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What will you pay for that article? I don’t see a website paywall, do you?  The spat out candybar theory of web browsing. Your kid will not eat that.

Idle threats, and how not to make them. Amy needs a new emoji. How to get Turi to block you on social media. Conspiracy theories, and why beagles control our public schools.

Turi has had it with critic picks and magical realism. The imaginary recipe. Plastic bag theory and why Amy will not be getting a dog. If only we had the same taste.     

Turi has an in-person appointment…sort of. The convenience fee. Amy finds an ancient, guilt-inducing box. Greta Thunberg is going to beat us up. Mink for the obstinate.

Turi’s long held animosity toward E-cards is vindicated. Amy is adopting her robot vacuum cleaner and may start a college fund for it. Turi gets another “bad mommy” award.

Go for the sugar. An great idea for winter…if you don’t live near us. In our family, we like people to blame. No committees for Turi.  

The Covid clothing challenge. Purging your social network. How to barricade bill collectors, penetrate parties, and crash conventions.

Nobody wants to zoom their lawyer. Why teleconferencing is like a Las Vegas buffet. What can go wrong at the slots. Travel as a “wood you rather” proposition. You could create a masterpiece….if only.  

The big word apology. Things you get wrong, and things you won’t change. Risk. Who knows what’s legal anymore?

Post it notes and parties. What was life like, again? The joy of masklessness. Taking a phone survey, just for the company. Un-hoarding.

Turi insists on a mispronouncing anthropomorphization throughout the entire podcast. Amy forges a bond with her new Roomba. Giving someone the gift she already bought for herself. Why not marry the practical choice?

We reach back to one of our very first Turi Ryder's She Said What podcasts, where my father tricks me about a food product, and Kathryn is less than happy about the Elf she's set out to spy on her kid, but isn't sure how to do away with him. 

Turi’s husband wins the lousiest gift-giver competition. Amy’s kid know how to accept a dirty sock in wrapping paper. Two kinds of “thank you” notes: sincere, and vengeful.

Rules for eating the last piece of birthday cake. Leftovers. Covid is bad for your earlobes. Why you should no longer pick up a few things on your way home.  

In praise of shredding…. Amy’s shredder is like a military tank, but Turi’s shredder is for the secret hoarder. How do you know whether you ARE a hoarder, or just thrifty? Neighbors who own too much. More on the people down the street who have no toilet. The Darwinian fish pond.

The smart home with the dumb doorbell. The project that got away. Where’s the bathroom?  

The porch-monitoring camera. Things you can’t ship to people in Canada—like bathmats. Amy runs the snack table—nobody else gets ChexMix privileges. That friend who’s always in worse shape than you are, and how to laugh at him behind his back.

Our Cyberweek post game show. The worst promotion job in the world. Deep questions about robot vacuum cleaners. Refuse of cyber week’s past. The well-crafted napkin vs. the macaroni nursery school necklace.

What Turi learned in the front for of the opera. What Amy learned looking at male ballet dancers. Society lady shade thrown in the powder room. Designer gown envy. The almost-grown college student is back, and utterly helpless.

Thermostat wars from our childhood. Yes, you COULD do that yourself. Tourists, sea lions, and sweatshirts. The embarrassment of charitable giving. The end of the razor.