PODCAST · comedy
Hears the Thing
by Ashley Chan
Join us as the hosts, Emily and Ashley, try things for the first time and talk about it. Our first times range from activities like mundane ADLs (ie: trying trendy health drinks) to engaging in the battlefields of love, life, and trying our hand at being "adventurous".
Episodes
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50- First Time Writing a Song with Ian Patt
Join Emily and Ashley as this weeks guest Ian Patt talks them through how to write a song. Ian talks about what has inspired his songwriting in the past, and gives the hosts tips on how to write a song of their own. Then, Ashley and Emily listen to Tear Drops on My Guitar and Right Where You Left...
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49 - First Time Gambling with Roy Patt
This week on HTT we have a special guest! He is a husband, card dealer, poker expert, father and tax preparer of/for Emily- it's Roy Patt! Roy tells all the insider info that we sort of know- gambling is a losing bet and the house always wins (kind of). We talk about how to play blackjack, Roy's...
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48- First Time Getting a Job with Joel Sigrist
This week on Hears the Thing Joel Sigrist talks us through Getting a Job for the First Time. Joel has created a course on How to Find a Job in 4 Weeks, and in putting this course together, he has done a lot of research into what recruiters are looking for when hiring potential candidates, which a...
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47 - First Time Getting a Psychic Reading with Catherine Romanaggi
This week on the p'dcast, we have long-time friend of the pod, Catherine Romanaggi, on to "see" or more aptly, hear, a psychic. We used Psychic Source to connect with our psychic, Hope! Catherine had her aura read, her tarot cards interpreted and got a connection with someone's grandma. Join us…
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46- First Time Playing Dungeons and Dragons with Sara Kim
Welcome to our guest and Dungeon Master Sara Kim as she joins the pod to discuss Emily and Ashleys first time playing dungeons and dragons with her as the dm. She also explains the game, the merits of spending time with your friends, a bit on how she writes a campaign, and more! If you are...
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45- First Time Geocaching with Courtney Vijil
Join us this week as Hears the Thing tries Geocaching for the first time with our guest and friend of the pod, Courtney Vijil. What is geocaching? Is it just pushing around trash with your toe and finding moldy oranges, or is there more to it? Listen to learn about this very fun and COVID safe...
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44 - First Time Driving Stick with Sebastian Powers-Leach and Jema Bacho
Hello friends! On this weeks episode of Hears the Thing, Emily and Ashley are joined by double the friends, as we tag team learn how to drive with two fantastic and patient teachers- Jema (of Season 3, Episode 25 fame) and Sebastian (who you've all met in Season 1, Episode 8). In this episode, we...
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43- First Time Getting/Giving a Tattoo with Sasha Leamy
If you are like Emily, you probably thought that non-professionals giving each other tattoos was something that only happened in the movies. Today, friend of the Pod, Sasha Leamy, proves that wrong, as she gave Ashley her first tattoo. Thanks for being on and sharing your expertise with us Sasha!
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42 - First Time Investing with Aidan Grimshaw
This episode was recorded on January 30, 2021. No one on the episode today is a financial expert or advisor. Unless you consider continual Reddit browsers experts. Which you shouldn't. This week, our friend and eXpErT, Aidan Grimshaw returns to the podcast to drop some invaluable insights the...
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41- First Time Writing with Cara Nixon
Join us and our guest Cara Nixon, author of Trust me?, Runaway Esme, and Good Souls Under the Oak Tree which has been viewed on Wattpad over 20,000 times, on a writing journey! We ask the expert about the inspiration for her WattPad books she wrote as an 11 year old, and feel out what we would…
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Happy One Year Anniversary!
Happy One Year Anniversary to Hears the Thing! Thank you to everyone!!!
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40 - First Time Having a Season Finale on our (Almost) Anniversary ft. our friends!
