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Pushing Past Polite
by Laura and Kori
We process what matters to us elder millenial, working mamas - and unpack our experiences in hopes of making our world more just. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Silence is violence. ICE impersonators, an Idaho town hall, and Unisom warning. (Ep.35)
As happens to a 42 year old, Laura hurt her shoulder doing absolutely nothing, and the Unisom she took 30+ hours ago to help her sleep off the pain is still lingering at the time of recording. :) Kori and Laura discuss the fatigue and weight of the every day amidst the chaos of the present...
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Meet Lisa. Reclaim your power, cut kids’ food small, and go to community centers. (Ep.34)
Who needs to hear how to reclaim their power? Share this episode with people in your life that would benefit (pushingpastpolitepodcast.com) and talk about it together! Give us a review on your podcast app, engage with our posts on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube so other folks can find…
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No to demure. Have a Red Bull. We ride at dawn. (Ep.33)
2025 is no joke y’all, and community is CRITICAL to survival. You know one way to build community? Share this episode with a like-minded friend from our website (pushingpastpolitepodcast.com) and talk about it! Give us a review on your podcast app, engage with our posts on Instagram, Facebook,...
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Meanwhile in 2025 - Cali fires, RVA without water. (Ep.32).
2025 is here, y’all and it’s our 2-year podcast-a-versary! You know the best gift you could give us? A review and a follow - and sharing an episode with a friend! Our website is pushingpastpolitepodcast.com, and you can find us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube @pushingpastpolite) On...
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Meet Jared. Oxytocin, direct communication, and clear boundaries. (Ep.31)
Happy holidays! You know the best gift you could give us? A review and a follow - and sharing an episode with a friend! Our website is pushingpastpolitepodcast.com, and you can find us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube @pushingpastpolite) On Episode 31, we have our first actual guest!…
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Gratitude, Goldilocks, and Kerrygold butter (Ep.30)
Happy gratitude season! We’d be ever so grateful if you’d follow us on social media (@pushingpastpolite on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube), drop us a rating and review, and share episodes with your friends! On Episode 30, our trio of Kori, Keith, Laura focus on gratitude. They share…
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Election results and just say no wristbands and sleepovers (Ep.29).
Episode 29 kicks off with Kori anticipating the fatigue and stress that is hosting sleepovers for little ones. Laura thinks she’s lost her mind, hosting toddlers and preschoolers for a sleepover. Not even caffeine and wine can save you. We all agree that whoever put Halloween, Daylight Savings…
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Meeting the parents, wedding crashing, and Aquaphor on Qtips (Ep.28)
Kori shares the joys of having young kids in school for the first time. Germy, nasty funk. And they reminisced about the wonderful experience of attending a wedding where Laura was supporting her client, the father of the bride named Tony who is one of Kori’s oldest friends. Not only did Laura…
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Wild juxtapositions: Paw Patrol and Eminem's a grandpa (Ep.27)
Laura and Kori finally are able to connect and recap after several months of life moving at the speed of a million WTFs per hour. 🙂Last time we chatted, Joe Biden was campaigning for president, Hurricane Helene hadn’t hit Appalachia yet, and Eminem wasn’t a grandfather. In our personal lives, we...
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Sh*t’s going down in the macro and the micro - and you need more glue sticks (Ep.26)
Season 4 starts now! Keith joins Laura and Kori to touch base mid-summer because Lord, y’all - so much is happening! The three discuss the tension of living our individual lives with its daily rhythms, routines, and pressing “must dos” while acknowledging the big picture things happening in our...
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Divesting from White Supremacy Culture (Pt2). The car salesman and punctuality (Ep.25)
Episode 25 continues the conversation from Episode 24, focused on sharing the characteristics of White Supremacy Culture (WSC). We review the 15 characteristics from Tema Okun’s seminal work and then continue to unpack ways in which we see WSC in ourselves, in our society, and institutions....
