The Deep Dive with Jessica St. Clair and June Diane Raphael

This week, the girls are celebrating June’s birthday! Jessica recounts a harrowing ski trip and announces the official opening of the GC (girl cottage). June can’t seem to shake a mysterious cough from the Olden Days and they come to terms with the end of the holiday season. Remember Deep Divers, you’re not alone in the underworld and if you’re feeling depressed, try a spray tan!    Stay up to dat...

Happy New Year! The girls welcome in 2024 with hopes for whiter teeth and Jessica announces she's on a staycation in the Underworld. Then, they unravel why Jessica was receiving people "on the chaise" at a friend's holiday get together and June compliments the raw animal energy she brought to Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer." Remember Deep Divers, that dirty dish in the sink can wait. You’re in a s...

This week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes! June and Jessica are recovering from their trip to Miami where boundaries were nowhere to be found. Jessica was doing shots, eating questionable scallops while wearing another woman’s undies, and June brought her best ‘Mafia Don’ energy to Gay Pride. And of course, there was the fall that was heard 'round da club. Deep Divers, remember, if...

Hey Deep Divers! This week, we're sharing an episode from our sister podcast Add To Cart, featuring our very own head mistresses. The extreme-to-some Christmas decorating plans of Kulap and friends are moving from the groupchat to the roundtable. June Diane Raphael, Jessica St. Clair and Casey Wilson are here to talk about how they’re maximizing cozy Christmas time. SuChin, meanwhile, is hanging o...

This week, June phones a friend after she makes a werewolf transformation before school drop off and Jessica journeys where no man has gone before: Michael's craft store minutes before closing time. Later, developmental psychologist Dr. Aliza Pressman joins them for a session on how to keep your sh*t together during tough parenting moments and reminds them that perfect isn't the goal. And remember...

It’s finally Sam Bee Day! This week, the girls find themselves reminiscing about Steve Harvey’s infamous office memo. June is renting a cottage across the street that is straight out of a Pinterest board and like a good friend, Jessica is in full support of June’s questionable decisions. They also chat with comedian and TV host Samantha Bee! Samantha opens up about motherhood, her new podcast ‘Cho...

This week, the girls explore how 80's music led to some inexplicable childhood behavior. June is learning to forgive herself for past vehicular mishaps and Jess is driving to Target with an expired license, all in the name of Christmas! But be assured, they are not taking it on! Then, they chat with actress and sci-fi writer with peaches and cream skin Felicia Day about disrupting the video game i...

This week, the girls are singing the praises of a Sudafed deep sleep. Jess unleashes her sexual beast after watching June’s latest Deep Dive Academy lesson on posing and June gets comfortable with uncomfortable conversations. Remember Deep Divers, let go of the idea that everything should come naturally. Try new things and see what happens! In other words, no apologies, manifest, and be seen.   St...

This week, spooky season takes a turn when a child gets the flu on Halloween and June is trapped in the bedroom for 72 hours...all while dealing with a missing persons case. Then, the girls deliver a hot take on adult Halloween costumes and prepare for the backlash. Remember Deep Divers, if your partner texts you "Hello??" and you don't have a good alibi, it's time to fake your own death.  Stay up...

This week, the girls take some risks and cross some lines with questionable tanning mitts and Jessica announces she is in her red lip era. June and Jess discuss owning what your gifts are and asking for help for the things that don’t come as easy. Remember Deep Divers, it’s okay if you don’t know what a hot dog tastes like…yet. You will!   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagra...

This week, the girls are having some deep realizations and tackling shame together...with a little help from Brené Brown obv. June discovers she’s one of the only female representations of volume eaters and Jess shares her secret shame about being on her BEAST behavior. Then, in the midst of reminiscing about their favorite childhood places to eat with family (many of which are run by the mafia),...

This week, Jessica is under PRESSURE and is up with the sun to work since it’s the only time she’s not thinking about phonics. Meanwhile, June continues her “Eat to Live” tour of the country and searches Seattle for the perfect pasta, but ends up with stadium soft serve which, it turns out, is just what the doctor ordered. Then, the two chat with Clare Vivier, founder of the chicest French-inspire...

This week, June gets sucked into a platinum tanning membership and Jess transforms her garage into a Chuck E. Cheese. The girls make an impassioned public service announcement about their shared hatred of meal planning and celebrate their love of neighbors! Then, June and Jess chat with the CEO of Saalt Cherie Hoeger about solving period poverty by making reusable products accessible. She tells us...

