Long Distance Calls

Episode 15: Did we forget that we have a podcast? MAYBE! But it was fun to be back gabbin’ together once again. Megan and Taylor chat about their recent travels, get in their feels about gratitude, and discuss how to instill perspective - might it be through a sad documentary that you force your children to watch? The answer is YES. Also, Megan accidentally gives patriot vibes when talking about h...

Episode 14: We are back, baby! It’s 2024! It’s a brand new year! And we are…. surviving! Megan and Taylor discuss a few highlights/lowlights from the last few months and talk honestly about moving through tough times, the tricky side to hope, and how having feelings about the feelings can make a situation worse. But all in all, it was good to break out the microphones and get back on the metaphori...

Episode 13: It has been a minute! Taylor shares about her recent trip to Budapest with her friend Lindsay, which leads us to discuss the importance of friendships, how you never know when your next friend is right around the corner, and we touch on our favorite topic: chemistry! We have to, of course, quickly address our favorite himbo's dum dum tweets (Travis Kelce) and cover two very differe...

Episode 12: It's Halloween, ya freaks! So far, it sounds like the Germans don’t quite get as into it as we do in the States, but TBD tonight. Taylor gives an update on fall break and her family trip to Dresden. She takes note of a few quirky interactions with fellow travelers while using a shared space, which leads us to the hot topic of the episode: consideration. Is it cultural? What does it...

Episode 11: Taylor provides an update on life and her family in Berlin: the good, the hard, and the gloomy. Megan overshares a flirty story from her travels in Belfast, and we discuss our very different initial reactions to it. And finally, (did you really think we wouldn't do this?) we took a few glorious minutes to bask in the Taylor-and-Travis-sun together, and we've never felt more see...

Episode 10: Just a short little guy this week, for reasons we explain in the episode, but we missed you guys! Taylor gives us an unglamorous day-in-the-life, and we chit-chat about our current hyperfixations. We will be back next week in all of our silly goose glory.  Hyperfixations: Megan: Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld & Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan Tay: The BECKHAM Documen...

Episode 9: Taylor and Megan spend a bit of time examining their egos in this episode and deciding just how fragile they actually are. They break the fourth wall and discuss how making the podcast has left them feeling exposed at times and how this feeling relates to other areas of their lives. Also, Megan is very concerned about Taylor’s mail situation and how she might go to jail for missing jury...

Episode 8: Megan and Taylor take a silly little (hot girl) walk down memory lane, prompted by a new German school tradition for Taylor's boys. Covering everything from talent shows to the Titanic movie, life before cell phones, traumatizing “games” that still haunt them to this day, and the delusional confidence of one middle school-aged Megan Spellman. Hyperfixations: Megan: Letter choice by...

Episode 7: Taylor and Megan really hit all the high notes in this episode. And by high notes, we actually mean low notes. We’ve got anxiety! We’ve got depression! We’ve got asthma attacks! We’ve got accusations against Disney for lying to us our whole lives! It’s just a little dose of being a human this week, folks, and hopefully, you can relate. If not, catch us next week once our serotonin level...

Episode 6: It’s back-to-school week in Germany for Taylor's boys! Megan recaps her latest travels, and they both reflect on the complexities of adult relationships and having friends for different seasons — also, mouse-sized kombucha (!!!) and self-imposed school uniforms.  Hyperfixations: Megan: Cillian Murphy ( NYT: The Eyes of Cillian Murphy ) Peaky Blinders  Taylor: The Holderness Family P...

Episode 5: Taylor continues to sweat it out in Germany without A/C. She dissects some recent humiliating moments and tries to identify which childhood wound caused her to lash out at a German cashier. Megan talks out a bridesmaid dress debacle and teaches our male listeners about all the various ways to conceal body parts. Also, some real talk on why women are made to feel dumb in society and how...

Episode 4: Megan brags about joining Soho House and ponders “to thong or not to thong” at the pool. Taylor and her family navigate the train systems, visit her boys' new school, and learn that German parents think it's totally normal to ship their 4th graders off to a castle for a week as a field trip. Plus, a little bit of (actual) trash talk.  This Week’s Hyperfixations: Megan: ⁠ Darriel...

A lil’ introduction and background on who we are and why we are doing this podcast. Honestly, we didn’t think anyone would listen, so we are, dare we say, flattered that an intro was requested. Shout out to our mystery listener in Australia. LYLAS!!!

Episode 3: Taylor and her family made it to Germany! Megan finally saw the Barbie movie! Equally huge things are happening in their lives! On the podcast this week, Megan and Taylor catch up on the last week, get used to the time difference and struggle with the German wifi - spoiler alert - it is terrible. Taylor reflects on her last few days in Colorado, a long layover in NYC, then the first day...

Episode 2: On the podcast this week, Megan and Taylor debrief Taylor’s last weeks in America, what it looks like to pack and move a family of five across the globe, what a 250-person going-away party looks like, and all the housing logistics of owning a house in one country and renting one in another. They also reminisce on how they first met through the swim team (shout out to Nantucket Express!)...

Episode 1: Meet Megan and Taylor! Two best friends whose 30-year friendship has included countless long-distance calls across numerous states and, now, continents. Taylor and her family of five are packing up their lives and moving from Fort Collins, Colorado, to Berlin, Germany (!!) And they are using this podcast as an excuse to catch up weekly and hear everything happening in Nashville and Berl...