Emily and Michelle are joined by Cassie Morgan, a fellow St. Louisan living in Malawi. Cassie is an epidemiologist from St. Louis whose been living in Africa for the last four years. She shares her journey from the St. Louis Public Schools to working on HIV & AIDS prevention in Africa. They learn about life […]
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Michelle and Emily welcome friend Jennifer Andrews to the podcast. Jennifer joins via Zoom and shares her first-hand account of her experience with COVID which put her in the hospital on oxygen and dealing with the long-term physical, emotional, and social effects. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html Feeling under the weather or want to warm up? Look no further […]
Continue readingMore TagSeason 5, #93 – Creating Connections
Michelle and Emily welcome back to the podcast their friend, journalist, and life coach, Jill Farmer. They have an in-depth conversation on coping strategies for adjusting to new work dynamics due to COVID. Have you heard about contaminated time? Have you experienced a turbo boost of exhaustion and wonder why? They talk about setting boundaries, […]
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Emily and Michelle celebrate the results of the presidential election and the emotional and physical after effects while sharing a bottle of Saldo. Sald0 Zinfandel available at the Wine Merchant
Continue readingMore TagSeason 5, #91 – Law of ART-traction
Michelle & Emily welcome artist Karen Ann Jones to the podcast. They crack open two bottles of a 2012 Balverne Cabernet from Chalk Hill which explains why this is one of their longer episodes. There was so much to talk about one bottle wasn’t enough. Sound familiar? From KarenAnnJones.com: “Karen Ann Jones is a painter […]
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Emily and Michelle are celebrating! Cliterally Speaking the Podcast is TWO years old! They have a “sparkling” conversation that “wines” its way through reflections on the past two years to their hopes and dreams for the future. They discuss American exceptionalism, the American Dream, and how the world views the United States. They take a […]
Continue readingMore TagSeason 5, #89 – Touchy Topics Tuesday
Michelle and Emily are joined by three members of Touchy Topics Tuesday: Tiffany Robertson (founder), Laurie Shannon, and Elizabeth Joseph. This episode’s recording was a little different with Emily in the studio and Michelle and guests “zooming” in. Michelle’s son had been diagnosed with COVID and they were following the CDC guidelines. (He’s fine now, […]
Continue readingMore TagSeason 5, #88 – Love Begets Love
Emily and Michelle welcome Frankie Ruprecht to the show. While Emily and Michelle share a bottle of Dolcetto D’Alba while Frankie sips on a Rye Bourbon from Switchgrass Spirits. They have a beautiful conversation about cultural expectations, corporate life, how does the pie grow, loss and love. Frankie shares her personal story of becoming a […]
Continue readingMore TagSeason 5, #87 – 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
Emily and Michelle welcome Katie Moon to the podcast. Katie is the Exhibits Manager at the Missouri History Museum and the curator of the Beyond the Ballot exhibit at the museum. After Michelle and Emily visited the exhibit, they knew they had to have Katie on the podcast. In addition, Katie is the author of […]
Continue readingMore TagSeason 5, #86 – I am TONINA
Michelle and Emily have huge #fangirl moments when welcoming Tonina to the podcast. From IAMTONINA.com Tonina is a singer/songwriter, bassist, music journalist and poet from St. Louis, Missouri who performs her original music along with her arrangements of covers in both Spanish and English. Tonina comes from a family of music lovers that exposed her […]
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