Tweets & Tonic Podcast

Kamala Harris has dropped out of the race, but come back to the Senate on a mission. Mayor Pete has quite the obstacle to overcome with black and brown voters, but seems willing to have the tough conversations. Disney + opened their vault, and the world fell in love with Baby Yoda. The new season of The Crown debuted, but were we ready for a hot Prince Charles? Musical phases marked by spending 1999 with Macy Gray and a new memoir from our guest.

Life isn't always a bed of roses. But just as the Amaryllis flower blooms in the bitterness of winter, your life can see growth in the difficult seasons. Sometimes the holidays aren't quite as joyful and sometimes we expect things to hurt a little less. But the truth is there can be beauty in the pain. Life is always teaching you, but are you listening?

Wonder no more, we took a quick second to introduce ourselves on a bonus episode today. You'll hear Mandy on Tuesday's interviewing guests and on Thursday's episodes she is joined by LB, co-host extraordinaire, who will be dropping wisdom and snark.

Let's talk about boundaries, community, the intersection of reconciliation & justice, what voices we should be listening, how the church has attempted to silence some, what personal development looks like, how to deconstruct white supremacy, who should be educating us, and of course, all things Be the Bridge, Melanated Faith and travel!

Karen Howell brings the snark on Twitter every day, and her Elf on the Shelf commentary is no different. He's pulling one over on the kids, but is he fooling the parents too? You know who isn't fooling parents? Richard Sherman. Sherman recently paid $27,000 to two schools to clear the student lunch debt. Look for the helpers and tune in y'all.

The Minor League Baseball system maybe dying, the Washington Nationals are making history, all while the Astros may be cheating. Taylor Swift is breaking Michael Jackson's records and musical tastes follow political divides. Andrew Yang isn't getting the air time he deserves, Kamala Harris is out and Tulsi Gabbard is a hit on Saturday Night Live. The impeachment inquiry rages on while gun violence is still prevalent in our nation.

Lt. Col. Vindman, Ambassador Yovanovitch, Ambassador Sondland have all testified in the impeachment inquiry. Polling suggests that Americans aren't as concerned with the hearings as our politicians and media. Where does the Republican Party go from here? Should the Democrats rush to bestow their nomination on one candidate? And where do the politically homeless find solace?

From the remarkable story of MSU's Josh Butler, to the heroics of Joe Burrow, we covered tweets about the last regular season weekend of college football. We chatted about the playoff outlook, the coaching carousel and of course, the Iron Bowl. This is just two southern girls, one cheers for Alabama and one cheers for Auburn, chatting about the biggest rivalry of the season for their teams.

Nothing like a post Thanksgiving episode to talk controversial food opinions. Everything from Starbucks coffee, to Lacroix, to candy corn, to olives, to kale and spinach. And spoiler alert, team dressing over stuffing here. We also highlighted two new books written by TJ Cutwright, a 13 year old Tennessean who has overcome a reading disability to publish books to help other kids just like him.

From Duke's loss to the underdog, to Myles Garrett's indefinite suspension, the sports world is full of highlights but the entertainment world is bringing us a new Batman and Jon Favreau has brought us The Mandalorian. Austin Channing Brown and Julian Castro are encouraging voters to look past the segregated lines to do no harm, while Michael Bloomberg tries to buy the Presidency.