Dear Pod,

Time to put the month of romance behind us with the memory of LOVE LOST. How do you really feel about that new beau of yours. Do you stay or do you find another partner for a trail six month run? Apparently, there are no rules. Just like this week's episode of knowledge and wonder.

The month of "Love" continues on. This week, we complicate matters by throwing in a steamy LOVE AFFAIR that will make you sweat with excitement and fearful that you're going to get caught. So, put on those dark sunglasses, check-in to that seedy motel and turn on your lover on to a new episode of DEAR POD!

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. One. Two. Three. Four. Just Four. Today we are reaching deep into our Hope Chests and finding all of our hidden LOVE LETTERS. Join us, won't you, as we take another attempt at our month of Love Themed topics and see how long you'll last until the sugary sweetness is so intense, your back molars just fall out. Happy Valentine's Days Everyone!

Lots of things to LOVE during this episode. To start with, how about priests not letting you sing Love Songs in church? No? What do you think of a couple who met at a casino nearly sixty years ago and they are going back for their anniversary? Still nothing? Oh, have I mentioned that Erin just had her first colonoscopy and it was epic? Yeah. I knew that would get your attention. Enjoy!

Fire up those VCR's and grab your Jane Fonda tapes, because this week we are EXERCISING! It's the new craze. Haven't you heard? The New York Times Best Seller List actually has three books on it that's all about exercise. What is this crazy world we are living in? I betcha the next new craze would be TV cameras following people in their daily lives. I know. That would be ridiculous!

GUEST ALERT!!! Let's all meet in Downward Dog as we remove all the saturated fats during this HEATH & WELLNESS episode. Board Certified Health Coach and Author, TARA ROSCIOLI, shows us just how easy one homemade honey syrup can make our cocktails tastier and (dare I say) healthier than ever. In the meantime, can someone please help me up? Somewhere between the Cat and Cow pose my back went out...

In an era that has been penned as "The Great Resignation", we at Dear Pod offer you NEW JOBS/NEW BEGINNINGS. Is your office manager giving you the side eye by the way you dress for work? Will your Dad treat you like Logan Roy treats his kids in the family business? Questions will be answered just as soon as you drop your resume with the gal at the front desk and we're done with this coffee break.

Screw Dry January. We're still in a pandemic and we're celebrating the new year by, no surprises here, DRINKING. Are you worried if your mother will have one too many cocktails at your upcoming wedding or that your Golden Retriever might be developing a drinking problem? Listen. There is no problem that we can't solve together if we sit down, be honest and face the issue head on. Let's just have a...

5...4...3...2...1...HAPPY NEW YEAR GRAB BAG! As we kick out the crap year that was 2021, we wait in the wings with judgement in our eyes to see how 2022 will perform. Will 2022 be all vocal riffs and tricks but with no real voice? Will the new year promise us fame and fortune but just turn out to be a deadbeat dad? Roll up your sleeve as we inject you with the healing booster of laughter and booze...

Deck Them Halls, Everyone! Cause it's time to gather around the tree, put on some Mitch Miller and GRAB some CHRISTMAS BAGS. Yes. It's the Holiday Grab Bag Episode. And we can't think of a better way to spend the day than open random holiday gifts that we are certain to return. Now hang on to those receipts, jingle those bells and let's rip into those letters. That's right tear right in. We're not...

Now, don't confuse this GRAB BAG episode just any old Grab Bag episode. Of all the Grab Bag episode's that we have done in the past, I can promise you that this week's episode is one of them. How's that for confidence in your product? Time to turn up the volume and press play!

GUEST ALERT!!! Put on your scarfs and gloves. Fill up the flasks with brandy and bourbon, and warm up those vocal chords. This week we are all going CAROLING! Join us as we welcome Author, Caroler and Wearer of Bonnets, RENAE BAKER, to the lounge as she helps us dissect the real meaning behind some of the most beloved, classic, Christmas carols. If we are lucky, we will finally discover the true a...

Did you make a list yet? Did you check it twice? You still have time to give someone the ultimate GIFT this holiday season. If you're anything like my mother, you already did your Christmas shopping back in July. So, get out the wrapping paper because this week a neatly, wrapped. brand new episode is waiting for you in your stocking!

