Coaching Carrie: a Sex and the City Podcast

We made it to the very last episode of Season 3! Roosters are crowing, sex workers are hanging on the street corner and everybody is ending this season feeling more like themselves than ever before.  Becky is coaching AAAAALL the characters this week as she and Kerry discuss whether Destiny, China and Jo (no ‘e’ of course) would find the show’s jokes about them humorous, why in the world the show’...

Do NOT attempt to play tennis at the MacDougal compound wearing anything less than pristine white clothing as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder: what did sister-in-law Patti hope to accomplish by telling everyone about Charlotte’s assignation with the gardener, anyway?  Kerry is coaching the ladies this week as she and Becky discuss the true nature of karma, whether or not Carrie actually feel...

Get your cardigans and headbands ready because we’re headed to a light lunch with the sisters of Kappa Kappa Gamma as Becky and Kerry can’t help but wonder: when will we all realize the power of harnessing our own stories and experiences?  Becky is coaching this week as she and Kerry discuss the way that everyone can be a liiiiiittle too much in the right context, how Carrie completely messes up h...

It’s all the adult-ified pleasures of youth this week as the ladies head to a fancy cafeteria, the arcade, and a bat mitzvah party as our co-hosts can’t help but wonder: what does Carrie see in Wade, anyway?  Kerry’s wearing the coaching cap this week as she and Becky discuss Carrie’s unusually lighthearted approach to dating Wade, the ongoing saga of how Charlotte and Trey talk past each other ab...

It’s double the coaching this week in our first double episode as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder, how were these L.A. episodes supposed to fit into the series other than as an opportunity for a bunch of Hollywood cameos, anyway? Kerry and Becky are BOTH coaching the characters this week as the ladies voyage all the way to the West Coast and our hosts discuss Carrie’s suggestion for Charlott...

This week we cordially invite you to attend the nuptials of Ms. Charlotte York and Dr. Trey MacDougal as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder: was the end of Carrie and Aidan’s relationship inevitable all along? This week Becky is asking the coaching questions as she and Kerry discuss the very strange way Carrie and Aidan discuss flaws the night before Charlotte’s wedding, keep count of Trey’s “a...

We’re taking a tour of New York’s finest (and not-so-fine) hotels to have an affair in this week as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder, what is it that Carrie’s getting out of this affair with Big anyway? Kerry’s asking the coaching questions this week as she and Becky discuss the fact that Charlotte doesn’t seem to have thought about what she wants from a marriage other than a wedding, Miranda...

This week we are making a full-body, sticky decision as Becky and Kerry can’t help but wonder: what the hell is Big’s rush all of a sudden?? Becky’s asking the coaching questions this week as she and Kerry discuss Carrie and Big’s unfinished business, how Carrie is ever going to sort through the mountain of feelings surrounding her illicit affair, and how the ladies might navigate the inevitable c...

It’s fairy tales and epic love stories this week as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder: would Charlotte have gone through with marrying Trey if she hadn’t gotten her fantasy proposal? This week Kerry is coaching all the ladies whose expectations are all being subverted as she and Becky discuss Carrie’s confusion about why she and Aidan aren’t a perfect match in life when he’s nearly perfect on...

All aboard the fancy boat this week as Becky and Kerry can’t help but wonder: why in the hell does Carrie tell Big she’s eating cheese when CLEARLY she scarfed a piece of cantaloupe?  It’s all about timing this week as Becky coaches the characters and she and Kerry discuss why in the world Carrie thinks the Gab party is on a fancy boat to begin with, how Miranda and Steve’s relationship managed to...

It’s all about the drama in this week’s episodes as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder: how do these ladies know what’s just drama and what’s real feelings?  Kerry’s coaching the girls this week as she and Becky discuss the set design of Aidan’s furniture shop, whether Carrie actually trapped Aidan into accepting her uppity behavior around meeting his parents, and Kerry performs a mini opera ju...

Let’s talk about sex bay-bee! It’s all about how many partners make us sluts this week and Becky and Kerry can’t help but wonder: what do we want sex to mean in our relationships, anyway? The ladies are getting it on and facing the music of their sexual histories this week as Becky coaches them and she and Kerry discuss what defines a romantic relationship other than sex, Carrie’s wild wardrobe on...

