MollyMay+ is back with the beautiful and talented Ra’eesa Motala and they are asking each other the important questions and answering with trusted honesty. Find out how to make breakfast soup, what a cheat code in life could do, and how Molly (hypothetically) gets arrested.Follow @schmollymac on InstagramExplore from this Episode:Ra'eesa Motala on InstagramWARNING: This episode may contain information and descriptions that may be triggering. Please feel free to engage in a way that makes you fee...
Dec 16, 2020•25 min
Designer Ripley Rader is back talking with MollyMay+ in this slow round of rapid fire. Ripley and MollyMay+ discuss the best sequins, why Friday is so special to the both of them, and of course - Reba McIntyre. Also, decide for yourself who is having the better lunch!Follow @schmollymac on InstagramExplore from this Episode:Ripley Rader website and Instagram WARNING: This episode may contain information and descriptions that may be triggering. Please feel free to engage in a way that makes you f...
Dec 09, 2020•13 min
MollyMay+ is back with model, producer, and creator Amalia Nicholson asking rapid fire questions and they are telling all! Find out who they believe are the aliens among us, who crinkles and who folds in the bathroom, and why they both love Peggy Hill.Follow @schmollymac on InstagramExplore from this Episode:Amalia Nicholson on InstagramWARNING: This episode may contain information and descriptions that may be triggering. Please feel free to engage in a way that makes you feel safe and comfortab...
Dec 02, 2020•21 min
This week’s podcast has been a year in the making, MollyMay+ is finally addressing those comments. MollyMay+ talks about how a few comments stirred up some old demons and how she is putting to work what she learned in therapy – to heal you have to go through it. MollyMay+ explains her practices in gratitude and how they have helped her let go and release other people’s negativity and thoughts on her body. MollyMay+ is here to tell you – Your feelings matter, and they won’t be thrown out of consi...
Nov 18, 2020•26 min
MollyMay+ is talking with the founder of Noise M8kers, partner with Nū Loop, the first female President of the Twin Cities Film Fest, and broker by day Ra’eesa Motala about Eating Disorders. Ra’eesa and MollyMay+ discuss the roots of eating disorders, growing up in a diet culture, and being taught how to associate happiness with body size. MollyMay+ and Ra’eesa proclaim their love for each other and discuss the importance of having women in your life that are uplifting.Follow @schmollymac on Ins...
Nov 11, 2020•59 min
MollyMay+ shares her turtling laughter as she recalls the story of how a birthday card ultimately led her to finding her true laugh. In the uncertain times we are in MollyMay+ reminds us to find our laugh and love her. Follow @schmollymac on InstagramThis Weeks Joy: LET Tunnel Concert Series featuring Laura Jane Jones, Maiya Sykes, & Ty Taylor – acapella medleys recorded in tunnelsWhat Molly Can’t Take Off: Sunscreen. There’s just no excuse not to.Song of the Week: Message Molly on Instagram...
Oct 28, 2020•18 min
Producer, model, creator, wine enthusiast, book reviewer with a tiny mic, and the brains behind #ootdistancing Amalia Nicholson is talking with MollyMay+ about fashion, wardrobe, mental health, plus-size joy, and taking to the internet. Amalia reflects on moving to LA and being away from her home in Minneapolis as a worldwide pandemic emerges and nationwide protests erupt. MollyMay+ and Amalia discuss the correlation between getting dressed and mental health as they navigate spending more time a...
Oct 21, 2020•48 min
Pay attention people – SWIMSUIT MODEL MollyMay+ is declaring herself fat! MollyMay+ is talking about her journey from big girl to fat and how she found the right language to describe herself. This week MollyMay+ is exploring being fat in a plus-size society and what it means to stop existing to change your body and start existing in a space that embraces being happy (without having to change your body to do it). Stop saying “I’ll be happy when I can fit in that dress” or “I’ll enjoy myself when ...
Oct 15, 2020•19 min
MollyMay+ is talking with jumpsuit queen and designer to the stars Ripley Rader about their VOTE mask collaboration and how she feels having the same silhouette in a @ripleyrader jumpsuit as a size six. Ripley speaks about why it is so important to her to address confidence in clothing, her hope for every person that wears her pieces, and why she thought it was important to create an essentials collection with inclusive sizing.Follow @schmollymac on InstagramMolly's Joy this Week: Hometown pride...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Your bish is back!! On the season two premiere of MollyMay+ Molly is back talking all things body positivity offering support, education, and a healthy dose of levity right from her kitchen table. This week Molly talks Breaking Down the Fourthwall as she explains the relationship between performer and audience, and the inherited responsibility we each have.Follow @schmollymac on InstagramThis Weeks Joy: A quote from the Buddha “If one takes a small bowl of water and adds a spoon of salt to it th...
