Q as in Cucumber Podcast
by Lara Mack & Tanya Edwards
Lara & Tanya are two chicks who have over 4 decades of customer service time combined. Now we are sharing our most bonkers stories and we want to hear YOUR stories. Send them to [email protected]
Episodes
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Elizabeth Holmes: A Sentencing Occurs
Hey Q Crew! We have been waiting for years! So of course we had to record a quick reaction to the Elizabeth Holmes sentencing. Plus, we should have seen it coming but didn't...she had one more surprise for us, of course! Enjoy! Love your faces, Lara Social Media Links: Youtube:...
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Theranos Update: Balwani Verdict - A Trapeze of Narcissism
Hey Q Crew! We finally got together to chat about Sunny Balwani’s conviction and what happens next! Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform! Enjoy! Love your faces, Lara Social Media Links: Youtube:...
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The January 6th Hearings: Road to the Season Finale
Hey Q Crew! Sorry We’ve been AWOL for so long! We are plotting a return, but Tanya and I just HAD to record our recap of the January 6th House Committee hearings SO FAR. I am managing to get this out minutes before the primetime finale on 7/21. We will have another episode to recap that so stay...
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Insys - Part 3: Fentanyl Fanny
Hey Q Crew! This week we conclude our deep dive into the company called “Worse Than Theranos” by New York Magazine. Insys Therapeutics. Our main sources are the fabulous book by Evan Hughes called “The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup” and The New York Magazine article linked...
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Insys - Part 2: The 1 Day Relationship
Hey Q Crew! This week we continue with our deep dive into the company called “Worse Than Theranos” by New York Magazine. Insys Therapeutics. Our main sources are the fabulous book by Evan Hughes called “The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup” and The New York Magazine article...
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Insys - Part 1: The 4 Horseman
Hey Q Crew! This week we start our deep dive into the company called “Worse Than Theranos” by New York Magazine. Insys Therapeutics. Our main sources are the fabulous book by Evan Hughes called “The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup” and The New York Magazine article linked...
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The Dropout & Joe vs Carole
Hey Q Crew! Tanya’s back! This week we are joined by Jessica James from our sister show, The Parent Memoirs, to make us a throuple! First, we catch up on what Tanya has been up to. Then we chat about a bunch of shows we have been obsessing over. We chat Doctor Death, Joe vs Carole, Pam and Tommy,...
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Theranos, Dr. Death, Boeing...& Stained Contact Lenses
Hey Q Crew! Tanya is still off on her new adventure, so the delightful Ms. Jessica James stepped in this week! We chat about my first YouTube video…with my face and everything. It’s about the Boeing Max 737 crashes from 2018 & 2019 and the documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing. I linked...
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Money & Murder w/ Lara Mack- Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Hey Q Crew! Tanya is still off on her new adventure! In the meantime, I’m trying new things, and I made my first Youtube video. I didn’t want to leave our podcast peeps hangin’ so here is the audio version! If you want to check out the video on Youtube the link is below:...
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Money & Murder w/ Lara Mack: The Novack Murders
Hey Q Crew! Tanya is currently busy with a big new life change! It’s a good thing, I swear, but I want to let her share the details. So, since she’s going to be busy for a little bit I have decided to move forward with an idea I have been kicking around for a while and put out a few solo…
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Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos Trial: The Final Verdict...Sort Of
Hey Q Crew! Well…. here we are. FINALLY. We have a verdict in the Elizabeth Holmes / Theranos trial! It has been a long road and the results are the epitome of a mixed bag. We do not feel as satisfied as we would have liked, but considering we thought she was going to get off completely, we are...
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Tiger King 2 & Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story Recap
See? I told you! Chickens!... Hey Q Crew and Parent Peeps! Welcome to another very special ménage a trois episode of Q as in Cucumber and The Parent Memoirs! Jess, Tanya, and I celebrate the holidays by discussing the fame whoring strangeness of Tiger King 2 and lose our minds a little with a…
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Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos Trial Update: Magic Box for a Magic Box
Hey Q Crew! Welcome to another (partial) Ménage à Trois with Ms. Jessica James joining us about half way through. We break down the testimony and cross examination of Elizabeth Holmes and what is expected to be next in the never ending trial. We also begin our coverage of Better.com and it’s CEO...
