The besties are BACK from their week in the woods! Nika & Anya talk about their Beltane festivities, their highs, their lows, their life lessons, etc! You know, the stuff you came here for. A few trigger warnings: This episode is NOT for tempeh lovers! Beware! On a more serious note, the listener mistake this week is heavy and somewhat controversial, containing subject matter related to sexual assault and suicidal thoughts. Anya reintroduces themself with a new chosen name(!!!), Nika tells us about her days of being a heartbreaker in grade school. After spending a couple weeks in Appalachia, Anya takes us on the literal journey of Geraldine Largay, a retired nurse who tragically got lost and died while hiking the Appalachian Trail.

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OKAY WE MESSED UP PLEASE FORGIVE US! We are uploading this a week late but we have a good excuse! Kind of! Anya regales us with the story of her bloody UTI when camping on mushrooms at 19. Nika gives the entire low-down on grifter-influencer / "performance artist" icon Caroline Calloway.

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Actual real life best friend of the besties JP Maddock joins Nika and Anya on this very special road trip episode (excuse the audio), to talk Dungeons & Dragons, pansexuality, the subway shooter (brace yourselves), time management, and so much more!

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The besties discuss the stress of taxes, savings, and the fickle, uncertain nature that is planning financially for one’s future during what feels like global societal collapse. So live in the present and enjoy life as we know it while we can! Or something! We talk Ezra Miller being the face of problematic they/thems, and how no amount of nail polish can do The Work for you of unlearning toxic masculinity. Nika tells us about the time she accidentally scammed someone out of $40 and regrets it. Anya takes us on the journey of the 1990’s scandal of Heidi Fleiss AKA the Hollywood Madam, and where she is today.

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The besties lament on the trials and tribulations of doing laundry– why do we have to keep doing it?! Nika tells us about her panic! on the dancefloor, and the girlies cosplay as intellectuals by discussing French politics briefly. A listener writes in with a truly horrifying tale of forgetting to collect their money from a John and Anya tells us about the time she messed up in her early attempts at non monogamy. Nika gives us the scoop on all that led up to the comedic voice of our generation Amanda Bynes stepping away from show business, and nobody is naming names but let’s just say we aren’t fans of Dan Schneider.

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Please NO LAUGHING at the episode number! Have some composure. The besties talk about their favorite cult-run restaurant in Anya's hometown, the importance of taking breaks from both people and substances sometimes, and Anya regrets an iPhone vs Android debate from earlier this week. Nika tells us about the time she accidentally sent a scathing shit-talk text to the person it was about, and chose to dig her heels in. In wake of watching the riveting Hulu show "The Dropout," Anya takes us on the wild ride and ultimate demise of Elizabeth Holmes's fraudulent multi billion dollar company Theranos.

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Nika and Anya are back on their bullshit (waxing poetic about their gorgeous gorgeous friends) and Anya is officially in their late 20s (ok fine…mid to late 20’s!). The girlies talk about Anya’s iconic birthday party, community care, and the beauty of saying no to cancel culture within their own chosen family. Anya takes us on a deep dive about the time they accidentally made their work environment uncomfortable in the long run because something felt nice in the moment and Nika takes us on this week's Best Mistake which is about the infamous 2001 shoplifting incident involving Hollywood's favorite weird it girl Winona Ryder.

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Nika and Anya discuss Anya's embarrassing encounter with comedian Pete Holmes when they were 18, the recent controversy around trans women in sports, and of course lots of spiraling the queer community politics drain. Nika tells us about her regrets of which high school she chose to go to, for her father's approval, and Anya takes us on the amusing and tragic journey of original formula Four Loko.

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The girlies talk about International Women's Day, Women’s History Month, and Nika being a *NASTY WOMAN*. Nika and Anya once again wax poetic about the enduring legacy of Mean Girls and circle the drain once more about the complexities of being queer, trans, non binary and hot! We talk about the infamous New York Times opinion piece making the rounds this week: "I Came to College Eager to Debate. I Found Self-Censorship Instead,"  and we read an essay by comedian and writer Rebecca Rush about the DUI she got while trying not to smoke crack. Nika takes us on a deep dive about the time she also nearly got a DUI. Anya breaks down the whole story of the salacious TikTok drama and controversy surrounding the content creators Modern Warrior (Lance Tsosie) and Chelsea Hart, and the fall out affecting the user witchytwitchytv.

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