pillows out of place. That's because you lived in your house. You used it. But there's this other part of my brain that's so conditioned to be like, well, the house has to be tidy. And now it looks like you're out of control. But it's that kind of thing, that inner policing we do, that is very much related to this larger societal policing that we participate in.LisaAbsolutely, yeah.VirginiaAny last tips for folks who are like, okay, I want to be doing more of this. Particularly folks who want to connect with child free folks, or for child free folks who are listening, who want to connect with more families with kids. Any little nudges, baby steps people can take towards building this?LisaMy big nudge is to practice courage, because it's scary to put yourself out there. You have to be vulnerable when you ask to build a relationship that's deeper with people. And I think it actually is analogous, in some ways, to forming romantic relationships. You have to take some risks to say what you want, and that's a scary thing to do, but there are lots and lots of people out there who want to be more involved in the lives of families. And there are lots and lots of families out there who need more support.VirginiaWhen you were talking about the pandemic, I was like, I would have killed for an auntie. LisaEvery family needs an auntie. Two adults I love, Rosie Spinks and Chloe Sladden who both have wonderful newsletters, have been writing about this lately, that even having two adults is just not enough to run a household in the structure of society that we live in. I think that that's right, even if you've got a man who's pulling his weight, to crack open a whole other can of worms.Why Fair Play didn't work for ChloeVirginiaWhich, yeah.LisaThey're rare, but it does happen, and even then, it's not enough. We actually need more adults to make communities run than we get with the way nuclear families are set up. So it's a really worthy thing to seek out aunties, and for aunties to seek out families, and it's just a little bit scary. And you also have to be persistent, because when we offer, parents will usually say no. Like they don't believe us. They think their kids are too wild and whatever. So parents have to persist and and families need to persist in being welcoming. VirginiaI would also add on the parent side, as much as I appreciated what you said before about aunties have to respect parents having the final call on stuff: It's also an exercise in us having to loosen up a little. Not everything is going to go exactly the way you want it to go. The bedtime might look differently, meals might happen differently, there might be more or less screens, and we have to be less attached to those metrics of parenting and touchstones of our parenting day, and realize that the benefits of our kids getting to be with other people, way outweighs whether or not they eat three cookies or whatever it is. LisaYeah, the more that we live in community, the more we all learn to be flexible.VirginiaWhich is really the work of my life, learning to be more flexible. Work on flexibility with us!

Auntie Oonagh tried to help a young lad out who told a white lie on a first date. He had said that he was related to someone famous. This then led to his date wanting to meet this famous person. Not ideal when he is in fact not related to this famous person at all

In this episode, Hilliard sat down for a nothing but game episode with big sis, FELICIA D. HENDERSON — an accomplished, award-winning showrunner, writer, director, producer, educator, and activist, with over twenty-five years of film, television, theater, and comic book content credits!Felicia created Showtime's Emmy Award-nominated, three-time NAACP Image Award-winning series, SOUL FOOD, television's first successful African American drama, and last year, through her production company, WaterWalk Entertainment, she wrote, directed, and produced her first short film, Humanitas Prize-nominated and multiple festival winner, THE REBEL GIRLS -- a true story based on a group of girl-warriors who were arrested in 1963 for attempting to integrate a movie theater in Southern Georgia – which you can currently see on all American Airlines domestic flights.Her writing and producing credits include dramas FIRST KILL, THE PUNISHER, EMPIRE, GOSSIP GIRL, and FRINGE. Her comedy credits include SISTER-SISTER, MOESHA, and EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS. Felicia is an Associate Professor in Northwestern University's Department of Radio/Television/Film, where she teaches screenwriting and production courses. She holds a PhD from UCLA's Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media and her research interests include politics, race, gender, and cultural capital in the TV writers' room.Felicia is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a board member of the Leadership Academy for underrepresented girls called Shero's Rise, and along with her sister-colleagues: Sara Finney-Johnson, Mara Brock Akil, and Gina Prince Bythewood, she endowed the Four Sisters Scholarship in screenwriting, directing, and animation at UCLA. She also endowed the Felicia DHenderson Scholarship in Screenwriting, also at UCLA. Most importantly, Felicia is “Auntie” to over 30 nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. She grew up in Pasadena, California, but owes her skills in the kitchen – including melt-in-your-mouth candied yams, corn bread dressing, and banana pudding from scratch -- to her mother's Mississippi roots. Currently, she splits her time between Los Angeles, Chicago, and wherever film and TV production takes her.SUBSCRIBE - like, follow, share & 5-star review!PART 2 COMING SOON ON YOUTUBEYouTube Shorts, Videos & BONUS CLIPS! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCua83eFRxVA1-r3ry5c0-fQOur Motto: “Keep it GAME all day!"WWW.SCREENWRITERSRANTROOM.COMMERCH (NEW T-SHIRTS/HOODIES), and all things Rant Room!https://screenwriters-rant-room.printify.me/productsSCREENWRITERS' RANT ROOM - LIVE OCTOBER 24, 2025 12:30PM-1:45PMTHE CULVER THEATERMICHEAUXFILMFEST.COMEMAIL:ScreenwritersRantRoom@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Hilliard Guess on all social media @Hilliardguess.bsky.socialIG: @ScreenwritersRantRoomGuest:@feliciadhen1BTS: Chase "Zoom" Bell@z00m12@defiproductionllcWE ARE NOW OPEN TO SPONSORSHIPS AND BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ : Screenwritersrantroom@gmail.com

