30, Dirty & Dying

Welcome back for season 3 of 30, Dirty & Dying! Things kick off for S3 with some talk about mental health care and therapy as Clarissa and Kourtney talk about their mental health to date and go through a few therapy practices popular in the mental health space today. EMDR, CBT, and Psychoanalysis are just a few of the therapies they explore and discuss what they've done in the past and what mi...

The Month of Love comes to a close with this episode of 30, Dirty & Dying where your cohosts take everything they've learned over their millennial lifetimes and apply it to their current long-term relationships. With a trip back to 2002 to revisit some major pop culture romances, Kourtney and Clarissa celebrate the season finale of 30 D&D and get real about what it takes to make a long-ter...

The 30, Dirty & Dying Month of Love continues with the final installment of the "Not-So-Newlywed Games" to learn who knows Clarissa best! Your cohosts welcome back Clarissa's partner, Justin, for a trip back to 2017! Then he faces off with Kourtney and answer questions about favorite colors, favorite musicians, educational history, and everything else that explains it all about Clarissa.

Clarissa and Kourtney continue their month of love and relationship talks on 30, Dirty & Dying in honor of Valentine's Day with "The Not-So-Newlywed" Games! Clarissa and Kourtney's husband, Mike, go head-to-head t0 figure out who knows Kourtney best. There's childhood memories, favorite things, and competition galore on this episode of your favorite millennial podcast.

Swipe right on this episode! Online dating has become the way of the world and the standard way to meet a significant other. But it wasn't always that way. So Kourtney and Clarissa are traveling back to the beginnings of mainstream online dating and discuss how the practice and its perception have changed and what their personal experiences have been on the apps and beyond. From the days of chatro...

Falling in love is apparently an easy thing to do for the American teenager. On this episode, Kourtney and Clarissa revisit a teen show that ran from 2008-13 and give their thoughts on what ends up being a mix between a soap opera and an afterschool special. The Secret Life of the American Teenager was full of accidental pregnancies, band practice, marriages, and painful acting and dialogue - so y...

On this episode, your cohosts celebrate Kourtney's recent success in a fantasy football draft by bringing the draft format to their own brand of chaos. After a Back in Time segment in 1995, Kourtney and Clarissa draft their picks in a mix of millennial nostalgia, favorite snacks, real world rivalries make up this roster of "favorite things.“ Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are pers...

Not sure what you're in the mood for this week? You're in the right place. This week, Clarissa and Kourtney give in to their millennial exhaustion and lack of focus to play a chaotic round of trivia that spans multiple subjects. Hear trivia questions on movies, music, Harry Potter, and common sense -- plus a lot of laughs and a reflective Back in Time segment this week on 30 D&D!

Happy 2023! This week, Clarissa and Kourtney talk all things New Year! First a visit back in time to relive all the high and low points they experienced together and as individuals in 2022 and then onto bigger and brighter things coming up in the new calendar year. Upcoming episodes, travel plans, personal challenges, and goals vs. resolutions are all on deck for this special New Year episode of 3...

Happy Holidays! This week as your cohosts celebrate holiday festivities, they couldn't forget the entire 30 D&D fam and this amazing year together! In this first year, the show has celebrated so much: Guests, a season and half and counting, real talk, growth, and most importantly all of the listeners and supporters out there. So for this mini-episode, join Kourtney and Clarissa on a look back...

Get ready to Jingle all the Way on this episode where Clarissa and Kourtney revisit some of your favorite 90s and early 2000s holiday movies with special guest — Kourtney’s Sissy aka Kelly! We guess some of those classic holiday movies — Home Alone, The Grinch, and more based on one-line synopses. Things get fun, festive, and competitive on this episode of 30 D&D

The holidays are here and although there's holly jolly jingle bells everywhere you look, things don't always feel so holly jolly on the inside. Whether you deal with Seasonal Affective Disorder or have complicated relationships with holiday memories or family gatherings, this time of year has its difficulties as well. But they don't write many carols about that. Clarissa and Kourtney come together...

Everyone has new aches and pains as they get older, but living with chronic pain and illness can make aging millennial life a different ball game according to the 30 D&D cohosts. From Crohn's to arthritis, Kourtney and Clarissa get real on this episode about life with chronic pain, diagnosis journeys, living with the existential dread of chronic illness and more as they explore what struggles...

