TSM welcomes California Congress Member / Representative / Ms. Speaker, Laura Friedman to the show! You know we discussed all these names and titles because we LOVE names! Laura is open to crying, but she's currently too busy fighting the GD Oligarchs for our democracy! Cristina pitches a Real World/Road Rules style challenge show for Congresspeople living together in a DC house, Laura (former TV producer) tells her: it's been done, babe! Laura shares with us what it's like to live in DC and fight the good fight. First she's got to make sure that she's fighting off any inner demons. This Freshman Congresswoman, like most women, struggles with mom guilt, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism - Congress Members; they're just like us! Her origin story is rooted in rebellion but now she has come back around and made her mama proud, though there IS still time for law school, Laura!

Shoutouts: Walking to work, FB "Buy Nothing" Groups, Inside Out 1 & 2

Endorsements: Sisterwife, Flamenco Dancing, Libby, and Size 12 Women's Boots!

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Superstar Marta Méndez Cross is a complete delight. Cristina and Ilana get the tea on all things Las Tres Sisters, Marta's movie, that is out in theaters NOW - and yes it does pass the Bechdel test! Did you know there is no word for boundaries in Spanish?! Somehow that explains so much. Overnight successes take at least 10 years. Also, have you tried the stage fright diet? Just book a show and lose 5 lbs. Cristina and Ilana further bond over their daddy issues or rather their dads' issues.

Endorsements: Chappell Roan - have you heard of her? Dance it out babies! Flamenco classes. Cold plunging. Keep the dementia away and your nervous system on point with these recs! Also, Mexico!

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Buy Tickets here:

https://www.fandango.com/las-tres-sisters-2025-239362/movie-overview

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This week's guest, Courtney Pauroso, is an incredible actress, clown, and very mentally stable human (not robot). These ladies talk process, pandemic blues, and when it's time to throw in the towel - don't worry, they're giving it till they are 92. Becoming an adult isn't all bad news hunny, at some point you sort of stabilize. . . at least that's the hope. And if not, just hold on to your crystals, the agitation and disappointments of life will help you create!

Some places to check out Courtney's brilliance: Drop Out TV - Vanessa 5000, Courtney's Character Reel,

Shout Outs! Synetic Theater, Washington DC, Pump Station,

Endorsements: The Emerald Podcast, Aesop Room Spray, Silverlake Yoga, and Erewhon Plantain Chips - for sucking and chewing

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The biggest takeaway from this week's brilliant, gorgeous, Writer/Director, Ingrid Haas - Good decisions can wait! Ingrid is "with child," off her meds, and imparting so much knowledge; rupture may happen but REPAIR is crucial in all relationships, write what you know, also, it's not that easy to remove a tattoo - so really take a minute to think about that ink. Big thank you to Ingrid for helping Cristina find her way to Club Wellbutrin - who then helped Ilana. And all agreed there needs to be a new word for HUSBAND, please. Labels are overrated. We all want to go do Hoffman process - if anyone wants to sponsor the TSM ladies.

Shoutouts: Souped up Honda Civics, Runaway Train, REM, and other 90s angsty tunes. Honorary mention to Real Housewives of BH and Push.

Endorsements: The beloved Ben Axelrad and his kick ass writing classes, Abraham Hicks, and wedge pillows.

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Curly girlies unite! Cristina and Ilana welcome delightful guest Sol Crespo. She reminds you to hit those weights, and if you're not in perimenopause yet, just wait, it's coming for us all.

Are these ladies addicted to procrastination or just bad at time management? Are they two in the same?

Sol can be found playing many medical professionals on TV. Ilana can be found this spring on Night Court, juggling with deli meat on her face. . . what a resume builder! Cristina's clown class romance has proven to be a true gem for everyone. Go dance your heart out and enjoy the episode!

Endorsements: Okay CooCoo Cuties, these may be the best yet - AARP magazine, Martha Stewart Doc, and rage dancing to Merengue. Shoutout to Crash Acting

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Welcome to the long second half of Ilana's decent into insanity and her victorious return. Cristina reveals that she's been married before! And at SOME POINT we will get to her story of doing Yahé at some shady lady's house in El Segundo. Did Ilana have a successful Feng Shui side hustle at Rythmia? If you consider stealing shoes from the nurse and changing clothes multiple times to ward off the evil spirits that were after her, then yes? Don't forget the ladies are joined by Kristina "rocks in her pockets" Hayes, who is back with more wild stories, insight, and great questions.