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Elizabeth Holmes: The Christine Quinn of Silicon Valley
Hey Q Crew! Drumroll please….WE HAVE A GRANDBABY! Baby AJ is here! But because we know y’all want us to get to the Elizabeth Holmes of it all I have put timestamps below of our different topics, although I’m not fancy enough to know how to make it so you click on the time and it takes you to that...
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Elizabeth Holmes Theranos Trial Recap: Fake the Funk
Hey Q Crew! Well we are back after our little Lularoe Vacay. Unfortunately, we have no grandbaby yet☹ But, the good news is that means we could get together and do some shit talking. First we congratulate Brit on being FREE!!! Then we respond to the meltdown of Dave Hollis and Hollisville.…
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Lularich-Part 1: The Lularoe Cult
Hey Q Crew! This week we have a special deep dive that will be on both of our shows-Q as in Cucumber and The Parent Memoirs. We examine they Lularoe documentary on Amazon Prime, called Lularich. In our first episode we cover the origin stories of Lularoe and it’s founders. We also touched on the...
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Elizabeth Holmes Theranos Trial Recap- John Carreyrou Is My Spirit Animal
Hey Q Crew! Tanya is off this week so the lovely Miss Jessica James stepped in! We just do a super quick breakdown of this week in the trial. Don’t worry. I will cover all this with Tanya because I know y’all come for her reactions and not my story telling😊 Love your faces! Lara Links we covered...
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Elizabeth Holmes Trial Update- A Trio of Trouble on Theranos
Hey Q Crew! Right off the top we had some audio quality challenges this week. We had a new set up with the fabulous Miss Jessica James joining us for some shenanigans and tomfoolery! We were just going to do a deep dive only, but the stuff in the Elizabeth Holmes / Theranos trial started poppin’...
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Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos Trial-Week 5: The Charade
Hey Q Crew! This week we kick things off with the telling of the “Barnes and Noble Incident” story. Then we dive into week 5 of the Elizabeth Holmes trial (and go back a little bit to cover some things that we missed from earlier in the trial). We discuss the fraudulent Pfizer endorsement, more...
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Elizabeth Holmes Week 4 Trial Update-SHE‘S AT IT AGAIN!
Hey Q Crew! Couple things: I lost my show notes with the links to the articles we covered today. If I find them I will add to the comments Also, there’s so much that’s happened with the Theranos trial that we got a little discombobulated and did not cover things chronologically. Finally, because…
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Alexandra The Great! (Elizabeth Holmes / Theranos Trial Update
Hey Q Crew! This week, Tanya had a string of emergencies that she had to handle. But, the Theranos story waits for no one! I reached out to one of our listeners, Alexandra, and asked if she would be willing to Tanya’s stand in…and she agreed! This week we break down the first witness testimonies,...
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Elizabeth Holmes and the Cornfuzzled Caper!
Hey Q Crew! Again, right up top, sorry for some of the audio issues. Tanya was struggling with her mic placement and every time she touched it, the mic picked it up. Sorry! This week we break down the Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos trial kick off. From the bullshit argument from the defense in…
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Elizabeth Holmes& The Great Database Caper
Hey Q Crew! First off let me apologize for the inconsistent audio. We had a different set up this week and we struggled. I tried my best to clean it up! It’s Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos Update Time! Again. Why? Because the trial has FINALLY begun! But first we catch up on some of the info that…
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A Bowl of Abusive Entitlement
Hey Q Crew! Just a quick little one this week while we are off for the month of August! We have some wild stories from some veterinarian offices, a grocery store, a comic shop! Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to [email protected]. Don’t forget to like and subscribe...
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Pasta Puns!