Hey friends! Can you believe that one year ago today we posted our first episode! The thought of Hears the Thing has been around for much longer, but it's been so sweet to have a product, a real, existing thing- FOR A WHOLE ROTATION AROUND THE SUN- and I know that time is a construct and yada…
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39 - First Time Talking Romance and Emotional Maturity with Emily Patt
This week, we have a special guest and co-host Emily Jo Henry Patt, reporting for her duty of serving up some real discomfort. We talk about emotional stunting at 14, commitment (a classic), and Kit's hypothesis of how getting into romance too late in the game has made us the ultimate late...
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38- First Time Talking Entanglements with Ashley Chan
This whole season we have been learning about what makes our friends uncomfortable and now we hear what makes SUPER host Ashley uncomfortable. This includes confrontation, naming all the boys she’s been entangled with before, and her decision making/commitment complex . Emily keeps her…
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37 - First Time Talking White Privilege and First Dates with Kit Van Roekel
Hi friends, hope you are doing well! This week on the podcast, we had on friend, roommate, and cousin of Emily, Kit Van Roekel. This week, Kit talks about trashy TV, regretable quarantine texting exes, the Department of Human Services, white privilege and so much more! Leave a review on how we…
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36 - First Time Talking Manipulation and Being Set Up with Duece Phaly
This week, we have the OG, Coach Phaly, on the pod. Duece gave us the original idea of doing this season of the podcast to interact and stay in touch with our loved ones and their lives during this wild and unpredictable season of life. We talk about life, work, and love. It's the classic…
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35- First Time Talking Hypersexualization and Commitment with Luke Mitchell-Nelson
So. We live in a society. This week with Luke Mitchell-Nelson, Ashley's first friend in college, we talk about the construct of marriage, our 1 year and five month old niece and nephews, and the way Luke has been navigating gender roles and expectations over his life. Kind of funny listening to...
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34- First Time Talking Cancers and Capricorns with Cara Nixon
We talk about all of our favorite things with Cara this week- Timothee Chalamet, school bus memories, and astrology, plus more, all on the day after she turned 20! In a very typical turn of events, Cara starts by saying that not much makes her uncomfortable, and then ends realizing that most…
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33 - First Time Talking Anxiety and being NOT Racist with Sara Kim
Hey friends! Happy official summer for all of our trimester friends! Would you believe that you can listen to two people with degrees talking at you this week?? (We didn't have them at the time of recording so don't expect us to sound smarter yet or anything). Special guest and friend, Sara Kim,...
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32- First time talking Film and Pregnancy with Wyatt Croy
We talk the film industry, from missing going to the movies, to awards season, to cgi-omg masks off of all actors in 2020 filming to bring back production. When quarantine lifts, go support your local movie theatre and see a movie- for Wyatts sake and also for the sake of our culture and our...
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31 - First Time Talking Pop Culture, Ghosts, and D&D with Evan McDonald
Hey friends, this week on HTT, we have special guest Evan McDonald! Episode 31 starts with a music pop quiz, then devolves into ghost stories, hick burns, D&D, and conversations about pop culture/ how it makes us all feel. Special thank you to Joey and the X-Ray Spex. Thanks for listening to us...
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30- First Time Talking Being a Girl and STEM and more with Sharlena Luyen
We are joined by our friend and Wally the cats mom Sharlena this week! Sharlena talks with us about how a middle school crush was the start to her journey to a diploma in Computer Science, as we well as some of the negative sides to being a girl in a male dominated field. We discuss self image,...
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29 - First Time Talking about Politics and Meeting Internet Friends IRL with Halston Sellentin
This week, our special Guest Halston Sellentin comes on and for the first time ever, phones a friend. Throughout this episode, we attempt to demystify a possible conspiracy about LA residents and their love of talking about traffic, we talk about politics and voting, and how Hal hasn't died (or...
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28- First Time Crying on the Pod with Noelle Murray
We welcome old friend of the pod Noelle this week and we had such a good conversation! Things to look forward to: more talk about literature, quarantine, graduating, why private schools may be better and just Southern Oregon things. We also have a conversation about the uncomfortableness around...
