Episodes

  • Season 3, Episode 7: Plenty and Enough
    May 10 2023

    On our final episode of Season 3, Elizabeth and Larissa discuss the ideas of plenty and enough--how do we know we've had enough? What does plenty feel like?

    Mentioned on this episode:

    Ripe Time Substack

    Thistlefoot by Gennarose Nethercott

    Louis Penny

    Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingslover

    Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

    https://virginiasolesmith.substack.com/p/jeans-science-part-1

    www.buynothingproject.org

    Tressie McMillan Cottom

    Mia Birdsong


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Season 3, Episode 6: Big Community
    Apr 26 2023

    On this episode, Larissa and Elizabeth break down the idea of "big community": not your friend group, but primarily place-based communities like your hometown, neighborhood, office, etc.

    Mentioned on this episode:

    The Part That Burns by Jeannine Ouellette
    I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
    Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
    Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
    This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
    Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv
    Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship by Kath Weston
    The Durham HEART program

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Season 3, Episode 4: Friendlove
    Apr 12 2023

    Swiping a title from adrienne maree and Autumn Brown, we're talking about what goes into loving our friends, and why it's so important to do so.

    Mentioned in this episode:
    Praise by Sara Cate

    And Yet by Kate Baer

    Billy Collins https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/billy-collins

    Mary Oliver https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver

    Maggie Nelson https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maggie-nelson

    https://www.endoftheworldshow.org/ 

    The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

    We also talked about Phoebe’s Snack Service and Vimala’s Curryblossom Café, for you Durham-area folks who love food.


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    47 mins
  • Season 3, Episode 3: Trauma and Community
    Mar 29 2023

    Elizabeth and Larissa discuss how interpersonal trauma affects the way that we're able to show up for and be present in community.

    Referred to in the show:
    Robin Coste Lewis, Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems

    Elizabeth reads the poem “The Mothers," which you can read here:  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58757/the-mothers

    Alexis Hall, A Lady for a Duke

    Dr. Marisa G Franco, Platonic



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    34 mins
  • Season 3, Episode 2: How We're Defining Community
    Mar 15 2023

    Elizabeth and Larissa break down the definitions of "community" that they're using. Community includes more people than you might think!

    Mentioned on this episode:

    Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower

    "You Just Need to Lose Weight": And 19 Other Myths about Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

    Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

    Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides by Geoffrey L Cohen


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    31 mins
  • Season 3, Episode 1: Let's Review!
    Mar 1 2023

    We're kicking off Season Three of Wondermine with a quick review of what we've discussed over the previous two seasons. Then we introduce the Season 3 theme. Hint:  When we feel safe, we're able to move our perspective beyond ourselves to include a wider community.

    Mentioned on the show:

    Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

    Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

    Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black

    Alienated America by Timothy P. Carney

    https://www.maintenancephase.com/ - workplace wellness episode

    Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey


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    37 mins
  • Season 2, Episode 7: How We Keep Going
    Aug 2 2022

    Elizabeth and Larissa sum up this season's themes and leave us with some ideas about how to keep going, even when things seem hopeless.

    Show notes (book links are affiliate links to Bookshop):

    The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner 

    Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

    Hollow City by Ransom Riggs (Peregrine, book 2) 

    Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs (book 3)

    A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs (book 4) 

    The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs (book 5) 




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    34 mins
  • Season 2, Episode 6: Ambition
    Jul 12 2022

    On this episode, Elizabeth & Larissa talk about ambition--why we don't talk about it, and why maybe we should. Please note: This episode was recorded prior to the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, so if it sounds out of date, it is!

    Show notes:
    The Swimmers Julie Otsuka 

    The Buddha in the AtticJulie Otsuka

    Ann-Marie Slaughter “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” 

    Larissa’s 2012 response to the Slaughter piece: https://mixed-metaphor.blogspot.com/2012/07/having-it-all.html

    Alexandria Ocasio Cortez - House website 

    Lizzo

    Lean In


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    49 mins