Kevin and Brie Save the World – Episode 49 – Stuff & Things

It’s our last episode of 2021 and oh, what a year!  Join us as we recap the year!  Brie has a repressed memory and we dedicate this episode to Kevin’s yearbook teacher.  Also, we must support and uplift Lindsay Lohan.  This week’s Listener Feedback supports another Dear Listener with their bad break-up and our Listener Question comes from a reluctant Black Santa.

TheraBrie tells a teary tale about a restaurant that goes above and beyond for a customer.  Then it’s a double dose of Culture with Kevin this Christmas!

 EPISODE NOTES:

THERABRIE:

Inside Ekiben’s six hour trip to make a special trip for customer with cancer (Baltimore Sun)

CULTURE WITH KEVIN:

 The Snowy Day (Houston Grand Opera)

A Christmas Tale (IMDB)

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Kevin and Brie Save the World – Episode 48 – Lessons in Carols

We’re back for another episode of tee-hee’s, ha-ha’s and some real tears.  We greet our newest podcast family member, Wilma, and have a guest appearance from established family member, Nilla.  Then, we tackle dealing with disappointment and throwing tantrums.  This week’s Listener Feedback reminds Kevin of his personal connection to Anne Rice.  Our Listener Question grapples with what to do when you break-up with someone and they still have some of your sentimental belongings.

TheraBrie gives it up to Netflix for doing something to build Black communities and Culture with Kevin encourages you to read the novella, Passing.

EPISODE NOTES:

 THERABRIE:

Netflix Shifts $100 M to Black Banks to Close Equity Gap (Hollywood Reporter)

CULTURE WITH KEVIN:

Passing, by Nella Larsen (Goodreads)

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Kevin and Brie Save the World – Episode 47 – Rebroadcast the Podcast

It’s a blast from our past in this podcast rebroadcast! From our vaults, March 2, 2021 – Episode 9, Go Away, Lestat! – in honor of Anne Rice.

Brie still doesn’t understand cereal milk and Kevin regales us with tales of his 103-year-old Irish Grandmother (rest in peace, Grandma!)  We received some great listener advice this week, which boils down to – JUST BE YOURSELF.  You do you.  Also, the moral we reached – don’t cut your own bangs.  Basically, Kevin and Brie really appreciate you for who you are.  Thank you for being you.

Our Listener Question gets Kevin and Brie all riled up, as we go deep in our conversation and discuss our heightened public anxiety caused by the pandemic, understanding our traumas and using them for good, transference of energy, using forgiveness to heal, and the power we give to words. (Phew – that was a lot – thanks for sticking with us!)

Brie has TWO TheraBrie stories this week, and in Culture with Kevin, Kevin FINALLY puts his money where his mouth is.

Please consider supporting THE SPOT Period in Germantown, Philadelphia – working to end period poverty and the stigma behind menstruation.  

EPISODE NOTES:

 Vicki Gunvalson (Instagram)

Munchausen Syndrome (WebMD)

Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (WebMD)

Emotional Vampire – Psychology Today 

 What We Do in the Shadows (IMDB)

Mommy Dead and Dearest (Wikipedia)

 Anne Rice (Wikipedia)

Interview with the Vampire - film (Wikipedia)

Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Approved (FDA.gov)

THERABRIE:

Wealthy funder pays reparations for use of HeLa cells

Plumber drives from New Jersey to Texas with his family to help with storm repairs

CULTURE WITH KEVIN:

The Skating Lesson (YouTube)

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Kevin and Brie Save the World: Episode 46 – These Old Biddies

We welcome a new member to the Kevin and Brie Saves the World podcast family and Kevin learns life changing news. In this week’s Listener Feedback, your favorite comedy duo is held accountable for saying what they said they’re gonna do.  Then, our Listener Question asks how to deal with an icy neighbor you thought you were on good terms with.

 TheraBrie highlights the work of U.S. Interior Secretary in removing derogatory language from National sites.  Culture with Kevin gets super personal and spotlights a friend of the pod!

