Julie's Journal

Bree McKenna, bassist of Tacocat, Childbirth and Who Is She? joins Julia on the pod. Julia manages to hold Bree's attention for an entire hour of both riveting and incriminating conversation about their first Childbirth tour, the extremely dramatic summer of 2014, and Julia's semester abroad in Florence, Italy in 2011.

Julia shares some lols with her bandmate Gretchen Grimm, drummer of Chastity Belt. They talk about sophomore and junior year of college, their first band "Combo Pack," and the early days of Chastity Belt.

Julia speaks with nearly forgotten Australian folk singer Darren Hanlon, reading journal entries from their 2015 US tour with Courtney Barnett. Darren explains Australian terms like "whipper snipper," "school camp" and "schoolies week." A lot of what is said between them is lost in translation, as they struggle to communicate while coming from vastly different cultures and generations. Julia's energy and enthusiasm on this episode is somewhat low, and she will try to do better next time, but she would've been more prepared if Darren had gotten the time of their Zoom call correct.

Julia talks with her oldest (not age-wise, but time-wise) friend Kate Wheeler about their infamous trip to the UK in the summer of 2010.