The Women Are Plotting
Do you know how to use a rotary phone?
Worry about how much Aquanet you inhaled as a teen?
Wonder about the creative worlds of writers?
Believe belly laughs make the best ab workouts?
Seek answers to the mysteries of menopause?
Then welcome to The Women Are Plotting -- a new podcast that allows a peek into the unfiltered minds of three Gen X writers. Give us a listen. And if you like what you hear, tell your friends.
If you have a story or an idea you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at info@thewomenareplotting.com
Episodes
35 episodes
Celebrity Close Encounters
We swap our most unforgettable celebrity close encounters, from sweet sidewalk chats to moments that feel too strange to be random. Along the way, we dig into fan etiquette and why photos can kill a real connection.• Dwayne Johnson’s no...
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Episode 35
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49:52
Accountability Is Love (Even When It Hurts)
Something shifts in a friendship—you miss a call, dodge a check-in, or quietly stop showing up—and suddenly that easy, comfortable bond has tension running underneath it. We follow that feeling straight into the messy, meaningful world of accou...
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Episode 34
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50:26
Bigfoot, Not Deer & Other Cryptids
Something is “off” in the woods, your dog freezes, and suddenly every harmless shadow has a pulse. We follow that feeling straight into the world of cryptids, starting with the perfectly named “Not Deer” and ending with the question that haunts...
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Episode 33
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43:07
Dating Profiles
We roast terrible dating photos, celebrate profiles that actually work, and trade stories about the green flags and red flags hiding in plain sight. From “naked elf on the shelf” to coachable partners and clever bios, we map the line between pl...
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Episode 32
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1:07:05
Sexual Mishaps
We trade outrageous, honest stories about sexual mishaps and pair them with real medical facts, hygiene guidance, and hard boundaries that keep intimacy safe and fun. From penile fractures to water-vacuum myths, we turn cringe into caution and ...
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Episode 31
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48:22
Roommates From Heaven And Hell
What if your roommate hung clown masks in the kitchen, nurtured a mold colony, or secretly read your pay stub? We dive into the relatable world of shared living—where tiny habits tell big truths—and trace the line between quirky and dangerous.&...
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Episode 30
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53:19
Why Estrogen Matters: Daisy's Story
Menopause shouldn’t feel like a mystery you solve in the dark. We pull back the curtain on overlooked symptoms and the relief many women are still told to fear—from local estrogen for UTIs and urethral irritation to transdermal estradiol that s...
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Episode 29
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44:57
Our Dating Horror Stories
Dating can sometimes be thrilling. And other times absolutely unhinged. Our wildest dating horror stories may make you laugh, cringe, and rethink your safety plan for your next first meet. We start with a hilarious “not-a-date” blin...
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Episode 28
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45:06
From Tea, Shawls, And Scrolls To Modern Drafts: How Writers Build A Process
We swap myths for methods and share the rituals, tools, and edits that actually move pages from first draft to final. From Hardy’s shawl to Hugo’s naked deadline, we strip the romance down to reliable habits, smart structure, and brave cuts.
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Episode 27
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39:25
Babysitting In The Eighties
Jane, Heidi, and Etty trade raw, funny, and unsettling babysitting stories—celebrity trivia, 80s nostalgia, grooming red flags, an axe in a basement—while tracing how babysitting moved from teen rite of passage to vetted adult work. We end with...
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Episode 26
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38:22
Burning Man Changed My Brain
Think a festival is just loud music and long lines? Try building a city from nothing, losing your tent to a dust storm, getting adopted by strangers, and watching 70,000 people cheer a sunset after the sky finally breaks. We go deep on Burning ...
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Episode 25
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1:12:19
How a 7 Day Meditation Retreat Rewired Stress, Belief, & Healing Part 2
What if attention and emotion could nudge your biology toward healing? We dive into a potent mix of emerging research, lived experience, and practical tools to explore how meditation, sound baths, and intention might change the way the body beh...
