A mother and daughter, 37 years apart, talking about everything.
Periods and menopause. Acne and wrinkles. Sex, or lack thereof. Divorce. Dads. Dating. School. College acceptances. Siblings. Social media. Protesting. Climate change. Whatever else two women more than 3 decades apart refuse to shut up about.
Marit's been through it. Sonja's going through it. Somewhere in between, they figure it out together, out loud, unscripted.
Fair warning: language isn't always clean. Neither are the conversations.
Empty Nesting, Bubble Wrap Parenting, and Childhood Pranks
Send us Fan Mail Sonja has two weeks left before she leaves for college — and Marit is not okay. They dig into empty nesting, helicopter vs. free-range parenting, and Life360 as a love language. Then the confessions get chaotic: water balloon slingshots, flaming bags of dog poop, tamponed lawns, and a vice principal TP-ing Marit still won't snitch on. They close with a Word Up on how party invites have evolved, plus a PSA on why nobody should drive drunk or high.
27 Aug 2026
Attachment Styles, Situationships, and Chain Letter Nostalgia
Send us Fan Mail Attachment styles, situationships, dating app red flags, ghosting from both sides, and a trip back to 90s chain letters. Marit and Sonja talk about what it takes to build a relationship, and what it takes to walk away from one.
24 Aug 2026
College Acceptance Chaos, Gap Years, and Corporate Buzzwords (we hate)
Send us Fan Mail Marit and Sonja dig into the college admissions gauntlet, from standardized testing inequities to the cold, cruel portal-drop way kids find out where they got in these days. They talk decision-day merch, tone-deaf classmates, and why Marit thinks no-jerk policy beats any degree. Word Up covers the case for gap years, the 3 am panic spirals nobody asked for, and Marit's top ten most hated corporate buzzwords, from "circle back" to "boil the ocean." Youth is wasted on the...
20 Aug 2026
Sex Education & Masturbation
Send us Fan Mail Marit and Sonja tackle the topic most parents avoid, and most kids roll their eyes about: sex ed, and specifically, masturbation. Sonja gives the Gen Z take on how (or whether) schools actually cover this stuff, and Marit compares it to the, let's say, less comprehensive version she got decades ago. And they explain how no one seems to have died from an honest conversation about their own body. Expect some genuine "wait, you didn't know that?" moments in both dire...
17 Aug 2026
Death, Playlists, and the Newlywed Game (Because Why Not)
Send us Fan Mail This week, Marit and Sonja tackle the topics most people don't want to bring up at dinner. What happens when we die? And do we care? How do you create a playlist, and what song do you never want to hear again? Plus a detour into The Newlywed Game, seeing how well Sonja and Marit know each other's guilty pleasures. And a grab bag of the other random tangents only a mother and daughter 37 years apart could land on.
13 Aug 2026
Body Hair and Tattoos
Send us Fan Mail This time Marit and Sonja get into it on Double D: body hair (to shave, laser, or otherwise) and tattoos (regret, meaning, and sagging skin). Then it's Word Up, where Sonja asks her mom to describe her first kiss, and Sonja has to share, too. Along the way, they end up talking about online dating and inappropriate cat calls, because apparently no conversation about bodies stays contained for long.
10 Aug 2026
Body Image (Gen X vs. Z)
Send us Fan Mail This one's a mashup of everything. Marit and Sonja dig into body image across two generations, what's changed, what hasn't, and where the pressure actually comes from. They also get real about divorce and its impacts. Plus: a round of Word Up, the rapid-fire word game where generational gaps get exposed fast, and Sonja gets quizzed on a Gen X game she's never heard of. Spoiler: it does not go well for her. Heads up: we swear sometimes. Real talk between a mom and her teenage ...
8 Aug 2026
Mixed Race & Birth Order
Send us Fan Mail This second episode is about mixed race and mixed-up birth order. And we launch a new segment, Mind the Gap, our generational sorta trivia segment where we prove that 37 years is a very, very long time.
7 Aug 2026
Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll
Send us Fan Mail In their debut episode, Marit and Sonja kick off Youth Is Wasted on the Young with the Double D (Dialogue and Discussion) segment on sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, comparing what each generation actually thought and lived through versus what gets assumed about them. Thirty-seven years apart and completely unfiltered, they dig into where the generational gap is real, where it's overblown, and where a mother and daughter surprise each other (rarely).
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