Frat boys! The Weasley Twins! Ashlyn's 2024 'fails!' That time Austin got 'shipwrecked!' And our Ultimate 2024 Joy Reports! ABOUT EPISODE 19 This episode is all about endings. Sad endings. Funny endings. Awkward endings. Here at the end of another year, we’ve got all kinds of endings to talk about! Endings can be hard! They can be traumatic! They can be a relief! So, whether you’re nostalgic for days gone by or terrified of what the future holds (or maybe a bit of both!) - we hope this episode i...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Wedding night goth girl! Batman! Catwoman! A desperate craving for Jurassic Park! Can this really be marital bliss? ABOUT EPISODE 18 This episode is all about long term relationships: the real-life joys and sorrows of the give-and-take required to stay together day after day, and year after year. Sticking with anything for 1, 5, or 50 years takes a lot of hard work and focused attention. But, long term commitments also offer us unique opportunities for personal and shared growth as we navigate l...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Sleigh bells! Santa Claus! Cinnamon! And the blood of a thousand armadillos! This episode is all about thriving - and not just surviving - this holiday season. ABOUT EPISODE 17: Holly Jolly, Melancholy! For a lot of people, the holidays can be A LOT. This part of the year can be a complicated cocktail of nostalgia and change, where expectations and traditions often clash. Stir in a bit of family drama, a dash of seasonal depression, and a sprinkle or two of winter travel delays…and you’ve got a ...
Nov 29, 2024•56 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Hammama trauma! Harry Styles! Helicopters! How to shower! And the life-changing art of Japanese Misogi! Episode 16 is all about getting as comfy as possible…but also, it’s about stepping out of our comfort zones! One of the scariest and most fun things about stepping out of your comfort zone is that you never really know what’s going to happen: you might discover a new hobby, you might score a new job, you might even meet your spouse! Ultimately, that’s what it means to step from the known into ...
Nov 22, 2024•57 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Greek goddesses! Croatian cuties! Volleyball vixens! Dancing Queen! Cyndi Lauper! And the legendary axe-woman Paulette Bunyan! This episode is all about friendship! These special relationships can come in a million shapes and sizes: best friends, work friends, school friends, chatty neighbors, and casual acquaintances! But all friendships are valuable - they help to fight off loneliness and enrich our lives with companionship, hope, balance, and, hopefully , much joy and laughter! From the Swiss...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Sewer snakes! Sinkholes! Social Anxiety! Episode 14 of Friday Candy the Podcast is all about fear! No question about it, there is a lot of scary stuff out there in the world! And on today’s show, we are wandering into the deep dark forest of the sub-conscious to try and discover the sources of our fears, the strange and ridiculous ways in which they manifest in everyday life, and how we might confront and conquer the monsters that scare us! Fear is really a fascinating thing. It can truly come i...
Oct 25, 2024•58 min•Season 2Ep. 4
UFOs! Full moons! The Bermuda Triangle! The lost tomb of Alexander the Great! Rabbit holes! Black holes! And the (almost nearly) true story of the mysterious Disappearance of Lisa D! I think we can all agree, life is full of mysteries - they’re everywhere! From Easter Island to the Bermuda triangle, from the Ghost ship Mary Celeste to the Lost Colony of Roanoke - there are just so many strange and unexplained things out in our world. Episode 13 of Friday Candy the Podcast is all about exploring ...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Road trips! Country Music! Ballgames! Teddy Roosevelt! Tennessee sunsets! And SO MANY CORN DOGS! Episode 12 of Friday Candy the Podcast is ALL ABOUT AMERICA, BABIES! We talk a lot about living abroad and traveling around Europe on this show, but this episode is all about America, baby! And since we just spent the summer with friends and family back home, we decided it was time to celebrate what we love most about the good ol’ U S A; from Carolina barbecue to the California redwoods, there is so ...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 2
We're back, babies! Welcome to Season Two of Friday Candy the Podcast! This episode is full of freaks, (mis)matched lovers, Joy Reports, the Spice Girls, and SO many boyz (also, we reveal the truth about Ashlyn's many enemies)! 'Match My Freak' is all about how very different people can find one another, decide to stick together, and then negotiate the ups and downs of life with one another. As you will hear in the stories ahead, partnering up with another person is never a small task - it’s a s...
Oct 04, 2024•56 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Life's big questions! The wheel of destiny! Apricots! Peaches! Figs! A self-care nightmare! Baby #3! This is our 'sexiest' episode yet! . Episode 10 of Friday Candy The Podcast is all about making decisions: good decisions, bad decisions, even ‘non-decision decisions.’ Every day of our lives is full of decisions - from the minor to the major. This constant decision making can be exhilarating, sure, but it can also be exhausting. So, rather than giving into decision fatigue, we thought, let’s hav...
