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This episode Summer and Joanna chat about the tenth annual IGGPPCamp, which this year is Time Travel themed.

Topics this week include Barbie (the movie), The Woman in the House Across From the Girl at the Window, and their top 5 IGGPPCamp memories.

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• https://geekgirlpenpals.com/camp

This week's Ask Charm Bomb question: Camp??

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This episode Summer and Joanna chat about the etiquette of gaming in public (and what to do when you encounter gamers in the wild), as well as the classic genre of the "musical episode" without talking about any actual musicals.

Topics this week include Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, playing the accordion, Pokemon Go, and their top 5 cute costumes for cats.

Mentioned this episode (aka our cats' instagrams):

• Gawain's World: https://www.instagram.com/gawainsworld/

• Make With the Tuna: https://www.instagram.com/makewiththetuna/

This week's Ask Charm Bomb question: Etiquette for gaming in public?

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This episode Summer and Joanna chat about grief and its many strange facets, and what to do when you lose a friend (spoiler: nobody knows so you just do your best).

CONTENT WARNING: death, grief, dark humor related to death, cancer

This week's Ask Charm Bomb question: How do I cope with losing a friend who doesn't live near me?

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This episode Summer and Joanna chat about ways to remember friends' birthdays, how to stay on top of sending cards, and the benefits of scheduling things in advance.

Topics this week include Muppets Mayhem, Animal Crossing New Horizon, organizing spaces, and the tea they would serve to their top 5 favorite dinosaurs.

This week's Ask Charm Bomb question: Advice for remembering to send birthday cards?

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This episode Summer and Joanna chat about finding fun things to do outdoors even if you aren't "outdoorsy" by leaning into the stuff you love.

Topics this week include Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves, Jurassic Park LEGO play sets, Dinosaur Train, themed picnics and photoshoots, SUE the t-rex, and their top 5 dinosaurs (will they match on all 5??).

Mentioned this episode:

• Jurassic Park Triceratops Research LEGO set: https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/triceratops-research-76959

• SUE the t-rex: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/sue-t-rex

This week's Ask Charm Bomb question: How do I have fun outdoors if I'm not outdoorsy?

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This episode Summer and Joanna chat about how they change perspectives when feeling stuck in a rut, using art as a way to refresh the mind, and live-action Disney movies they have (or haven't) seen.

Topics this week include Eurovision, renaissance faires, and their top 5 Would You Rather Lord of the Rings edition questions.

QUESTIONS:

• Live in The Shire or live in Rivendell?

• Be an Ent or an Orc?

• Have the Dwarves over for dinner for a week or live with Radagast for a year?

• Hang with Merry or Pippin?

• Go to Valinor and live forever without your friends or stay in Middle Earth and die with your friends?

This week's Ask Charm Bomb question: What do I do if I feel stuck in a rut?

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This episode Summer and Joanna chat about forgiveness and boundaries after a friendship breakup, Summer tells a classic yarn about dream casting a musical with Lord of the Rings actors, and Joanna gets super excited because it's Hobbit month. So, the usual.

Topics this week include Queen Charlotte: a Bridgerton story, Extraordinary Attorney Woo,, and their top 5 things they'd like about being a Hobbit.

This week's Ask Charm Bomb question: How do I navigate a very late apology after a friend breakup?

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This episode Summer and Joanna chat about saying goodbye to favorite shows, series, or characters, finding shared community with fellow fans, and what makes a reboot or reunion show work (or not).

Topics this week include Star Trek: Picard (and The Next Generation), Bowser's Fury (and Super Mario 3D World), and their top 5 memories of playing Neopets. So. Many. Neopets.

This week's Ask Charm Bomb question: How do I face the end of my favorite show?

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This episode Summer and Joanna chat about childhood video gaming experiences and how to navigate when someone accidentally hurts your feelings, or you witness someone being hurtful.

Topics this week include Perry Mason (rebooted tv show), Lockwood & Co., GameBoy and Nintendo, and their top 5 classic console games.

This week's Ask Charm Bomb question: How do I navigate when someone accidentally insults me?

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This episode Summer and Joanna chat about supporting artists while on a budget, letting go of things that no longer hold meaning, and managing a collecting hobby.

Topics this week include How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, leatherworking and shoe-making, and their top 5 favorite decades in honor of a decade of IGGPPC.

This week's Ask Charm Bomb question: How do I break the completionist collecting cycle?

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