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Send a text Join us for our 24,000 step-per-day trip to Disney World!  Teja pampered his bad leg in the mornings, while Barbara and our daughter hit the early entry lines. We go deep into the immersive Star Wars experience and speculate about the happiest dungeon in the world.  With expert help from Haley at Wishing Well Travel (not sponsored), we managed to navigate the intricate dance of magic b...

Send a text Our favorite shows are back and we’re happily streaming again! With the actors and writers strikes behind us all, we'll tell you what's hooked our attention. There’s Nathan Fillion in The Rookie and unexpected depth in 9-1-1 Lone Star. There's the speculative genius of For All Mankind and the quirkiness of Will Trent. How we still find time to write and get to work on ti...

Send a text We’re back! With all the regularity of the BBC’s Doctor Who season schedule, we’re on the mic again. This week we’re poking fun at the ratings and review systems that are foisted on us every day. Who decided frowny faces should measure sadness? And are more of them a good or a bad thing?  On a personal note, Barbara shared her health challenges from COVID to cancer, with a side of surg...

Send a text What could possibly keep two of the biggest rock bands throughout decades performing for die hard fans? Rosanna. So, don't stop believing that iconic melodies, lyrics and voice qualities of Journey and Toto will continue to wow millions of crazed-fans around the world! Journey’s on the road again, and Barbara and Teja Totolly met them all the way at their 50th anniversary concert...

Send a text Barbara and Teja attempt to stretch their luck by testing their physical flexibility and mobility. While following along a virtual class, they try their best to manupulate their muscles and ligaments they didn't even know they had. Can they survive rotating their hips like pretzels and dialing their kneecaps like doorhandles? Maybe... Sign up for our newsletter! http://eepurl.com/...

Send a text This is not about finding the best deals on family-sized hand sanitizer or stockpiling frozen salmon. It's about a self-indulgent, one-hour experience in a box-store traveling exhibit of an immersive full-body massage chair. Sign up for our newsletter! http://eepurl.com/hH5nZX Join us on Instagram @wearelivingforward https://www.facebook.com/livingforwardpodcast

Send a text It would be a cold day on the South Pole if Hollywood ever got foreign accents correct. Self-appointed culture investigators, Barbara and Teja mock the incompentance of directors and casting agents and end up surrounded by Yakuza penguins. Sign up for our newsletter! http://eepurl.com/hH5nZX Join us on Instagram @wearelivingforward https://www.facebook.com/livingforwardpodcast

Send a text Owning, caring for and loving all that is "cat", will furnish your home with a profusion of fur and all that comes of its relationship to the feline monster. Sign up for our newsletter! http://eepurl.com/hH5nZX Join us on Instagram @wearelivingforward https://www.facebook.com/livingforwardpodcast

Send a text Barbara and Teja defy escape velocity and return unharmed from an event horizon time-slip. 14 months may have passed since their last podcast, but you know...stuff. Sign up for our newsletter! http://eepurl.com/hH5nZX Join us on Instagram @wearelivingforward https://www.facebook.com/livingforwardpodcast

Send a text Would you trust artificial intelligence to dress you? Barbara and Teja use the DressX app augmented reality feature to explore the world of digital fashion. They will dazzle social media fans with styles that will blow your mind! (and maybe your budget too...) We'll be releasing the pictures on our socials and our web site too! Sign up for our newsletter! http://eepurl.com/hH5nZX...

Send a text Barbara goes solo this week with her inspirational tale of learning to snorkel. Sit on the edge of your seat as she stares down barracuda, wrestles with an inflatable dinghy, and masters the sea with her stellar doggie paddle. The coral was totally worth it.  Sign up for our newsletter! http://eepurl.com/hH5nZX  Join us on Instagram @wearelivingforward  https://www.facebook.com/livingf...

Send a text Cryptocurrency is here to stay! Impress Elon Musk at the next SpaceX company outing with your wealth of knowledge. And find out why a TV show phenomenon might not be the best thing to base an investment on. Take the cryptocurrency quiz with Teja and see if you have what it takes to succeed in the cyber economy! Sign up for our newsletter! http://eepurl.com/hH5nZX Join us on Instagram @...

