You’re not ready. Neither are we. But bring it on.

For my first blog post, I wanted to tell everyone about my new favorite podcast… my own! I will soon co-host a brand new podcast called T&T. I, along with my fellow cohost, Neve, will be chatting weekly about all of our new interests and favorite things.

I feel that it is important to have niche interests, whether it be knitting, making art, reading every romance novel you can get your hands or religiously supporting a band no one has heard of, they make up you.

Neve and I want to tell you what makes up us. Sometimes it’s embarrassing, sometimes it’s insightful, but it’s always a good time. Don’t worry: we’re immune to embarrassing ourselves so you can get a good chuckle out of it, too. Overall, we just want to talk.

Let’s start with some basic information such as how we got into it. A long time ago, in a house far far away, Neve and I were roommates. Not housemates, no no, we actually shared a room together.

Through the cluster of snack-sharing and late night conversation came an idea. It came as we were discussing the court proceedings surrounding the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh. We were both attending college at the time and felt that no one was talking about the proceedings, even though they were all over the news. We felt that, regardless of your party affiliation, this was a historical event that more people should be talking about. This was how our first idea for a podcast began.

I don’t remember which one of us suggested it first, but we were both so on board that it didn’t even matter. Even though we have since moved past the idea of making a political podcast, the passion to educate people still remains.

The T&T podcast will launch in the Spring of 2020.

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