Doing A Good.

This week starts with a Classic Mic Bump, then Car & Ken explore what their problem is and how it might be solved by the addition of an employee (complete with job description!). They also realize there are many rules to the podcast and review their progress as YouTube sensations. The friends are both embarking on some in-law journies, they uncover the parallels of Car’s hair & dog journies, and Ken continues her 2019 tattoo journey. Also, an impromptu game of Wild Horse or Wild Cat! Plus: Jerry is an only child! Pekingese facts! How hot is hot?! Numbers! Anxiety attacks! Audition mania & opportunities! SPOILER ALERT: Bach Chat runs 45:24 - 55:40 and covers up through Ep4. Contains feelings on top contestants, “the right reasons”, problematic Luke P, and insights from Hannah herself.

This week starts with a little Monday action as Ken & Car recap their Vegas Vacation and the Vashon Market Experience. So much action, so little sleep! Additionally, the friends explore teasing vs mean teasing. This week also ushers in a new segment called Bach Chat (take a guess on that content) just as it bids farewell to the Throne Zone. Plus: A cool wedding! Taco Bell Cantina! Ken’s stardom! Car’s punctuality! A toilet story! Torrential rain! Good luck charms! SPOILER ALERT: It doesn’t matter when The Throne Zone runs, the show is over, who in the world isn’t up to date by now. Bach Chat runs 52:55 - 1:03:20 and covers EP 1-3 but mostly addresses Car & Ken’s favorites and some problematic contestants.

Ken & Car keep it light this week (aka “flirty, fun, fresh”) with riffs and lol journeys. They discuss television juice: series endings (it’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday), spin-offs, unlikable characters and not-so-funny comedies. They also rank Disneyland rides, relive Ken’s birthday trip & the scariness of its attractions. Car tells the story of her recent treasure findings & the friends discuss the sketchiness of their origins, meanwhile Ken has perhaps contracted a nostril parasite from the lake. Plus: Fun with Siri! The Avengers! HSP! Morality! Sad presents! SPOILER ALERT: The Throne Zone runs from 36:15 - 46:26. The friends take their horse down the Old King’s Road to discuss S8 E5. Friends Without the Laugh Track (there are many vids but here’s a taste): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BFSZ8XzWOM&app=desktop

Spring has officially sprung, and this week the friends are in full bloom. Car & Ken start by Doing An Accidental Learning on hometown geography & grammar. They also meander down memory lane with high school truths & the lessons of cutting corners. In Beefy News, the friends begin a conversation, sure to be ongoing. Like the subject itself, the discussion is imperfect—sometimes hard—but important to start, as navigating mental health is an intrical part of Doing A Good in this life. SPOILER ALERT: The Throne Zone runs from 27:40 - 37:50 and covers S8 E4 & also calls out the haters. If you want to participate in the conversation on mental health, need support from a friend, or just to talk: doingagood@gmail.com

This week Car & Ken find themselves here, which is where? Who could say. After Doing A Good Quality Time, they share their recent experience, which leads into the Beefy News of “networking”: What is it? How do you do it right? Why can it be done so wrong? Is it both necessary and gross? More questions than answers, but it taps into underlying issues of insecurity, ego and purpose, which is always important to explore. In Awake & Asleep the friends try to deconstruct the impossible and get derailed by Shaquille O’Neil. Also this week, the friends do an Accidental Learning about Chinese social media and Gigantism. Plus: Ken’s so busy! Car’s got a messy brain & it’s hereditary! Jerry wants to play! Siri has fomo! Yawni DiFranco! SPOILER ALERT: The Throne Zone starts at 46:21 and covers S8 E2 & E3, but mostly covers feelings.

Car & Ken often have a “deal” and this week it’s attempting to make a special anniversary episode. Instead of achieving that, they discuss the stress of doing things you enjoy, the disconnect between ideas & product, and things you put in eggs. In Beefy News, the friends dig into superstitions: what you believe & what you don’t. They accidentally learn some things in a fluke “Informational Podcast Moment” as they research & share the origin stories & details on each superstition. A ladies edition of Wild Horse or Wild Cat is played, and The Throne Zone explores the season premiere. Plus: Ken’s sh*t talking! Forgetting Easter! Million dollar questions! More sweet talk! New cocktail menu! Moms love seltzer! SPOILER ALERT: The Throne Zone starts at 50:04 and only covers Season 8 Ep 1.

