That's What We Said
82 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsWhat’s on the minds of four women exploring their place in the world - politics, pop culture, parenting, and everything in between. Set against the backdrop of small-town Kentucky life, informed by progessive values, gen-x sensibilities, and the search for humor and friendship amongst the insanity.
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Episode 25 - We Don't Need Your Manhattan Port 'O Potty
July 05, 2020 01:43 - 42 minutes - 26.5 MBThe nation got excited about Kentucky’s primary election on June 23rd, and the women of That’s What We Said discuss what it’s been like for our state to take a rare moment in the spotlight... and not in a good way. From well meaning folks offering to drive basic supplies to Kentucky to celebrities weighing in on our absentee voting primary, from the influx of outside cash into our races to the history of Appalachian and southern stereotypes, we’re a little salty and not afraid to remind folk...
Episode 24 - A Little Help From Our Friends
June 27, 2020 09:00 - 45 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week, we’re all back together to record, at least we’re together on zoom, and we’re ready to talk about everything after a month apart. Joining us is our friend Wil Bayne, and he’s game to answer all of our questions, including telling his Berea Story. We talk about the similarities between the theatre and the restaurant business. We think about our mental health challenges of long term isolation during the pandemic. Finally, as we wrap up Pride Month, Wil shares advice for parents who...
Episode 23 - Keep On Keepin' On
June 20, 2020 09:00 - 57 minutes - 37.1 MBKatie and Becca chat with two amazing Kentucky community organizers. Martina Jackson (Richmond, KY) and Christian Motley (Lexington, KY) talk about their recent experiences & share reflections on current systems and policies. They discuss the effect of these policies on rural and southern communities and call for coalition building during this current climate of a (hopefully) sustained push towards justice. Listen in to this important discussion about struggle, accountability, political advo...
Episode 22 - Anti-Racist Children's Books
June 13, 2020 09:00 - 23 minutes - 14.6 MBOver the last two weeks, as it seems like the moment for a national reckoning with over 4 centuries of systemic racism may have finally arrived for America, we at TWWS have been taking a step back to spend some time listening, particularly to Black women. As we go forward, we’re talking amongst the four of us about what we want a humor podcast hosted by four white, middle-aged, middle class, rural women to sound like during this important time. As we continue our thinking, Kelly and Jenny ...
Episode 21 - Listen
May 30, 2020 11:33 - 17 minutes - 11.2 MBToday we had planned to release an episode we recorded last weekend where we reminisced about toys of our youth. But, you can hear our musings on Barbie another time. This week, we have witnessed yet another murder of a black man, George Floyd, by police, we’re still reeling from the death of Breonna Taylor, a young Kentucky woman and an EMT killed by police while in her own bed in her own home; we’re still grappling with the white woman in Central Park, who called the police in an effort to...
Episode 20 - Bye-bye, Li'l Sebastian
May 23, 2020 11:46 - 37 minutes - 23.5 MBJoin us for our monthly media roundup. As music lovers, we’re trying new ways to “go” to concerts in the quarantimes. Kelly gives us the scoop on attending a Steven Page house concert on zoom. A private concert where all the attendees are muted? Sign us up! We also reminisce about comedic actor Fred Willard, whom we lost this week, with everyone sharing their favorite Willard performances from 1980s talk show Real People, to the brilliant Waiting for Guffman, to The Bachelor. As we try to ma...
Episode 19 - Visualize It
May 09, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes - 27.3 MBWe want to wish all our listeners a Happy Mother’s Day. It’s a complicated holiday for a lot of folks. Parenthood may not have come easy to us. Our relationships with our parents and our children doesn’t always look like a greeting card. One thing we know: laughter helps. So this week, we’re recognizing motherhood by telling the funny stories about how our own children came into the world. We talk about memorable healthcare professionals, including a cowboy doctor. We talk about hospital...
Episode 18 - Bonus - The Jam Jar Incident
May 05, 2020 10:00 - 4 minutes - 2.84 MBGuest Martina Leforce regales us with the tale of the infamous Berea Jam Jar Incident. Recorded in Berea, KY | Produced by Troy Price | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly
Episode 18 - Donnie Ducko
May 02, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 26.9 MBThis week, we’re talking to Martina Leforce of Berea Kids Eat about feeding programs, gardening, local chicken laws, and pet ducks. Jenny, who is still looking for new hens for her flock, didn’t know that she wouldn’t even be able to raise chickens in town if not for local activists’ work in changing livestock ordinances from the turn of the twentieth century! Becca speaks about volunteering with the local feeding program during the current school closure, and we ponder local networks and ho...
Episode 17 - Thank You for Being a Friend
April 25, 2020 02:42 - 33 minutes - 24.3 MBRecorded on March 1, 2020, just before COVID-19 made social distancing the norm, we sat around Kelly’s kitchen table and talked about female friendship. If there’s one thing that’s helping us find our places in the world, it’s our friends. As we find ourselves in our forties, life brings us more and more experiences that only other women can understand, whether those are our oldest friends who see us at our most vulnerable and at our happiest... or work friends who see us every day at our be...
