Beeswax Biz
By Michelle Mahurin and Karin Reed
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Two special education teachers with over twenty years of friendship share what they’re streaming, how their career is going in public schools, and their latest travel shenanigans. Through their humor and candor they tackle challenges as they navigate them together rolling through their fifties and finally doing whatever they want.
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#235 Breaking down the TV series, “Person of Interest."
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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#234 What's everyone doing for summer?
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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#233 Our Third Annual Pride Episode
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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MINI-SODE Give-away for May new members and Trader Joe's Mini TOTE
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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#232 The Tragic and Toxic Story Behind Netflix's "The Crash"
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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#231 How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? It's National Candy Month!
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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#230 Unpacking the documentary, "SkyKing," and a discussion on mental health in America
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May 31, 2026 |
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#229 "Do you have any earrings I could borrow?"
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May 27, 2026 |
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#228 Cults, True Crime, and Personal Transformation — A Deep Dive into a Cult Disguised as a Religion
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May 27, 2026 |
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#227 Teacher Appreciation Month-Thank You Teachers
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May 17, 2026 |
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#226 Let's talk about the documentary, "Grey Gardens."
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May 13, 2026 |
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#225 Mmmmmm........ Beer! (more teacher stories)
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May 10, 2026 |
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#224 The Truth About Cinco de Mayo
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May 06, 2026 |
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#223 Pay it Forward Day; small acts of kindness make a difference!
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May 03, 2026 |
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#222 Celebrating Earth Day
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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#221 A discussion of the documentary, "All the Empty Rooms."
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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#220 It's Stress Awareness Month. Let's check our NUTS!
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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# 219 Awesome; I F**kin' Shot That *commentary on a Beastie Boys documentary
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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#218 "She's only one person," and more teacher stories!
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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#217 Celebrate National School Librarian Day with Us!
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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#216 National Grilled Cheese Month
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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#215 Spring Break!
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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#214 National Manatee Day
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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#213 Thank You for Being a Friend, a conversation about The Golden Girls
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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#212 Ummmm, Just Pretend that's a 3, and Other Stories from the Classroom
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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#211 Our Take on Everything You Think is Wrong Day
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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#210 Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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#209 International Women’s Day
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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#208 Live Music! Highs and Lows
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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#207 Untold Stories: the 1980 Olympic Hockey team beats the odds and wins gold
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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#206 Round Food, Ear Hair, and Pee Flavored Gum
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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#205 Valentine's Day; Love, Laughter and Lessons
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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#204 Celebrating 200 episodes
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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#203 The Houses of Our Lives
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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#202 National Pizza Day; Celebrating Excellence One Slice at a Time
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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#201 "Come and knock on our door."
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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#200 Christa McAuliffe-Honoring a Legend
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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#199 National Popcorn Day! Let's talk about it.
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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#198 From Vintage Cars to Classroom Chaos: Educator Stories
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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#197 “Steve Largent: An Unlikely Superstar," more than a football story!
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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#196 January 13th is Rubber Ducky Day
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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#195 A Review of the documentary, "Sunday Best - The Ed Sullivan Story."
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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#194 2025 in Retrospect!
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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#193 "B.S. High," - fake school, real disappointment
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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#192 Holiday and Vacation Updates!
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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#191 Do you remember? Unpacking the LC Valley murders with the documentary, "Confluence."
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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#190 "Everyone Hates It"; a discussion about ice breakers and team building activities
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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#189 "PE-can sounds so aggressive," and more on Thanksgiving
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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#188 Appreciating Education Support Professionals-the people who keep our schools running
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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#187 More of your faves-teacher stories!
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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#186 "The Perfect Neighborhood," a documentary chat with Karin and Michelle
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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#185 World Kindness Day
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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#184 "Teal Swan: Healer or cult leader?"
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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#183 Halloween Fun Facts: plus some nostalgia
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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#182 More teacher stories from Karin and Michelle!
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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#181 Michelle and Karin share an important PSA
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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#180 McMillion$-How one man secretly stole $24M from McDonald's Monopoly game
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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#179 More teacher stories from Michelle and Karin
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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#178 The Greatest Night of Pop
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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#177 Let's talk about ChatGPT!
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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#176 Butterfly in the Sky: The Story of Reading Rainbow
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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#175 "Math is still my favorite subject."
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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#174 Dear Diary Day-September 22
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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#173 Fit for TV, The Biggest Loser," discussion!
