Minisode 19: Review Contest Winners & Season 3

September 21, 2020 Tux Loerzel

It's Season 3, y'all! We are back to reveal the three winners of our listener review contest and to chat about the future of our mini podcast episodes. We are shaking things up this season, we hope you join us on our journey!

It’s Season 3, y’all! We are back to reveal the three winners of our listener review contest and to chat about the future of our mini podcast episodes. We are shaking things up this season, we hope you join us on our journey!

Shoutout to winners UmmmCassie, Maria Milazzo, and Kimbeauxxx who will be receiving some fancypants Beyond Reproach merch. Thanks to everyone who took the time to review us! It really helps the pod and to a lesser degree our self-esteems.

ALSO MENTIONED: cocktails that are a P in the A, Hashtag History, making a plan to vote in November, filling the swamp with swamp monsters, and election volunteering.

For the TACOS ARE TASTY tote visit:
https://linktr.ee/milkshirtcompany

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Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it!

PATREON
If you want to throw us a couple nickels that we can throw at Tim, our podfather and savior.
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Minisode 18: The Wrap-Up

June 15, 2020 Tux Loerzel

This is the last minisode of Season 2. Since we don't have listener mail or a new topic for the next minisode, so we talk about ourselves. We reflect on the evolution of the podcast over this extended season. A season with unintentional themes of institutional and systemic racism because we are fun like that! We solicit listener feedback and reviews, as is our way. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any suggestions on scandals and scandalousness.

There is one more full episode of Season 2 coming your way on Monday 7/6. Our next season will be back with full episodes starting Labor Day 9/7. In the interim we will be re-releasing standalone scandals with commentary every two weeks!

Team Beyond Reproach will return in September with Season 3 and a very special listener review contest with prizes! The winning reviewer(s) will get some fancypants Beyond Reproach merch!

Special thanks to Tim Cluff, our sound engineer, editor, sounding board, podfather etc. Without his tireless efforts and constant feedback the podcast wouldn’t exist. We love you Tim!

ALSO MENTIONED: Eating the rich and related advocacy, George Floyd and pandemic protests

You can send us a voice memo or email us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com or feel free to slip into our DMs if you're feeling cheeky. We can’t wait to hear from you!

PATREON, if you want to throw us a couple nickels and we can throw them at Tim (our podfather/brave lil toaster/train and the real MVP of Team Beyond Reproach).
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If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com

Minisode 17: Covid-19 Listener Mail

May 18, 2020 Tux Loerzel

In our previous minisode we talked about how our lives have been affected by coronavirus and what we are thankful for. This episode we flipped the topic to y'all and shared some of the international feedback we received.

In our previous minisode we talked about how our lives have been affected by coronavirus and what we are thankful for. This episode we flipped the topic to y’all and shared some of the international feedback we received.

ALSO MENTIONED: Rupaul’s Jealous of my Boogie, bald eyes, episode #32 of the Third Wheel Podcast featuring Stephanie, and DJ D-Nice’s Club Quarantine (IG Live 8pm PST @Dnice).

We received not one but TWO voice messages from the dynamic duo at Peculiar Picture Show. Brandon Gregory and Maria Milazzo both share their stories of lockdown. Brandon tells of his experience of working from home with a family in suburban Kansas CIty. Maria, who lives in Denver but has family in Florida, talks of her fears and frustrations with immunosuppressed relatives living out of state. Hamish from The Third Wheel podcast chats about the pros and cons of social distancing at home with his family in London. He invites everyone to join in on their weekly Friday game night. Max, a musician and producer, sends in a hopeful message all the way from Italy. He shares his thoughts on being out of work for the foreseeable future and what he is learning and creating during this period. Sarath, friend of the pod, writes in with her feeling on the rise in racism towards Asian people in the news and her fear of going back to work after quarantine lifts. We hear from Tatiana, a new mom in Tucson, regarding her challenges and frustrations. Stephanie’s cousin Alex sends a message from Germany filling us in on what is happening on the ground near Frankfurt. He shares three things he is thankful for during this pandemic. Friend of the pod, Adam from Australia, chimes in with his lockdown story. Restrictions are easing up where he lives and he is grateful that his region of the world wasn’t too badly hit.

Such plentiful and international feedback this minisode!! To everyone who sent in feedback please hug yourselves for us in a lingering but non-creepy way. Thank you friends, grazie mille mio amico and danke schön cousin!

