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Ep.54 –Creating Amidst Chaos ft Nikole Michelle Mar 04, 2024

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Today on the show Angela gives Nikole the floor to tell her childhood tales of being pasture-raised as a true CPS princess (reverently). We get into boundary setting with family members, holding onto your creativity when life throws you a hard deck of cards, navigating co-parenting, the in-between of fulfillment and community building, and full on fist fights in middle school. The life she has built for herself is a constant beacon of inspiration. There’s a little of everything— and if there’s one thing about us? We’re gonna keep it truckin’.

GIDDYUP & XOXO, Unpolished Girlies

Ps- DFW friends, her gorgeous photography lives here (she is currently accepting new clients) IG: @photosbynikolemichelle

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Ep.53 –A Younger Brother Tell All ft Outlaw Brandon Feb 28, 2024

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This week, while Angela was with her family on vacation, we decided to throw a wild card in the mix and Kendall brought her brother, Brandon, on to answer questions submitted by the listeners. And what a ride.

Questions covered ranged from weirdest dates, childhood dynamics, icks, and favorite books— with hilarious stories about getting hit by a car, crying in the club, pursuing older women, and the shocking thing he did at an ex-girlfriend’s family get together.

This episode is peppered with heartfelt sentiments and outlandish tales, and we hope you love every minute of it.

As an aside, this episode is not kid or workplace friendly. You’ve been warned- lol.

XO The Unpolished girlies

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Ep.52 –Postcard from Jacksonville Feb 19, 2024

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Howdy from Jacksonville TX 🤠

Angela and Kendall had the rare joy to be together in-person for a weekend of laughing, crying, birthday and baby celebrating & experiencing the spiritual wellness space that is Hotel Ritual.

Our hope for this episode is to talk about why hard things are worth it, that showing up is always worth the potential hiccups and always pays dividends in friendships, in connections, in magic & if you’re a really lucky dog- in creme brûlée.

At the end of the day, you’ll forget the rain— but hold the rainbows in your heart forever.

May this little audio postcard find you well. We love you.

Xoxo

Hotelritualtexas.com

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Ep.51 –Would Mother God Be Invited to The Kris Jenner Christmas Party? Feb 12, 2024

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Welcome to a personal favorite hyper-fixation of ours: cults. Lucky for you, we wrangled a cult/pop culture aficionado to add to our mania: our friend Hailie Durrett, to dissect the documentary Love Has Won.

From Reddit receipts to vanity fair to personal insights- we’re going innnnn.

Let’s back up to set the scene for the tea spillage—- Love Has Won: the Cult of Mother God (also known as the Galactic Federation of Light and 5D Full Disclosure) is a 3 part documentary series on HBO about a woman named Amy Carlson. Our girl Amy is a mother of 3 who is a manager of a McDonalds in Houston,Texas. One day she up and disappears, changes her name, and begins leading thousands of people under the self proclamation of being a divine being (who is 19 billion years old) who birthed the entire world. Well, folks, after watching, we clearly have thoughts.

Haven’t seen the documentary? Fear not- you’re gonna get a very detailed spark notes of events.

Thank you for tuning in. It’s a wild ride, but this is who we are.

Love, your wanna be cult leaders, Angela, Hailie, and Kendall

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Links; Vanity Fair article referenced:

Mother God, Robin Williams, and Alcohol as Medicine: Inside Love Has Won | Vanity Fair

Say hi to our bestie Hailie on IG: @hailiedurrett

Ep.50 –Dear Pluto, Do You Like The Name Asthma? Feb 05, 2024

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Hiii- If this episode made it into your orbit, I’m sure Pluto appreciates the company. Today on The Unpolished, we talk about Pluto transitioning into Aquarius until 2044, baby name ideas (?), and a cringey tale of mid 2000s lore at the mall (with a Gilmore Girl reference, we love to see it). A shortie today, but trust- some things are better off left on the cutting floor. Next week we’re getting into Love Has Won: Mother God if you want to follow along.