Send a text It would have been easier to just buy a loaf of fresh bread from the bakery. But this is Barbara and Teja we're talking about. So, a quick visit to the Dedham Public Library to borrow a breadmaker, a multi-isle cruise at the market for specific bread-making ingredients, and an eye-bleeding read-through of the breadmaker manual, and they're all set. Or are they? Dedham Public...

Send a text The true test of technology isn't what it can do, it's what it can't do. Teja saw a slick advertisement for the new app Count This. Now he and Barbara are on a quest to have the app count everything in their house. Where will it succeed or fail? Will this new technology save them the pain of having to count all of the grapes in the fruit drawer or from confusion when sor...

Send a text Teja studied cinema. Barbara did not. So when they decided it was time to decypher the volumenous symbolism in the movie Blade Runner, Barbara started packing to move off-world. Drenched in sci-fi, religious, and film noir references the movie left them both looking for an umbrella. And they still have no clue as to where the dove came from. Sign up for our newsletter! http://eepurl.co...

Send a text It was supposed to be a fun afternoon out, to see the Imagine Van Gogh exhibition, but instead turned into a three-month wait. Yup! Barbara missed the invisible gorilla when buying the tickets. How could this happen, you ask? Join us and we'll tell you all about how our brain's selective attention system can ruin an otherwise lovely afternoon. Sign up for our newsletter! http...

Send a text Facebook's massive outage this week is the perfect opportunity for Barbara & Teja to display their explainer skills so you can look hip and informed at your next distanced dinner party. The world may not have come to an end, but with millions of people's eyeballs unable to keep scrolling, visits to ophthalmologists may be up. Get your emergency outage supplies and join Ba...

Send a text Long ago, we could all hanker for a hunk of cheese, but these are the days of nondairy alternatives! Never ones to shy away from a fun trend, for one exclusive night, Barbara and Teja eschew the cow, the goat, and the yak, and instead dive into a taste test of plant-based nondairy yogurts.   Sign up for our monthly newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/hH5nZX

Send a text The heat is on when Barbara and Teja take a glass blowing lesson! There's nothing like standing next to a burning furnace of molten glass on a 95 degree day. Can Barbara handle the pressure? Can Teja remember what color he picked? They are now armed with new and saucy-sounding vocabulary. Who knew glass blowing was so edgy? No podcasters were harmed in the making of this episode....

Send a text 50 episodes in, and Teja mistakes a pumpkin for a watermelon. No excuses for Teja, and a win for Barbara. Join these two fruit juices for a celebration of this huge milestone, and the announcement of their big, fresh, flavorful development! Sign up for our Newsletter! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/datenighttv Instagram: @ourdatenight

Send a text It's been a decade since Barbara and Teja have strolled the fancy Newbury Street, downtown Boston. They were supposed to have been at a play, but due to an unannounced change of address, ended up in a high energy, outdoor sidewalk Japanese restaurant for matcha highball and lychee martinis. Teja and Barbara have an announcement about the podcast. Instagram @ourdatenight Facebook:...

Send a text There's no such thing as an empty nest when Barbara & Teja are around. After exploring the depth of their obsession with apps, they manifest their impressions of the show Manifest. Such potential and then...spoiler alert! 

Send a text As Barbara and Teja prepare for their daughter to leave for college, they ruminate on their own college-bound experiences from opposite sides of the planet. Avoiding the topic again and again, they slowly build a layer of denial, awe and humor as they give into the inevitable.

Send a text They say accidents happen for a reason. Sometimes those reasons have dire consequences, and sometimes they have glorious outcomes. And sometimes, they have both. Celebrate 30 years of happy accidents and a most painful marriage proposal, on this special Valentine's Day episode of Date Night with Barbara and Teja! Find us on Facebook at Date Night with Barbara & Teja and Instag...

Send a text Can a hobby be tedious, complex or even boring? No! Barbara and Teja unleash their passion for hobbies they have, wanted to have, or failed at. Visit us on Facebook: Date Night with Barbara & Teja and on Instagram @ourdatenight