Chaos in 8a.
Gardening, growing food, reading books, knitting and other hobbies involving string, cooking and recipes, culture and society. Join me on my journey into various rabbit holes related (or unrelated) . Mostly homesteading with a little fun, chaotic energy.
First stop - what's a tradwife?
patreon.com/ChaoticVeganHomestead
I'll just make the title the one part I forgot to say in the trailer. It's me, Tina, and thanks for joining me on my next podcasting journey! Just a quick bit of information about me and what I'll be chatting about here.
patreon.com/ChaoticVeganHomestead
7 May 2025
One For The Road
Hope to see y'all in the next chapter of this podcasting journey!
Link to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ChaoticVeganHomestead
8 Apr 2025
Bonus Episode: Obituaries and Obitchuaries
Episode highlights: I’ve gotten side-tracked, so let’s do a deep dive into obituaries, y’all! The purpose, history, and a handful of the wildest obituaries I could find. All links to the obits will be posted in the show notes on the website, www.awkwardancestry.com (http://www.awkwardancestry.com)
(Lawrence Pfaff Sr., Kathleen Dehmlow , Florence Harrelson , Linda Stull , Dolores Aguilar, and Karen Short )
We’ll return to my story next week and how an obituary changed my life.
Check out Awkward Ancestry on instagram and facebook!
26 Mar 2025
7. I Did It My Way
Episode highlights: This episode covers my last two years at Harding and the summer before I moved out to Moore Hall at UNCC. I apologize to my German exchange student and I explain why my family wouldn’t allow me to go. Lots of other stories about my relatives where I try to walk the line between telling a fair and accurate account of people and events, my feelings about them, and finding redeeming qualities about people who have never been able to do the same for me. What else? I finished reading Nowhere Girl - definitely worth reading! And a bit of “internet therapy”.
If you would like to share your story, email me at awkwardancestry@proton.me or find the submission form on awkwardancestry.com
Check out Awkward Ancestry on facebook and instagram. I've been working on putting more quotes and such on there.
Thanks for listening!
19 Mar 2025
6. Fend For Yourself
Episode highlights: *mentions of suicide, self-harm, dieting, eating disorders* My bumpy transition into high school at Harding, but marching band made it better, but maybe also worse? My grade after the first quarter in geometry brought things to a head with Granny. I started dating, actually dating after breaking up with my 8th grade boyfriend over the summer, but that relationship isn’t healthy. Along with, and perhaps because of that, I develop unhealthy eating habits that would probably be called an eating disorder. My mother and Les try again and even though it doesn’t work out, again, Les and I spent time together going to movies or having dinner at Wendy’s. I got called into the guidance counselor’s office which actually made things worse at home. To get out of the house, I started my first job as a cashier.
Finally, I shout out the books I’m reading and dish out this week’s dose of internet therapy. I just finished reading Obitchuary - The Big Hot Book of Death (they also have a podcast!) and I’m just about finished with The Stranger in my Genes by Bill Griffeth.
If you would like to share your family stories or if you have an obituary or will story to share, email me at awkwardancestry@proton.me (mailto:awkwardancestry@proton.me) or find the submission form on awkwardancestry.com
You can also find Awkward Ancestry on facebook and instagram - send me your favorite mental health quotes and memes. It would make my day!
Thanks for listening!
5 Mar 2025
5. The Family Tree Project
Episode highlights: This episode brought to you by the handful of jelly beans I ate before I hit record… The end of my elementary years, the transition to middle school, my year at Northwest and how two torn pages in a science book led to me changing schools. The time I got grounded for dropping the F-bomb, how I was terrified of telling Granny I was bleeding, my mother gets divorced and eventually moves into our neighborhood. The time Granny sent me, at age 11 or 12, to be a child chaperone for my mother and her questionable choice of a boyfriend. The day Granny and I stole a dog and how I hoped my mother would finally take me back.
I talk some about how this introspection and examining events from the past and comparing my childhood experiences contributes to how I spend time with my own children.
Finally, I shout out the books I’m reading and dish out this week’s dose of internet therapy from narcissistic_hangover, which I have a lot of thoughts about.
On the website this week: the form to submit your family secrets and stories, bonus stories and photos.
