Imperfect Strangers

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Working Mom Jun 18, 2021

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2021 is the year of “like, realizing things” for Melissa. Melissa and Amanda discuss the true ins and outs and emotional costs of working outside the home (or in the home remotely while parenting). Amanda, who’s been known the struggle, gives Melissa some encouragement and suggests maybe she lower some of her hygiene and cleanliness standards. Them’s already low though, Melissa cries, as her feet are now ashy and her kitchen sink is full. Dreadful, but Amanda is like, “Welcome to the real world, Melissa.” Working Moms Deserve It All, ya heard?!
Want to support Amanda and Melissa, the strangers behind your favorite new podcast? Join our Patreon! It’s AMAZING if we do say so ourselves (and we do). There you’ll find bonus content, episodes that never made air, IG Monday Night Lives you may have missed, a newsletter, private Discord chat server and so much more. You can join the club here! You can also support the show by buying your very own Imperfect Strangers merch! We have a very cool website! Go there now! We have a PRIVATE Facebook Group too. The Imperfect Strangers Podcast theme song is written and performed by Justin Beck.
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Written in the Stars: A Reading With Astrologer Andy Bellatti Jun 11, 2021

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Melissa and Amanda sit down for an illuminating discussion with astrologer Andy Bellatti to find out more about their serendipitous working relationship turned friendship. Known as synastry, synastry charts are used to examine relationships between two people, more specifically, how they may affect one another individually. Using information from both women’s birth charts, Andy was able to determine how Amanda’s personality intersects and works with Melissa’s to create this kinda-totally-functioning podcast. There’s healing and career growth to be found in this friendship which WOW! Enjoy this fascinating talk and if by the end, you’d like your birth chart read, you can find the super talented Andy at https://astrologywithandy.com, on Instagram and his podcast where cosmically, Melissa is also a guest this week!
Want to support Amanda and Melissa, the strangers behind your favorite new podcast? Join our Patreon! It’s AMAZING if we do say so ourselves (and we do). There you’ll find bonus content, episodes that never made air, IG Monday Night Lives you may have missed, a newsletter, private Discord chat server and so much more. You can join the club here! You can also support the show by buying your very own Imperfect Strangers merch! We have a very cool website! Go there now! We have a PRIVATE Facebook Group too.
The Imperfect Strangers Podcast theme song is written and performed by Justin Beck.
The trippy intro music is courtesy Pixabay.com.
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Happy Camper Jun 04, 2021

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The episode you’ve been waiting for. Did Melissa survive the kibbutz in the Catskills? Listen to find out which Beck family member couldn’t hang.
Want to support Amanda and Melissa, the strangers behind your favorite new podcast? Join our Patreon! It’s AMAZING if we do say so ourselves (and we do). There you’ll find bonus content, episodes that never made air, IG Monday Night Lives you may have missed, a newsletter, private Discord chat server and so much more. You can join the club here! You can also support the show by buying your very own Imperfect Strangers merch! We have a very cool website! Go there now! We have a PRIVATE Facebook Group too. The Imperfect Strangers Podcast theme song is written and performed by Justin Beck.
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Camp May 28, 2021

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Amanda patiently listens, like a friend would, as an overwhelmed Melissa wonders why the Prozac isn’t working yet. Then, Melissa is in deep panic about attending a kibbutz in the Catskills this coming weekend. Small talk, community bathrooms, outside, ticks, family togetherness — the woman is stressed and will not shut up about it because her husband had forbidden her from sharing her bad feelings aloud. Elsewhere in conversation, Amanda wonders how she can keep her kids from wanting all the nice things the very rich kids in town have. Melissa suggests making conformity seem like the worst.
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Black And Not That Mild: An Interview With Jade Verette May 21, 2021

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Since a recurring theme around here is turning internet friends into IRL friends, Melissa introduces Amanda to her intimidatingly cool friend Jade. When multitalented Jade Verette, half of hilarious podcast Jade + XD and half of Gettin’ Grown with Keia and Jade, is not podcasting, she’s a busy mom, chef, and drank-maker (™). Sit back and enjoy as she and Amanda bully Melissa for not yet watching Living Single. Plus, marvel at how it is all three of these women share a mutual joy of renaissance fair turkey legs. Bonus: Listen for the lighter flicks and inhales. LOL. Looks like Jade might have found her #thirdwhitefriend.
Listen to Gettin' Grown.
Listen to Jade and XD.
Check out Jade on Twitter.
Follow Jade on Instagram.
Or, you know. Just Google her.
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Best Moms Ever May 14, 2021