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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#172 National Day of Encouragement
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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#171 American Manhunt: The Search for Osama bin Laden
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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#170 Navigating Mental Health: A Conversation on Suicide Prevention
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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#169 We all made it back to school!
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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#168 Fantasy Island, aka be careful what you wish for!
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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#168Fantasy Island, aka be careful what you wish for!
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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#167 National Dog Day
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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#166- Michelle's back to school and Karin updates!
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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#165 Back to school (Part 2)
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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#165 Back to school (Part 1)
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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#164 Southpaw: The Life and Legacy of Jim Abott"
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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#163 National Relaxation Day and taking care of your NUTS (necessary, unattended tasks)
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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#162 Rochelle saves the day!
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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#161 World Friendship Day, "I'm not here for the horseshit."
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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#160 Will Michelle's tent make it back from this year's camping trip?
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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#159 National Junk Food Day
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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#158 Honoring Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, and Xana Kernodle
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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#157 Karin's trip to Mexico, unpacked!
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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#156 Karin and Mr. Beeswax's best ice cream cone ever
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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#155 The Apache Hotel - the whole episode!
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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#154 The preview: Karin's trip to Vegas and The Apache Hotel
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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#153 Sausage suits and bra-less concerts
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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#152 The Pride Epiosde
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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#151 "Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy."
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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#150 The fabric of America
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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#149 Boatman's Dance or Postage Stamp?
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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#148 The Tylenol Murders
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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#147 June is National Ocean Month
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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#146 "I'm blinded by that fvcking hot light."
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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#145 "I do most of my crying in the car."
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May 25, 2025 |
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#144 Your Teacher Appreciation stories PART 1
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May 21, 2025 |
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#144 Your Teacher Appreciation stories Part 2
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May 21, 2025 |
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#143 "I'm doing too much."
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May 18, 2025 |
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#142 "Your legacy is safe."
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May 14, 2025 |
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#141 "I know how to spell Jill."
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May 11, 2025 |
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#140 "Let's go find that guy's ice hole."
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May 07, 2025 |
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#139 I'm going to have two meltdowns
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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#139 Who shot JR?
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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#137 The Cursing Show
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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#136 "Fvck the bridge, who are we - Christopher Cross?"
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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#135 Kapow! National Superhero Day is coming up!!
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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#134 "Don't north me..."
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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#133 Good choices, bad choices, spring break and the best pet
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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#132 How are you dealing with stress?
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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#131 That's karma, Karin
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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#130 Subscribe to our YouTube channel! Commercial
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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#129 Fruit of the Loom
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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#128 Badass Women for International Women's Day
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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# 127 Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002 documentary)
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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#126 "I'm already in the closet!"
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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#125 Pa saves the day!
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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#124 Cheat codes (life hacks) with Karin and Michelle
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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#123 "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama."
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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#122 "A zillion and ten boogers."
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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#121 Zip Your Lip, Potato Chip!
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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#120 How are you boosting your self-esteem?
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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#119 Beeswax Biz Fam Unites
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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#118 Second Annual Valentine's Day Episode
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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#117 "Maybe he buys the $5 ones?"
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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#116 “Do your math, or don't do it, but don't get mad about it."
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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#115 Questionable mushrooms and Grizzly Man
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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#114 Let Them
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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#113 "It's a beautiful day at the Red Pony..."
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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#112 Remember, there's no crying in school...
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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#111 All the answers to your most pressing questions
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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#110 Tight jeans, nightmares and a red Ferrari
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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#109 Live in the NOW!
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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#108 Part 2 Bixby...Bixby! Bixby?
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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#107 Hey Bixby! Hi Bixby! Bixby? Part 1
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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#106 "You're large..."
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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#105 Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down!
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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#104 "Extremists are made, not born." -Walt Longmire
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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#103 Karin's stolen crystals
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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#102 A very special episode
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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#101 The guru inside you
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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#100 "This knife is ass;" and other tales from Thanksgiving
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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#99 "Hey guys, wanna come to my dad's birthday party?"
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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#98 'tis the season to be thankful
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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#97 Harlan County USA continued
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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#96 Never Use Profanity, the "Harlan County USA," documentary Part A
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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#95 Let's talk about World Kindness Day!
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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#94 Teacher stories- kicking shins and barf in bins
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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#93 Don't talk to me, I'm pretending I'm not here
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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#92 The cat pee incident of 2009
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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#91 "When it hurts more, you're on the right trail."
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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#90 "I didn't have any fun at recess."
