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Kevin and Brie Save the World – Episode 9 – Go Away, Lestat!It’s a Birthday Sized Episode this week, Dear Listener!  Brie still doesn’t understand cereal milk and Kevin regales us with tales of his 103-year-old Irish Grandmother (rest in peace, Grandma!)  We received some great listener advice this week, which boils down to – JUST BE YOURSELF.  You do you.  Also, the moral we reached – don’t cut your own bangs.  Basically, Kevin and Brie really appreciate you for who you are.  Thank you for being you.Our Listener Question gets Kevin and Brie all riled up, as we go deep in our conversation and discuss our heightened public anxiety caused by the pandemic, understanding our traumas and using them for good, transference of energy, using forgiveness to heal, and the power we give to words. (Phew – that was a lot – thanks for sticking with us!)Brie has TWO TheraBrie stories this week, and in Culture with Kevin, Kevin FINALLY puts his money where his mouth is.Please consider supporting our Menstrual March Birthday Fundraiser to benefit THE SPOT Period in Germantown, Philadelphia – working to end period poverty and the stigma behind menstruation.  Venmo Brie - @cheesykarmaVenmo Kevin - @Kevin-Durkin-3kevinandbriepodcast@gmail.com**Put: “Fundraiser / Menstrual March Fundraiser” in the Memo** THANK YOU!EPISODE NOTES:Vicki Gunvalson (Instagram)Munchausen Syndrome (WebMD)Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (WebMD)Emotional Vampire – Psychology Today What We Do in the Shadows (IMDB)Mommy Dead and Dearest (Wikipedia)Anne Rice (Wikipedia)Interview with the Vampire - film (Wikipedia)Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Approved (FDA.gov)THERABRIE:Wealthy funder pays reparations for use of HeLa cellsPlumber drives from New Jersey to Texas with his family to help with storm repairsCULTURE WITH KEVIN:The Skating Lesson (YouTube)SEND US AN EMAIL!Follow us on INSTAGRAM!

Kevin and Brie Save the World – Episode 8 – Now What?Kevin and Brie return with a big heapin’ help of pin-ups (hey, we never said we’re perfect!), but thanks for accepting us just as we are.  We are all in this together, after all – the communal burnout of this quarantine is real.  In Listener Feedback, we comment on the catch-22 that is social media – how it’s helping us stay in touch but making us feel bad.  Then, our listener question asks how to deal with anxiety.Join us, Kevin and Brie as we share our honest truths to answer these questions and comments about anxiety and the extra layer of stress and worry that pandemic brings.  Our biggest take away this week?  Repurposing our thoughts to gain empathy and forgive our experiences and forgive ourselves. We’re all a big ball of anxiety this week as we explore and discuss ways to deal with and manage our anxious feelings.  How do you handle your anxiety?  Drop us a note and let us know!EPIDOSE NOTES:Nina Simone (official website)Easy Way to Stop Smoking, Allen Carr (audible)Milk Bar, Christina Tosi (official website)IKEA’s Quarantine Blanket Fort Guide (IKEA furniture not required!) (Good News Network)Nicole Byer (Official Instagram)Little Fish, Casey Plett (Arsenal Pulp Press)FIND A THERAPIST!Psychology TodayZocdocTHERABRIE:This mother-daughter duo is fighting the stigma of period poverty with the nation’s first crowdfunded menstrual hub in Philly – The Philadelphia InquirerFree supplies, clean bathrooms and a safe haven: Germantown hub opens to address ‘period poverty’ – Billy PennEnd Period Poverty Now for School aged Youth – Change.org petitionMake an Appointment for The SPOT, if you are in need of menstrual suppliesEMAIL US if you’d like to participate in Kevin and Brie’s Menstrual March Birthday Fundraiser to benefit The SPOT. (now through March 31st)CULTURE WITH KEVIN:Worth a shot? How one-dose COVID jab could help in pandemic fight, Virginia PietromarchiJoin our community!Send us an email!Follow us on Instagram!

Kevin and Brie Save the World – Episode 7 – No RegertsDear Listeners, allow us, Kevin and Brie to redeem ourselves from last week’s episode with a dramatic reading of a scene from our favorite gem of a film, Bridesmaids.  Then we continue on as a Flubber runs through this episode that focuses on advice by you, for you!  That’s right, dear listeners, YOU came together to impart words of wisdom on each other and uplift our little podcast community.  Your gems to one another got us talking about topics that include:trusting your gut and making the right choices for yourselfusing your energy towards things that fill you upwhere do you stand on regret?Not feeling guilt over your own lived experiencesHow to be the best you you can be!Overcoming pangs of jealousyHow do you react when you feel threatened?This is real therapy, dear listeners.  Not really, we are not a substitute for real therapy - but we sure are open and honest this week.  Brie fights her nihilistic tendencies and Kevin gives a French lesson.We thank you, dear listener for sending us your advice.  Next week, we’ll get back to our regularly scheduled programing.“We deserve to seek out what makes us sing” – A Kevin and Brie Podcast ListenerHave a question you need Kevin and Brie’s expert advice on?Send us a note at: kevinandbriepodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at kevinandbriepodcastEPISODE NOTES:Edith Piaf, WikipediaEdith Piaf – Non, Je ne regrette rien – YouTubeRent – WikipediaFame , 1980’s flick- WikipediaA Chorus Line - Wikipedia‘Chef’s Table: Pastry’ Recap: Christina Tosi Channeled Her Childlike Wonder Into a Dessert Empire – eater.comTheraBrie:Meet the 8-year old who opened a food pantry and was featured in Biden’s inauguration – today.com8-year-old philanthropist Cavanaugh Bell donating care packages to Sarasota nonprofits – heraldtribune.comcoolanddope.com – Cavanaugh’s nonprofit to end bullyingCulture with Kevin:Framing Britney Spears – Slate.com reviewBritney Spears – WikipediaSend us an email!Follow us on Instagram!