To learn more about the brilliant creatives in this episode, check them out below on Instagram:

Peculiar Picture Show
@Peculiarpictureshow

The Third Wheel Podcast
@Thethirdwheelfm

Max Abbatino’s IG live Maps project
@Nightclerk

OUR SPONSORS
If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com

Minisode 16: CORONAVIIIIIRUS

April 20, 2020 Tux Loerzel

This minisode we discuss we talk about coronavirus and how this pandemic has touched our lives. We talk about the joys and pains of social distancing and three things we are very thankful for right now. TUX talks about his early experience with coronavirus and how it affected his life.

TUX talks about his early experience with coronavirus and how it affected his life. He discusses his symptoms and fears of unintentionally infecting older family members. Thankfully everyone is healthy, y’all!

STEPHANIE chats about how only 48 hours into NYC’s non-essential business shutdowns there were massive layoffs at her work. She talks about old colleagues and how she is dealing with the work version of survivor’s guilt.

ALSO MENTIONED: Bathing suit areas, Cardi B’s Covid-19 Anthem, and CDC recommendations, and our extended season!!

Cardi B
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9kvv79AAUw/

CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

We want to hear from YOU! How you are doing? What has your experience been with coronavirus? How are you dealing with social isolation? What are you doing to keep yourself busy? How are people reacting where you live? Are you able to work from home or are you part of an essential business? What are three fun things you’re thankful for during this pandemic? Please send your stories and anecdotes—any feedback you have, we’d love to hear it!

You can send us a voice memo or email us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com or feel free to slip into our DMs if you're feeling cheeky. Don’t be strangers and say hi! Just be sure to get those responses back to us no later than Saturday 5/2. We can’t wait to hear from you!

To learn more about Beyond Reproach and to peruse our online shop

SITE
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OUR SPONSORS
If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com

Minisode 14: What Fostered Our Interest in History & Politics

February 17, 2020 Tux Loerzel

This minisode we discuss what sparked our interests in American history and politics. TUX reflects on his political awakening during the runup to the 2008 election, and how his interest in history started in college.

This minisode we discuss what sparked our interests in American history and politics.

TUX reflects on his political awakening during the runup to the 2008 election, and how his interest in history started in college. He took a circuitous path when writing a report about the history of the American food system fostered a love for food history, and then a book about the unfinished America Eats! manuscript by the Works Progress Administration fostered an interest in learning about the New Deal.

STEPHANIE talks about the frustrations of being born black and political. She learned a dry, white-washed version of history that never rang true.

ALSO MENTIONED: The New York Time’s Dialect Quiz and Teaching Slavery (Season 1, Minisode 3).

DIALECT QUIZ
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html

We want to hear from YOU! What is your experience? What made you interested in politics and history? Was there a specific event that opened your eyes to these subjects? Or were you always politically aware? Was there a teacher or adult that modeled political awareness or fostered in interest in American history? Did listening to a podcast like ours get you into these topics? If so, which ones? Please send your stories and anecdotes—any feedback you have, we’d love to hear it!

To learn more about Beyond Reproach and to peruse our brand new online shop

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Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it!

PATREON, if you want to throw us a couple nickels and we can throw them at Tim (our podfather/brave lil toaster/train and the real MVP of Team Beyond Reproach).
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OUR SPONSORS
If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com

Minisode 13: Representation Listener Mail

January 20, 2020 Tux Loerzel

On our previous minisode we discussed media representation of marginalized group; why it's important to us personally and to the world at large. This mailbag episode we flip this question ask to y'all!

On our previous minisode we discussed media representation of marginalized group; why it’s important to us personally and to the world at large. This mailbag episode we flip this question ask to y’all!

We read an email from from Kat who talks about one-dimensional fat characters on screen and how refreshing it was to finally see complex characters that resonated with her lived experience (see links for these shows below). Lauren, a listener in Mexico, shares a revolutionary moment and explains her conscious choice to no longer consume the patriarchal world culture we have all been indoctrinated by. We hear from Hunter who talks about how the queer character on Degrassi: The Next Generation spoke to him as a teen growing up in a conservative small town in Texas, long before he had access to a lgbtq college community. Brandon, one of the hosts of Peculiar Picture Show podcast, give examples of damaging ways film get mental health issues wrong and the few promising ways they get it right (Silver Linings Playbook, Mad Max: Fury Road, Finding Nemo, etc).