Episode 16 - Fainting, Fiddler, and FB Live
April 18, 2020 12:37 - 34 minutes - 21.5 MBThis week, during our COVID-19 quarantine, we’re taking listener questions from the serious to the silly. Who is our signature Golden Girl? What do we think is going to happen to schools after the coronavirus? We hear about some bad habits our pets have taken up while they’re stuck at home with us. We’re looking at you, Neva the Dog. And we find out that it’s just too bad that Letterman retired before Becca’s cats could make an appearance on “Stupid Pet Tricks.” Despite a trick question from...
Episode 15 - I Think We're Alone Now
April 11, 2020 12:20 - 31 minutes - 19.5 MBRecording again separately in our homes, we’re talking about the weird media we’re consuming during this time of home isolation. Is it #healthyathome to spend this much time thinking about Green Screen Queen Elizabeth, watching YouTube videos, or hating watching a not so great Jane Austen adaptation? Maybe not, but it’s how we’re getting through and we’re bringing our monthly media roundup to you. Listen to the end for an update about a Berea project to thank local health care workers. Rec...
Episode 14 - You Can't Be Doing That
April 04, 2020 05:52 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBWe got together, separately in our own homes this week, to talk about the Age of the Coronavirus. It was just a couple of weeks ago that we were gathered around Kelly’s kitchen table with mimosas, so it seemed important to take stock of how the world has changed. We talk about the heroes who’ve been shining in our community even as we struggle to find the light. We talk a little bit about — okay, a lot about — our Kentucky governor Andy Beshear and how his daily briefings are bringing our st...
Episode 13 - A Checkerboard Community - Berea’s Black History
March 28, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 22.2 MBIt’s not too much to say that Sharyn Mitchell knows more about Berea and Berea history than almost anyone else. This week, we asked her to join us to talk specifically about the history of African-American communities in Madison County and Berea. Before our talk, we may have thought we were pretty well-informed about the place we call home, but Sharyn helped us see the neighborhoods, streets, buildings, land, and PEOPLE in a new way. From intentional real estate design in the 19th century --...
Episode 12 - Flatten the Curve
March 21, 2020 09:30 - 51 minutes - 39.2 MBThis week, we’re talking about what everyone’s talking about: COVID-19 and how it’s changing our lives. We share some resources in our communities and our lives, but it’s not all serious. We ponder the prospects of a COVID-19 baby boom while Jenny wonders if she might have accidentally caused a run on ziploc bags at our local superstore. Katie praises Kenneth, Governor Beshear’s tech assistant for the daily press briefings that we’re all coming to view as our daily Must See TV. Finally, if y...
Episode 11 - Bonus - Peachy Jobs
March 20, 2020 18:49 - 22 minutes - 14.1 MBThis bonus episode contains content that is not appropriate for children. Frankly, we can’t imagine why any children would be interested in listening to TWWS. But this episode is not just boring for children. We get into some adult themes. We heard from so many listeners about the wild jobs they had in young adulthood, but our friend Amanda presented us with such an incredible list that we knew we had to record a bonus episode with her as soon as we could. Hear about the year she had 21 jobs...
Episode 11 - Welcome to Mimosa Sunday
March 14, 2020 03:58 - 43 minutes - 31.2 MBOn a recent road trip, Daughter of the Pod Elly Green asked about all the weird jobs we had when we were her age. Long before any of us had careers with a capital C, Kelly repaired library books and helped the elderly find pictures of their favorite tennis stars, Becca delivered phone books in rural North Carolina, Katie learned the secrets of how restaurants prep boiled eggs, and Jenny faced life and death in a beauty supply warehouse. None of it was for the faint of heart. Bonus: Released ...
Episode 10 - Bonus - Stacey Abrams
March 11, 2020 14:27 - 2 minutes - 2.03 MBBonus material where the friends discuss the wonderful Stacey Abrams, our favorite fighter for voting rights and fair elections. As a extra bonus, we share a surprising bit of trivia about her. Recorded at Front Porch Studios, Berea, KY | Produced by Troy Price | Edited by Kelly Smith | Music composed and performed by Elly Green | Artwork by Jessica Holly
Episode 10 - People's Front of Judea
March 07, 2020 11:00 - 46 minutes - 36.5 MBThis week, we’re talking about our history with political action as we gear up for a big year in politics, both local and national. In upcoming episodes, we’ll be interviewing experts on the census and its importance. In the fall, we’ll interview some local candidates, and if primary season is any indicator, you’ll definitely get a chance to hear us vent about American elections. This week, we’re casting our minds back to how we all came to be fascinated by and working in American politics. ...
Episode 9 - What's That Smell?
February 29, 2020 11:00 - 32 minutes - 25 MBWe are all moms of boys, and talking about the challenges and joys of raising boys was one of the first things that cemented our friendship and group chat. You probably won’t see any of us breaking out the hashtag #boymom any time soon, but there are definitely some aspects of raising people of the opposite gender that we weren’t prepared for. We’re not just talking about the volume of urine that manages not to make it into the pot, but we are definitely talking about that, too. Perhaps this...
