Kathy (Julie's mom) talks about why she's so interested in family history and shares some stories of her adventures in ancestry. 

Julie is asked about where she'd want to travel.

Samantha joins to pod to bring some brevity to this dark season of the year, sharing stories of the time she was part of a catering staff at some very fancy parties.  It gets really ugly, really quickly.

Julie shares her favorite memories of Samantha's husband Bryan.

Ryan talks about friendship through the years, as a kid and now as an adult.

Julie talks about not only coming out but coming out in a pandemic.

Michelle talks about how life changing making her own clothing has been and the stories our clothes share with the world.

Julie talks about what it feels like to be a femme plus-sized woman.

Resources:

Michelle's website (with links to her amazing weekly newsletter and her books)

Love to Sew Podcast

Lisa Woolfork - Black Women Stitch

Blackbird Fabrics

Minimalist Machinist

Badass Cross-stitch

Nat tells us his love story and what it means to be open to possibility.

Julie talks about where she would go if she could go anywhere and what's stopping her.

Abby talks about raising chickens and how she was a horse girl.

Julie talks about why she's afraid of birds.

Hafsa shares the story of coming out, how it ties into her work as an anthropologist, and what it feels like to be seen as queer.

Julie talks about why she's doing this project and what it means to her.

Resources:

Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman

Chris shares stories about his beloved dog Tuna and what it is like to deal with sudden loss of a companion.

Julie answers where is a space that she feels most vulnerable, most like herself.

Resources:

IRL: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in our Digital Lives by Chris Stedman

Bernie Sanders-loving Minneapolis dog goes adorably viral [VIDEO]

Jane Sanders meeting Tuna

Ali talks to us about her love affair with television that could be called garbage and what it means to learn from others whose lives are filmed.

Julie is asked to recall a ridiculous experience in her moment of vulnerability.

Marissa tells us about her journey to sobriety and the value of talking about our dark times. *

Julie's moment of vulnerability pushes her to think about what she's afraid of.

*A warning to our listening friends, there is discussion of self harm and substance abuse in this episode.