Please Clarify

Please Clarify

Kalen and Emily are pros at managing email culture. They’re also pros at sharing their unsolicited thoughts, opinions, and advice about everything from capitalism to pop culture. Join these best friends as they recount stories of navigating the non-profit industrial complex, question the “business as usual” approach to life, and laugh so hard they forget what they’re talking about. Kalen and Emily welcome you as they try to find clarity in this messy but beautiful life.

Episodes

November 7, 2023 37 mins

Growing up is realizing you are the only person responsible for you. Developing a plan to nurture the relationship with yourself is key to becoming the person you want to be. In the meantime, however, there can be tension between who you’ve been socialized to be and the way you actually want to live–this tension requires our attention and tending. Particularly as we navigate the Loneliness Epidemic, it becomes increasingly pertinen...

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When you think about the relationships in your lives, which do you find yourself dedicating more time and energy towards? Your friendships? The ones with your family? A partner (romantic or otherwise)? What about yourself? 

In this episode, Kalen and Emily talk about the glorification of romantic love as being ~the love~ everyone should strive for. As two people who never placed that much of a priority on romantic love, our hosts br...

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May 25, 2023 47 mins

Grad school is all strategy. Seriously! Join us for part 2 of our grad school episode where we talk funding, #studentloans (looking at you Joe 👀), how to make the most of your grad program, and what we ultimately hope to do with these degrees (besides hanging them on our walls like Emily, or knowing that they’re “somewhere” in our parents’ house like Kalen).

*Editor's Note/A Note from Emily: Hey ya'll, please no...

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April 5, 2023 56 mins

Pandemic Learning wasn’t just for the kiddos. Emily and Kalen went into the thick of it too. (Please tell us you read that in the voice of Uniqua, Tyrone, and Pablo… Yes, we’re chronically online.) In this episode, our hosts share a glimpse into virtual learning and offer tips on strategically applying to grad school and navigating the admissions process. In typical fashion, this episode takes you a little bit everywhere, so buckle...

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March 1, 2023 54 mins

Kalen and Emily are excited to welcome you to Season 2 of Please Clarify: At Your Big Age. This season, our hosts are sharing their unofficial guidebook to navigating your 20s and preparing for the big 3-0. You could say it’s life according to Emily and Kalen. Join them on an adventure where they recount the trenches of grad school, discuss the importance of intimacy in all relationships, and give tips on remaining hopeful in the f...

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December 31, 2022 37 mins

July 2022. Emily and Kalen have a soul check-in, discuss maintaining patience during “the wait," and joyfully manifest liberation for their futures. Also, who sent Emily a subscription to Essence?

Thank you for being part of our 2022! We look forward to bringing you a new season in 2023.
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December 6, 2022 42 mins

June 2022. Emily and Kalen talk education, career paths, and making the best of it. (Plus, why we only applied to one job post-college.)

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November 22, 2022 48 mins

April 2022. Emily and Kalen talk values, their friendship origin story, and the meaning behind "Please Clarify." 

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