Hey Q Crew! This week we chat about customers who think we in the service industry have no boundaries or personal agency. They are proven wrong thankfully. We also chat about Tanya’s stalking behavior and Lara’s new favorite thing…Pasta Puns! We recorded a few episodes on this day so we could…
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Mothers Day Mayhem
Hey Q Crew! Tanya had to do football mom stuff this weekend, so the lovely Miss Jessica James stepped in for a quick little episode! We chat about Texas Goodbyes, greedy trolls with unrealistic expectations, children "ruining" shopping "experiences", and Mothers Day Mayhem Keep sending you…
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Gender Reveal!
Hey Q Crew! Last week we left off with a little cliffhanger-what is the gender of Tanya's new grandbaby? The wait is over! Then, it’s Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos Update Time! Again. As we get closer to the trial, it’s getting even more bizarre. Turns out that the government and Holmes' "dream…
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Jumping out of Happy Meals
Hey Q Crew! Happy 4th of July! This week Tanya and I shout out our newest super fan, discuss instacart mishaps, a magical laptop, how there is just no pleasing some people and more! Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to [email protected]. Don’t forget to like and...
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Elizabeth Holmes Update: This Bitch Part Duh-The Raging Psychopath
Hey Q Crew! It’s Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos Update Time! Again. As we get closer to the trial, it’s getting even more bizarre. We chat about the possible mental health defense, the questionnaire from hell, the Hulu series and finally her merch sales…no that’s not a typo. Her merch is selling…
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Rachel Hollis: This Ho
Hey Q Crew! This week is not really a deep dive. It’s more of an extended rant on Rachel Hollis. From her marriage to her empire and how she burned it all to the ground in just a few months. All the resources (I hope it’s all of them. There was a lot.) we used for this episode. Make sure to check...
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Elizabeth Holmes: This Bitch
Hey Q Crew! This week Tanya and I give an update on Elizabeth Holmes (AKA: This Bitch), recommend some small businesses here in Colorado Springs, and review some interesting bank customer and agent confessions. Check out our Theranos series and some of our Theranos update episodes! Theranos Part…
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The Name Game
Hey Q Crew! This week Tanya and I chat about shady fraudsters, coffee flavored late fees, and mispronunciation. Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to [email protected]. Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting…
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Perv Call Prevention
Hey Q Crew! This week Tanya had a previous engagement so Miss Jessica James stepped in! We say thank you to super fan Kevin and recall some pervs and jerks we have dealt with. We also chat about a listener email about a moron who wasted his time because he’s scared of boobs. Keep sending you...
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Kim Kardashian Ontario
Hey Q Crew! We have more emails to catch up on! We recorded this last week so if we missed yours, I promise we will cover it next week. This week we tell the story of an insult gone wildly different than the insulter intended and a lost medical patient who ended up in the wrong department. We…
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Hot Chicks vs. Orcs
Hey Q Crew! Today we catch up on emails! All your emails were going into our spam filter, so I apologize to everyone who thought we were ignoring you☹ But now we have found them! We kick off with a few but we had so many we recorded a couple of episodes today. So, make sure to come back for more...
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Mental Terrorist
Hey Q Crew! Sorry it has been a minute for Tanya and I! As you will hear, we have not seen each other in a few weeks, and we are all over the damn place in this episode. So please forgive us for cramming a ton of random into one show. First, we catch up with our lives as of late and the life...
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The Australian Family Court Attacks: Part II- Path of Destruction
Hey Parent Peeps! It’s deep dive time! For our Q as in Cucumber listeners, Tanya and I will be back soon with new episodes of our own. Sorry, we have been AWOL for a little bit. In the meantime, enjoy this bonus episode from our sister show, The Parent Memoirs. This week, Jessica and I explore…
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The Australian Family Court Attacks: Part I- Toilet Paper vs. Tax Evasion
Hey Parent Peeps! It’s deep dive time! For our Q as in Cucumber listeners, Tanya and I will be back soon with new episodes of our own. Sorry, we have been AWOL for a little bit. In the meantime, enjoy this bonus episode from our sister show, The Parent Memoirs. This week Jessica and I dive...
About this show
Lara & Tanya are two chicks who have over 4 decades of customer service time combined. Now we are sharing our most bonkers stories and we want to hear YOUR stories. Send them to [email protected]
Hosted by
Lara Mack & Tanya Edwards