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Yay, another episode full of amazingness! First, we check in and give a little nod to the plusses of social media, massage therapist Dana Ronquist and a video Shana saw on Dana's Facebook page celebrating full figured humans. It's time for a HOT FLASH and today Shana is blowing off some steam about all the pundits who insist upon focusing on the negative. INSTEAD support Solutions Journalism . The...

Today Shana and Theresa Girl Talk on the state of #metoo after tuning into 1A's coverage of CBS's handling of the allegations against Les Moonves and how corporations are preparing across the board for continued allegations to surface. Jacinta Bunnell brightens the studio with her creativity and enthusiasm for her feelings. Jacinta is an artist, activist, author and co-founder of B.R.A.W.L. She sh...

Shana's holding down the studio while Theresa is reporting in from Wisconsin. In Girl Talk, we talk about a new show idea of street interviews of hip grannies that Shana has affectionately dubbed "biddies." Which leads us to a shout out to Antonio from la Voz and his coverage of Grannies Respond and their caravan to the border at Texas to protest the government's treatment of immigrants...

In this week's Girl Talk, Shana shares with listeners the New York City initiative to include more women in the city's monuments. If you live in one of the five boroughs you can submit your nomination here . Theresa shares about the resistance she is having about being asked to sign an affidavit for a sexual discrimination lawsuit against a former employer and how she found solace in a post shared...

In this week's Girl Talk, Shana and Theresa discuss the New York Public Library's Podcast episode featuring Aja Monet interviewing Roxanne Gay and the documentary film, She's Beautiful When She's Angry. Tiziana Agnello , Stylist and Founder of sustainable pet accessory line, Love Thy Beast talks about how she made it in NYC starting out with $500. She's shares her journey from student and textile...

In this week's Girl Talk, Shana shares a tip on a new podcast from Dana Falsetti , a self defined "fat" yoga teacher who's podcast dives into confidence, authenticity, critical thinking, body justice, inclusivity and awareness. Theresa offers up another Morning Matcha podcast on emotional metabolism with Dr. Habib Sadeghi which she found helpful in better understanding the benefits of mi...

It's Independence Day, and today we're Girl Talking about the meaning of independence for ourselves and for everyone. For those of you wanting to work on your own white privilege, check out Wild Mystic Woman on Instagram. Shana and Theresa continue the conversation around eating habits and healing ourselves, freeing ourselves you might say from the emotional pull of food, and Shana shares from her...

Today we switch things up and extend Girl Talk to go deep into Geneen Roth's book, Women Food and God. Shana shares her personal story about her own relationship to food and dieting. After recently dipping back in to dieting after having believed she'd healed her relationship to food and herself, she opened herself up to learning more about the healing that she needs. We talked about the importanc...

In this week's Girl Talk, Shana and Theresa talk about feeling insecure and how social media fuels this. Maiko Hata , jazz singer, joins us in the studio to talk about being a music therapist and the power of music to heal, how she finally chose to follow her heart and her desire to become a jazz singer, how she struggles with saying no in order to say yes to herself and how she maintains such a m...

With Theresa calling in from her family visit in Wisconsin, she and Shana talk about what her nieces are up to, getting a feel on what it's like to be a young girl in today's world. Theresa shares her interview with Maria Jansdotter Farr and Emma and Jordan, two New Paltz High School students, participating in the Girls Inc. program and their podcast In Her Voice which digs into the topics of Toxi...

Yeah, yeah, another unenlightened man said something shocking about a woman's place in the world. How do we help people be teachable in these moments? We don't know the answer, but we banter about it today. We gush about Radio Kingston and the power in community radio to present diverse voices and stories so that we can all live more happily together! Executive director and landscape designer at E...

On today's show Shana shares a plethora of new podcast high fives for us to check out. See below! Theresa confesses her failure to stand up to a leering police officer and wonders what that means about her and her place in feminism. In studio guest, Susan Barnett , writer and former journalist, TV News Anchor and host of 51% The Women's Perspective, joins us to talk about her life as a journalist...