Y’all came through with such thoughtful feedback this episode! Do hug yourselves for us in a lingering but non-creepy way, thanks loves!

LINKS
Rae Unzips Her Fat Suit | My Mad Fat Diary
Shrill Season 1 | Trailer
Peculiar Picture Show | The podcast that talks about movies, maladies, and mental health.
Silver Linings Playbook | Trailer

To learn more about Beyond Reproach and to peruse our brand new online shop

SITE
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OUR SPONSORS
If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com

Minisode 11: You & Technology... It's complicated too (electric boogaloo)

November 18, 2019 Tux Loerzel

On our previous minisode we discussed our complicated relationship with social media and technology. This episode we flip the topic to y'all and share some of the feedback we received. We hear from Josh at The Bloody Beaver Podcast, who chats about social media and the boundaries he sets to preserve his peace of mind.

On our previous minisode we discussed our complicated relationship with social media and technology. This episode we flip the topic to y’all and share some of the feedback we received.

We hear from Josh at The Bloody Beaver Podcast, who chats about social media and the boundaries he sets to preserve his peace of mind. Our favorite listener Annie writes in weighing the pros and cons of getting her toddler a Kindle Fire this Christmas. We listen to a message from a web developer, podcaster and host of The Third Wheel Podcast. He chats about needing to constantly use tech for work but generally having a positive relationship with it. Be jealous, we were! We get a voice message from Rachel at Hashtag History who shares a story about a wake-up call she had during a family crisis. Our entrepreneurial friend and recovering Silicon Valley exec writes in with her own struggles to find an appropriate work life balance when working for oneself from home. Joshua the host of Our Foundations Podcast weighs in with a more macro view of the promises and danger of technology. He highlights the historic relationship between new technologies their great potential educate but also their ability to distract us from larger more systemic issues. True story!

Such plentiful and thoughtful feedback this minisode!! To everyone who sent in feedback please hug yourselves for us in a lingering but non-creepy way, thanks loves!

To learn more about the brilliant podcasters in this episode, check them out below:

The Bloody Beaver Podcast
@BloodyBeaverPod

The Third Wheel Podcast with Aaron & Hamish
@thethirdwheelfm

Hashtag History
@hashtaghistory_Podcast

Our Foundations Podcast

Questions? Feedback? Correction? Delicious compliment sandwich? Send an email or voice memo to: BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com

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Be a Patreon, If you are inclined to do so. Throw us a couple nickels and we can throw them at Tim (our podfather and the real MVP of Team Beyond Reproach).

Minisode 10: Us & Technology... It's Complicated

October 21, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We be drinkin' and we be swearin! This is a minisode, where we discuss our feelings on specific topics related to American history, politics, or culture. This episode we discuss our complicated relationship with social media and technology. We talk about monitoring phone screen time, disconnecting from work and our partner's problematic technology habits.

We be drinkin’ and we be swearin!
This is a minisode, where we discuss our feelings on specific topics related to American history, politics, or culture.

This episode we discuss our complicated relationship with social media and technology. We talk about monitoring phone screen time, disconnecting from work and our partner’s problematic technology habits. We chat about the pros and cons of facebook; the platform is great for connecting with loved ones not in your immediate area but also it is great for spreading misinformation. We discuss Instragram’s new harassment filter function, free educational resources and other great tech advances. For next month’s minisode we are asking you to do the same!

We want to hear from YOU! We want to hear about your contradictory feelings regarding social media, smart phones and technology! We want to know if you have any stories like ours about trolls or taking breaks from social media. We’d love to hear if you have taken steps to improve your complicated relationship with various social media platforms or if you have any strategies to share that have helped you have a better relationship with technology. Please write in with your tips and anecdotes. Any feedback you have, we’d love to hear it!

You can send us a voice memo or email us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com, or feel free to slip into our DMs if you're feeling cheeky. Don’t be strangers and say hi! Just be sure to get those responses back to us no later than Saturday 10/26.
We can’t wait to hear from you!!!

Questions? Feedback? Correction? Delicious compliment sandwich? Send an email or voice memo to: BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com

Follow us at: Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Reddit
You can find us on: Apple Podcast / Stitcher / Spotify
Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it!

Be a Patreon, If you are inclined to do so. Throw us a couple nickels and we can throw them at Tim (our podfather and the real MVP of Team Beyond Reproach).

