Do you YouTube? In this episode the gals talk about the mind blowing (and expanding) world of YouTube videos (said the mom who is about years late to the party). You’ll also hear about the BEST biscuits ever (made by Nick from a YouTube recipe - see link below) and some of the impressive things others have been able to do just from watching videos YouTube videos.

https://youtu.be/wy_dqphsakU

In this episode the gals introduce you to their best ASMR sounds (hint: Lora’s involves her favorite guilty pleasure beverage) and they finish up their two part episode on Free-Range Parenting  by interviewing Mae’s beloved mama, Jacky about her views on parenting. Get comfy friends, this octogenarian’s voice is going to lull you to sleep like a newborn!

In this two part episode of SP&ST the gals dish up some straight talk on the phenomenon known as Free Range Parenting.

What’s in your pill organizer? What is the difference between Vitamins and Supplements? Do you take supplements? Do you know that “Proprietary Blend” basically means “secret ingredients we don’t have to tell you about?”

The Vitamin & Supplement industry is more lucrative (and, it turns out,  unregulated) than ever! In this episode you’ll learn which of the straight talkin’ sistas bought in to the hype and dropped some serious coin on “healthy” potions, herbs  and tinctures and which one never took the bait. Any guesses?!

And, in a podcast first, the gals conduct their own research by interviewing a molecular biologist who works in the nutritional supplement industry. You won’t believe the scandalous revelations and “dirty” little secrets these purveyors of magic, health-promoting elixirs don’t want you to know.

Sit back, put on your stretchy pants and pour yourself a good, ol’ fashioned, chemically-infused Diet Coke. It’s as good for you as that vitamin infused crap you just paid too much for!

Sources for this SPST Podcast:

- The Dream Podcast “Magic Little Pills”

- Vitamania, Christine Price

- Dietary Supplements: A review of United States regulation with emphasis on the dietary supplement health and educational act of 1994 and subsequent activity, Brian Scarbrough, Class of 2004, Harvard Law School

- Los Angeles Times Column: Orrin Hatch is leaving the Senate, but his deadliest law will live on

- Visit consumerlabs.com to learn more about the work they do

- Sound editing for  this podcast done by Joel at East Coast Studios

In this microcast the gals talk about Harry and Meghan’s decision to step away from their royal duties. Put on your stretchy pants and fantasize with L & M about living that Royal Life and the things we’d like to “step away” from.

Winter break is over and we are back for Season 2 in 2020! we’ve missed hearing from you (and we are almost positive you’ve missed hearing from us.) We plan on sharing our crazy spin on advice, strategies and yep, more stories! We hope you even get laughing enough to pee a little. First up this season are some tales of customer service gone wrong and a couple of ideas on how you can get better results than we did (spoiler: faking a panic attack and using the word “escalate” helps). Get on your stretchy pants, and let’s roll!

Join the gals in the last episode of their first season as they discuss aging parents, missions and arranged marriages. Make sure you join us in the near future for season two of Stretchy Pants and Straight Talk! 

The Clarks are moving! In this weeks’ episode the gals discuss Lora’s impending move back to the beautiful Pacific Northwest and ponder a life without Sole Foot Spa and Torchy’s Tacos (unimaginable!). They’ll also share tips on storing memorabilia and find out which of them actually creates time capsules for each of her children.

Have you ever styled yourself a tres chic outfit only to later discover (through photographic evidence) that you looked like Wendy Wood-Troll? If you have you’re not alone! Maelyn and Lora are here for you as the president and co-president of this unfortunate club! 

Come along and commiserate with us as we talk about the times when we thought we were cute. 

“Is this the little boy i carried?
Is this the little boy at play?
I don't remember growing older,
What the...hay?”

Well that’s not exactly true, because we are feeling every bit our age. Listen in as the gals interview Lora’s millennial son, Zac. Her firstborn, and the baby that was rolled from one side of the crib to the other because Maelyn was nervous about picking him up as a newborn. We hear about His new professional life on Queen Anne in Seattle, his personal pronouns of choice, and how every day moments become celebrations with Meg, his wife. Is he truly in an arranged marriage? Do millennials shop at IKEA? And what really happened that fateful night in a canoe on Bainbridge Island? Listen and find out!