43 - I'm a Genous
Chillin at the Fountain
We are back! Well, really, mentally we never left - but Danielle DID have a baby so we get a pass, right? We talk about social anxiety and Danielle's motherhood experience so far - but more importantly, Steph issues an apology to Paula Cole for giving Sarah McLachlan credit for the Dawson's Creek theme song. Danielle shares a few entries with supportive comments from Steph, including her experience with a bizarre Twilight Zone locker. Steph updates her LJ from computer lab and we reminisce about crashing each other's classes. We also talk about syndicated radio, why Steph has someone's...
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42 - Thanks for the Fries, MARK
Chillin at the Fountain
We are recording LIVE from Steph’s living room (which means you can feel free to skip past the first 90 seconds of complete cat shenanigans). Danielle shares her thoughts after finally meeting the Archaeologist and we reminisce about old music that’s held up over the years. We share about a few of our favorite CT spots (besides Dunkin, of course) and ponder the actual flavor of Fruity Pebbles. For entries, Danielle mini-deep dives into the Motorola Rokr, the Athenian Diner and Myspace Top 8. Steph shares some tantalizing Halloween costume drama, humble-brags about not being on a school bus...
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41 - Dirt + The Past = Archaeology
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In the words of Steph after editing this is episode: “it’s a longy!” We start off strong by setting limits around Danielle’s on-air gas passing. We share our co-review of Scamanda and Danielle fills us in on the latest Last Podcast on the Left tea. We naturally segue into the never-ending millennial burden of TOO MANY DAMN OPTIONS/FOMO especially when it comes to parenting styles. For our entries, Danielle’s entry covers the idealism of young love (AKA setting the absolute lowest bars ever) and dating local rock stars. She also shares about a day in her life without her cellphone in...
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40 - What to Expect When Danielle is Expecting
Chillin at the Fountain
We are celebrating some life milestones in this one! Steph is preparing to meet the Archa-parents for lunch and Danielle is having a baby (they really just let anyone have those these days). We also recap our Mom ep followed by an extended share of our latest fave shows, podcasts, and books ... all rounded out by a lighthearted discussion of the entire opioid crisis. Danielle also loves on TV commercials and we both lament the recent hike in Netflix (correction: Hulu) pricing. Our entries cover an entire week in the life of 2003 Steph (which includes a school dance, going to see School of...
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39 - GORP! with Special Guests: OUR MOMS
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We have no idea how we actually made this work, but this week we are SO excited to share out first episode with Barb and Brenda! We find out what they really think of the podcast, discuss their innate detective Mom-skills, and all take turns sharing our favorite "getting caught" teenage stories. We also reminisce about our Girl Scout days (Troup 4569 represent) and try to work out some friendship math (we have been friends for 2/3 of our lives!). Despite our best efforts to keep them on rails, we sometimes devolve into mom-talk about obscure retirement hobbies (snowshoeing anyone?), updates on...
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38 - America's Wang
Chillin at the Fountain
Welcome to our cold-open where we wonder about time zones, unrealistically matching up our layovers for way too long, and also is Chicago the middle of the country? Steph is drinking a DIY black-coffee frappe which sends Danielle into a tailspin about the Dunkin Donuts Coffee Coolatta, the OG frozen coffee bev. Inspired by our recent RL Stine Time Capsule ep, we watched the Netflix Fear Street Trilogy and finally share our surprising reactions (no spoilers!). We also touch upon the (apparently controversial) new FOB cover of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and some of our select fave insults...
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37 - CATF Time Capsule: RL Stine & Goosebumps
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Special episode recorded on 4th of July!! Fueled by our current summer bevs, we celebrate beach-read season by honoring RL Stine: “the literary training bra” of Stephen King. We start off with how we got our Goosebumps books (Scholastic book fairs anyone?) and Danielle’s review of Fear Street: Party Summer (1991) before diving into a short bio of Mr. Robert Laurence Stine. We talk about G-bumps franchise spin-offs (including which were ghost-written!) like Give Yourself Goosebumps, Tales to Give you Goosebumps and other fun treats like the mid-90s Goosebumps TV series and the Escape from...
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36 - Doin' It for the Dads
Chillin at the Fountain
We recorded this on Father’s Day, but we love dads everyday! We open by adoring our own theme song, naturally. This week is full of nostalgia as we talk about TWO-hit wonder band Fastball, R.L. Stein (AKA the Stephen King of middle schoolers), and fast food commemorative character cups. We also throw in a Radio Rental spoiler and talk about the Black Mirror revival (no spoilers!). Steph’s entry covers her entire weekend in June of 2004, complete with trips to The Space, a parking lot carnival, the “new” Waterbury Wal-Mart, and the Athenian Diner. Danielle talks about Father’s Day...
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35 - Club New England
Chillin at the Fountain
We are back from Palm Springs, where (full disclosure) we 100% did NOT record in person. We do a quick recap of our trip - including Steph's wild sensory experience at the Integratron. We segue naturally into embracing gray hair, a debate of what actually is New England, and a throwback to the late-90s term "metrosexual." Danielle's 2005 entry reminisces about being on the VIP list for an epic Head Automatic/A Static Lullaby Show and she explains the curious case of a mistaken identity death. Steph's 2004 entry is nearly unrecognizable as she is actually happy (???); she sneaks into a high...
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34 - Dadlords
Chillin at the Fountain
This episode starts off really exciting with atleast a 5-minute diatribe about what we are currently drinking. We also play with Spotify Pie and talk about our top artists. Both of our entries are from '07 today: In her entry, Danielle celebrates her family *finally* getting DISH Network and Caller ID on their house phone and promotes the "Vote for the Worst" movement to bring down American Idol. Steph reads FOUR entries for her birthday, and we speculate about the aboslutely underrated significance of taking someone on a date to a local country fair. Naturally, we close with 4.5 minutes...
info_outlineWe are back in our respective states (insert frowny bouncing cat head emot-con) and ready to dust more cobwebs off your millenial brains! We talk about the 5th grade smash hit series "Voyage of the Mimi" and Danielle's body-idolization of 2005 Jessica Alba from "Into the Blue." We have a stunning realization that pining over emotionally unavailable men (boys) is kind of Steph's "thing" and then Danielle regales us with her best Say Anything impersonation. Set that DVR - this is a must-listen!
Thing we mention:
Generation Why - The Watcher House - 457
Case 63 (Spotify Audio Drama)
Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe
VAMP Performance - Dallas McLaughlin