Minisode 9: Your Season 1 Favorites

September 16, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We be drinkin' and we be swearin! On our previous minisode we discussed our all-time favorite moments from Season 1. We chatted about the episodes we loved, drinks we enjoyed and side banter we laughed at. This episode we flip this question ask to y'all and listen to some of the feedback we received.

We be drinkin’ and we be swearin!

On our previous minisode we discussed our all-time favorite moments from Season 1. We chatted about the episodes we loved, drinks we enjoyed and side banter we laughed at. This episode we flip this question ask to y’all and listen to some of the feedback we received.

We hear from Morgann from Brooklyn who talks about Andrew Jackson’s stinky cheese and Shirley Chisolm (Episode 6). Tim, king among men, chats about the joys of editing 2+ hours worth of booze-inspired outtakes that happened when we explored the history of the Panama Canal and President Harding’s affairs (Episode 2). Brenda, our first Patron, ::insert dancehall horns:: shares her favorite moments from season 1, she talks about her favorite scandals (Episode 10), cocktails AND side banter (Episode 7) !! Gold star for Brenda! Friend of the pod, Annie from Ohio, writes in with some thoughts as well!

Y’all came through with such thoughtful messages this episode! Do hug yourselves for us in a lingering but non-creepy way, thanks loves!

To learn more about Beyond Reproach and to peruse our brand new online shop, check out our site. #brandYOselves

Questions? Feedback? Correction? Delicious compliment sandwich? Send an email or voice memo to: BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com

Follow us at: Instagram / Twitter / Facebook
You can find us on: Apple Podcast / Stitcher / Spotify
Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all!

Be a Patreon, If you are inclined to do so. Throw us a couple nickels and we can throw them at Tim (our podfather and the real MVP of Team Beyond Reproach).

Minisode 8: Our Favorite Season 1 Moments & Review Contest Winners

August 19, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We be drinkin' and we be swearin! We don't have listener mail this episode but we are announcing the topic for next month's minisode and revealing the three winners of our listener review contest. Shoutout to winners SmileThenScream7, SemperFi1766, and AliciaHMc! 5 stars and infinity eggplants to them for sending in our top three reviews!

We be drinkin’ and we be swearin!

We don’t have listener mail this episode but we are announcing the topic for next month’s minisode and revealing the three winners of our listener review contest.

Shoutout to winners SmileThenScream7, SemperFi1766, and AliciaHMc! 5 stars and infinity eggplants to them for sending in our top three reviews! Thanks to everyone who took the time to review us! It really helps the pod and to a lesser degree our self-esteems.

This episode we discuss our all-time favorite moments from Season 1, a hard feat because we truly have ourselves a time! We chat about our favorite episodes, scandals, side banter, and cocktails. For next month’s minisode we are asking you to do the same!

We want to hear from YOU! We want to learn about your favs! We want to know what your favorite episodes, scandals, old timey drinks, anecdotes etc are and why? We want to know what you are enjoying and what you want to hear more of? Please write in with your fav stories and/or people that we have already discussed. We’d also like to hear your ideas for future scandals or ye olde adult beverages. Any feedback you have, we’d love to hear it!

You can send us a voice memo or email us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com, or feel free to slip into our DMs if you're feeling cheeky. Don’t be strangers and say hi!
Just be sure to get those responses back to us no later than Saturday 8/24.
We can’t wait to hear from you!!!

To learn more about Beyond Reproach and to peruse our brand new online shop, check out our site.

Questions? Feedback? Correction? Delicious compliment sandwich? Send an email or voice memo to: BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com
Follow us at: Instagram / Twitter / Facebook
You can find us on: Apple Podcast / Stitcher / Spotify
Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all!

Also, please consider becoming a Patreon patron, If you are inclined to do so! Throw us a couple nickels and we can throw them at Tim (our podfather and the real MVP of Team Beyond Reproach).

Minisode 6: Stress Management and Self Care Listener Mail

April 1, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We be drinkin' and we be chattin' about our listener mail! We are back with another minisode with YOUR thoughts and stories on a very important subject: STAYING SANE IN AN INSANE WORLD! On our previous minisode we shared personal strategies for combating stress and talked about our favorite self-care rituals that keep us feeling good when the world around us feels bleek.

We be drinkin’ and we be chattin’ about our listener mail! We are back with another minisode with YOUR thoughts and stories on a very important subject: STAYING SANE IN AN INSANE WORLD!

