Have you worn out your favorite pajamas yet? Us too! No matter how many holes we have in our pants, we're pressing on with this week's episode. (This was recorded pre-COVID, so if it sounds like we still had hope and wonder in our voices, that's why.)

At any rate, we had a FANTASTIC conversation with the wildly impressive and professional badass, Christie Clough Bishop about being the breadwinner in a relationship. Did you get tense just reading that? We know! It's a topic we were eager to cover because it's rife with preconceived notions and stigma! Why, though? Is it because money makes everyone get weird? That's what we wanted to know... and dug into!

Christie is a powerhouse in the advertising world while also hosting her own podcast, Commercial Grade. She's appeared on Adam Carolla's podcast and now... ours! Her journey to becoming an earning champion is inspiring and gave us some #goals. We're excited to hear your feedback on this topic and hope you'll share your stories of your own badassery!

Tina-Louise, Christie, and Tara Jean basking in the glow of lady power.

As always, thanks for listening, thanks for your support! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and like and subscribe on your favorite podcast provider!

We hope everyone is staying safe out there! This episode was recorded prior to learning that no one washes their hands (why are some people so gross?) and that America is very concerned about how much pooping they will be doing in their own homes. Hope our plumbers are ready for this poop-demic...

The super adorable Megan Brasfield sat down with us to talk about her current relationship with her long-distance boyfriend who lives in Australia! WHOA! We asked her if she could tell Hugh Jackman hello for us and force Nicole Kidman to be our new bestie, but we haven't heard back from them, sooo... we'll keep waiting, mates! (See! We've already got the lingo down!)

Long-distance relationships can be tricky to navigate but since everyone on the planet is technically in a long-distance relationship with one another, we could all use some great tips and tricks. Maybe Megan will teach a class after this!

Tina-Louise, Megan, and Tara Jean lost the battle with super glue. No chins survived this incident.

As always, thanks for listening, thanks for your support, now go order some takeout from your favorite place. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and like and subscribe on your favorite podcast provider! And a quick request from, well, everyone: STOP HOARDING TOILET PAPER.

The uber-talented Scott Palmason sat down with us to talk about his experience with divorce. This is a subject that almost no one wants to talk about but let's face it--nearly every single person reading this has first-hand experiences with the Big D! (Also, some of us would like better experiences with other types of 'Big D.' We digress. But also [email protected])

Divorce is a mixed bag of emotions and we were so grateful that we were able to tackle this tough topic in an open, understanding, and of course, humorous, way with our Scotty! We hope it might help you get through your own relationship woes, or maybe give you a better understanding about what someone in your life might be experiencing if they are facing divorce.

THANK YOU for listening and sharing the show! Just yesterday we hit 2500 listens! We are awed and honored and buoyed to your love!

Go see one of Scott's shows if you're in LA! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and like and subscribe on your favorite podcast provider! And remember: WASH YOUR G-D HANDS!!

Scott discovering that we add hand sanitizer to all our vodka sodas!

We were honored and inspired by this week's guest, Ian MacLeod, and his story of his journey when he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Loading up the big guns now! In this episode, we address the ever taboo subject of cheating. Is it worse when you're married or is it worse when you're single? How do you move forward in your relationship? Does it always mean the end? Also, there are (depressingly) many resources for married people to find partners for extramarital affairs. WHAT IS THIS LIFE?!

Luckily, we have the talented, and very honest, Sean Michael Boozer with us to talk about cheating and he shares some of the male perspectives on the topic. It's a candid and open conversation on a topic no one really wants to talk about.

THANK you for listening and sharing the show with your friends and enemies! Now you can also share it with people you've cheated on--or someone that cheated on you--what a gift! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, like and subscribe on your favorite podcast provider!

Tina-Louise, Sean Michael, and Tara Jean celebrating people who don't fit within the boundaries of just one name.

We cannot WAIT for you to listen to this fascinating episode about natural childbirth! As our regular listeners know, neither one of us has children for reasons including, "none of your business," and, "can you ask me a more relevant question," but hearing Shea's pregnancy story is inspiring, beautiful, and 100% made us cry. She talks all about having hyperemesis gravidarum which is a fancy way of saying 'morning sickness' except it never went away and yes, she vomited all the time not just in the morning (see: Amy Schumer & Kate Middleton).

Shea's story ends with two really great kids so don't worry! We didn't want you to have that on your mind while listening. The vomit paid off! Read more about her journey on her blog, Twig Hugger.

