The Long Talk

Perimenopause and menopause are not “just hot flashes” — they’re a full-body, whole-life shift that most of us were never prepared for. In this episode, Jacki (CMO of EngErotics) sits down with Raven (Founder & CEO), Heather (COO & formulation specialist), and Amanda (sexologist & CBD researcher) for a brutally honest, often funny, and deeply validating conversation about what this transition actually feels like.

We cover:

• Early perimenopause in your 30s: weird cycles, night sweats, and feeling like a stranger in your own body
• Brain fog, mood swings, and “second puberty” no one warned us about
• Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT): fighting for diagnosis, access, and insurance coverage
• Medical gaslighting and why women are still dismissed when they talk about pain, fatigue, and hormonal changes
• Generational trauma and TV tropes: how 80s/90s sitcoms shaped our ideas of “nagging wives” and “crazy women”
• Body image in midlife: learning to love the body you have now and set boundaries that protect your energy

We also touch on hysterectomy, vaginal atrophy, long COVID’s possible hormonal impact, and why younger generations’ boundary-setting is giving us hope.

If you’re moving through perimenopause or menopause and wondering, “Is it just me?” ...  it’s not. You’re not alone, you’re not broken, and this episode is your permission slip for more information, more support, and way more self-compassion.

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Cozy up for a conversation about hygge, pleasure, and rest in a culture obsessed with productivity. 

The EngErotics team shows how small, bite-sized rituals, like hot showers, coffee moments, soft clothes, music, baking, or phone-free time with a partner, can become powerful self-care and intimacy tools. 

We also unpack why rest feels “rebellious,” how aging and body changes shift our experience of sex, and what it really means to enjoy the journey when orgasm isn’t the only goal.

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It's the holidays, so we had a bit of a special guest for a couple of episodes: Mickey!

Logan wanted to spend some time with his dad and ask some questions about life and all that, so that's exactly what we did... and it's a good as hell listen, y'all!

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For the finale of this spectacular Tim Robinson show, we had to bring in an equally spectacular guest… Ross McCoy of The Orlando Talk Show with Ross McCoy. Here’s what we talked about:

• Logan has advanced to the state where he is living with comics now
• Logan becoming a snowbird at the age of 26
• We don’t fuck with stinky or wet.
• Nadga - Jacki’s ceramics teacher
• Ross in Deland at the Stetson Mansion
• Bespoke forging
• Logan is moving to Florida
• Ouid Technology
• Mike’s Heart transplant story
• Cigar talk
• Universal Studios memories
• Ron is so desperate for ANYONE to know that he is a good man
• Claymation
• Smiling Friends
• Animals
• Is Wendy’s Carvers Real?
• Wendy’s used to be the fancy fast food.
• Is this Tim Robison show a backdoor to a secret fancy Wendy’s?
• The new shape.
• Followed by Shape Chat with Ross, Logan, and Jacki
• The kid with the 3d printed gun
• Jeff doesn’t like the way he comes off
• Was that the hot tub guy in the tub?
• Who was the plastic surgery face man?
• Amanda can move things with her mind
• Logan trying out the Tim Robinson Over-the-Top-ness
• Don’t hate on Tubi and Roku
• We need Seth’s claymation version of Scrooge

We are ready for season 2 whenever you are, please.

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Things we talked about:

• Crazy wind
• Chex Max needs maggi
• Detroit Lions having the coolest merch
• Ron Trosper’s quiet celebration
• The water bottle is a really good yeti ad
• Wendy’s Carvers
• Natalie and Tara are like the two sides of Ron
• Who wants to meet BAAAABYYYYYYYY
• The whole family is goofy
• Jeff was being mean to everyone
• New bug expert guy
• Kudos to Ron for knowing what food places to go to. 
• Blue soap is having a moment
• “Soap it up” - Logan
• Sometimes Ron’s driving is scary
• Walking right in to someone’s house
• Professor Roblay’s
• What is in the Pepper Patty Balls and why are they called Pepper Patty Balls
• Being part of the family
• Do we think Ron Trosper was proud of Barb or himself?

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Sorry for the extended video game content at the beginning. There was a discussion to be had.

Here is what else we discussed:

• Jacki’s Digital Communication + Title Theory = Debunked
• Logan is annoyed at people being bad at video games
• Being perceived is stressful AF
• Logan likes novelty
• Ice Climber games
• Jeff is out of touch and he hates it
• Jacki did a Ross
• Jeff’s job is not very creative
• This was a very job-focused, grounded episode
• The lady with metal in her stomach
• Bucky Balls
• Life of the Party Class
• Jacki’s idea for a “The Chair Company” anthology spinoff
• Maggie S.
• Ron is really good at reading people
• Violent Ron
• Artsy Ron
• Ron is a real Gaston type
• The destroying of the muffin
• Big burgers vs lil burgers
• Are Ron’s threatening phone calls coming from Amanda?
• Ron is AT HIS LIMIT
• Stressful Office Politics
• Everyone is so lonely
• Douglas: “Did the ramps survive?”
• Off-Road Precision Course
• Looks fun as hell
• Ron hired a bad security company
• Seth is looking for an older male to look up to (grey ponytail Richard)
• Also give us a series about Seth in High School
• At what point do you stop calling kids parties “kid’s parties”?
• Pee-Wee music
• Giant Chocolate King Kong
• Jeff didn’t even bring a present
• Is Ron’s office booze Display-Only?
• Covering up the puke with lit birthday cake
• Seth’s life changed when Ron refused to do the Pee Wee dance
• Focusing on Tecca has been Ron’s peace
• 50s Cop Hop
• Logan learns about Sock Hops
• Natalie’s Childhood?

