High Expectations Podcast
High Expectations is a podcast by New Zealand women about relationships, pop culture, friendship, films, books, sex positivity, music, and whatever we feel like talking about!
Episodes
July 7, 2019 • 25 mins
It's our last episode!! (Maybe, probably) Join us as we take a look back at High Expectations and review our original thoughts for what the show was going to be, explain why we're finishing, and Ellen sings the greatest mailbag song of all time.
Thank you for listening, we will miss you. Enjoy the back catalogue xx
Special thanks to Apryl, Brent, Emily, Justine, LJ, Lily, Mariah, Meg, and Sean for all the extra support over the y...
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June 4, 2019 • 32 mins
Do you love dogs n puppies? This is the episode for you! Join the two goodest girls as we talk about the dogs have now and the ones we grew up with! We share some dog raising tips, and answer the classic question, if you were a dog, which would you be??
Thanks to Mariah Avix for being out outroist.
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May 27, 2019 • 30 mins
Leaving everything to chance, we tackle randomly generated conversation starter topics and learn new things about each other. If you have trouble busting out of small talk, you've come to the right place!
Thanks to Mariah Avix for being our resident outroist
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May 14, 2019 • 30 mins
Jaslyn has a bullet journal, Ellen has a feelings journal! Our styles are so different but benefit our lives in similar ways. We share our custom creations with you and how they help us, because sometimes things are better analogue.
Thanks to Mariah for being our outroist.
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May 7, 2019 • 33 mins
Everybody has a case of The Lonelies, sometimes. We share our experiences being lonely and the ways we can manage it. Come get a hug from Ellen and Jaslyn.
Thanks to our outroist Mariah Avix
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April 30, 2019 • 31 mins
We all love a good breakup song! We go through our favourites and talk about the times they've been there for us.
Thanks to Mariah Avix for being our outroist.
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April 23, 2019 • 32 mins
Jaslyn and Ellen discuss all things crushes. They share stories from their crush filled pasts, including the entertaining workplace crush and the dreaded straight girl crush. Whether you love them or hate them, crushes are an inevitable part of life, and your High Ex hosts give their best tips for when you’re crushing hard. Enjoy a fun filled episode on one of their favourite topics.
Thanks to our outroist Mariah Avix.
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April 16, 2019 • 28 mins
We rate the advice in r/AskMen about denied hugs, loud sex, micro penises, and more! Then Ellen sings a mailbag song and we hear about a fleshlight injustice!
Thanks for the outro Brent from Home Video Hustle!
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April 9, 2019 • 33 mins
It's an experimental homage to classic Beavis & Butthead. You can watch along with us in real time, using this play list:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ-ppjFlIpmeAPHZ_JmfE4MTV8imOHE6a
The songs:
Carly Rae Jepsen - Now That I Found You
Disclosure ft Lorde - Magnets
Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better
The Killers - Just Another Girl
The 1975 - Sincerity Is Scary
The Flaming Lips - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
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April 2, 2019 • 38 mins
We explore our love for the popular YouTube genres of clothing hauls and eating challenges. Is it ethical to watch them? Is The Algorithm our friend?
Thanks to our Resident Outroist, Mariah Avix of 600 Second Saga.
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March 26, 2019 • 34 mins
To celebrate International Women's Day, your favourite question answerers, ElleN and Jizzlyn, return to take on Reddit's AskWomen.
Thanks to our Resident Outroist, Mariah Avix of 600 Second Saga.
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March 12, 2019 • 33 mins
We play a game of Sexcapades! Featuring Rowan Atkinson, Emma Stone, A Burger, Jeff Goldblum, and many more celebs with awkward consequences.
Outro by Mariah Avix
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March 5, 2019 • 42 mins
Welcome to Season 4! As promised in our S3 finale, this the epic story of how we met, and how we became best friends. It's the story of a friendship built on chips and chats!
Outro cameo by Alysa from Best Forevers: A Podcast for Kindred Spirits
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October 23, 2018 • 58 mins
In this fun double episode finale, Ellen and Jaslyn reveal just how obsessed they are with each other by doing the Best Friend Tag! They reveal what they love and hate about each other, guess where they'll be in 7 years, and get all binary with labels like: Winter/Summer, Blue/Pink, Fast Food/Fruits, and so many more!
Ellen busts out the final mailbox song and there's shoutouts for other shows to enjoy. Thanks to all who have liste...
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October 9, 2018 • 41 mins
We're nostalgic about what games we liked playing when we were younger, from video games to outdoor fun! Jaslyn is forever haunted by Black & White, had a World of Warcraft romance fail, and played chill games for music listening. Ellen loves Crash Bandicoot, is frustrated by Kirby's Pinball Land, and got in trouble for water fighting! We're confused about game controller terminology and probably have you yelling at your podcast a...
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September 25, 2018 • 46 mins
It’s our fourth Sorry Your Wonderful episode! We have a special guest all the way from the UK, our friend Laura-Jane! In this episode LJ takes us back to 2007-2008 during her internship in New York. We hear all the juicy details from email correspondence sent to a close friend. LJ’s adventures detail getting stressed on the freeway, falling arse over tit by a hot tub, living for pumpkin pie, making friends, making enemies, and mee...
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September 11, 2018 • 35 mins
Please welcome special guest Sarah! In this episode two bright eyed bushy tailed musical lovers (Ellen and Sarah) discuss their love of the Mamma Mia franchise (with spoilers). Jaslyn provides much needed respite from the musical hype in defence of the musical haters out there. While Sarah and Ellen provide our listeners with additional context for Mamma Mia!, Jaslyn discusses her dislike for characters singing and dancing ‘out of ...
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August 28, 2018 • 33 mins
In this episode, Sean AKA Steel Pipes, shares his LiveJournal entries from a politically conscious 13 year old to a modern day gay bar regular, yes he still uses his LiveJournal. Follow along with Ellen and Jaslyn while Ellen’s “longest” friend covers adventures from of his confusing crushes on the lead singer of a-ha and the drummer of Fall Out Boy, to vandalism involving a pastry brush. Sean would like this episode to be renamed ...
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August 14, 2018 • 35 mins
The one in which we discuss our memories of the 1990s. We cover the music, fashion, TV, toys and movies that defined the decade. Dial up gets a decent shout out as we explore the vast differences in tech between the ‘90s and today. We get moony eyed over memorising your best friend’s phone number. Join us for a fun laughter filled look back with contributions from you, our lovely audience. Jaslyn wants the youths to know, ya not co...
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August 7, 2018 • 20 mins
Set It Up has been described as "THE rom com of our generation" so of course we watched it. We then tell you what mostly queer films NOT to watch, including Duck Butter, The Feels, and Lovesong!
Outro by Mariah from 600 Second Saga
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Promo by Not Another X-Files Pod
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