Michelle and Emily welcome Brigitte Ranae - Professional Coach, Corporate Trainer, Course Creator, and Author of "The BS of Better and other Limiting Language" - to the podcast.Brigitte shares her perspective about how our society's constant need for self-improvement adds pressure to our lives. BS of Better program helps participants identify what some of limiting language there, where it comes from, and alternatives in language to use.The conversation goes deep into authenticity, perspective, a...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 99
For the March 2021 Time of the Month Live Show to celebrate Women's History Month, Michelle and Emily talk about several women who have been inspirations or they felt have been extremely influential. They know their list is by no means exhaustive but they are excited to share the stories with you.They share a delightful Brut Cava called The Diver from one of Emily's favorite neighborhood shops to frequent during her marathon walking sessions. Who doesn't agree with some bubbly to end a Saturday ...
Apr 24, 2021•55 min
Michelle and Emily explore all aspects of marriage and relationships. They do a deep dive into different elements that make relationships. They discuss how marriage has evolved over the years from simply a survival tool to a relationship where we want to grow into our best person.They talk about whether marriage expectations help or hinder us. Does society's depiction of marriage interfere with our own relationship desires? They talk about how to withhold judgment of other's relationships based ...
Mar 26, 2021•51 min•Season 6Ep. 98
Michelle and Emily welcome Dr. Becky Lynn back to the podcast and as usual dive right in to a fascinating conversation about how Covid and isolation has affected our physical and mental health. Dr. Becky shares the effects she has seen on the patients in her practice and the advice she gives them to cope.One suggestion to combat the isolation is to call your friends on the phone to actually have a live conversation with someone can help both parties deal with the isolation. Don't make texting yo...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 97
Emily and Michelle welcome Britt Tate - artist, teacher, activist, and mother - to the podcast. Britt was featured in December 2020 on the Humans of St. Louis Facebook page.(Note: Emily's uncle has been released from the hospital.)The conversation begins with a deep discussion on teaching art, challenges of disadvantaged schools, online and virtual learning, and Britt's Master's of Fine Art project of "Plus-Size Barbie" experience.They talk about how her art transformed after becoming a mother a...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 6Ep. 96
Michelle and Emily are joined on the podcast by friend Kathy Schweitzer. Michelle and Emily sip on a 2015 Chateau Bruni Bordeaux Superieure while Kathy sipped on her 2021 Corona. They learn why Kathy doesn't drink wine anymore - *hint, high school.Michelle asks Kathy to share her experience running for office and things people should think about if they are interested in getting involved. Fundraise! Talk to people! See the commonalities! They talk about local issues and learn that Emily pays for...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 6Ep. 95
Welcome to Season 6! Emily and Michelle are joined by Cassie Morgan, a fellow St. Louisan living in Malawi. Cassie is an epidemiologist from St. Louis whose been living in Africa for the last four years. She shares her journey from the St. Louis Public Schools to working on HIV & AIDS prevention in Africa.They learn about life in Malawi, the COVID situation there, what was it like to go to Africa and live there as a Person of Color; the lifestyle and how it differs from the American 'way of ...
Feb 05, 2021•55 min•Season 6Ep. 94
Michelle and Emily welcome friend Jennifer Andrews to the podcast. Jennifer joins via Zoom and shares her first-hand account of her experience with COVID which put her in the hospital on oxygen and dealing with the long-term physical, emotional, and social effects.https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.htmlThank you for listening and subscribing to Cliterally Speaking the Podcast. Visit our website: www.cliterallyspeakingpodcast.comFacebook: @cspeakpodcastInstagram: @cliterallyspeakingt...
Jan 08, 2021•53 min
Another Bonus replay while we're preparing Season 6! *Originally released December 20, 2019*Before Bob Baker became a YouTube sensation and mindfulness guru, we sat down with him for the very first B-Side conversation for the podcast. We hope you enjoy revisiting this conversation with one of our favorite people.***Michelle, Emily and Bob share a delightful Julienas from Laurent Perrachon while discussing Transiberian Orchestra (Emily played cello on their recent concerts in Kansas and Missouri)...
