119 Preamble Series 5of6: Promote The General Welfare
Release Date: 11/18/2020
129 Pride: Then and Now
Siena and Toast: The Podcast
ukulele-playing LGBTQ+ folks: check out UkeCurious on and (@ukecurious) the evolving alphabet soup of LGBTQIA+ Toast’s emotional reaction to the nouns: girl, woman, ladies, sir, son ‘femmes’ are more common than ever these days, no? support for Pride from mainstream culture (business, entertainment) did not used to happen! The Advocate, an LGBT newsmagazine, was only available at a special magazine store Siena’s first time in a gay bar: underage and underground the sneak attack of representation = Siena loses in a laugh-attack = Toast’s first Indigo Girls...
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128 Getting Back Out There: Parking Meters & Pandemics
Siena and Toast: The Podcast
Things are opening up as COVID-19 is being beaten back here in the U.S.. We have stories and thoughts about getting back out there. Topics we touch on in this ep: Happy Pride, we’re boring lesbians. Downtown districts & one way street games NEW, new-fangled parking meters? Bah, humbug. - we’re participating in their Hawaiian theme on 6/12/21 Post-quarantine & social anxiety self-awareness, self-respect, and other-respect for going at your own pace the opportunity of a century: more support and understanding in establishing new norms in our social lives
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127 Personal Energy & Capacity
Siena and Toast: The Podcast
Virtual communication has downsides. In this episode, our chat includes the following thoughts. “productivity” is part of, but not actually everything personal capacity: can you bring your whole self to your social interactions? you’ll have more time if you “waste time” on self-care the strangeness of being the first humans ever, to socialize virtually maybe we’re living in a Black Mirror episode? (Netflix) why Zooms are still taxing, even though you didn’t actually go anywhere or do anything, physically how to ‘come back to yourself’ through physical practices that simply...
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126 WTF DMV
Siena and Toast: The Podcast
Ahh, the Oregon DMV. It wasn't bad, actually! According to Toast. Siena had a somewhat different take. But one thing's for sure: we both had a blast talking about it afterwards. Join us for the 'first-world problems' and laughs in this ep that includes: iPhone notifications not working "Real ID" technology in new driver's licenses dick-nose mask wearers low-tech stylus simple kindness during heightened race-based violence Oregon vs. California DL pics coconut flour biscuits, Old MacDonald, and rude hand sanitizer
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125 Protect Your Dreams
Siena and Toast: The Podcast
In this ep: I Know This Much Is True (HBO Max) people's reactions to your dreams self-doubts and inner conflict an appropriate language of violence within spirituality and personal development we all have wounds, and relationships are in many ways all about that reality one-second kindness
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124 New Beginnings?
Siena and Toast: The Podcast
In this episode: people's *real* opinions about having kids ;) Romero Creations artist spotlight video COVID-19 survivors: podcast listeners' experience and the symptoms they're still suffering with observations on what life feels like after a year of coronavirus quarantine: hair, shopping, errands, etc.
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123 Love and Above Cat Club
Siena and Toast: The Podcast
In this episode, Siena leads us in introducing a labor of love that has some very personalized goodies created especially for very specific people. People who are lovers of cats, and woo, and who welcome support when it comes to self-care. What exactly is this labor of love? It’s - Also in this episode: one thing about social media that’s good the amazing and amusing thing about the times we are living in the evolution of LGB to LGBT to LGBTQ to LGBTQIA to LGBTQ+ to…? why humans crack us up
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122 Our First Road Trip Together
Siena and Toast: The Podcast
A rambling conversation about our first road trip together, to film a music video for Hawaiian Airlines back in the early 2000s. The convo goes off-track most of the time, and so it also includes... The best recipes we've ever tried for vegan alfredo sauce and bacon; recipes from Probably don't go hiking up a small mountain in the Southwestern US in wedge heels, with just one row of fig newtons, even for golden hour When was the last time you bought a CD from a store and dealt with that annoying cellophane wrap and jewel case that broke way too easily? If you live long enough, you'll...
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121 Inauguration, Baking, Snow
Siena and Toast: The Podcast
After a hiatus, we're finally back, with the intention to release 1-2 episodes per month. Until further notice, of course. We're keeping it casual, as this podcast is generally less of a narrow subject-matter-based thing and more of a simple-regular-life-lived-by-a-lesbian-couple thing. In this ep, we just "talk story" (the Hawaiian slang for "chit-chat"), catching you up on some of the stuff that's transpired since our last ep. Christmas music videos we posted on Instagram () Inauguration Day and our reactions to it Toast's emotional therapy: connecting with the America of a century ago...
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120 Preamble Series 6of6: Blessings of Liberty
Siena and Toast: The Podcast
We'll be taking a hiatus from the pod; to stay in touch, please follow us on social media: we are @sienaandtoast on , , and and/or join our . This is the final episode in our series about the Preamble to the Constitution of The United States. Here’s a short list of things we cover. John Adams quote from a letter to his wife Abigail in 1780: "I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in...
info_outlineWe discuss thoughts that come to mind, when the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution says that one of its goals is to “promote the General Welfare.” This is the second-to-last episode in this series on The Preamble. Here’s a short list of things we cover.
- positive peace, negative peace
- CitizenUniversity.us
- how we spent part of Election Night
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: remarks from a Naturalization Ceremony in 2018 – "First, our government has limited power. It can exercise only the authority expressly given to it by the Constitution; and, second, citizens of this country enjoy certain fundamental rights. Those rights are our nation’s hallmark and pride. They are set forth in the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the Constitution. They are inalienable, yielding to no government decree. ... As new, well-informed citizens, you will play a vital part in that endeavor [of achieving a more perfect union] by first and foremost voting in elections, serving on juries, and engaging in civic discourse. ... We sing of America sweet land of liberty. Newcomers to our shore, people like you, came here from the earliest days of our nation to today, seeking liberty, freedom from oppression, freedom from want, freedom to be you and me."
- “With All The Stars” the song that closes this episode, is on
- Apple Music (iTunes): https://music.apple.com/us/album/with-all-the-stars/1525066865
- and at Daniel's website: https://danielho.com
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