It's our last episode!! (Maybe, probably) Join us as we take a look back at High Expectations and review our original thoughts for what the show was going to be, explain why we're finishing, and Ellen sings the greatest mailbag song of all time. Thank you for listening, we will miss you. Enjoy the back catalogue xx Special thanks to Apryl, Brent, Emily, Justine, LJ, Lily, Mariah, Meg, and Sean for all the extra support over the years. #LadyPodSquad #CastAways Join the High Expectations ACTION TE...
Jul 07, 2019•26 min
Do you love dogs n puppies? This is the episode for you! Join the two goodest girls as we talk about the dogs have now and the ones we grew up with! We share some dog raising tips, and answer the classic question, if you were a dog, which would you be?? Thanks to Mariah Avix for being out outroist. #LadyPodSquad Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts https://pca.st...
Jun 04, 2019•32 min
Leaving everything to chance, we tackle randomly generated conversation starter topics and learn new things about each other. If you have trouble busting out of small talk, you've come to the right place! Thanks to Mariah Avix for being our resident outroist #LadyPodSquad
May 28, 2019•31 min
Jaslyn has a bullet journal, Ellen has a feelings journal! Our styles are so different but benefit our lives in similar ways. We share our custom creations with you and how they help us, because sometimes things are better analogue. Thanks to Mariah for being our outroist. Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts https://pca.st/DQE6 Facebook www.facebook.com/highexpe...
May 14, 2019•30 min
Everybody has a case of The Lonelies, sometimes. We share our experiences being lonely and the ways we can manage it. Come get a hug from Ellen and Jaslyn. Thanks to our outroist Mariah Avix Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts https://pca.st/DQE6 Facebook www.facebook.com/highexpectationspodcast Twitter twitter.com/highexpodcast Instagram instagram.com/highexpec...
May 07, 2019•34 min
We all love a good breakup song! We go through our favourites and talk about the times they've been there for us. Thanks to Mariah Avix for being our outroist. Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts https://pca.st/DQE6 Facebook www.facebook.com/highexpectationspodcast Twitter twitter.com/highexpodcast Instagram instagram.com/highexpectationspodcast Pinterest pinter...
Apr 30, 2019•31 min
Jaslyn and Ellen discuss all things crushes. They share stories from their crush filled pasts, including the entertaining workplace crush and the dreaded straight girl crush. Whether you love them or hate them, crushes are an inevitable part of life, and your High Ex hosts give their best tips for when you’re crushing hard. Enjoy a fun filled episode on one of their favourite topics. Thanks to our outroist Mariah Avix. Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/8943165607202...
Apr 23, 2019•32 min
We rate the advice in r/AskMen about denied hugs, loud sex, micro penises, and more! Then Ellen sings a mailbag song and we hear about a fleshlight injustice! Thanks for the outro Brent from Home Video Hustle! Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts https://pca.st/DQE6 Facebook www.facebook.com/highexpectationspodcast Twitter twitter.com/highexpodcast Instagram inst...
Apr 16, 2019•29 min
It's an experimental homage to classic Beavis & Butthead. You can watch along with us in real time, using this play list: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ-ppjFlIpmeAPHZ_JmfE4MTV8imOHE6a The songs: Carly Rae Jepsen - Now That I Found You Disclosure ft Lorde - Magnets Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better The Killers - Just Another Girl The 1975 - Sincerity Is Scary The Flaming Lips - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song Thanks to our outroist Mariah Avix Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM:...
Apr 09, 2019•33 min
We explore our love for the popular YouTube genres of clothing hauls and eating challenges. Is it ethical to watch them? Is The Algorithm our friend? Thanks to our Resident Outroist, Mariah Avix of 600 Second Saga. Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts https://pca.st/DQE6 Facebook www.facebook.com/highexpectationspodcast Twitter twitter.com/highexpodcast Instagram...
Apr 02, 2019•38 min
To celebrate International Women's Day, your favourite question answerers, ElleN and Jizzlyn, return to take on Reddit's AskWomen. Thanks to our Resident Outroist, Mariah Avix of 600 Second Saga. Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts https://pca.st/DQE6 Facebook www.facebook.com/highexpectationspodcast Twitter twitter.com/highexpodcast Instagram instagram.com/high...