In this killer new episode of Another Goddamn Horror Podcast, we sit down with one of our favorite contestants from The Boulet Brothers' Dragula — the fierce, fabulous, and downright horrifying AUNTIE HEROINE!

Auntie Ella took over from Auntie Oonagh today in order to help a listener out with advice on her unique situation. It was quite a difficult problem to navigate around today in choosing between your best friend and their twin

Nat & Linny have made it back into the studio, better late than... well actually, lateness is the topic tonight! Being papped and getting locked out was our excuse, what's yours? Enjoy xx Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nat's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natcass1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Neice's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natsnieces⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tony's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tonycass68⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linny's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@auntielinny.lwn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ THE BIG CHRISTMAS LIVE SHOW 7th December ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- claphamgrand.com/event/live-with-nat-at-christmas/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The tiny warm-up shows 4th Nov - Dixon Studio, Palace Theatre, Southend - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trafalgartickets.com/palace-theatre-southend/en-GB/event/other/live-with-nat-work-in-progress-tickets⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 6th Nov - Hat Factory, Luton - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.culturetrust.com/whats-on/live-nat-work-progress⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 16th Nov - Hawth Studio, The Hawth Theatre, Crawley - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/the-hawth/whats-on/live-with-nat-work-in-progress⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book Club: October's Book is Happy Days by Natalie Cassidy (obvs we have to get behind our gal!!) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/happy-days-natalie-cassidy⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get reading, all reviews welcome. We're also accepting suggestions for a Christmassy thriller fiction for November Nat's solo chats - any rants always welcome!  Scraping the Barrel - SCAN AND SHOP VIRGIN NO LONGER! Marc's still adamant that days old salad from a takeaway is an ideal packed lunch - what's the maddest thing you've pack for lunch? Bonce vs list! - Are you a list maker? Always collecting for Nostalgia Fest! What's brewing with the Nieces - are we all skipping the end of summer, all of autumn and going straight to Christmas - Nat's door is! Group chat ettiquette & pranks. Nice Lorraines… get in touch! Things we're nagging with Linny about - More lateness stories and some cleaning questions, please! The Tony talks chatter - Keep your DIY questions coming, also open to some saucy two paragraph stories for Tony to read out at the Southend show - think cheeky postcards (both in tone and length)! Can we make Tony an influencer and get him any freebies?  AOB - Housecoats… lets bring them back?!  Georgina's Fact - What cat have you let out of the bag? Have you been scammed? TBC Cultural differences ep - inspired by Linny's Mediterranean heritage and her & Ellia's Italian trip, we'd love to hear about the cutural differences you've noticed between the UK and basically ANYWHERE else!  A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Aunties are back answering your real, raw, and hilarious questions in another Ask the Aunties episode!

Visit www.joniradio.org for more on sweet auntie Doris and her niece Diana. --------Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global movement today at www.joniandfriends.org. Find more encouragement on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube.

