Join Dee and Skinny on this wild ride where we explore the thread of humanity that connects us as two women in their 30's living in Nairobi after having also lived abroad for a significant number of years; and also watch that thread unravel at the intersection of our very different lived experiences as a heterosexual and homosexual duo. It's gonna be fun and nothing but good vibes!
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Dee and Skinny discuss their experiences with finances in relationships - who spoils who? Who's expected to pick up the bill? Listen to find out!
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Dee and Skinny discuss the role your partner plays in your mental health.
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You know that one thing that you keep trying to reform or change within yourself but you keep messing up and ending back at square 1? Dee and Skinny discuss the lesson that's taken them the longest to learn in today's episode.
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Season 2 is FINALLY here! We've had to overcome some hurdles individually and collectively in order to get Season 2 to you - but we're here. In our first episode, we talk about how we each go about structuring our goals for the year. What about you? Have you stuck to your New Year Resolutions? Did you have any? Let us know and thank you so much for…
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Are gay and lesbian people fetishised in Kenya? Is being queer some form of clout chasing? Join Dee and Skinny on the final episode of Season 1...oh they're in their complete feelings on this one!
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This week, Dee and Skinny discuss toxic femininity in relationships, friendships and family.
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Can you REALLY be friends with your ex? No crossing lines? No benefits, just friends? Join Dee and Skinny as they discuss their personal experiences being friends with exes.
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Where Are You Going? What Time Will You Be Home? Who Are You Meeting and What Do Their Parents Do?
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Dee and Skinny haven't lived at home with their parents and siblings in decades in each case. What happens when you move back home and are now suddenly forced to answer questions like "What time will you be home?" "Who are you going with?"
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I Get A Pass, You Get A Pass, Everybody Gets A Pass: Discussing Free Passes In Monogamous Relationships - Can They Really Work?
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Have you ever given your partner a free pass in your relationship? Have you received one? This week, Dee and Skinny discuss their views on whether a free pass can actually be a good thing for a relationship and what it would entail.
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No Sex For 7 Years and Killing Expectations: The Difference Between Dating In Our 20's vs. Our 30's
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If you had a time machine and could go back to your first relationship, would you still make the decisions you made? In today's episode we discuss the dating mistakes we made in our teens and 20's, what we've learned in our 30's and what kind of relationships we can tolerate now.
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Free Pass In Marriage, No Options Available For Same Sex Couples in Kenya Who Want To Marry Traditionally and More...
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If you're a heterosexual girl, you have probably always dreamed of one day getting married...probably down to the most intricate detail, because society allows and pre-empts the marriage of heterosexual individuals. What happens when you're in a same sex relationship and these options are not available to you because your country not only refuses t…
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Modern relationships have expanded the purview of what it means to cheat on someone. It used to be that infidelity was when a person had sex with another person outside of a committed relationship. Nowadays, infidelity includes emotions, finances and even attention - it's no longer considered just physical. On this episode, we discuss whether we've…
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Skinny and Dee have vastly different experiences as women. Heterosexual women who are sexually active will have experienced the side effects of contraception at one point. So how is it possible that Skinny once got a pregnancy scare??
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Skinny moved between America and Kenya from age 2. Dee moved to Australia at 19 where she lived for thirteen years. Neither one of them could have foreseen how life would turn out and that they would eventually find themselves back in Kenya, but with an omnipresent feeling of being neither here nor there - neither fully Kenyan nor fully Western.…
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"I had a dream..." was the conversation that literally got us here. Dee and Skinny both entered a podcast competition at the start of the year. They both didn't win. Dee later had a dream of starting a podcast with Skinny and told her. After a brief "ok you Martin Luther King mofo, let's!" Here we are.…
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