While there is so much to catch up on in terms of Trump Country, it is just never ending and so exhausting. So instead we talk about the most important thing for all Americans over the next 4 years; coping with anxiety. Laurie schools us on what anxiety is, and why its so common and then Crimson reviews a new book, Dare: The New Way to End Anx...
In our first episode since switching to Laurie’s new office for recording, we can’t help but talk all things Comey. Laurie makes it obvious that she was distracted by Comey’s good looks, while Crimson was distracted with the reality that Comey was treated like a sexually harassed woman. Comey got grabbed by the pussy, figuratively of course. L...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Trump took a dump on Earth this week, but we are over talking about the orangutan. After catching up on Crimson’s neighborhood battle and Laurie’s deck renovation, we chat about liberal college students inability to accept hearing the other side. Campuses should be a place where there is an exchange of ideas, yet the new gene...
There are so many things we’d rather talk about, but lets face it, the past 7 days of the Trump Presidency have proven to be the most chaotic. We recap the many building scandals of the week, including the appointment of a special prosecutor for the Russian interference investigation. Crimson guesses Jared Kushner may be the next to go down, b...
The ladies catch up with Crimson telling a story about her empowering journey of uniting her neighborhood behind a petition to city council and how she learned that diplomacy and community organizing is a much more productive method in capturing the attention of elected officials. Then it is all things Russia. From Trump firing the FBI directo...
Religion and politics are the two things one should never discuss, but for us here at the Crimsonian, they are the best things to discuss. Given we are at a moral crisis in the country, driven by the Religious Right, it is a good time to ask how religion and morality are connected? How is it that Donald Trump is the beacon of Christian values ...
We try to avoid talking politics, but have to discuss this week’s big news, the House passing AHCA. We then move on to Crimson’s moral dilemma with the Kentucky tradition of the Kentucky Derby. Laurie’s only objection is the Mint Julep, but Crimson wonders if we should have evolved passed a sport that sometimes values an animal’s life based o...
Sorry for the unexpected hiatus. Life happened, and while our life was happening, the world just got a bit shittier. While I was about to reward Laurie for her astute observation that the Republican health care proposal wouldn’t be happening, we learn that the Republicans won’t let it die. So we discuss their newest version of thier shitastic ...
This may be our most important conversation. As the Republicans try to ram through edits to Obamacare, it is important to understand the true implications of this new bill. We discuss the failures of the ACA, and how the AHCA does absolutely nothing to fix them. In fact, it adds new challenges to an unstable market, and kicks all Trump support...
We catch up with an update on the only heart warming story in the news- the baby hippo Fionna and then we nerd out about the new solar system found by NASA. Next we move on to the obvious story of the week- the recusal of Jeff Sessions from all things Russia. Given his Senate statement is only seen as a lie by the left, we discuss what it mean...
The ladies catch up discussing the amazing, unprecedented, Trump press conference, where we got a taste of just how insane this President really may be. We highlight our favorite moments, but then move onto the holiday of the week, Valentine’s Day. We give a preview of some of the Valentines that likely came out of the Trump administration, bu...
What can we say, Kellyanne Conway is the gift that keeps giving. After we catch up on Super Bowl 51 and the best Half Time Show in modern history, we discuss Kellyanne’s new unethical, possibly illegal, comments about Ivanka Trump getting dumped by Nordstrom. Given Ivanka will need to rebrand to fit with the Trump family new equity, we try to ...
After an exhausting couple of weeks in Trump country, the ladies try to focus on one of the most disturbing things to come out of the administration, the idea of alternative facts. But first, they catch up and talk about the Woman’s March and the adorable new baby hippo at the Cincinnati Zoo. After acknowledging the amazingly horrid Inaugurati...
First we catch up, with Laurie telling us about her fun times with estate planning and Crimson marks her 20th day without buying anything materialistic. Take that corporate America! Then we move on to this week’s discussion about feminism. Given there are thousands of women across the globe uniting together to march for equality, we thought wh...
Laurie and Crimson start the new year a little different; sober! As the ladies sip some Perrier, we catch up on our favorite holiday gifts. Crimson is pumped that she has a new bed from Tuft & Needle, and Laurie tells us about her new juicing habit. The conversation moves on to the obvious 2017 buzz kill, the trump transition. The intentio...
After a much needed break filled with processing, depression, weight loss and a surreal sense of loss, we reconvene to finally catch up. We discuss the aftermath of the election, Crimson advocates for a double down on elitism and kindness, while Laurie has a more empathetic perspective to Trump supporters. Crimson tries to defend the electoral...
Listen to Laurie and Crimson start upbeat about the prospects of a Hillary Clinton presidency and then the fallout after the big blow. Laurie drops out, its just too much, and Crimson rants. Just listen, unless you are like Crimson and just over it all. In that case, wait a few days. There are some good moments to catch, like us singing, but t...
Laurie catches up by telling us about her awesome experience at the Breakout Room. Thanks to Hurricane Matthew, Crimson ends up in Cheboygan Michigan and sees the divided America we hear of, with shrines to Donald and solid love for Hillary. Randomly, we end up talking about the warm fuzzies we get from our awesome father-in-laws (yes we got o...
