Everything But Small Talk

Everything But Small Talk

By Becca Kuest & Mattea BaillieSociety & CultureRelationships
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Everything But Small Talk episodes

  • What is family?

    Becca and Mattea discuss the standards, responsibilities, and expectations for family relationships and where that comes from.

    36 min
  • Revisiting childhood

    Mattea and Becca share pieces from their childhood and how it has shaped who they are today. They also talk about what has helped them in their processing journey.


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    1 hr 17 min
  • The lack of community in the U.S.

    In this episode, Becca and Mattea continue the conversation on community and discuss how the lack of community in the U.S. is negatively impacting our society.


    *Disclaimer: we're still recording newbies, so we apologize for the ups and downs in our volume and audio.

    34 min
  • Defining community

    Mattea and Becca define "community" and discuss an important question: is community about proximity or commonality?

    44 min
  • Making new friends

    Mattea and Becca share their recent experiences with online friend dating and share their insights on the challenges of making new friends in adulthood.

    45 min
  • Friend-xpectations

    Our first podcast guests, Jon Baillie and Kyle Kuest, share their perspectives on friendships. Does time, consistency, and proximity deepen a friendship? What do they expect and value most in a friend?

    46 min
  • What even is a friend?

    This episode we dive into the definition of a friend, how that differs from familial relationships, and how previous expectations have changed our perspective today. We also share a little more about our friendship and how that has impacted us.

    55 min
  • Why we hate small talk
    This month we will be talking about friendships. In this episode, Becca and Mattea talk about why they hate small talk and how they became best friends!
    (Disclaimer: there are some audio glitches due to spotty wifi. We're still learning the technical side of things so we appreciate your willingness to listen despite that. Also, Becca promises to never record from her mom's closet again.)
    22 min

About Everything But Small Talk

From the publisher's feed

Two best friends having deep conversations about life, relationships, and everything...except small talk of course.