The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge from KFUO Radio
Have you scrolled through your podcasts, searching for one that catches your ear - a place you can escape to with inviting conversations, laughter, and fellowship with your Lutheran sisters? Look no further! Join Sarah, Erin, Rachel, and Bri on the sofa in the Lutheran Ladies Lounge, a podcast oasis for you, dear sisters, to sit, rest your feet, and stay a while. And on the way out, we’ll check your lipstick. The Lutheran Ladies Lounge is produced by KFUO Radio and available wherever you get your podcasts.
Episodes
September 29, 2023 • 48 mins
Our intrepid kitchen scientist Erin wanted to know: Which is the undisputed queen of dessert bars on the Lutheran potluck table?
So, using Maximum Science™, she took to Facebook to help her find out. Beginning with a call for nominations that resulted in dozens of entries, she whittled the list of competitors down to eight, then used a series of polls to determine the ultimate winner. Throughout all seven Facebook polls, Luthe...
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September 22, 2023 • 32 mins
Inspired by Bri’s Greatest Hits and the 200th episode of The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge, Sarah, Erin, and Rachel are each revisiting their own favorite episodes from the past four years of podcasting.
This week, Sarah looks back (laughing) at her all-time-favorite Trivia Challenge, in which she got to show off her rarefied knowledge of how to spell “pączki.”
It’s Episode 22: Rachel’s Trivia Challenge—Mardi Gras
From the...
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September 15, 2023 • 81 mins
Inspired by Bri’s Greatest Hits and the 200th episode of The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge, Sarah, Erin, and Rachel are each revisiting their own favorite episodes from the past four years of podcasting.
This week, Erin revisits an unforgettable conversation with Elizabeth Entenmann, recorded in October 2021 to commemorate Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.
It’s Episode 105: Erin’s One Question Interview
From the or...
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September 8, 2023 • 59 mins
Inspired by Bri’s Greatest Hits and the 200th episode of The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge, Sarah, Erin, and Rachel are each revisiting their own favorite episodes from the past four years of podcasting.
This week, Rachel takes us back to May, 2020—the height of the pandemic lockdown—remembering with appreciation an episode that not only brought laughter to lonely days but also epitomized a classic feature of Lutheran life and fello...
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September 1, 2023 • 70 mins
As Bri Gerzevske prepared to leave The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge after nearly four years as a cohost, she took a little stroll down memory lane, revisiting and recording new intros for five of her all-time favorite episodes.
It’s Bri’s Greatest Hits — #5 BONUS. The Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Brigade
In this April 1, 2022 episode, Anthems of Zionauthor Katie Schuermann joins Sarah, Erin, Bri, and Rachel for a Bradbury-inspired epis...
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August 25, 2023 • 52 mins
As Bri Gerzevske prepared to leave The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge after nearly four years as a cohost, she took a little stroll down memory lane, revisiting and recording new intros for five of her all-time favorite episodes.
It’s Bri’s Greatest Hits — #4. Financial Peace University Radio Theatre
In this August 2022 episode, Bri and the Ladies explore fiscal responsibility and ways to spend wisely during tight financial times...
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August 18, 2023 • 63 mins
As Bri Gerzevske prepared to leave The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge after nearly four years as a cohost, she took a little stroll down memory lane, revisiting and recording new intros for five of her all-time favorite episodes.
It’s Bri’s Greatest Hits — #3. The Walther League
In this December 2021 episode, Sarah explores the rise and fall of the Walther League, spotlighting the many people and organizations—Walter A. Maier, th...
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August 11, 2023 • 62 mins
As Bri Gerzevske prepared to leave The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge after nearly four years as a cohost, she took a little stroll down memory lane, revisiting and recording new intros for five of her all-time favorite episodes.
It’s Bri’s Greatest Hits — #2. I Don’t Want to Have the Prayer
In this November 2020 episode, Rachel lead Sarah, Erin, and Bri in a book club recap discussion of Karen Kuhlmann Averitt’s memoir I Don’t W...
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August 4, 2023 • 33 mins
As Bri Gerzevske prepared to leave The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge after nearly four years as a cohost, she took a little stroll down memory lane, revisiting and recording new intros for five of her all-time favorite episodes.
It’s Bri’s Greatest Hits — #1. Slaw Yeah.
In this “Erin’s Recipe Card” episode, which first aired in July 2020, Erin introduced Sarah, Bri, and Rachel to a tangy twist on a summertime favorite: Cowboy C...
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July 28, 2023 • 46 mins
It’s our 200th episode — and to celebrate, our faithful Lutheran Ladies (and their faithful listener friends) are creating new stanzas for Herman Stuempfle’s hymn “For All the Faithful Women” (LSB 855).
