In My Quarantined Opinion

For our final episode in this Recipe Roundtable series, we are all sharing some of our favorite family recipes! 

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Turn on the grill and grab a glass of something cold, cause summer is coming! This episode of our Recipe Roundtable season is all about our favorite recipies for a BBQ from sides to sweets to meats.

This is our sweetest episode yet, literally! Join us for a fun conversation all about our favorite sugary treats from crisps to pies to frosting.

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This roundtable is all about our favorite go-to recipes to share with friends, be it cuddled around a campfire or with candles and cloth napkins! 

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After a year or so of restaurants being closed, we've all had to get a little creative with our cooking! This episode is all about easy, go-to weeknight dinners, featuring many one-pot meals and lots of mix-and-match options for whatever you may have in your fridge. We hope this helps inspire some new culinary adventures! For bonus points, tag us on our socials if you make any of the meals we talk about in this episode.

This is the first episode of our new season all about our go-to recipes! Each week we will be bringing a new type of recipe to share to help spark culinary creativity and joy over the table with the people you love!

Here are some of the recipes we talked about in this episode if you want to try!

Hygge (hyoo-guh) - a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being

If Settlers of Catan was on one end of the game spectrum, Hygge Cozy Conversations would be on the opposite end! Join us as Courtney hosts this fun game of conversation starters, meant to go deeper and bring us all to place of coziness and warmth.  

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It's March, so let the Madness begin! Bridget hosts this episode full of super practical tips as to how to make your bracket as well as some fun strategies and ideas on how to make your picks. Check out our social media pages for more instructors and links to join our March Madness bracket group.

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In celebration of Women's History Month and International Women's Day, this episode is all about powerful ladies throughout history! 

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Pop some popcorn and grab a box of sour patch kids, cause we're taking a trip to the movies (well, pandemic style at least!) This episode is full of fun would you rathers from all your favorite genres, from action to comedy and everything in between!

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From the farm to fantasy, prehistoric to reptilian, this animal themed would you rather covers covers the spectrum. Not only do we get into some silly opinions but also some cool animal facts as well! 

Find us on Instagram to give your quarantined opinion on some of the questions we answer in this episode!

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Not many holidays can draw out such strong opinions like Valentines Day! But no matter whether you hate it or love it, there's something in this episode for you. Find us on Instagram to share your own quarantined opinions about candy hearts, roses, and so much more!

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The fun and games continues with this food themed Would You Rather episode! Come join us on our Instagram page to give YOUR quarantined opinion on the age old debate between sweet and salty and so much more.

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Join us for our last episode in this Pleasant Pastimes season as Kristia shares about her love for yoga! We have loved getting to share with you about the things we love and enjoy doing.  Hopefully it's given you some ideas for a new hobby to try or a new appreciation of a pleasant pastime of your own!  

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Teachers I enjoy learning from:

Dianne Bondy: https://diannebondyyoga.com/

"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." - William Wordsworth 

In a year full of powerful feelings, maybe we could all do with some more of Zoe's pleasant pastime of writing poetry! Join us as Zoe leads this discussion about the discipline and delight of writing, it's benefits for our mental health, and so much more. 

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If laughter truly is the best medicine, then we could all use a little bit more of it. Join us for this episode as Lauren shares about her favorite comedy filled pastime, improv! Whether you are an avid "Who's Line" fan or an improv newbie, we think you'll enjoy this one.  

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Join us as she shares about her pleasant pastime, riding motorcycles. We always knew Bridget was super cool, but did you know she was this hardcore!? 

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This is the first episode of our brand new season all about our favorite pastimes! Join us as Courtney shares about her hobby - being Alaskan! In all serious though, Courtney loves living off of the land through gardening, foraging, and fishing and we loved getting to hear more about it. We hope you do too!

Alaskan book recommendations:

50 Miles from Tomorrow by William L. Iggiagruk Hensley

The Snow Child- Eowyn Ivey

Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs by Heather Lende

Where to buy fresh Alaskan salmon:

Come join us for the grand finale of our D&D adventures!

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Who knew there was so much to love about the 90s! This episode is a mix and match of more childhood nostalgia, from technology to politics and everything in between.  

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Remember sun flower hats, roll-on glitter, and jelly shoes? We sure do! Come join us as Caroline hosts this episode all about our favorite fashions of the 90s! 