Mar 26, 2019•34 min
We play a game of Sexcapades! Featuring Rowan Atkinson, Emma Stone, A Burger, Jeff Goldblum, and many more celebs with awkward consequences. Outro by Mariah Avix 600secondsaga.com Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts https://pca.st/DQE6 Facebook www.facebook.com/highexpectationspodcast Twitter twitter.com/highexpodcast Instagram instagram.com/highexpectationspodc...
Mar 12, 2019•34 min
Welcome to Season 4! As promised in our S3 finale, this the epic story of how we met, and how we became best friends. It's the story of a friendship built on chips and chats! Outro cameo by Alysa from Best Forevers: A Podcast for Kindred Spirits https://www.bestforeverspod.com/ Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts https://pca.st/DQE6 Facebook www.facebook.com/hig...
Mar 05, 2019•43 min
In this fun double episode finale, Ellen and Jaslyn reveal just how obsessed they are with each other by doing the Best Friend Tag! They reveal what they love and hate about each other, guess where they'll be in 7 years, and get all binary with labels like: Winter/Summer, Blue/Pink, Fast Food/Fruits, and so many more! Ellen busts out the final mailbox song and there's shoutouts for other shows to enjoy. Thanks to all who have listened this year! See you in 2019, unless there's a minisode ;) Outr...
Oct 23, 2018•59 min
We're nostalgic about what games we liked playing when we were younger, from video games to outdoor fun! Jaslyn is forever haunted by Black & White, had a World of Warcraft romance fail, and played chill games for music listening. Ellen loves Crash Bandicoot, is frustrated by Kirby's Pinball Land, and got in trouble for water fighting! We're confused about game controller terminology and probably have you yelling at your podcast app a few times, sorry. Give us those tap taps because we hate ...
Oct 09, 2018•41 min
It’s our fourth Sorry Your Wonderful episode! We have a special guest all the way from the UK, our friend Laura-Jane! In this episode LJ takes us back to 2007-2008 during her internship in New York. We hear all the juicy details from email correspondence sent to a close friend. LJ’s adventures detail getting stressed on the freeway, falling arse over tit by a hot tub, living for pumpkin pie, making friends, making enemies, and meeting a future special someone! Listen to find out more! Laura-Jane...
Sep 25, 2018•47 min
Please welcome special guest Sarah! In this episode two bright eyed bushy tailed musical lovers (Ellen and Sarah) discuss their love of the Mamma Mia franchise (with spoilers). Jaslyn provides much needed respite from the musical hype in defence of the musical haters out there. While Sarah and Ellen provide our listeners with additional context for Mamma Mia!, Jaslyn discusses her dislike for characters singing and dancing ‘out of context.’ We hope you enjoy this episode and please let us know y...
Sep 11, 2018•36 min
In this episode, Sean AKA Steel Pipes, shares his LiveJournal entries from a politically conscious 13 year old to a modern day gay bar regular, yes he still uses his LiveJournal. Follow along with Ellen and Jaslyn while Ellen’s “longest” friend covers adventures from of his confusing crushes on the lead singer of a-ha and the drummer of Fall Out Boy, to vandalism involving a pastry brush. Sean would like this episode to be renamed “Sorry, You’re a Sociopath!” but Jaslyn and Ellen disagree. Sorry...
Aug 28, 2018•33 min
The one in which we discuss our memories of the 1990s. We cover the music, fashion, TV, toys and movies that defined the decade. Dial up gets a decent shout out as we explore the vast differences in tech between the ‘90s and today. We get moony eyed over memorising your best friend’s phone number. Join us for a fun laughter filled look back with contributions from you, our lovely audience. Jaslyn wants the youths to know, ya not cool. Outro cameo by Laura-Jane from Bygones Podcast https://bygone...
Aug 14, 2018•35 min
Set It Up has been described as "THE rom com of our generation" so of course we watched it. We then tell you what mostly queer films NOT to watch, including Duck Butter, The Feels, and Lovesong! Outro by Mariah from 600 Second Saga https://600secondsaga.com/ Promo by Not Another X-Files Pod http://notanotherxfpod.libsyn.com/ Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts h...
Aug 07, 2018•20 min
This is an extra special one. The first ten minutes are spoiler free as we reminisce and perform fun songs we wrote in high school, like No Cash Out! After a spoiler warning, we talk about Hannah Gadsby's iconic Netflix comedy special Nanette! We share our experiences of being women, and particularly queer women, in both our standup comedy scene and everyday life. We encourage you to watch Nanette, it is incredible. Outro by The Cutaways https://www.thecutaways.com Join the High Expectations ACT...
