“Plants and flowers taught me how to grow, by growing in secret and in silence.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson

*THIS IS A RE-EDITED RERELEASE OF SZN 2 EP 2*

Welcome to our SCIENCE MOMENT this week! Today we are talking about the easiest houseplant for any beginner, the Golden Pothos AKA ⁠Epipremnum Aureum⁠.

J. Daae goes solo this episode and talks about the origins of the Pothos plant, how invasive the pothos species are, how to mimic their natural environment, basic care guide for pothos, how to get more potho plants FOR FREE and some other Potho types that live within the Epipremnum family.

There so many plants to talk about but this is one the easiest and hardest to kill, so it's perfect for you first timers. Thank you to everyone who tunes into the science episode. It means a lot!

La manuia le aso!!

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Pothos (Epipremnum Aureum) Videos:

My Wasteless Life: ⁠Rare & Uncommon Pothos Plant Varieties⁠, Epic Gardening: ⁠Pothos Care 101⁠, Swedish Plantguys: ⁠All you need to know about Epipremnum Aureum Pothos⁠ and PLANERTINA: ⁠How I Grow Massive Pothos⁠

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Music Credit:

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“[Orchids] have outlived dinosaurs; they might outlive human beings.” — Susan Orlean

*THIS IS A RE-EDITED RERELEASE OF SZN 2 EP 2*

NEW WEEK, day late BUT WE ARE HERE! Welcome to our SCIENCE SHIT week! Today’s episode is over the illustrious ORCHID FAMILY! Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants and the most diverse. Orchids are also master liars and cheaters! Most Angiosperms offer sugar water to attract bugs to help pollinate their flower but orchids usually just trick their pollinators into pollinating them without any reward.

J goes solo on this episode and talks about some basic orchid facts, what makes orchids special, how the Bee Orchid and Slipper Orchid take advantage of horny males, pollinating difficulties of the Ghost Orchid and J raises the question are orchids... alive!?

On every episode J & Lesly feature something they’re loving right now called a Double Feature. We call it our DOUBLE FEATURE because there's two of us and we wanna feature some sh*t. ☺

It can be a podcast, tv show, music, book or anything! Our Double Feature for this episode is the English dubbed Japanese animated war film: Grave of the Fireflies (⁠Hulu⁠) and the small skin-care business called ⁠KraveBeauty⁠ created by ⁠Liah Yoo⁠! Support asian films and businesses!

Did we mention we made a ⁠Spotify Playlist? Check it out!⁠ New playlist every month!

Do zobaczenia!!

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Orchid Youtube Links:

Nat Geo: ⁠Rare Ghost Orchid Has Multiple Pollinators⁠, Nat Geo Wild: ⁠An Orchid’s Trap⁠, Natural History Museum: ⁠The bee orchid, Ophrys apifera⁠, Animalogic: ⁠Orchids - These Flowers Are Pretty Sus⁠, TED Ed: ⁠The sexual deception of orchids - Anne Gaskett⁠, MinuteEarth: ⁠Orchids - The Masters Of Lying, Cheating & Stealing⁠ and OklahomaGardening: ⁠Orchid Variety Collection with Needham⁠

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Audio Credit:

⁠KraveBeauty Founder Liah Yoo ’s Skincare Routine with Susan Yara⁠

Music Credit:

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"At least for me, being trans is spiritual." - Jules

*THIS IS A RE-EDITED RERELEASE OF SZN 2 EP 12*

¡Bienvenido to our podcast, Homo In Training! Each week we rotate between 3 segments called thotful moment, entertainment review and some science shit! But we doubled up on the ENTERTAINMENT this week, so are talking about HBO's: ⁠Euphoria Special Episode Part 2: Jules⁠.

Jules is the new girl in town and goes through a lot after her move. We HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU to watch Euphoria SZN 1 to get more of her story. But this Part 2 really dives into the feelings Jules has struggled with when she first moved to town. In Part 2 she is in a therapy session and covers some heavy topics. WE WERE IN OUR FEELS!

J & Lesly will be discussing if they’re ever built their life around what men desire, how people size each other up to see where you fit in their “hierarchy”, loving someone who suffers from substance abuse, how great art makes us EMOtional, also how beautiful the cinematography is on Euphoria and how it adds so much value to the show.

