Girls Talk Too Much

If you love Game of Thrones be sure to tune in to this segment every week for Ali's Throne Thoughts Recap. This is your warning, there are SPOILERS! Ali will discuss her thoughts on the most recent episode, what relationships are blossoming, whose dying, whose going to make it to the iron throne and every unsolicited thought and reaction in between.

In this episode:

Imma let you finish, but Brienne of Tarth was the greatest knight of all time. Ali's not a crier but she cried TWICE (yep, twice) during this episode, and is scared to admit that she actually likes Jamie Lannister.... Arya and Gendry finally explore their love, and Dany finally finds out Jon is her nephew (yikes). Keep listening and let's continue the convo over on @girlstalktoomuchpod !

THRONE THOUGHTS is a new special edition series on GTTM with Ali every Monday recapping the most recent episode of the series finale season of Game of Thrones. Tune in weekly to get her unsolicited opinion on what's going down on each episode and who she thinks will ultimately win the throne (praying it's not cersei.)

In this season premiere episode, we see Dany & Jon Snow's relationship start to unfold, Jon's true self exposed, and Arya finally has a love interest? Bran legitimately teleports from place to play staring people down in his wheelchar, and Sansa and Dany are most definitely not pals... Let's continue the convo on @girlstalktoomuchpod on instagram and chat all the craziness ensuing on GOT!

let's be honest, we've all had countless regrets and life lessons we've learned as we've aged. it's safe to say that ali & lindsey have learned quite a lot over the years and in this episode, they have some deep-hearted convos about what they wish they knew about love, loving themselves, and how to be independent. lindsey touches upon coming to terms with being confident and learning to be patient with love, while ali touches upon embracing her mental health issues. let's just say all the heartbreak, rough patches, and friends we've lost have taught us so much about ourselves.

We may be late to the college bribery scandal party, but you KNOW we had to still dish the GTTM tea ft. our thoughts. As two college grads, we OBVI have opinions on what happened with Olivia Jade, making donations to school (does this also count as a lowkey bribe?), and how we wish we didn't have to take the SATs (but we struggled and so should stars' children too.) Let's just say there ain't hearts everywhere you look . . .

we're not gonna lie, there have been times we (soberly, but mostly drunkenly) opened tinder and SCREECHED; why you may ask ... well four words: tinder pick up lines. the amount of times we have gotten cringeworthy pick up lines is insane, BUT we do have to say, there were some that were quite smooth. (yes we're totally looking at that one boy we matched with in college but never met)

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3:15 — lindsey and ali preview the segments that this episode will have. hint: cringe worthy tinder pickup lines

5:25 — ali and lindsey start reading and discussing their most cringeworthy pick up lines that guys have sent them on dating apps.

17:06 — the girls go through popular tinder pickup lines with each other with the challenge of not laughing. whoever loses has to use one of the lines on one of their tinder matches.

41:39 — ali and lindsey discuss their favorite pickup lines of the episode.

last week, lindsey and ali had the opportunity to go to a private screening of the new movie Breakthrough (coming to theatres April 17). this movie was truly eye-opening and had us thinking more about the power of prayer. religion, miracles and praying is not something we really talk about here on GTTM, but this movie not only tugged at our heart strings but started a discussion between how we view and approach having hope and engaging in prayer (not to mention the movie is incredibly powerful as well as lighthearted.)

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MAJOR SPOILER ALERTS!

3:53 -- why ali and lindsey didn't think they would go see breakthrough before they actually went

6:12 -- short synopsis of breakthrough & the child protagonist's back story

18:31 -- post-premiere interview: what was the theme of this movie? // everyone has a purpose in this lifetime

22:57 -- why do some people get saved and not others?

25: 55 -- what are ali and lindsey's outlooks on faith and high beings' involvement in your life's events? // what did lindsey say in the car?

30:40 -- what are ali and lindsey's ultimate takeaways from this movie // what faith means to them now?

37:45 -- chrissy metz: ultimate queen

38:56 -- who are ali and lindsey's favorite characters in breakthrough?

43:13 -- what would ali and lindsey rate this movie on a scale of 1 to 10?? // wrapping up

let's be honest, there have been SO many times in our lives we have had hardcore crushes on our own heart throbs. both (young) lindsey and ali have been guilty of googling signs to see if our crushes were into us, aanndd let's be honest, you probs did too at some point. truth be told there have even been many times in our adult life that we have questioned a guy liking us... so what do we do?! look for signs and analyze, oh and overthink -- we're really good at that!

Ali and Lindsey discuss their biggest first date fears. farting on dates? blind dates who hate dogs (big no for us), and is karaoke a horrible first date idea ? --- (only if they request bohemian rhapsody will we be truly content).

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2:45 -- lindsey's inspo for todays podcast topic [article link?] (will they actually ruin their lives??)

3:43 -- would you rather forget your date's name an hour into the dinner date or accidentally call them by your mom or dad's name??

6:43 -- would you rather find out someone you really like HATES dogs or find out they cheated on their most recent ex?

9:05 -- on every first date would you rather have hiccups the whole time or fart mid way through and your date notices it and says something?

