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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
84
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
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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
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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
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#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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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If Everyone’s Back in the Office, Why Am I All ...
It was another miracle week here in our LALON family, with Coach Laurie feeling the power of prayer for a beloved family animal. Also, lots of offices are officially back in person now, and yet, somehow they’re also not; are you all alone...
55 min
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A Miraculous Week
Claire talks about an incredible and extraordinary event that happened to a beloved recurring character of our podcast -- her dog Sadie. But first you gotta get past Anna D refreshing her memory on how to use the podcasting equipment as...
59 min
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You Only Regret the Things You Don't Do
Claire announces something EXCITING she's about to do -- which honors something a wise woman (her wife's mom) said, "You only regret the things you don't do." Laurie is thrilled to announce she interviewed Amanda Knox,...
69 min
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I Wish I Could Speak Whale
How is it that we live in a world where Britney Spears is not free but Bill Cosby is? Join Coach Laurie, Anna D, and Claire as we talk about the sudden release of Cosby from prison and it’s potential impact on survivors of sexual assault....
71 min
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I Heart You So Much I Gotta Go!
It’s been a banner week for the underrepresented, as an active NFL player comes out as gay and Victoria’s Secret acknowledges that not all women are a size 4. And yet at the same time, a division of the Seattle Police Department has filed...
42 min
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I Think I Love You From Head to Toe
Concerts are coming back!! Join Coach Laurie, Anna D, and Claire as we reminisce about our fave concerts, who we are looking forward to seeing again, and catching cool (and sometimes sweaty) things from the stage. Plus, Juneteenth is (finally)...
57 min
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It’s All Coming Back To Me Now
Broadway is coming back! For that matter, people’s faces are coming back! So, are you ready to get out and celebrate, or are you still in a wait-and-see mode? And what of those who truly cannot get vaccinated- how do you train yourself...
60 min
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A Winning Combination of Offense and Defense
Even the worlds top athletes struggle with mental health. This week Coach Laurie, Anna D and Claire discuss tennis star Naomi Osaka’s refusal to meet the media after every match because of the anxiety it causes her. Is she dodging a responsibility...
54 min