Date Night with Jake and Page

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Michelle Icard Apr 24, 2021

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On the latest episode of Date Night, Jake and Page sit down with Michelle Icard (@michelleicard), a speaker, author and educator who helps kids, parents, and teachers navigate the complicated social world of early adolescence. Her latest book, Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen guides readers through the fourteen essential conversations parents need to have with their kids before they start high school. Her first book, Middle School Makeover: Improving the Way You and Your Child Experience the Middle School Years, is a primer for the social and emotional changes parents and kids navigate when mid-life meets middle school under one roof. Michelle is a member of the TODAY Show parenting team and NBC News Learn. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, CNN, Time, and People Magazine. Her middle school leadership programs, Athena’s Path & Hero’s Pursuit, have been implemented at schools across the country and she speaks around the globe at schools and parenting events. For past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes. Check out our new book as well: “Holy Crap, We’re Pregnant!” While some people learned how to bake banana bread during the pandemic, we finally finished a book we started 10 years ago. It’s a she said/he said look at pregnancy. Buy it for yourself or someone you know who’s about to have a baby! Thanks for listening!

LauRen Merola & Dallas Strager Mar 29, 2021

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Welcome back to another episode of Date Night with Jake and Page... where we only interview guests with hair that makes Jake jealous, apparently. Meet LauRen Merola and Dallas Strager! LauRen is one-third of "The MRL Show," one of Charlotte's top morning radio shows. She also blogs about parenting, fashion and more at @allofthefwords, and she co-hosts the "Mommyhood 2 Menopause" podcast. Dallas? Well, Dallas has amazing silver hair. LauRen and Dallas met in Miami while both working for the Miami Dolphins. LauRen danced. Dallas didn't. It was a match made in heaven. A few job changes and one move to India for LauRen later, the two relocated to the Queen City and haven't looked back. OK, maybe they look back at their fun, pre-kid life in Miami just a little. This episode has everything - parenting words of wisdom, relationship advice, cool backstories and did we mention LauRen took a job in India for a few months?! We ended up going for more than an hour and honestly could have gone another three of four. Buckle up. This is a good one. For past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes. Check out our new book as well: "Holy Crap, We're Pregnant!" While some people learned how to bake banana bread during the pandemic, we finally finished a book we started 10 years ago. It's a she said/he said look at pregnancy. Buy it for yourself or someone you know who's about to have a baby! Thanks for listening!

Jeff & Marisa Jackson Feb 14, 2021

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Politicians. They’re just like us! Right. Except… in Jeff Jackson’s case, it’s true! Meet Jeff and Marisa Jackson. Jeff is a North Carolina State Senator, representing Mecklenburg County, who recently launched a campaign for a 2022 U.S. Senate seat. Marisa is his wife, slash campaign manager in a pinch, slash marketer, slash do-everything mom. The parents of three are disarmingly unassuming. They agreed to jump on the Date Night pod at… 1:00 p.m. on a Saturday, immediately on the heels of their two-year-old going down for a nap. They planned a date around nap time. And if that ain’t the most “parents of young kids” thing ever, we don’t know what is. After meeting Marisa on Match.com – the two of them barely got through the app's free trial period before Jeff put a ring on it six months later! - Jeff was thrust into politics in 2014 amidst the infamous Charlotte mayoral drama from that year. Over the last six years he's become a household name in the Queen City, running a campaign built on 100% positivity and recently being named a 2020 Charlottean of the Year by Charlotte Magazine. A communications and marketing junkie by trade, Marisa has been thrust into the spotlight after bringing Jeff’s successful 2020 re-election campaign across the finish line when he was called into National Guard duty before election day. She then helped co-star (and wrangle kids who DID NOT want to participate, we learned) in Jeff’s viral 2022 announcement video. Was this a one-and-done stint as a campaign manager? Marisa said she's leaving the door open for reprising the role in 2022. Finally, when asked about their favorite date nights or spots to eat in Charlotte, the couple paused and said… axe throwing and Chipotle. Told you, just like us! Give Jeff (@jeffjacksonnc) and Marisa (@marisajacksonnc) a follow on social media! Especially Marisa, who promises all new followers that she will be posting more. 😉 You can also follow Jeff’s campaign at jeffjacksonnc.com. p.s. We wrote a book! “Holy Crap, We’re Pregnant” is available for purchase on Amazon as an ebook and paperback, and an audio book is coming soon! For links to our book/gear, and past episodes of “Date Night with Jake and Page,” please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes. Stay safe, and thanks for listening!

