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Before the Fern Dies
by Ashlyn and Wendy
Ashlyn and Wendy are college roommates turned long-distance pod co-hosts. Their friendship is like the infamous love fern from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days... they’re just trying to keep it alive, man! Tune in every Tuesday as they talk about their not-so-golden college years, being noob witches, amateur self-portraiture, and more! Connect with Ashlyn and Wendy on Instagram @beforetheferndies to chat, ask questions, and get updates.
Episodes
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Episode 37: The Fern Lives
The time is here, dearest friends. Today marks the day of Before The Fern Dies' last episode. We spend these last 40 minutes reflecting on BTFD and her growth from a wee two-leafed sprout to a thriving Jurassic ostrich fern. And my what a journey it has been. We are so grateful to have had this...
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Episode 36: Eco ANXIETY!
How does the state of the Earth make us feel? More like how DOESN'T the state of the Earth make us feel! Eco anxiety is defined by the American Psychological Association as “the chronic fear of environmental cataclysm that comes from observing the seemingly irrevocable impact of climate change…
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Episode 35: Hot and Bothered (Pt. 2)
It has been quite a strenuous journey, but we **somehow** made it to the end and decided on our ultimate babe. Catch us once more swearing, steaming, and high-pitch squealing in this second installment of Hot and Bothered to find out just who that babe is. WARNING: (________) is really hot.
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Episode 35: Hot and Bothered (Pt. 1)
Let’s just get right to the point–this episode is about hot stuff. More specifically? Hot fictional characters that we discuss in the most ridiculous ways. We bracket the shit out of these hottie-patottie-tamales march madness style, and we’ve just got SO much to say about it that we broke it…
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Episode 34: Kill Bikinis
Summer is in full swing, and so is our annual bombardment of bikini anxiety. With it comes a conundrum. How do we compromise this desire for the perfect body, with the drive to be perfect, radically self-accepting feminists? As is often the case, we got some inspiration from Fleabag and the...
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Episode 33: H.A.G.S.
You all remember it well- the hallmark yearbook signature H.A.G.S. (Have A Great Summer). But what really makes “a great summer”? That may be a little tricky for those of us with the summertime blues, but we take a whack at it anyway in episode 33 of Before the Fern Dies. Tune in this week for a...
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Episode 32: Summertime SADness
Summertime SADness: it's not just a Lana song, people! Summer is upon us and we... are less than stoked. Turns out, there's a name for this feeling: S.A.D. As in seasonal affective disorder. AKA, seasonal depression. AKA, the thing that is currently ruining our lives. In this episode, we try to...
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Episode 31: A Farewell To Spring
As the end of Spring nears and we transition into Summer- we lasses are in need of a wee break. We have been a little off the podcast train the last couple of weeks and have made the official decision to end this season a little earlier than intended! As we wrap up with this episode, we divulge…
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Episode 30: My Octopus Teacher (Before the FILM Dies)
In the inaugural episode of Before the FILM Dies (our pod within a pod), we laugh, cry, and cry some more about My Octopus Teacher - the Academy Award/BAFTA/so many other awards-winning documentary about Craig Foster and the incredible relationship he builds with an octopus. GO WATCH the movie on...
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Episode 29: A Very Vegan Vepisode
What better way to celebrate Earth Day 2021 than with our long-awaited vegan sales pitch! But it’s not quite what you think… In this episode of Before the Fern Dies, we talk not only about the factors that sparked our interest in going plant-based, but also think critically about the…
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Episode 28: Sowing Seeds
The suns out, the birds are tweet-a-leeting, and we are RED-EEE to break out the gardening gloves and get our hands in that sweet, nourishing dirt. In episode 28, you can expect to hear some gardening resources and tips from some very newbie seedwomen…but it would not be BTFD without a lengthy...
