After eleven episodes we feel like you respect and honor our opinions -right? Great! We answer your burning questions and offer some advice in another new (and hopefully recurring) segment called “What Would Molly & Alissa Do?” It’s like Dear Abby but with more TMI and less credibility. FURTHER RESOURCE INFO: "The red state gay porn habit: Why conservative states like Mississippi and North Carolina lead the nation in same-sex porn consumption" by Nico Lang for Slate CHARITY/NON-PROFIT Peer F...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 12
In 1997, 8-year-old Kirsten Hatfield went missing from her bedroom in the middle of the night. For years, her family along with investigators searched every possible clue and interviewed countless neighbors to find out what happened. It wasn’t until 2015 when her family finally got answers -just not the ones they were expecting. True crime is a favorite genre that will be explored in future episodes -but this story, uniquely, hits close to home. FURTHER RESOURCE INFO: https://kfor.com/news/prose...
Mar 16, 2020•38 min•Ep. 11
Actress, writer, director, and producer Desiree Abeyta and Molly are best friends -so why do they refer to a chunk of time in their friendship as “the dark ages”? We interview them to find out how a friendship so strong could ever have a falling out in a new (and hopefully recurring) segment, called “Mending Fences”, where we squash some beefs and dissect some relationships. CHARITY/NON-PROFITFriendship Bridge Friendship Bridge is a nonprofit organization that creates opportunities that empower ...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 10
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s...all of you! We invent our own superheroes who save us from various scenarios after being inspired by a friend who uses hers for anxiety, confidence at work, and deterring her from texting an ex. Who are your superheroes? CHARITY/NON-PROFIT Born This Way Foundation Born This Way, led by Lady Gaga and her mother Cynthia Germanotta, supports the wellness of young people through an evidence-based approach that is fiercely kind, compassionate, accepting, and inclusiv...
Mar 02, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 9
FURTHER RESOURCE INFO: The New Age of Astrology by Julia Beck ASTROLOGY IN THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY By Christine Smallwood CHARITY/NON-PROFITThe Organization for Professional Astrology (OPA) OPA is a non-profit organization 501(c)(6) that advances the cause of professional astrology by helping students and practicing astrologers get the information, insights, and experiences they need to foster their understanding of astrology and launch and enhance their development as students or practitioners. ...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 8
Why is birth control a female issue? And if it is a female issue, why are women not the ones in control? FURTHER RESOURCE INFO: Alisa Vitti on IG @floliving and the app MyFLO Gabrielle Blair twitter thread @designmom A Brief History of Birth Control in the U.S. By Kirsten M.J. Thompson The History of Emergency Contraception By Dawn Stacey, PhD, LMHC It's time for men to step up and share responsibility for birth control by Moira Donegan CHARITY/NON-PROFIT: Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood d...
Feb 17, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 7
Molly, you’re in danger, girl. We dabble in the paranormal and figure out how much we believe in it. Buckle up, because we’re gonna ghost the hell out of all of you. FURTHER RESOURCE INFO: Why Do People Believe in Ghosts? by Tiffanie Wen https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2019/10/21/paranormal-beliefs-ghosts-demons-poll Weird NJ magazine CHARITY/NON-PROFIT Funeral Consumers Alliance The death of a loved one is never easy. In addition to the emotional stress, other variabl...
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 6
We bombard your airwaves with our nutty annoyances and eccentric pet peeves -one of them being, finding synonyms online for “nutty” and “eccentric”. CHARITY/NON-PROFIT AMERICAN RED CROSS Since Dec. 28, hundreds of quakes have rattled Puerto Rico that is still struggling to rebuild after Hurricane Maria devastated much of the island in September 2017. Hundreds of homes and businesses in the southwest region of the island are damaged or destroyed, and thousands of Puerto Ricans are left without wa...
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 5
We get weird. We get rude. We get honest. Confessing our dirty secrets that range from questionable to downright sinful while asking ourselves, are we “bad”? How black or white are our impulses? Play along and think of your own misdeeds and whether we’re all morally beholden to our indiscretions. FURTHER RESOURCE INFO: “East of Eden” by John Steinbeck “On the Genealogy of Morality” by Friedrich Nietzsche “Watchmen” by Alan Moore CHARITY/NON-PROFIT Second Chance Program Each year, more than 2,000...
Jan 27, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 4
Beauty is pain, pain is beauty. We take a hard look at society’s creation of the ideal woman and how we’ve tortured ourselves to become her. While the standard of what is considered desirable has changed throughout the decades, the urgency to chase after unrealistic expectations persists, nonetheless. FURTHER RESOURCE INFO: Jia Tolentino’s book Trick Mirror, specifically the essay entitled “Always Be Optimizing” "The Perception of Beauty Standards" by Lawrencia Amfo-Asiedu CHARITY/NON-PROFITGirl...
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 3
Are you doing what you love and, if not, why not? We pose this question to a few of our friends and learn some fascinating facts on the difference in gender, class, and race when it comes to jumping ship and starting anew. Plus, we celebrate the little things we’ve done to remain respectable, functioning human women. Career Fulfillment The State of American Jobs - How the shifting economic landscape is reshaping work and society and affecting the way people think about the skills and training th...
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 2
For our first, we reveal our firsts! We talk about everything from our first drunken hook-up, an ode to Brendan Fraser, to visiting Ghana as a little girl. We also shout-out our favorite non-profits and remain shocked and bewildered at the random facts we have in common. Planned Parenthood delivers vital, affordable, high-quality reproductive health care, sex education, safe, legal abortions and information to millions of people worldwide - and it's all stake. 2.4 million people per year are cou...
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 1
Everyone has reached or will reach a point in life (likely multiple) where you realize that it’s time to jump off the train and re-examine the path. It’s an “SOS moment” of self-awareness and an urgent reassessment of what your goals, needs, beliefs, and priorities are in life. It’s the moment you seriously ask yourself if you are living your daily life according to those things and, if not, how can you reposition yourself to be more in alignment with your purpose. This is a podcast where we div...
Jan 19, 2020•7 min