Holy Crap... We Wrote a Book! Feb 02, 2021

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We finally finished our pregnancy book! "Holy Crap, We're Pregnant" only took us 10 years and a global pandemic to finish, but we got it across the finish line. You could say it was a... labor of love. *crowd groans* In this episode you'll hear us set things up with a brief intro, then we play the Prologue portion of our upcoming audiobook. Recording the audio version has been THE most fun. Reading it aloud to each other has jogged our memories; we bring up some old stories and jokes that weren't included in the printed book! Speaking of which, the paperback and e-book are out now at holycrapbooks.com, as well as some killer pregnancy gear. Check it out! Finally, the book summary from our back cover is below. Thanks for listening. Enjoy! -- Join Jake and Page Fehling as they hold your hand—but not your leg, that’s your job, dads—through your pregnancy journey. Jake and Page each write their own accounts of major pregnancy milestones, then react to the other’s recollections. Holy Crap, Let’s Go To Therapy was a close runner-up for the title. Jake and Page may be three-time parents, but they’re first-time authors. So they’re keeping their fingers crossed that you like their book. But not their legs... because clearly that hasn’t worked for them in the past.

Drs. Ana-Maria & John Temple Jan 06, 2021

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An escape from the communist regime in Romania, the son of a cop arrested by his dad's colleagues, and parties at the Playboy mansion while living in Melrose Place. Plotlines for your latest Netflix binge? Oh, no. Just some of the stories you'll hear on this episode of "Date Night with Jake and Page." This time we sat down with the Doctors Temple - aka Ana-Maria and John - the Hollywood-caliber medical duo who've joined forces to bring you "The Rule of 5: A Parent's Guide to Raising Healthy Kids in an Unhealthy World." Their teens voluntarily don't eat Chick-fil-A with friends. So they must be on to something... Ana-Maria (@dranamariatemple) says her mission is to change kids' and families' lives through clinical work and education. John is an orthopedic surgeon slash Docs Temple Marketing Guru. Jake could have picked his brain about how he helps promote Ana-Maria's growing business for the entire hour. Oh, and we bring back a (socially distanced) wrap-up game. Listen in uncomfortably while we awkwardly play Heads Up. We should have quit while we were ahead. Finally, we talk about our book in the intro - yes, it's finally published! "Holy Crap, We're Pregnant" is a she said/he said take on pregnancy. It's lighthearted and non-technical to say the least. Are you surprised? A full podcast on the why behind the podcast is coming soon, as is the audio book! For links to our book/gear, and past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes as well. Stay safe, and thanks for listening!

Daren & Ariene Bethea Dec 23, 2020

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SHE'LL inspire you to decorate your house to within an inch of its life. HE'LL crack your back... while cracking you up. On this episode of the Date Night with Jake and Page podcast, we talk with Ariene and Daren Bethea. Ariene (@dressmyroom) owns an eclectic furniture and home goods boutique, and has recently been featured in Essence, House Beautiful, Arch Digest, and Elle Decor. Daren (@inhomechiropractic) is a former college football player turned chiropractor whose practice shares a wall with Ariene's shop. It's pretty cute. So are they. By the end of the podcast Page had professed her design love for Ariene an awkward number of times, and Daren had invited Jake on a husband's playdate. Suffice it to say things went well. Listen in to hear for yourself... For past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes as well. Happy Holidays, and thanks for listening!