Welcome to this week's podcast episode. Today's episode is another film you can find on Tubi. This one was another blind watch, and I got to say it was a fun pick! today's feature is Auntie Lee's Meat Pies(1992)Want to support me and the podcast? Click the link below and check out my Ko-fi page.https://ko-fi.com/typhensteinFollow my social media and stream!

Episode 150 is finally here. After a couple months off I'm back and ready to knock out this month with scary movie episodes to get ready for the spooky season. The lucky film to take the 150 spot is one from the most iconic character franchises in cinema. This episode is all about 2007's "Hannibal Rising." Enjoy!Tired of worrying about your online privacy? Express VPN is the industry standard-bearer for privacy and security, keeping your internet activity private from ISPs, trackers, and malicious sites. With its easy-to-use app, you can get protected on all your devices in just three simple steps: sign up, download theapp, and connect to a server. Experience the peace of mind that comes with reliable security and consistent performance.  Use this link to get 30 days FREE!https://www.expressvpn.com/refer-a-friend/30-days-free?referrer_id=91855851Forthe quick links for all feeds https://linktr.ee/Shutuppopcorn #NetworkFamiliaMusic:Moon Bay Site:https://icons8.com/music/

There's some VERY exciting news, IF you live in the UK (sorry non-uk listeners!) Plus, where will men NOT w*nk? What's Joanne given up? How did they make dentures in the olden days? All the good stuff.If you'd like to get in touch, you can send an email to hello@MTGMpod.comPlease review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-policy/For merch, tour dates and more visit: www.mytherapistghostedme.comJoanne's comedy gigs: www.joannemcnally.comThis episode contains explicit language and adult themes that may not be suitable for all listeners.

JOY - A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.  This perfectly defines my friend Ethylina Canne and I'm so excited to share a conversation of ours with YOU.  Now more than ever we need to seek out happiness, hope and kindness and Ethylina has exuded all of the above since the moment I met her and I'm so proud to have her in my closest circle of friends.  A Christmas tree for every holiday and the bundt cake to go with it the FABULOUS Queen of Palm Springs CA, Ethylina Canne! 

trklst:keiyaA - take it 2000BLACK - You ft Lady Alma Gino - Sunshine Ramp Hiroyuki Kato - G Woman (live edit)Jamie Leeming - Storm 5 ft Alfa Mist corto alto & Moses Yoofee - VANDAL Renegade Live / Ray Keith - Too LateMC Conrad / Makoto - Golden Girl Zero 7 - Destiny (Hefner's Destiny Chill)Miss C-Line - Coming AroundKindé - Dopamine High ft Jumbo JSpoken Thought - Handle It RightQuelle Chris - Im OK I Promise King Most - Dorothy Dilla Phife OXGN - BreatheFull Metal Rabid - Stick and Move Birds & Fred Leone - BrotherYuh-huh Go - see ya in my dreams Nini Nutsubidze ft Giorgi Gigashvili - To The Sky Raiin Ali & Marque Murrey - Pookie's Cousin's Sista's Cousin's Auntie's New Work Erykah Badu - Back In The Day (BIKO aka Needles blend)Jada Hope - Yam Head Drew Haze - YOUYOUYOUDestroyer - BolognaTheorem of joy - Au MondeBrotherly - Searching Kidplugg - Metering vs ODB - RawhideSupport the showmagz fm / musik you haven't heard yet.connect: www.maggysrooftopaerial.com

trklist: keiyaA - take it 2000BLACK - You ft Lady Alma Gino - Sunshine Ramp Hiroyuki Kato - G Woman (live edit) Jamie Leeming - Storm 5 ft Alfa Mist corto alto & Moses Yoofee - VANDAL Renegade Live / Ray Keith - Too Late MC Conrad / Makoto - Golden Girl Zero 7 - Destiny (Hefner's Destiny Chill) Miss C-Line - Coming Around Kindé - Dopamine High ft Jumbo J Spoken Thought - Handle It Right Quelle Chris - Im OK I Promise King Most - Dorothy Dilla Phife OXGN - Breathe Full Metal Rabid - Stick and Move Birds & Fred Leone - Brother Yuh-huh Go - see ya in my dreams Nini Nutsubidze ft Giorgi Gigashvili - To The Sky Raiin Ali & Marque Murrey - Pookie's Cousin's Sista's Cousin's Auntie's New Work Erykah Badu - Back In The Day (BIKO aka Needles blend) Jada Hope - Yam Head Drew Haze - YOUYOUYOU Destroyer - Bologna Theorem of joy - Au Monde Brotherly - Searching Kidplugg - Metering vs ODB - Rawhide

