Alissa Avilov & Marie McGrath

Spare Time the Pod

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because the best living is done in your Spare Time inyoursparetime.substack.com

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Alissa Avilov & Marie McGrath

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Society

Latest episode

Nov 30, 2025

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Episodes

Breaking Our Silence... 30.11.2025

Addressing the ~rumors~ Wedding Rundown: MM Wedding * BOTW - ceremony

April 2025 05.05.2025

What's that you see? Could it be...the Spare Time Pod dropping on the actual first Monday of the month??? That's right friends, we've got our recap for you, it's right on time, and A LOT has happened. How did you spend your spare time this month: * MM: Miami whoa * AA: time off, quitting my job, sleepover with beau, redecorating, etc. starting a new job, small and sweet pop up, meeting HH Best/Wor...

February + March 2025 07.04.2025

0o0o0o0 double header (aka it's a long one teehee)! We talk friendship, flowers, Lucy Dacus, and more, plus Marie finally breaks her silence on the Worst Thing She's Ever Eaten How did you spend your spare time this month: * MM: Feb - traveling! South Africa and a lil Miami. March - so much special friend time! Flowers, fitness, sitting outside, getting ready for Miami! * AA: Feb - wallowing! Cele...

January 2025 10.02.2025

One month down, an Elon to go...I mean an eon. But we're not talking about the Muskocracy, we're keeping it light!! Listen as we dunk on oscar noms, wax poetic about our current fave song, and more

Best of 2024 (ft. December) 13.01.2025

Another year of this world famous podcast! Hear us yap and yap about all our faves of 2024 and some of what we're looking forward to in 2025 (with a very brief moment at the top for good ol' December) DECEMBER HIGH: * AA: Christmas Family time + a white christmas! Grateful for the luv in my life + murder mystery new years * MM: New Goodwill in DC lol LOW: * AA: what am I doing with my life

November 2024 09.12.2024

One of the longest months of our lives! So much has happened, high highs and, well...democratically apocalyptic lows. We're looking for the joy. Thanks for being here with us

October 2024 04.11.2024

This month was a year long and with almost 0 minutes of spare time for either of us...but you know we found plenty to talk about anyway ;) happy listening love u go volunteer to elect Kamala Harris

August / September 2024 30.09.2024

Double header! We've been traveling, going to concerts, trying cupping, bumping tunes, getting our nails done and much, much more. Tune in to this XL ep for the deets! How did you spend your spare time this month: * MM: Canada, NH, Miami, drove across the country [Pittsburgh, Glen Arbor, Middle of Lake Michigan, Apostle Islands in Wisconsin] and back, back to Michigan, back to Miami twice, and fin...

July 2024 12.08.2024

Y'all, we have not heard each other's voices since the June episode...and it shows because this is a long one. We talk Cape Cod, Canada, the Olympics, coconut trees, and more! Buckle up xo How did you spend your spare time this month: * MM: Vacation in the woods! A lil Miami time, a little fam time, a little home time! Eating crabs, fruit, being hot, general summer tings * AA: Cape cod

June 2024 15.07.2024

Loving summer so much we are two weeks late on this episode...let's blame it on the childhood expectations of summer vacation and move on! It's about: fruit, Asheville, queer weddings, and more

May 2024 10.06.2024

May 2024 has come and gone! We discuss lobster rolls, neck injuries, Chappell Roan supremacy, childhood friends, and more

April 2024 13.05.2024

We know it's already mid-May but come on! Just let us tell you about April 2024! We are reunited, full of pollen, and ready to tell you about crucial things like Miami's best burrito and protein! How did you spend your spare time this month: * MM:  * AA: with my little babes, with my friends, mostly in DC!!! Its nice to be where you live, Philly, getting into “protein”, watching womens sports  Bes...

March 2024 08.04.2024

Hot take from MM but March is theeeeEeE best month of the year! Arieses rise!!! 03/24 included lots of friendship, flowers, and Fletcher. Tune in for the full skinny xo How did you spend your spare time this month: * MM: flowers!! Friends! Solo time at home in DC! Busy bee-ing! Packing! Driving! Light wedding planning! * AA: Boston 2x , friends, babies, listening to so much music and being happy a...

February 2024 11.03.2024

Two girls with a lack of spare time for the month still somehow manage to speak on the topic for nearly 90 minutes. We are nothing if not verbose! Tune in for sandwiches, Kate Missington, and more! How did you spend your spare time this month: * MM: so….busy…..being eternally ill. Working! Truly riveting content! Missing my friend Alissa! * AA: Missing my friend Marie! Also working but feeling ful...

