Spare Time the Pod

Celebrating the first ep of 2024, an amazing new song, an anniversary weekend, and much much more, but, most insanely of all: celebrating five years of the Spare Time Pod--in all her iterations

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* MM: wintering (real) and wintering (Miami), making some treats, getting engaged again, watching movies

* AA: anniversary weekend, Fam, playing in snow!, willing myself to knit, going to the theate...

Another year gone by! The sands of time! Recap the full spin around our fav burning gas giant with our bests of the year in many silly and serious categories.

MOVIE:AA: Past Lives MM: Maybe Theatre Camp but idk

TV SHOW:AA: Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)MM: The Last of Us (HBO)

BOOK:AA: The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty (runner up: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett)MM: The Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang (runner up: Big Swiss by Jen Beagin)

ALBUM...

Happy 2024, friends! On our last regular ep of the year, we discuss drag bingo, a truly catastrophic cookie recipe, and...an engagement! Tune in next week for a special ep recapping 2023.

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* MM: Holiday-ing! Loving on friends and fam in DC, PA, MIA, 

* AA: drag bingo, scrapbooking, not knitting SOS, holiday shows, holiday dinners, baking cookies, spending christmas with my baby nephews 

Best...

November was a big for family, food, work, and being tired! I know that’s pretty unique but hopefully one or two of you can relate! Beyond that we discuss nutrituional yeast vinegar, Spotify Wrapped, and sharing a shave ice with friends. What’s not to love??

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* MM: working big time, being in Miami, recovering from working, holiday-ing, recovering from holiday-ing! Fam time, etc.

* AA: Bosto...

Surprise! It's a Thursday episode. Sorry for tardying, November really snuck up on us. Tune in for our October updates. It was giving friendship, soup, concerts, for one of us...Covid, and much more. Let’s dig in.

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: seeing the greatest band(s) in the world, watching my best friends get married, acquainting myself with NJ culture, pumpkin patches, QT with my friends 

* MM: concerts conc...

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: fell in love with a new yoga instructor, moving 6x days a week (!), concerts!, time with old friends

* MM: being break-neck busy!!! Working, tutoring, wedding season!

Best/Worst:

* Worst:

* MM: more airplane travel (but with a silver lining <3)

* Weird “healthy” tiktok frozen yogurt….patties…

* Best: 

* AA: Hozier - rly fell in love with his new album Unreal Unearth (specifically Francesc...

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: at the pool basically, reading, playing pickleball, making time for peloton and yoga, long dinners with friends 

* MM: on the road again! concerts galore, finding my inner peace about airline delays, and tutoring

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: Beyoncé, seeing many long distance friends, and New Mexican food

* Best AA: 2 Amy’s blueberry chip ice cream / honorable mention the chocolate mousse fr...

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: Cape Cod, reading, hanging, eating fried seafood and ice cream, floating in the pond 

* MM: Travel travel travel busy busy busy hot hot hot

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: Cart Driver and this trout, all-time biggest group read

* Best AA: Sarma - experience and snap pea salad 

* Worst MM: Regal Cinema Ballston

* Worst AA: are lobster rolls bad? Tried the tiktok thing

Spare Time Rec:

* AA: chocolate...

How did you spend your spare time this month:AA: concerts! Home! Sewing! Spending time with family! Swimming with my king MM: Doing pride things, being home in June, concerts, smoky air, rock climbing

Best/Worst:Best MM: Lamb chops from DaruBest AA: little donkey / brandi carlile Worst MM: Echo Stage bullshitWorst AA: grays hall 

Spare Time Rec:AA: The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue MM: be a simple syrup girlie

Culture / 3 Thi...

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: watching my beautiful friend get married, celebrating 3 years of Beau, reading, knitting my first *item of clothing*, hotel bed, supporting small biz friends, book club 

* MM: New York City! The beginning of wedding szn. Eternal spring in DC. Customer service.

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: pistachio soft serve sundae from Softside & time with NYC friends

* Best AA: Taylor Swift Eras Tour / La...

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: knitting, picnicking, reading, desk lunch, hobby-ing, eating chocolate chip cookies? 

* MM: being in Miami! Living a totally different independent life!

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: tequenos, empanadas, and passionfruit juice from La Latina & the vibes at Shore to Door 

* Best AA: getting engaged! Lol 

* Worst MM: Mamey Miami (scented candles, flavorless ceviche??) and getting caught in an ex...

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: eating, hanging, not reading, not cooking, being with people, meals with friends 

* MM: celebrating my birthday for weeks and weeks, flowers!, loving on my peeps

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: my immersion blender is having a moment (read: she is bringing me iced matcha at home, whipped cottage cheese, caesar dressing), walking around the Tidal Basin with my mom ~wholesome~

* Best AA: Night of...

Listen now | It's that time of month: the Spare Time Pod is here! AA & MM recap the shortest month of the year, Alex Murdaugh, crunchy salad, Ozempic, the power of ~home~ and more!

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How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: on my croissant journey! Cozy at home vibes, lots of nights of homemade dinner and tv on the couch which has been hitting the spot so hard, fam and friend time

* MM: ~*party in the city whe...

Happy 2023! Excited to keep talkin’ about spare time. Love y'all, thanks for sticking with us 🤝

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How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: I had essentially no spare time at all besides bub weekend which was a dream. My new obsession with Fletcher, TV Time during the day (Traitors, Kaleidoscope) - the ultimate luxury for me rn 

* MM: I know we truly just discussed this being out but…making bread! Moving more....

It’s a recap episode babes! We discuss the best food, media, and general ~*stuff*~ of the year of our lord 2022, what's in, what's out, and what we're looking forward to in 2023. The usual stuff, plus some bonus emotions! Because we love each other!

Thx for listening we luv u too. FARE THEE WELL, 2022!

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BEST MOVIE:AA: Black Panther Wakanda Forever MM: Do Revenge (runner up: A League of Their Own)

BEST TV SHOW:AA: Welcom...

For our inaugural STBC ep we are so excited to have a special guest, Dr. Daniel Black who wrote Don’t Cry for Me as well as Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake.

Daniel Black is a renowned professor of African American Studies at Clark Atlanta University. He is the award-winning author of several novels, most noteworthy of which are They Tell Me of a Home, Perfect Peace, The Coming, and Don’t Cry For Me. His first ess...

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How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: NYC, Philly, Friendship, Road Trips, Blind Tasting, Getting excited about cooking again!

* MM: did it even happen??????? Home improvement projects, wework thievery

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: 1 single bite of eggplant from Nasime

* Best AA: whipped ricotta w/ brown butter, honey, and sage from Miss Ada’s in Brooklyn 

* Worst MM: Crazy Aunt Helen’s

* Worst AA: influencers on t...

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How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: In NYC! With friends! On my couch! Listening to so much music! 

* MM: music things! Several dope concerts (All Things Go, Fletcher, the Killers, Charlotte Sands) and huge month for Swifties the world around.

* Some bonus content because we really went off book here:

* Spicy ranch pretzel thins

* Marie’s punk daughter Charlotte Sands

* The bubble song in question

* Digita...

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How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: September was legitimately 5 seconds - socializing, rock climbing, September at the Farmers Market 

* MM: having some poems published *humble brag*, watching my best friend get married, thinking and writing about myself A LOT which is weird!

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: rediscovering pierogies

* Best AA: Atwater’s Brown Butter Pumpkin Bread /charcuterie cone

* Worst MM: sports...