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As outside opens up, Melissa and Amanda talk about their anxiety with re-integrating into society and socializing again for the sake of their children. The two also discuss feeding their picky children. Fast food shame is real. Both say we moms should not villainize fast food or moms who serve it. Let’s undo that shame. It’s convenient, everybody’s still alive and healthier options are still offered (and forced). Be sure to stick around to the end to find out which celebrity did some weird shit to one of Melissa’s body parts — with consent, of course. Turns out Melissa and Amanda both have weird pleasures. It’s smelling like friendship around here!
You coming to our Zoom birthday party? Taurus season! The podcast is one year old and Amanda is turning 39. Celebrate with us May 22 at 7 pm. $20 at the door. Tickets available via Venmo @imperfectstrangers or PayPal bs.strangers@gmail.com Join us! There’s a chance to win a Cousins In This Motherfucker recording session plus a $25 gift to stranger-friend Tricia’s new most adorable sticker shop Trizzy Studios!
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Oral Sex Is Only For Nighttime May 07, 2021

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Amanda and Melissa catch up on their very adult old lady weekends. Amanda went to the nursery to buy all her flowering plants. Melissa enjoyed outdoor dining with another couple. Could you believe?! The two also discuss their Mother’s Day hopes and dreams plus a reminder that oral sex is only for nighttime. If you don’t want to see and enjoy your stranger-friends’ names in lights, you can skip the Patreon shout-outs and go directly to the episode which starts at the 4:39 mark.
Want to support Amanda and Melissa, the strangers behind your favorite new podcast? Join our Patreon! It’s AMAZING if we do say so ourselves (and we do). There you’ll find bonus content, episodes that never made air, IG Monday Night Lives you may have missed, a newsletter, private Discord chat server and so much more. You can join the club here! You can also support the show by buying your very own Imperfect Strangers merch! We have a very cool website! Go there now! We have a PRIVATE Facebook Group too. The Imperfect Strangers Podcast theme song is written and performed by Justin Beck.
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White and Nerdy: An Interview With Austin Archer Apr 30, 2021

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Melissa and Amanda branch out to meet a stranger from the Internet named Austin Archer. Austin is an actor, podcaster and content creator whose unique work is thought-provoking and fun at the same time. His content ranges from light conversations on wearing a blazer with turtlenecks to important discussions on police brutality, dismantling white supremacy, fatphobia. If it matters and you gotta be thoughtful in how you present your ideas, Austin got it. Listen as we get to know him before he gets super famous. Topics include fairies, TikTok, Hello Kitty, Weird Al Yankovick and recognizing social media toxicity toward women. Yes, he gets it so shantay he stays.
Want more Austin? You can find him on Tik Tok, making music, anywhere you listen to podcasts and Instagram.
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Parenting Your Parent Apr 23, 2021

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In this safe space, Amanda shares that her dad, lovingly known to this community as Arthur, is experiencing an unexpected health situation. As the oldest daughter, and an enneagram 5, Amanda has taken control and kicked solutions into high gear. Later in the episode, Melissa admits she’s wrong about children having phones. Egg on the face! Plus, Melissa begrudgingly loosens her Covid protocols now that she’s double vaxxed.
Want to support Amanda and Melissa, the strangers behind your favorite new podcast? Join our Patreon! It’s AMAZING if we do say so ourselves (and we do). There you’ll find bonus content, episodes that never made air, IG Monday Night Lives you may have missed, a newsletter, private Discord chat server and so much more. You can join the club here! You can also support the show by buying your very own Imperfect Strangers merch! We have a very cool website! Go there now! We have a PRIVATE Facebook Group too. The Imperfect Strangers Podcast theme song is written and performed by Justin Beck.
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TMI Apr 16, 2021

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There’s a lot going on in this episode! Amanda and Melissa intended to have arguing time because Quinn is campaigning for a phone and we all know Melissa is pulling for the girl to have one before the start of 6th grade. But before they got to that, there was discussion on white folks staying outta Black business, inexplicably My First Period and how to really use a body basal thermometer. Maybe they’re becoming friends because none of this felt weird. LOL.
Want to support Amanda and Melissa, the strangers behind your favorite new podcast? Join our Patreon! It’s AMAZING if we do say so ourselves (and we do). There you’ll find bonus content, episodes that never made air, IG Monday Night Lives you may have missed, a newsletter, private Discord chat server and so much more. You can join the club here! You can also support the show by buying your very own Imperfect Strangers merch! We have a very cool website! Go there now! We have a PRIVATE Facebook Group too. The Imperfect Strangers Podcast theme song is written and performed by Justin Beck.
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