In this conversation, The Auntie Bulletin creator, Lisa Sibbett, discusses her journey to becoming an auntie and the profound role that aunties play in the lives of children and families. Keltie and Lisa discuss: Lisa's decision to remain childfree and how her experiences have shaped her understanding of community, caregiving, and the importance of alloparents. The healing power of auntiehood, the important role aunties play in families, and the need for supportive networks in modern society.  How those willing to step into an auntie role can offer their support — and the vulnerability that's often required to do so. How co-housing can provide a sense of belonging and connection — and why it's worth disrupting plans for.  How by fostering greater community in neighbourhoods, you can replicate many of the benefits of co-housing. About Lisa Lisa Sibbett writes The Auntie Bulletin, a weekly newsletter about kinship, chosen family, and community care. A longtime Auntie herself, Lisa often focuses on the experiences of people without children who are nevertheless cultivating "childful" lives. She draws on over 20 years' experience as a teacher, teacher educator, and educational researcher to offer accessible, entertaining advice for building communities where all children -- not just our own -- can thrive. As mentioned in the show Subscribe to The Auntie Bulletin at theauntie.substack.com. _ Get details on an upcoming Kids or Childfree Group Program: kidsorchildfree.com/kids-or-childfree-program Check out our free resources here, or at kidsorchildfree.com/free-resources And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review The Kids or Childfree Podcast if you love what you're hearing! You can leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or a rating on Spotify. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@KidsorChildfree Find us online at www.kidsorchildfree.com. Instagram: www.instagram.com/kidsorchildfree

Episode 69 of She Said It First is peak best friend banter meets real talk. Kicking things off with What Irritated Me This Week, Jerrilyn Lake aka Indeskribeabull and Lynee’ Monae go in on people who borrow your stuff, call it “little,” and then forget they were broke knuckle-deep in pocket lint when they asked you in the first place. From lending money to “elevating homelessness” (yes, they really said that), the ladies turn irritation into pure comedy, reminding us all why you should never loan out anything you can’t live without. In Girl, What Happened, the spotlight is on Cardi B beating her civil case—because apparently a $24 million scratch wasn’t scratching enough. The ladies drag the lawsuit for being greed in a wig, clown the plaintiff for thinking Cardi wouldn’t show up, and side-eye celebrities who somehow always find themselves in court but never in choir practice. Things escalate with talk of Epstein files, Timberland’s creepy Aaliyah confession, and a whole detour on how men in power have been getting away with predatory nonsense for decades. It’s a heavy conversation, but they sprinkle enough side-eyes and punchlines to keep it balanced. Finally, in Girl Talk, dating disasters take center stage, with one story about a pool-owning man who ghosted so hard he deserves an Olympic medal. The ladies also unpack Tabitha Brown’s viral moment telling struggling entrepreneurs to “get a job” if their business isn’t paying the bills. While the internet clutched its pearls, Jerrilyn and Lynee’ defended Auntie Tab, pointing out that humbling yourself with a paycheck isn’t failure—it’s called funding your dreams (and keeping the lights on). YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@u1pn Follow: @urban1podcast @indeskribeabull @lynee_monae Executive Producer: Jahi Whitehead/ @Jahi_TRG Video/Social Media Producer: Walter Gainer II See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Ednesha, Marquia, and Kim as they discuss the concept of 'Auntie Energy.' They discuss the importance of embracing aging, setting boundaries, and the wisdom that comes with being an auntie. The conversation highlights the joy of living authentically, the myths surrounding aging, and the lessons learned that can be passed on to younger generations. The hosts also share personal anecdotes, tips for self-care, and their favorite auntie anthems, creating a vibrant and empowering dialogue for Black women.Download the reflection for episode 5!TakeawaysAuntie Energy is about wisdom and freedom. Aging is not a fade into the background, but a deepening of youth.You are not too old for love, adventure, or career pivots.Setting boundaries is essential for self-care.It's important to stop caring about what others think.Life gets better after 30, not worse.You can still pursue your dreams at any age.Aunties can be role models for younger generations.Embrace your joy and live authentically.Your auntie energy is your permission to live out loud.