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27- First Time Ruining an Eagle Scout Ceremony with Nate Ross
We talk first time flying, taking a sabbatical, playing a trumpet in front of a crowd, officiating funerals and weddings, getting married young, stand up… and more! Nate also shares a bit about how his depression has shaped his life as well as what has helped him manage it and some of the things...
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26 - First Time Talking about Evading Death via Clones and Unwanted Sexual Advances with Aidan G. and Aiden N.
Hi friends! Sorry about the audio this week, this was also our first week having our mic be completely blown out, we were using a new one and it was stronger than we could've ever expected, so maybe listen to this one without headphones in. This week our guests Aiden Nelson and Aidan Grimshaw…
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25- First time Spending an Hour Avoiding Conflict with Jema Bacho
Hello and welcome to episode 25, our Silver episode, if you can believe, because I hardly can! We talk private, public, and homeschooling differences, and shameful memories from childhood ~ foreshadowing ~ one of us comes out sounding really evil and two of us are just good people apparently!...
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24- First Time Talking Cutting Your Own Bangs and Life as a Comedian with Grant Thesing
Hears the thing: Ashley cut her bangs while in quarantine and we take some time to check up on her and see what is happening in her life. We also speak with friend Grant Thesing, Corvallises most prominent comedian about his comedy, family life, dating in the era of corona, and why his past self...
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23- First time Talking Fun Crimes and the Life of Being an Artist with Kylee Sue Crossland
Todays episode was with friend of the Pod, Kylee Sue Crossland (also found in episode for of the HTTPU[Hears the Thing Podcast Universe], who discusses her high school athletics career with Emily, her hobbies in the quarantine (Jersey Shore and impressive art), and how emotions make her...
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22 - First Time Talking Age Gaps, Therapy, and Living with our Parents w/ Ian Patt
Hello friends! We hope you all are well and healthy and quarantined and not going stir-crazy! On this week's episode we have our first guest on the podcast, truly fitting that technically he's been on the whole time (you may recognize his voice from the instrumental intro, outro, and interludes...
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21- First Time Experiencing a Global Pandemic
Season 3: Quarantine is here sooner than we thought! Our first ever episode where every one of our listeners is going through our first time doing something with us- insane right? Ashley and Emily decide to be baffled about the current global pandemic together with you friends- we go over our...
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20 - First Time Making our Last Episode about Costa Rica and India
HEY FRIENDS! It's the last chapter of our journies, so listen along as we spread the cheese in this corny episode about what we learned, what we loved, what we miss, and how we're moving forward. In case you were wondering: yes, it was the White Album that the Beatles wrote while in India and…
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19- First Time on the Caribbean/Gulf of Thailand
Ashley and Emilys FINAL week abroad. Ashley and the Aidens go Parasailing and Emily and Courtney take on Panama/ the Caribbean. Emily sees a SLOTH for the first time and so she finally felt ready to go home, and Ashley feels her group devolving into the stereotype of “Americans”. A lot of other…
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18 - First Time at a Latin Concert/ Traveling with Friends
And definitely not our first time being bamboozled or losing phones, but if you love stories of us being stupid you'll want to listen to this episode. Emily catches us up on vacation in Costa Rica, Sebastian Yatra, and surprise adventures. Ashley is reunited with friends in Thailand and tries to...
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17- First Time Taking a Vacation from Vacation
The girls go on vAcAtTiOn, meeting new people, seeing new places, and enjoying life. Listen in w us and also Merry Christmas!
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16- First Time in an Operating Theatre
Emily and Ashley talk about their last weeks on the job, and swap stories about how their language learning is going, as well as the fun people they are meeting. Ashley discusses getting her pants tailored for the first time/ what a fancy person she is now as well as the first time being this...
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15- First Time Being Habitually on Time
Emily talks more about Beths visit, including what it is like to have a teammate in her in home soccer games, as well as some more of their adventures together! She also enjoys watching Dora in Spanish for the first time and discovers the true meaning of tacos. Meanwhile Ashley plays Cricket for...