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Divesting from White Supremacy Culture (Pt1). Beyonce, hustle culture, and eclipse watching. (Ep.24)
Episode 24 begins with misheard lyrics from a Jay Z and Alicia Keys song (thanks Popcast podcast). It makes no sense and isn’t appropriate for all audiences but you can’t unhear it. Kori asks if Laura’s heard Beyonce’s new Cowboy Carter album and phew! Has she ever! The backlash against Beyonce…
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We see movement! Overton window, TikTok, and Kate Middleton. (Ep.23)
Episode 23 begins with a raunchy smell and a diaper change. Aren’t you glad this is a strictly audio medium and not smell-o-vision? Like the poop in Kori’s son’s diaper, we discuss the less-than-fragrant choices at the top of the ticket this November. That said, Laura is encouraged by the...
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Sacred texts. Eddie Murphy, The West Wing, and Phil Collins. (Ep.22)
Episode 22 starts out with Laura getting a little picked on for quirks she didn’t know she had - ha! Today, the three musketeers (yes, Keith too) talk about their “sacred texts” - art that they come back to over and over again - movies, TV shows, quotes, books, music. You name it! We use this...
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Kid passports, billionaires, and McDonald’s fries. (Ep.21)
No small talk today. Laura and Kori begin the episode by commenting on Nazis marching down the streets of Nashville during Black History Month. Kori apologizes for her female-version of a Barry White voice after conducting trainings all week. Laura admits her naivety about how XYZ bad thing...
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Personal and professional mentors. With gripe water and a Winnebago. (Ep.20)
There are more than a few interjections of cute kiddo voices this episode, friends - including a baby voice flashback. Brace yourself for cuteness! In Episode 20, Kori, Laura, and Keith reflect on pivotal mentors in their lives - from academic influences to professionals who championed them to...
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Sh*t I used to believe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and beach volleyball (Ep.19)
Y’all - as promised - we got our moderate amount of Keith! Whoop whoop! After sharing plans for an upcoming Chuck E. Cheese birthday party, Kori, Laura, and Keith interrogate sh*t they used to believe and ways they’ve evolved over time. Topics discussed include hell, organized religion,...
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Mammograms, self-advocacy, and a literal pain in the ass (Ep. 18)
Kori and Laura recorded this season opener in the same physical room. Can you believe it?? Speaking of physicals, the gals delve into their experiences and best practices in preparing to see their doctors. They are grateful to have practitioners whom they trust, but also emphasize the importance…
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Rethinking traditions. Scavenger hunts, red and green flags, and moisturizer. (Ep.17)
Episode 17 begins with several Laura brain farts. Good thing Kori and Keith are patient. Once she gathers her wits, Laura shares two things positively impacting her mood - cabinet installation day at her house and the Golden Bachelor finale! Makes her feel all warm and fuzzy under a blanket of...
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Holiday movies, trees, cards, and meals. But hold the nog. (Ep.16)
Episode 16 starts off with Kori sharing how her preschooler has started creatively dropping f bombs, which we adopt throughout the episode. It’s holiday time, and the gals (and Keith) share a bit about their traditions, memory making, and intentions for the season. Conversion includes decorating...
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Use your voice - ceasefire and Election Day (Ep. 15)
Episode 15 is a minipod because life has bowled us over. Fall is so very full and intense, and we know you know. Given our limited time, we wanted to encourage listeners to raise their voices in two important ways - to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to exercise their right to vote in elections....
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Tears for Gaza amidst Disney rides and face farts (Ep.14)
Kori starts things off with a bang - or rather a toot - relaying her latest mom-of-toddler antics, and Laura shares briefly her family vacation that involved Disney and dolphins. While Laura was in the happiest place on earth, Gaza experienced brutal attacks, bringing both Kori and Laura to tears…
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Adult children of divorce, Stockholm syndrome, and the Golden Bachelor. (Ep.13)
Keith and Laura share their experiences as adult children of divorce and Kori asks great questions and shares her noticings. We discuss infidelity, growing in maturity as well as growing apart, mental health and the impact of treatment, financial dependence, and sudden endings to what we…
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Positive affirmations, the Lion King, and JLo. (Ep.12)
Episode 12 kicks off with an improvised greeting from Laura’s youngest kiddo (who has a fascination with a certain ocean animal and palindromes on the clock, as you’ll discover in a bit). Kori shares a memory of 1990s Mervyn’s commercials, and then the gals quickly dive into their perspectives on...