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Time to hold on tight TSM listeners because this week and next, Ilana is flanked by Cristina and Kristina and going deep down into the guts of what happened on her Ayahuasca adventure at Rythmia Life Advancement Center. Turns out Ilana's sensitive brain was not meant for four nights of plant medicine and there will be some backlash. Along the way you'll hear equally uncomfortable, rock bottom stories, from this week's delightful guest, actress, dancer and all around hilarious woman, Kristina Hayes.

Ilana's experience may prove to be some guidance to any of you sensitive souls out there. Don't crawl up and take another cup of ayahuasca, maybe just get yourself to sit down and meditate. But as Byron Katie would say, was this experience meant to happen? Yes. Because it did happen. Do you have a crazy journey you'd like to share with the podcast? Email at [email protected].

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This week's guest is mega dream boat- actress, producer, writer, community organizer and filmmaker- Leonora Pitts.

Together, everyone agreed that ADHD + Anxiety makes you productive AF!

Or is it that Leonora can actually bend time?

Cristina and Ilana get back into the slow leak of Ilana's plant medicine adventure at Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica while aspiring to live in a Tibetan cave.

In the meantime: more rage dancing, family dance parties, and new on the scene - soup parties!

Leonora will share poetic readings that include chutney, Dormy McDougal, and can anyone help solve the mystery of who the hell is Ozz Bodkins?!

She also enlightened our depressive cuties on consciousness based learning and a masters in screenwriting program that Cristina and Ilana would love to apply to, but will forget about in days. If only they could find that list...

Other topics include mentorship, loving the small moments and slowing the fuck down.

Things Ilana forgot - the word prodromal labor (trying to block that out?) and the fact that she already talked about eating mushrooms TOO young.

Shoutouts: Mark Duplass, David Lynch and Maggie Kiley.

Endorsements: Reading, Walking, Dancing, Napping and Loving our Animals.

Places to Donate, Volunteer and Help those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires:

GOFUNDME, List of GOFUNDME's

Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation

Project Camp

Leonora produced and co-stars in I Hate Myself and Want to Die, currently in the festival circuit and screening at the upcoming 2025 Santa Barbara International Film Festival @hatemyselffilm.

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Straight from New York, comedian Isa Medina is a delight. This may turn into a destination wedding podcast toward the end, so if you're doing that, listen up! What happens when bisexual awareness week meets latino heritage month meets suicide awareness month? Isa explains that here. Cristina and Ilana agree, just make the thing that makes you laugh! Is your drug stand up comedy? Is it podcasts? Or just straight drugs? We want to know! What are the things that curb Isa's anxiety? Sleep, exercise, and Prozac. Ilana gives her hot take of being a 15-year-old pharmaceutical technician, but really she would love to have a pharmaceutical chemist come on the pod - taking recommendations. Cristina wants to know, do 80-year-olds wear contacts? And just fyi, you can not actually explode from the feelings you have when you are a parent, even though it does feel that way.

Shoutouts: Kimberly Akimbo, Fix My Life, Rythmia (But maybe shop around if you're going down this rabbit hole), I'm Right You're Wrong Podcast.

Endorsements: Having roommates, washing your face, and loose leaf tea.

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Thank you to our producer Elizabeth Baquet, sound engineer Kevin Luu, and everyone at Ninth Planet Audio. Theme song created by Mike Costantini. Special Thanks to Dave Kneebone at AbsoLutely. 

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There are not enough hyphens in the world to properly introduce the creative force and wonderful human, Alisha Gaddis. She is highly achieving and yet reveals to Cristina and Ilana a diagnosis of cyclothymia. It's so nice to put a name to the emotional roller coaster. Also, welcome to the start of Ilana's Ayahuasca story, buckle up, it's going to take a minute! And for the record Ilana does not condone 15-year-olds eating mushrooms, even though it helped her, please talk to a therapist first. And hey America, it's time to bring back titties on TV - less guns, more buns!!!

Mentions: LA Library (explore LA),LACMA,

Obsessions: Going to a show Solo! K-Spa, special shout out to Spa LA

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Thanks for listening and we'd love to hear about your mental health journey at [email protected].

We love Los Angeles so much and just want to give a big shoutout to all the people suffering through the unbelievable fires. This episode was recorded a couple months ago but we are currently watching so many friends and our city at large endure the biggest tragedy we've seen in our beautiful city. We are with you, we love you, and we hope this is over soon.

Thank you to our producer Elizabeth Baquet, sound engineer Kevin Luu, and everyone at Ninth Planet Audio. Theme song created by Mike Costantini. Special Thanks to Dave Kneebone at AbsoLutely. 

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