If you would like to share your family stories or if you have an obituary or will story to share, email me at awkwardancestry@proton.me (mailto:awkwardancestry@proton.me) or find the submission form on awkwardancestry.com
You can also find Awkward Ancestry on facebook and instagram - send me your favorite mental health quotes and memes. It would make my day!
Thanks for listening!
27 Feb 2025
4. We are made up of what we have remembered
Episode highlights: A menagerie of stories and recollections from my elementary years no one ever asked for but that shaped who I am today. The cemetery cats, my cousins, my experience of Granny, and I admit how little attention I paid to everything as a kid but am piecing together as an adult. I just finished the book Unearthing by Kyo Maclear and I share some of the more profound sections about the burden of secrets and the trauma of a child being taken from their parents.
On the website I have shared some bonus content - photos and stories that didn’t make the edit for this episode. Was that my father at the door that day? Did the found “stray” cat belong to one of my classmates?
If you would like to share your family stories, or if you have an obituary or will story to share, email me at awkwardancestry@proton.me (mailto:awkwardancestry@proton.me) or find the submission form on awkwardancestry.com.
You can also find Awkward Ancestry on facebook and instagram - send me your favorite mental health quotes and memes. It would make my day!
Thanks for listening!
19 Feb 2025
3. I was hatched from an egg
I guess you'll have to listen to find out what that's about!
Episode highlights: the things Granny and Bob fought about, my favorite neighbors, the time I was awkward and told my friend she reminded me of a banana, and what I'm calling "internet therapy" where I share some of my favorite things I've seen on instagram.
Check out the website: awkwardancestry.com
You can also find Awkward Ancestry on facebook and instagram - send me your favorite mental health quotes and memes
Thanks for listening!
14 Feb 2025
2. This is a true story based on a lie
Episode highlights - the one night I spent with my mother, the elderly neighbor, how I started wearing makeup when I was 7, building toothpick bridges when I should have been learning fractions, and what I'm calling "internet therapy" where I share my favorite quotes.
Website: awkwardancestry.com
Find the podcast on instagram and facebook under Awkward Ancestry
11 Feb 2025
1. Cast of Characters
This episode is an introduction to the cast of characters that shaped my early childhood.
Check out the new website - awkwardancestry.com
Find the podcast on instagram and facebook under Awkward Ancestry
3 Feb 2025
Trailer - Welcome to Awkward Ancestry
Welcome to Awkward Ancestry, where Tina Roggenkamp shares her story. What does it mean to have been born into a web of secrets only to try to untangle them many years later?How we reconcile our geneaology and family tree, our family secrets, and what it means to be family.
4 Oct 2024
Daniel Lynn Freeman
In this episode I share a couple random childhood memories, what life was like when I moved out at 18 - the dorm, apartment, roommates, boyfriends, and where I worked... the landscape of things leading up to the events and discoveries in 1999. I begin to tell the story of how I found the man I thought to be my father- Daniel Lynn Freeman's obituary. Even though I'd never met him, his name was on my birth certificate and he was part of family lore.
Please check the website for bonus content - Daniel's obituary and entries with more information you might recognize
I'm really going out on a limb in hopes that someone recognizes a name. If you do, please email me at TheEstrangedPodcast@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and supporting this project!
Estranged Podcast Website: www.estrangedpodcast.com
Music Credits: Cozy Autumn by CalvinClavier on pixabay
Photo Credits: Jonathan Maybey on unsplash
17 Sept 2024
"I did it my way"
Content warnings: nothing much this week other than brief mention of periods
In this episode I talk about my German exchange student (Anna Krempien, maybe you'll hear this), and how I didn't get to go to Germany. My junior and senior years at Harding, a couple of the guys I dated, working at Harris Teeter, family drama, and the last bit of "normal" before things fell apart.
Maybe you'll recognize a name that rings a bell (or maybe you'll hear your own name if you knew me back then) - if you do, email me at TheEstrangedPodcast@gmail.com I'd love to chat!
Thank you so much for listening and supporting this podcast!
Estranged Podcast Website: www.estrangedpodcast.com
Music Credits: Cozy Autumn by CalvinClavier on pixabay
Photo Credits: Jonathan Maybey on unsplash
6 Sept 2024
Big Bird
Content warnings: eating disorders and weight loss, suicidal thoughts
In this episode, I talk about 1994-1996 - how my grandmother tried to kick me out, the guys I dated, the guys my mother dated, marching band, getting sent to the guidance counselor (twice!), Alaska, my first job...
