Episodes
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44 - Tinsel Tits
We are BACK baby! We have had lots of life changes in the last 1.5 year hiatus but we decided to bring back the pod to all five of our amazing and dedicated listeners. We start out with a recap of a little Facebook drama Danielle found herself in followed by a deep discussion on Money Orders…
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43 - I'm a Genous
We are back! Well, really, mentally we never left - but Danielle DID have a baby so we get a pass, right? We talk about social anxiety and Danielle's motherhood experience so far - but more importantly, Steph issues an apology to Paula Cole for giving Sarah McLachlan credit for the Dawson's Creek...
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42 - Thanks for the Fries, MARK
We are recording LIVE from Steph's living room (which means you can feel free to skip past the first 90 seconds of complete cat shenanigans). Danielle shares her thoughts after finally meeting the Archaeologist and we reminisce about old music that's held up over the years. We share about a few…
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41 - Dirt + The Past = Archaeology
In the words of Steph after editing this is episode: "it's a longy!" We start off strong by setting limits around Danielle's on-air gas passing. We share our co-review of Scamanda and Danielle fills us in on the latest Last Podcast on the Left tea. We naturally segue into the never-ending...
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40 - What to Expect When Danielle is Expecting
We are celebrating some life milestones in this one! Steph is preparing to meet the Archa-parents for lunch and Danielle is having a baby (they really just let anyone have those these days). We also recap our Mom ep followed by an extended share of our latest fave shows, podcasts, and books ...…
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39 - GORP! with Special Guests: OUR MOMS
We have no idea how we actually made this work, but this week we are SO excited to share out first episode with Barb and Brenda! We find out what they really think of the podcast, discuss their innate detective Mom-skills, and all take turns sharing our favorite "getting caught" teenage stories.…
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38 - America's Wang
Welcome to our cold-open where we wonder about time zones, unrealistically matching up our layovers for way too long, and also is Chicago the middle of the country? Steph is drinking a DIY black-coffee frappe which sends Danielle into a tailspin about the Dunkin Donuts Coffee Coolatta, the OG...
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37 - CATF Time Capsule: RL Stine & Goosebumps
Special episode recorded on 4th of July!! Fueled by our current summer bevs, we celebrate beach-read season by honoring RL Stine: "the literary training bra" of Stephen King. We start off with how we got our Goosebumps books (Scholastic book fairs anyone?) and Danielle's review of Fear Street:...
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36 - Doin' It for the Dads
We recorded this on Father's Day, but we love dads everyday! We open by adoring our own theme song, naturally. This week is full of nostalgia as we talk about TWO-hit wonder band Fastball, R.L. Stein (AKA the Stephen King of middle schoolers), and fast food commemorative character cups. We also...
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35 - Club New England
We are back from Palm Springs, where (full disclosure) we 100% did NOT record in person. We do a quick recap of our trip - including Steph's wild sensory experience at the Integratron. We segue naturally into embracing gray hair, a debate of what actually is New England, and a throwback to the...
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34 - Dadlords
This episode starts off really exciting with atleast a 5-minute diatribe about what we are currently drinking. We also play with Spotify Pie and talk about our top artists. Both of our entries are from '07 today: In her entry, Danielle celebrates her family *finally* getting DISH Network and…
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33 - Inter-band Girl Drama (the IBGD Got 'Em)
It's a flea market of an ep this week.... a little bit of everything you never knew you didn't need! We're talking water, UFOs, Lizzo, fertility, and shows we watch but don't like all that much. Also, Steph finds a way to strong-arm the archaeologist into her Brita habits and Danielle once again...
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32 - It's Dark in Here!
This is an ep for the Gen Z'ers! We use the word "meta" at least twice (only once ironically), and Danielle shamelessly tries to gate-keep a true crime doc from Steph. Danielle tells us about her recent COVID/Paxlovid experience and Steph shares her review of Scream VI (no spoilers!). Our entries...
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31 - Pro Life Tips
Oh how far we've come with syncing up our audio! We start out strong this week by verbally describing a meme and the courtesy of downloading Tik Toks for non-Tik Tok friends. We discover the one single thing that Danielle & The Archaeologist have in common (spoiler alert: it's aliens). Steph…
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30 - Episode Thursday!
We recorded this during the epic "winter" weather in Socal so we do the old lady thing and talk about the weather - mostly how CA people just don't "get it." We go down a brief rabbit hole of CT true crime and naturally transition to the 2000 boy band parody "2ge+her." For our entries, Danielle...
