Sometimes it's just all too much.

Karla and Danielle from Hoosier Homicide discuss what a new beginning can be. Sometimes it's a move, changing your name, having a child or simply deciding it's either change or give up. Sometimes a new beginning is when we get to the other side of a  major life change and we only realize it was a new beginning when we look back at it. Danielle is a strong, magnanimous woman who has had her fair share of trials and has found her 'happy'. Sure it looks different than what many would consider 'happy', but she fought damn hard to get where she is, through so many new beginnings.

This week Karla and Kate are joined by Chris, who talked about more than one way that people can start over, connect, and generally be better humans.

 

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Happy New Year... a little late, but still.Welcome to 2019. We're running a little late in our episode, and it's 100% Kate's fault. No guilt, just reality. Life happens.Listen in as Kate and Karla discuss New Year's Resolutions... but be prepared, we're not both optimistic and excited about the concept of starting over.Music: IMUNURI.comDisclaimer: Ood, from ovpod.ca

How do you decide where you fall on any given spectrum without taking some time to learn some of the basic language and options for where you might be able to move?

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It's not enough to focus on the female side of things, as the world changes. It's also necessary to pay attention to the male side, to the nuances and shades in the middle, and to the questions we ask.

 

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We all play different roles, depending on our circumstances. And sometimes those roles are deliberate (for performance or comedy, that sort of thing), even if they're in opposition to our character.Joe -- from Just the Tips: A Menmoir and Bicker Bots -- joined us to talk about some of the ways to make it work.Music: IMUNURIDisclaimer: Ood from Occultae VeritatisPromos: Play Comics and Best Forevers

Welcome to Dudecember -- a pun/title that is 100% Paul's fault. Just saying.The effort, this month, is to remind everyone -- including ourselves -- that the goal here is not to just spout off about the patriarchy and blame men for everything, but instead to show as many different perspectives as we can. Music: IMUNURIPromos: Hoosier Homicide and Canadian True Crime

As we wrap up NO-vember (focusing on personal space and boundaries) and ease into Dudecember (bringing the men back into the conversation), we had a conversation that perfectly bridged the two topics.Derek joined us to talk about the gray areas, the shared danger zones, and the stupid human tendency to minimize our own experiences while validating the people around us.Thank you to Derek. It wasn't easy to speak up, and it couldn't have been easy to continue the conversation.Music: IMUNURI Disclaimer: Ood, from Occultae Veritatis Promos: Good Nightmare and People Are Wild

It's just a night out, right? Just a casual, fun, easy night now... in which you have to protect your drink, make sure your friends are looking out for you, and a dozen (maybe 100) other things, in order to try to prevent sexual assault.We were joined by the amazing Sarah, from the Good Nightmare podcast, to talk about times when we each took our safety for granted.Music by IMUNURI.Disclaimer by Ood from Occultae Veritatis.Promos from Ignorance Was Bliss and Go Postal podcasts.Thank you for listening.