May 31, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Smoke! Mirrors! Some sleight of hand! A tiger! A disappearing man! European adventures! And lots of discussion about green beans! On today’s show, we’re pulling back the curtain and going behind the scenes to explore ‘how it's made.’ From how to create a stage illusion, to how an author’s ideas become a published book, and how to make the most out of a summer adventure in Europe, Episode 09 is chock full of true stories and top-secret tips. Friday Candy was created and hosted by Ashlyn and Austi...
May 24, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Quicksand! Pickles! Licorice! Dolly Parton! And lots of DUNKS! Episode 08 of Friday Candy the Podcast is all about change - specifically, how our ideas and perspectives change over time; as we grow up and gain new knowledge and experiences. Sometimes, this change is as easy as giving a second chance to a food that used to ick you out. Other times, in order to change, we need to acknowledge that we were wrong before we can move on. This might mean apologizing to someone or asking for forgiveness....
May 17, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 8
Marvelous! Mysterious! Magical! Mystical! WONDERFUL! Today’s show is all about WONDERS! From the mysterious things that we wonder about to those magical moments in life that take us by surprise and leave us with a lasting sense of beauty. In today's EPIC episode, we (like Odysseus!) wander the wide world and encounter wonder at every turn; from the Pyramids of Giza to the gargoyles of Paris to 'Peter Pan Land', and from the innocent days of childhood to the vast mysteries of the here and now! Th...
May 10, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Time travel! Camel rides! Sand surfing! A Viking yurt and a very jazzy jer repert! Today’s show is all about ‘the stuff of life’…the stuff we buy, the stuff we collect, the stuff we keep and the stuff we give away. But even more than that, this episode is about our ever-changing relationship to our stuff - from the clothes we wear to the homes we live in. So, whether you think of yourself as a minimalist or a maximalist (or somewhere in between) we hope that today’s show is a good reminder to fo...
May 03, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Ashlyn the dolphin-trainer! Austin as Paris' worst tour guide! Guess that job! Scrooge McDuck money! Ancient Greek wisdom! Honky tonkin'! Indiana Jones! Pretty good life advice from Uncle Austin! And, of course, an all new jer reperts! Today’s show is all about growing up and going to work. Whether that’s teaching, raising kids, building decks, or decoding ancient messages like Indiana Jones - there are about a million jobs out there and, honestly, most of them are pretty fascinating. So whateve...
Apr 19, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Disputes! Disagreements! Debates! Episode 04 is all about (mostly petty) conflicts. It's our longest episode yet (sorry, not sorry!) and features all kinds of fisticuffs. Of course, sometimes our petty differences can be very serious. Other times…not so much. From listeners’ petty disputes to our own domestic disagreements, goat blessings, dinner roll thievery, a Grandma named 'Mama', some sauna drama, the mysteries of the Enneagram, sage relationship advice from the Gottman Institute, and a...
Apr 12, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Home birth! A dark and stormy night! Magical midwives! An epic road trip! Beyoncé! Babies on bikes! Super love! And, obviously, Thor, the God of Thunder! . Today’s show is our biggest and most personal yet. 'Becoming Mom and Dad' is all about the transition into parenthood - that strange and sacred transformation from normal, peaceful, relatively rational adults into…well…into parenthood. But don’t worry, we’ve done our best to avoid sob stories about diaper-changing and night feeding - although...
Apr 05, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Pack your bags, throw on a beret, and grab a baguette! On this episode of Friday Candy: The Podcast, we're heading off to The Old World to experience 'la dolce vita' - the sweet life. Featuring some of our favorite travel tales from Italy, Switzerland, and the Greek Islands as well as a thoughtful conversation about the practical realities of moving from the US to Denmark (and then Spain), Episode 02 is a mixed bag of international mishaps, missteps, and hilarious misadventures! Also, Episode 02...
Mar 29, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Buckle Up Lovers! And welcome to Episode 1 of Friday Candy the Podcast with Ashlyn and Austin Sailsbury. In this episode we share the story of our 'meet cute' as well as some of the relationship lessons we've learned over the past 15 years; it's our take on long-distance dating, moving to Europe, the changing nature of longterm partnerships, and how to know if you've found 'the one!'. Also, we share a brand new 'Joy Report' and a hilarious selection of shocking and traumatic 'Meet Ew's' submitte...
Mar 22, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 1
