Listen & Learn (or Not)
Welcome to Listen & Learn (or Not) featuring Laurie, Claire, and Anna D. We may not have much in common, but we don't mind sharing our different points of views. Follow us and share our journey with real-life everyday struggles, quirky people stories, random conversations, and, occasionally, some heavy topics. Come listen & learn a thing or two with us! Or not...we're not forcing you.
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Paxlovid, Rust Out and Man of Recaps
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St Patty's Day 2023 Episode
St Patty's Day 2023 Episode
49 min
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Paper, Chris Rock, Scissors
38 min
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Cocaine Bear, Meth Gators and other True Storie...
34 min
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Take a Bow, RiRi!
27 min
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(Recorded 1/5/23) The Week Everyone Prayed For ...
(Recorded 1/5/23)
35 min
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Madonna Controversy / 2023 Edition
Madonna Did Something Controversial...shocker
29 min
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Just Do It
Just do it. It's not just a shoe company trademark. It's what could make your New Year's resolution stick. No need to bother to explain or overthink why you can't or shan't. Simply just do. Speaking of New Year's...
34 min
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Holiday Arctic Blast Episode
We recorded this HOURS before a crazy blizzard "cyclone bomb" would freeze most of the U.S., causing dips in temps, rare snow/ice rain events in the Pacific Northwest, 50-car pile ups in the Midwest, complete chaos at the Great...
35 min
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(Recorded 12/1/22) Listen & Learn on Loss
Sad news. We lost a dear member of our podcast. You know her as someone who drops in from time to time -- her barks and her funny little toenails :'( If you've ever lost a pet, then you know how difficult it can be. Claire shares...
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(Recorded 11/10) Truth Hurts
It's not just a Lizzo song. Truth really hurts - especially if you have to have a tough conversation w/ a coworker who might fall short of expectations. Laurie, Claire and Anna talk about how sometimes the kindest thing you can do is...
49 min
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Kanye. Kyrie. C'mon, man.
Maybe Kanye's going through his worst mid-life crisis (since his last one. You know. The one where he put on the obsessive-ex act? That was terrifying). Well, this time around he's caused his sponsors to cancel him. Didn't set...
41 min
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Trick 'er Treat (Recorded Oct 21, 2022)
Smell my feet...go on...smell 'em...because Halloween 2022 isn't at all like Halloween 2020 when we had candy shoots and left out candy bowls for the kiddos. We actually get to answer the door, hear jokes, and hand out the sweets....
40 min
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Cuckoo Spit Spit Spit
Recorded 9/30/2022. A lot has happened since our last episode. Sadly, we lost Loretta Lynn, Angela Lansbury, Judy Tenuta. We're still mourning the loss of Queen Elizabeth and Coolio. But there was also the welcoming news of Adnan Syed...
36 min
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Maren on a Mission
It just so happens we recorded this episode days after a Maren Morris concert in Redmond, Washington...and days before the headlines read that Maren had "Just Turned a Tucker Carlson Insult into $150K for the Trans Community". (Feel...
27 min
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The New "Quiet Quitting" Trend
Move over Great Resignation! There's a new kid in town, and it's called "Quiet Quitting". If you've never heard of Quiet Quitting, it's quite a phenomenon happening right now. Laurie Hardie explains what it is. Part...
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RIP, ONJ, We Honestly Love You
This one hurts deeply. Losing Olivia Newton-John feels like we lost a piece of our childhood. It's also been a tough loss for the breast cancer community which has had ONJ on their side remaining positive through the years, channeling...
39 min
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Summer's Flying By Like The Blue Angels!
The PNW has barely had a summer, but the Blue Angels make an unexpected cameo in this episode -- reminding us it is Seafair time -- and, therefore, we have a summer! Does it seem like crime has gone way up where you live? For some, even...
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Always Plan Things To Look Forward To
Whether it's a wedding that brings family from all over together, or a baby shower for your son and his wife's first child, or a picnic and concert with an old college chum you haven't seen in a while - life feels much better...
39 min
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Did Someone Say Shopping?
Claire hires a shopper for the first time to help her pick out clothes for a special event. We talk about the benefits of having a "shopper" pick out clothes for you, especially if you don't know that looks good on you anymore...
28 min
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We Need To Talk About The Elephant In The Womb
^ just one of many memes out there since the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe vs Wade decision. But, yes, we do want to talk about the elephant in the womb....and, yeah, this episode gets deep. This is probably a good time...
20 min
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Can U Hear The Words That Are Coming Out of My ...
Is it our imagination, or have people become more emboldened to confront strangers about their behavior? What happened to "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff"? Also, how do you handle a difficult office worker? Anna D plans to keep...
34 min
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Let It Go, Let The River Run, Let's Get Ready T...
After this week, we're pretty sure Claire's pet Sadie has 9 lives, but she's a dog...and a good girl! Also, Laurie Hardie might be a real-life Tess McGill (aka Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl"), finding herself working...
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Soul-Searching After This Week's Uvalde Tragedy
Sadly, just about every school kid's /parent's /teacher's nightmares came to life this week at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. This national tragedy has left many hurting inside, struggling to make sense of the latest...
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Baby Formula Shortage 2022! Got Milk?
The baby formula shortage has gone from an inconvenience to a national crisis real quickly.These last couple weeks have shown just how complex the shortage is and how there isn't a seemingly simple formula to solving the problem. Laurie,...
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