On every episode J & Lesly feature something they’re loving right now called a Double Feature. We call it our DOUBLE FEATURE because there's two of us and we wanna feature some sh*t. ☺ It can be a podcast, tv show, music, book or anything!

Our Double Feature for this episode is two songs from the Euphoria Special Episode Part 2: Jules! We are in love with ⁠“Lo Vas A Olvidar” by ROSALÍA & Billie Eilish⁠ and ⁠Liability by Lorde⁠. They’re on our ⁠SPOTIFY PLAYLIST, CHECK IT OUT!⁠

Next week IS SCIENCEEEEEEE!!!!!

До свида́ния (da svi-dá-ni-ya)!!

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Audio Credit:

⁠Jules clips from ZZAVID reaction video⁠

Music Credit:

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"If there's anyone out there that looks a bit like me, or just feels a little bit out of place just trying to get into performing, you are beautiful; embrace it. You are intelligent; embrace it. You are powerful; embrace it.“ — Michaela Coel

*THIS IS A RE-EDITED RERELEASE OF SZN 2 EP 2*

Hola Muchachxs! We’re here this week with Entertainment Review where we are talking about the multi-faceted, multi-dimensional human being, artist... MICHAELA COEL!

Lesly and J talk about how much they love her and discuss her amazing works she’s put out in the last few years. We cover ⁠Chewing Gum⁠ (HBOMax), ⁠Black Mirror⁠ (Netflix) appearances (Nosedive & USS McAlister), ⁠Black Earth Rising⁠ (Netflix), ⁠I May Destroy You⁠ (HBOMax) and her singing debut on ⁠Been So Long⁠ (Netflix)! Also gush about why we love her art so much.

Michaela Coel (Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson) is an British🇬🇧actress, screenwriter, director, producer AND singer. She has created, written, co-directed, executive produced and starred as the main character for the ICONIC shows Chewing Gum and I May Destroy You. For which she has hella nominations and awards!

Did we mention we made a ⁠Spotify Playlist? Check it out!⁠ New playlist every month!

We hope you enjoy this episode and buy/watch her stuff! Links below!

Cheerio gov’na !!

P.S: For those of you who don't know, February is BLACK HISTORY MONTH! In honor of this we encourage you all to make a donation to honor the history, struggles and triumphs of black people in America and all around the world. ⁠Choose an organization you're passionate about and DO YOUR RESEARCH and make sure your money is going to help impacted people directly.⁠

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Michaela Coel Links:

Watch her ⁠James MacTaggart Lecture⁠ for Edinburgh TV Festival 2018.

Listen to Michaela Coel on ⁠What's The Tee with Rupaul and Michelle Visage⁠, ⁠Small Doses with Amanda Seales⁠

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"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." ― Stephen Hawking

*THIS IS A RE-EDITED RERELEASE OF SZN 2 EP 37*

Back to our SCIENCE SH*T this week! Today J talks about the fakeness with Freewill.

J. Daae goes solo this episode and talks about what does free will mean, why is free will fake af, how our brain is always 10 steps ahead of us and if we don’t have free will… does it matter?

I been done talking about making this episode since Lesly & I released an episode called "Do we even get a Choice in life?". Make sure you listen to that, too! Also this episode was inspired by the podcast episode of⁠ Startalk called Science is Everywhere.⁠

Ndapita !!

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Music Credit:

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“[If you] compare [to] where you are, to where you want to be … you'll get nowhere.” — Sara Bareilles

*THIS IS A RE-EDITED RERELEASE OF SZN 2 EP 29*

Welcome to our THOTful Moment this week! We ask the big question: "Is our life predestined or do we have choices?" because systemic inequalities are real, like systemic racism, being poor and/or having a disability.

In this episode J & Lesly discuss what sparked this conversation, does everyone has the same choice, how we shouldn't compare our struggles to others, can people change or are we stuck, and some advice for those of you who feel like you can't change your situation.

Q'u, q'u yet dahdi nuntghesht'ih yida!!

