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Putting out the dumpster fire that is current events, one can at a time.  It’s a fun chat between friends– one that’s newsy, possibly controversial, and relevant. We’re here to discuss what we know and learn from each other. Journalist Leah Gillis in Paris (frmr NBC, AOL), and lawyer Elura Nanos in New Jersey (OWN series) help you get a handle on our world (yay for passive learning!), and maybe even get you involved (secret agenda alert.) No stodginess, propaganda, pearl-clutching or b******t. It’s time to break down serious matters in a way that goes down easy. Because smarter is better.

  1. 01/01/2021

    Episode 14: So the Election Happened ...

    Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and discover what’s going on that matters. Talk with us on Instagram: @aleahthing @elurananos @youguysthepodcast (All times are estimates cuz we need staff. Sponsor us!) ‪1:00-5:00 - The Age of Aquarius and some thoughts on why we feel particularly crazy right now.‬ ‪5:00- It’s time for a COVID update. Let’s talk baguettes, restrictions, and why the Catholic Church just shot itself in the foot for the long game.  ‬ ‪15 the walking dumpster fire that is Rudy Giuliani: how he went from the SDNY to Four Seasons Landscaping with apparently no hope of returning to his former grandeur.‬ ‪20 The election, the lawsuits, and the constant fallout.‬ ‪30 Destressing right now. We’ve got hacks.‬ ‪40 When conservative commentators are less annoying than your actual relatives, it’s a sign. ‬ ‪45 Ivanka’s now former bestie just outed FDOTUS as a real a*****e. Are there lessons to be learned there about friendship in general?‬ ‪50 The time has come for election reckoning: looking at you “I didn’t vote” people.‬ ‪55ish — Hillary Hysteria didn’t lead to Kamalamania: we discuss.‬ ‪60 Update on the Toobin’s Tube situation and some musings on what Toobin update — some dead air that’s confusing to follow and what would have happened if he was a woman‬ ‪65 It’s lockdown and here’s what we’re watching.‬ ‪75 The Crown, the Royals, Halloween costumes of the past.  ‬

  2. 10/13/2020

    Episode 13: Model Wisdom, RBG and Word Jewelry

    Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and discover what’s going on that matters. On Instagram: @aleahthing @elurananos @youguysthepodcast (All times are estimates cuz we need staff. Sponsor us!)   2:30 Leah and Elura talk “word jewelry” and the pure joy of circumflexes.     6:00 The times they are a-changing, and we mean international zoom divorces and trans-continental zoom weddings.   8:00 French cafés are closing, and the U.S. may be able to learn a thing or two about how to make policy changes. Also, we coin the phrase, “Les-Mizzing out,” and we expect you all to start using it.   11:00 Leah reminds us how we should be more sympathetic to those from challenging places, and we discuss that even in France, people are trying to police women’s clothing choices.   13:00 Cleavage at the Musée d’Orsay? Quel scandal!   14:00-30:00 The story of Em Rata brings up an interesting clash between copyright and privacy laws. Now that Instagram is the new Warhol, who owns images of themselves?   31:00 We bid farewell to RBG, and take a walk back to the VMI case.   42:00 We talk current SCOTUS f*****y, with special focus on Merrick Garland and Amy Coney Barrett. There is some talk about changing SCOTUS for good, so what’s that about?   50:00 Elura thinks Lois Lane is a pain in the ass, and Leah finds this blasphemy.   55:00 Leah reports in from the trenches on how tough it can be to work in the world of journalism. Are stories crushed on purpose? Why is there no interest in publishing an important expose on horrific treatment of Native women?

  3. 09/16/2020

    Episode 12: Law and Voting Problems, Astro Talk and Our Not-So-Recent Movie Reviews

    Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and discover what’s going on that matters. Talk with us on Instagram: @aleahthing @elurananos @youguysthepodcast (All times are estimates cuz we need staff. Sponsor us!) ‪1:20 Elura catches Leah up on the ever-evolving shitshow that is being a parent during back-to-school-pandemicmania.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪10:00 When a shattered glass is more than a shattered glass, and how Ghost has stuck with us over the decades. Wherever Patrick Swayze is, we’re sure he’s glad about that.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪12:00 The wisdom of David Blaine and Philippe Petit are helping us get through this difficult time. We’ve also discovered the genius of Kobra Kai and you need to watch it, stat.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪22:00 We update you on the sitch with qualified immunity because did you know we’ve got cops using lethal force to protect animal shelters from folks trying to drop off stray dogs? Yeah so how does someone end up dead from that?! It’s a WTF alert, indeed, and perhaps relevant to *cough cough* defund *cough cough* the police.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪40:00 Time for an election f*****y update and a reminder that postal shenanigans are threatening to destroy our democracy. Like red alert time.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪45:00 It’s probably a bad idea for public officials - Hi Bill Barr and Donald Trump! - to publicly encourage people to break the law. What could go wrong?‬ ‪ ‬ ‪60:00 Grifters, “everywhen,” and how we can thank Covid for creating some good new words even if we’re not sure how to say them.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪65:00 As it turns out, nipples are actually the mother of invention. Also, dick necklaces as birthday gifts, and how language is a window into a culture’s values.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪70:00 We reflect on losing Chadwick Boseman.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪72:00 Bouquets of freshly-sharpened pencils, and somehow, Leah hasn’t seen CastAway. Someone get Tom Hanks on the line.‬

  4. 09/04/2020

    Episode 11 Part 2: Free Britney, Florida Voting F*****y and Death

    Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and discover what’s going on that matters. On Instagram: @aleahthing @elurananos @youguysthepodcast (All times are estimates cuz we need staff. Sponsor us!) 1:00-22:00ish You guys, you need to know what’s going on with Britney. As in Spears. This whole #FreeBritney thing is getting intense, and it might be time to hit you baby one more time. We talk about creating and destroying, and you guys, we never thought Britney would be someone we thought this much about.   23:00 Are you guy paying attention to what’s happening in Florida? When we’re talking about voting, there is some serious #FloridaFuckeryAfoot.  Floridians changed their constitution to allow ex-convicts to vote, but now, the state is messing with that right in a major way. The governor’s answer? Have the ex-cons commit perjury. What could go wrong? 45:00 You guys, we have to talk a little death. Leah shares her personal story ( Medium link: https://link.medium.com/eq7t8O7iu9), and we talk about how the death of an absent parent is both different and the same as a present one. 60:00 Elura had a revelation this week. It’s about National Parks, Encyclopedia Brittanica, and how the fifth grade can ruin a person’s whole take on hiking.

  5. 09/04/2020

    Episode 11: Part 1 Travelling Locally, Fun Factoids, and Let’s Get International

    Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and discover what’s going on that matters. On Instagram: @aleahthing @elurananos @youguysthepodcast (All times are estimates cuz we need staff. Sponsor us!) 1:00 Thoughts on newsless and newsfull nature   7:00 Travel taught us a lot about other places and now we get a chance to explore our own backyards. It’s amazing what happens when you look up in Manhattan.   Here we go with International News, seeing that trends around the world have he US now in common. Then we come home and discuss some alarming stats about healthcare and childbirth we can’t ignore.   Do you know about St. Bibiana and why she’s good for your hangover? And that some diocese believe they cover the moon? We got you covered on that and more.   42:00 Leah and Elura take you back to the time of flannel and grunge, sharing their story of college “STAMPEDE,” and talking about college in 2020 during coronavirus. So many factoids! Get ready!   49:00 You’re a disaster and we’re f*****g horny. And no, it doesn’t mean what you think it means.   53:00 Martin Luther always had the best insults.

  6. 08/21/2020

    Episode 10: Women’s Trouble, Fun Factoids, and When a Question is More Than a Question

    We’re talking Women’s Trouble, and it’s not necessarily the topics you think. From bitches to cleavage to cat-calling, we’re here to bring you up to speed. Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and discover what’s going on that matters. On Instagram: @aleahthing @elurananos @youguysthepodcast (All times are estimates cuz we need more staff. Sponsor us!) ‪1:00 It’s a food segment with Leah and Elura, and who knew curry could be so controversial.‬ ‪13:00 Time for some fun facts. Spoiler: we’re holding parades for an American hero who actually discovered a foreign country. Maybe it’s time for Weblish to be on Duolingo.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪26:00 Forbidden words for women: B*TCH and C*NT, and what we have to say about them and all this. ‬ ‪ ‬ ‪30:00 Creative profanity, including spermsac and fucktwizzle, and why 2020 requires good insults.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪32:00 Two women who have always been labeled “too much.” Are you? Join us! ‬ ‪ ‬ ‪34:00 Controversial cleavage, in France and elsewhere – and the real burden of big boobs.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪50:00 There she was, just a-walking down the street. E&L talk about French cat-calling laws.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪55:00 Trader Joes just did the mother of all backpedals, and you need to hear the update.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪1:05:00 You can probably tell that we’re hungry. On our way out, we talk lemon ices and bond over an obscure ice cream flavor. ‬

