Happy one year of Friends By Chance, Season 2! To celebrate this milestone, Natalie reflects on the past year. She also explores recession indicators and her favorite musicals. Da Pope was announced halfway through recording the episode -- so there's plenty of chat on that as well.

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The Cowboy Carter episode is finally here! Natalie dives deep into all the necessary lore leading up to Cowboy Carter and why Beyonce winning Album of the Year this year was such a big deal. She concludes the episode analyzing the album, with plenty of quips and tangents along the way. Did you know that Fannie Mae and Fannie May are two different companies!?

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Natalie discusses the media she consumed and enjoyed for the week. Other topics include: CPR/AED training of yesteryear (vs now), the economy, and hobbies!

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Hello Friends By Chance Nation!!! Welcome to the new (ideally) weekly mini-series, "Thought Daughter!" Partially utilizing her monthly favorite episode format, this is Pop Culture Happy Hour but at home and the generic brand. Natalie discusses Sunrise on the Reaping (and has to refrain from spoiling), and chats about Lady Gaga's Mayhem and Rhythm Heaven Fever. And also high school?

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It's March! Natalie turned 25! But more importantly, Sunrise at the Reaping releases this month! Natalie invites her friends Jordan and Marissa and together the three gals discuss what we know about Haymitch so far, and make predictions for what awaits us in the book. Is Haymitch's girlfriend a descendant of The Covey? Is Mr. Everdeen? What are Katniss's parents names, anyway?! We ponder these questions while singing praises to our queen, Suzanne Collins.

Content warnings: brief mention of trafficking, violence, murder, trauma

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Natalie invites Wylie from All My Friends Are Reading back to the podcast to chat about movies that originated as Harry Styles fanfiction. Exploring the After series and The Idea of You, they ponder the ethics of writing fanfiction about actual people, and what it may suggest about the artist and their fanbase as a whole. Lots of One Direction chat too!

Content warnings: discussion of SA, abusive relationships, and predatory behavior.

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Check out Wylie's podcast:https://open.spotify.com/show/45KLHEkIpiQAswCJMqLTui?si=b5645fd648804abb

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Friends By Chance welcomes you all to 2025! To start the year, Natalie brought her friend Amber back to discuss Squid Game - the pair reminisce on the first season and the era of its release, and then dive into the new second season. Spoiler warning for both seasons of Squid Game (obviously). Other topics of conversation include homemade pasta, knitting, the 15-hour Tik Tok ban, and astrology of course!

Content warnings include discussions of violence and oppression throughout the episode, both fictional and non-fictional.

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Natalie wraps up 2024 by going over her favorites of the year: movies, music, and books, oh my! She also takes a look at the year's full moons and the events that took place. Lastly, she goes over what she looks forward to in 2025 and what January will look like.

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