Sep 30, 2020•18 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly gives us her full on (and we mean FULL ON) review the DIVA CUP! Molly recounts her first experiences with the Diva Cup. It was an adventure? An experience? It was definitely trademark Molly May! There's also a good sprinkling of colorful and graphic language (you’ve been warned).Listen to the Thailand Ema episode here.Follow Molly: Instagram @schmollymacMatriarch Digital Media (matriarchdm.com) produces this and other podcasts that understand, encourage and uplift wo...
Feb 19, 2020•5 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly has her formal introduction to the one and only DIVA CUP! Molly is processing in real time with a helpful assist (and quick Q&A) with her very good friend (and former podcast guest) Thailand Ema! There's also a good sprinkling of colorful language (you’ve been warned).Listen to the Thailand Ema episode here.Follow Molly: Instagram @schmollymacMatriarch Digital Media (matriarchdm.com) produces this and other podcasts that understand, encourage and uplift women.
Feb 12, 2020•8 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly explores the joys of mother daughter relationships. The story starts with a text and it winds its way through color stories, kick ass music and winds up in the realm of derma plane. That's a full shaving of the face for the uninitiated. Molly believes that you should do what makes you feel good. And absolutely don't do what doesn't make you feel good! There's also a good sprinkling of colorful language (you’ve been warned). Follow Molly: Instagram @schmollymacMatriar...
Feb 05, 2020•17 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly follows up with her her globe-trotting bestie, Thailand Ema. Ema is Molly's VagWoolf sister, Russian literature-reading, all-around amazing friend (and yes, that is Ema with one “m”).The ladies have a round of rapid fire questions. They talk about their friendship, adventures and more. There's also a good sprinkling of colorful language (you’ve been warned). If you missed the original episode listen here.Follow Molly: Instagram @schmollymacMatriarch Digital Media (ma...
Jan 29, 2020•21 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly decided that YOU deserve ten minutes of compliments. Because you do and because Molly says so. There's also a good sprinkling of colorful language (you’ve been warned). P.S. - Special shoutout to the post production gods (i.e. - Josette Elieff!) for the awesome soothing audio FX.Follow Molly: Instagram @schmollymacMatriarch Digital Media (matriarchdm.com) produces this and other podcasts that understand, encourage and uplift women.
Jan 22, 2020•10 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly follows up with her her true blue bestie, Emily. Emily Easton is a body positive social media influencer and all around badass.The ladies have a round of rapid fire questions. They talk about their friendship, adventures and more. There's also a good sprinkling of colorful language (you’ve been warned). If you missed the original episode listen here.Follow Emily: Instagram @ereyouknowmeFollow Molly: Instagram @schmollymacMatriarch Digital Media (matriarchdm.com) prod...
Jan 15, 2020•14 min
It's PLAID... the sequel! This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly follows up with her delightful cousin Sara aka: Sara Plaid and Tall! Sara McCoy is Molly's "pop culture queen"! Sara has a passion plaid and all of its applications through history and today. Join us for a lightning round of fun questions and even funnier responses. If you missed Sara's first episode listen here.Matriarch Digital Media ( http://matriarchdm.com ) produces this and other podcasts that understand, encourage and uplift women....
Jan 08, 2020•24 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly has breaking news! Well, if you think awesome random facts are breaking news. Americana Folk is the soundtrack for this week (Break out your overalls kids, Or are they bibs?) Plus, Molly has issues with boots. And her dog’s lady parts. And... you just got to listen to find out. Oh, and you’ll never look at the Tesla logo the same way ever again. There's a good sprinkling of colorful language (you’ve been warned). Matriarch Digital Media ( http://matriarchdm.com ) pro...
Dec 18, 2019•34 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly comes to a resolution with her mom (and her mom's wig suggestion) from a previous episode. Plus a tribute to Kennedy Center Honoree Reba (no surprise there) and a long-distance dedication to Sara McCoy (Sara Plaid and Tall). This is a story about Molly's adventures with her hair in all of its glory. Oh the things we do to our hair. It's time to celebrate all the good hair days, bad hair days, wild haircuts and everything in between. Remember, white hair should be ear...
Dec 11, 2019•45 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly chronicles her experience a sensory deprivation tank. This story takes many twists and turns. From childhood swimming lessons to Molly’s Britney Spears obsession. Plus, blissed out Molly has might have some possible similarities to stoned Molly. Oh, and we didn’t forget about the question... you’ll just have to listen and find out. There's a good sprinkling of colorful language (you’ve been warned). Matriarch Digital Media ( http://matriarchdm.com ) produces this and...