  7. 08/18/2020

    Episode 9: Education and Mental Health Ideas

    Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and discover what’s going on that matters. On Instagram: @aleahthing @elurananos @youguysthepodcast (All times are estimates until we get more staff. Sponsor us!) It’s time. We have to talk about life with COVID, this regime in office and racism. How to handle it all? Kids and education in the COVID era first. Elura is a working mom of two facing all the questions and quandries of family life with COVID. Leah is a journalist in France, observing America’s COVID response from a country (and continent) with national healthcare and a responsive government focused on limiting exposure (what a concept!) The world is grappling with sending kids back to school right now, and since we love education, and think it needs some retooling anyway, let’s discuss! Do Americans have a blind spot when it comes to caring for people? Could we use COVID as an opportunity to bring about greater societal change? How in the world are families supposed to manage the decision-making for school-age kidsright now? About ‪15:00‬ COVID has put everyone’s mental health through the ringer right now. Elura and Leah share their coping mechanisms with you. From pickleball to meditation, turning inward to turning outward, seeking calm or seeking action – everyone has their own recipe for stress-relief. Suggestions: Check out the following on YouTube, Instagram and their own websites for meditations, lectures, mantras and more: Pause in Joy with Patti Penn, Louise Hay, Abraham Hicks, Live the Life You Love, Krishnamurti, Sadguru, Kabbalah Centre, Chani Nichols, Tania Gabrielle, https://www.herstoriesproject.com/2018/04/the-death-of-the-start/

  8. 08/13/2020

    Episode 8: Inside info on Oprah (!), Fun Facts and Why You Should Care About the Post Office

    Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and discover what’s going on that matters. On Instagram: @aleahthing @elurananos @youguysthepodcast (All times are estimates cuz we need more staff. Sponsor us!) ‪2:00 Leah and Elura realize they are seriously coastal and could someone please get them a beach house?‬ ‪ ‬ ‪4:00 Mountains are in the eye of the beholder and some other words you should know about. It’s Leah’s fun facts!‬ ‪5:00 Jane Austen really doesn’t get enough credit and we’re here to remedy that.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪15: 00 It’s time we talk about the Post Office, people. From “Forever” stamps to Nixon’s Postal legislation to the 2020 election, the USPS is at the center of it all. Why the history and it’s makeup matters.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪30:00 We’re still talking USPS, because some serious shit could go down through the mail. Spoiler: Republicans mail-in voting shenanigans plus Trump tweets could equal a postal-electoral college-shitstorm that could land on President Nancy Pelosi’s desk.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪43:00 Leah’s must-watch: She’s pretty passionate about Unsolved Mysteries, so we all need to watch. UFOs people!‬ ‪50:00 Tales of A White Girl on Oprah TV: Elura spills the tea on her experience with Oprah Winfrey. While the Big O wasn’t the success fairy Elura hoped she’d be, she was a conduit to some important (read, racial) lessons.‬ ‪ ‬ ‪60:00 Oh, Ellen. We didn’t want it to be so, but we’ve been hearing this shit for years. Dammit.‬ ‪61:00 Donald Trump’s Malignant Suburban Dream.

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Putting out the dumpster fire that is current events, one can at a time.  It’s a fun chat between friends– one that’s newsy, possibly controversial, and relevant. We’re here to discuss what we know and learn from each other. Journalist Leah Gillis in Paris (frmr NBC, AOL), and lawyer Elura Nanos in New Jersey (OWN series) help you get a handle on our world (yay for passive learning!), and maybe even get you involved (secret agenda alert.) No stodginess, propaganda, pearl-clutching or b******t. It’s time to break down serious matters in a way that goes down easy. Because smarter is better.

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  • Creator
    Leandra Gillis
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Leandra Gillis
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