On our previous minisode we shared personal strategies for combating stress and talked about our favorite self-care rituals that keep us feeling good when the world around us feels bleek. This episode we flip this question to y’all!

We read an email from our favorite Ohio listener who shares some of her tried and true moves for tackling her social anxiety. Tux’s high school bestie weighs in with her experiences standing up for marginalized communities after returning home to a small town after nearly a decade spent living in a progressive Northeastern bubble. Two mental health pros Canh Tran, MSW and Kimberly Beury, LMHC LPC, offer some professional guidance on how best to alleviate stress at both micro and macro levels.

Y’all came through with such thoughtful feedback this episode! Like Tim, y’all are the real MVPs! Do hug yourselves for us in a lingering but non-creepy way, thanks loves!

As always:You can send us a voice memo or email us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com, or feel free to slip into our DMs if you're feeling cheeky. Don’t be strangers and say hi!

Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all!

Minisode 4: Please Don't Feed the Trolls

February 4, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We be drankin' and we be chattin' about our listener mail! We are back with another minisode with YOUR thoughts and stories on a light albeit frustrating subject: INTERNET TROLLS! As a podcast our strategy of ignoring and blocking is highly effective but painfully boring.

We be drankin’ and we be chattin’ about our listener mail! We are back with another minisode with YOUR thoughts and stories on a light albeit frustrating subject: INTERNET TROLLS!

As a podcast our strategy of ignoring and blocking is highly effective but painfully boring. We solicited stories from listeners about how they deal with internet trolls. With their help we get a bunch of novel options for managing those anonymous under-bridge dwellers.

We hear a voicemail from culinary historian Sarah Lohman who explains her tiers of trolldom and how she responds to each. Cara Nicoletti, brooklyn-based triple threat (butcher, baker, and author), shares the ways she cares for herself amidst frequent sexist attacks online. The Wine, Women and Words podcast and Karina Sahlin from We're Just Here To Help podcast both weigh in with their most creative methods of countering trolls. Annie, our favorite listener, wrote in with a deliciously fun spin on responding to the worst people on the internet-- Troll Cakes, the bakery/detective agency here that will send a cake to your troll with their comments written on it.

Y’all came through with such amazing feedback this episode! Like Tim, y’all are the real MVPs! Hug yourselves for us in a lingering but non-creepy way. Thanks!

As always:

You can send us a voice memo or email us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com, or feel free to slip into our DMs if you're feeling cheeky. Don’t be strangers and say hi!

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Minisode 2: Your Voting Stories

December 3, 2018 Tux Loerzel

We're back with another minisode to read YOUR thoughts and stories on a subject near and dear to our hearts: VOTING! With the help of our listeners, we discuss getting teens & young people interested in voting, election conspiracy theories, what Texas was like before the midterms, voting at the grocery store in Nevada, compulsory voting & preferential voting in Australia, and the likelihood of voting more often with easier access to polling places.

We’re back with another minisode to read YOUR thoughts and stories on a subject near and dear to our hearts: VOTING!

With the help of our listeners, we discuss getting teens & young people interested in voting, election conspiracy theories, what Texas was like before the midterms, voting at the grocery store in Nevada, compulsory voting & preferential voting in Australia, and the likelihood of voting more often with easier access to polling places.

Thank you guys so so so very much for reaching out to us with these amazing stories and thoughts. We can’t tell you how much we appreciate it, and how good it makes us feel to know there are so many people out there who feel just as strongly about voting as we do.

Honestly. It means so much to us.

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To prepare for our next minisode, we also announce next month’s subject, and ask you to write in with your thoughts and stories on that subject.

Our idea is that to move forward as a nation into a less racist future, we need to face and confront our racist past in a much more real way. While stories of slavery and segregation are taught to young people in schools, it often seems that those subjects are whitewashed, glossed over, or rushed through, because as a nation we’re uncomfortable with the horrors of our past. We believe that really facing that part of our history, through our education system, could do some real good when it comes to beginning to heal the wounds of racism in the future, and we’d love to hear your thoughts on that.

Please listen to the episode and drop us a line by Saturday, December 15th. We’ll read as many of the responses as we can on minisode 3 next month!

You can send us a voice memo or email us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com, or feel free to slip into our DMs if you're feeling cheeky. Just be sure to get those responses back to us no later than 12/15.

We can’t wait to hear from you!!!

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