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Join the 3/4s Coven as we find ourselves walkin’ in Memphis with Tom Cruise (and his blousy shirts and back flips) and the Man in Black and try to do complex geometry to get John Glenn into space (and cry and marvel at Janelle Monae‘s beauty). That’s right! We’re back on our road trip and traveling through (what we're calling) Appalachia! We also celebrate the most important 10/7/10 birthday (and...

With the general election less than a month away, Bobby, Meredith, Hillary and Christy look back on their first voting experiences, and their favorite politicians—all with liberal preaching kept to a minimum. Plus: magic erasable notebooks , cheap hand sanitizer dispensers , Lenny Kravitz’s abs , and so much more. TSHE Recommends Pen15 Bloodlines High Fidelity (the TV show) Connect with the show!...

This week TSHE is pondering good vs evil and we’ve decided to make it personal. In that spirit, we’re bringing our various levels of knowledge to the topic of superheroes and supervillains and, more specifically, which ones do we think we are? Do some supervillains have a point? Why do comic characters have such terrible names? When should we “stick to hating Nazis?” In host news, Hillary is faced...

It’s been a long year, and it’s not over yet. But, Bobby, Ann, Hillary and Christy are here to help make it at least a little better with an expanded magazine-style TSHE Recommends Fall Happiness Edition! From food and drink to books, games and TV shows, we are full of advice backed up by widely varying levels of expertise. One thing we know for certain: the country can be healed with pies. This e...

Join The Coven (™) as we take a walk down memory lane and remember all the things we thought we knew as children but turned out were mostly wrong (or weird)! What are the customs we thought were normal until we left the house? What odd thing did we grow up believing?  How and why did our parents, families, and friends lead us astray? Why did the Wise family eat cake so strangely?? So many question...

It’s the official unofficial end of summer, so the TSHE crew is packing up all our white clothes and taking some time to reflect on the summer that wasn’t. From markets to fairs to family to foods, Christy, Meredith, Mike, and Ann sit down to look back on all the things we missed. But it’s not all sadness and regret, as we look forward to the coming fall and detour into discussions about potential...

The end of summer typically means one thing in the Stick of Butter Studios: it’s time for the Minnesota State Fair! Unfortunately, the dumpster fire that is 2020 has destroyed everything that is beautiful, so the best we can do is to share what the Fair means to those of us who enthusiastically attend. Ann quickly realized she couldn’t possibly cram all her love for the Great Minnesota Get Togethe...

The THSE Summer Cinema Road Trip Spectacular rolls onto the Windy City as Bobby, Ann, Hillary and Mike discuss some beloved (and not-so-loved) Chicago movies. From “toxic jockulinity” and parade float lip-syncing to a one-armed man and Peter Gallagher’s eyebrows, this show is almost as big as Chicago’s shoulders, because that’s apparently a thing they say there. Also featured: Mike’s rebuttal to c...

Listen. We’re not perfect. We’ve done a few things over the years that we’re not proud of, and it’s time for a family meeting to discuss them. The ladies of TSHE have a few confessions to make that include dumb decisions, hidden character flaws, illegal substances, and shocking levels of deception. Hillary had some destructive impulses. Ann is not as generous a person as she wishes. Christy perpet...

#46: The Rachel We’re taking a quick pit stop back at our homes to fill the food bowl, change out the water, take a walk and clean the litter box. Yes, we’re talking all things pets! Be it dog, cat, bunny we’re doing a check in on actual pets, theoretical pets, teen pets, celebrity pets, pet Instagrams, and everything in between!  Laughs and tears! That’s what pets are all about. We also chat abou...

We’re back on the road for another edition of the TSHE Summer Road Trip Spectacular, and we’ve got a new batch of movies through which we’re exploring America from the COVID-free confines of our couches. Meredith, Mike, and Ann have a lot of brake pads to sell, so we’re hopping in our vintage convertible and heading through the – well, let’s just call it the Northern Rust Belt, okay? It’s simpler....

We’re about to enter month 6 (!!!!!!!!) of quarantine, so your TSHE hosts decided to do a little check in. How are we feeling about everything? Hint - some are handling it better than others. But in slightly sunnier news, we discuss things that we hope stick around once (if) we return to normal. A silver linings plaguebook (™ Bobby), if you will? Mostly we realize that bras can go to hell! All thi...

Live from Breakout Room #5, Bobby and Mike make their triumphant return to the show to regale Ann with tales of their recent adventures on the open road, and Ann recounts how she was recently ambushed by a virtual attempt at forced networking. Plus, listeners’ RSVPs for a one-way trip to Mars, a TSHE Friend in the News ™, and pitching tips for Dr. Anthony Fauci. (Just kidding, Tony—you’re perfect...