Vani Hari - The Food Babe Nov 29, 2020

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This one was a bit of a Date Night reunion. We first met Vani Hari more than a decade ago when she was just starting to build her Food Babe empire. She was young and hungry. We had kids who were also both of those things... and we were feeding them crap. Vani came in with a cheese grater and cauliflower "pasta" to save the day. (A quick run through her social media and YouTube will bring up the horror show.) Fast forward 10 years and Vani has a kid of her own, another one on the way, several books and successful businesses, and still a KEEN eye on the Fehlings' pantry. On this episode we sit down with "The Food Babe" to discuss everything from her advocacy work against major food corporations, to starting a business six weeks after giving birth, to why beaver butt is so delicious. For past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes as well. Stay safe, everyone, and thanks for listening!

Page and Jake's Takes: Whole30 Recap Nov 16, 2020

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You didn't think we'd forget to give you a full recap of how Whole30 was, did you? C'mon! Come for the recap, stay for Page's horrifying story of how, a week after completing Whole30, her body finally got around to rejecting the previous seven days of falling off the wagon. It's an all-timer that involves Roto-Rooter, a gas station and a 63-year-old woman. Crying just typing this. Look, our results were awesome. We both lost 10+ pounds. But MAN was it tough. Even despite surprisingly good food most of the time, we often found ourselves miserable. We missed the social aspect of having a drink with dinner, and that's even during COVID-times when we were primarily at home. Well.. that, and... CHESSE. AND BREAD. AND DESSERTS... It was an... interesting experience that neither of us are dying to do again. We actually get close to committing to it in January on the podcast, but then we quickly have PTSD and backtrack. Either way, I think we're both a little surprised we pulled it off, and happy that we did. If you need advice or to be talked off the ledge, don't hesitate to reach out. We'd love to hear your success (or horror) stories as well! For past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes as well. Stay safe, everyone, and thanks for listening!

Ms. Jessica & The Guy Sep 11, 2020

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When you host a podcast called Date Night, and you try to round up two EARLY morning broadcasters on a school night, you either better bring the coffee, or a healthy dose of energy. Fortunately we had plenty of the latter with Power 98's Ms. Jessica and "The Guy" joining the pod! Ms. Jessica, aka The Girl Next Door, is one of the hosts of the No Limit Larry and the Morning Maddhouse radio show in Charlotte, while The Guy is a school counselor for CMS. And yes, before we get too far we should probably address this whole - The Guy - thing. He's Jessica's long-time +1. And his name is pretty much the only thing off-limits on her show. But we learn his name almost immediately once we started recording. And if that isn't enough incentive to listen, we don't know what is! Jessica and Page have gotten to know each other through a segment on Good Day Charlotte where she delivers a healthy dose of entertainment gossip, affectionately referred to as #noseyneighbornews. Recently, much of the topics of discussion on their respective shows have turned to racial injustice, civil unrest and everything else the world is juggling right now. And just when you think they have a tough job, talking about these topics live on the air each day, scroll up and re-read The Guy's resume. Yeah. He tackles these topics everyday with young students, who you know are already dealing with PLENTY. Phew. We discuss these topics and more, including the fact that Ms. Jessica is the "June" of her family, having two older brothers. Check out Jessica at @heymsjessica and The Guy wherever people are doing the Lord's work. For past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes as well. Stay safe, everyone, and thanks for listening!

Page and Jake's Takes: The Whole30 "Diet" Aug 31, 2020

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We're doing Whole30. We mean we're going on a diet. We mean we want to try to eliminate some foods from our diet. We mean Jake is going on a beard cleanse. Whatever you want to call it, we're doing it: Whole30. We've done minimal research. Page forgot to meal prep for work on Day 1. Jake plans to eat only chicken. We're off to an amazing start. Why are we doing it? Not really sure. We both know we could be making better dietary decisions, though, and a change has been a long time coming. Do we hope to lose weight and feel better? Of course. But long term if it helps us start to take baby steps toward healthier choices more consistently, well, that's probably the biggest win of them all. Can Jake survive 30 days with no IPAs? Can Page stand not having Rombauer and pretzel chips? Will they both be able to avoid charcuterie for a month!?!? We. Shall. See. Who else has given Whole30 a try? Any tips? Hacks? Crockpot recipes??? For past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes as well. Thanks for listening!

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