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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#89 What is justice? "Murder to Mercy; The Cyntonia Brown Story"
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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#88 Cowboys, superheroes, flappers, and cave women...Oh my!
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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#87 "Hell yes! Heavens yes!"
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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#86 Stand back girls, I think she's gonna blow!
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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#85 I lost a tooth. I married a whore.
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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#84 I'm not broken
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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#83 Do you want to come to my mom's softball game?
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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#82 It's National Disability Employment Awareness Month
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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#81 I'd really rather you didn't...
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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#80 A lesbian Ted Talk
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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#79 We don't normally do this, but....
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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#78 Let yourself be helped
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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#77 It's nut cutting time
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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#76 The Love Boat, and elementary school memories
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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#75 Don't put your hands where you wouldn't put your face
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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#74 Foreigner, stable tweezers and the Puyallup Fair
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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#73 Give it! Back to school, part 2
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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#72 Cult, religion, or just vile?
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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#71 Green beans, Gummy Bears, and Pringles
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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#70 Talent, Passion, and Personality
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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#69 Let's CRUSH boredom...
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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#68 You don't need a shrink, find a Willie song
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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#67 Sometimes you're ready to do something & sometimes you're not
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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#66 I think, "oso," means, "bear."
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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#65 Guess who's back?
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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#64 How's your cell phone etiquette?
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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#63 Let the Canary Sing
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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#62 I'm wearing two underwears
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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#61 Willie will be ok
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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#60 I didn’t ask anyone for shit
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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#59 Are you master of your domain?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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#58 I’m not sorry
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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#57 Karin’s missing tendon
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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#56 What in the world happened last week? Oh and The Lesbian Bar Project
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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#55 Dear Beeswax Biz
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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#54 Michelle’s Coming Out Story
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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#53 Hodgepodge and bitch-fits
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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#52 Running around the bases trying for a touchdown
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May 26, 2024 |
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#51 The River that Sings
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May 22, 2024 |
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#50 Do you believe in poltergeists and ghosts? We do. Maybe.
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May 19, 2024 |
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#49 Oh the laughter…
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May 15, 2024 |
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#48 The heart of a poet and the vocabulary of Flava Flav
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May 12, 2024 |
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#47 Teacher Appreciation Week! How we got here!
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May 08, 2024 |
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#46 Kurt Cobain’s and Karin’s shirt
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May 05, 2024 |
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#45 We’re half evil, getting older, and inventing cargo house coats
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May 01, 2024 |
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#44 Is there anything you won’t do for money?
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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#43 Change for $100 and a germ trifecta
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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#42 Does Michelle remember?
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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#41 The puffy paint disaster of 2015
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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#40 I have NEVER eaten at Hooters
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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#39 Two Mormons, a Catholic, and a gay walk into a bar
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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#38 Horse liniment, cc cream, and do you remember?
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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#37 Question the things in front of you
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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#36 Do you know about those Karens?
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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#35 SquatchCon, face cream, and rouge
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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#34 SquatchCon Plan Z
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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#33 SquatchCon expectations and an indecent proposal
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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#32 Teacher stories and trigger warnings
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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#31 The biggest, the baddest, and the meanest
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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#30 Oh the concerts we’ve seen!
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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#29 Don’t Stop Believin’ : Everyman’s Journey
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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#28 The elk bugler, fork food, and car tweezers
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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#27 The turtle board, nude fishing, and a snack boat
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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#26 Caribou, elk, ice cream and tots
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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#25 Butter dish improvements, announcements & Does Karin Remember?
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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#24 Big toe band-aid
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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#23 The Valentine’s Day Episode
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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#22 Talking bacon
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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#21 Marmalade and dryer sheets
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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#20 Best wishes from Excalibur!
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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#19 Goodbye January!
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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#18 Damn! Miracle Whip!
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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#17 Is your gibblets froze up?
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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#16 Updates and coming events
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#15 The Uber driver and the 8 mm
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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#14 We can talk about hard things
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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#13 Morning exercise in the nude?
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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#12 Fvck your applesauce
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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#11 Has anyone seen Parker?
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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#10 Hey! Hey! Hey!
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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#9 May I have a Mexican Mocha please?
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#8 You always giggle falsely
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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#7 Special guest Kelly Reed joins us to talk about The Umbrella Academy
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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#6 From pain comes wisdom
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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#5 Just a teaser
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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#4 Letterkenny brings buttcrust back
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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#2 For Pool Use Only
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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#1 Promo -- trailer
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Dec 06, 2023 |