Warning: this episode is super-explicit. After a cheers to Laurie for officially being a fully licensed therapist, we catch up. Hillary and Donald went head-to-head for one last, horribly uncomfortable, time and we can’t help but comment. Then we move on to the largest controversy of the election, the Trump Tapes, where Donald Trump is able t...
The ladies catch up with a discussion of the Vice Presidential debate performances by Tim Kaine and Mike Pence. Laurie talks about Hurricane Matthew, and the flock of birds at risk, which totally canceled Crimson’s family vacation. After a sellout to the Anchor, OTR we discuss the repulsive, or enjoyable nature of oysters. Crimson gave the a t...
Laurie gives us an all important update on the Brangelina drama, and then we dig into all things debate night. Crimson tries to buy a bottle of The Federalist Zinfandel, featuring her favorite founding father, Thomas Jefferson but instead buys the version with George Washington on, which is a total buzz kill and embarrassment. The ladies try t...
Last week Laurie was dying from the Scottish Plague and this week Crimson is dying from pink eye, but that doesn’t stop us from the much needed therapy session about the devastating news that Brangelina are now just Brad and Angie. We then move on to Crimson’s attempt to objectively evaluate candidates in a world that facts no longer matter. W...
Crimson recommends everyone watch Weiner, the documentary about Anthony Weiner’s attempt to re-enter politics. It’s a captivating experience that really immerses you into the absolute disaster that is his life. Which leads us to Esther Perel’s Ted Talk on infidelity, where she walks us through the realities of infidelity and how we need to res...
Laurie catches us up on the highlight of her week- being a bitch. Crimson discusses pushing herself to be more vulnerable and the lessons learned in the process. We then move to the alt-right, a fringe of the Republican party that is currently very influential in the Trump campaign with Steve Bannon, an alt-right enthusiast, now running the sho...
Laurie takes a concealed carried class and lives to tell the tale. Now that Crimson is finished with Stranger Things, we finish our conversation about the awesomeness of the series. And then we return to politics. We discuss all the errors of the Trump campaign and juxtapose those against those of the Clinton campaign. Crimson wonders if there...
Crimson closes out her concert series with Jenny Lewis and Laurie, hopefully, closes out her shitty month that ended with the passing of a loved one. Crimson gets all philosophical about the concept of chores and Laurie keeps it real with some clinical perspective. But her personal experience is almost more insightful. We actively avoid politic...
Laurie decides to start her week by taking on the universe after it took a precious earing from her and that resulted in her then having to buy a new AC unit, and us losing some of our audio file. Crimson discusses her warm fuzzies throughout the convention and her undeniable love and bias for the Democratic Party, while being challenged by th...
We can’t help but to spend the hour talking about the RNC Convention. As liberals, it would be very easy to just laugh at all of the controversy and scandal. But instead we outline some of the incompetencies, and try to dissect why it is going so poorly. Bu I will be honest, it comes off more as just a rant about mediocrity and failure. Then w...
We catch up with Laurie discussing a couple experiences that gave her faith in humanity in the wake of last week’s tragedies. Crimson tries to apologize to Ken Ham, but fails miserably. We say goodbye to the Bernie Sanders campaign at a time when the “system” he railed against is our only hope to help improve the lives of those we fear for tod...
Crimson talks about fulfilling a lifelong dream of seeing Guns N’ Roses. We make tribute to Kentucky’s great new family attraction, the Ark Encounter, and then we discuss the tragedy of the recent deaths of innocent men at the hands of those meant to protect us. Definitely check out Lin Manuel Miranda at the White House and Beyonce’s Lemonad...
While Crimson fails to see Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren, she can’t help but make some keen observations about the Cincinnati rally. Laurie and Crimson discuss the SCOTUS ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Texas, where the SCOTUS struck down anti-abortion laws limiting a womans access to reproductive health care in the state of Texas. Th...
Unintentionally, we spend most of the hour discussing the Democrats attempts at getting gun legislation passed by the House and Senate. That leads us into the concept of blame and vulnerability as we “sell out” for Brene Brown’s TedTalk “The Power of Vulnerability.”
Crimson goes on a rant about the downfalls of today’s competitiveness in extracurricular sports and then we catch up on Orlando and its new tragedy. We contemplate life, post the Orlando terrorist attack under a Trump regime and the implications of his rhetoric. Laurie gives a strong endorsement for watching “60 Days In” and we start a convers...
We catch up on the awesomeness of Bunbury, discuss the partisan views around the the horror that is the Orlando terrorist attacks, and then we “celebrate” the first woman presidential nominee. Remember, the Crimsonian Podcast is now available on iTunes. Subscribe and give us a listen.
Tragedy strikes, after tragedy strikes at the Cincinnati Zoo. Donald Trump officially has the number of delegates needed to win the Republican Nomination. And we ask, is it time for Bernie Sanders to step away from the Democratic Primary? Crimsonian is now available on iTunes. Subscribe and give us a review!