Note- This episode was originally recorded in November 2025. I am joined virtually by my college roommate Dory to reveal my experience going through rush at a large SEC school and being cut/dropped by nearly every sorority. Listen to hear what the process was like for both of us, and how it shaped our respective college experiences. We also giggle and have many side anecdotes, like that time we held a funeral for Dory's beta fish with our Golden Retriever in attendance.

Skip to 17:00 to get straight to the sorority talk.

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Podcast Intro- 'if tears could dance (i'll be alright) by STELLA. & pedram

Cover photo- Meghan Marshall

(Scrapping the third person until I teach Linus, my dog, to type these for me). This week I am joined again by Yena, to recap the shared fundraiser for Womankind last fall. We also discuss our 10-year age gap, and the accompanying excitement as we both prepare to head into new decades in 2026. We bring back the topic of fate surfing and dive into our experience attending OG Core Friend, Ashleigh C's birthday.

Note this episode was filmed in November, but we are getting closer to the present day!

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Podcast Intro- 'if tears could dance (i'll be alright) by STELLA. & pedram

Cover photo- Meghan Marshall

Carly (who am I kidding, I write these) is solo this week and recounts a recent friendship that bloomed on a Christmas Day train ride. She (I) also recalls a surprise update letter received from her Friar friend/penpal featuring a table read of fun descriptions of the various Friars he lives with, Holy Moly! (that actually isn't even blamable on AI, my mind works in mysterious and unfortunate ways)

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Podcast Intro- 'if tears could dance (i'll be alright) by STELLA. & pedram

Cover photo- Meghan Marshall