Featuring 31 original lyric tributes — to Anna, Esther, the Hebrew midwives, Tirzah, “that Proverbs 31 woman,” and Lutheran women everywhere — these new stanzas are sure to inspire laughter, tears, and a new appreciation for your...
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July 21, 2023 • 54 mins
In this Lutheran Ladies’ Book Club recap episode, Rachel leads Sarah and Erin in an epic conversation of C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength.
What broad cultural trends did Lewis notice and write into this still-eerily-relevant novel that are still bearing fruit even today? How can his insights about how worldly organizations function help us build godly Christian communities? What can we learn about spiritual warfare — especia...
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July 14, 2023 • 77 mins
In this bittersweet episode, the Ladies throw a surprise farewell party for Brianne Gerzevske, who, after four years of faithful service, is leaving the Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge.
Beginning with “Top 10 Moments in Bri-story,” the festivities continue with a custom Mad-Lib, a “Wear Sunscreen”-style commencement address, a colorful cake reveal, and a card shower.
From cooking with fruit snacks to reinventing Chrismons to aski...
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July 7, 2023 • 40 mins
On June 23, the Lutheran Ladies had the honor and pleasure of presenting a live stage show version of their podcast as the Saturday night entertainment at the LWML National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This week, we’re sharing part 2 of our audio highlights from the show. In today’s episode, enjoy the following segments:
Game Show: Lutheran Lady Feud
Interlude: Projectile Swag Break
Hymn Sing with Sarah: "Liste...
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June 30, 2023 • 37 mins
On June 23, the Lutheran Ladies had the honor and pleasure of presenting a live stage show version of their podcast as the Saturday night entertainment at the LWML National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This week and next, we’ll be sharing audio highlights from the show. In today’s episode, enjoy the following segments:
Introduction
Rachel’s Trivia Challenge: Interesting Wisconsin Facts #1
Bri’s Radio Theatre: ...
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June 23, 2023 • 31 mins
In honor of the great state of Wisconsin (currently hosting the LWML National Convention and the Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge cohosts), Erin devotes her latest Recipe Card episode to a quintessential Dairyland delicacy: the cream puff.
Despite some initial trepidation, Erin shows her fellow Ladies how easy, delicious, and not-at-all-scary homemade cream puffs can actually be.
“This would not have occurred to me,” says Erin, ex...
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June 16, 2023 • 24 mins
Take a dill pickle. Wrap it up in lunch meat and cream cheese. Slice it into bite-sized nuggets. What do you get? Dill pickle roll-ups — AKA Lutheran Sushi!
In this Wild Card episode, Bri offers a loving tribute to this most midwestern of Lutheran potluck appetizers. She leads Sarah, Erin, and Rachel in sharing memories of their encounters with and opinions of this culinary cultural icon before ending the episode with an origin...
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June 9, 2023 • 45 mins
In this Hymn Sing episode, Sarah makes a long-overdue foray into hymns for and about baptism.
Beginning with an unexpected set of poll results from the Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook group, Sarah goes on to relate the backstories of several crowd favorite baptism hymns. Which of these water-and Spirit-drenched hymns does Sarah most love? Which does she not love so well?
Hymns covered in this episode include “Father Welco...
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June 2, 2023 • 44 mins
It’s confirmation season, when young catechumens everywhere stand up before their congregations to confess their faith and show off their in-depth knowledge of Luther’s Small Catechism. But how much do the Lutheran Ladies know about the Small Catechism (and catechisms in general)? How much do you know?
In this installment of Rachel’s Trivia Challenge, Rachel quizzes Sarah, Erin, and Bri to see what they remember from their own...
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May 26, 2023 • 32 mins
Emilie Juliane (sometimes alternatively spelled Ämilie or Aemilie; 1637—1706) was a devout Lutheran lady, Countess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt — and one of the most prolific of all German female hymn-writers, with almost 600 hymns attributed to her authorship.
In this Story Time episode, Sarah delves into the now-relatively-obscure life of one of 17th century Lutheranism’s most noteworthy women, beginning with her tragic and turb...
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May 19, 2023 • 65 mins
Molly Lackey is social media and special projects assistant at the Concordia Historical Institute in Saint Louis, Missouri, and author of Confessing Jesus: The Heart of Being a Lutheran.
In this “Conversations with Creatives” episode, Molly nerds out with the Ladies about “cottage core,” Japanese artist Sadao Watanabe, archival photographs and artifacts, fonts and paint colors, the history of LCMS missions, and much more.
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