In this weeks’ episode, recorded from Lora’s lovely treehouse room, the gals discuss a range of scintillating topics from bathing and baby gear to bacon grease burns and road rash. Grab yourself a cold pop, pull on those crusty quarantine stretchy pants and sit yourself down in front of a house plant (so you can pretend you’re in the treehouse room with the ladies)  - it’s time for some straight talk.

In this weeks’ episode the ladies of leisure serve the tea on the hidden gem of a show - Escape to the Chateau! Listen in as they share their observations and love for charming hosts, Dick and Angel and their beguiling and endearing ways. Looking for your next binge?  The sisters of stretch and soda have got you covered.

In this weeks’ episode the gals dive in to a few of the listener questions they’ve received. You won’t want to miss out on Lora’s response to a listener’s Soft Mama question and a question to Mae on a few of her favorite skincare products!  Links to the items mentioned in the podcast can be found below.  Put on your stretchy pants, pour that fizzy drink and open up the new bag of Trader Joe’s milk chocolate covered pretzels you’ve been hiding from your kids - it’s time for some straight talk! Jordan Peterson – 12 Rules for Life EltaMD UV Clear Facial Sunscreen HoliFrog Tashmoo Waterlily Nourishing Milky Wash Heimisch All Clean Balm

They’re back! After a short hiatus the stretchy pant wearin’ gals are back with some straight talk on life during a global pandemic and the kindnesses they’ve witnessed or experienced. Take off that mask, and pour yourself a fizzy drink. You deserve it sister!

What makes a grandmother grand?  What kind of grandmother are you (or what kind will you be)? What lessons can we learn from our grandmothers?  Find the answers to these questions and an exciting, long-awaited grandmotherly reveal in this week’s episode! Put on those stretchy pants (we’ve never taken ours off TBH), pour yourself a fizzy drink and join us on Stretchy Pants & Straight Talk!

Do you need to be liked?  Not unlike George Costanza, most of us do want to feel that others like us (whether or not we like them is another story…).  Normally this is the part where we say, “Put on your stretchy pants” but we know that you’ve never taken them off (thanks COVID-19)! Links to the referenced resources: https://lifehacker.com/how-not-to-care-when-people-dont-like-you-1823964733 https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5923886 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wander-woman/201209/what-do-when-someone-doesn-t-you  

We may not be advice columnists but we have a LOT of (unsolicited) advice to give. This may be why we’re so compelled to read advice columns on the regular. In this weeks’ podcast the gals dissect a question posed to Slate Magazine’s resident advice columnist, Prudie. Put on those stretchy pants and grab your favorite special beverage of choice – it’s time for Stretchy Pants and Straight Talk.

Do you YouTube? In this episode the gals talk about the mind blowing (and expanding) world of YouTube videos (said the mom who is about years late to the party). You’ll also hear about the BEST biscuits ever (made by Nick from a YouTube recipe - see link below) and some of the impressive things others have been able to do just from watching videos YouTube videos. https://youtu.be/wy_dqphsakU

In this episode the gals introduce you to their best ASMR sounds (hint: Lora’s involves her favorite guilty pleasure beverage) and they finish up their two part episode on Free-Range Parenting  by interviewing Mae’s beloved mama, Jacky about her views on parenting. Get comfy friends, this octogenarian’s voice is going to lull you to sleep like a newborn!

In this two part episode of SP&ST the gals dish up some straight talk on the phenomenon known as Free Range Parenting.