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Easy Listening - Ep. 101 - I’ve Got a Secret Mar 11, 2021

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Theft. Affairs. A debilitating illness. A whole other family hidden somewhere else. Some secrets are way too big to tell. Others are way too big to keep. No matter what your secret is, take some comfort in knowing we all have them. And sometimes the best thing you can do is set them free. Today’s episode of Easy Listening is all about secrets - how they start and why we keep them. And if you listen closely, you’ll probably hear us share some of our own. I’m GG and I’m TS. Welcome to the show.

Easy Listening - Ep. 100 - Michael Barbaro Makes You Go Hmmm Mar 04, 2021

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We’ve cried over the injustice of a missing college student, and we’ve laughed at Leah Remini cursing. We’ve lived through being bored in the house, with help in our earbuds from all the podcasts we’ve loved. We've even added virologists to our list of favorite podcast hosts. Podcasts, we love you. We have loved you so hard for 100 episodes. We play clips, we kibbitz, and we share our favorites. This is Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. Teresa Strasser and Gina Grad. welcome you to the show.

Easy Listening - Ep. 99 - At Some Point, Salma, We Have to Call a Crazy Person a Crazy Person Feb 25, 2021

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If we were to make the perfect woman, we might make her a gorgeous actress with the patience of a saint, and enough courage to fend off men who are monsters. We make her fiercely loyal to those turned into pop culture punchlines. This nearly perfect woman looks a lot like Salma Hayek. We only know that because of the honest, funny interview she recently gave to Marc Maron. We get into it on this week’s Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser welcome you to the show!

Easy Listening Ep. 98 - Sports Prodigies: ESPN Makes Us Care About Soccer Feb 18, 2021

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Here we are in the middle of a pandemic, and you might be asking yourself, what do I need in a new podcast? Some crime or comedy or star power? How about an in-depth look at a teenage soccer player whose name you forget if you ever knew it. But that’s precisely what you need, for reasons that I can and can’t explain. It’s a beautifully told American story, from a top notch sports writer who goes deep. This is Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts, Teresa Strasser and GIna Grad welcome you to the show!

Easy Listening - Ep. 97 - Adam Carolla and the Trump Fixer Feb 11, 2021

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We are coming at you hotter than a pair of Jewish space lasers! Trump’s fixer Michael Cohen and Adam Carolla got together and something amazing happened. The conversation was part of both of their podcasts and -- they disagree. And it’s civil. And then they actually kind of agree, on lots of things. We think you will enjoy this interview. We found it highly entertaining and actually important. It’s all here on Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. Teresa Strasser and GIna Grad welcome you to the show.

Easy Listening - Ep. 96 - The Queens of Kvetch: Fran Lebowitz and Julie Klausner Feb 04, 2021

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If you don’t like Fran Lebowitz, we don’t want to hear it. What we do want to hear is the greatest New Yorker talking all things Manhattan during the pandemic with another great New Yorker, Julie Klausner. This is an explosion of Judaism not unlike if you wired explosives into Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dreidel. It’s everything great about documentaries, New York City and the art and soul of the spoken word. This is Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. Teresa Strasser and Gina Grad welcome you!

Easy Listening - Ep. 95 - An Apology Hotline is Sorry Not Sorry Jan 28, 2021

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I don’t know if apologizing to an anonymous phone line cleanses the soul, but the process does seem to appeal to a wide swath of humanity. Today we are ringing up The Apology Line, a new podcast series from Wondry that will have you wondering about the benefits and costs of anonymity and the power of confession. We got clips with a side of kibbitz on Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. Teresa Strasser and Gina Grad welcome you to the show. That was kind of rambling. I’m sorry. Forgive me.

Easy Listening - Ep. 94 - This is Why You’re Stuck Jan 21, 2021

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If the existence of other people’s pandemic projects makes you feel icky inside, because you know you could write that book or upload that video, but you’re stuck – you really need to hear this. The American godmother of creativity, Julie Cameron, makes a podcast appearance and something she says will certainly help you across that bridge – and get you creating! We share our favorite podcasts of the week, served with a side of kibbitz. Teresa Strasser and Gina Grad host Easy Listening!

Easy Listening - Ep. 93 - Part II Hilaria and the Baldwinitos Jan 14, 2021

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Hilaria Baldwin’s podcast heavily pushes her Spanish identity. Meanwhile, what do you do when one of your kids claims to be Spanish, but you know you’re not and she’s not? Hilaria’s madre had to decide whether or not to throw her daughter under EL AUTOBUS. Speaking of moms, Hilaria’s mom podcast lead us to our new favorite celebrity step mom. We’ve got all the clips with a side of kibbitz here on Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts. Teresa Strasser and Gina Grad welcome you to the show!

Easy Listening - Ep. 92 - We are all Hilaria Jan 07, 2021

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Who hasn’t told a little white lie? It’s often harmless and leaves us looking more mysterious to folks. But when this tiny fib blossoms into a full blown scandal, you have to make a choice - do you double down, or do you come clean? This week, we discuss the controversy over Hilaria Baldwin’s made up accent and her podcast, which is pretty good. This is Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts, serving up samples of our favorite shows of the week. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser welcome you to the show.

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