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 17 min
We're revisiting and re-releasing some of our favorite conversations while working on Season 6. This wonderful conversation was originally released on July 26, 2019. Well worth listening again. Cheers!****Michelle and Emily welcome Francesca Passanise to the podcast. they share a delightful Argetinian Cabernet Franc, La Madrid. They have an enlightening conversation as they cover so many topics.Francesca shares her reactions to and perceptions of Puerto Rico after a recent visit there. They talk...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 31 min
Michelle and Emily welcome back to the podcast their friend, journalist, and life coach, Jill Farmer.They have an in-depth conversation on coping strategies for adjusting to new work dynamics due to COVID. Have you heard about contaminated time? Have you experienced a turbo boost of exhaustion and wonder why? They talk about setting boundaries, changing paradigms within workplaces, changing expectations for our lives. They talk about the different generational approaches to work/life balance.The...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 93
Emily and Michelle celebrate the results of the presidential election and the emotional and physical after effects while sharing a bottle of Saldo.Thank you for listening and subscribing to Cliterally Speaking the Podcast. Visit our website: www.cliterallyspeakingpodcast.comFacebook: @cspeakpodcastInstagram: @cliterallyspeakingthepodcastTwitter: @cliterallyspea1Please call our comment line: 812-727-0794Watch our youtube channel (Cliterally Speaking the Podcast) for all the behind the scenes disc...
Nov 13, 2020•31 min•Season 5Ep. 92
Another bonus episode as Michelle gets over her cold. Here is the recording from their October 2020 Time of the Month show where they talk about spooky stories - supernatural and in real life. Learn who is dealing with a stalker and who lived in a house where the magnets would fly off the refrigerator and butcher knives would stand up on the point unassisted.Another great Time of the Month show! You can join them every month on the last Wednesday (except for November 2020, it will be Nov 18, 202...
Nov 02, 2020•57 min
*Originally released Nov 16, 2018*Unfortunately, this week Michelle came down with a cold. Don’t worry, Just a regular cold, not COVID, thankfully. In addition their guest wasn’t feeling well. So, out of an abundance of caution, they rescheduled and decided to focus on getting healthy and forgo recording a new episode this week.However, Emily’s birthday is October 24th. And they wanted to celebrate it on an episode, but with 2 of the 3 people being sick, they couldn't. So, instead, they're re-re...
Oct 23, 2020•56 min
Michelle & Emily welcome artist Karen Ann Jones to the podcast. They crack open two bottles of a 2012 Balverne Cabernet from Chalk Hill which explains why this is one of their longer episodes. There was so much to talk about one bottle wasn't enough. Sound familiar? From KarenAnnJones.com:"Karen Ann Jones is a painter and clothing designer. She and her husband have a five story warehouse in downtown St. Louis, Missouri in the USA where they live with their little dog Gisele. Her painting stu...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Season 5Ep. 91
Emily and Michelle are celebrating! Cliterally Speaking the Podcast is TWO years old! They have a "sparkling" conversation that "wines" its way through reflections on the past two years to their hopes and dreams for the future.They discuss American exceptionalism, the American Dream, and how the world views the United States. They take a deep dive into the concept of empathy and why all humans should be treated with dignity.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights#/med...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 90
Michelle and Emily are joined by three members of Touchy Topics Tuesday: Tiffany Robertson (founder), Laurie Shannon, and Elizabeth Joseph.This episode's recording was a little different with Emily in the studio and Michelle and guests "zooming" in. Michelle's son had been diagnosed with COVID and they were following the CDC guidelines. (He's fine now, thankfully.)Michelle was drinking Inopia, a delightful Cotes du Rhone. And Emily drank a white burgundy, Macon-Villages Chenin Blanc. Can they fi...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Season 5Ep. 89
Emily and Michelle welcome Frankie Ruprecht to the show. While Emily and Michelle share a bottle of Dolcetto D'Alba while Frankie sips on a Rye Bourbon from Switchgrass Spirits.They have a beautiful conversation about cultural expectations, corporate life, how does the pie grow, loss and love. Frankie shares her personal story of becoming a widow at a young age. This lead to a deep conversation about grief, grieving, expectations, and how we hold on to ideas of what life is supposed to be like. ...
Sep 25, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 88
Emily and Michelle welcome Katie Moon to the podcast. Katie is the Exhibits Manager at the Missouri History Museum and the curator of the Beyond the Ballot exhibit at the museum. After Michelle and Emily visited the exhibit, they knew they had to have Katie on the podcast. In addition, Katie is the author of the upcoming book "Groundbreakers, Rule Breakers, and Rebels" to be released in November 2020.They share a 2016 bottle of La Petite Lune from Domaine de Chevalier. While sipping and trying t...
Sep 18, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 87
Michelle and Emily have huge #fangirl moments when welcoming Tonina to the podcast.From IAMTONINA.comTonina is a singer/songwriter, bassist, music journalist and poet from St. Louis, Missouri who performs her original music along with her arrangements of covers in both Spanish and English. Tonina comes from a family of music lovers that exposed her to many music styles, from funk, soul, and jazz to classical music. She was born in San Diego, California but raised in St. Louis, Missouri from blac...
