In the season 2 finale, friends Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard are truly confronted with themselves. Syd reveals herself to be an expert-level internet sleuth, and Ashley is hung up on the story of Adam and Eve. The episode takes a wildly sacrilegious turn, as the two former Catholic school attendees deconstruct their faith. Remaining true to the thesis of the show, the women discuss the inner workings of adult friendship, “The Missing Stair” theory, the inconvenience of feelings and the Soft Launch.
In their second to last episode of the season, Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard have fully gone off the rails. Syd spends an inordinate amount of air time on impressions. Ash isn’t ready to heal her inner teen. The friends get into weirdly specific playlists, the “Rage Gap,” men discovering the word “vibe,” and the Pole Fitness Theory. A lesbian and a straight woman finally decide: can men and women truly be friends?
This week, Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard continue to push the envelope. Syd admits to loving Kanye, but claims to not be a Kanye apologist. Ash hates debate for the sake of debate. The friends take a hard left turn to discuss Mall Culture and Twilight fan fiction. Should they be doing Tracy Anderson? Is the perfect day attainable? Listen to find out. Mentioned in this episode: Third Spaces, To Be Magnetic podcast, Pia Baroncini's podcast and POOG.
Friends Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard start this week’s episode with a toast to Open Space Studios. Syd doesn’t know how eggs work, and she isn’t interested in finding out. Ash regales us with tales of Italy and tries to stay relatable. In this meandering hour-long listen, the women are fat shamed by their families, considering Ozempic, shading Bud Light, dissecting influencer marketing, canceling cancel culture and diving into prison reform. Casual!
This episode finds friends Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard projecting and assuming, as usual. Syd gets bullied at water aerobics, and Ashley is in the midst of an aesthetic crisis. These “free agents” bond over the hell that is shopping for jeans, the death of brick and mortar, the universally hated White Boot, and being Queer Hot. The women remain delusional and addicted to self-optimization. Mentioned in this episode: Spyre, The Elizabeth Chronicles, the Free People jeans, Outfit Kitchen, Benshen, Nood (which Ashley calls Noom), and Sugar Bear Hair gummies.
This week, your favorite G.R.I.T.S. (girls raised in the South) Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard battle over who is the most prone to mosquito bites. Syd takes down New Orleans food bloggers, and Ash champions ChatGPT. Somehow, it all circles back to Disney. The friends round off the conversation with speculation about the future of social media, a come-to-Jesus on adult birthday parties and Taylor Swift.
This week, Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard talk albatrosses. For Syd, it’s bearing the burden of small talk in an Uber. For Ash, it’s the fact that she should have been bullied more. In this short episode, the friends consider going platinum, experience the humiliation of airport security, risk being cringe and reference Pollyanna.
In this episode, Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard dip their toes into the disconcerting world of Mormon mommy bloggers and hipster Christians. Ashley struggles with geography, and Sydney wildly misapprehends sea glass. For both women, a New England coastal summer looms large in the imagination. Yearning for summer camp turns into a breakdown of Syd’s recent Disney vacation as a non-Disney Adult. The takeaway? We need to be pursuing more joy as adults. Mentioned in this episode: Defunctland.
Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard continue last week’s suitcase conversation, coming full circle. Ashley enrolls in a workshop to learn to stop second guessing herself, and Syd fears she gives people the wrong impression. The friends talk gentle parenting their parents, Kitchen Table Friends, being a good “middle” and our Libra placements. Mentioned in this episode: Casual Talk with Bronze Avery and Shawn Binder.
This week, Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard toss out the script and dive way too deep into the lore of New Orleans’ most baffling coffee chain, Puccino’s. Ashley relays the Parable of The One-Eyed Man, and Sydney yearns for suburbia. The friends reflect on drive-thru etiquette at Chick-fil-A, penning Twilight fan fiction, dry humping to completion and unpacking suitcases four years later. Mentioned in this episode: Pretend It’s a City, Fleabag, Couples Therapy, The Light We Carry, and Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller.
In this episode, Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard explore feelings, one poorly conceived metaphor at a time. Ashley spirals about her sexuality after a casual remark from an acquaintance, and Syd faces the Sunday Scaries and integrates something she learned in therapy a decade ago. The friends wax poetic on email etiquette, their Enneagram numbers, bad first impressions and yearning to ascend. Mentioned in this episode: Unf*ck Your Brain and We Can Do Hard Things.
