Just Saying Podcast

September 17th will be the 15-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street protest movement that swept through the US and other countries throughout the world in 2011 . I talked with my friend Cinema Timshel , who I met at the Occupy protests in Minneapolis that October, about what it was like to participate and organize with Occupy, where we were successful and where we weren't, how recent protests in...

Standards and their discontents The phrase “lowering standards” in regards to dating has always rubbed me the wrong way. It sounds insulting to everyone involved: to yourself for needing to admit that you’re not “good enough” for the people you aspire to be with, and to those for whom you now must “settle” because that means they are also not “good enough” for people “better” than you. No one like...

If you’d like to skip the crossword and go straight to The Discourse, skip to 32:50! In yesterday’s Crosswords and Discourse episode, we talked with Kerry On , writer of Midwest State of Mind , about her recent essay series about infidelity (all parts are linked in the beginning): It was a fascinating discussion that touched on forgiveness, unconditional love, how you know when you’ve felt it, bip...

The above voiceover is not a reading of this essay, but additional commentary to it. In this one I talk more about what it means to be “cute.” I recommend reading the post before listening so that it makes the most sense! A couple weeks ago, Med Gold 🐒 brought up the “Four Categories of Female Attractiveness” on a recent podcast episode, answering a reader question about whether or not women have...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lirpa.substack.com I went to Minnesota to spend Thanksgiving with my family and had the opportunity to interview my 17-year-old niece, Adara. We covered a ton of topics about Zoomers and other issues. We get into some of the more controversial topics of the day after the paywall! Conversation topics include: * What’s high school like th...