Friday Candy the Podcast

Wedding night goth girl! Batman! Catwoman! A desperate craving for Jurassic Park! Can this really be marital bliss?

ABOUT EPISODE 18

This episode is all about long term relationships: the real-life joys and sorrows of the give-and-take required to stay together day after day, and year after year.

Sticking with anything for 1, 5, or 50 years takes a lot of hard work and focused attention. But, long term commitments also offer us un...

Sleigh bells! Santa Claus! Cinnamon! And the blood of a thousand armadillos! This episode is all about thriving - and not just surviving - this holiday season.

ABOUT EPISODE 17: Holly Jolly, Melancholy!

For a lot of people, the holidays can be A LOT. This part of the year can be a complicated cocktail of nostalgia and change, where expectations and traditions often clash. Stir in a bit of family drama, a dash of seasonal dep...

Hammama trauma! Harry Styles! Helicopters! How to shower! And the life-changing art of Japanese Misogi!

Episode 16 is all about getting as comfy as possible…but also, it’s about stepping out of our comfort zones! One of the scariest and most fun things about stepping out of your comfort zone is that you never really know what’s going to happen: you might discover a new hobby, you might score a new job, you might even meet your spo...

Greek goddesses! Croatian cuties! Volleyball vixens! Dancing Queen! Cyndi Lauper! And the legendary axe-woman Paulette Bunyan!

This episode is all about friendship! These special relationships can come in a million shapes and sizes: best friends, work friends, school friends, chatty neighbors, and casual acquaintances! But all friendships are valuable - they help to fight off loneliness and enrich our lives with companionship, hope...

Sewer snakes! Sinkholes! Social Anxiety! Episode 14 of Friday Candy the Podcast is all about fear!

No question about it, there is a lot of scary stuff out there in the world! And on today’s show, we are wandering into the deep dark forest of the sub-conscious to try and discover the sources of our fears, the strange and ridiculous ways in which they manifest in everyday life, and how we might confront and conquer the monsters that ...

UFOs! Full moons! The Bermuda Triangle! The lost tomb of Alexander the Great! Rabbit holes! Black holes! And the (almost nearly) true story of the mysterious Disappearance of Lisa D!

I think we can all agree, life is full of mysteries - they’re everywhere! From Easter Island to the Bermuda triangle, from the Ghost ship Mary Celeste to the Lost Colony of Roanoke - there are just so many strange and unexplained things out in our world...

Road trips! Country Music! Ballgames! Teddy Roosevelt! Tennessee sunsets! And SO MANY CORN DOGS! Episode 12 of Friday Candy the Podcast is ALL ABOUT AMERICA, BABIES!

We talk a lot about living abroad and traveling around Europe on this show, but this episode is all about America, baby! And since we just spent the summer with friends and family back home, we decided it was time to celebrate what we love most about the good ol’ U S A...

We're back, babies! Welcome to Season Two of Friday Candy the Podcast! This episode is full of freaks, (mis)matched lovers, Joy Reports, the Spice Girls, and SO many boyz (also, we reveal the truth about Ashlyn's many enemies)!

'Match My Freak' is all about how very different people can find one another, decide to stick together, and then negotiate the ups and downs of life with one another. As you will hear in the stories ahead, p...

Life's big questions! The wheel of destiny! Apricots! Peaches! Figs! A self-care nightmare! Baby #3! This is our 'sexiest' episode yet!

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Episode 10 of Friday Candy The Podcast is all about making decisions: good decisions, bad decisions, even ‘non-decision decisions.’ Every day of our lives is full of decisions - from the minor to the major. This constant decision making can be exhilarating, sure, but it can also be exhausting. So...

Ashlyn the dolphin-trainer! Austin as Paris' worst tour guide! Guess that job! Scrooge McDuck money! Ancient Greek wisdom! Honky tonkin'! Indiana Jones! Pretty good life advice from Uncle Austin! And, of course, an all new jer reperts! Today’s show is all about growing up and going to work. Whether that’s teaching, raising kids, building decks, or decoding ancient messages like Indiana Jones - there are about a million jobs out the...

Home birth! A dark and stormy night! Magical midwives! An epic road trip! Beyoncé! Babies on bikes! Super love! And, obviously, Thor, the God of Thunder!

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Today’s show is our biggest and most personal yet. 'Becoming Mom and Dad' is all about the transition into parenthood - that strange and sacred transformation from normal, peaceful, relatively rational adults into…well…into parenthood. But don’t worry, we’ve done our best to avo...

Pack your bags, throw on a beret, and grab a baguette! On this episode of Friday Candy: The Podcast, we're heading off to The Old World to experience 'la dolce vita' - the sweet life. Featuring some of our favorite travel tales from Italy, Switzerland, and the Greek Islands as well as a thoughtful conversation about the practical realities of moving from the US to Denmark (and then Spain), Episode 02 is a mixed bag of internationa...

Buckle Up Lovers! And welcome to Episode 1 of Friday Candy the Podcast with Ashlyn and Austin Sailsbury. In this episode we share the story of our 'meet cute' as well as some of the relationship lessons we've learned over the past 15 years; it's our take on long-distance dating, moving to Europe, the changing nature of longterm partnerships, and how to know if you've found 'the one!'. Also, we share a brand new 'Joy Report' and a...