Maybe you'll recognize a name that rings a bell - if you do, email me at TheEstrangedPodcast@gmail.com. I'd love to chat!
Thank you so much for listening!
Estranged Podcast Website: www.estrangedpodcast.com
Music Credits: Cozy Autumn by CalvinClavier on pixabay
Photo Credits: Jonathan Maybey on unsplash
26 Aug 2024
Not Related By Blood, But Still (The Time My Mother Dated Her Step-Brother-In-Law)
In this episode I tell about how I told Granny to "tell Connie to f*ck off", how we stole a dog from his owner's back yard, my mother dated Bob's daughter's husband, my time at Northwest and Spaugh middle schools in Charlotte, the one night I spent with my mother at her apartment, and other stories from 1991-1993.
Maybe you'll recognize a name that rings a bell - if you do, email me at TheEstrangedPodcast@gmail.com. I'd love to chat!
Content warnings: sexual harassment, eating disorders
Thank you so much for listening!
Estranged Podcast Website: www.estrangedpodcast.com
Music Credits: Cozy Autumn (by CalvinClavier on pixabay)
Photo Credits: Jonathan Maybey on Unsplash
19 Aug 2024
Cemetery Cats
Join me as I continue to share my story and maybe you can help me answer some questions about my childhood. I talk about my life in Charlotte in the '80s and '90s, my mother's third husband, all the cats in the cemetery on Freedom Drive, my step-grandfather, other family members, and what it was like living as the only kid on a dead-end street with retired people. Maybe you'll recognize a name that could help me put together some of the missing puzzle pieces? If any of this rings a bell, email me at TheEstrangedPodcast@gmail.com - I'd love to chat!
So, hey, I can't get my website to work - I'm going to pop those cat photos on the Estranged facebook page instead!
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562253854611 (or just search for Estranged Podcast on facebook)
Content warnings: death of a pet
Thank you so much for listening and for your patience as I learn the ins and outs of podcasting and storytelling. I hope you'll subscribe and share this podcast with your friends!
Estranged Podcast website - www.estrangedpodcast.com for information about how to submit your story, all the social media, and this week - photos of cats!
Music credits: Cozy Autumn (by CalvinClavier on Pixabay)
Photo Credits: Jonathan Maybey on Unsplash
5 Aug 2024
I was her co-pilot
Join me as I continue to share my story out loud and I share a secret I've only ever told one person until now. I talk about my life in Charlotte in the '80s, my neighbor Connie, and growing up with Granny and Bob. If any of this rings a bell, drop me a line at TheEstrangedPodcast@gmail.com I'd love to chat!
Content warnings: brief mention of dieting and situation involving child abuse
Thank you so much for listening and for your patience as I learn the ins and outs of podcasting and storytelling. I hope you'll subscribe and share this podcast with your friends.
Estranged Podcast website - www.estrangedpodcast.com for information about how to submit your story, all the social media, etc.
Music credits: Cozy Autumn (by CalvinClavier on Pixelbay)
Photo credits: Jonathan Maybey on Unsplash
29 Jul 2024
1980, I think
Join me as I begin to tell my story out loud for the first time. I will introduce you to my grandmother, grandfather, step-grandfather and tell you about my early life memories. If any of these names or stories sound familiar to you, drop me a message, I'd love to chat!
Content warnings for this episode - death, death of a family pet
Thank you so much for listening and for your patience as I'm learning all the ins and outs of podcasting and storytelling. I hope you'll subscribe and share with your friends. Hey, maybe someone will know something.
Estranged website - www.estrangedpodcast.com (Find all the social media accounts, email, etc.)
Music Credits: Cozy Autumn (by CalvinClavier) on Pixelbay
Photo Credits: Jonathan Maybey on Unsplash
20 Jul 2024
Estranged Trailer
Thank you so much for listening and for your patience as I learn all the ins and outs of podcasting. I hope you will subscribe and share with your friends!
Estranged website: www.estrangedpodcast.com
To be featured email Tina at theestrangedpodcast@gmail.com
Music Credits: Cozy Autumn (by CalvinClavier) on Pixelbay
Photo Credits: Jonathan Maybey on Unsplash
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