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In this episode, your hosts answer a detailed question from a listener who is frustrated with a workplace where they enjoy their work and coworkers but are stymied by bottlenecks, unclear priorities and poor communication, and are thus losing motivation and struggling to be productive. Sara's initial reaction was to encourage quiet quitting, but following more reflection she emphasizes that it...

In this episode, a listener asks why so few people in Whitehorse bike or walk despite relatively short distances to many destinations, and another asks why drivers can be so aggressive. Emma and Sara talk about their experiences bike commuting, car culture, and the need for more safe and accessible infrastructure to support different transportation modes across neighbourhoods and life stages. Ther...

We're at the mid-point of season 2! We hope you enjoy this bonus short episode. Today, Emma and Sara take on a different kind of question that left them with far more questions - this listener's neighbour stole their plants from their yard, and is looking for advice on whether to steal them back! Your hosts comment on the oddity of this behaviour, with Emma suggesting a rational and respon...

This episode forms part 2 of a two-part series on friendship (part 1 is "Birthday Cards and Letting Go of an Old Friend"). In this episode, Emma and Sara answer a question from a listener asking how to gently and honestly break up a platonic relationship. Emma brings up a recent topic of interest, the HR-ification of friendship, and Sara notes that we have very few well-defined cultural...

In this episode, Emma and Sara answer a question from a senior who is wondering whether it is time to let go of an old friendship that has become unbalanced and is leaving the listener feeling resentful. Your hosts discuss how different people show up in their friendships, greeting cards, and how access to transportation and technology can affect our friendships as we age. This is a two-part episo...

In this episode, Emma and Sara answer a question from a listener who wonders why they now hate Saturdays as the primary parent to two children, aged 5 and 2, even though they are good at self-care and have a helpful spouse. In their response, your hosts dig into feminist philosophy and psychology theory, along with their experience as mothers to children that same age. You can submit your anonymou...

In this episode, Emma and Sara included a special guest, Michelle Friesen. Michelle is Yukon First Nations whose family is from the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, the first Indigenous city councillor in Whitehorse in 30 years, a mother and a mountain biker and we were so pleased to have her on our show to answer a question about speaking up (even when it's scary!), power dynamics, and representation...

In this episode, Emma and Sara answer a question about the use of technology in adulthood, the role of our phones as a gateway to the Internet and how this affects relationships in a variety of spaces, and mis/disinformation in social media. Do you have a question you'd like us to answer in a future episode? You can submit it anonymously here: ⁠https://forms.gle/BGTPzwNVaeg7Zz8E9⁠ You can foll...

In this episode, Emma and Sara tackle two questions about how to deepen adult friendships, touching on the concepts of a friend hierarchy, the commodification of friendship, intentionality in relationships, and the effects of social media on modern friendships. Please submit your question for a future episode by clicking here: https://forms.gle/BGTPzwNVaeg7Zz8E9 We'd love to answer it in a fut...