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Episode 24
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41:55
How a 7 Day Meditation Retreat Rewired Stress, Belief, & Healing Part 1
What happens when you sit at 4 a.m. and breathe yourself into stillness for five and a half hours? We follow that question into Joe Dispenza’s retreat world, where heart-brain coherence, deliberate breathwork, and intention-setting collide with...
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Episode 23
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41:18
What Fictional World Would You Call Home?
What if the fictional worlds that raised us were more than escapes—what if they were blueprints? We trade closets for cosmos and follow the thread from Narnia’s lamp-lit snow to Starfleet’s hopeful future, from campus rooms that spark courage t...
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Episode 22
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52:39
From Misdiagnosis To Hysterectomy: An Endometriosis Journey Part 2
Part 2 of Martha’s long road through endometriosis continues. In this episode, we discuss more complications she experienced post-hysterectomy, including sudden menopause and the hormone therapy that finally restored her life. We focus on advoc...
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Episode 21
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53:00
From Misdiagnosis To Hysterectomy: An Endometriosis Journey
Pain that steals whole years shouldn’t be shrugged off as “just a bad period.” We sit down with Martha, a nurse who spent years begging to be believed, and trace the arc from precocious puberty and crippling cramps to an overdue MRI that finall...
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Episode 20
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59:41
From Runner-Chaser Chaos To Real Love: How To Tell Twin Flames From Soulmates
What if the signs weren’t pointing to “the one,” but to the work? We pull apart the magnetic chaos of twin flames and the steady, grounded ease of soulmates, sharing real stories of closure, synchronicities, and the kind of love that doesn’t as...
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Episode 19
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1:07:38
Female Friendships: Making New Friends, Maintaining Boundaries, And The Work Of Staying Close
A good friendship rarely “just happens” after 30. Between work, caretaking, and the aftershocks of a pandemic, the casual paths that used to pull us together have narrowed—and the loneliness stats prove it. We’re diving into what it really take...
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Episode 18
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59:29
Mind The Orgasm Gap
What if sex isn’t something we do, but a place we go together? We take that idea seriously and use it to reexamine the stubborn orgasm gap—how men climax more often in partnered sex, and what it actually takes for women to feel safe, aroused, a...
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Episode 17
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42:32
Out-of-Body Journeys, Past Lives, And The Science-Adjacent Search For Meaning
What if consciousness can wander—during sleep, during sex, or in the quiet of a deep meditation—and return with a story that won’t fit inside ordinary life? We open that door with firsthand accounts of floating above a childhood bedroom, being ...
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Episode 16
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59:01
Shiterature: Hilarious Stories of Bodily Malfunctions
A lot of us carry a bathroom story like a secret scar. We decided to tell ours out loud. We open with clear, useful GI truths, then tumble headlong into the messy middle where science meets life: nurses dodging diarrhea, a patient seemingly “bi...
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Episode 15
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58:54
Surviving Narcissistic Parents, Partners, And Friends
What if the person you love most thrives on making you small? We go straight into the lived realities of narcissistic parents, partners, and friends—how they isolate, control, and turn you into “supply”—and what it takes to break free. We start...
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Episode 14
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57:16
We Changed For Our Midlives, But F*ck These Hot Flashes
The bravest thing about midlife isn’t the leap. It’s admitting the life you’ve outgrown—and choosing the one that actually fits. We dig into the surge in “gray divorce,” the myths around the midlife crisis, and why so many of us are trading the...
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Episode 13
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47:51
From Reality Bites To Raves: The 90s Unfiltered
What if your favorite night out started with a paper flyer, a record shop clerk, and a map to a secret checkpoint? We rewind to the 90s and talk about the joy and grit of an analog life: finding raves by word of mouth, calling home from payphon...
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Episode 12
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59:44
From Greek Goddesses to Rock Gods: the Muse Finding Us
We explore muses as myth, metaphor, and practice, from Greek goddesses and Homeric invocations to who or what inspired a few rock-and-roll gods. We connect inspiration to memory, trauma, and discipline.• a film about a muse• The cre...
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Episode 11
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47:33