The Laundry Basket Podcast
172 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -Cousins Rita and Salima offer you a podcast to listen to while you do the laundry, walk your dog, drive to work, cook your next meal, and simply need two friends to chat away with!
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How to make money with a blog in 2024, tips from Salima's Kitchen -Ep.77
April 27, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBSalima Benkhalti created the food blog Salima's Kitchen 7 years ago. In 2024, she is proud to be approaching her goal of making a 6 figures' income thanks to the traffic on her page. In this interview, she shares her insights and her experience. We discuss branding, timelines, web traffic numbers, Google algorithm changes, cookies, ads, and more. Visit Salima's Kitchen for some delicious recipes: https://salimaskitchen.com/
Hostile Architecture, Impulse buying, Immigrant parents behaviours, and more -Ep. 76
April 21, 2024 01:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBSalima and Rita discuss: traveling to London and Anguila, hostile architecture, buying things on impulse to solve your problems, behaviours that are specific to immigrant parents, what their cult personalities could be, and a few more things.
Misogynistic edition of Am I the Asshole- Ep.75
March 30, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBSalima reads out stories of the readit thread Am I the Asshole and an evident pattern of misogynistic behaviours start to come to light.
Lesbians are smarter, Boy Moms, Fashion trends and Ancestors joining your hobbies- Ep. 74
March 23, 2024 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBRita and Salima try to identify if coffee withdrawal is real. Boy mom trends online are concerning. Men have historically been violent towards women, maybe lesbians are making the smarter choice. Rita brings up current fashion trends that would have never been accepted 10 years ago and ancestors joining her Italian class.
Friendship at first sight! - Ep. 73
March 16, 2024 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBRita and Salima share their "friendship romances" while discussing different aspects of friendship and share how they are keeping up with their friends in adulthood.
Mental health vs productivity at work and a few other things - Ep. 72
March 09, 2024 08:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBSalima and Rita go through random topics such as debating mental health vs productivity, ongoing anger at the Palestinian genocide, and being grateful for wearing running shoes with any outfit.
Carnival: history, culture, fun, and power - Ep. 71
March 04, 2024 00:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBRita gives a brief history of Carnival and shares her experience at participating in the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.
How to tell if your neighbours are swingers- Ep. 70
February 24, 2024 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBYour neighbours' front yard decoration can reveal if they are swingers. Also, would you use a private jet if you were Taylor Swift kind of famous? A few frustrating thoughts on microchips being more important than world hunger.
Gifts make life better!- Ep. 69
February 10, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBRita and Salima discuss the importance of giving and receiving gifts. What type of gift giver are you?
Toxic people are costing you money- Ep. 68
February 04, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBConsider these rules when trying decide if you'll lend someone money. Also, hanging around toxic people is costing you money and preventing you from being rich. Rita and Salima go on a little rant about email typing etiquette and some much hated matching couple underwear!
Multigenerational curses and blessing with epigenetic- Ep. 67
January 27, 2024 11:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBEpigenetic explains that the environment we live in modifies the information in our genes. When we reproduce, our offsprings carry this information as they inherit our genes. They receive both physical traits and emotional baggages from us. Rita and Salima discuss the types of multigenerational curses and blessings they have gotten from ancestors and which genes they are actively creating for the generations to come.
Shit talking is fun, red district, and being attracted to murders- Ep.66
January 20, 2024 11:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBSalima and Rita sadly realized that since they eliminated all toxic people in their lives they don't have anyone else left to shit talk about. Would you want to be in a relationship with a murderer? Also, the red district in Amsterdam may not be what you are expecting it to be.
Deconstructing virginity and Gays are blessed by the Pope- Ep.65
December 30, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBMost cultures consider virginity something sacred, especially pressuring girls to "save it" for the right person or for marriage. Rita and Salima talk about how wrong this is and how to fix it. The Pope suddenly announced that Gay people should be blessed, does this make any difference?
Holiday and New Year Rituals!- Ep. 64
December 23, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBRita and Salima share their rituals for this time of the year. Most of them are still being developed and change each year. Rita also realizes that she is really New Year's biggest fan!
Our favourite "idioms" in English,"dichos" in Spanish, and few others in French - Ep.63
December 16, 2023 12:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBIdioms make our language colourful and are also very telling of the way cultures relate to their environment. Rita and Salima discuss some of their favourite phrases and how they apply them to real life. Are we getting old since we love talking through idioms? What's more, we compare idioms in English, Spanish and French.
An alternative to marriage and adoption, and a few more things. -Ep.62
December 09, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBMarriages could be celebrated differently by starting with a small wedding and gradually working our way up to the big party a few years down the road. Also, could our societies benefit from changing adoption laws to allow friends to adopt? We also ramble about a few societal statistics and the concept of embracing external conflict.