Kevin and Brie Save the World – Episode 6  A Real Explicit EpisodeDear Listener, how are you holding up in quarantine?  How are you adapting, adjusting? Over here at Kevin and Brie Save the World, we’re not doing so great.  Brie just wants to hug someone and Kevin is really *$%&#!% angry.  That makes for today’s episode – a modge podge of topics that include:change is scaryour actions and how they impact othersour experiences are uniquely ours and validprojecting our emotions and feelings onto othersgrappling with the pandemic and its impactwould you give your pants to a stranger?Our community grows as our Dear Listeners (that’s you!) provide their insights into last week’s question. WANTED: YOUR ADVICE!Dear Listener – WE NEED YOU! Next week, we want to feature YOUR advice that YOU want to share with our community!  What is a piece of advice that has helped you?  Send us YOUR advice to: kevinandbriepodcast@gmail.com  Join our Community!Send us an emailFollow us on InstagramEpisode Notes:AIDS Epidemic Key Facts –(Kaiser Family Foundation)History of HIV/AIDS Overview (Avert.org) All the Movies we mentioned this episode:Life of Pi (IMDB page)Rent, Musical (Wikipedia page)Rent, Movie (IMDB page)The First Wives Club (IMDB page)Bridesmaids (IMDB page)TheraBrie:GlobalPositiveNews (Instagram Story)Inside Edition YouTube Clip (YouTube)Culture with Kevin:Little Fish, by Casey Plett (GoodReads Link)Casey Plett (personal website)Join Our Community!KevinandBriePodcast (Instagram)KevinandBriePodcast (Email)

Welcome back, Dear Listener!  We’re on our fifth episode, and as we’ve learned from the great Tamara Moskvina, the second pancake is better than the first, so, our fifth episode is bound to be DELICIOUS.  In this episode, Kevin and Brie bring you their gratitude and hopes for the future of our KBSTW Community.  Kevin and Brie read amazing listener comments about building relationships in pandemic and expanding your horizons.  Then, in listener questions, Kevin and Brie discuss their most challenging question yet – how to change habits and get the support you need from those in your circle.   Your favorite advice duo delve into the deep ideas of employing best communication practices, how to use your feelings to help you have challenging conversations, and how to overcome the feeling of being nagged.  Then, in TheraBrie – a story of emotional forgiveness and community building, and in Culture with Kevin, Kevin highlights a woman-owned business. Create your own reality by acting as if – Know your why. Need some advice?  Have a comment?  Join our community and send us an email: kevinandbriepodcast@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram: kevinandbriepodcast EPISODE NOTES Kevin and Brie Save the World  - Instagram Tamara Moskvina (Wikipedia) 2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal (Wikipedia) The Second Mark: Courage, Corruption, and the Battle for Olympic Gold - by Joy Goodwin Bestiality of the Involved, by Spring Ulmer (link to amazon) Tabitha Brown – Instagram A former White supremacist store and Ku Klux Klan meeting space is being turned into a community center to promote healing – CNN.com Good News Network Coverage of the same story The Echo Project Little Egg Harbor Soap Company

Dear Listener, Hello!  Your two favorite advice podcasters have returned yet again to address your burning questions and comments.  This week, Kevin and Brie discuss fortifying your communication toolbelt with “I” statements to overcome conflict, how to diversify and expand your circle to make new relationships, finding FLOVERS during quarantine, and how creating a vision board may help reinforce your authentic self.  TheraBrie highlights a National First of Positivity, and in Culture with Kevin – Kevin waxes poetic about his love of opera, and shares a resource to help you love it too – www.medici.tv (not a sponsor)Brie challenges you, dear listener, to reach out and reconnect with someone who has made a positive impact in your life. Also, we have a surprise visit from a clown car!The fun never stops when Kevin and Brie get together to save the world with their advice. Do you have insights you'd like to share? How are you making friends, finding dates, and fortifying relationships in quarantine?  Join our community!  Send us an email: kevinandbriepodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram: kevinandbriepodcast Episode Links/ResourcesGreen Circle Program (link to the Clinton White House Archives)The Secret (link to Wikipedia)Medici.tvVision Board Inspiration:Black Owned Vision Board louisebartlett.com/new-blog/2018/2/1/a-beginners-guide-to-creating-the-perfect-vision-boardhttps://christinekane.com/how-to-make-a-vision-board/https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/be-your-own-goals-your-2019-vision-board-guide/