THERABRIE

Originally found on @goodgoodgoodco on Instagram

Interior secretary seeks to rid US of derogatory place names (yahoo.com)

CULTURE WITH KEVIN

Album, Sunflower in the East, Tammy Nguyen (mitamu) 

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Kevin and Brie Save the World: Episode 45 – To My Very Dear Aunt

If you wanted a podcast like ours, you’ve come to the right place!  We’re BIPOC, Black-owned, Queer-Owned, and Woman-Owned!  This week, we also discover we’re both Lesbians.  Sometimes, you have to trick yourself to be a dog in order to get results.  

This week’s Listener Feedback gives additional tips on dealing with OCD and obsessive thoughts, then in our Listener Question, a Dear Listener looks for tips and tricks on first date ideas.

TheraBrie shows how even a small act of kindness can make an impact and Culture with Kevin honors a musical icon.

THERABRIE

Originally found on Instagram at @globalpositivenews

 Uber Driver stops along route to give home cooked meal for passenger

CULTURE WITH KEVIN

Stephen Sondheim NYT Obituary

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Kevin and Brie Save the World: Episode 44 – P-O-D-C-A-S-T-I-N-G 

We are thankful for “YOU”, Dear Listener.  No, “YOU” is a show on Netflix.  No, “YOU”, the show…on Netflix!

We have a lot of opinions this week and we play a new game – Who’s That Emily?

In our Listener Feedback, a Dear Listener reminds us that friendship means being there through thick and thin, even when dealing with a badly behaved boyfriend.  Then, in our Listener Question, we grapple with how to deal with an endless list of “to-do’s” and the impending feeling of failure when you don’t accomplish these “to-do’s”.

TheraBrie introduces us to a 13-year-old who used his Make-a-Wish wish to feed the homeless.  Culture with Kevin relieves anxiety through Sensory Mediation.

THERABRIE

13 Year Old boy granted “Make A Wish” and uses it to feed the homeless (goodnewsnetwork.org) 

CULTURE WITH KEVIN

Sensory Meditation – Five Senses Mindfulness Meditation (medcenterblog.uvmhealth.org)

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Kevin and Brie Save the World: Episode 43 – Very Football

 (From @so.informed on Instagram) 

 Stand with Julius Jones – don’t let an innocent man be executed on November 18th.  The Pardon & Parole Board voted to grant Julius clemency due to inconsistencies in the case, which cast too much doubt, yet he is still scheduled to be executed.

Call Oklahoma Governor Stitt at 405-521-2342 and ask that he “stand by his own word to follow the recommendation of the Pardon and Parole board and grant Julius Jones clemency.  Please save Julius from a wrongful execution”

 Send Governor Stitt an email at kevin.stitt@gov.ok.gov
 
This week’s Listener Feedback tells the importance of allowing time for one’s self and our Listener Question asks how to deal with the intolerable significant other of your best friend.

TheraBrie spotlights a local Philly social justice café and Culture with Kevin talks the Black and Pink National.

THERABRIE

I stand with Julius Jones (from @so.informed)

Justice for Julius Jones (the Innocence Project)

Stomping Grounds Cafe

CULTURE WITH KEVIN

Black and Pink National

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Kevin and Brie Save the World: Episode 42 – Just Existing

Let’s get right into this behemoth of an episode where Kevin and Brie discuss from everything including cleansing rituals to setting intentions to car accidents to centering the universe to physical activity to death. What DON’T we talk about this episode?

In this Listener Feedback-less episode, our Listener Question grapples with coming to terms with a shift in self and the resulting absence of feeling during this change. 

TheraBrie gets personal as Brie breaks down the systematic injustices against Black people and what you can do right now to do better.  Culture with Kevin promotes the Criterion Channel and the Japanese film Gate of Flesh.

THERABRIE

Justice for Julius Jones (the Innocence Project)

Beloved, by Toni Morrison (Wikipedia)

How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi

The Bail Project

National Bail Fund Network

NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund

The 13th, documentary

The Okra Project

CULTURE WITH KEVIN

Gate of Flesh

The Criterion Channel

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