The Pandemic Skip - Ep. 61
November 25, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBIn retrospect, how much did the pandemic years steal from us? Goals postponed, experiences lost, age catching up to us. We discuss what the pandemic forced us to "skip" in our lives.
Replacing this one word will change your life and Boomers Panic- Ep.60
November 18, 2023 21:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBReplacing the word "Should" for the word "Could" will change your life. Boomers have a way to always panic about anything that seems to get our of their control. A short ramble on how to handle social media with the Palestine genocide while living our lives.
Relationship Dealbreakers- Ep.59
November 11, 2023 12:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBRita and Salima go throuh a list of relationship breakers. Some are hard no and some are workable. They do not agree on anything!
This is how to predict your future and the Day of the Dead- Ep. 58
November 04, 2023 11:00 - 45 minutes - 30.9 MBRita shares a trick to know what the future will bring to you. Salima questions the whole concept of measuring how much someone is religious. A conversation on the Day of the Dead and acknowledging the Palestinian genocide.
Sex and the City conversations- Ep.57
October 21, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBRita and Salima discuss popular Sex and the City questions such as: Can you stay friends with an ex? Do men have a special time in life to settle? How do you know if you are good in bed?
Should we keep secrets from our partners? Palestine, Burn out and Living with Feelings- Ep. 56
October 14, 2023 08:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBRita and Salima are feeling frustrated and sad with the conflict in Palestine. The discussion turns into how to avoid burn out and how to live life based on following your feelings. Finally the mood lightens up as there is a debate on whether or not we should keep secrets from our spouses.
News cleanse, entitled coffee shop patrons, and life as a millionaire- Ep. 55
October 07, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBSalima really doesn't like patrons who request their "regular" at the coffeeshop. Rita wonders if the human brain is designed to know about all the suffering around the world. To lighten the mood we discuss what signs there would be if we became millionaires.
What Success Feels like- Ep.54
October 02, 2023 19:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBSalima and Rita discuss what success has felt like from childhood, early adulthood and present. Measures of success are dictated by family values and society, however, we can all develop our own success barometer.
The Future of "LLMs" and we Fixed the Ghosting problem. Also Aliens.- Ep. 53
September 16, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBWe deep dive in the significance of Large Language Models and how they may evolve in the future. We also have fixed the problem of ghosting and how to never feel bad about it again. Also, we weigh the pros and cons of befriending aliens.
Mompreneurship: having to interrupt a business to have children-Ep.52
September 09, 2023 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBRita and Salima are self-employed and are considering having children. The problem is: their business cannot operate without them. Therefore there are many things to consider from savings, preparing for a business slow-down, how to plan a return to work, and how to save the business from plummeting once the baby is born.
Back to school, Luxury purses, Gardening, and Superconductors-Ep.51
September 04, 2023 16:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBBack to school felt different when in elementary school, high school and university. Rita just found out how the luxury purses industry actually works and Salima is entering the tough world of home gardening. We end on a positive note, physicists seem to be working on developing superconductor technology that could truly end climate change and turn our world upside down.
Reassessing mid year goals, evolution of AI, letting go, and more. - Ep. 50
August 19, 2023 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBRita looks over her yearly goals list and redefines what really matters 7 months down the calendar. Salima is wondering if she should wash new clothes before wearing them and we try to figure out how to use AI technology for our own benefit.
Rita's digital nomad lifestyle - Ep.49
August 12, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBRita has been living in Vancouver and in other parts of the world for the past few years, working online. In this episode she shares how she has been splitting her time between two countries in the last year: Spain and Canada.
Are humans advanced AI models? Working on our inner coaches, and more. -Ep.48
August 05, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBRita and Salima discuss deep fakes and LLMs. Rita is starting to believe that humans are just really advanced AI models that might have gone too far. To lighten the mood, we also discuss creating an inner coach to motivate us in reaching our goals.
Spread out families - Ep.47
July 29, 2023 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBSalima and Rita's family is spread out in various continents, religions, languages, and ethnicities. We discuss how it feels to live with such a spread out family.
Is it ever OK to look through a partner's phone? And more...-Ep.46
July 22, 2023 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBSalima and Rita get real about whether looking through a partner's phone is justifiable. We also discuss the new app Threads. Rita shares a hack to binge watching shows way faster and a few other random thoughts popping up these days.
All things Summer!!! - Ep.45
July 18, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBSummer routines and other fluffy things that make this season so happy.
44-Life glimmers, Using AI, Better is Really Good
July 03, 2023 23:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBInstead of life triggers, it's time to think about life glimmers! Also, it's time to internalize the idea that better is really good. Finally, let's start to discuss how we use AI for good.