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29 - It Burns!
This is a podcast..? We start today off talking about a little bit of this, a little bit of that: our recent and upcoming travels (including our Palm Springs trip together in May!), volunteering with old people in middle school, and the pain of simply standing during a concert in your 30s - all...
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28 - Oh So Convenient!
Filler ep time!! We took a break this week, but enjoy this bonus ep recorded live back in Oct '22 when Danielle visited Steph in CT. We spent an afternoon going through our "notebooks" which we used to pass notes (and our deepest secrets) back and forth during the school day and decided to hit...
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27 - Consistently Perfect
We are starting 2023 embracing our age! After a few minutes of warming up and talking about the weather and the Southwest Airlines fiasco of 2022, Danielle tells us about a fascinating article she read in AARP. Steph reminisces about the yesteryears of rock music and the vintage classic, "The…
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26 - CATF Time Capsule: Cellphones
It's our first "Time Capsule" ep and we are sooooo excited! We decided to go back through some older episodes and select a few gold mines of nostalgia to do a real deep dive on. First up: cellphones! Danielle teaches Steph all about the evolution of mobile phones from 1983 to current day, car...
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25 - Un-Lost, AKA Found
We are here and we are Sunday chic! We start with a quick rundown of our latest beauty secrets, Steph's re-visit of the Webster Theatre, and our excitement over The Sick New World 2023 nu-metal fest. Steph also shares her interaction with a real life person who attended the When We Were Young…
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24 - Mushrooms: This is Their Time to Shine
It's Chillin - after work edition! We get right into it this week talking about our favorite beverages, including Danielle's very hip chagaccino and Steph's latest Immune-schein haul. Steph also shares her secret recipe for dirty shit water? We also try to catch up with one another about the…
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23 - Tri-fold and Grossly Distorted
We are back in our respective states (insert frowny bouncing cat head emot-con) and ready to dust more cobwebs off your millenial brains! We talk about the 5th grade smash hit series "Voyage of the Mimi" and Danielle's body-idolization of 2005 Jessica Alba from "Into the Blue." We have a stunning...
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22 - AOL is Not a Hobby
Ummm we are recording LIVE, TOGETHER for this episode and it's soooo - awkward? We talk about all the fall things Danielle has been cramming into her weekend back in CT, like the Apple Fest, a Benjamin Franklin-themed corn maze, and stopping at our fave coffee shops. We also talk about CT's most...
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21 - An Autumn Tornado
This week, we are kicking ass and taking names, starting with who the HELL tore up Danielle's mom's garden. We touch upon the feud between Drake and famed YouTube music critic (and fellow WHS alum!) Anthony Fantano - yeah, we went to high school with that guy. We also agree that Steph's mom would...
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20 - Annual Anniversary
It's our one year podiversary AND twentieth episode! We celebrate by skipping the entries and instead diving into our high school yearbook.. Class of '04 YEAHH ( We are also celebrating the release of Adnan Sayed on the day of this recording (9/19/22) after 23 years of wrongful imprisonment and...
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19 - The Neo and Yellow Show
Just when we think we've dug up all the '00s memories, we go ahead and dive into an episode like this one! We start off reminiscing about the launch of Starbucks Via in '09, "Freaks and Geeks" and The Osbournes - the OG family reality show. In her entry, Danielle gets super excited over her new...
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18 - Audio Drama at the Fountain
Danielle is back from Colombia and we are ready to chill again! This is an ep of some serious nostalgia - we're talking Daria, Woodstock '99, the Empress Ballroom, 2006 MTV VMAs, and our favorite go-to comedy pages back in the day (Funny or Die, Ebaums World, College Humor). Danielle also gives a...
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17 - Remember Us (with Aaron!)
Welcome to our very first guest, Aaron, Danielle's husband's BFF and former emo kid - a truly rare breed in SoCal. We will not be reading entries in this episode in solidarity with Aaron, who was one of the many souls who lost their journals to the LJ Purge of 2007 (moment of silence). We start…
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16 - Can't Run From Me on These Cobblestone Streets
We aren't just chillin' today, we're also handing out life lessons! We're talking about the big stuff: wearing your seatbelt, getting past dating FOMO, and always, ALWAYS rinsing your quinoa. We also touch on some of our favorite breakup-revenge memories and have our first "Correspondence Corner"...
