Band Wives

The Wives return this week with special guest, host and rock queen Allison Hagendorf, to chat about her journey through many facets of the music industry, her favorite couples in music, advice for lasting partnerships, why the things you listen to at 14 years old could change your life, motherhood, Los Angeles and the launch of 'The Allison Hagendorf Show.' Join Chonny and Misha as they slowly wad...

After a busy couple of weeks, the Wives are back and catching up in an episode with no goals, all banter. Chondra is finally stabilizing after two weeks of festivals, shows and friendship hang outs, while Misha is fresh off the heels of a long wedding weekend--and both are desperate to get some more trips on the calendar, while patiently waiting for the end of the school year. From Paramore to Bli...

Chondra and Misha are back and answering a listener's question about dating. Also, The Artist's Way, career talk in an alternate universe, Misha's internet marine biology degree and Chondra's addiction to the new Starbuck's Summer game. Take it away, Wives!

This week, the Wives sit down with Daniella Clarke and Barbaranne Wylde of the Honest AF Show to discuss longevity in marriage, beauty routines and the magic of Sedona. Also, why it’s important to share what you’ve learned along the way with others who might benefit from your wisdom, running away from home at sixteen and MILF Manor. Buckle up because this one’s a wild ride!  (WARNING: Santa spoile...

A day late and a little short, but this week's minisode is jam packed with chatter about life and work stuff, body doubling, Misha's weekend at a monastery, Chonny's flooded basement, many not-sponsored sponsor name-drops, and Alligators 101. Listeners weigh in: Does a full social life help or hinder creativity?

This week, the Wives are chatting up go-getting UCLA Sports Dietician, fitness instructor and fellow band wife Brittni Whitesides about goal setting, communication, controlling reactions, being the adventurous mom and a sorta secret Swiftie. Tune in for advice and fun...and stay for the Wives full-on cute collapse after a cameo from her adorable baby, Indy.

It's April! The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and Chondra and Professor Misha are unpacking their bags after Spring Break with friends and family. They're also unpacking marriage, a recent think piece in the Atlantic calling it "serious play" rather than "hard work" and asking what's love got to do with it (except everything!)

In one of their favorite interviews to date, Chondra and Misha welcome special guest and absolutely magical human and songbird, Allie Colleen for a big, boisterous midnight chat about everything from her flourishing country music career (and the responsibilities of being the woman in charge) obsession with horror with a side of Disney roots, fitness positivity and continuing journey with narcoleps...

This week, Chondra and Misha are playing catch up amidst the changing seasons, school breaks and general chaos of band wife life. On the agenda: holidays, happiness, being your own book publicist, making taboo art, why you shouldn't read too much into lyrics, sobbing under cherry trees as a form of psychotherapy and the gorgeous abomination that is Spanish moss. Oh yeah, and Keanu's here too. In o...

It's a new Wednesday and the Wives are welcoming sweet special guest Michelle Nolan DaRosa to chat about her journey through motherhood, music (in bands Straylight Run and Destry) minivan upgrades, theme songs and the elder emo struggle to find new tunes. Also, the math of three kids, 40 days and one partner abroad, mentorship, thriving in the chaos of too many projects, and surprise (?) another s...

Ciao! In this week's Minisode, the Wives are talking about their voyage to Greve in Chianti, where they tackled driving internationally, starting fires, jumping electric fences, drinking all the vino in town and experiencing Tuscany in the winter time. They came, they saw, they wrote and then...wrote some more. Also, the childlike wonder of attempting new languages, the absolute joy of an imaginat...

This week, the Wives sit down with Jennifer McAlhaney to talk about her career path shift from orthodontics to interior design, learning to be flexible and thrifting things that make you happy. Also, the best sound in the world (silence!) committing to finishing things, and Chondra's discovery of Grey's Anatomy 18 years late.

Season Two is here and the Wives are kicking off with a minisode about music: The good, the bad, the very uncool and the fun albums from childhood that made an impact. If you came here for groundbreaking album discussion, you're in the wrong place, but if you're looking for rants about packing for long trips, existential crises, refusing to wait for the ghost of Virginia Woolf to show up and inspi...