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Episode 27: Womanhood (Part 2)
In Womanhood Part 1, Ashlyn and Wendy shared their journeys getting diagnosed with PCOS and PMDD. So... now what? In the final installment of this mini series, Ashlyn and Wendy dive deeper into the emotional soup of their women's health journey. How are they feeling in the wake of their…
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Episode 26: Womanhood (Part 1)
Ahhh spring time. A time of tiny baby animals, tiny baby flowers, and tiny baby meltdowns about tiny babies and the systemic pressure on women to A) have a one-dimensional experience of womanhood, and B) be picture-perfect makers of those aforementioned tiny babies. In Part 1 of this two-parter,...
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Episode 25: Spring Cleaning Our Lives
Spring has sprung, and thus, we must carry out the most sacred of springtime rituals: spring cleaning! Because we can't beam you through your headphones for some actual decluttering (we would if we could!), we're bringing you more of a spiritual spring cleaning, and hitting you with some journal...
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Episode 24: Ostara
Spring is here…and so is a new season of Before The Fern Dies! Today marks the Spring Equinox, a day also known as Ostara. In this episode, we discuss Ostara and some of its origins and symbolism, and our intentions for this coming Spring. We are excited little chickadees! Please join us in...
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Episode 23: A Farewell To Winter
As Winter comes to an end, so must season 2 of Before The Fern Dies. In this episode, we bid our farewell to the cold season (well, cold for some) by checking in with the intentions we set at the beginning of the season, discussing what we will miss about dear ol’ Winter and gettin’ bubbly about...
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Episode 22: Self Love is Hard (Sometimes)
The title says it all, friends: Self love is hard. BUT... not all the time? We had a really peppy eppy planned about our self love journeys, but honestly we just weren't feeling it. And with that came this episode: an honest conversation about the ups and downs of learning to love yourself, and…
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Episode 21: Just Some Little Things We’ve Been Doing
HAPpy TueSdAy darlings. In this episode of Before The Fern Dies we are kickin’ it back to the witchy roots of this pod and centering our chat on our favorite mother of all: la T I E R R A We talk about what’s been going on in regards to our witchy selves and the simple ways we have been…
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Episode 20: The Stars KNOW
It was always written in the stars that we'd do an Astrology episode... or was it? In the historic 20th episode of Before the Fern Dies, we tackle some of the big questions: Do the stars really decide who we are and where we're going? Are we cosmically attracted to certain types of people? And…
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Episode 19: M.M.M (Me Must Meditate)
Last week we took a scenic journey along our life paths together. This week we are taking that introspective energy and putting it into a mini writing meditation exercise. The three little prompts provided (including one given to Ashlyn by the spectacular Rios de la Luz) will hopefully provide a...
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Episode 18: The Path Ends (Part 3)
And at long last, we reach the end of our journey into visualization, guided meditation, and what it all has to show us about our inner psyches. We leave the woodland vibes of Part 2 behind and venture into some deeper waters - love, life, death, and beyond - as we conclude this three-parter.…
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Episode 17: The Path Begins (Part 2)
Back in Part 1 of this little series, we let a guided meditation walk us down our life path. In this episode, we're revealing what the first half of the meditation's twists and turns symbolize about our futures, and putting on our therapist hats to interpret what our psyches were trying to tell…
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Episode 16: Looking Into Our Crystal Balls (Part 1)
Okay, we don't have a literal crystal ball unfortunately, but we ARE taking a little peek into our futures through ~*visualization*~. Follow along as we let a guided meditation walk us through our life path, then try to interpret what it all really means for our future friendships, love lives…
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Episode 15: MINISODE "We're Tired"
We check in with each other this week about what has transpired within the last few days in terms of the upcoming presidential inauguration. To put it simply- a coup. A god damn domestic terrorist attack on American democracy and its people by a violent group of white supremacists. We focus our...
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Episode 14: Cross This Off Your List
In this episode we: talk about lists, talk a lot about lists, talk psych n’ things, laugh about lists, share some lists, and then M.A.S.H. hard baby. That's all you need to know.
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Episode 13: Happy New Year (Hopefully)
To New Year's resolution... or not to New Year's resolution? That is the question we ask in this week's episode! 2020 has been one humdinger of a year, friends. With 2021 on the horizon, we are setting our intentions, roasting Good Housekeeping, and shooting a final flaming arrow into the Viking...
