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Coffee with M and J

Mandy and Jaime

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Welcome to Coffee with M & J, where we—Mandy and Jaime—navigate the ups and downs of life as moms, entrepreneurs, and community builders. Our stories aren’t always easy, but we’re committed to living life forward and reaching our fullest potential. Join us as we share authentic experiences, hard truths, and practical tips on entrepreneurship, social media, life, relationships, and habits. Whether you’re sipping coffee or your favorite beverage, we invite you on this adventure with us. Our go ...
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Science Friction's latest series is: Brain Rot. We're looking at what being chronically online is doing to our brains. What's really going on with our attention spans and tech addiction? Is data-dumping your entire life into ChatGPT helpful? Can going internet free help you escape the doomscroll? And what's it like to be in love ... with an AI? National technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre tackles the wildest ways people are using tech and the big questions about our own use. That's Brain Ro ...
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NO FILTER NATION Where sacred cows become hamburger meat. Welcome to NO FILTER NATION, the podcast where we take a blowtorch to conventional wisdom and watch it melt like a Dali clock in the Sahara. I am Khayyam, your cynical Sherpa through the wasteland of modern absurdity. Every other day, I grab society by its metaphorical truck nuts and give it the kind of reality check that would make your guidance counselor weep. This isn't your typical "both sides have valid points" horsesh*t that pas ...
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Midlife can be sh*t . . . am I right?!? But midlife is also a wonderful time of discovery, fulfillment, reinvention and more! Join Valerie Albarda, a woman on a mission to show other midlife+ women that this chapter in our lives can be filled with more than the dreaded crisis. With Midlife-A-Go-Go, you’ll get the good, the bad AND the ugly, because that’s how life is! Whether flying solo or chatting with special guests, Valerie will have candid discussions on menopause, relationships, fitnes ...
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For Science Friction, it's Brain Rot — a new series about the science of being chronically online and what it’s doing to our brains. What's really going on with our attention spans? Is data-dumping your entire life into ChatGPT helpful? And what's it like to be in love ... with an AI? National technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre tackles the wildes…
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This episode lives up to its name! We went way off the rails—in the best possible way. We dive into Mandy’s jam-packed schedule, get the scoop on a recent trip (with a few surprise gems), and chat about everything from time blocking and travel to social media and looming deadlines. Expect more than one valuable tip, lots of laughter, and plenty of …
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Description: From quantum mechanics to cryptocurrency, we're just cosmic copycats stumbling upon the instruction manual dropped by previous tenants. We launch robots to Mars while still arguing about pineapple on pizza, strutting around like we invented consciousness when we're just the latest production of "Humans: The Musical"—now with more exist…
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Description: When doctors, engineers and tech experts are all panic-buying bunkers and learning subsistence farming, maybe it's time to put down the phone and pay attention. A savage takedown of how society's brightest minds are collectively losing their shit while the rest of us scroll through cat videos. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Maximum heat becau…
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The Cinemasters recap Ladyhawke, discuss a pre-Bueller Broderick, try to ignore a soundtrack, and brew up some bling for your table Movie Content Warnings: Violence, Harm to Animals We're in the process of setting up our Patreon, so head over to: Save Vs Cinema | 4 DM's, 100's of Movies, Infinite Homebrews to see how you can support the show! If yo…
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Description: From TSA agents fondling water bottles like nuclear devices to border agents acting like Jack Bauer on a power trip, airport security has become democracy's most theatrical production. Watch as middle-aged accountants get freedom-frisked while the system misses 95% of actual threats and you strip naked in public wondering when your dig…
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Description: From dating app thirst traps masquerading as nature enthusiasts to corporate America's pastel-colored midlife crisis, spring fever has turned society into a horny petting zoo with commitment issues. Watch as perfectly rational humans transform into sexually-charged DIY disasters while their credit cards melt faster than ice cream in Au…
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Buckle up, friends—a lot is flying around in this one. We dive deep into creative blocks—what causes them, how we sometimes move through them (because let's be honest, it’s not always graceful), and why forcing creativity just doesn’t work. From surprise Zoom balloons 🎈 to real talk about prioritizing your to-do list, using fun planners, and giving…
