2025 is here, y’all and it’s our 2-year podcast-a-versary! You know the best gift you could give us? A review and a follow - and sharing an episode with a friend! Our website is pushingpastpolitepodcast.com, and you can find us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube @pushingpastpolite)
On Episode 32, we acknowledge how 2025 started off with a bang - raging wildfires in California and an ice storm with no water for most of the Richmond, Virginia metro area. We trace so much of the climate crisis to removing control of the land from indigenous peoples! Other topics include State Farm dropping coverage for folks due to fire risk and trying to remember which spokesperson represents them in the commercials. Also, words are hard, Dora the Explorer, Tinder, the Red One Christmas movie on Netflix, Luigi being charged with terrorism, universal health care, reproductive rights, election fundraising, Ukraine, Gaza, capitalism, a great quote from Maggie Smith, Gwen Stefani teaching us to spell bananas, a beautiful duet popularized by Sara Bareillis and Jason Mraz, Hope Floats, Debbie from Alabama, modern friendships described as water features, pulled muscles and snow blower sales, Washington Commander suite seats, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, the Lion King, our current reading lists, and the Santa-Mommy connection.
The core of this episode is a reflective pause at the start of a new year using a set of journal prompts from Laura Tremaine:
- What will you remember from 2024?
- Who mattered to you in 2024?
- Where did you find peace?
- What were your triumphs?
- What was the biggest lesson you learned?
- What do you want to leave behind in 2024?
- What do you want to carry forward into 2025?
Think about it, journal if you want, and talk about it with people you love and trust. Let’s buckle up for 2025 together! Talk soon!
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