If you or a woman you know has this condition, there is a study that is being conducted they can participate in because as most things dealing with "sensitive" women's issues, very little is known about what causes hyperemesis. Go to HelpHER.org now!

And as always, THANK you for listening! We've passed the 1600 downloads mark and we're so grateful! Please don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, like and subscribe on your favorite podcast provider!

This week we sit down with former rideshare driver, and our friend, James Elden! We learn that Tina-Louise has been stalked by a number of Uber drivers and Tara Jean is blissfully unaware that anything bad could possibly happen in a total stranger's car. The great news is Uber/Lyft safety has come a long way and if you ever use rideshare, you should download safety apps and utilize emergency tools when you use the services.

Bottom line, don't be rude to your drivers, do speak up if you're uncomfortable, and please send us your comments!

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The dashing and brilliant Christopher Cappiello sits down with us to talk about religion! Surprisingly, none of us were immediately sent to hell (yet). Specifically, we talk about when one partner is a member of a religion and one is not--will there be ANY disagreement in this episode? Will we end the podcast after this episode? Will we all have to bow to a cat god after this (hint: too late)?

We hope you enjoy listening to Chris's insights as much as we did!

Forced Chris to love us! It worked!

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We were so lucky to have our delightful, super-Mom, and environmental activist, Tina Sanchez with us to talk all about her experience of adoption her awesome little boy. We learned a lot and we know you will too--whether you have kids or not, this is a topic that effects us all.

This is our first part in our three-part series on family planning. Real talk: we'll probably do a lot more than three because we hear parenting/childrearing/children is challenging? I mean, yes is the correct answer (so we're told).

Let's go dominate 2020!

Tina sees us for who we really are.

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Tina-Louise and Tara Jean wanted to send a special holiday shout out to our listeners by recounting some of our more traumatizing holiday moments. We hope you listen while trying to tune out your family this holiday season! Thanks for listening and please don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. And also, like and subscribe on your favorite podcast provider!

TRANSCRIPT:

Single VS. Married 0:10

We wish you horrible Christmas We wish you a horrible Christmas. We wish you a horrible Christmas

Tara Jean O'Brien 0:19

and a depressing New Year.

Tina Louise Eckert 0:21

I'm single alone.

Tara Jean O'Brien 0:24

I'm married and sad.

I don't think we wanted to start it like this

Tina Louise Eckert 0:32

It was so organic.

This is our little mini episode for you guys.

Welcome to single versus married podcast

Tara Jean O'Brien 0:41

The Christmas edition. Well, the Holiday Edition. I'm so sorry.

Tina Louise Eckert 0:45

Here comes the hate mail.

Tara Jean O'Brien 0:46

Okay, wait, hold on. Let's start. Here we go. There's my best friend Tina Louise Eckert.

Tina Louise Eckert 0:49

And this is my best friend Tara Jean O'Brien

Tara Jean O'Brien 0:51

and this is the holiday episode.

Tina Louise Eckert 0:56

We just wanted to check in I know you got to listen to a few real episodes and you got to hear some heavy subjects and some light hearted subjects.

Tara Jean O'Brien 1:03

We're just so glad that you've been here with us. We've had such a good time doing it.

Tina Louise Eckert 1:07

Loving it so far. But we really want to bring down this really festivus mood and talk about some really traumatic Christmases that we've both had

Tara Jean O'Brien 1:15

Oh man, traumatic Christmas. I know. We're not alone and having traumatic Christmas,

Tina Louise Eckert 1:20

Families are difficult.

Tara Jean O'Brien 1:21

They are I mean, there's the joy, but there's also like the reality.

Tina Louise Eckert 1:25

Yeah,

Tara Jean O'Brien 1:25

like getting everybody together in one room for long periods of time. Good. God.

Tina Louise Eckert 1:30

I mean, I come from a very large family of six kids, but then you have boyfriends and husbands and kids and all the extra and then baggage and anger

Tara Jean O'Brien 1:39

and then people not getting you the right present.

Tina Louise Eckert 1:41

I feel like I was about to say different dietary restrictions. All of a sudden someone's on keto now like it's

Tara Jean O'Brien 1:47

like someone's vegan or both your brother and his girlfriend

Tina Louise Eckert 1:52

it's like it's like extra now like people are people would be like, oh, you'll soon so it was gay now be like, Okay, well, we accept him in the family now like oh, there Vegan were like

Tara Jean O'Brien 2:01

That means I have to buy different food.

And my house when I was growing up for Christmas, we were pretty isolated. Like in terms of Christmas day, it was just me, my mom, my dad and my brother when my parents were still married,