Listen & Learn (or Not)
Welcome to Listen & Learn (or Not) featuring Laurie Hardie, Claire, and Anna D. These three amigas may not have much in common, but they don't mind sharing their different points of views. Follow them and share their journey with real-life everyday struggles, quirky people stories, random conversations, and, occasionally, some heavy topics, too. Come listen & learn a thing or two with us! Or not...we're not forcing you.
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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
52
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
53
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, Take Care...
Laurie, Claire and Anna talk about the loss of the beloved Naomi Judd. May is mental health awareness month. We want you to take care of you. Also, has petty theft become worse in your community? Quick! - Someone in your office building...
35 min
54
Space Needle - 60 & Fabulous!!
Seattle Space Needle is 60 years old, but it doesn't look a day over 50. Claire, Laurie Hardie & Anna D go over a little history of the landmark. We also discuss rethinking the mask mandates during this shifting pandemic. Don't...
33 min
55
Yum Yum Nom Nom Toot Toot Poop
Another ear worm has been born, and this time it's in the form of Katy Perry and Jimmy Kimmel singing about every toddler's topic of choice -- toots & doo doo. You get to hear it here first if you hadn't already. Claire...
34 min
56
Team Will Smith? Or Team Chris Rock?
Our country is, again, divided. This time over Will Smith and Chris Rock. Listen as Laurie Hardie, Claire and Anna D dissect, pull apart and psychoanalyze the SLAP heard around the world. Keep in mind, this episode was recorded on 3/31,...
48 min
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Just b/c You’re Good @ It, Doesn’t Mean U Enjoy It
Laurie Hardie, Anna D and Claire find out the WKND is guest starring in a long running TV show. Not only do we talk about the “Starboy” but we also talk about “StarHug”, a local author’s children’s book that is really taking off! The book...
44 min
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Alexa...play "What If God Was One of Us" by Joa...
Alexa is a valuable friend -- just ask Claire and Laurie. The Ring Doorbell is more Anna's friend. Claire has a few theories about what went on during the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Laurie shares her latest favorite reads. Claire &...
43 min
59
Cancel or Counsel?
This week Whoopi Goldberg returns from her 2 week suspension and Claire, Anna and Laurie reflect on what the controversy was about in the first place, why it rose to the level of backlash that it did, lessons to be learned from it, and...
20 min
60
Sex(y Golden Girls) & the City
Breaking news! The Sex & the City cast is now the same age as the Golden Girls were when they were televised. After you’ve awakened from fainting upon that news, listen as Laurie updates us on her swimming lane drama, and how she &...
40 min
61
Happy Hooters Day
This episode was recorded Friday, January 14th, which happens to be "Quitters Day". Life Coach Laurie, Claire and Anna D will tell you what that means....and doesn't mean. They also discuss New Years Resolutions versus Embracing...
41 min
62
I Like Long Walks On The Beach and I'm AirPod-S...
We recorded this episode on January 6th -- what did Claire give her true love on this 12th day of Christmas? You'll find out here. Apparently there are terms and phrases being overused that people want banned. "Hourglass Figure"...
36 min
63
Wake Me Up Before You Van Gogh Go
It's our last episode of the year - we better make it a good one! Can you guess the dominant feeling people felt in 2021? Laurie will tell you what it was. Speaking of feelings, we feel for you if your birthday lies on Christmas. Also,...
42 min
64
Santa Clause Got a Dirty Job, He Does It All Ni...
This episode was recorded 12/9/21, not long after the world was first introduced to the newly dominant Omicron variant. And how DO you even pronounce Omicron anyway? Anna's in line for a booster shot. Claire finds out she's vitamin...
34 min
65
Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Switchmas!
This episode was recorded 11/19 when the Rittenhouse verdict just came in. Claire, Laurie and Anna discuss the diverse reactions to the verdict. Warm 106.9 is celebrating Switchmas! Also, could it be that we get forgetful, not because of...
38 min
66
Overreach or Not?
[[This episode was recorded on 11/5]] Laurie, Claire and Anna wonder if a new vaccine rule is government overreach, or is the government simply doing its job? Also, what's happened that made us as a society so inflexible...
28 min
67
Hot For Teacher! Er, Hot JOB MARKET for Teacher
The teacher shortage is real and growing -- same for school bus drivers, custodians, lunch ladies...and other important school staff. Also - news flash -- teachers have lives after the last bell rings (insert collective gasp here). What...
39 min
68
Don't Panic - It's Just The 10th Annual "Shake ...
Life Coach Laurie, Claire and Anna D talk about a self-defense training course Elizabeth Smart, a kidnap/rape survivor, had just launched. Also what is it that social media platforms do to lure people to read/watch something? Anna D shares...
39 min
69
Whistleblowers, Bullying and Belugas - Oh My!
Claire, Coach Laurie and Anna D discuss how they've dealt w/ bullying in the past. Were they "bystanders" or "upstanders" -- or a little bit of both? Also, not everyone wants to go to Homecoming or Prom, and that's...
37 min
70
#FreeBritney Helps Set Britney Free, Nicky Mina...
Claire, Laurie and Anna are back w/ their thoughts on the big move from the #FreeBritney Movement, as well as the Brian Laundrie manhunt. They also discuss Nicki Minaj's vaccine claim coming from her best friend's sister's...
39 min
71
Camila Cabello is Not a Bandersnatch
Coach Laurie can recite the entire “Jabberwocky” that she learned in her childhood, Anna D is actually applying the Trig and Calculus she learned in high school toward helping her kids, and Claire…well, her dogs eat cat poop. Join us this...
45 min
72
Jem and the Holograms Would Be Proud
Do you have weird recurring dreams, like the one where it’s the last day of college and you realize you forgot to go to any of your classes? (No? Just us? Mmmmkay…) This week Coach Laurie, Anna D and Claire are back in true LALON form,...
43 min
73
Indossa una Maschera per Favore
Travel to a foreign country in the middle of a pandemic? Why not? This week Coach Laurie, Anna D and Claire recap Claire’s trip to Italy, from her favorite version of Pasta Carbonara to the majesty of the Vatican to her plan if she failed...
42 min
74
Italy or Bust
Claire is on a jet plane to Italy, and Laurie & Anna have decided to take a little break until her return....but in explaining this, they couldn't stop talking. Shocker. What should have been only a 5-minute schtick turned into...
33 min
75
Roma, Roma-Ma, Gaga, Ga Ga Ga!
Are men and women treated differently when it comes to mental illness? Coach Laurie, Anna D and Claire discuss the curious cases of Britney Spears vs Michael Jackson. Or maybe it's generational, because Olympian Simone Biles is getting...
65 min