It Sounded like a Good Idea at the Time

It's a deep dive episode into "virginal stripper dancing," as well as the intoxicating allure of filters. And most importantly, where do we draw the line when it comes to beauty choices... especially when they're influenced by social media.

Mallory and Caroline really weed through their personal dossier of roadkill stories, which to everyone's surprise, was quite a few. Then really drill down on the problem with resolutions and the personal mantras they're focusing on for the year ahead. PLUS join Caroline in wishing the happiest birthday to Mallory.

Mallory and Caroline are back today with a recap of the perils of socializing, the benefits of two and three dimensional childcare, some final thoughts on the omnipresent Duke and Duchess-of-Nothing-Anymore. Plus, we worship Anne Helen Peterson's latest work and dive into why homesteading is so polarizing - and meaningful?

Who can relate to Caroline and her portmanteaus? I'm sure we all can in this chaotic time. We're here bringing our struggles and to your earbuds, and today we're talking about the difficulties with adult friendships. Plus: books, tv (sort of?) and some rabbit trails that we neither planned for nor will be apologizing about. Have you checked out our website? You can check it out to see our latest posts. What are your thoughts on this week’s episode? Let us know over on Instagram @agoodideapod, or you can shoot us an email at hello@goodideagirls.com. Our music is: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Guess who's back?? (If you immediately thought of Eminem, we won't blame you.) It's been a long break and we've missed you! What a crazy few months it's been. Some of us are thriving, and some of us...well not so much. We'll let you listen in to see which is which, if you haven't already guessed. We've got Zoloft and Diet Dr. Pepper a-plenty and we're ready to hit the ground running with season 2. We hope you're ready for more good-turned-bad ideas! Have you checked out our website? You can check it out to see our latest posts. What are your thoughts on this week’s episode? Let us know over on Instagram @agoodideapod, or you can shoot us an email at hello@goodideagirls.com. Our music is: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We're deep into stay-at-home orders and we have all the thoughts about it! We decided to experiment with our podcasting and see if we could include another (much beloved) guest on the show, and our friend Cris agreed to come on with us for a few minutes! Unfortunately, we had a snag in the audio and lost Cris about 10 minutes in, but we're so grateful to her for giving us the time of day when we know she's got a lot of other fish to fry. We're your biggest fans, Cris! If you'd like to help out the team over at the Batchhouse, head over to their Venmo and send a few bucks. Every little bit is so loved and appreciated! If you're needing more good things in your life, check out Good Things! You'll get a dose of good news from around the world every Monday. Have you checked out our website? You can check it out to see previous episodes and catch up with our latest posts. What are your thoughts on this week’s episode? Let us know over on Instagram @agoodideapod, or you can shoot us an email at hello@goodideagirls.com. Our music is: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We're checking in with the feels today as most of us are knee deep in social distancing and really missing out on friendships and communication. But we're not spending a lot of time on coronavirus today because 1) we don't want to and 2) we have bigger fish to fry! Maybe you heard a little story about one Taylor Swift? If you'd like to give your mind a break and decompress with some good things instead of the news. Current events are important, but so are boundaries. Head over here and subscribe to get a list of good things to scroll through in your inbox once a week. We have a brand new website! You can check it out to see previous episodes and catch up with our latest posts. What are your thoughts on this week's episode? Let us know over on Instagram @agoodideapod, or you can shoot us an email at hello@goodideagirls.com. Our music is: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We're here to lighten the mood, friends. It's been a rough 800 years this week, and we heard you when you said you wanted to think about anything other than a virus. So plug in your earbuds and take your mind off of it for a bit! Here's the article we talked about regarding Lady Gaga's new boyfriend. You can check out our website to see previous episodes and catch up with our latest posts. What are your thoughts on this week’s episode? Let us know over on Instagram @agoodideapod, or you can shoot us an email at hello@goodideagirls.com. You can find Caroline on Instagram @carolinearey, and Hannah @hannahpremaratne. Our music is: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We're sitting down with our friend and chief medical correspondent of the pod Heather Garfield to talk about when relationships go awry, the signs that shouldn't be ignored, and what friends and family on the outside looking in can do to help. You can hear more from Heather on Instagram @healthy.happy.heatherg. We have a brand new website! You can check it out to see previous episodes and catch up with our latest posts. What are your thoughts on this week’s episode? Let us know over on Instagram @agoodideapod, or you can shoot us an email at hello@goodideagirls.com. Our music is: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