43-Supportive partnerships, taking risks for the lifestyle you want and vulnerability online
June 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBWhile building a long-term life partnership or marriage, it's important to know sometimes one person must press the pause button on their dreams to support the other person in their growth. Rita and Salima also share a life-hack on how to build the life you want by raising your standards and taking risks. We also discuss whether or not we would be ready to show our true vulnerable selves online.
42- Let's talk about laundry! (How it impacts our lives.)
June 03, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBThe washing machine changed our economy forever. Middle class women who could just toss dirty clothes in a machine to be washed were able to develop their careers and participate fully in the economy. Salima and Rita also discover they have widely different approaches to laundry in their lives. Tune in to find out which one you relate the most to.
41- Life gets better as you age, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dealing with frends' drama
May 27, 2023 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBRita shares some wisdom she received from see Elizabeth Gilbert live on stage. Salima wonders how to handle friends who constantly complain about bad relationships. On another note, they praise how amazing it is to hang around older people who have gone through more experiences in life.
40- Red flags, icks, and green flags
May 20, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBRita and Salima list which character traits constitute red flags in themselves as well as in others. They move on to which traits are icky, and finally which traits make us praise the people around us, giving them green flags.
39- Dalai Lama deception, shaming women for their clothes, summer trip planning
May 13, 2023 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBRita and Salima started the discussion by sharing their summer travel plans, then the conversation took a more critical turn by analyzing why society is so obsessed about how women dress and how much skin they show. Finally, the Dalai Lama could not get away with molesting a little boy without getting tossed in the laundry basket for a serious condemning of his actions.
38-Memories of the early 2000s: fashion, technology, music...
May 06, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBSalima and Rita lived their teenage years during the early 2000s and they reminisce on the fashion trends, the types of phones and computers they had, the music they listened to and many other hilarious memories.
37- Men's relationship with poop, microchips in our brains, Air BnB vs Hotels
April 29, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBHow come men feel no shame pooping while women always try to hide it? Musk, Bezos and Gates are researching ways to place microchips in our brains. Is Air BnB to blame for higher cost of rent around the world? A conversation on the word resistance and how it affects our minds.
36- Business trip to Mexico, COVID PTSD and Irrational Optimism, are there places to hang out for free?
April 22, 2023 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBRita talks about how her business trip to Mexico went. Salima brings up the idea of "third places" to hang out without having to spend any money. COVID PTSD is real and showing up at random times hijacking our plans. Rita introduces the concept of being irrationally optimistic and how this has helped our human society evolve.
35- Nerdy business questions with Rita and running a consultancy business
April 15, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBRita and Salima go through nerdy business concepts applied to Rita's business.
34-Thank yourself, Nurturing frendships, Balancing emotions and 80s fashion
April 08, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBRita and Salima discuss being proud of what they've achieved and the importance of thanking yourself for the life you built. There is a conversation on the importance and singularities of friendships, and two concepts on how to balance out negative and positive emotions. Finally, Rita gives a minute of recognition to 80s fashion.
33-Running a food blog: Nerdy business questions for Salima
March 28, 2023 17:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBRita asks Salima a series of nerdy business questions about the current state of affairs of her food blog business.
32- Work and Travel. Is AI racist? Men vs Women Podcast hosts. The Appalachians
March 18, 2023 14:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBRita and Salima share some thoughts on work and travel. We also discuss the horrible ways in which AI has shown to be racist against people of color. Demon Copperhead is the last book Rita read about the Appalachian region of the USA and has shown her the harsh realities of this region and the devastating opioid crisis. And a little rant about how men's podcast hosts still need to up their game.
31- Memories of Morocco
March 06, 2023 14:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBRita and Salima revisit memories of time spent in Morocco such as the "hammams" (public baths), sacrificing lambs in the city, going to the beach and much more!
30- Being Latina, What does it mean?
February 25, 2023 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBRita and Salima discuss what it means for them to be Latina women.
29- Tips to Slow Dow, Loving Excel, Chat GPT, Social media becoming a huge mall
February 18, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBRita and Salima share concrete examples of how they started to slow down their lives and get off the treadmill. They also declare their absolute love for Excel and color coded spreadsheets. It's a very "techy" conversation where Rita shares some news on several social media apps that are desperate to become the next Amazon.
28- Living with ADHD
February 11, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBSalima talks about what it feels like to live with ADHD. How does it feel to study, work or just exist when your brain functions differently. She also talks about her experience with handling prescribed medicine and how she shaped her job to match her ADHD needs. If you thought this condition only affect hyperactive boys who don't want to sit at school, you're about to learn a whole new dimension of ADHD affecting people of all ages, gender and energy levels.