Yay, the new Shana Falana album mixes are coming along and Shana shares about that process and how it's going, while Theresa squeals about what she's heard thus far. Theresa opens up about her painting experience from this past weekend and encourages everyone to dip into their own creativity! Theresa interviews Sarah Carlson, filmmaker, editor and producer at Growing Films , artist and community b...

Yay, Shana is back and talking about her trip to Scotland and how she and Mike checked out the Apple store in Edinburgh to find Shana's song, "Cool Kids," on the "Road Trip" playlist on every new iPhone in the store across the globe! Theresa shares the latest in her world related to #metoo and the discomfort she felt being asked to talk to an attorney about a sexual discriminat...

Theresa is joined by guest hostess, Carla Rozman , designer and artist, while Shana is in Scotland. We discuss the latest in (hashtag)metoo, and critique the design of Melania's new campaign to combat bullying. Jen Donovan, founder of LeShag , talks about how she got into the beauty and makeup world, how she's built a successful business and why she is training new aspiring salon owners in how to...

Today, we talk about the Cosby verdict, women's vindication and the fierceness of Michelle Wolf. Guest Amy Brown-White, diversity and inclusivity consultant, teaches us the basics of how to teach diversity in the education system, and how we can practice diversity in our own lives within our community. Amy also started a business called Travelwidth to help connect people of size with information a...

Today we dissect Theresa's new/repeat asymmetrical, yet to be named, haircut and how cutting her hair is the art project she always wanted. This leads to a conversation about women's hair and age appropriate haircuts...WHAT? Yes, they exist. KayCee Wimbish arrives and rescues us from our hair-talk to share about all the amazing work the Kingston YMCA Farm Project is up to. As an urban farm, their...

On today's show, Shana and Theresa catch up with each other. Shana talks about her week in the studio recording her new album and on the emotions that come up thinking about whether this is her last one. Theresa gets a little vulnerable talking about the saga of setting up a baby gate for other Mom's at the yoga studio as she works through her own emotions of trying to have a baby. Tissues may be...

While Shana is in the studio recording her new album, Theresa and guest hostess Carolita Johnson, artist and New Yorker cartoonist, talk about Carolita's journey back and forth between New York City and Paris, dodging careers your parents envision for you, and becoming an artist on your own terms. They are joined by special guest Sari Botton, writer, Essays Editor at Longreads, Editorial Director...

On today's show, we sit down with songwriter, musician, and advocate Rebecca Martin to talk about her life as a musician, how she has been organizing from a very young age, and how she balances those two parts of herself today. Rebecca talks about how she deals with conflict and challenge, rising above and moving forward. Throughout life's ups and downs she's learned how to go with the flow, letti...

On today's show Shana and Theresa talk with Rebecca Moore, musician, actor, performance artist, educator, activist and co-founder of Hudson Valley Veg Fest. She talks to us about what it was like growing up in NYC, collaborating with pioneers of the 80's and 90's NYC art scene, making and playing music, and fighting for the rights of artists and tenants during the height of Manhattan's gentrificat...

On today's show Shana and Theresa talk about seeing our shadow, the subconscious parts of our personality and how setting boundaries is a powerful form of self care. Theresa speaks with Rachel Collet, photographer, about how she's taking a break from her work to build her own home, digging into what the process has been like, and the challenges she's faced doing this as a woman in a predominantly...

On today's show Shana and Theresa break down the #metoo conversation further by looking at the messages they received as young women and how those messages shaped how they've responded to men and sexual harassment in their lives. Special guest, Lori Ann King, writer, author, athlete and health and nutrition coach talks about her personal health journey through a hysterectomy, an oophorectomy, and...

On today's show Theresa speaks with Elizabeth Gross, SomaVeda Thai Yoga Therapist and Founder of Dharmawake, about Elizabeth's journey to breakthrough disordered eating habits and how cultivating self love is essential for transformation, embodied living. We also hear Shana's interview with Tierney Tough of the band The Pauses about shopping her latest record, booking a music venue and how she kee...

Theresa and Shana talk about body image and becoming more self-aware of the negative self talk we send to ourselves when we judge others. In studio guest, Erica Brown, talks to us about her process in overcoming shame and reconnecting with self-respect as shared during her TMI Project's Black Stories Matter performance. She also shares the complexity of raising boys in today's world of police shoo...