The House of Mirth: How Do We Count the Cost of Our Choices?
Release Date: 01/14/2020
The Taming of the Shrew: 10 Things We Hate Right Now
The Medium Talk Podcast
Today we're taking a page from the Costanza family playbook and celebrating Festivus in September with our Airing of Grievances. From bananas and birds to cable news, vauguebooking, and passive-aggressiveness, we're telling you how we *really* feel and ... we've got some spicy takes, y'all. Plus, at the end of the episode we make an important announcement about the future of The Medium Talk Podcast.
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Hoosier Daddy: A Defense of the Romance Novel with Leigh Kramer
The Medium Talk Podcast
Romance novels have long been a source of collective societal derision: the over-the-top covers, the euphemisms, the punny titles. However, they're also a financial boon for publishing houses ... which means there's a *lot* of secretive reading happening out there. But why is it such a secret? Leigh Kramer joins us in the fourth chair for a fun debate about the merits of reading romance and offers recommendations for everyone from the easily embarrassed to the carnal connoisseur.
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Just Mercy: Exploring the Intersection of Grace and Justice with Tori Petersen
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With social media, 24-hour news cycles, and #cancelculture on the rise, the clamor for justice feels almost … frenetic. Suddenly grace and mercy feel like quaint notions. Tori Petersen joins us in the fourth chair today as we wrestle with the question, is justice without grace really justice at all? We also talk about summer jobs and pregnancy cravings.
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Sophie's Choice: The 2020 School Year Conundrum
The Medium Talk Podcast
The start of the school year is right around the corner but instead of the usual quest for pre-sharpened Ticonderogas, 2020 is upping the ante. The pandemic has altered everything about school as we know it, and today we’re talking about what our options are, the ones we’re choosing in our own families, and the reasons behind our decision. We also talk about how much Anna loves Zac Efron and how we do (and don’t do) kids’ TV programming.
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Alexander Hamilton: Loving and Wrestling with a Cultural Juggernaut
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If you have a pulse (and Disney+), odds are you’ve jumped on the Hamilton train. In today’s episode, we’re talking about our initial encounters with the play, what it was like watching the original cast from our living room, and the extent to which it was a family affair. We also talk about some of the controversy surrounding the play and the role of art as cultural commentary. Plus, we play a lightning round of COVID-themed “would you rather” and talk about how we do—and don’t do—fashion tr
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Things Fall Apart: How to Play the Hand We're Dealt with Lesley Miller
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Today we're joined by our good friend Lesley Miller to talk about how to proceed when life doesn't go the way we planned. From unexpected deaths to devastating diagnoses to, well, the entirety of 2020 thus far, we share the life hands we wish we'd never been dealt, what we learned from them, and the types of support we received that mattered the most. We also keep things light with a conversation about our favorite beach reads and how we do (and don't do) staying in touch.
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Pride and Prejudice: How Do We Do the Work?
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In conversations around race, racism, and white privilege, one phrase crops up over and over: do the work. But what is "the work" and how do we do it? That's what we're talking about in today's episode. As three white women, we're honest about where we're at and the areas we want to do better, and we share a whole host of books, TV shows, and movies that are helping us improve. We hope our conversation leaves you encouraged, challenged, and equipped to, well, do the work.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude: Dealing with Boundary Fatigue
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In today's episode, we're discussing the challenge of navigating what life looks like as things begin to open back up again after weeks of safer-at-home orders. How do we know what's safe, and how do we handle disagreements with family and friends who see things differently? We talk about where our own boundaries are, what shapes them, and admit to the exhaustion we feel trying to maintain them. We also share our irrational emotional freakouts during quarantine and how we handle household purchases.
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Tuck Everlasting: Are We the Grown Ups Now?
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In today's episode we're talking about the difference between being "a" grown up and "the" grown up, the times we kind of feel like we're faking it, and our kneejerk aversion to being ma'am-ed. We also talk about the beauty of a Mother's Day when the bar of expectations is essentially floor-level and how we do (and don't do) planners.
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The Catcher in the Rye: What Do You *Really* Remember From High School?
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This week, we're flashing back to the turn of the millennium and talking about high school. From our surprise at what actually stands out about those days to the things we wish we could recall, we find that memory is a funny thing indeed. We also talk about the unexpected joys in this season of #flatteningthecurve and how we do (and don't do) music.
info_outlineDescription: Today, we’re throwing it back to our college econ class days with a conversation about opportunity costs. When weighing a decision, there’s the obvious price, or cost, of the choice we make. But the opportunity cost is the price of what we don’t choose. So how much does that play into our decision making? Do we wrestle with any regret over our big life choices, now that we better understand what they cost us? We also wage a lighthearted battle over the 1994 vs 2019 versions of Little Women (2019’s hot Professor Bhaer is the great unifier) and break down our individual approaches to crafting the perfect cup of coffee.