For this edition, we help people mind their business. By reminding ya'll that Auntie Tabitha Brown said it's ok to not continue yours right away. Along with the record of Blow The Whistle questions we had this episode, and dating apps being a crazy double edged sword of faith and filth, this one is another one to remember for the TKOhNah family!!!______________________Questions/Listener Letters:TKOhNah@gmail.com

On today's episode of The Agenda, Finn Caddie joins ACC Head G Lane to discuss the capture of the "Phantom F1 Driver" who has been tearing up Czech motorways for six years (00:00)... WATCH THE FULL EPISODE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE!Also, the fellas get into Auckland FC leaking the date of their home derby with the Phoenix this season (08:45).Then, Jeremy Wells crashes the podcast to chat about the "Netty Drama" with Dame Noelene Taurua being stood down as Silver Ferns coach (13:20)...Plus, who will Razor pick for the 2nd Test against the Springboks this Saturday (21:20)?Finally, they get to your feedback in 'Yours Please' (30:00)...GET YOUR TICKETS TO THE AGENDA & BYC LIVE PODCAST HERE! Did you know that we've launched a new Facebook Group called 'The Caravan' JOIN HERE!Brought to you by Export Ultra! Follow The ACC on Instagram or Facebook or TikTok Subscribe to The Agenda Podcast now on iHeartRadio, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! iHeartRadio Apple Spotify YouTube THANKS MATE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Lil' Lo and Big Shot Shae as they discuss Tabitha Brown's tendency to speak out of turn, a mother in St. Louis who had her apartment emptied by mistake, Hampton University's Black History Museum, a mistake regarding Deon Sanders, and more ! Email for advice / to be featured: LetMeStayFocused@gmail.com Follow Our Hosts:@lilloworldwide@bigshotshae**DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A COMEDIC PODCAST** Scenarios and responses from this show should be taken with a grain of salt. In other words, this is all a joke. Unless otherwise noted, any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.

Do Men Gossip as Much as Women? | Misogyny vs. Misandry | Don't Call Me Auntie (Erin & Amanda)Society often stereotypes women as the ones who gossip—but is that really true? In this episode of Don't Call Me Auntie, Erin and Amanda break down the myths, research, and cultural biases around gossip. From workplace whispers to celebrity drama, we explore whether men actually gossip just as much (or even more) than women—and why these gendered assumptions persist.Along the way, we dive into how gossip gets tied to misogyny, how it intersects with misandry, and why both men and women can be unfairly judged for the same behavior. Is gossip a harmless social glue—or a toxic tool for tearing people down?

Do Men Gossip as Much as Women? | Misogyny vs. Misandry | Don't Call Me Auntie (Erin & Amanda)Society often stereotypes women as the ones who gossip—but is that really true? In this episode of Don't Call Me Auntie, Erin and Amanda break down the myths, research, and cultural biases around gossip. From workplace whispers to celebrity drama, we explore whether men actually gossip just as much (or even more) than women—and why these gendered assumptions persist.Along the way, we dive into how gossip gets tied to misogyny, how it intersects with misandry, and why both men and women can be unfairly judged for the same behavior. Is gossip a harmless social glue—or a toxic tool for tearing people down?