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15 - It's Ethical
We are Chillin' in the morning for this episode! We jump right in with weird childhood experiences that seemed normal at the time (we all have 'em!), millennial women's obsession with true crime and Danielle's Diva Cup Disaster. We only "dig" deeper when Steph shares her latest Archaeologist…
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14 - Campy Fun
14 - Campy Fun Welcome to all of our new listeners - Ash finally has some friends! We talk about what it's like to finally share this pod with more people in our lives and spoiler alert - it's pretty terrifying. This is an episode of re-boots and throwbacks before we even get into the journal...
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13 - A Creepy Misunderstanding
Hold on to your JNCOs - we're talkin' classic WB teen dramas, climate-control dads and sneak-watching our fave shows as kids (after 45 minutes of catching up on Steph's dating life and banter about our current favorite Netflix shows, of course). Our entries cover Danielle's Winamp playlist in…
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12- Funny & Articulate
It must be springtime - Steph's rearranging her furniture! This one is a rollercoaster of emotion! We come in hot, jumping right into the "No Zone," dating, and how everyone is so googleable these days. We also talk about Danielle's wedding but, more importantly, the 2002 themed party Steph just...
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11 - His Name Was Crypt
This week, Steph tries her hand at writing the episode description. We just got back from Danielle's bachelorette in New Orleans. We chat about our time there, and our post NoLa road trip. Danielle reads us an entire url! Steph shares her on-point British accent.. You'll swear Helena Bonham…
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10 - It Was an Episode
Can you just hear how much prettier we sound using our new fancy ring lights? On this ep, we reminisce about the nostalgia of snow days and the youthful oblivion of cramming boy after boy into the friendzone without even realizing it. You can also listen in as Danielle slowly re-discovers WINAMP...
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9 - Everybody Tap Danced
We got new microphones! Unfortunately it turns out new equipment doesn't improve content, just sound quality. You're in for a ride: We're talking high school Battle of the Bands (including multiple mortifying moments for Steph), the "OK" symbol before it was racist and Michael Jackson before he…
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8 - Hidden Track
We are back on our bullshit toeing the line of being sued! Did you know Limp Bizkit has a new album out? We talk about our first screennames, AIM Express and BFF tough love. We also look at our 18 year old selves' constant attempts at turning our lives into movies. We end-ish on a sweet note…
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7 - He's America's Dad
After a way-too-long discussion about Spanx and other terrible underwear, Danielle covers a normal weekend in the life of a 16 year old. We break down "Trench" (the bastardization of dodgeball invented by our hometown's schooling system) then get down to brass tacks and ponder important issues,...
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6 - Digital Santa Legs
It's our holiday episode and we are getting Christmassy AF! Listen in as we read from our livejournals from Christmas 2002-2008, remember our Christmas sleepover tradition and go down a weird rabbit hole of our childhood toys (Squand and Gak, anyone?). We reflect on the time Steph got her first...
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5 - Spank My Bottom and Call Me George
Steph seduces us all with her sultry voice thanks to screaming her heart out at emo night at a local bar. We talk about the Wolcott Country Fair and - more importantly - break down the difference between a fair and a carnival. For the price of a 2021 iced coffee you could have a whole day of 2004...
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4 - Pathologically Cute
Steph surprises Danielle with an amazing story that involves a throwback clothing brand. We also talk about Danielle's shiny new role as the admin for our graduating high school class's Facebook group (which is still very weird for everyone). We end on a too-real recollection of rotten.com and…
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3 - Talking About Things
On this ep, we talk about things! We dig into shopping (ahh, the sweet, sweet smell of Hollister in the fall), sporting off-brand trends, and the obsession with having shoes and pants with handwriting all over them. We also spill the deets of the epic time capsule we made in middle school (and...
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2 - Because Prom
Comin' at ya live from inside Danielle's mom's hoarder room! On our second ep, we talk about everything from tanning to T9 texting, drinking in the woods to weird things we collected (drip candles and ABC gum anyone?). Steph also finds a way to mention Relient K twice and her Skater Boy hoodie...
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1 - "Speaking of the present instead of the past"
Welcome to the fountain! We hope you stay and chill for a bit. In this ep, we talk about the inspiration behind this pod and the history of our friendship. We also play a round of Livejournal Roulette and find out that Steph is really great at natural segues that aren't awkward at all. Lastly, we...