XOXO

Say Hi on Instagram: @the.unpolished How to find your Pluto placement: (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT87qabRY/) App mentioned (easy place to start for reading your birth chart): costar

Ep.49 –Motherhood Exposé with Joanna Waterfall Jan 30, 2024

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We were fortunate enough to have Joanna Waterfall on The Unpolished today, to talk about the pulse of motherhood that needs a little more light shine on it. From how we navigate spirituality beliefs with young children to birth story letdown to sitting in the hardship in sleepless nights, we bring out a more tender side to the show today. If you’re a fellow parent or interested in becoming a parent, we hope you left with a tidbit or two, and we love this first standing segment on our show, giving a chance to converse with beautiful and wise mothers walking this big ol’ earth rock with us.

We love you!

Book mentioned: The Parent’s Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice to Modern Parents: https://amzn.to/42mTvvV (https://amzn.to/42mTvvV)

Find Joanna here: @joannawaterfall

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Ep.48 –Does My AI Wax or Shave Jan 22, 2024

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It's a twisty road as you've come to expect on the show ranging from AI to Suite Life of Zac and Cody to Naked Attraction. In this episode, we introduce what we hope is a semi-regular segment on the pod: a listener dropped voice memo about pubic hair.. trends?

We hope you enjoy, laugh, or leave slightly frightened.

PS. As it stands, it's still not confirmed if Angela forgives Kendall for the cardinal offense of recommending a concealer that creased on her.

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Ep.47 –Hokas Pocus Jan 15, 2024

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This episode is us in our usual form, throwing verbal spaghetti at our mics for your weekly dose of unhinged.

We begin with our (non spoiler) takes on saltburn, and from there it’s everything from cooking hacks to anklets,with a pit stop into serious town where we talk about how social media affects creativity. Kendall reads an article from the substack “Monday, Monday” that explains why the author chose to permanently log off. Followed by landing the plane at boujee socks, worn out sneakers, and hairy legs.

This episode is equal parts dallying around and introspection, and we hope you enjoy the ride.

REFERENCED:

Tiktok: @mac.larena

Amazon jean button hack: https://a.co/d/cImIgzT

Anna Fusco of @lordcowboy

Article read from Monday, Monday- a substack by Marlee Grace

Socks: https://shop.bombas.com/

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Ep.46 –Crows Remember Your Resolutions Jan 08, 2024

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Episode 4

I fear we’ve lost the plot because this episode quite frankly is a mish mosh of interests ranging from the Kindle Oasis to crows holding grudges to psychics solving crimes? Throw in some poetry and face oil and you’ve got yourself the inner workings of the minds of two adhd mothers in suburbia just trying to reorient in 2024.

Our promise to ourselves and to the listeners is that we would show up, disheveled or not, to invite you along to the party. We mean it with our full chest (32B and 36HH).

Love you, enjoy the ride!

Products mentioned: 1) Best Skin Ever Seabuckhorn Oil- https://livinglibations.com/ 2) Kindle Oasis (can buy refurbished on Amazon to save cash) 3) Notes on Shapeshifting by Gabi Abraro- https://www.amazon.com/Notes-Shapeshifting-Gabi-Abr%C3%A3o/dp/1945649828

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Ep.43 –The Unpolished Hard Launch Jan 01, 2024

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Episode 1.

Of the new name, at least. 2024, it’s us. And we’re comin’ in HAUTE. I mean, hot. I mean, we’re actually just sweaty after a full rebrand. But welcome to The UNpolished.

In this episode, we pull back the curtains on why, after 3 years of Woo Woo School, we felt it was in alignment to pivot.

In this candid conversation, we speak about the evolution of deciding to amazon prime microphones to our doors and blast our thoughts on air— and how it’s changed our lives. Things we touch on:

What you can expect going forward
Why we decided to change the name/content
What worked and what didn’t
The importance of staying in the flow of what art asks of you

Thank you for joining us in this audio diary, and we are SO excited for what is to come.

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