In this segment from today's Patreon Plaza episode, 'Barbara Corcoran is a Virgin', we wonder: Do Renee and Don make it through quarantine? Who exactly ARE Renee and Don... and why chickens?

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Bri Pruett zooms in to the pod to talk Torrid, working at kiosks before she could drive, and Clackamas Town Center aka famed training grounds of Tonya Harding. Plus, a childhood birthday spent doing a scavenger hunt at the mall, a stint working at a smoothie place, and finally, our ideal first post-vaccine days back at the mall.

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Emily and Paige are joined by the hilarious Peter Kim to talk about perhaps *the* most crucial mall store, Barnes & Noble. Plus how to test your mom’s new boyfriend at the mall, why the Americana is better than the Grove, and the horrors of working at Gap Kids. Also, an exciting round of Name That Store.

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Friend, fellow Westfield Century City enthusiast and Jersey boy Brad Silnutzer joins the pod to talk about Cherry Hill Mall aka the first climate controlled mall east of the Mississippi, Echelon Mall aka home of Exhilarama, and iconic mall staple Orange Julius aka the perfect teen date spot. Plus, in celebration of Mother's Day, it's the return of M.A.L.L.

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Paige and Emily are joined by Big Dipper (Sloppy Seconds podcast) to talk taking the bus to downtown Evanston’s Blockbuster Music, learning tricks at the magic store at Chicago’s Navy Pier, and wanting nothing more than to eat at the Olive Garden on the outskirts of the mall. Also, Paige and Emily explain what a pizookie is and learn about RuPaul’s Old Navy commercial.

*Note: We had a little technical whoopsie with Emily's audio in this episode, so it is not up to our usual quality standards. Please bear with us, we love you and it will be back to normal next week!

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Josh Gondelman (Desus & Mero, Make My Day podcast) joins Emily and Paige from quarantine in NYC to talk New Jersey outlet malls, New England strip malls, and a classic GNC sandwich board prank mix-up. Plus fond memories of shopping at the now-defunct and apparently mob-affiliated New England record store chain Strawberries. Or was it Coconuts?

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The hilarious Irene Tu joins Paige and Emily from quarantine to talk about her love for Sunglass Hut, how one of her first jokes took place at a Sbarro and which Gordon Ramsay show is the best. Plus a new isolation-insipred segment Uh Oh! You Forgot Something In Your Cart.

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Friend, comedian and mall mouse Ashley Hamilton joins Paige and Emily (via Zoom meeting all the way from NYC) to talk about missing the malls and grocery stores of LA, braving the cold to shop at superior Chicago-area mall Old Orchard and how Macys ruined the Marshall Fields legacy. Plus a long tangent about Jessica Biels now-defunct childrens restaurant Au Fudge.

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All the way from a closet in Baltimore, Eric Dadourian (Nebraska 2 out now on AST Records!!) joins the pod at long last to talk wandering the aisles of the Eagle Rock Plaza Target, meeting Rick Wetzel of Wetzels Pretzels, and where to find the most beautiful Marshalls by the bay. Plus T-T-T-TJ Maxx, confirmation of the Ontario Mills silverware sculptures and another Mall Mouse question answered.

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Broadcasting live from their respective homes, Paige and Emily are joined by Zach Noe Towers (Dating #NoFilter, Killing Time podcast) to talk about his teen years working all over the St. Louis Galleria. From getting his workers permit at 15 and a half to work at GAP Men, to rigging the playlist at Hollister, to the shame of working at Abercrombie Kids, not Abercrombie & Fitch. Plus some questions from our Mall Mice, answered.

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