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Birth stories with a side of tornadoes and frozen peas. (Ep.11)
Kori and Laura take their vulnerability a step further - from sharing about pregnancy to birth stories and what we did with our placentas. Two different, yet chaotic birth stories (one almost didn’t make it and one got sent home due to failed induction) and our subsequent plans that involved...
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Pregnancy experiences. Get to the hospital, don’t stop for coffee, and sell tiny cars. (Ep.10)
Content warning: Pregnancy and loss. Take care while listening, or skip if this is too sensitive for you. Kori and Laura talk pregnancy - the joys of growing a new life, the lows of pregnancy loss, the shock of unexpected pregnancies and lessons learned - like go to the damn hospital as soon as...
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The power of incremental changes, staying curious, and Billy Joel! (Ep.9)
Kori and Laura are back for Season 2! They check in with each other (and beloved producer, Keith) on their progress toward ways they wanted to show up for themselves in this back half of the year. Conversations include birthday celebrations, ways to feel healthy and young, kids playing with slime...
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Psst...We miss y’all. Crop tops and Flonase.
Kori and Laura are dropping into your feed to say hello, they miss being in your ears, and they’re working on Season 2! In this brief bonus episode, Kori talks about her latest fashion choice, both mamas share some funny kid stories (think puberty, Flonase, scooters, and lawnmowers and brothers…
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Invisible labor, intersectionality, and bundt cake! (Ep.8)
Content warning: Today's episode contains discussion of racial and sexual violence. Please take care when listening. In Episode 8, the season 1 finale, Laura shares her plans to go on her first mama’s weekend away ever - and Kori’s so proud. But in order to leave - or heck - even on a typical…
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Motherhood. What the heck? Call Ghostbusters. (Ep.7)
Episode 7 starts with a reminder from Kori’s toddler that parenting is not for the faint of heart. Kori and Laura discuss their individual decisions to parent biological children against the backdrop of their partners’ hesitancies and the strong cultural and familial messages they received about...
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The unhelpfulness of toxic positivity. And the Zack Morris phone. (Ep.6)
Kori and Laura discuss toxic positivity and why mamas don’t want to hear “you got this” when they’re covered in literal baby messes. Kori shares how she resisted the temptation to ooze toxic positivity when Laura was going through a really hard time, and Laura affirms the importance of validation...
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Post-pandemic education = five alarm fire. And Slim Shady. (Ep.5)
Episode 5 starts out with a cute cameo from Kori’s oldest son, free ranging and looking for snuggles. Once he gets settled in, Kori and Laura discuss the broken education system and the impact on the teachers who’ve stayed. They explore the history of education and how patriarchy influences how...
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Compassion first. Fantasy football fails. (Ep. 4)
Kori and Laura discuss the NFL and holding compassion and empathy as core values, now that the coverage of Damar Hamlin’s traumatic experience on the field has subsided. Also discussed: flunking out of fantasy football except for the trash talk, interest in sports waning, turning points of Colin...
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Showing up for me in 2023. Costco and pager codes. (Ep.3)
Kori and Laura share what they’re doing for THEMSELVES in 2023 - a hard concept for overwhelmed working mamas. And producer Keith joins us for some laughs. We touch on saying “yes” to things, “Florida Man,” pilates, five minute face, Costco memberships, water tables, millennial childhood…
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Milestone birthdays. Not Golden Girls yet. (Ep.2)
Kori and Laura share their feelings about their recent milestone birthdays and their different approaches to celebrating. Also, how 40 is NOT Golden Girls territory, the best resort in Puerto Rico, thoughtful birthday gifts, bittersweet birthday feels, how to logistically get away with friends,...
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Our friendship origin story. Marvel v. Bravo debate. (Ep.1)
Kori and Laura share how they met, what commonalities they share (elder millennial moms, education and equity leaders, coworkers with similar energy and values), ways in which they differ (including geography, racial identity, and their thoughts on the Marvel vs. Bravo debate). They share how a...
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Trailer: Meet Kori and Laura. (Ep.0)
Kori and Laura introduce themselves and let you know what Pushing Past Polite is all about - talking about what matters and making the world more just. Make sure you subscribe so episode 1 drops directly to your device on Jan. 25, 2023 and biweekly thereafter. Follow us on social media, as we…
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We process what matters to us elder millenial, working mamas - and unpack our experiences in hopes of making our world more just.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Laura and Kori
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