Guilty by association...this week's Q + A Minisode is all about mom guilt. Chondra and Misha hash out the topic of why we feel it, why we shouldn't and how we can put a stop to the cultural pushback that says mothers should do it all with a smile. Also, fancy parties, weekend activities and loving our families enough to do what's best for everyone. If you're feeling the weight of the world, this o...

In this week's episode, the Wives sit down with astute and luminous singer-songwriter Kayleigh Goldsworthy to talk about creativity with no agenda, the balancing act of being touring partners, doggie anxiety, the logistics of running a video game cult and how sometimes the key to good communication is not talking at all. Also the challenges of releasing music in a pandemic (her album Learning to B...

In this week's Q + A Minisode, Chondra and Misha answer a listener's question about offering advice to their younger selves. Also the joy of learning a new language, the physical challenges of coping with death and the feeling of Resfeber, (a word the Swedish define as "the restless race of the traveler’s heart before the journey begins, when anxiety and anticipation are tangled together.")

This week the Wives sit down with incredibly nurturing and organized Erica Rexroat to talk about the wedding planning business, how she navigates the challenges of becoming the primary caregiver of a grandparent with dementia, meeting her husband on Myspace, raising two girls and making lots of lists. Also meal planning, how easy it is to become "a Disney person" and buying crotchless underwear in...

New Year, same Wives. In this week's minisode, Chondra and Misha are talking about the pressure of a new year and how to set your sights on values and goals without stressing yourself out. Also, finding beauty in the failures and let downs, childhood bedrooms, the power of a poem by Maggie Smith and taking every personality assessment test as "self-research."

The Wives return, and this time--the boys are back in town, with an epic episode that can only be described as complete and utter, R-rated chaos. From surviving the road to song-writing, Post Malone to Pete Seeger, wrapping, rapping, partnership, nepo babies, musicals, masturbation (like, a lot of it) and everything in between--join Chondra and Misha as they sit down with their husbands, Adam and...

Back to basics with a Q & A minisode this week as Misha and Chondra gear up for the holidays and battle the flu. Today's episode keeps it short and sweet as the Wives answer a question about their favorite things to do with a significant other when they are home. Get your minds out of the gutter and get ready to quiet quit Christmas!

In the last episode of our December #CrewWives spotlight, Chondra and Misha welcome gifted photographer and entrepreneur Brandi Falconer of Wander & Dusk to the show to talk about weddings, ambitious travel, the importance of routines and her latest venture--The Dark Room--a women-owned Las Vegas photo studio and event space. Also hacking packing, The White Lotus, and anarchist spice rack organiza...

In a bonus full-length episode continuing to spotlight #crewlife, the Wives welcome delightfully funny guest Anne Sprague to talk about extra long friendships that turn into love, quick engagements, finding a career path later in life, Love is Blind and why rabbit ownership is not for the faint of heart. Also, Misha's quest to make grammar fun and the foster dog fail everyone saw coming (except Ch...

In a special full episode, Chondra and Misha are joined by Courtney Klimson, founder of The Roadie Clinic, an advocacy network created to help support the physical, mental and emotional well-being of crew members and their families. Courtney shares her deep insight into the unique challenges of roadie life, including the deficits in available resources that she noticed throughout her journey as a...

In this week's Minisode, Chondra and Misha talk gratitude for the most important things in life like family, new beginnings, good books...and public restrooms. Also, some VERY important news from the Band Wives camp that we can't (and likely won't) stop talking about. No matter how you celebrate (or if at all) finding things to be thankful for helps make the week a little brighter.

Chondra and Misha are back this week with startlingly talented and hilarious guest, Marie Trohman. From her journey through the NYC art world to co-founding Los Angeles-based interior design firm PROEM in the midst of a global pandemic...and helping bring to life the stunning green kitchen that broke the internet this year (Seriously, Emma Chamberlain, can we come over for dinner?) Marie talks sel...