It’s another problematic episode where the writers of Sex and the City try to grapple with race and Becky and Kerry can’t help but wonder: would basically ANYTHING other than the choices they made here have been better? Luckily, there’s a lot else going on in this episode as Kerry coaches the characters and discusses with Becky whether Carrie ever actually bought that chair from Aiden, why anyone...

Well, we knew the problematic episodes had to start sometime and this week is the week! As we dive into the strange world of bisexual representation in early aughts television, Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder, what would an art show exclusively about Samantha dressing as a guy look like? Becky is coaching the ladies this week as she and Kerry discuss the utility of gender stereotypes, who’s...

Grab your drink tickets and your fancy “ladies who lunch” dress because we are heading to this year’s Women in the Arts Luncheon as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder, is Natasha just as intimidated by Carrie as Carrie is of Natasha? Kerry’s asking the coaching questions this week as she and Becky discuss whether the girls are members at the Helena Rubenstein spa, why women so often choose to c...

It’s episode two and the election race is heating up as we can’t help but wonder: does political fundraising in New York require big hairdos? Becky’s asking the coaching questions this week as we imagine Charlotte’s version of adventure travel, how bringing curiosity about Bill’s fetish might have helped he and Carrie find a compromise, and why in the hell Carrie felt the need to burn Bill after t...

We’re back and diving straight into Season 3 as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder: can’t women allow themselves to be supported without resorting to a damsel in distress rescue fantasy? Kerry’s coaching the characters as she and Becky discuss finding pieces of Sex and the City fashion out in the real world, giving into trauma responses in moments of vulnerability, and the aspects of romantic p...

Hello listeners! Thanks for sticking around through Season 2!  We've taken some time off to deck the halls and curl up in front of the fire with a hot toddy - while appreciating all the gifts in our lives from accessories to friendship.   But we'll be back with Season 3 on February 1! Follow the pod on Facebook and Instagram: @coaching.carrie.podcast Connect with Kerry: www.kerrywalshcoa...

Get you lunchtime reservations set, kiddos, because we’re eating the best Cobb salad in town this week as we can’t help but wonder, what do the characters of this show actually think is a good enough reason to break off a romantic relationship? Becky is asking the coaching questions this week as she and Kerry discuss what, exactly, Carrie thinks Big didn’t get about their relationship, the mechani...

It’s finally here! The episode where the ladies really do take the Jitney! We’re packing up our swimsuits and heading out of town for the weekend as we can’t help but wonder, why can’t everyone keep the advantages of their own age in perspective?! Kerry’s coaching the characters this week as she and Becky consider why Natasha’s age is made an issue at all (when Carrie just isn’t over big yet), how...

Grab your moleskine notebook and a couple of gel pens as we head off to the How to Please Your Man workshop and can’t help but wonder: is Miranda back to being more committed to being right about men’s flaws than being happy in a relationship? Becky is doing the coaching this week as she and Kerry discuss Cynthia Nixon’s incredible one-liners, Carrie’s continuing maturity about looking for what sh...

Look out for small children taking over the leg press, swinging large tree branches, and running about with worms this week as we can’t help but wonder: where the hell did Carrie Bradshaw go to college?  Kerry is asking the questions this week as she and Becky discuss why anyone would need two different flavors of jam for a blueberry muffin, where Westley came from and why he never again returns,...

Pull out your wildest Baviarian milkmaid outfit and join us in the park for a picnic lunch as we can’t help but wonder: where the hell did Carrie meet McFadden anyway?  Becky is helping the girls out this week and she and Kerry discuss why everyone seems to assume that pattern behavior is automatically bad, why Charlotte should have cancelled her second date when she realized she had a connection...

Whether you’re into baseball or lining up for a game of Twister, we’re playing ALL the games this week and can’t help but wonder: if you show up authentically in relationships, can’t we get rid of all the games? Kerry is coaching the characters this week as she and Becky discuss why Carrie can’t seem to recognize her own worth without a man reflecting it back to her, the fact that we’ll never ackn...

Get your riding crop ready and your leather cuffs buckled as we head out to Manhattan’s hottest S&M restaurant and can’t help but wonder, is Big or Carrie the one causing her so much pain this time around?  Becky is coaching the ladies this week as she and Kerry discuss what it is that Carrie thinks she’s saving herself from by breaking up with Big, the hilarity of Chris Noth delivering the li...