Episode 8 - Cats and the Stuffed Animals They "Love"
February 22, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 29.6 MBOnce a month, we come to you with the recommendations of the books, tv, movies, podcasts, and music that are bringing us joy. This month, as the flu and other winter ailments make their way though Berea and through our households, we’ve had lots of time to binge watch and catch up while we’ve been waiting to feel good enough to get up off our couches and go back to work. It’s not just the watchability of Netflix’s Cheer that’s been keeping us from our desks. We promise, bosses! Katie’s been...
Episode 7 - Dolly.
February 15, 2020 11:00 - 32 minutes - 24.4 MBThis week, we’re talking about our hero — and yours, too, probably — Dolly Parton. We talk about our favorite songs and plan a podcast trip to Dollywood. Of course, one of our songs is “Jolene,” and Kelly shares some of the backstory of that song. Who knew it was about Dolly’s husband’s crush on a bank teller? Katie did because of some recent sick day viewing of a TV movie about that crush. Unfortunately, Becca — former bank teller — has to bring us back to earth with the reality that bank ...
Episode 6 - Art's Alive
February 08, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 17.5 MBIn this episode, we bring in our first guest, artist Jessica Holly. Jessica grew up in the Bobtown area of Madison County, attended Berea College, and now works in digital media, graphic design, and fine arts. In short, she’s the whole package and the real deal. Her fresh perspective brings Becca, Jenny, Katie, and Kelly new ideas about the role of art in communities. And of course, we can’t help but be curious about her process in designing the logo of “That’s What We said.” We learn how Je...
Episode 6 - Art's Alive
February 08, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 17.5 MBIn this episode, we bring in our first guest, artist Jessica Holly. Jessica grew up in the Bobtown area of Madison County, attended Berea College, and now works in digital media, graphic design, and fine arts. In short, she’s the whole package and the real deal. Her fresh perspective brings Becca, Jenny, Katie, and Kelly new ideas about the role of art in communities. And of course, we can’t help but be curious about her process in designing the logo of “That’s What We said.” We learn how Je...
Episode 6 - Bonus
February 06, 2020 10:50 - 45 seconds - 569 KBOuttake involving a buzzing phone. What's a mom to do when her son calls from college in the middle of a podcast recording session?
Episode 5 - Duck & Cover
February 01, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 17.3 MBJoin four friends — Becca, Jenny, Katie, and Kelly — who are bringing sanity-saving laughs from our group chat to you. This week, we’re talking about what our Gen X membership cards mean to us. We start by remembering our questionable college fashion choices and the messages we got as young people that our futures were ours to claim. But reality intrudes in the middle of this episode as the town emergency weather sirens interrupt our recording session. Listening to the civil defense horns le...
Episode 4 - Bonus - Two Unexpected Uses for your Hand Vac
January 25, 2020 12:05 - 2 minutes - 2.09 MBThe friends toss around ideas about how to best help the Queen clean her massive handbag collection and we learn about Jenny’s dad’s war on stinkbugs.
Episode 4 - Bonus - Two Unexpected Uses for your Hand Vac
January 25, 2020 12:05The friends toss around ideas about how to best help the Queen clean her massive handbag collection and we learn about Jenny’s dad’s war on stinkbugs.
Episode 4 - Just the Facts Ma'am
January 25, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 23.4 MBJoin four friends — Becca, Jenny, Katie, and Kelly — who are bringing sanity-saving laughs from our group chat to you. This week, we are once again talking about British royalty. Katie fills the gang in on Megxit, and then we dive into media sources and how we stay informed in the 21st century. As Gen-Xers, we came of age right as the nightly news was transforming into a 24 hour news cycle. Our Zoomer offspring seem to be able to navigate multiple narratives and take a critical view of headl...
Episode 3 - The Lone Runner
January 18, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 19.9 MBJoin four friends — Becca, Jenny, Katie, and Kelly — who are bringing sanity-saving laughs from our group chat to you. With kids ranging in age from 10 to 23, we gather to talk about how our ideas about parenthood have changed in the years since our children were born. We reminisce not so fondly about all the unsolicited advice we got when we were young parents, and we offer a little unsolicited advice of our own: always eat school lunch and lie to your pediatrician about how much baby is sl...
Episode 2 - Yuletide Murders
January 11, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 27.6 MBThis week we’re talking about the books, movies, and tv we took in over the holidays. We’ve got some serious reads about history and sex, but we also ponder whether taking in some crime shows helps lighten holiday tension. And you know we have thoughts on the men of Knives Out. Finally, some topical pop culture with a deep dive on Queen Elizabeth recorded right before the royal news of the week broke. Recorded at Front Porch Studios, Berea, KY | Produced by Troy Price | Production support ...
Episode 1: The Inaugural Episode
January 05, 2020 00:55 - 27 minutes - 21.4 MBMeet four friends — Becca, Jenny, Katie, and Kelly — who are bringing sanity-saving laughs from their group chat to you. In the current American chaos, there’s one way for middle-aged women to make it through and that’s by supporting each other and laughing together. In this episode, you’ll get introductions to each of the four friends and an explanation of how they became close during the 2016 primary and after. You’ll hear about adventures from traveling to the National Women’s March to o...