Belly up to the buffet. It's THANKSGIVING! Wait. Scratch that. We're still in a pandemic. We won't be seeing any buffets for a while. But we will see people at the dinner table who we wish weren't there, desserts that no can recognize, and that one aunt who keeps hoarding all of the leftovers. It's your family. Like them or not, you're stuck with them all day. So, let us bow our heads, drink our w...

Can't live with 'em. Can't live without' em. That's right. I'm talking about your NEIGHBORS. How long are they going to keep their empty trash can at the end of their driveway? Will that man always drink his morning coffee while walking around his property in his underwear? Why does she keep staring at me whenever I cut the lawn? Today...we answer none of these questions.

Keep your drink inside your mouth because this week's GRAB BAG will make you do a spit-take. Whether you are eight months pregnant with triplets or good at craps (not taking one, rolling one) this weeks episode has something in it for you. Just make sure you get the booster shot so there won't be any immediate reaction.

Today's episode comes directly from the fifty yard line on the gridiron we proudly call The Maha'a Tiki Lounge Memorial Stadium. We are talking FOOTBALL! With Erin and Patty as your two Quaterbacks, they're not so much talking about it as being confused by it. Let's go huddle up and see if we can 'Hail Mary' this week's episode between the uprights or whatever you're supposed to with your Tight En...

It's here. The night of horror, candy, poor choices in costumes and most of all...TERROR. It's All Hallows Eve Week and the Maha'a Tiki Lounge is eerily decorated and ready with a bowl of year old, expired candy that we couldn't give out last year during the pandemic. But this is a new, brighter, and more optimistic Halloween. You want to terrify us? Ring our doorbell and say, "Trick or treat! I'm...

GUEST ALERT! Get out your sketch pads, paint brush and easels. We are going to ART class today. Who better to guide us through our journey of lines, color, shading and erasers than artist to the Broadway community, JUSTIN "SQUIGS" ROBERTSON. And just as predicted , everything Erin is drawing looks like a stick figure. Art: she isn't easy.

The answer is: Samantha, Elphaba, Hermione, Sarah Jessica Parker and Hazel. Yes. DEAR POD. You rang in first. Famous WITCHES, Alex? That's right. We start celebrating the season with a deep dive on the ladies who made warts and chin-hair fashionable. That stuff is still in style? Right? Get out your cauldrons, cause we're mixing you up a potion of pod that's gonna leave a mark.

What's that? You missed the last three episodes of DEAR POD? You somehow forgot that this is how you begin each day with an earful of jackassery and laughter? You are very lucky that my heart is full of FORGIVENESS or we would be having words. Now, please forgive me as I pour myself a specialty cocktail and fill my ears with Erin and Patrick yelling at each other.

GUEST ALERT! So, I'm standing behind the bar at the Maha'a Tiki lounge working out some new recipes. Let's see what we get if we combine equal parts grit, brains, sass, determination, talent, vision, drive, motherhood and humor. OK. Let's add ice. Shake. Now, let us pour the phenomenal LEEANN KREISCHER into the studio at The Pineapple Ranch. Straight up or on the rocks, you're gonna love this gal!

CREMATION. There. I said it. No turning back now. It's out there and now we're talking about it. So, would you like to be sprinkled over the lawns of your favorite park or tossed all over the country club that wouldn't accept you as a member? Lots to think about as we tackle this hot topic. Sorry. I shouldn't have said that. That's just rude. Enjoy!

Whether it's your wallet or a glance, we are going to be STEALING something from you today! Maybe it's twenty dollars from your mother's purse, or those 800 count sheets from the Quality Comfort Hotel. It doesn't matter. We're breaking the law today and we're getting something for free. Now if I can nonchalantly walk out of this Home Depot with this air conditioner under my shirt...

Hey, you guys. That was so much fun last night but I really have to go. That's right. You were just the victim of a DEAR POD, ONE NIGHT STAND. Today you will learn basic things like, don't have a fling with a current patient at your hospital. Or, don't have a fling with a new co-worker a week after you started the new job. I'm no genius but shouldn't you already know these things???