Aunties on Air Episode 32: Healing Through Language, Culture & CeremonySeptember is National Recovery Month as well as Suicide Prevention Month, a month to educate the public about mental health and substance use disorders, and to celebrate those in recovery and healing. Today we talk to an Auntie, a leader and a powerful voice for recovery. Listening to Nova share her story reminds us that healing is possible no matter where you live or the trauma you may hold. Auntie Nova is a social media influencer and champion for healing, with thousands following her on TikTok and other social media platforms. We will spend our “Auntie time” with Nova discussing her journey and all the gifts she is sharing with indigenous people across Canada and beyond! Wabanaki Words Used:Apc-oc (again in the future, parting, good-bye, farewell) https://pmportal.org/dictionary/apc-oc Topics Discussed:Novalee Fox - hhttps://www.tiktok.com/@novaleefoxCree people - https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/import/cree.phpNational Suicide Prevention Month - https://www.nami.org/get-involved/awareness-events/suicide-prevention-month/Healing and Recovery Month - https://www.samhsa.gov/about/digital-toolkits/recovery-monthNational Hotline - 988Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness Care Line – 1-844-844-2622Ethan Bear - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_BearCanSkate - https://skatecanada.ca/learn-to-skate/canskate/Residential School - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_systemAnishinaabe People - https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anishinaabeLakota People - https://blog.nativehope.org/sioux-native-americans-their-history-culture-and-traditionsSitting Bow - https://www.history.com/articles/sitting-bullIndian Agents - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_agentShy Sapp - https://www.tiktok.com/@shysapp“Acting Good” Television Show - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting_Goodemerygurninggrass - https://www.tiktok.com/@emeryburningrass0mr.christ0pher - https://www.tiktok.com/@mr.christ0phersmudge the blades - https://www.tiktok.com/@smudgethebladesIsaiah Sutherland - https://www.tiktok.com/@isiahhsutherlandPink Aunties - https://www.instagram.com/beargreasemusical/Shari McKay - https://www.tiktok.com/@sherry.mckayTalk Suicide Canada – 1-833-456-4566Kids' Help Phone – 1-800-668-6868 Wabanaki Tribal Nations:Houlton Band of Maliseet  Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians | Littleton, ME (maliseets.net)Mi'kmaq Mi'kmaq Nation | Presque Isle, ME (micmac-nsn.gov)Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township  Passamaquoddy Tribe @ Indian Township | Peskotomuhkati MotahkomikukPassamaquoddy Tribe Sipayik  Sipayik Tribal Government – Sipayik (wabanaki.com)Penobscot Nation  Penobscot Nation | Departments & Info | Indian Island, Maine Special Thanks/Woliwon: Guests: Nova FoxProducer: Gavin AllenPodcast Team: Becky Soctomah Bailey, Macy Flanders

Kelsey sits down with Caroline to hear all about her son's special 10th birthday adventure in June 2025 that started with a solo trip to Seattle for a Mariners baseball game, continued with a sleeper train ride to Hollywood for a day at Universal Studios, and ended with the whole family spending 5 magical nights at Disney's Aulani Resort in Hawaii. Caroline shares everything you need to know about visiting Aulani with kids including the Disney luau, kids clubs, food, pools, activities, and even hula-ing with Minnie Mouse.This episode is now available to watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kelseygraves If you'd like to share about your trip on the podcast, email me at: triptalespodcast@gmail.comBuy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kelseygravesFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelsey_gravesMentioned in this episode:- Caroline's Evermore Resort (Orlando, FL) episode- Seattle to LA via the Amtrak Coast Starlight Sleeper Train- Silver Cloud Inn in Seattle across from Mariners stadium- Seattle Gum Wall- SKYJO Card Game- Sheraton Universal Hotel in Hollywood, CA- Universal Studios Hollywood- Honolulu Airport: Daniel K. Inouye International - Hele Hele shuttle- Disney Planner: https://www.jkmousetravel.com/- Aulani Resort: Rainbow Reef, Painted Sky, Spa, Auntie's Beach House Kids Club, Luau, Scavenger Hunt, Ama Ama, Makahiki, The Olelo Room (sushi bar), - Pearl Harbor- Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina: Mina's Fish House by Michael Mina- Monkeypod- Ko Olina, HawaiiTrip Tales is a travel podcast sharing real vacation stories and trip itineraries for family travel, couples getaways, cruises, and all-inclusive resorts. Popular episodes feature destinations like Marco Island Florida, Costa Rica with kids, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Aulani in Hawaii, Beaches Turks & Caicos, Park City ski trips, Aruba, Italy, Ireland, Portugal's Azores, New York City, Alaska cruises, and U.S. National Parks. Listeners get real travel tips, itinerary recommendations, hotel reviews, restaurant recommendations, and inspiration for planning their next vacation, especially when traveling with kids.

