In our final can of PCPS Light before S17 starts next week (!!) we're giving you our latest recs by letting you know what we've been reading, watching, and listening to. Come for the recs, stay for Carolyn's song.

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Do you know who wrote the theme song to “The Waltons?” Or where Ann Romano was moving her family in “One Day at a Time?” Find out if Carolyn and Kristin do as Michelle tests their pop-culture knowledge with quizzes from our favorite throwback magazine and website, REMIND. (Shouting the correct answers at your listening device encouraged. Shouting at Carolyn and Kristin not.)

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EPISODE 241 A full- calorie PCPS Light where we ditch the timer to talk real life: the tragedy at Annunciation (in Kristin’s backyard), Carolyn’s HUGE life news and exciting new chapter, and a magician Michelle met in Aspen who was friends with John Denver. (Magician + friends with John Denver = Michelle's head exploding.) Join us as we go from tears to laughter … because isn’t that what real life is full of?

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Join us for a light and refreshing shakedown of everything on our minds this week. Kristin found not just Darth Vader but also Amish ladies in the Wisconsin Dells. But she couldn't remember how to get off the pommel horse (pro tip: ask Kurt Thomas). And somehow that led to a personal and enthusiastic conversation about the new no-make-up Pamela Anderson on the red carpet. Perhaps she was a role model all along? We know -- it doesn't make any sense. But when you listen, we promise you'll be nodding your head right along with us!

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Join us for another refreshingly light episode celebrating (quickly) the new documentary about the shark movie that created the word ‘blockbuster.’ Jaws@50 gave us all the behind-the-scenes info we love; Steven Spielberg’s lasting trauma post-filming, the Martha’s Vineyard locals who got to star in one of the biggest movies of all time, and that damn mechanical shark (tears out hair)! There are so many stories to share and they will all lead you to a repeat viewing of this now-classic movie of summer.

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Welcome to the first can … er, episode … of our six-pack of PCPS Light episodes: all NEW light and refreshing conversations we’re bringing you while we work on Season 17 (can you taste the hint of lemon?)! Today’s short & sweet episode covers some of our recent viral-ish social media posts (with some impassioned reader’s theatre readings of some of our favorite comments from YOU), plus Monica Lewinsky? Yes, Monica Lewinsky. Listen now for our first UNresearched, UNscripted, and UNapologetic half-hour episode!

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Today’s episode is like a dream come true. The CHiPs Roller Disco episodes (yes, episodeS — it was so glorious it needed TWO parts!) serves as a hedonistic time capsule of what we wanted our lives to look like in the late 70s … and if you lived in southern California, it probably did. From Leif Garrett as an exhausted pop star (so, so tired) to former pro-football stars on wheels to the cornucopia of A, B, and D-listers rolling (and walking) down a Soul Train line at the rink, we’re (over)excitedly covering the highlights that make these episodes of CHiPs so delightfully 70s. Join us — and John and Ponch, of course — as we roll through all the glory!

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Join us for the CONCLUSION of last week's episode.

Today’s episode is a little bit different; normally we’re talking about all the things we had as children. Our records, our books, the TV shows we loved to watch (possibly while our parents were still at work or making dinner or smoking Virginia Slims while they watered the lawn). But the things our parents liked were also a big part of our growing up – and that includes all the Broadway shows from the 60s and the 70s that dominated the charts and broke box office records and filled our living rooms with soaring anthems, heartbreaking ballads, exciting dance numbers, and the occasional reference to t*ts and a$$ (but it was okay! Because it’s BROADWAY!). We didn’t all live in New York City and we didn’t all go see Broadway shows - but still our parents knew and loved the latest Broadway crazes enough to spend their hard-earned money on the soundtracks that came from them. And as a result, these are often the songs we know every word to – because we sang them, loudly, possibly in the backyard while fantasizing about playing Annie on stage. Join us for a surprisingly personal conversation about the music that belonged not just to us – but to our whole families.

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Today’s episode is a little bit different; normally we’re talking about all the things we had as children. Our records, our books, the TV shows we loved to watch (possibly while our parents were still at work or making dinner or smoking Virginia Slims while they watered the lawn). But the things our parents liked were also a big part of our growing up – and that includes all the Broadway shows from the 60s and the 70s that dominated the charts and broke box office records and filled our living rooms with soaring anthems, heartbreaking ballads, exciting dance numbers, and the occasional reference to t*ts and a$$ (but it was okay! Because it’s BROADWAY!).

We didn’t all live in New York City and we didn’t all go see Broadway shows - but still our parents knew and loved the latest Broadway crazes enough to spend their hard-earned money on the soundtracks that came from them.

And as a result, these are often the songs we know every word to – because we sang them, loudly, possibly in the backyard while fantasizing about playing Annie on stage.

Join us for a surprisingly personal conversation about the music that belonged not just to us – but to our whole families.

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On the eve of the release her second novel, The Scott Fenwick Diaries, we’re talking with someone we know who knows a LOT about the importance of all types of crushing as well being incredibly insightful about all THE FEELINGS that come along with them, our very own Kristin Nilsen! (Seriously, she was (and still is) all of us at age 12!) The Scott Fenwick Diaries is more than just a middle-grade novel about a first crush, it’s ALL OF OUR first crushes. (Who knew we were all feeling the same insecurities?!?) Join us as we chat about the incredible relatability of the book, talk about Kristin’s writing process with this second novel, share our favorite parts and our own first crush stories, and so much more!

For more info on Kristin's Book Launch Party. Click here then scroll down and click on Kristin’s event.

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