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 43 min•Season 5Ep. 86
Michelle and Emily welcome THE Don Reed to the podcast from his home in LA. If you're a fan of the podcast, Snap Judgment, then you're familiar with Don Reed. He was Snap Judgment's Performer of the Year in 2016. Don is currently Co-Producing Robert Townsend's one man show "Living the Shuffle." He's a series regular on Amazon Prime's "BARTLETT" co-financed by and recurring role starring Hamilton creator Lin Manuel Miranda. 2016 NPR/WNYC Snap Judgment Performance of the Year, 2016 TBA: Theater Ba...
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 85
Michelle and Emily welcome Dawn Chapman and Karen Nickel founders of JustMomsSTL to the podcast. JustMomsSTL have been working tirelessly to bring awareness about the environmental radioactive crisis sitting on the surface of a landfill located 1000 feet from residential communities.Backstory - In 2012, Just Moms STL founders became alarmed by the intense odor emitted from the West Lake Landfill and called authorities. That is when they found out in discussions with the authorities about not onl...
Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 5Ep. 84
Michelle and Emily welcome back to the podcast their favorite cultural anthropologist Dr. Donna Marshaye-White.Dr. Donna previously joined them in Season 1 (#2, Bumping Barbies) and Season 3 (#52, Ignite Your Sexual Spirit)where she shared her extensive expertise in understanding human behavior.They discuss how people have behaved during the Corona times - from kindness towards each other to fear to chaos. How people have shifted to a more intentional way of living out of necessity; how every da...
Aug 21, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 83
Michelle and Emily welcome the famous Jason from the Wine Merchant to the podcast. They recorded the episode in the beginning of June when the George Floyd protests were just beginning. Their conversation goes from Jason's history as a high school dropout, how the Corona virus would kill him if he would catch it, and how he finally caught the attention of his amazing wife. The episode is longer than normal but the fascinating conversation with Jason about his passion for wine, for his community,...
Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Season 5Ep. 82
Welcome to Season 5! Emily and Michelle are finally back in the studio with a great guest to start off Season 5. They welcome Laura Roodman-Edwards-Roodman-Edwards-Ray to the podcast. They talk about love, first orgasms, numerology (Laura and Michelle are both 5's and Emily is a 2 but what does that mean?), how Laura married and divorced the same man twice (aka Psycho Dick), her journey towards freedom, and finding her soul mate.Laura produced a documentary on independent music stores that will ...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 81
Michelle and Emily have a special announcement regarding season 5, wrap up of season 4, vacations, and wine.Thank you for listening and subscribing to Cliterally Speaking the Podcast. Visit our website: www.cliterallyspeakingpodcast.comFacebook: @cspeakpodcastInstagram: @cliterallyspeakingthepodcastTwitter: @cliterallyspea1Please call our comment line: 812-727-0794Watch our youtube channel (Cliterally Speaking the Podcast) for all the behind the scenes discussions during our recording sessions.B...
Jun 16, 2020•8 min
Emily and Michelle welcome Marriage and Sex therapist and fellow podcaster Angela Skurtu to Cliterally Speaking.Michelle enjoys a bright Cava from Giocatto while Emily breaks out a 2002 commemorative bottle from Madonna, Confessions on the Dance Floor. Angela rounds out the wine selection with a tasty Pinot Grigio from Cavit. According to Angela, it's a bottle that will guarantee a buzz!Angela shares how makeup is designed to look as if you just had sex.They do a deep dive into all aspects of in...
May 29, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 80
Michelle and Emily welcome Beth Ostrander, Authentic Pleasure Coach and Speaker based in Toronto, to the podcast. Michelle shared her tasting notes and panty recommendations for a Pinot Nero from Antonutti (an Italian wine). Emily was drinking a Gigondas from Bois de Menge. And, Beth shared a Pinot Grigio from Jackson Triggs Winery in Niagara Falls, Ontario. While discussing the different wines they are drinking, they laugh at some of the funny "Morning After" situations.Beth explains what a ple...
May 23, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 79
Michelle and Emily welcome friend Ellen Kunkelman to the podcast. Ellen shares her experiences during her time as a member of the College Conservatives in the early 1990s. They have a lively discussion about tactics they employed, about Ellen's interactions with Phyllis Schlafly, the television show Mrs. America, and the Equal Rights Amendment. They talk about the impact Rush Limbaugh's negative term, "femi-nazis," had on the feminist movement and how it shaped their own perceptions in the early...
May 16, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 78
Michelle and Emily welcome guest and friend Porscha Anderson to the podcast. While Porscha stays committed to her 21-day challenge and drinks water, Emily sips on a lovely Rosé from Folie en Provence and Michelle enjoys a Roussanne from Muddy Arch.They have a lively discussion about dating, relationships, sex in your 40s, and self-love. They explore the space between having a relationship and just wanting to play. They talk about the realization of personal power when women come into full accept...
May 08, 2020•57 min•Season 4Ep. 77