Clarissa and Kourtney bring back a season one favorite with the tables turned. Kourtney brings some of her recent reads to the podcast table and has Clarissa guess what stories could be inside -- all based on the cover. Then, both cohosts put their heads together to guess a couple of storylines from recent Tea With Coffee Media book releases. They say never judge a book by its cover, but today you...

You know what they say: Misery loves company, and Clarissa and Kourtney got some great company on this episode! Jamie, curator of popular meme pages like Millennial Misery and Humorous Resources, joins the podcast to surf the web and every millennial memory of it. MySpace memories, 2007 cringe posts, advice for maintaining a successful social media platform in today’s climate, and more come to lig...

It's time to learn relationship history, talent show memories, and more about 30, Dirty & Dying cohosts' lives before they started the podcast. On this episode, Kourtney and Clarissa play a lightening round "Never Have I Ever" and tell a few stories and secrets about years gone by. Embarrassing moments? Spicy dates? Clowns? It's all coming up on this game time episode of 30 D&D. Disclaimer...

Cheating. It's a tough part of relationships that lots of us go through -- just look at all the songs about cheating hearts and Jolenes. On this episode, cohosts Kourtney and Clarissa talk about some of the pop culture cheating scandals that happened during season break and how it reminded them of their own experiences with infidelity. Past relationship stories, signs they missed, and how cheating...

October is coming to a close, so Clarissa and Kourtney end their series of Spooky Season Specials with a chat about haunts, Halloween costumes, and more. Kourtney’s husband, Mike (aka Mike the Angry Clown) joins the hosts for this one telling them all about his experience acting in a haunted house attraction for several years. It’s a haunted trip down memory lane and you’re invited!

Spooky Season Two continues with Halloween vibe episodes all through October. This week, Clarissa and Kourtney go on a boozy-themed and cross-year Back in Time and then, your hosts are getting creepy talking about urban legends from Tudor England, the internet, and everywhere in between. Have you ever wondered what lies at the bottom of the ocean? Said Bloody Mary three times in a dark bathroom? T...

Spooky Season Two's intro month continues with a talkative tour through some haunted spots across the U.S. On this episode, Kourtney and Clarissa are back to continue ringing in Spooky Season with Halloween-themed episodes throughout the month of October. This week, they're your tour guides through a Haunted House of Horror, a strangely constructed mansion, an Appalachian Asylum, family histories,...

On the Season Two opener, Clarissa and Kourtney are back to ring in Spooky Season with a bang of nostalgia, life before the internet, and Halloween spirit. The hosts head back to the "millennial years" 1981 to 1996 and talk about their favorite horror films born in the same era as they were. Eighties camp, unforgettable slashers, and iconic villains are all up for debate as 30, Dirty & Dying r...

The Season One Finale of 30, Dirty & Dying is here and it is a religious experience. On this episode, Kourtney and Clarissa travel back in time to 2015 when Kourtney was having a religious experience of her own and then break down their histories with organized religion -- Christianity in particular -- and what role it plays in their lives now as aging millennials. From Sunday School memories...

It's time for a journey back through your burned CDs, long nights on Limewire, and mixtapes as we settle in for an episode all about music! Clarissa's partner, Justin, joins the regular hosts for a rousing round of Millennial Music Trivia. From the early 2010s back to 80s and 90s, there's a nostalgic jam for most millennials. Clarissa quizzes Kourtney and Justin, both of whom have admittedly poor...

The 90s and early 2000s were a golden age for many things ... including toxic diet culture. From "fad diets" that basically promoted disordered eating to paparazzi photo magazines body shaming everyone, there was a lot of influence about weight, fatphobia, and self-image. Cohosts Clarissa and Kourtney were not spared from the damage, and on this episode they settle in for some real talk about how...

Let's try not to get hit by a bus as we take a trip back to North Shore High and relive the millennial classic "Mean Girls." Released in 2004, Mean Girls is one of the most quotable movies of the early 2000s -- and most millennials know it by heart. Watching a high school movie as an adult sometimes brings a new perspective though, so we put The Plastics to the test. We cover all the things we sti...