Hey hey we’re back! Again. And again. And here we are again. I’m being annoying, I’ll stop. HEY HEADS UP THIS IS THE LAST PODCAST OF THE YEAR Y’ALL, ASHLEY AND NORINE ARE TAKING SOME WINTER SLEEPIES-WE’LL CATCH YOU IN THE NEW YEAR. I DON’T KNOW WHY I’M CONTINUING TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS BUT IT LOOKS LIKE I’M YELLING RIGHT? *coughs* Ok. ? After catching up on current happenings and of course getting in some food and weather talk, in episode 22 Ashley and Norine kick off the main topic about 30 minutes in. We're talking minimalism, overconsumption, waste, predatory industries, and how we have to que ..read more

What's up what's up we've been gone a second but we're back now, how are you? You can't answer that, we realize this. OK. SO. Hope you enjoyed summer. A lot has gone down and we cover most of it, including the fact that in less than a month (11/2/21 to be exact) Minneapolis will be electing new people to run its stuff so you should probably vote if you live there, yes? Yes. Did you know Ribnick Furs (boooo) is going out of business? That's pretty cool so we also talk about that. We finally dive into the bittersweet realm of break ups and give you the lowdown on how they are often necessary and ..read more

HEADS UP PPL we drop the F bomb a lot, sorry not sorreh. After we catch up on various local issues and chat about the recent #smithfieldtrial , 30 minutes in we dive into the main topic with Chelsea, who also joined us for episodes 7 & 8! We're talking equality in relationships, weaponized incompetence, conditioning and following societal norms versus tuning into what we want as individuals, following things that were modeled to us growing up, relationship lessons, self-gaslighting, analyzing the roles we play in issues in our lives, and more! Check out the episode on Apple Podcast, Spot ..read more

After a little Summer break, we're back! We'll get you caught up on current happenings with a lot of food talk and (unfortunately) more of the same when it comes to crime. At about 29 minutes in we dive into the main topic with our guest Flower Bomb who is an anarchist writer that created Warzone Distro (http://warzonedistro.noblogs.org), a zine creating & distributing project focused on anarchy, insurrection, & anti-civilization. Check it out! All zines are available via PDF or you can request a zine package. We dig in on a bunch of topics and think you'll find it to be a really thoug ..read more

Hellloooo again listeners! And happy actual actual spring time in Minnesota. It's (quite literally) the most wonderful time of the year (in terms of weather). Birds are singing, the sun is out, flowers are blooming, Bella is farting outside as opposed to inside the home now...I mean, uh....yeah. Speaking of farts (not an awkward segue at all), we talk about bodily functions in front of our partners/friends/family, cancel (ew) and call out (necessary) culture, Policy and policy work (with a shout out and a call to action-thanks Renegade Feminist Podcast!), as well as other current happenings in ..read more

Welcome baaaaaaack listeners. Aren't you glaaaaaad that we're baaaaaack?? Ok I'll stop. Episode 19 (also holy crap we have 19 episodes?!! Time flies, yo) is pretty darn dark and not very fun. But such is the world, right? We get into a chat with Jay from The Baldies (intriguing name I know but you have to listen to the episode to find out what the heck it is! Mwahahaha) and talk about shitty police, animal rights, Jay's cuteass dog(s) and school shootings. It's not a great time to unstressfully (is that even a word?) have a child right now, am I right? ☹️ Yeesh. Hope you enjoy the episode none ..read more

What up what up we're back we're back. And THIS time we have another guest! YAY LET'S GOOOOO. In episode 18 of MNtersectional, Norine and Ashley have Reid from Vegan East on the pod. They speak on some current happenings, most notably those surrounding the DxE protests at the Minnesota Timberwolves games because their fuckass team manager roasts chicken alive and that's awful and unthinkable and somehow we also tie this into how the police still do shitty stuff (SURPRISE!! LOLOL). Reid also talks about his experiences beginning Vegan East, an eatery with 3 locations around the Twin Cities metr ..read more

Hellooooo it's that time again, are you ready? Because we're like...kind of ready. JK WE'RE SO FREAKING READY LET'S DO THIS. In episode 17 of MNtersectional, Ashley comes prepared AGAIN with the tea *cough* I mean news and Norine (who seriously needs to get her life together) just like, doesn't. Nothing new to see hear, folks. *jazz hands* THEN Ashley and Norine talk about a very interesting situation that serves as the impetus to a larger dialogue that they have around pronouns, teaching/not teaching certain topics in public school, and somehow this situation ALSO begs the topic of cancel cul ..read more

Hey y'all we're baaack again. It's coming up on the "tail end" of winter in MN so like how are you doing? LOL jk don't answer that. Ok. In episode 16 of MNtersectional Norine came unprepared for just like, life in general, so Ashley (who probably saved this whole episode from being an hour of static silence) gives us a good amount of current MN news-y happenings. She had a pretty big adventure recently so she goes into that (shoutout to Earthships). We then dive into a dialogue of our own experiences of burnout (what up MN winter-you can leave now bubye thanks for coming) and its relation to h ..read more

Yaaaay we’re back again. I mean…um, Norine’s back again. Ashley’s out this month but will be back next episode (love you miss you Ashley!). Welp, it’s winter in MN, what’s new. In the first Best Friends/#bro episode of the podcast, Norine brings on her #bro Rah and they talk about what components of their friendship keep it sustainable despite them living half a country apart (hint: mostly that they’re not avoidant in discussing issues when they come up/show up for each other in the ways that matter to one another/feel an energetic connection to one another-but whatevs just listen to the episo ..read more