The Spirit Of 77

I mean, do I need to say more?

The title tells you everything.

This week on SOSS Street, Amy declares she’s a birder now that summer has finally shown up. Animal Report: Baby crows and baby bunnies in Maya’s backyard. Amy has deer hanging with coyotes in her yard. It’s animal city up in here. Amy goes to the garden center. Remember when we used to spend all day at the community pool in the summer in the 80s and only eat a frozen Snickers? What was normal for...

This week it’s Taurus Season! Amy and Maya recap their birthdays. They are twin brothers, of course! Amy sold a house, and it was a whole hell of a thing. Maya & Producer Tyler try a new deli with sandwiches named after local celebrities. Maya has a drink she dubs the best version of Bartles & Jaymes. Next up, she has a bevy on the deck of The Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter. Then it’s on to a ne...

This week on the pod, the Pay-TREE-archy gives us allergies, and we get a “Baby Jessica” update. If you’re Gen X, you know. Maya goes to a Tom Petty cover band. Amy and Maya have different experiences ordering things from China. Someone brought a gun to the White House Correspondence Dinner, and Maya ponders if we’ve become desensitized to the world completely unraveling. Maya wonders how historia...

Maya and Amy open the show asking: Tiger Woods, why don’t you get a driver?!?!? On to the Miami Open. The ladies stay in a new place. Maya is naive about hotel stairwell treasures. Walking down a Florida street is always an adventure. The ladies buy the perfect amount of vacation groceries, and if you have ever been on vacation, you know how hard this is. Maya makes the best breakfast ever. The Mi...

This week on the pod, Producer Tyler’s clubhouse has been shut down by an internet malfunction. Amy takes her mom, Marsh, shopping for “coverup” and a new skin care routine. Shopping with Marsh is hilarious. Marsh wants to know Producer Tyler’s hobbies and what Maya’s favorite sub sandwiches are, apropos of nothing. The ladies discuss Afro Man’s First Amendment triumph. This first amendment trial...

There’s a blizzard on SOSS Street, and the local news Weather Boners are on high alert. Amy wants Maya and her to get colonoscopies together and record it. Maya thinks that might be against the rules, but would love to watch Amy try to talk a doctor into this scheme. The ladies make their Oscar predictions. The red carpet coverage needs help. Maya is excited for Sinners, and Amy is disappointed in...

Maya gets a new jacket, and it’s everything. Gen X never thought we’d have to go through all this shit. Enough with the unprecedented times. We thought life was going to be war and disaster-free. Maybe because we lived through the Cold War, which desensitized the shit out of us. Also, living in Minneapolis has been a real ride. Is Maya Padma Lakshmi’s biggest fan? Amy thinks so. Maya reviews Padma...

This week, the Ep kicks off with Amy’s remorse for bullying the Quad God. Then bullies him again! The ladies totally love Alysa Liu and her flawless, badass, joyful attitude. This lady pierced her own frenulum! This gal is 100% joy! She’s so herself! Amy has a family story about the song MacArthur Park (Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain). Amy can’t with the Olympic skating gala. Maya loves the...

The ladies kick off the ep. with Amy reminiscing about when her dad yelled, “God d*mnit you’re going to kill us all!” Maya & Amy try to manifest a Kratom sponsor. Amy is back from skiing in Lake Tahoe. Maya asks the question, “Is it fun to ski in a blizzard?” and “What’s a powder apron?” Hot tip: stay on the green runs, kids. Amy reviews the outfit ChatGPT chose for her. Spoiler alert: She had...

This week is an embarrassment of riches! The ‘Lympics (Amy’s pronunciation) and “The Big Game” overlap this week, and the ladies are here for it. They are all over the athletes’ fashion and swag, including Haiti’s opening ceremony outfits, the USA ladies’ eagle “blanket skirt”. Snoop is in the mix with his signature coverage of the games. Maya is obsessed with speed skater Erin Jackson. J.D. Vance...

This week, explain if we didn’t laugh we’d be sobbing all the time. New segment: What did the government do to radicalize you or activate the resistance this week? Coming to you straight from Minneapolis. Amy’s arch nemesis Bovino got fired by the administration in shame from his job depriving people of their constitutional rights. Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine fame came to town to give...

