To L And Back: An L Word Podcast

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1.11: Liberally Jun 17, 2019

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Hey have you seen any bread… for toast? Jenny hasn't… at least not yet. Also, Alice hasn't gotten her period yet but guess what WE DON'T CARE. While everybody sorts all that out, Dana gets a haircut, Francesca and Marina continue torturing each other with wicked games, Bette prepares for a Mommi-off with Fae Buckley, Tina wants to help at-risk children at the Institute for Social Justice Mart, Shane continues falling for Cherie but first has to teach her daughter how to do putt-putt golf, and Dana and Jenny run into each other at the intersection of Sad and Hot.

Also Riese was wrong about the palms being the last lesbian bar in LA, it was actually the last lesbian bar in West Hollywood and the second to last lesbian bar in LA. The last was The Oxwood Inn in the valley.

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Episode Mixed & Edited by Lauren Karen Klein Produced by Riese Bernard, Lauren Karen Klein, and Kristin Russo

1.10: Luck, Next Time Jun 11, 2019

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This week on another gripping episode of "To L and Back," Cherie Jaffe tells Shane that in terms of what she can do for her, she needs a change; Conservatives turn out to have very different taste in art than Bette does, Dana gets set up with an Andrew, Jenny attempts to digest food and wine at a sadistic dinner party hosted by her ex-lover and her mean girlfriend, and Slim Daddy brings Kit a smoothie but she can drink her own smoothie, okay? Also Kristin is a furry.

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Episode Mixed & Edited by Lauren Karen Klein Produced by Riese Bernard, Lauren Karen Klein, and Kristin Russo

1.09: Listen Up Jun 03, 2019

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Join Riese and our guest co-host, director/writer Carly Usdin (who autowin fans will remember from Riese's original L Word Recaps) AND our special celebrity guest, writer/actor/comic Brittani Nichols, for this week's episode of "To L and Back," in which Bette and Tina join Dan Foxworthy's Special Social Group for Problematic Parents, Jenny's college buddy comes to town with binoculars and an appetite for spy work, Dana tries to explain to her parents that it's okay to be outdoorsy, and we finally get to attend West Hollywood's hottest dance party, TWAT THE NIGHT. Don't forget, little figs: everyone has feelings for their girlfriends but it doesn't mean we have to act on them!

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Episode Mixed & Edited by Lauren Karen Klein Produced by Riese Bernard, Lauren Karen Klein, and Kristin Russo

1.08: L'Ennui May 27, 2019

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Do you need a bath? Well then, you and Jenny have something in common! This week on The L Word, all tights are off and the yacht party is ON. Also: the girls stage a very important intervention with Bette and Tina in hopes of saving them from sinking into the deep, sticky quicksand of boring pregnancy conversations, Kristin has an incorrect opinion about warm milk, Dana and Lara cry in a restaurant, Lisa sent Reiki vibes to Alice and wonders if she heard them, everybody gets very drunk, people dance in various ways, there's some full-frontal nudity, and Shane has deep thoughts about love and marriage. For those riveting events and so much more, you will not want to miss this week's episode of To L and Back!

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Episode Mixed & Edited by Lauren Karen Klein Produced by Riese Bernard, Lauren Karen Klein, and Kristin Russo

1.07: Losing It May 20, 2019

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Stuff those dirty 'shrooms in your face, poke her in the face and liquor in the rear and then brace yourself for a world in which suddenly nobody has a cell phone anymore cuz if they did there'd be no plot! Jenny's still got her tights on though, just FYI, and Shane's making some valuable business connections while Tim stomps around a lot, Bette takes a trip to New York City for an art opening, and Alice rides Lisa's sensitive "lesbian-identified male" vibes. Will any of us be able to hold our horses for Twat the night? One thing's for sure: Kristin really wants to bang a gong like ten times because WHAT THE L IS GOING ON HERE

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Episode Mixed & Edited by Lauren Karen Klein Produced by Riese Bernard, Lauren Karen Klein, and Kristin Russo

1.06: Lawfully May 13, 2019

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Are you in the market for a whey protein smoothie? Well I hope so because that's what you're getting on this week's "To L and Back," in which we recap "Lawfully," a real doozy of an episode in which Alice's Mom is wild, Bette can't believe Tina is gonna wear that dress, and Kristin would like Riese to stop saying "meat" so much!

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Theme song: Be Steadwell @besteadwell Logo: Carra Sykes @carrasykes

Episode Mixed & Edited by Lauren Karen Klein Produced by Riese Bernard, Lauren Karen Klein, and Kristin Russo

1.05: Lies, Lies, Lies May 06, 2019

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Alice's eccentric mother Lenore is here and ready to lie because, at least according to Jenny's Professor Nick Whatever, "everyone's a liar, dear." But are they? Or has Hector Projector STRUCK AGAIN? Also: why is Bette being so mean? Who puts pee on a plate? Did Tim remember to DVR the slalom performance? Why isn't Lara more excited about Dana's incredible orgasm? Did Riese notice that Mr. Piddles was in the frame? This week we will tackle these questions and so many more as we discuss "Lies Lies Lies," which was honestly a very dark episode of The L Word.

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Theme song: Be Steadwell @besteadwell Logo: Carra Sykes @carrasykes

Episode Mixed & Edited by Lauren Karen Klein Produced by Riese Bernard, Lauren Karen Klein, and Kristin Russo

1.04: Longing Apr 29, 2019

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All hail Queen Peggy Peabody, who arrives this week for an art buying spree — but will she save Bette's job?? Meanwhile, Lacey has discovered the joys of flyering, Lara's finger injuries won't get in the way of her hot date with Dana and Alice debates the pros and cons of asking Gabby to step off, bitch.

Check out Autostraddle.com for your weekly episode footnotes and musical complaints.

Follow Riese everywhere at @autowin and her esteemed website @autostraddle. Join our membership program, A+, to ensure our site lasts as long as this show did!

Follow Kristin Russo everywhere @kristinnoeline.

Theme song: Be Steadwell @besteadwell Logo: Carra Sykes @carrasykes

Episode Mixed & Edited by Lauren Karen Klein Produced by Riese Bernard, Lauren Karen Klein, and Kristin Russo

0.01: Guinevere Turner Interview Apr 26, 2019

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We drank a LOT of wine with Guinevere Turner (who played Gaby Deavoux and wrote for The L Word's first two seasons) and along the way, spoke about dildos, working with your ex, the Chart's origin story, the electric Season One writers room and a fateful trip to Dinah Shore. Beware! This interview contains spoilers!

1.03: Let's Do It Apr 22, 2019

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This week on To L and Back, we've lovingly sliced tiny bits of our outstanding interview with Guinevere Turner into our recap of "Let's Do It," in which Alice pursues vaginal rejuvenation (for science!), the gals put together a mission to ascertain the disposition of one Ms Lara Perkins, Tim throws an awkward dinner party in an apron, and we all agree that pants were way too low-waisted in 2004. Also, our GIVE MIA KIRSHNER A RETROACTIVE EMMY campaign continues.

To L & Back is an Autostraddle podcast produced by Riese Bernard, Lauren "Karen" Klein, and Kristin Russo

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