Dec 04, 2019•49 min
Matriarch Digital Media is excited to share a preview of our brand new podcast... A MESS IN THE KITCHEN!Hosts Molly Mogren and Dusti Kugler want you to relax and have fun in the kitchen. Each episode will feature practical, hands on advice to help you feel like a more confident cook. Remember, you don’t have to know everything to be a great cook!To kick things off, the ladies take on Thanksgiving! They definitely have strong opinions. The title alone says it all: Thanksgiving Bitch (there's a li...
Nov 27, 2019•47 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Family nicknames take center stage. Molly explains the unusual circumstances around one of her family nicknames. Plus, her beloved Reba gets a reverse nickname makeover - welcome Aber. And Molly waxes poetic about being a potter's wife. No, not Harry Potter. An actual maker of pottery. She discusses their creative collaboration, Nice Nice. Boiler suits and random Harry Potter references to follow (Molly didn't read the book so...) There's a good sprinkling of colorful lang...
Nov 20, 2019•41 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly is getting you ready for the holiday season! Traveling? Molly has tips for that. Karaoke? Molly has love for that! Well, we guess it's more of a love of piano bars but, we'll go with it. Molly explains how to put together the absolutely perfect list of karaoke songs for a night out. Plus there's Schmoo, airplanes, bookstores, color stories and the best analogy Molly has ever made (it involves eating cake... naked). There's a good sprinkling of colorful language (you’...
Nov 13, 2019•36 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly is have a very orange day (if you missed the episode about Molly’s anxiety, Brain Things, give it a listen here). Molly best attempts to have an Avett Brothers episode are thwarted by producer Twila. But, she does manage to share her experience of seeing Jeanine Garafolo doing a live stand up set. Where Jeanine waxes poetic about her dislike of the very same Avett Brothers! So, it’s pretty clear that the Avett Brothers will have their day on MollyMay+ no matter what....
Nov 06, 2019•28 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ is all about Molly finding the silver lining to a crappy week. First, find a work buddy to confide in when needed. Second, watch and cry endlessly with the Lady Gaga version of A Star Is Born (ASIB). Third, use your occasion wear. You know, the clothes you buy but save for a special occasion. Our outfits hold so much emotion and meaning. Why wait when you can enjoy your clothes right now! Plus, there's an almost/kinda/totally not ghost sighting.There's a good sprinkling of...
Oct 30, 2019•25 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly is absolutely over her bra. She also waxes poetic about early 2000's R&B, communing with nature and all of her current obsessions. Plus, a primer on bras. Or at least, a primer on using the internet to purchase your bras. Remember, we have to love our big bodies. Full inclusion is the only path forward. There's a good sprinkling of colorful language (you’ve been warned) to encourage you to enjoy your life right now. Matriarch Digital Media produces this and other...
Oct 23, 2019•31 min
This week’s episode of MOLLYMAY+ sets a record for being her longest episode to date! Molly introduces us to her globe-trotting, Russian literature-reading, all-around amazing friend, Ema. (and yes, that is Ema with one “m”). Molly and Ema have an expansive conversation on the eve of Ema’s latest adventure. Packing up her life and moving to Thailand with her wife. It’s a mini VagWoolf reunion! There's a good sprinkling of colorful language (you’ve been warned).Matriarch Digital Media produces th...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 27 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ it's time for ghosts revisited! Well, sort of. It might be a phone glitch, it might be too much tv (because the Amazon show "Forever" is pretty great) or it might be science? Molly is looking for ways to soothe the stressed and/or haunted soul - crayons anyone? There's crystals, facial feedback theory and an exploration of Duchenne vs Non-Duchenne smiles! Molly may or may not make a smizing reference as well.There's a good sprinkling of colorful language (you’ve been warne...
Oct 09, 2019•33 min
This week on MOLLYMAY+ Molly has a fear of smelling bad. We've all been there, right? Well, maybe not with as much intensity as Molly. Is she nosebleed? This is going to get a bit awkward. But, luckily we have Molly and her humor to make us all feel okay with how we feel about how we smell. There's language and a bit of awkward body talk (you have been warned).Matriarch Digital Media produces this and other podcasts that understand, encourage and uplift women.
Oct 02, 2019•44 min
This week's MOLLYMAY+ is all about one of Molly's favorite humans on the planet. Her muse, her icon, her inspiration... Reba McIntyre! Listen in as Molly share's the reasons she adores Reba - from her style to her song lyrics. Plus, Molly shares her epic Reba concert experience (you know it's a good story if Molly was in the same vicinity as Reba). There is absolutely some colorful language (you've been warned).Matriarch Digital Media produces this and other podcasts that understand, encourage a...
Sep 25, 2019•41 min