Linny's back in Nat's studio to chat 40 years of being married to Nat's brother Dave. Big reflection on your thoughts and stories about the weightloss jabs, and plenty of cooking chat too! Enjoy xx Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ INSTA: @natcass1 We're also on Facebook now too: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SHOW INFO: Life with Nat - it's me! Natalie Cassidy and I'll be chatting away to family, friends and most importantly YOU. I want to pick people's brains on the subjects that I care about- whether that's where all the odd socks go, weight and food or kids on phones. Each week I will be letting you into my life as i chat about my week, share my thoughts on the mundane happenings as well as the serious. I have grown up in the public eye and have never changed because of it. Life with Nat is the podcast for proper people. Come join the community. ♥️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are the top albums and songs of the 21st century ?? Billboard put out a list and the Cruz Show debated it + they talked about what makes someone an UNC or Auntie. 

This week Moshe and Natasha are joined by author Elizabeth Gilbert! They discuss Liz's transition from little sister to aunt to grandma, AI, getting recognized at a needle exchange, and more! They give advice to one caller who's in love with her son's friend's mom, and another listener who is struggling to write her Letter From Love. Submit your deepest secrets to the Endless Honeymoon Secrets Hotline: (213) 222-8608 and ask Natasha and Moshe for relationship advice: endlesshoneymoonpod@gmail.com. SPONSORS: http://tempomeals.com/honeymoon https://www.arya.fyi (use code HONEYMOON)http://baumovie.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Back-to-school means we get educated with Cybela Clare's female-led vanity project on ancient aliens, clones & parrots! Bird's Eye View: An ET's Solution for Humanity (2020) PLUS: Battle of the Bands + our very special guest, queer hip hop king AUNTIE BOY. Class is in session!

Join Casey, Tiggz, Alan, and Rodrigo for an all-new episode, full of hot topics!HOT TOPICS INCLUDE-- Kristen makes a sacrifice on "Days of Our Lives"-- Chelsea's life is in danger on "Beyond the Gates"-- Tamara Braun joins the cast of "The Young and the Restless," as Cane thinks about his future-- Kristina, Ava, and Alexis make a pact on "General Hospital"-- Katie attempts to help Will remember his drunken night on "The Bold and the Beautiful"-- And a woman falls victim to believing an AI deepfake was soap opera star Steve BurtonTHERE'S ALWAYS SO MUCH TO 'CHAT' ABOUT, SO STAY TUNED!

One of our listeners says she's been forced to live a double life for the last few YEARS, and it's all because of a crazy gift her aunt gave her in total secrecy. Her family can never find out, that's why she's here to be today's Masked Speaker!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Besties, we're serving HOT TEA and existential crises this week! Jerrilyn Lake (aka Indeskribeabull) and Lynee’ Monae are back with another chaotic episode of the She Said It First podcast where we're discussing why the Instagram algorithm has us in a chokehold, why making friends in your 30s hits different, and how to gracefully ghost a bestie who no longer sparks joy. We're getting vulnerable about becoming our mothers (the audacity!), why our backs hurt from just existing, and how tequila is now our sworn enemy. Plus, we're sharing the tea on what happens when you realize your childhood bestie and you are living in completely different universes - spoiler alert: it's not always messy, sometimes you just... drift. And because we can't help ourselves, we're also dragging certain political figures who think they can buy their way into heaven (sir, this is not a Wendy's). Grab your wine (preferably that Sauvignon Blanc we're still hunting for) and settle in for another episode of your favorite millennials oversharing for your entertainment. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@u1pn Follow: @urban1podcast @indeskribeabull @lynee_monae Guest: Kiara Walker @kikisaidso Executive Producer: Jahi Whitehead/ @Jahi_TRG Video/Social Media Producer: Walter Gainer II See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Auntie" Whitney join us to review "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" the sequel that sequels harder that any sequel has ever sequeled.Follow Dads From the Crypt! Threads: @dadsfromthecryptTikTok: Dads From The Crypt-TokInstagram: @dadsfromthecrypt Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DadsFromTheCrypt

