Episode 6: Someone Needs To Take Charge

Gender roles as defined for the last million years have opened up quite a bit in the last few decades. Women can be the bread winners, men can take on the domestic responsibilities and both can be equally convinced that they’re the sex that’s actually “in charge”. Yet for every new opportunity comes a new opportunity for confusion, especially in the realm of relationships.

In this episode, Holly and Ethan discuss whether or not it’s proper for women to approach men and for men to be approachable in terms of starting relationships, making the first move and initiating “monkey business”. Holly is worried that she appears desperate while Ethan is intimidated by the girl with the “bitch face”. Both get distracted with praising “Sex in the City” until they pull it together and do their best to come to a conclusion.

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Runtime 51.09 (50.5 MB)

Cast: Holly Phillips and Ethan Moses

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Episode 5: The One Where We Realize Virginity Is Sacred

Being that Holly and Ethan have had a bit of experience with sexual themed relations, they had every intention of talking about how foreign the concept of “saving one’s self for marriage” was. The subject, prompted by Olympian Lolo Jones’ revelation of her own virginity, quickly takes a turn as both Holly and Ethan come to a shocking realization. Their conclusions eventually prompt a scientific study, one you’ll have to hear to believe. Will their lives change forever? Probably not, but it’d be quite interesting if they did.

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Runtime 45:24 (41.5 MB)

Cast: Holly Phillips and Ethan Moses

Holly on the Riffingtons

Holly will be appearing on “The Riffingtons”  Wednesday February the 12th at 7:30 PM CST where she’ll be helping hosts Josh and Theo “navigate the choppy waters that are Valentine’s Day”.

The Riffingtons is a live comedy podcast hosted by Joshua Duplechain and Theo Roll. It’s a really funny show, so go over and support the guys as they continue to produce quality content.

Sources

Riffington’s Facebook Page

Riffington’s on Youtube

Riffington’s on Podbean

Episode 4: Friend-zoned by a Paleo Muffin

In this week’s episode, Holly and Ethan discuss the “friend zone“, a zone that sounds really cool but actually isn’t. Since both have been in the driver and passenger seat of the bus headed straight towards the friend-zone, they’ve decided to dig into the matter in hopes of preventing heartache and passive aggressive Facebook posts. Holly takes a direct approach when dealing with the friend zone while Ethan ends up sounding like an asshole. Both come away better people (though it didn’t last long).

It’s worth noting that it was not our intention to release this episode three days before Valentine’s Day, though it did work out quite nicely that way.

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Runtime 44.08 (40.8 MB)

Cast: Holly Phillips and Ethan Moses

Episode 3: Turtleneck Boobs or Fall Back on The Button Up

Two weeks in a row? Did a real life producer take over  ‘Learning From Strangers” duties? Nope, we’re just riding the wave that is the new year. We’re also high on life, like dangerously high.

Dressing for success is very important in today’s fast paced social environment as few people have the time to actually “get to know a person”. Utilizing their wealth of knowledge on the topic, Holly and Ethan break down appropriate dress for a variety of dating related situations while also discussing Louisiana’s ability to deal with inclement winter weather, surf fashion and Holly’s distaste for the fashion of time travelers.

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Runtime 49.08 (44.9 MB)

Cast: Holly Phillips and Ethan Moses

Episode 2: New Years Resolutions and Lost Episodes

It feels like its been two months since we’ve last posted, which is actually pretty close to how long it’s actually been. After some tech issues resulting in the death of three episodes, a long holiday and revelations about how many chips are too many chips to consume at a party, Holly and Ethan are back in 2014 with a brand new episode.

In Episode 2 (Episode 3 if you count the pilot and 6 if the lost episodes are taken into consideration), Holly and Ethan decide to talk about their New Years Resolutions. Holly comes face to face with boyfriends of New Years past and then tries to determine when the new year becomes the old year (spoiler: it’s June) while Ethan over indulges and nearly suffers a dance themed catastrophe. Both have gone Paleo, but will only talk about it when asked, so don’t worry 😉

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Runtime 52:13 (47.8 MB)

Cast: Holly Phillips and Ethan Moses

Episode 1: The Ins and Outs of Not Drinking Alone

Holly and Ethan discuss the ins and outs of appropriate drinking behavior despite the fact that neither is know for demonstrating a whole lot of it. Holly develops a “no drinking with coworkers” rule and Ethan considers doing the same. Both respect the straight edge way of life while at the same time not entirely understanding it.

Note: At about the 32 min mark, the volume took a plunge so I was forced to adjust the levels. I am not very good at such things, so there will be spikes. If you’re listening on headphones, please be aware, for the sake of your hearing.

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Runtime 45:14 41 MBS

Cast: Holly Phillips and Ethan Moses 46.17 42 MBS

Episode 0: Cat Women and Cat Men Talk Cats

Holly and Ethan are both cat owners and have come together to discuss the ins and out of being knee deep in what most would call “Cat Ladyhood”. In this episode Holly describes her experiences with Soft Paws and the pity that comes with raising a three legged cat while Ethan comes to the realization that the names he’s assigned to his cats may have directly affected their personalities. It’s worth noting that both were covered in a fine layer of cat hair during the recording of this podcast, hair that they swear is impossible to get rid of.

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Runtime 45:14 41 MBS

Cast: Holly Phillips and Ethan Moses

Pilot: The Thin Line Between Creeping and Mystery

During the pilot episode of “Learning From Strangers”, Holly and Ethan discuss creepiness and ways to avoid creepers and becoming a creeper yourself. Listen as two individuals who haven’t chatted since high school dig through their own personal experiences with creepiness, from Holly’s gym stalker and Emilio Estevez like neighbor to Ethan’s run in with a semi cannibalistic sex fiend and his guilt over more than likely being creepy himself.

This is our first show and as such, it may be a bit rough around the edges. Instead of pouring over it, we’ve decided to label our podcasting technique for this episode as “guerilla”, which is what people call things when they want to make their technical ineptitude seem purposeful.

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Cast: Holly Phillips and Ethan Moses