Episode #21: Focus
For the first true guest of season two, we welcome Morgan. Despite enduring a recent divorce, Morgan remains upbeat and mellow. Where does this positivity come from? Where does Morgan come from?
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Episode #20: Motivation Part II
We attempt to start season two of We Need to Talk again, this time with a renewed sense of motivation. Things start a little rough as we get back into the groove, but we quickly find our footing am...
Episode #19: Motivation
Season two of We Need to Talk begins with a discussion on motivation. We can become complacent, adrift, and lazy. How do we reverse this? Apply advice to all wounds, projects, and relationships.
Episode #18 Bonus: How to Make a Pie
Sean takes us through the steps to make a fantastic pie dough. Giving tips and tricks along the way, he wraps up with both personal and societal implications of a good pie.
Episode #18: Finding Your Escape Velocity
We’re back with our friend Sean, a guy who makes friends with the person deemed his greatest enemy by OKCupid, who attends a dance marathon not knowing a soul, and who makes a mean pie. Look for th...
Update #1
Show news: changing formats to be more sporadic, but better quality. Y’all know that juggle.
Episode #15: Mother's Day
We interview our mothers, which means ghost stories and school lunches from the mid-1900s.
Episode #16: Road Trip
Evan and Dan head out to see the Grand Canyon. A coming of age tale that isn’t about the destination, but the journey. Rated R for coarse language and beards.
Episode #15: Black Fly In My... Whiskey
Over mimosas, Ashley talks about two guys she thought would be with her for life. Instead of life, however, she spends some grueling last moments with each, one in a tent in New Zealand, ...
Episode #14: Indie Movie Love
Jen with one ‘n’ joins us, and she hits you with some great advice at the very end. Before that, we find out how she’s never been on a date — yet has been in a relationship for 98% of her adult lif...
Episode #13: Cirque de Coeur
Alex is a traveling circus performer. Kind of. The traveling and the performing may not have anything to do with each other, or the time he got mugged in Glasgow. Even though he’s moved his life a ...
Episode #12: WNTT Live!
Without a guest this week, we resort to gimmicks, then talk about a harrowing date that we both lived through, together. Then we inexplicably talk about frontiers and failure…it’s live, people.
Episode #11: Warm Pie and Existential Crises
You’re in for a treat with a different Steve, and it’s almost as tasty as the pie that we munch down on during this talk covering his whirlwind of a new marriage, deep talks with moms, an...
Episode #10: Never Been Kissed (by Love)
Erin thought she was just doing another intro. But, you feed someone enough wine and bread, and they’ll stick around to tell you how they’re brain is structured and how it thinks about relationship...
Episode #9: Commiseration
Dan’s on a small vacation, so this is an old chat. The kind of chat that exemplifies why a borderless friend is such a good thing to have around…so they can listen to your wild thoughts.
Episode #8: Slack in the System
What’d you do after college? Ride some freight trains? Hitchhike around the Western U.S.? Dodge FBI agents, along with the draft? Our guest, David, did. Turn on, tune in, and drop out.
Episode #7: Light
After some heavy episodes, we keep it light: first crushes, where our ideas of love come from, and what makes a conversation. Maybe…it’s not so light.
Episode #6: She Ain't So Shy
Courtney invented the idea of smiling when talking over the phone. You’ll feel that smile, even as she tells harrowing tales of horses, horrible screen names, and husbands — and her half of Steve’s...
Episode #5: We Are All Tubes
We add another Dan to this episode, and it’s for the better. Through his two breakup sagas, and anecdotes of dashing through rail yards, brokering peace in the Middle East, and the fate of his ex’s...
Episode #4: Dr. Jenn
On a winter’s eve, we tuck in around the dinner table with the always delightful Jenn. If she doesn’t warm your soul, her chicken recipe will. Beware: we earn the explicit rating near the end.
Episode #3: The Ex
Man, “ex” has such a bad connotation, when sometimes, like this time, it shouldn’t. Evan sits down with an old girlfriend and talks memories: of high school, of college, and of horrible attempts at...
Episode #2: The Life of Steve
Pull up a chair and a few drinks to listen to a night with special guest and newly-minted friend Steve. We talk about pivotal moments in life. This theme arches through various topics, including di...
Episode #1: Evan's Breakup
In our debut, we record Evan’s thoughts over a month as he experiences a breakup: “So lemme just say that I don’t have anything in the world right now…”