Okay TSHE, we've had a problem here... Your TSHE crew is pretty sick of the shenanigans down on earth, so Ann, Hillary, and Jeremy are blasting off and heading to space! To commemorate the 51st anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, we discuss why we love space, the insane scale of space and time, and, of course, some pop culture related to space. Space brings people together! Also, are we all meet...

The fearless TSHE Coven (™) has reconvened, and we’re trading the Sienna in for the American made Pacifica and journeying west to Detroit! Hop in with us on our occasional roadtrip spectacular as we discuss the (sometimes yikes yikes yikes) movies that make us think of Hitsville USA! Of course we also ask several probing questions: Why did white dudes hate disco so much? Why did John Cusack have t...

The guys have wandered off on the vast open road, which means that the TSHE Coven is bringing some feminine energy to the show this week. We’ve got a real grab bag of our signature segments, which include the miscarriage of justice on a number of levels, some second-guessing of the American experiment, petty grievances that we just can’t let go, and a title in the Horny Corner that Hillary is almo...

TSHE is taking a pit stop on the occasional road trip series to talk...children’s television (on a Friday night, woo)! We discuss the wide swath of kid’s shows out there - from your educational programs to the television made for children to ask their parents to buy toys. GI Joe, Bill Nye, Peanuts, Muppet Babies, Winnie the Pooh, Yo Gabba Gabba, and much more. And yes, Hillary’s dad did indeed car...

The van rolls on as Bobby, Ann, Hillary and Mike escape New York and explore something apparently called the Northeast Mid Atlantic. First, we take in a day in the life of a couple New Jersey Gen Xers. Then, we eat lightning and crap thunder. After that, we (spoiler alert) see dead people. And finally, we try and try to forget you girl / but it’s just so hard to do / every time you do that thing y...

The TSHE Summer Road Trip Spectacular continues as we leave the sprinter van and head to New York City (as if we’re going to try to park in Manhattan!). First, we flash back to the forties to check out an iconic Carol Burnett performance in a movie that appeals to little girls everywhere. Then, we jump forward to the eighties, where we were “starting to let girls do stuff,” getting jobs in “comput...

The second time’s the charm as Bobby, Hillary, Mike, and Ann roll into Boston for the next leg of the TSHE Summer Road Trip Spectacular. After some (mercifully brief) mediocre attempts at the famous accent, we get down to business, discussing the crooked cops, cartoon villains, privileged-yet-resentful men, and therapists of varying quality that populate Boston’s movie universe. Along the way, we...

Through the travails of the world, our lives, and technology*, what was going to be another road trip show has morphed into a very special TSHE. This is a heavy one, y’all, but it seemed the right time to talk about 1) the sad, persisting state of our country and 2) some recent sadness in our personal lives. Lots of tears, but definitely a few laughs (or so we hope).  Stay safe, wash your hands, h...

Bobby, Meredith and Mike break out of isolation (emotionally, at least) and launch a new occasional series: The THSE Summer Cinema Road Trip Spectacular! From time to time in the coming months, we’ll visit regions of the country through the pandemic-friendly confines of our home TVs, iPads, VCRs, streaming services, or however else we watch movies these days. Kicking things off, an adventure throu...

#33: TSHE Olympics Part Deux: Going the (Social) Distance Like conjunctivitis on a Costas, TSHE is back for a second week of Olympics coverage and this time: We fix it. Join Mike, Meredith, Ann and Bobby for some quarantine-friendly events, many of which you can compete in at home! (And a few we hope you won’t.) Plus, your favorite Olympic events, dinner at Ariel’s Grotto, the latest reason Mike h...

We’re not regular podcasters, we’re cool mom podcasters! That’s right, it’s a TSHE episode celebrating everything mom! Your veteran moms, Hillary and Christy, are joined by friends of the pod, Phyllis (you might know her?), Colleen, and Missy. It’s a fun-filled romp where we tackle parenting in COVID times, the psychology of mom guilt (and trying to fight it) and, most importantly, mommy bloggers...

We may be cooped up at home for a while, but we’re not about to let that stop us from celebrating the spectacular pageantry, athletic accomplishment, and overblown nationalism that is the Summer Olympics. Mike, Hillary, and Ann are here to discuss our favorite (and least favorite) “events,” decide which athletes impress us the most, share some of our favorite memories, and celebrate the NBC elf th...