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Audio Credit:

⁠RPDR Tatianna - Choices⁠

⁠Oprah - Silent or Silenced?⁠

⁠There is no such thing as a coincidence scream tiktok⁠

Music Credit:

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“The land is sacred. These words are at the core of your being. The land is our mother, the river's our blood. Take our land away and we die.” — Mary Brave Bird, Lakota

*THIS IS A RE-EDITED RERELEASE OF SZN 2 EP 13*

Finally some science sh*t for you all! J returns with his Science Moment this week and in honor of Earth Day (April 22) we are talking about CLIMATE CHANGE! This shouldn’t be a controversial subject but unfortunately… some people think it's fake. This is gonna be a hard episode because we're gonna be dropping some facts that might scare you BUT just remember, don't lose hope!

J discusses the difference between weather and climate, what is CO2 and why is it bad that it's in the atmosphere, how the ocean absorbs 90% of the Earth's HEAT and why that's bad, acidic oceans, last time the Earth got hot af, what rising sea levels means, why planting billions of trees kinda doesn't help.. and the IMPORTANCE AND URGENCY of supporting Indigenous Peoples initiatives to save the Earth!

On every episode J & Lesly feature something they’re loving right now called a Double Feature. We call it our DOUBLE FEATURE because there's two of us and we wanna feature some sh*t. ☺ It can be a podcast, tv show, music, book or anything!

Our Double Feature for this episode is the AMAZING FUN ENTERTAINING animated film, ⁠Princess Mononoke on HBOMax⁠ and the LGBTQ/Two-Spirit Indigenous artist Bobby Sanchez's song ⁠Queche 101 Land Back Please⁠.

⁠FIND OUT WHAT LAND YOU’RE ON⁠! Land acknowledgments are a simple and important way to honor the indigenous communities that were forcibly displaced and killed by colonizers. I encourage you to look up any local indigenous led initiatives in your area.

Tlazohcamati huel miac!!

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Earth Day resources & videos:

There's another pandemic under our noses, and it kills 8.7m people a year (⁠Article⁠), Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell Youtube ( ⁠1⁠ | ⁠2⁠ | ⁠3⁠ ), NATGEO Youtube ⁠(1)⁠, Ted-Ed Youtube ⁠(1)⁠, PBS Eons Youtube ⁠(1)⁠, RealLifeLore Youtube⁠ (1)⁠ and TED Youtube⁠ (1)⁠

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Audio Credit:

⁠Futurama - Global Warming⁠

⁠Futurama - Jack Johnson vs John Jackson⁠

Music Credit:

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“I'm not the sum of all my worries and I'm not the sum of yours. I'm not the summer of 2015 but I can be the summer of now.” - Summer of Now by James Blake

*THIS IS A RE-EDITED RERELEASE OF SZN 1 EP 21*

We don’t cover a lot of wypipo on this podcast but James Blake is an artist we stan in this household! Also if you work with Beyoncé, you’re okay in our book. We are here with our segment “entertainment review” where we discuss some of our favorite things in pop culture. This week it’s all about the London born artist, James Blake Litherland! Not to be confused with James Brown or James Blunt.. it’s okay we made that mistake too.

James came out with a 4 song EP called “BEFORE” and it’s giving us EDM vibes!! Lesly and J are not shy to a rave or two, or three or five. His sound is ever evolving which we love because it makes every work of art he puts out worth a listen. Because it isn’t the same as before. It’s something new every time! Not only is this man making music for himself he has worked with big name artists like BEYONCÉ, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, just to name a few! No, literally there’s too many to count.

Lesly and J cover all of those topics including their first impressions of the EP and his other music, thots behind his lyrics and how we first started listening to him. Stick around to the end 'cause we get EMOTIONAL about how music connects us as best friends. Thank you for joining us again this week! We are close to wrapping up the year and this podcast has been a joy to make and see grow!

फिर मिलेंगे (phira mileṃge) !

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James Blake Links:

⁠BUY⁠ James's music, Stream BEFORE EP (⁠Spotify⁠ | ⁠Apple⁠), James Blake Youtube: ⁠Before (Official Quarantine Video)⁠, James Blake Youtube: ⁠Before (Full Album) (Deluxe Edition) Playlist⁠, James Blake Youtube: ⁠James Blake Live at the GRAMMY Museum Interview⁠, The Late Late Show with James Corden: ⁠James Blake Is Creating Joy with Covers Interview⁠, Genius: ⁠James Blake "Can't Believe The Way We Flow" Official Lyrics & Meaning Verified⁠, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: ⁠Jameela Jamil Went Full-Tahani Producing Boyfriend James Blake's Record About Her⁠

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Music Credit:

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