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14- First time in Dehradun/La Fortuna
Ashley has made the move to Dehradun, a place with less internet and more nature, and she is enjoying the transition! Emily enjoyed a visit from her sister, and also the feeling that Monteverde is becoming like home for her. We have some fun snippets and travel tales we hope you enjoy! Thanks for...
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13- First Time Almost Getting Arrested/ 4 Halloween Parties
Hello Friends! Listen to our last episode for maybe a while! This episode is FUN- Emily gets duped at the beach and Ashley enjoys Diwali! She also almost gets in trouble with the law for arson, again.
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12- First Time Doing Public Health/Seeing a Farm
Week two of recording from India and Costa Rica! Emily goes to a Coffee Farm for the first time and Ashley tells stories of how she has been duped and has not been duped in the past few weeks. Tune in!
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11 - First Time Being Robbed by a Monkey
Join us on a catch up chit chat between two friends after their first two weeks in a new country. Emily marvels at the state of cartoons these days, Ashley gives a quick lesson in speaking Hindi, and both of us recall our first time being robbed by a monkey!! We also explain a little bit of what…
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10 - First Time Teaching
Join Emily and Ashley as they hang with the youths for what seems like the 6th week in a row. This time, we enter an elementary school and take on the challenge of corralling some kids in Miss Patt's (Emily's sister) first-grade classroom. With a newfound appreciation for teachers, integrated…
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9 - First Time Babysitting
This week on HTT, we face our true fear- kids. We, as grown adults, babysat for the first time. Listen along as we talk kids, their incredible ability to manipulate and negotiate with mean adults like me (Ashley), Emily's distaste for VBS songs, and our new identities to them (after one evening…
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8 - First Time Drinking Yerba Mate
Hello! Join us on one of the original ideas for the podcast! Trying Yerba Mate for the first time, which did all the way back in February, and then just recently making Yerba Mate for the first time with our friend Sebastian! (IG @sir_seabass) And a special s/o to Cara (IG @caraynixon) for...
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7 - First Time Riding Electric Scooters
On this week's episode Ashley and Emily finally start taking life by the handlebars and hit the fast lane as they zip through Portland on electric scooters. What is a generally fun and exhilarating time takes a slight turn as Emily puts her life (and knees) on the line for the sake of reporting…
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6 - First time Summiting a Mountain and Hitchhiking??
It's a format switcharoo as Emily and Ashley reminisce on their first time summiting mountains (which happened BP [before podcast]) and decide on an AP [after podcast inception] whim to hitchhike. Join us as we go to Central Oregon, where we summit mountains, miss turns, and hike out to roads…
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5 - First Time Making a TikTok
Enjoy as Ashley and Emily do as the Youths do and dive into the world of TikTok. We discuss the phenomenon, and then make one of our own. We hope you get inspired by our art here to make your own! Check out our insta @hearsthethingpod to see the art we made!
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4 - First Time Being a Bridesmaid
On this weeks XXL sized episode, Emily and Ashley talk weddings, drama, and the joys of being with good (?) friends (?) on their big day. Join us on our surprisingly non-disastrous experiences, maybe leave a review on iTunes, and follow us on instagram @hearsthethingpod to stay up to date with…
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3 - First Time Asking Someone Out
In this week's episode we tried asking people out for the first time. We were filled with spirally regret, slight despair, but really come out the other end as better people. This experience is ushering us into a new era of our lives, one where we are filled with confidence and zeal for love and...
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2 - First Time Skiing
We tried skiing for the first time (kinda). Here's the recounting of the tale of what Emily and I thought would be a day of skiing; alas, you will be surprised to hear a story of our friendship in the midst of disaster and distress. Enjoy this slippery slope of an episode!
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Join us as the hosts, Emily and Ashley, try things for the first time and talk about it. Our first times range from activities like mundane ADLs (ie: trying trendy health drinks) to engaging in the battlefields of love, life, and trying our hand at being "adventurous".
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Join us as the hosts, Emily and Ashley, try things for the first time and talk about it. Our first times range from activities like mundane ADLs (ie: trying trendy health drinks) to engaging in the battlefields of love, life, and trying our hand at being "adventurous".
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