The Aunties have returned… and baby, absence really did make the heart grow fonder.We took a little time to rest, reset, and refill our cups with luxury, pleasure, and just the right amount of mischief. Now? We're back..... silk robes sliding off our shoulders, heels clicking across marble floors, and laughter spilling like fine champagne.PGC After Dark has always been about more than conversation… it's about creating a vibe. And when the Aunties show up, you know it's going to be bold, unfiltered, and dripping with the kind of energy that makes you lean in closer.We're talking late nights with red wine on our lips and secrets in our throats. We're talking grown-folk talk that teases, pleases, and pushes every boundary you thought you had. We're talking about that sweet spot where luxury meets lust, where wisdom meets wild, and where every story is too good not to tell.This isn't just a return, it's a renaissance. The Crazy Rich Aunties are back outside, dressed in desire and dripping in decadence, ready to remind you that grown and sexy has never gone out of style.In this episode, we're catching you up on what the Aunties have been up to behind closed doors..... self-indulgence, soft life living, and maybe a few stories too wild for daylight hours. Expect conversations that are equal parts playful and provocative: relationships, pleasure, power, and the kind of wisdom only an Auntie can deliver (with a side of laughter and shade).So dim the lights, pour something strong, and slide into our world. Because when the Aunties get together, it's always a little classy, a little nasty, and a whole lot of unforgettable. It's grown-folk talk time, baby… and we're turnin' up the volume on the realness. You already know how we do it at PGC After Dark..... no filters, no fluff, just vibes, truth, and a whole lotta sass.We want YOUR thoughts, your reactions, and your unfiltered commentary, so don't keep it to yourself… connect with us and join the After Dark conversation:Instagram: @pgcafterdarkFacebook: facebook.com/pgcafterdarkTwitter/X: @pgcafterdarkYouTube: https://youtube.com/c/pgcafterdarkDid something we said make you laugh out loud, raise an eyebrow, or leave you thinking, “Oop, I felt that”? Share this episode with your people, drop us a 5-star review, and let us know what you loved or learned!Leave your review: https://www.facebook.com/thephatgirlchronicles/reviewsAnd don't forget...... we're everywhere you love to stream:

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A proper wandering catch up with Linny as her and Nat take a literal wander. Lots of chat about the weight loss injections and what that all means for everyone now. Do get in touch with your thoughts on that, Nat's book tour and her Cooking With The Stars progress! Enjoy!! Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view⁠⁠⁠⁠ INSTA: @natcass1 We're also on Facebook now too: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ SHOW INFO: Life with Nat - it's me! Natalie Cassidy and I'll be chatting away to family, friends and most importantly YOU. I want to pick people's brains on the subjects that I care about- whether that's where all the odd socks go, weight and food or kids on phones. Each week I will be letting you into my life as i chat about my week, share my thoughts on the mundane happenings as well as the serious. I have grown up in the public eye and have never changed because of it. Life with Nat is the podcast for proper people. Come join the community. ♥️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this soul-nourishing episode of the Rich Black Woman Podcast, Yaz sits down with the brilliant Dr. Froswa' Booker-Drew — author of Front Porch Wisdom — for a masterclass in connection, confidence, and communal power.Together, they unpack:

A family road-trips from Mississippi to Pomona, California—only to discover that Auntie's longtime bungalow hosts more than childhood memories. While the cousins snore beneath a muted TV, their mother dozes on the couch and awakens to the scrape of a kitchen chair, the glow of a single bulb, and a bedroom door she swears no one entered. Through the crack drifts a woman in a white dress, hair like ink, gliding—not walking—toward the sleeper as her face twists from blank curiosity to silent fury. The house is already famous for a red-ball–bouncing ghost girl; now a new apparition wants its turn. This is a daily EXTRA from The Grave Talks. Grave Confessions is an extra daily dose of true paranormal ghost stories told by the people who survived them! If you have a Grave Confession, Call it in 24/7 at 1-888-GHOST-13 (1-888-446-7813) Subscribe to get all of our true ghost stories EVERY DAY! Visit http://www.thegravetalks.com Please support us on Patreon and get access to our AD-FREE ARCHIVE, ADVANCE EPISODES & MORE at http://www.patreon.com/thegravetalks