Amy and Maya talk about what’s really happening in Minneapolis and why they think the revolution started here. They recount the long laundry list of trauma, human rights violations, and the callous, murderous ICE occupation of one of the greatest cities on earth. They try to piece together the timeline in detail. Whatever you think is happening here, it’s worse than you can imagine. Their nervous...

It’s 2026. Is it a happy New Year? Maya reviews Avatar 3. Does anyone even remember what Sam Worthington actually looks like? Are Sam Worthington and Joel Edgerton the same person? And what’s with Train Dreams? Amy had to shut it off. Amy finally watched Magnolia per Maya’s suggestion. She loved it!!! Off topic…is Paul Walker the most mourned man in history? The ladies decide that Jeff Bridges and...

Amy, Maya, and Producer Tyler are all sick. Enjoy!

This episode is a real mixed bag. Amy wins the year’s best dressed at the office, and she’s only worked there for two months. This week brings very sad news for Amy’s family. Which brings us to the story of her trip to New York with a nine-year-old and an eleven-year-old. She really brings the 80s dad energy on this trip. Get ready for a full New York trip rant. Trials she endured on the trip: try...

Amy braves a blizzard to see Wicked For Good. Then she wandered her new house like a ghost from the Victorian age trying to motivate to unpack boxes. Maya is so over Avatar. How many of these is James Cameron going to make? Enough already! Amy reviews a rom-com she hasn’t seen. The ladies trade notes on Micheal Jackson movies. Maya reviews the Eddie Murphy documentary. Animal Report: The loneliest...

Amy moves houses, and it’s a whole thing. Turns out the movers she hired weren’t that into moving. They also moved the donation pile to the new house and let the dog escape. And then, to add insult to injury, Amy accidentally dosed herself. The good news is she loves her new house! Concert Report: Khruangbin at First Avenue. So many people passed out. Also, a guy asked about piss bags. What?!?!? L...

This week on the pod, Amy gives advice about re-framing your mindset heading into middle age. She also suddenly likes walks. She recounts a Karen encounter. Animal Report: River Otters in the park! Maya has corrections from past episodes. You can’t take The Breakfast Club away from us. Tearing down the White House East Wing is really upsetting. And wow, just way too on the nose. The ladies contemp...

This week on the pod, Amy is on the “struggle bus”. The highs are high and the lows are low. She’s decided that she and her husband need a wife like Betty Draper in Mad Men. She also describes a terrible nightmare. Maya jumps in with her recurring nightmares. Amy’s husband accidentally goes to a BDSM lounge. Animal Report: Rat Hole Update. We lost some greats this month—Diane Keaton, Ace Frehley,...

This week on the Pod, Amy and Maya confirm they are still part boy. Then they immediately get off the rails with a deep dive on Kratom. They reminisce about when they learned what “lot lizards” were. It’s a real education this week. The ladies are so excited for the return of Chi Chi’s Mexican Restaurant. They plot a double date to determine if the Chi Chi’s hype is warranted. We know, we know…the...

Producer Tyler is out of office this week, so the ladies are on their own with the tech. Maya hopes they don’t get in trouble. Amy has big news! She also advocates for herself, hardcore. Maya panics for a quick second, but don’t worry…it’s all good. Amy talks about finding her next chapter. She’s been prepping for this for a year, listening to podcasts, reading, journaling, etc. She did the work,...

This week, the pod starts off with big high school confessions. Fun fact: Amy and Maya were always grounded. Amy has a belated Concert Report: Lincoln Park. Did you know Ticketmaster will upgrade your tickets?!?!? The ladies buy Miami Open tickets. Amy breaks up with Benihana. Producer Tyler has a new segment called Hip Young Talk Zone, featuring young people slang. The ladies dissect Project Runw...

This week on the SOSS, the podcast studio gets an equipment upgrade. Someone finally gets a microphone. Amy isn’t able to even. Maya loves fall, and Amy is very emotional about summer. The ladies covet a house on Medicine Lake. They also cover the big Swifty news. Racket Report: The US Open was sooooooooo spicy! We recap all the breakups, fashion, meltdowns, and controversies of the 2025 Open. So....