Janurary 2024 05.02.2024

Celebrating the first ep of 2024, an amazing new song, an anniversary weekend, and much much more, but, most insanely of all: celebrating five years of the Spare Time Pod--in all her iterations How did you spend your spare time this month: * MM: wintering (real) and wintering (Miami), making some treats, getting engaged again, watching movies * AA: anniversary weekend, Fam, playing in snow!, willi...

Best of 2023 08.01.2024

Another year gone by! The sands of time! Recap the full spin around our fav burning gas giant with our bests of the year in many silly and serious categories. MOVIE: AA: Past Lives  MM: Maybe Theatre Camp but idk TV SHOW: AA: Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee) MM: The Last of Us (HBO) BOOK: AA: The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty (runner up: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett) MM: The Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zha...

December 2023 02.01.2024

Happy 2024, friends! On our last regular ep of the year, we discuss drag bingo, a truly catastrophic cookie recipe, and...an engagement! Tune in next week for a special ep recapping 2023. How did you spend your spare time this month: * MM: Holiday-ing! Loving on friends and fam in DC, PA, MIA,  * AA: drag bingo, scrapbooking, not knitting SOS, holiday shows, holiday dinners, baking cookies, spendi...

November 2023 11.12.2023

November was a big for family, food, work, and being tired! I know that’s pretty unique but hopefully one or two of you can relate! Beyond that we discuss nutrituional yeast vinegar, Spotify Wrapped, and sharing a shave ice with friends. What’s not to love?? How did you spend your spare time this month: * MM: working big time, being in Miami, recovering from working, holiday-ing, recovering from h...

October 2023 09.11.2023

Surprise! It's a Thursday episode. Sorry for tardying, November really snuck up on us. Tune in for our October updates. It was giving friendship, soup, concerts, for one of us...Covid, and much more. Let’s dig in. How did you spend your spare time this month: * AA: seeing the greatest band(s) in the world, watching my best friends get married, acquainting myself with NJ culture, pumpkin patches, Q...

September 2023 03.10.2023

How did you spend your spare time this month: * AA: fell in love with a new yoga instructor, moving 6x days a week (!), concerts!, time with old friends * MM: being break-neck busy!!! Working, tutoring, wedding season! Best/Worst: * Worst: * MM: more airplane travel (but with a silver lining

August 2023 04.09.2023

How did you spend your spare time this month: * AA: at the pool basically, reading, playing pickleball, making time for peloton and yoga, long dinners with friends  * MM: on the road again! concerts galore, finding my inner peace about airline delays, and tutoring Best/Worst: * Best MM: Beyoncé, seeing many long distance friends, and New Mexican food * Best AA: 2 Amy’s blueberry chip ice cream / h...

July 2023 31.07.2023

How did you spend your spare time this month: * AA: Cape Cod, reading, hanging, eating fried seafood and ice cream, floating in the pond  * MM: Travel travel travel busy busy busy hot hot hot Best/Worst: * Best MM: Cart Driver and this trout , all-time biggest group read * Best AA: Sarma - experience and snap pea salad  * Worst MM: Regal Cinema Ballston * Worst AA: are lobster rolls bad? Tried the...

June 2023 03.07.2023

How did you spend your spare time this month:AA: concerts! Home! Sewing! Spending time with family! Swimming with my king MM: Doing pride things, being home in June, concerts, smoky air, rock climbing Best/Worst:Best MM: Lamb chops from Daru Best AA: little donkey / brandi carlile Worst MM: Echo Stage bullshitWorst AA: grays hall  Spare Time Rec:AA: The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue MM: b...

May 2023 05.06.2023

How did you spend your spare time this month: * AA: watching my beautiful friend get married, celebrating 3 years of Beau, reading, knitting my first *item of clothing*, hotel bed, supporting small biz friends, book club  * MM: New York City! The beginning of wedding szn. Eternal spring in DC. Customer service. Best/Worst: * Best MM: pistachio soft serve sundae from Softside & time with NYC friend...

April 2023 08.05.2023

How did you spend your spare time this month: * AA: knitting, picnicking, reading, desk lunch, hobby-ing, eating chocolate chip cookies?  * MM: being in Miami! Living a totally different independent life! Best/Worst: * Best MM: tequenos, empanadas, and passionfruit juice from La Latina & the vibes at Shore to Door  * Best AA: getting engaged! Lol  * Worst MM: Mamey Miami (scented candles, flavorle...

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