Meet Me in the Middle – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In 2022, we did an episode about Intuitive Eating (it's good and you should definitely listen to it). But now that we have our ADHD diagnosis, we're learning more about our own experiences with food and trusting your body (truly, even just listening to it!) so join us this week as we extol the virtues of pre-cut veggies and instant ramen.

Link to the ADHD dietitian instagram

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If you haven't seen this trend pop up on your social feeds lately, you may have heard or read about it elsewhere. Join us as we talk about the social media trend of little kids being not only obsessed with skincare, but posting about it at length online. Jenny walks us through exactly is going on and how it connects back to a similar issue in the 90s. Digressions include our own experiences with our kids and technology access and our own personal skincare issues.

Apple Podcasts link to the Good Inside episode

Spotify link to the Good Inside episode

Girl, In Real Life book (order from your favourite local bookstore, or if you're in the Vancouver area, here at Kidsbooks - our local fave!)

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Today's episode is a very personal peek behind the curtain. Join us in the messy middle as Jenny shares what it's like to navigate through noticing something is up with your kid through to the day of diagnosis. This is a chat about experiencing the system and finding the ways to advocate for what you need, within and acknowledging privilege.

This is also likely the first of a few conversations just like this, so look out for more on this journey in the months to come.

Find the "We Can Do Hard Things" episode Jenny references here on Apple or here on Spotify

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Yes, it's the 40th anniversary of the Cabbage Patch Kid this year and if that makes you feel old then us too. But what a great time to take a peek behind the curtain on what exactly all the hype was like, and how we got there. Join us as we journey back to holiday season, 1983, and all the stops we make along the way. Digressions include the origin story, a cartoon villan, and why some fundamentalist kids weren't allowed them.

Sound quality note: some of the clips that we use in this episode are very much *eighties quality*. Take note of the links below if you want what might be better sound, or just bear with us!

https://belover.medium.com/who-again-invented-the-cabbage-patch-dolls-edited-ea99fb31b4db

https://www.amazon.com/Xavier-Roberts-presents-little-people/dp/B0006XYNEK (don’t mind that it’s an amazon link, it's that first picture that matters)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32P9vao8awQ (our clip starts at 1:53)

https://www.cracked.com/article_19270_6-beloved-80s-toys-with-bizarrely-horrifying-origin-stories.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOYVycJ55mw

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Join us for a Meet Me in the Middle movie night.

We watched the docu-series Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets so you don't have to!

This is the second of two episodes on this series, so if you haven't listened to part one, go back and do that - you join us kind of mid-idea here and it will make much more sense if you've taken the first part of this journey with us!

In this episode, we expand into what life was like for the oldest girls, including the politics of "family" reality TV shows, the political workings of this brand of Christian fundamentalists, and the awful details of Josh Duggar's abuses and cover ups.

TW/CW: child abuse, child sexual abuse, religious trauma, cults.

Watch on Amazon Prime here (or you know - don't, because we recap it here!)

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Join us for a Meet Me in the Middle movie night.

We watched the docu-series Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets so you don't have to!

In this first of two episodes on this series, we dig in to the context that the hit TLC reality show 19 Kids and Counting came up around, and some of the details of the Duggar family that were new to us (although, sadly not surprising).

TW/CW: child abuse, child sexual abuse, religious trauma, cults.

Watch on Amazon Prime here (or you know - don't, because we recap it here!)

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If you didn't grow up in a 1990s youth group, you might not have the intimate knowledge of a surveillance software like Covenant Eyes. Join us this week as Annika walks us thorough some of the politics of the new US Speaker Mike Johnson, the politics of American Christian Nationalism, and the ways that purity culture and the wellness world intersect.

CW/TW: religious trauma, pornography, abortion access, equal rights for LGBTQ+ people, school shootings

The Christian Nationalist flag that Johnson has outside his office

Yes, that quote about abortion and school shootings is real

Clip of Johnson speaking about Covenant Eyes (timestamp 0:26-1:50)

Slate Article

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Whether you follow soccer (or as the rest of the world calls it, football) or not, you've probably heard about the new Netflix mini-docuseries on David Beckham. This week, Jenny takes us through the part of the story that stuck with her long after she'd finished watching. Join us as we discuss media culture on young stars, how little we know and understand about soccer (sorry!), and men's mental health.

(Note that we use sound clips from the show that are the best quality we could but if you'd rather watch yourself, we've listed the timestamps below!)

Watch the series on Netflix here

Timestamps:

Episode 1: 1 hour 10 minute mark approximately (7:25 - 6:48 remaining if you're on mobile)

Episode 2: 7 minute mark approximately (58:55 - remaining if you're on mobile)

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If you're in Canada, you might have noticed that news has disappeared - or is in the process of disappearing - from your social media feeds and internet searches. This week, in part 2 of a 2 part episode, we actually dig in to the details of Bills C-11 (the Online Streaming Act) and C-18 (the Online News Act). What exactly is the purpose, what could they mean for the future of this podcast, and can we do anything to stop either one at this point?

Pablo's tweet

Actual text of Bill C-11

Actual text of Bill C-18

Michael Geist's very thorough deep-dives on all of this

Why Canada has failed where Australia succeeded

Support Open Media

Write to Heritage Minister St-Onge

Find your MP by postal code and write to them

This is the VPN I used, it's an affiliate link (but also the best pricing)

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If you're in Canada, you might have noticed that news has disappeared - or is in the process of disappearing - from your social media feeds and internet searches. This week, in part 1 of a 2 part episode, we dig in to why. Before we review the details in Bill C-11 and Bill C-18, we have to talk a little bit about how we got here. What exactly qualifies something as Canadian content, and why has the government taken such an interest in preserving it on media?

Everything you wanted to know about the CRTC

Who wants to meet Ian Scott for beer?

Take the CanCon quiz with us!

Movie and TV requirements

Music requirements

What Australia is doing different (better?)

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