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Description: Cedar Jones is the last sane voice in LinkedIn's algorithmic hellscape where AI evangelists stroke each other's egos in a self-congratulatory feedback loop. While Silicon Valley shamans claim ChatGPT makes them the next Turing, Cedar's nicotine-fueled takedowns expose the LinkedIn disruptors for what they really are: keyboard prophets …
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Description: From college professors teaching remedial reading to adults who can't find Ukraine on a map despite an active war, our collective intelligence is in freefall. While science confirms our IQs are dropping faster than pants at a nudist colony, we're too busy arguing about which color dress broke the internet to notice our brains have left…
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Description: From backflipping Boston Dynamics nightmares to $800 robo-discs that can't handle throw pillows, our technological blue-balling is complete. We were promised Rosie from The Jetsons but got digital snitches with PhDs in useless trivia instead of clean houses. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Why the robot revolution flopped? Simple: Silicon Valley…
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Today we welcome the amazing Kerry Pearce, owner of Luxxe Organizing and Budaful Sents. From her collection of coffee mugs from travels to her take on the perfect coffee temperature, this episode is full of warmth, inspiration, and practical gems. We dive into how our differences make us beautifully unique, why mental and physical clutter are more …
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Description: While real filmmakers struggle to fund projects, tech bros with god complexes are hosting AI film festivals faster than crypto scams multiply. These digital petting zoos showcase algorithmic fever dreams that make Salvador Dalí look like Bob Ross, all while venture capitalists throw money at anything labeled "AI-generated consciousness…
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Description: A blistering takedown of corporate America's favorite linguistic fossil that turns basic competence into mythical heroism. When did simply doing your job become worthy of an outdated catchphrase that sounds like a porta-potty company? Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ This rant dissects corporate America's love affair with phrases that turn regula…
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Description This blistering takedown of pineapple pizza lovers exposes the culinary terrorism happening on $12.99 delivery. While Italian grandmothers weep, these tropical fruit terrorists smugly desecrate centuries of tradition, claiming "balanced flavors" while committing atrocities that would make a chef reach for their wooden spoon. Spice Index…
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Welcome to the show! This is the second of 4 Backstory episodes where you'll get the opportunity to get to know a little bit more about your Cinemasters. This episode focuses on Kat Kruger, freelance game designer, professional Dungeon Master, podcaster, and more! Check out Kat K's content at Steampunk Unicorn Studio and StartPlaying…
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The Cinemasters recap Mazes and Monsters, discuss the premier of Tom Hanks, wear a lot of hats, and brew up some bling for your table Movie Content Warnings: Suicide, Dated Depictions of Menal Health We're in the process of setting up our Patreon, so head over to: Save Vs Cinema | 4 DM's, 100's of Movies, Infinite Homebrews to see how you can suppo…
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Description: Khayyam unleashes hellfire on Big Tech's privacy invasion circus. From Zuckerberg's data fetish to the NSA's creepy uncle vibes, we're all just digital exhibitionists trading our souls for cat videos and dopamine hits. Wake up, America—your phone isn't a tool, it's the fishing line and you're the goddamn worm. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ W…
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We start this episode laughing and go off the rails before we even share what’s in our cups! But once we dive in, we explore Jaime’s deep decluttering journey—along with the wild, unexpected stories behind what she’s finding. We talk about overwhelm, frustration, and how to turn them into action. Start small! This episode is tough to wrap up becaus…
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Description: Wellness charlatans are repackaging grandma's garden weeds with Silicon Valley buzzwords, charging nine bucks for what amounts to herbal tea with constipation remedies. While the FDA naps, Patagonia-vested bros are mixing pond water with dandelion root, promising Stephen Hawking's brain and a rhino's libido in every overpriced sip. Spi…
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Description: From lazy reboots masquerading as parallel dimensions to executives who think audiences have PhDs in theoretical physics, Hollywood's multiverse obsession exposes their creative bankruptcy. It's the narrative equivalent of throwing everything at the wall and claiming whatever sticks is an "alternate timeline." Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ The…
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Description: Silicon Valley's digital overlords have created the ultimate circle jerk, trading our personal data like baseball cards in a schoolyard full of billionaires. While their financial fluffers make the numbers look prettier than a hooker on commission night, we keep bending over for same-day delivery and funny cat videos. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️…