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Calling all bibliophiles! If the Scholastic Book Fair was your favorite week of the school year, this episode is for you! Join us as our resident English major and poet, Zoe, leads this conversation about the books that shaped our childhoods. We hope this episode inspires you to pick up a book or to stop and reflect on the stories that were influential to you as a kid.

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Grab your popcorn and red vines and come join us as Kristia hosts this episode all about 90s movies! If you remember having to go to Blockbuster or your local rental store to find a new movie to watch, then this one's for you. Our favorite films range from the classic films of the Disney renaissance to the obscure cartoons from Feature Films for Families! If we don't cover your favorite childhood movies, visit us on our social media and let us know what you watched as a kid!

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Hit play baby, one more time! That's right, this week's time capsule episode is all about MUSIC! So say "bye, bye, bye" to the era of Spotify and say hello to cassette tapes and compact discs. Join us as Caroline hosts a conversation on the music of our childhoods. Our favorites run the gamut from the classic 90s tunes you'd expect to the ... well, unexpected! No spoilers here, you'll have to listen to find out more of our opinions. If we didn't cover YOUR favorite childhood song or artist, visit our social media pages to let us know what tunes take you back!

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You might be a 90s kid if you ... 

woke up in the middle of the night to feed your Tamagotchi or GigaPet! 

stashed all your Beanie Babies in your parents attic in hopes they'd one day be worth millions! 

sustained a Sky Dancers or Skip-It injury! 

Aw snap, crackle, and pop! This episode is sure to be a slam dunk(aroo!) as we talk about some out of this world snacks. Bridget hosts this throwback all about our favorite childhood snacks & foods! So set the timer on your easy bake oven, grab yourself a Koolaid burst and a bugle for every finger, and get ready for this virtual food fight! 

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This is our first episode of season three, which we are calling our Time Capsule! Join us for this week's blast from the past as Courtney hosts our discussion on our favorite childhood tv shows. Although we were all 90s kids, we each had a different show to share about that influenced our childhood the most! Connect with us on social media and let us know what YOUR favorite shows were as a kid and don't forget to tune in next week for some more retro fun!

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Welcome to our nerdiest episode yet! Join us as Lauren leads our adventuring party as we delve into the depths of Dungeons & Dragons.  Whether you're brand new to DnD or are a level 10 dragon slayer, we think you'll have fun with this one! We had so much fun talking about it, we decided we're going to do a livestream DnD game in September at our annual Glamping reunion, so stay tune for more nerdy adventures!

More DnD!

Grab yourself a cup of your favorite brew and cozy up as Kristia introduces us to her inner nerd, coffee! As a drink that is best shared with good conversation, we hope you'll enjoy this episode as we discuss some of our favorite coffee memories, how coffee intersects with justice and sustainability, and learn a little about how cowboys made their coffee! We learned about this topic through the documentary "Caffeinated" which we highly recommend if you want to nerd out about this topic some more.

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March Madness may have been cancelled this year due to COVID, but you can still get your fill of it here as Bridget refs an episode all about her sporty inner nerd! We hope you enjoy this episode with all of its team spirit and goofy personal stories about our history with sports (or lack there of). Go team!

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Today's episode is led by Zoe, our resident English major/poet, on one of her favorite book series, Harry Potter! Come join us for a conversation on literary styles, the power of storytelling to create empathy, and how privilege can manifest itself even in fantasy worlds.

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Join us in this episode as we boldly go where no one has gone before ... ok, actually, a lot of people have been here before. That's why Star Trek is such a fan favorite! Caroline captains this episode in discussing her inner nerd as a trekkie. Join us in a discussion that goes from nerdy to nuanced as we dive in to everything from outer space to the innate desire for adventure to the moral dilemma of artificial intelligence. 

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Welcome to our newest mini-series that we are calling My Inner Nerd! Each of us will be taking turns hosting an episode on something that we nerd out about. For this episode, Courtney kicks us off this new season with an episode about the epitome of Alaskan nerdiness, outdoor survival stories! 

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We are wrapping up our first season on tv pilots by jumping back into a classic comedy favorite! Come join us for our season finale as Bridget leads us through a conversation on New Girl!

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It's Kristia's turn to host this week's episode! Join us as she leads the opinionated discussion of her personal favorite, This Is Us.  And in true This Is Us fashion, this may be our most poignant and personal episode yet (though still just as silly!)

This week we dive into the dramatic side! Join us as Caroline hosts our discussion on the Veronica Mars pilot.

Zoe hosts this episode where we review the (extended) pilot for Arrested Development. Get ready, we may have found our favorite pilot yet! 

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