A listener recently asked us to discuss our thoughts on manners, and we happily obliged! We also got into it about Love is Blind, The Man, and a few other items happening with women and the general public (*ahem* like a quick 5 seconds about politics). One thing we touched on was this article, which answers the question that we toss back and forth, which is "what do we do if we don't like the nominee?" The perspective here is on point. We also talked about this twitter thread, re: what happens if you voted for someone who then dropped out of the race. Similarly, here's a note from our own Senator Jeff Jackson supporting ranked voting, which would solve this problem moving forward. We have a brand new website! You can check it out to see previous episodes and catch up with our latest posts. What are your thoughts on this week's episode? Let us know over on Instagram @agoodideapod, or you can shoot us an email at hello@goodideagirls.com. Our music is: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This week we're finally announcing the thing that we've been working on for months: our brand new website! This has been a labor of love and it will grow in the next few months, but for now it's ready to see the light of day. Here's a few other things we wanted to link: This episode of Good Christian Fun is where Hannah got her book recommendation, and we both loved listening to it. Elizabeth Warren is accepting big-dollar campaign donors? Say it ain't so! (But should she have done it sooner?) Lularoe aint sh*t, and here are the receipts. Also on our chopping block: Chris Matthews and MSNBC. We have a brand new website! You can check it out to see previous episodes and catch up with our latest posts. What are your thoughts on this week's episode? Let us know over on Instagram @agoodideapod, or you can shoot us an email at hello@goodideagirls.com. Our music is: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

If you didn't watch the Oscar's, don't worry because we're breaking it down today. Check out these performances by Janelle Monae and Idina Menzel that we have been obsessing over. We also can't get over this ad for postpartum care by Frida. Do better, ABC! Note: we read further and we now understand that supposedly any feminine hygiene commercial wouldn't be allowed to air during the Oscar's. It does not change our overall opinion that the policy is crap. Also: when we recorded this episode, Andrew Yang had not yet dropped out of the presidential race. Since then, he has dropped out and said he would consider a cabinet position with another candidate. Feel free to start coming to us for the hard-hitting news BEFORE it happens. Caroline took this quiz to find out that she's Bloomberg's #1 fan, and Hannah is constantly pushing this site on everyone so we can all find out who we should be voting for. Get to quizzing! One thing we love to do is revisit a topic that we feel like deserves more attention, and that's what we're doing this week. Last week we discussed the Super Bowl halftime show, and this week we're asking ourselves what the difference is between that performance and the Victoria's Secret Fashion show. As always, we have a lot of thoughts. You can check out our website to see previous episodes! What are your thoughts on this week's episode? Let us know over on Instagram @agoodideapod, or you can shoot us an email at agoodideapod@gmail.com. Our music is: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Daily Mail: THAT co-host shocks with description of stevia’s SLIPPERY mouthfeel and UNWELCOME mentions of menstrual cups. Show notes: Compliment Caroline’s house (too late, it’s under contract! Papier mache pubs notwithstanding) Also, we recorded this more than 6 weeks ago. Caroline now lives in another house and unpacked these tracks along with a million boxes. Here we are!

It’s been 84 years… since we stopped cancelling on each other and hit “record”, diving deep (had to) into our complicated thoughts about billionaires visiting the Titanic wreckage. There’s plenty of room for you on the door to hear us discuss our recent reads, tunes we’re bopping to (new JoBros + Curse Word T. Swift), and Caroline assigns Mallory some cult-y homework. This episode is brought to you by Nixie sparkling water and Kelly Clarkson’s “Chemistry”.

Gwyneth has exited the courtroom, and we're entering your ears for our semi-regular return.Recorded 8 days ago, we specialize in the old news you're tired of, therapy insights, and the general goings on plaguing suburban women across the country.

We're back. Or, we were a week ago, when we recorded. Inside this episode are some reactions to the old-news-now Murdaugh conviction, the to-be-sentenced guesses, which are still old news. Plus Caroline tries to turn Mallory into her therapist again. We hope you listen!

A much-delayed podcast episode derailed by stomach bugs, upset children, and the general mayhem of life as adults. But alas, she's here! And in this episode we explore "Lornos," what the worst candy is to put inside a piñata, and why it's best to just try to emulsify those old emotions.

Well, well, well. What do we have here? Santa's sleigh and eight tiny reindeer? No, how about a refreshed pod, and a brand new co-host (but we still give the original a nod). That was a really poetic stretch, but look, this is just for you. And we hope you love this season of It Sounded Like a Good Idea at the Time as much as you used to.

This week, Caroline is joined again by friend of the pod and friend of real life, Mallory Moyer. How does one top an episode with Caro Chambers? Well. We probably don’t. But we try. And Mallory is the best possible option! Caroline and Mallory do their best to refrain from talking about Peloton but do chat plenty about books and shows and dive into how we’re all just sitting ducks waiting to be poached by an MLM. Do you have something you want us to discuss on the pod? DM us @agoodideapod on IG, or you can shoot us an email at hello@goodideagirls.com. Our music is: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Hannah's back for the episode she's been begging for all summer! We're getting into our favorite things, tenuous friendships, and how to text your best friend. Have you read/watched/listened to any of our recs? Do you have something you want us to discuss on the pod? DM us @agoodideapod on IG, or you can shoot us an email at hello@goodideagirls.com. Our music is: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/