Kevin and Brie Save the World – Episode 03 - The First Pancake - Hello! Hi there dear listener.  Your two favorite modern day philosophers and advice connoisseurs are back to contemplate and discuss the topic of guilt vs. shame: why do we feel these feelings?  How do these emotions go hand in hand?  Kevin and Brie make many mistakes – and that’s OK – as told by an assortment of food analogies.  Later on, in listener questions, Kevin and Brie tackle having difficult conversations when folks may not agree.  How does one have such conversations?  How can one have productive conversations with as many diverse points of views as possible?  Our deep dive into these questions takes us through the ego, how to listen, and what it means to make a mistake. Brie strikes home with her TheraBrie for the week.  Kevin shares his  recommendation on an insightful netflix find for the Art and the City lover.How do you deal with disagreement and challenging conversation?  What are tips and tricks you’d like to share on challenging ways of thinking and thought?Join our community!  Send us an email: kevinandbriepodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram: kevinandbriepodcastSHOW NOTESTamara Moskvina, Russian pair skating coach and former competitive skaterConflict Resolution TheatreFran LebowitzPretend It’s A City

Hey Listeners! Welcome back! What a week it’s been.  We want to be a buttress of positivity for you and help you get through this thing called life.  Through thick and thin, we are here for you with our witty insights and honest thoughts. We (Kevin and Brie, your humble Co-Hosts) hope you’ll join us for this week’s episode.  We’ll talk about topics like: getting through hard times, washing the dishes, setting intentions, empathy on the internet, being human, being kind; Thera-Brie brings Kevin to tears!; This week, Kevin recommends the book:  Bestiality of the Involved.  We hope you’ll join us, as we try to save the world, one advice podcast at a time.Need some advice?  Have some pearls of wisdom you’d like to share with the world?  Just want to let us know how you’re getting by?  Join our community!  Send us an email: kevinandbriepodcast@gmail.com or DM on Instagram @kevinandbriepodcast

Episode 01 – Plant-Paste ResolutionsLooking for some new pals to get through this mess with?  Need a good-news pick me up? Trying to simply keep your mind occupied from the routine of everyday life? Or do you just love advice and podcasts?  Then look no further –Kevin and Brie are here!Our resolution?  To make a great podcast full of useful advice that helps, heals, and comforts, as you work through your troubles, or just life in general.  In our premiere episode, get to know your co-hosts, as we ruminate on topics such as New Year’s Resolutions – do you make them? what are they? do you uphold them?, and what we’ve lost and what we’ve gained this past year. We also go over stories that warmed our hearts, and what’s been inspiring us in this moment.Thanks for tuning in.  We hope to save the world – one advice podcast at a time.We want to hear from you!What are your 2021 Resolutions?  How do you manage your New Year Goals?Need advice?  Have something you’re working through? Want our clever insights into something personal?Have your own advice or a piece of wisdom you’d like to impart on the world?SEND US AN EMAIL!  kevinandbriepodcast@gmail.comDM US ON INSTAGRAM @kevinandbriepodcast

It’s here! Kevin and Brie Save the World: Teaser Trailer! Premiering Tuesday, January 5, 2021Join us, Kevin and Brie, as we gather round the podcast mic to give sage, sound, and insightful advice, capped with a bit of sass, humor, and fun.  If you are looking for a positive, entertaining, and encouraging podcast to fill your ear during these long quarantine days,  and maybe find some new digital friends, then this podcast is for you! We’re here to help you get through your week, day, month, hour, or whatever it is you’re working through and also save the world - one podcast at a time.Do you have a question you’d like some advice on?  Do you have some words of wisdom you’d like to impart on others?  Send us an email and we might feature it on the podcast!kevinandbriepodcast@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram @kevinandbriepodcast

It's our 2nd promo! Please save us, we need to do this podcast. Ask us a question and get some thoughtful and fun answers.Coming January 5th, 2021, Kevin and Brie Save the World: An Advice Podcast!Need some advice?  Have a question you need sage advice on?  Send us an email at: kevinandbriepodcast@gmail.com, or send us a DM on IG @kevinandbriepodcast

We're here! It's our first promo for our first podcast, where we discuss being kind to ourselves.Join us, Kevin and Brie, for our podcast premiere, Kevin and Brie Save the World: An Advice Podcast, Tuesday, January 5th, 2021. Join us for sage some sage advice as Kevin and Brie Save the World, one podcast at a time.Need some advice?  Have an issue you're working through and need a listening ear? Ask us a question at kevinandbriepodcast@gmail.com, or DM us on IG @kevinandbriepodcast