The League of Awkward Unicorns Alice Bradley & Deanna Zandt
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- Health & Fitness
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Author and social activist Deanna Zandt (“Share This!”) gets together with author and weirdo Alice Bradley (“Let’s Panic About Babies”) to talk about depression, anxiety, and all the other ways our brains can play tricks on us. They’ll also discuss what helps, whether it’s medication, meditation, or binge-watching Netflix while eating an entire wheel of cheese. Join Alice and Deanna every other week as they amuse each other and the guests they’ve managed to trick into joining them. It’s all going to be okay. Probably.
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Episode 34: Make Everyone Uncomfortable with Soraya Chemaly
ANNNNNNNNNGER. Oh, what a topic! Alice and Deanna sit down with author "Rage Becomes Her" author Soraya Chemaly to get the scoop on how anger makes us sick, why that's extra extra special for women, and the secrets of swearing for your health. Plus, motherhood, anger rooms and SWIMMING PIGS. Show notes at http://leagueofawkwardunicorns.com
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Episode 33: The Worst Soup
Oh good Lord, you want us to tell you what's in this episode? TRASH. TRASH IS IN THIS EPISODE BECAUSE THE WORLD IS ON FIRE AGAIN. Anyhoo, Alice and Deanna explore their feelings about all the things being trash, which includes talk about sexual assault and harassment, but we don't discuss anything graphic or in detail. Just the usual trash fire of American politics-- this time, the Supreme Court nomination. YMMV. Show notes and more at http://leagueofawkwardunicorns.com
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Aggressively Ma'amed
Well, hello! Alice and Deanna welcome themselves back from their accidental sabbatical, declaring this episode to be the beginning of Season 3. And that’s not all! They also discuss '90s fashion, how much the world is going to hell, what’s the worst thing to say to someone in a dark place, why new music is our salvation right now (but note to Beyoncé and Jay-Z, uh, the country is in flames), and what happens when your cardiologist enters the office on his Segway. Plus: delightful things! Show notes and more: leagueofawkwardunicorns.com
PS -- You may notice some audio distortion this episode. Our incredibly overpaid sound engineer was asleep on the job, and couldn't totally make it perfect later, and not that she's a perfectionist, but SHE BEGS YOUR FORGIVENESS.
ZEE LINKS, OF COOOOUUUURRSE
Lifehacker: Nonbinary People Share Their Advice on Coming Out: https://lifehacker.com/nonbinary-people-share-their-advice-on-coming-out-1827016879
Lifehacker: How To Responsibly Share Information About ICE Raids On Social Media:
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-responsibly-share-information-about-ice-raids-on-1827203452
"So Velveeta isn’t allowed to call itself “cheese” but an unlicensed crisis pregnancy center can pretend to be a medical facility. Okay." https://twitter.com/mizsant/status/1011633663732342784?lang=en
Pema Chödrön https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8052.Pema_Ch_dr_n
Deanna's article on Medium:
https://medium.com/@deanna/why-you-are-loved-and-please-reach-out-are-the-crappiest-things-to-post-after-someone-has-died-484eb23d6715
McSweeney's, 17 Real-Life Would-You-Rathers I, A Woman, Have Had To Ask Myself:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/17-real-life-would-you-rathers-i-a-woman-have-had-to-ask-myself
The Beyoncé & Jay Z album, "Everything Is Love" https://listen.tidal.com/album/90521280
Janelle Monae!! http://www.jmonae.com/
Father John Misty: https://fatherjohnmisty.com/
Neko Case: https://nekocase.com/
Her interview with Scott Simon: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/09/618496741/neko-case-on-hell-on
Courtney Barnett: https://courtneybarnett.com.au/
The hangry otter: https://www.facebook.com/LADbible/videos/hungry-otter/4674340225946464/
MUSIC!!
As ever, we are so grateful to Tacocat for letting us use Shame Spiral as our intro/outro music!!!
The goose that gave up is a kid's song, hee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FnVadHLN5c
If you don't know the other two songs I used, I cannot help you. -
Episode 31: The Universe Said, "Hold My Beer"
Happy stupid new year! Alice and Deanna are reunited, AGAIN! In this episode, we chat about holidays with the family, how "eating" "better" might make us "feel" "better," and the rollercoaster ride that has been Deanna's #MeToo life these past few weeks. Note: we talk about sexual harassment/assault/abuse in this episode, and we touch on suicide ideation briefly, but none of it is in graphic detail. Links and show notes at http://leagueofawkwardunicorns.com.
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Episode 30: Hangin' Around, Bangin' Around with Jaclyn Friedman
We're delighted to welcome back Jaclyn Friedman, author of the new book "Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power, and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All." Not timely or anything, AT ALL. We talk about watching porn for science, how sexual liberation is used against women, that men aren't--as it turns out!--helpless, and that care isn't a zero-sum game. Plus: how a video about makeup contouring can soothe your feminist soul. Links and notes at leagueofawkwardunicorns.com.
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Episode 29: Nazi Punching Time (Brought to You by Almond Milk)
Alice and Deanna are back! They talk about self-care when the world is falling apart, Tina Fey’s problematic comedy, all the ways you can help during a crisis, how criticism is nothing like pie, 45’s narcissistic personality disorder, and how bad the word “affirm” sounds. Links and show notes at leagueofawkwardunicorns.com.
Customer Reviews
Best Reason to Laugh
Deana and Alice make me laugh and I have needed it so much this year. I listen to a lot of podcasts but I think I am most proud to call myself a loyal awkward unicorn. Thank you for your honesty, humor, and resources. If you need some real talk that won’t put you in a downward spiral, this is it.
Friends who make you feel good
I found this podcast via Karen Walrond's chookooloonks website and I'm so lucky - and grateful - that I did. You know how people always say that you're not really alone and others go through the same things as you? But you ignore that message because you don't know 'those' people? These are those people! Thank you ladies - I can relate to so much of what you're saying. Hearing you two - plus your guests - talk through your experiences is a lifesave. xoxo
I'm a wee bit in love
I just discovered this podcast and now I'm neglecting my family in order to listen to the whole back catalogue.
Keep up the good work!