Jul 24, 2018•36 min
Ellen went to Japan and loved it! In part two she tells us about her crash course in shopping etiquette, Harajuku & Shibuya, sleeping amongst books, temples & shrines, bathing, maid cafes, and much more cute n cool stuff! Stick around after Meg's outro for a funny story about trying to buy deodorant there! Special Japanese outro by Meg from Indoorswomen Podcast https://www.indoorswomen.com/ Groceries around the world photos: https://thoughtcatalog.com/madison-moore/2013/05/15-photos-of-a...
Jul 10, 2018•39 min
Ellen went to Japan and loved it! In part one she tells us about the robot toilets, all the cute n weird stuff, the actual robots, the food, getting around the cities, and what she got out of the famous vending machines! Special Japanese outro by Meg from Indoorswomen Podcast https://www.indoorswomen.com/ Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts https://pca.st/DQE6 F...
Jun 26, 2018•35 min
In this episode we try talking as fast as we can! Why? Candy jar fuelled debating. We also headcanon queer characters, imagine Becky Albertalli-esque sequels, and Jaslyn imagines Candy Jar is an Orange Is The New Black origin story. We also talk about bird feeding children, and get distracted by Star Wars. Outro by Mariah Avix http://insani-x.com/2018/05/30/s3-9-time/ Promo by Up In Ten Club https://upintenclub.podbean.com #LadyPodSquad Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/gr...
Jun 12, 2018•32 min
Join us for a fireside chat about 42 things from pop culture! Can you count them all? Some highlights: * Leonardo DiCaprio * Oscars * The Big Sick * The Beguiled * Jane Austen * What If? * Non FMK: Zoe Kazan, Daniel Radcliffe, Adam Driver * The Last Jedi * Black Mirror: San Junipero/Hang The DJ * Dude * Man Up * FMK: Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Ashton Kutcher * Demi Moore * Ben Affleck * Battle of the Sexes * Pitch Perfect Outro cameo and promo by Bad Feminist Film Club https://badfeministfilmclub...
May 29, 2018•35 min
In this shady af episode we throw some at Johnny Depp, pasta, anti-gluten free snobs, and hey have you even tried curry?? Then we call out anti-SJWs, drunk apt buzzers, and forget about sleeping because Jaslyn shares a possible POLTERGEIST RECORDING from her bedroom! Then it's round three of our bitter Gilmore Girls fight, a shady af lightning round, and we end with bombshell celebrity shade from Ellen! Don't miss this one. Outro cameo by Radapations https://twitter.com/Radaptations #LadyPodSqua...
May 15, 2018•34 min
Two sick hosts means opening up the outtakes vault! In the first half we share our true crime stories, love on Jacinda Ardern, and ask big questions: Where to sit on a date? What kind of dog are you? and Is Tom Cruise cool? The second half is clips about friendship from an episode that we couldn't release. They include dealing with homophobic friends, why we needed to become best friends, and Jaslyn shares her original song 'Scattershot'! Hear Scattershot again here: https://soundcloud.com/shymo...
May 01, 2018•32 min
Jaslyn shares love letters given by her ex-girlfriend, Simone, and we discuss their hipster vs 'mainstream' relationship. Join us in a world of retro typewriters, dialup Internet, landlines calls, and chatting on AIM! Outro cameo by Best Forevers: A Podcast For Kindred Spirits https://www.bestforeverspod.com/ #LadyPodSquad Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts pca.st/DQE6...
Apr 17, 2018•37 min
Ellen and Jaslyn went to see Love, Simon! They gush about possibly the best queer movie of the year and tell the tale of their weird experience in the cinema! This episode has SPOILERS for Love, Simon after a few minutes, you get warned. Outro cameo by Mariah Avix - 600 Second Saga insani-x.com/ #LadyPodSquad Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts itun.es/i6hH8zs Subscribe to us with PocketCasts pca.st/DQE6 Facebook www....
Apr 08, 2018•24 min
We play MIT's Moral Machine and decide which members of society live, and which ones must be sacrificed, in hypothetical self driving car crashes. Then we open up the mailbox for some ace listener mail, a German word challenge, and a chat about how sexuality relates to identity! Outro cameo and promo by Happily Ever Aftermath http://heamcast.libsyn.com/ Play the Moral Machine moralmachine.mit.edu #LadyPodSquad Join the High Expectations ACTION TEAM: www.facebook.com/groups/894316560720272/ Subsc...
Apr 03, 2018•37 min