June and Jessica are abuzz with change as they make a big announcement! To catch up their new listeners, they harken back to the early 00's when they met at the UCB and Jessica had a fondness for capris pants and June was as bald as an eagle. June makes the shocking announcement that she is now a woman who wears BELTS and Jessica asks the question, is the age of her ass the same as the age of her...

This week we are re-airing a very special episode of significance. Casey Wilson joins Jessica to lead a discussion on the Art of Small Talk, let us tell you the masters are at work, honey! Don’t worry, June is along for the ride as a lifelong learner herself. Casey and Jessica discuss how to scan the room, increase verbal skills (lie), become ‘dog creepers’, and how weather is ALWAYS a great opene...

This week, June and Jess are grieving summer, recapping the content they’ve consumed, and they check in with Prof. Jake Cornell’s TikTok on his new, and very accurate, seasonal calendar and June is throwing Jessica WAY off with her new office set up. Then, Jenn Stowe, Executive Director at the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) joins to discuss the importance of Domestic Workers, how they a...

This week, Jess and June are walking in one way, leaving another as they re-cap the live reading for Jessica’s husband, Dan O’Brien book release and this quickly becomes a husband appreciation pod. Then, June and Jess welcome designer and author, Bobby Berk (Queer Eye) to discuss his new design book, Right At Home, bringing the outside in, and how it’s TOTALLY FINE to have a fake plant. Deep Diver...

This week, Jessica is joined by enemy of the state and husband, playwright and poet Dan O’Brien to discuss the launch of his three new books, including a memoir of his childhood and a book of prose poems about the year following their treatment for cancer. They talk about what inspired Dan to start writing, how they showed up for each other during that terrible time and dig into his heartbreakingl...

This week Jessica is trapped with the heartbeat of the land on the East Coast and is peaking up from the depths with her alligator self, while June has some marketing insights for Marriott Bonvoy points. Then, Jess and June pay tribute to the one and only Sgt. Meatball. Deep Divers remember, we’ll always co-sign your Alligator moves.   The Deep Dive Academy is offering 15% off subscriptions with c...

This week musical theatre camp has June and Jessica reliving some of their favorite musical performances and Jessica reveals she has finally seen her first Medium. And then, June and Jess recount their East Coast meet-up which quickly becomes an Aquarium re-cap, and they announce it is in fact the summer of sunglasses but also togetherness. Deep Divers, remember it’s time to slow down. Tattoo it w...

This week, June and Jessica are preparing for an East Coast meet up. Jessica is turning against her own small talk skills and keeping up with cold plunges, while June is experimenting with sexy small talk while taking a ‘break’ from cold plunges, and the two break down a surprising sex dream and why this ‘mind fuck’ happened. Then, Busy Philips joins the pod to chat about the importance of hair be...

This week June and Jessica are reminiscing on summers past ready to re-cap this summer in preparation for, yes, we’re going to say it, CHRISTMASTIME. Then Jessica gives her account of her Cracker Barrel Country Store visit and the difference between merchandise and a retail experience. And June updates us on some divinely guided small talk she experienced while traveling. And Deep Divers remember,...

This week June and Jessica are on a summer break but we're still bringing you THE GOODS. Please enjoy this episode with their stylist, Abby Arad (Your Stylist Says) to discuss the photo heard around the world. Yes, we’re talking about those neon suits! Abby kindly lends us all some amazing fashion tips, and we also learn a simple gray sweatshirt can be just as exciting as a pointed toe boot. And D...

This week June and Jess are rising and quite literally grinding and express their need to be more connected to the land, and unfortunately this turns into an Alone recap show. Then, Jess and June share their most current butt explosions, and are shocked and frankly moved as June reads the Cracker Barrel Country Store mission statement. Deep Divers, we’d love to know what your brand is. It could be...

This week June welcomes friend of the pod and small talk expert Casey Wilson on for a special Deep Dive/Garbage World crossover. The two discuss dehydration, discombobulation and hygiene basics. Then, June and Casey dig into all things Kardashian and jump into bed with Kim and Kourtney. They discuss the new expansions for Kourtney and Kim’s limitations, wonder if there is a show without Khloe, and...