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In this season of wellness, we’re off to the races with a deep and passionate conversation about what truly matters. Life is short—are you living it fully? In this episode, we break down fear, small steps, and the reality that your next move might not look like what you expected—but trust that everything is happening exactly as it’s supposed to. We…
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Description: From $27 popcorn with Carter-era shelf life to seat-kickers auditioning for Riverdance, the once-sacred temple of cinema has devolved into smartphone purgatory. Meanwhile, your TikTok-ravaged brain rejects Scorsese masterpieces as "too long" while you wait for streaming to save you from actual human interaction. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ T…
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Description: Ambush callers are committing social war crimes in our text-first society. From reply-all offenders to escalator blockers, these communication terrorists are trampling boundaries faster than your libido dies when that phone unexpectedly rings during intimate moments. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Why do people ambush call? Because they believe…
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Description: The ultimate tech hypocrisy exposed - developers who preach open source gospel while building careers on black-box AI models they couldn't explain with a gun to their head. Silicon Valley's most self-righteous are suckling at the teat of proprietary algorithms while demanding everyone else's code be free. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ These …
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The Cinemasters recap Last Unicorn, discuss the movie's links to Studio Ghibli, fall in love with a pirate cat, and brew up some bling for your table Movie Content Warnings: Violence, Horror, Cartoon Nudity We're in the process of setting up our Patreon, so head over to: Save Vs Cinema | 4 DM's, 100's of Movies, Infinite Homebrews to see how you ca…
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Description: Silicon Valley's hooded overlords have created a system where they're collecting data tolls on every corner of your online life. While we worship at the altar of convenience, these digital landlords with the combined emotional intelligence of a potato are deciding the fate of global commerce, communication, and culture—all while sporti…
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Now “off the rails” might just be our thing—and honestly, we kind of love it. This episode was a completely unexpected (in the best way), and you’ll want to listen to the whole thing—we drop some really exciting news. We are shifting and getting rid of seasons. Moving forward, we will drop weekly episodes with natural breaks, when we need them—with…
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Description: While tech bros harvest young blood and choke down $500 Himalayan smoothies, Japanese grandmas are outliving them by simply eating fish and walking to the market. From parabiosis treatments that make vampires look honest to Bryan Johnson's $2 million attempt to look 18 with the dead eyes of existential dread, we're witnessing history's…
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Description: Silicon Valley's digital grave robbers are strip-mining Miyazaki's genius to train algorithms that pump out soulless knockoffs. While tech bros celebrate their "innovation," they're actually just digital raccoons scavenging through art's garbage, stealing dreams without consent or understanding what makes Ghibli's hand-drawn magic trul…
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Description: Corporate America wants your undying loyalty while keeping your resignation letter in their drafts folder. This scorching takedown exposes the one-way loyalty street where "company family" means you're the cousin they'll sacrifice first. When your boss talks team spirit while outsourcing your department, it's time to recognize the only…
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This season, we’re diving into wellness—a vast topic with endless possibilities. And today, we’re kicking things off with a truly inspiring guest: Renee Barnes, the most impressive and vibrant 87-year-old we’ve ever met! Renee is an artist, illustrator, author, designer, mom, grandmother, great-grandmother, and so much more. She’s full of wisdom, h…
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Description: A blistering takedown of consulting firms and their pyramid scheme with letterhead. While partners measure their manhood with Mont Blanc pens, 22-year-olds bill for nostril scratches and bathroom breaks. You're paying $600/hour for Harvard grads who couldn't diagnose a broken leg without three hundred PowerPoint slides and another $400…
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Description: From eco-hero to eco-zero in record time, Tesla owners now cruise in overpriced embarrassment mobiles while Musk tweets memes instead of Mars missions. Nothing screams "I make poor decisions" like spending $90k to lurk in Walmart parking lots with your extension cord while Bolivia's water glows radioactive green. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ …
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Description: Politicians promise economic salvation through tariffs while your wallet gets a colonoscopy without anesthesia. From beer muscles in Washington to sandpaper condoms on global trade, this no-holds-barred rant exposes how we're all just pawns paying premium prices in the world's dumbest economic chess game. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ This ran…
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The Cinemasters recap Dragonslayer, discuss the movie's financial link to Dungeons & Dragons, technical ties to Star Wars, get a serious case of hat jealousy, and brew up some bling for your table Movie Content Warnings: Violence, Gore, Brief Nudity We're in the process of setting up our Patreon, so head over to: Save Vs Cinema | 4 DM's, 100's of M…
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Description: From voluntarily submitting to algorithmic colonoscopies to desperate pleas for validation from silicon psychiatrists, we've become technological exhibitionists of the highest order. Watch as Khayyam exposes our collective descent into digital voyeurism where we're simultaneously the peeping tom AND the flashing victim. Spice Index: 🌶️…
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On today’s adventure of Coffee with M and J, we immediately go off the rails, followed by a seriously deep conversation. We do our best to share our vision for Season 3—where we’re focusing on wellness from every possible angle. It’s a broad topic, we know, but trust us, we’re diving in. This season, we will have fewer guests, but the ones we’ve li…
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Description: Silicon Valley's modern gold rush has devolved into a circular firing squad of Patagonia-vested gamblers throwing billions at 22-year-olds with half-baked apps. While real innovation starves, these financial alchemists transform investor money into kombucha farms in Bali, promising unicorns but delivering donkeys with party hats. Spice…
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Description: From ChatGPT's eerie poetry to Hinton's dramatic Google exit, we're building godlike machines with less empathy than a DMV clerk. While half of us fear extinction, the other half hopes AI fixes climate change—it's like asking your executioner for financial advice on the way to the guillotine. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ The "why" is hilariou…
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Description: A savage takedown of April Fool's Day, that most overrated of holidays where gullible Facebook-post-sharers transform into wannabe Machiavellis with whoopee cushions. From workplace "pranks" that deserve HR intervention to media outlets abandoning journalism for "comedic" clickbait, this rant exposes our collective tolerance for juveni…
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Buckle up, friends—this one jumps off the rails FAST! In today’s episode, we kick things off with an extra-caffeinated Mandy and take a wild ride through all the incredible guests from Season 2. From unexpected mishaps (balls to the face, anyone?) to powerful conversations on community-building, giving back, and real connection, this season had it …
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Description: A scorching takedown of a generation that swipes right more than they hook up, treating their genitals like museum exhibits while suffering from smartphone-induced performance anxiety. Between dating apps with more filters than actual dates and $2,500 closet apartments with emotional support plants, no wonder they've traded orgasms for…
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Description: From ChatGPT and Claude's passive-aggressive blog posts to tech bros battling over humanity's destiny, we're all just innocent bystanders in AI's algorithmic dick-measuring contest. Silicon Valley promised utopia but delivered digital chaos with better marketing. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ We worship at the altar of AI because mediocrity …
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Description: The technorati are selling AI salvation while picking your pockets clean. From $300/hour "prompt engineers" teaching you to talk to chatbots to Silicon Valley shamans peddling digital snake oil, this rant exposes the emperor's new algorithms and the cult of AI worship consuming our wallets and common sense. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ We wor…
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Welcome to the show! This is the first of two introductory "Guide" episodes to give you some details on how this will work. Most of you are likely familiar with D&D and TTRPG's, but just in case stumbled on this show looking for a movie podcast or my misspelling the actual show you were looking for and don't know what the heck a TTRPG is, then this…
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Welcome to the show! This is the second of two introductory "Guide" episodes to give you some details on how this will work. This one is for those of you familiar with D&D and TTRPG's. We'll break down the format of the show, talk about why we picked D&D, and hint at what our bonus content will be. Thanks for joining us on this adventure!…
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Welcome to the show! This is the first of 4 Backstory episodes where you'll get the opportunity to get to know a little bit more about your Cinemasters. This episode focuses on Turner, host and DM of the Gimme Da Loot Podcast, streamer, and lifelong D&D player. Give him a follow at https://bsky.app/profile/turnerdm.bsky.social And check out his oth…
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