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Another fine episode and Logan and I talked at least twice as as this episode ran. 

Oops. 

Here’s a smattering of what we talked about:

• Nadga fell down
• Veteran’s Day is weird holiday. 
• Outkast’s Hall of Fame Induction
• Logan is a big Doja Cat guy
• The White Stripes got inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• *and they deserved it
• Droyco had Ken Tucker RIGHT THERE
• Are eggs a pattern?
• Where was the red ball?
• The bar video game machines
• Ziosks at Chili’s
• Bar video games
• Tara is weirdly motherly with everybody
• Frankenweenie
• Paddington 2
• Bug naming rights
• We need a Mike spinoff
• Shoutout to Jim Downey
• How was Douglas eating from the freezer?
• “The Chair Company” is a modern office horror
• Mike’s apartment
• “Sorry to Bother You”
• Stomachs growling on demand
• Eating at Subway
• Expensive sandwiches
• Life of the Party class
• Sleeve in the soup
• Another hat appearance
• Will Ron ever get Maggie S.’s email?
• Ron has had a decent amount of head trauma
• Will we get a dad flashback?
• Ron not telling the truth
• Ron could save so many Doris’
• Is this Ron Trosper’s Scrooge story?

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First question: Where was the red ball this episode? Please help. We have one theory, but without a go back watch, we can’t be sure. So we’re asking for your help. 

Also, were there bugs in the first two episodes? Please let us know!

Here’s what else we talked about:

• Squirrel Comic Book
• ‘Animals.’ on HBOMax has a terrible cover, but it is a very good show
• Jacki meant to say ”white guy white ball”
• Seeking animal cartoon recommendation
• The Blue Jays
• Rachel Sennot’s ‘I Love LA’
• Not closing Streamyard town for months
• Big Green Eggs are so expensive, y’all. 
• Painting a mural for the local ice cream stand
• Cold weather ice cream
• An update on Logan’s thumb
• Ross is not here on ghost day… isn’t that quite bizarre?
• STARTED WITH A FLASHBACK, BTCHZ
• Ron Trosper = Drama kid?
• Everpump
• Logan was really into this episode
• Ron Trosper’s gas bill must be ridiculous
• Eye masks and eye pressure
• Investor meetings are pure hell
• Is TECCA an acronym?
• Does eBay pickup exist?
• Is this show just a depiction of Dead Internet Theory?
• What does you brain do when it dies?
• Quantum Death Theory
• What is Abraham Lincoln doing in a sport store?
• Amanda’s mom worked with the pipes or something
• Total office normality
• Ron couldn’t get his investor to smile
• Was Ron Trosper’s dad a military man?
• Ron Trosper vs. Bahld Harmon
• Return of the wheelbarrow man
• The treat is a beignet truck
• Goatee gate. Why are there so many goatees?
• If Tecca is a real conspiracy, they have a lot of power
• Big Green Egg
• 2nd bug reference we’ve had
• We’re there bugs in the first two episodes?
• Tara is a lot like Ron
• Wendy’s Almond Pimento burger
• Ron gets so many HR emails
• No big red balls but there were big read bowls
• The Olive Theory from ‘How I Met Your Mother’
• The chair appendix
• Are the travel policy changes because of Ron Trosper?
• Is everyone around Ron in on this conspiracy?
• Being noticers

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What the heck is this?! A VSG (Very Special Guest)? Why, yes! That’s a Ross McCoy from The Orlando Talk Show With Ross McCoy you hear. He’s watching Tim Robinson’s ‘The Chair Company’ too, so we asked him on ‘The Long Talk’ to, uh, talk about it. 

Here’s what we had to say:

• Logan’s thumb
• AOL
• Halt and Catch Fire had a watch coordinator
• Victory Casino Cruise
• This feels like a horror show
• Two patterns we’ve noticed
• Drunk little guy stories (we all have one, right?) (or do we?)
• There’s a payoff for everything in this show
• Is Tim Robinson the straight man in this show?
• Flashbacks, please
• Douglas’ Mistakes Party
• Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
• The Deed Woman
• Douglas Ashley
• The Store Sheels
• Mad about football
• Tim Robinson is doing Emmy Level Work here
• Steven Droyco
• Ron Trosper is a pretty good dad?
• Ron’s son’s pressures
• Ross loves pumpin’
• What is Everpump?
• The whole house scene was Lynchian Horror
• Cups of wine
• Dozeaze: https://dosaze.com
• Do you sleep on your hand?
• Finally some good chair info
• Is Big Exercise Ball behind the whole thing?
• Pipersong Medication Chair: https://pipersong.com/collections/frontpage
• Americans are leaners
• Russians are squatters
• Everyone met Frankenstein back in the day
• “I love rocks” - Was this a Kam Patterson shoutout?
• Bring back the wheelbarrow guy tyvm
• Jason Takes Ohio

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