10:23 -- would you rather fall in love with someone who's allergic to all of your favorite foods or fall in love with someone that makes embarrassing dad jokes at every restaurant?

14:15 -- would you rather, on a first date, run into your most recent ex or run into both of your parents?

17:03 -- would you rather have to wear a halloween costume on a first date for the next three years or be banned from dating for the next year?

19:06 -- would you rather go on a date with a really hot person who only speaks in pig latin or go on a date with someone and realize they look just like your first cousin?

21:23 -- would you rather snort every time you laugh on a first date or share an intimate first kiss after eating a salad with onions, garlic, and blue cheese dressing?

23:59 -- would you rather have three flavored condoms fall out of your wallet on a first date or drop your entire ice water on your date's lap twice?

26:44 -- little sidebar for ali and lindsey's current obsession

27:06 -- would you rather, every person you date for the next 5 years wears sneakers that light up, or every person you date for the next 6 months ghosts you?

27:52 -- would you rather run into your dates most recent ex on a first date or go on a date with someone who refuses to answer any questions about their ex?

29:09 -- would you rather only be able to speak in rhyme for an entire first date without offering explanation or have to recite the pledge of allegiance before each bite? (this date would end before anyone eats!!)

31:07 -- would you rather go on a date with someone who does magic tricks the entire time or go on a date with someone who tries to sell you Cutco knives at the end of the date?

33:18 -- would you rather involuntarily giggle every time your date says the word "the", or be physically incapable of using words that have the letter A in it?

34:42 -- would you rather go on a date with someone who cannot eat anything before they post it on instagram or go on a date with someone who live tweets the entire date?

35:47 -- would you rather have your date tell you there's a booger in your nose an hour into the date or loudly toot when you stand up to use the restroom?

36:45 -- would you rather go on a date with someone who's really into high fives (even strangers) or go on a date with someone who's physically incapable of walking by a dog without stopping to pet it?

37:31 -- would you rather realize an hour into a first date that you've been out with this person before or accidentally call them by your ex's name three times in a row?

lindsey and ali are back with another episode telling their TRUTHS on what really goes through our minds on instagram. from the editing, to the posting, to the amounts of likes, to the use of engagement groups, to the algorithm, and beyond, we tell all (well maybe just our opinions on the subject). we go on to even expose ourselves and others in that we have this fake candid idea that like ... it's gonna look real and authentic, but it's not real and authentic.

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3:45 -- on a scale of one to SUPER toxic, how toxic do ali and lindsey think instagram is?

5:35 -- the shift from sharing our authentic lives to sharing our inauthentic lives // we can easily validate or invalidate ourselves by how many likes and comments we get on a photo

7:38 -- what's the dumbest sh*t ali and lindsey have done for an instagram post? // why do we post with the mindset of the potential number of likes?

17: 35 -- we have this idea that fake candids are going to look "real" and "authentic" // on the topic of influencers & getting their "approval" of sponsored products

22:55 -- what are ali and lindsey's thoughts on engagement groups? do they actually work?

27:09 -- what do ali and lindsey think of people who post on their stories complaining about the instagram algorithm /complaining that their engagement is bad? // what and when you post effects your engagement

33:28 -- following ~actual~ celebrities & who else ali and lindsey like to follow

36:39 -- instagram is a virtual facade & a highlight reel

37:13 -- do ali's instagram stories bother lindsey because they're not aesthetically pleasing????

39:11 -- friends getting upset for not being ~featured~ on your 'gram // "insta-official" & why are we so hesitant about posting pictures of their significant other?

44:00 -- everything is not as it seems // what if instagram made us put disclaimers of every photo manipulation in the captions of posts?

lindsey and ali are BACK at it again (just not with the white vans) more-so back at it again with the long lost tales of their college spring break(s). on this episode we talk about everyone’s (well every college kid’s) fav topic -- SPRING BREAK! college spring break... legit, what a time to be alive. listen along to hear some of our best travel tips, reminiscing on our past trips, and how WE budget for traveling.

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2:55 -- being able to afford travel

5:25 -- when to travel if you want to avoid the spring break crowd, top websites for travel planning (http://hotels.com, airbnb, flight searches)

10:57 -- the best day to book flights & best days/times to fly

15:05 -- what to pack for spring break & lindsey's best packing tips

17:23 -- what's on the top of ali and lindsey's packing list? (essentials

30:08 -- tips for budgeting // what's important to ali and lindsey to spend money on while on a trip?

33:08 -- being safe on spring break & doing your research

36:14 -- thinking of drinking tap water on spring break ?! THINK AGAIN !! BUY BOTTLED WATER!

37:53 -- having an itinerary (this is KEY)

WEBSITES WE USE FOR PLANNING TRIPS

hotels.com 👉🏻https://www.hotels.com/

skiplagged 👉🏻https://skiplagged.com

airbnb 👉🏻https://www.airbnb.com/

packing cubes 👉🏻https://www.amazon.com/OEE-Luggage-Packing-Organizers-Travel/dp/B07G2WS388/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=packing+cubes&qid=1551619635&s=gateway&sr=8-13