Mall Talk with Paige Weldon and Emily Faye

Clare O'Kane joins us on the pod to talk missing malls now that she lives in New York, how to be in a relationship where only one person has AMC Stubs A-List, the Valley Fair & Great Malls in San Jose, and the complicated cultural artifact that is American Apparel. Plus, Paige and Emily's visit with Burbank Santa and a game of Snowy Island. JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW CLARE: https://twitter.com/clareokaneclare https://www.instagram.com/clareisokane FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

Ellie McElvain (What’s Your Favorite Taylor Swift Song?) joins us to talk about tall socks and loose jeans, watching Love Actually at the Americana AMC, blue cheese-crusted steaks, Brookstone massage chairs, and a harrowing middle school tale centered on a rumor about Kay Jewelers. JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW ELLIE: https://www.instagram.com/elliemce/  https://twitter.com/elliemce  https://www.instagram.com/wyf_tss/  https://twitter.com/wyftss  FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

The Malliday season is officially upon us and we're kicking it off by welcoming past guest Amy Silverberg back to the pod for a Hanukkah hoedown. We catch up on everyone's latest mall trips from The Grove to Texas to Seattle, jeans, dogs, cats, food poisoning, and of course, LOFT. Plus, a Hanukkah edition of Name That Store and some listener questions. JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW AMY: https://twitter.com/AmySilverberg https://www.instagram.com/amysilverberg FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

The latest Patreon Plaza episode UNLOCKED! Topics include Paige's visit to Spokane, Emily's sock journey and fall mall news including a talking Christmas tree in Nova Scotia, an aquarium in an old Sears, a Squid Game promo, and more. Get access to the whole back catalog and the Patreon-exclusive Mall Talk Discord at https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW EMILY: https://twitter.com/mlefaye  https://www.instagram.com/mlefaye/  FOLLOW PAIGE: https://www.instagram.com/paigeweldon/  https://twitter.com/paigeweldon  FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

Bianca Cristovao joins us this week to talk ROW DTLA, her teenage mall in Prague and the concerts they had there, new stores in old buildings, which American fast food chain is better in Europe, and the once-cool now-uncool GUESS. Plus, an abundance of mall trips from this week and Desert Island. JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW BIANCA: https://twitter.com/biancacristovao https://www.instagram.com/biancacristovao FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

Chris Thayer joins us to talk trying the lime lemonade from Hot Dog on a Stick, going to the Redlands Mall with his grandpa as a kid, loitering as a teen at Sunland Park Mall, and learning that Hot Topic was for posers at the Tuscon Mall. Plus all things Vans and another round of Who Wants to Be a Mall-ionaire! JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW CHRIS: https://twitter.com/ChrisThayerSays  https://www.instagram.com/whoompthayeritis/  FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

Dana Donnelly joins us to talk about the business of buying and returning, Betsey Johnson, eating paninis at the Stanford Shopping Center, her short-lived career with the Gap corporation and finally, the trend-resistant and bafflingly proportioned lace & crochet world of Free People. JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW DANA: https://twitter.com/danadonnelly https://www.instagram.com/hottestdana FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

In a very special Malloween week episode, Paige and Emily discuss all things Spirit Halloween, including their field research from Glendale’s 2021 Spirit location in a former Sears, lore found on the Spirit Wikia, and competitors like Aahs! and Party City. Plus a little on CityWalk, Roger’s Gardens, and the AMC Burbank Town Center 6. Also, as promised, answers to the last of this season’s Malloween listener questions. JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW EMILY: https://twitter.com/mlefaye  https://www.instagram.com/mlefaye/  FOLLOW PAIGE: https://www.instagram.com/paigeweldon/  https://twitter.com/paigeweldon  FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

M.K. Paulsen joins us to talk fall at the malls, nachos at the movies, driving to Ridgmar Mall and Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, TX as a teen, and the time he was in a Toni and Guy fashion show. Plus, how Fossil sparked his dream of becoming a teen model, Fossil watches, and this year’s Halloween Mall Libs. JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW MK: https://twitter.com/mkpaulsen https://www.instagram.com/mkpaulsen/  FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

Rachele Friedland joins us to talk trash cans and blackout curtains at Bed Bath & Beyond, talking trees at South Coast Plaza, her time working on Second Street in Belmont Shore, and of course, all things francesca’s from chunky plastic necklaces to bachelorette party flasks to mugs for your mom. Also, Malloween month continues with another round of The Price is No Object: Roger’s Gardens edition. JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW RACHELE: https://twitter.com/Rachele_F  https://www.instagram.com/rachelefriedland/  FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

Subhah Agarwal joins us to talk Cake Boss vending machines, buying things just to return them, working at Hollister at Hawthorn Mall in Illinois and the flagship Apple Store in New York, making trips to Woodfield Mall for Black Friday, and finally, all things Bed Bath & Beyond. Plus our first Malloween listener question of the season! JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW SUBHAH: https://www.instagram.com/subhaha/  https://twitter.com/Subhah  FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

A clip from last week's Patreon Plaza episode "The Big See's Candies Malloween Kickoff" in which we try some See's Candies Halloween treats in our continued celebration of See's 100th anniversary. Get the full episode, plus access to the whole back catalog, our other upcoming Malloween content and the Patreon-exclusive Mall Talk Discord at https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod

Eliza Skinner comes by to talk having revolving sushi at the Glendale Galleria, touching t-shirts at malls on the road, shopping at Up Against the Wall and eating free bagels at O’Brienstein’s at malls in Richmond, VA, and finally, learning to be a little scientist at The Nature Company. JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW ELIZA: https://www.instagram.com/eskinz/  https://twitter.com/elizaskinner FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

Greg Santos joins us to talk about grabbing a haircut and a coffee at Westfield Topanga, growing up going to Las Vegas malls like The Boulevard Mall and the Galleria at Sunset, being ahead of the tight jeans trend, the ultimate Gap backpack-based heist, the mystery of the ceiling at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace and his halcyon days of having unlimited game credits at GameWorks.  JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW GREG: https://www.instagram.com/gregmsantos/  https://www.tiktok.com/@gregmsantos?  FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod

Jack Robichaud joins us to talk about the various Burbank AMCs, a harrowing search for brown pants at the Beverly Center, causing trouble as a teen at Rockingham Mall in Salem, NH and of course, his youthful longing for a pair of Oakleys. Plus a listener question about mall bar crawls, which is a really hard phrase to say. JOIN THE MALL TALK PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/malltalkpod/ BUY MALL TALK MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/malltalkpodcast FOLLOW JACK: https://www.instagram.com/jackrobichaud/  https://twitter.com/jackrobichaud  FOLLOW MALL TALK: https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpod  https://twitter.com/malltalkpod