Friends Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard start this week’s episode off with a harrowing tale centering…you guessed it…gastrointestinal distress. Syd sees a functional nutritionist and questions the existence of IBS, while Ashley yearns for the healing powers of routine. The friends tackle people pleasing, Problem Solvers versus Problem Babies, and hand vacuums.
Mentioned in this episode: functional nutritionist Well Fed Health, our favorite facialist Ritual Body Studio and bestseller Atomic Habits by James Clear.
This week’s episode finds friends Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard employed by someone other than themselves for the first time in years. Ashley envisions the future of her agency GANZA, and Syd turns to Ren Education for help battling depression while fearing pharmaceuticals. The friends tackle uncomfy money conversations, Main Character Syndrome, bitchy emails and their love/hate relationship with Christian mommy blogger-turned-lesbian Glennon Doyle. Content Warning: this episode candidly discusses depression and suicide. Make the best choice for your mental health.
This episode finds friends Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard, you guessed it, unwell. Sydney takes to the woods for creative inspiration, while Ashley seeks out a psychic. The friends discuss potential past lives, maintain a healthy skepticism of the “woo,” and debate group dining etiquette. Required reading for this episode: Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss and The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker.
In this episode, Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard continue the previous week’s conversation. The besties tackle topics ranging from wedding orgies to Dead Parent Money to a scathing indictment of Irish culture. Somehow these two manage to circle back to the thesis of How to Deal – chin liposuction.
After a long hiatus, Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard are back and, to no surprise, still dealing.
The first episode of the much-anticipated second season finds the girls recording from their new home at Open Space Studios. In the year(s) since they last recorded, Syd “got got by the Gras” and Ash snagged a Sag.
In this episode, the friends discuss being over served at Lengua Madre, dissect our culture’s obsession with coupledom and make a case for the bisexual man. Why is Ash even on the pod? For the answer to this and other unanswerable questions, tune in to How to Deal.
Everyone experiences heartbreak at different times in their lives. For best friends Ashley and Sydney, heartbreak came at the same time in both of their lives. In this series, the two women try to figure out out how to laugh through the pain, move forward and, ultimately, how to deal.
In the season one finale, Ashley and Sydney have some major updates. Ashley finds herself in a much different place with her ex, and Sydney, newly single (again), already has a new Quarantine Crush. The women discuss early masturbation memories, secret orgasms, the state of the world, and Venus in Retrograde in Gemini.
Stay tuned for big things coming in season 2!
Everyone experiences heartbreak at different times in their lives. For best friends Ashley and Sydney, heartbreak came at the same time in both of their lives. In this series, the two women try to figure out out how to laugh through the pain, move forward and, ultimately, how to deal.
In this long overdue episode, Ashley and Sydney have some pertinent updates. Ashley is on a nudes journey, and Sydney has a Pavlovian response to a backwards hat. The women discuss Ashley's updated definition of loneliness, Sydney's relationship status, and attachment theory. At the end, they answer some listener questions for the very first time.
Everyone experiences heartbreak at different times in their lives. For best friends Ashley and Sydney, heartbreak came at the same time in both of their lives. In this series, the two women try to figure out out how to laugh through the pain, move forward and, ultimately, how to deal.
In this extra long, edibles-fueled episode, Ashley and Sydney recap their holidays. Ashley learns the meaning of nostalgia during her breakup-iversary, and Sydney announces a big change in her relationship status. The women discuss Sydney's future career as a life coach, Ashley's new Leo crush and BHE (big homeschool energy).
Everyone experiences heartbreak at different times in their lives. For best friends Ashley and Sydney, heartbreak came at the same time in both of their lives. In this series, the two women try to figure out how to laugh through the pain, move forward and, ultimately, how to deal.
In this episode, Ashley goes on a dating show and entertains an Aquarius, but the dating scene is starting to exhaust her. Sydney and Leg Tats have dropped “L” bombs, but it doesn’t mean she’s done healing. The women discuss dream interpretations, emotional “bouncers” and an astrology app that gives even shadier reads than Co-Star.