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Episode 12: Yule
Happy, happy Yule folks! We kick off Before the Fern Dies season II on the day of the winter solstice to celebrate the change from fall to winter. In this episode, we discuss traditional Yule celebrations, major astrological happenings, goats, The Dark Crystal, and all our other shenanigans. We…
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Episode 11: DEATH, Part III
For the final installment of the Death series as well as the final episode of season one, we finish up with questions we have been dying to get answers to like “what kind of flowers or plants would be at your funeral?” “Do you believe in an afterlife?” “What would be your last meal?” We just…
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Episode 10: DEATH, Part II
She’s here! The second installment of the Death series: Death Part II. In this episode, we get into the nitty-gritty of how we ourselves view death. We chat about parents and dying a lot and even dig into some good ol’ trauma. We hope this will prompt you to think about how death has played a…
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Episode 9: DEATH, Part I
It's the spookiest of all spookies in honor of the spooky season: DEATH. In DEATH Part I, we go on a global bar crawl from Egypt, to Vietnam, to North America, and more - except instead of crawling bars, we're crawling... funeral traditions from around the world...? Captions are hard. Harder than...
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Episode 8: Taking Stalk This Harvest Moon (another not so mini mini ep)
We are kicking off this spooky season with a mini (not so mini) episode on the harvest moon. Traditionally, the harvest moon lit up the night for the arrival of Autumn and illuminated the fields for farmers to begin to harvest this year's crops. We would say our gardens are pretty full, but we...
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Episode 7: Myth-ellaneous
Gods and people dragons and fire guy, oh my! This week we recount our favorite myths and folklore discussing what we like about them and what lessons they might offer us. From Greek to Vietnamese, your going to want to listen to us venture through a retelling of these stories. Bonus myth busting-...
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Episode 6: On Allyship
We want to be the best allies to the Black Lives Matter movement that we can possibly be, and that takes learning, unlearning, and lots of discomfort and mistakes. In this episode, we share some of the biggest lessons we've learned along the way. While we believe it's important for everyone to…
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Episode 5: A Not So Mini Mini Episode
Listen... we are some chatty gorls and 22 minutes is about as "mini" of a mini episode as we're gonna get! Misnomer aside, in this episode we introduce you to some of the important people in our lives, and discuss the ways that we're trying to be more like them. Ashlyn and Wendy gushing about…
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Episode 4: Miss Cow, You Witchy Woman
WITCHCRAFT. Yup, you heard us right. In this episode, we invite special guest, friend, and coven sister, Ava Lee, to chat with us about our experiences with magic and witchcraft. We focus on what witchcraft looks like for us (as baby witches) and the ways in which it has helped us shape our...
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Episode 3: Draw Me Like One of Your Ferns
In this episode of Before the Fern Dies, we get artsy doing some self-portraits and dig into our experiences with body image. Hear us dote on whether or not we are artists for too long, rag on Picasso’s work, and chat loquaciously about our changing bodies.
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Episode 2: Dearest You
To anyone who has written an angry letter just to set it on fire - this one's for you (and we seriously rock with your chAoTic energy)! In this episode, Ashlyn and Wendy share open letters to their past and future selves. They discuss who they were and hope to be, as well as one very awk family...
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Episode 1: It's Lit
In this episode, Ashlyn and Wendy reflect on their time as Literature/Creative Writing majors at UCSD - a time of all-nighters, questionable roommate wanted ads, and existential crises. They read the thesis statements from some of their old papers and ask themselves the age-old question: Do I...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Ashlyn and Wendy are college roommates turned long-distance pod co-hosts. Their friendship is like the infamous love fern from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days... they’re just trying to keep it alive, man! Tune in every Tuesday as they talk about their not-so-golden college years, being noob witches, amateur self-portraiture, and more! Connect with Ashlyn and Wendy on Instagram @beforetheferndies to chat, ask questions, and get updates.
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Ashlyn and Wendy are college roommates turned long-distance pod co-hosts. Their friendship is like the infamous love fern from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days... they’re just trying to keep it alive, man! Tune in every Tuesday as they talk about their not-so-golden college years, being noob witches,...
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