Winter was coming, winter is here, and this week Car & Ken do Beefy News about the great love of all our times, Game of Thrones. Topics include: most attractive cast members (doi), emotional response, Aria’s development, Cersi’s moral compass, and unanswerable questions like “what happens if everyone gets what they want”. The friends reveal Car’s start to the show (she does a naughty) & Ken’s disappointment (her one true anger in the friendship) and a character focused quick-fire round of Wild Horse or Wild Cat. Plus: Celine Dion! New catch phrases! Vegas, baby! Mac Daddy aka Pops comes for a visit! SPOLIER MARKERS: The Throne Zone starts at 21:43. Wild Horse or Wild Cat with one spoiler starts at 28:57. Spoiler break at 33:58. 39:49 goes deeper where there’s spoilers sprinkled in. If you are caught up this does not apply to you! Dive in!

Ken is fresh off her Big Cilmb and an Austin Vacay, so she recaps her experiences this week, with a peek into her relationship origin story. Meanwhile, Car finally shares her scarring mint chocolate chip experience. They also take a journey into important topics such as body of water preferences & sweet treat desires. Reoccurring segments include “Things That Happen Between Awake & Asleep” and a round of “Wild Horse or Wild Cat” featuring the Golden Girls. Plus: the April Fool’s event! Party hangovers! Inflatable hot tubs! Television! Winter is Coming!!!! To participate in the next round of “Wild Horse or Wild Cat” and the pre-season premiere of Game of Thrones, do a good email: doingagood@gmail.com

Future greetings from the past! This episode was recorded before Ken went on vacation, so the friends cover her Big Climb journey (69 flights of stairs) before it even happened. In a show of support, Car shares some embarrassing fitness moments, of which there are many. Two new segments are introduced this week: “Wild Horse or Wild Cat” & “Things That Happen When You Are Both Awake and Asleep”. In Beefy News: the friends discuss fashion: icons, trials, tribulations, personal preferences,  jean issues, shirts that say things, and admiring vs emulating other people’s style. Plus: Ken’s new pants! Car’s FOMO! Uncle Bob! Emails! Join in playing “Wild Horse or Wild Cat” with an email: doingagood@gmail.com

This week Car & Ken give you all the details of Getting Down With the Sickness, the truth about working sick, a hot tip on the secret jewel of Mexican comfort food in the city, and what’s up with the sun/weather/dressing for it all. The friends also pull back the curtain, letting a little light in on how their minds work & how different those landscapes are. In Beefy News: “image crafting” & life on social media. WHAT is it? Is it avoidable? Do we all do it? Where does it end? Is it like a tree falling in the forest? Plus: winery concerts, a new exercise for Ken, Car is self-conscious, and they both need your help to know anything.

The friends relive 90’s firsts this week as they recall postered walls, journals, concerts and being a rebel at Bumbershoot. In Big News, it’s Ken’s birthday (!!!) and there IS a celebration to be had. Plus: the importance of planning your own party. In New News, Car rolls our the fresh new concept of Wild Horse People vs Wild Cat People, which is explored, questioned and full of lols. Share your take at doingagood@gmail.com !

This week the friends take you on a Journey to the Center of Yourself. Car & Ken discuss big & little things that help you feel like yourself and explore “being anchored in yourself” vs “feeling good or happy”. In dog news: Little Jerry & Randy Do A Naughty for sandwiches. Plus: Seattle’s response to sunshine, the ugliest sandal, the mystery of parenting and kids doing hilarious things. Don’t forget to Do A Good and donate to the warm goods drive for Aurora Commons and Ken’s Big Climb for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (see below to get involved). —————————————————————— THE BIG CLIMB! The Big Climb is a stairclimb up the Columbia Center - the tallest skyscraper in downtown Seattle.  There are 69 floors of stairs, 1311 steps, and 788 feet of vertical elevation.  Although it will be challenging, it pales in comparison to what blood cancer patients go through.  All proceeds benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. http://www.llswa.org/goto/kendraellen —————————————————————— DOING A WARM GOODS DRIVE! Au

