You Guys

You Guys

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You Guys episodes

  • Episode 5: Hot Messes, A Murder Charge Explained and Illness Sensitivity.
    Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and catch up on their lives an ocean apart.
    On Instagram: @aleahthing @elurananos
    (All times are estimates)
    Today show features:
    1:00 Leah reports in from France, but Lu wants to know about teddy bears at café tables. It’s brilliant
    10:00 Narcolepsy is a silent disease that affects lots of people, and we should all be paying attention to the non-Hollywood version of narcolepsy, because we need to tune in to each others’ struggles. Also, it’s probably a good idea that we pay attention to what moms say when we’re talking kids and health.
    24:00 Leah & Elura discuss the publishing biz and Oprah. Spoiler alert: they’re both a hot mess.
    35:00 OMG LAW RODEO - Hilarious.
    35:30 Leah shares some scary stats about international human rights laws and police departments.
    40:00 Leah shares some updates from Moms Demand Action.
    42:00 There’s a lot of talk about “Felony Murder” out there these days. Elura explains how it works and why we need it.
    52 min
  • Episode 4: Rape Cases, Racial Inception and Shopping Problems
    Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and catch up on their lives an ocean apart.
    On Instagram: @aleahthing @elurananos
    (All times are estimates)
    Today show features:
    :00 Hellos..
    3:00 Fuckery: pancake and waffle edition. The Aunt Jemima story is a microcosm of what’s happening out there. Leah & Elura discuss.
    8:30 What’s happening with Megan Markle and her “friend”.
    17:00 Juneteenth. If we’re going to have this holiday, we need to get it right. We’re conflicted, so let’s discuss.
    27:00 Wait, what? Was Beethoven really Black? I think we need to look into this a bit.
    30:30 We talk DACA, what the recent Supreme Court ruling means, and what’s likely to come next.
    40:00 America gets its act together: rainbow edition. Supreme Court rules that Federal Law protects LGBTQ+ people! Let’s see what that actually means.
    53:00 Danny Masterson has been charged with forcible rape, which seems a long time in coming, so hey, lets pay attention.
    60:00 BLM, Netflix version. Let’s talk Central Park Five and by the way, where are the Black rom-coms?
    63:00 Quarantine is turning Elura into an outdoorsman, and it’s nothing short of hilarious. Is this happening to you?!
    65:00 We are what we eat, and it goes pretty deep. We talk food choices and culture.
    1 hr 32 min
  • Episode 3: Astrology 101, Defund the Police and When Sex Toy Creators Go Oh So Wrong
    Covid-coping is different in Paris and in New Jersey. You know you wanna know how. Spoiler, start saying “smeyes.”
    Our resident celestial being, Leah, walks us through some of the wisdom of the stars. And we’re not talking Hollywood. Ends around minute 12
    The world is starting to change dramatically as we start to grapple more with racial issues – and the cancelation of TV shows like COPS definitely marks a turning point. And yet, there are still some people (looking at you, Starbucks) slow to the BLM party. Ends around minute 16.
    Apparently, some of the coronavirus funding is “confidential”? Seems kinda weird. We look a little deeper, and discuss some serious problems with CARES Act money, what are Mnunchin and co doing?! Ends around minute 19.
    With so much talk about “defunding the police,” it’s time to explain what that means in a way that’s digestible. L&E break it down. Speaking of police, do you know who Ramsey Orta is? Probably not. Well, you should. We’ll catch you up. Ends around minute 47.
    Apparently anyone can get sex funding, even with no idea how women work - or belief in women’s ability to orgasm. We know.
    Of course we talk about more, but we want to hear from you! Please send us your story ideas and thoughts on Anchor!
    57 min
  • Episode 2: Fancy food, Qualified Immunity and George Floyd
    Episode 2:
    Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and catch up on their lives an ocean apart.
    Today show features:
    Move over coronavirus, there’s the age of race-enlightenment happening. George Floyd’s death is a tipping point and it’s hitting everywhere.
    First Up: Review of life across the globe, and how Drew Barrymore’s effort to create conversation highlights the problem. –
    Ends around minute 5.
    Second: How French foodie life provides lessons in life and humility – and is fun AF. Ends around minute 10.
    Second: Floyd overview, the consequences of police misconduct, how TV slants our view of law enforcement. Elura takes us to mini-law school and schools us on what makes murder “first-degree.” Spoiler: the law doesn’t always work like it does on television. Ends around minute 25.
    Third: What’s “Qualified immunity” and why people are hot and bothered about it right now.. Ends around minute 33.
    Fourth: How cool are Egyptologists – primarily this one who is informing protestors. Ends around minute 40.
    Fifth: Omar Jimenez of CNN is arrested and things are a mess. We take a quick look at the relevant laws and discuss the non-legal fallout of his arrest. We end with a final thoughts about freedom of the press in 2020. Ends around minute 52.
    As always, we cover more within each segment (digressions are huge with these two), so that’s why listening is good. Today’s extras include who knew you could be a food writer, and how to handle fancy food moments.
    53 min
  • Episode 1: Bonjour and Hello You Guys!
    Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and catch up on their lives an ocean apart.
    Today show features:
    Overview: Workers’ rights during coronavirus, the federal stimulus bill, a bit of unAmericanness, and some good news.
    First up: Leah and Elura share the story of their college days, and it’s a great case study in the value of education, the importance of travel, and the need to generally unfuck society. Ends around minute 5.
    Second: Workers in the time of Corona. Workplace safety needs to be a priority in these unsafe times, yet Republican lawmakers are more concerned with business owners being shielded from lawsuits. Ends around 13:30
    Third: Congress snuck a ridiculous and prudish qualification into the CARES Act (the coronavirus funding legislation). The bill excludes businesses in the sex industry. Everyone from strip clubs to porn editors have been left out; its infuriatingly puritanical and wholly unAmerican and we are pissed about it.
    Fourth: Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania decided to go into work without masks; as it turns out, they actually had coronavirus and were spreading it on the statehouse floor while lobbying against safety measures. It’s a giant WTF that people need to hear. Ends around 34:00
    Fifth: good news –Germany is helping Muslims pray, and the U.S. has got some new contraception available. And something to think about… Ends at 40:44
    41 min

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