It’s once again time for some Kentucky politics on the pod! This week, we’re excited to interview Mae Suramek, candidate for the 89th district Kentucky House seat. It’s just a few days until the election here in Madison County, and we’re talking to Mae about running for office, running a business, and starting a new podcast about the experience of Asian Americans in Kentucky. Mae talks to us about what it means to “do well by doing good.” We hope you’ll do good next week by voting in your local election, especially if you’re here with us in Kentucky’s 89th. And don’t forget to check out “Where Y’all Really From” from Louisville Public Media. Recorded via Zoom in Berea, KY | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly

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Episode 65 - Yay for Mae!

Have you ever felt like you REALLY WANT to do SOMETHING to help fix the the world, but can't find the time between working, helping with homework, shuttling kids to practices, grocery shopping, and #allthethings? Joining us this week is Beverly Battle, an organizer & activist with Kentucky roots, who talks about her organization "Red, Wine and Blue" (check out their podcast!) that creates progressive political momentum by supporting women & helping us all learn how small actions can lead to big change. #relish Recorded via Zoom in Berea, KY | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly

Episode 64 - Let Your Light Shine - With Wine!

We’ve recently learned that we’re the eighth most popular comedy podcast in Oman, so we’re dreaming about the future of the pod in this week’s episode. Coming up are episodes on Kentucky politics and Kentucky bourbon, although not necessarily in the same episode. We also want to know what our listeners want to hear. More tales of Katie Marie Kondo-ing her drawers? More library adventures from Kelly? More murder books from Jenny? Whatever our listeners want, we’re prepared to bring it. PS. This week, we’re missing Becca who’s off adventuring in Ohio. PPS. If you live in Oman and are listening, we’d love to ask you why. Recorded via Zoom in Berea, KY | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly

Episode 63 - Pulling Back the Curtain

There’s Covid everywhere & we can’t keep safe Covid measures in place because of the dumb KY legislature & stubborn people who won’t listen to science so we're feeling a bit down. To distract ourselves, we decide to reflect on the Olympics - from the incredible US Women's Gymnastic Team to knitting divers to necklace wearing soccer/football players to dancing horses. We learn that Becca was a gymnast! And Jenny & her mom dabbled in synchronized swimming! After a month-long hiatus we’re back! #relish Recorded via Zoom in Berea, KY | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly

Episode 62 - Bow & Arrowing

It’s time for a media roundup. After Jenny and Katie’s conflict over Cards Against Humanity in the last episode, they make up over their shared affection for TikToker Kevin James Thornton. Shoutout to Katie for always sharing Hoosier-adjacent TikToks with Jenny. Becca raises the tone with some excellent nonfiction about podcast hero — and everyone’s hero!— Eleanor Roosevelt.  Finally, not even a binge watch of Kim’s Convenience can distract Kelly from a week of epic car trouble. Recorded in Red River Gorge, KY | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly

Episode 61 - Otherwise Occupied

What do a hoedown, a drowned mouse, a cutthroat game of Cards Against Humanity, hours spent on learning a TikToc dance, 45 bags of Cheetos, and a bottle of Snoop Dog wine have in common? Listen to it ALL go down in “Dancing with Wildlife,” (AKA “Notes from the Cabin” AKA “Kaftan Magic” AKA “Undisclosed Location”) a special That’s What We Said episode recorded during our epic post-Pandemic pod sisters weekend get-away. Recorded in Slade, KY | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly

Episode 60 - Dancing with Wildlife

In this week’s episode, we reflect on the “new normal” as things start to open up and we adjust to maskless shopping and hard pants. This is our first time recording together since the beginning of the quarantimes, and we get to use our fancy new mic. We’re still figuring out our microphone, and we may sound more like we were recording from a busy roadside than we did when we were on zoom. But we think our laughter sounds better than ever, and we promise to figure the noise out. Becca’s dog Freeman is the star of the show, but we also talk about library squirrels and the experts who can tell whether rodents are boys or girls. And Jenny pitches her solution to getting folks vaccinated so we can embrace even more of a hard pants, hard partying mom lifestyle: it’s the Vaccininja Van. Recorded in Berea, KY | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly

Episode 59 - The Freeman Show

Now that we’ve conquered the podcasting world, we thought it was time to share our mega-million dollar business ideas. Maybe it’s not the best idea to broadcast our business acumen before copyrighting our brainstorms. Trademarking? Patenting? We don’t know, so maybe we should just put all this genius out into the public domain. MRS! Sips and Soccer! Super Distractors! Hawt Mayor Calendars! Interested? You can reach us at our cafe bookstore in Canada...in our dreams. Recorded via Zoom in Berea, KY | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly

Episode 58 - Business Acumen, TWWS-Style

It's the outtake footage you've been waiting for, where we discuss whether to purchase a microphone for in-person recording. Sound dull? Our "under the hood" conversations are rarely dull...  Rated "explicit" for innuendo Recorded via Zoom in Berea, KY | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly

Episode 57 Bonus - Behind the Scenes of the Most Professional Podcast Ever

Between soccer, Easter, & a lot of mom type commitments, we’ve been off the air for a couple of weeks. We are back with our media recommendations for April. This month, dive into Jenny & Becca’s serious picks about WWII. Or how about some 80s Cold War intrigue with “The Americans?” But why would you do that when there’s Pig Royalty? Finally, we don't quite relish the murder bird who’s taken up residence on Katie’s roof, but we’d like to parlay her misfortune into some paid advertising from Big Birdwatcher. Recorded via Zoom in Berea, KY | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly

Episode 57 - Our Dapper Friends

What’s on the minds of four women exploring their place in the world - politics, pop culture, parenting, and everything in between. Set against the backdrop of small-town Kentucky life, informed by progessive values, gen-x sensibilities, and the search for humor and friendship amongst the insanity.

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