This week Car & Ken cover ground, discussing theme songs, dessert pizzas and Marie Kondo-ing your phone. Ken shares the update & info for her stair climbing challenge (see below for details to donate!) while Car makes some embarrassing confessions. In beefier news, the friends read a listener email with Hot Takes on virginity, which starts a conversation about youth & intimacy, the constructs of virginity and how we need a new word for what that is. —————————————- WHAT IS THE BIG CLIMB? The Big Climb is a stairclimb up the Columbia Center - the tallest skyscraper in downtown Seattle.  There are 69 floors of stairs, 1311 steps, and 788 feet of vertical elevation.  Although it will be challenging, it pales in comparison to what blood cancer patients go through.  All proceeds benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The video below captures the true spirit of the Big Climb. Who is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society? The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedi

Coming to you from South of the Town this week, Car & Ken start this episode over, in a first-ever “we did not Do A Good, let’s try that again”. The friends are having an irritating moment, while Ken is on a fancy watch journey and Car is in her own personal retrograde. In astrological happenings, they share keywords for the zodiac and how different signs need to be loved.  Plus: observations of people Doing A Bad, problematic behavior & toxic masculinity and the mysteries of Shark Tank / entrepreneurial passions. Our warm goods drive for Aurora Commons is still going on, see below for details of how you can get involved & Do A Good. ——————————————————————— DOING A WARM GOODS DRIVE Aurora Commons is an organization in North Seattle offering services and gathering space for folks who sleep outside. There is no emergency shelter in that part of the city and the work the Commons does is vital for helping people this time of year. There are a number of ways you can help, regardless of being local to Seattle.

It’s Seattle Snowmageddon 2019!!! Join Car & Ken as they kick off Seattle’s legitimate snow days with feelings not facts, pro snow tips, joke moments and tales of winters past (including a Naughty from Ken). Plus, a story from Ken about a chance encounter with some elderly new friends and Car explains her snow wardrobe (including many pairs of pants). Doing A Good Alert: We are organizing a warm goods drive for Aurora Commons, a Seattle group providing services and shelter to those in need. Please join us in donating goods and funds to help folks stay warm as the temperatures continue to drop and the snow settles in. See below for details. ————————————————————————— DOING A WARM GOODS DRIVE Aurora Commons is an organization in North Seattle offering services and gathering space for folks who sleep outside. There is no emergency shelter in that part of the city and the work the Commons does is vital for helping people this time of year. There are a number of ways you can help, regardless of being local to

Can you hear me now? This week Car & Ken take you on a vacation of the mind by cruising the tabloids and dishing the hot gossip. New couple alert! Buying loaves of bread! The Bachelor! A Goop summit! The friends discover they know nothing about celebrities! Plus: disappointments in remodeling trends, Car opens up about migraines and Ken tackles stairs in her training journey to the top.

Milestone moment! To celebrate their 30th episode, Car & Ken dive into 30 would-you-rather, desert-island, hypothetical, deeply revealing icebreakers. Play along on this getting-to-know-you journey. Plus: Ken’s fitness! Car’s head! Transition lenses! Tanning! Mullets! Embarrassing moments to cherish forever! Share your dirty thirty answers: doingagood@gmail.com

This week’s order of operations: New Year’s etiquette, getting down with the sickness, meta conversation about the podcast, then: 2019 Goal Check In Round One! Where Car is at with the pots on her stove, where Ken is with her fitness & cooking, current actionable steps, bodies are different, and some cool events on the horizon. The Event Horizon. Plus: following up on “that uncomfortable feeling”, what it’s about, and what you do with it.

The last pod of 2018! This week is exactly what you’d expect this time of year: the friends wrap up holiday scenarios, including taking it to the dome for the kids, accepting reality, celebration-as-distraction, and saying goodbye to Ken’s Magic Hour. Car shares an embarrassing story about gift disappointment, and they explore the Giant Trampolines of 2018. Then, to no one’s surprise, Ken & Car talk goals and resolutions for the new year. Because sometimes yo’ve just got to get on the bandwagon and regroup. Some themes: being kind to your body, sustaining what you have & growing what you’ve started and not seeking approval. Thank you for taking this new journey with us in 2018–we love you and we’ll see you next year!

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