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Bobs! In surreal news, this is the final episode of this podcast. To close things out, we answer listener questions, walk down memory lane, share our final Thingies, and recommend a few podcasts to fill the ATOT void.
Starting with a hot take: Labubu is not for us.
Now for the Thingies to end all (podcast) Thingies: We are loving Botox for migraines, a skateboarding corgi, a breakfast spinach salad (relatedly: Dinosaur Time), Painterland Sisters Skyr, Dill Pickle Flaminâ Hot Cheetos, and Primary Activewear for kids.
And since youâll have some more podcast real estate, give a listen to Jam Session, Bad on Paper, Lemme Say This, and Shameless!
Want to stay connected with fellow listeners? Our Geneva will still be active! You can also stay up on our future Thingies by subscribing to our newsletter at athingortwo.substack.com.
For longtime listeners: Donât miss the Alex update at the end!
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On the penultimate episode of this podcast, weâre talking about the things that make us feel happy @ home, courtesy of the wonderful crew over at Sixpenny. (Remember the chair and a half?! Theyâre responsible!) Also: our finalâand dare we say most exclusiveâThingie guestâŠ
Sixpennyâs furniture just makes us feel GOOD?! Check out the Neva Chair, order some fabric swatches, consider the power of a slipcover, explore the best-looking storage ottomans you ever did see.
A whole bunch of little ways weâre improving our space and how we feel in it: flowers from Park Deli, lighting from In Common With and Audo Copenhagen, a quilt from Aloka, high-touch framing from Ulfig Projects, recaning from Yorkville Caning, collections of limoges boxes(shout-out to the Midwest of Cannon Falls Dairy Queen collection) and niche food servingware, and rugs from WovenyHome, Baby Blue Studio, and Block Shop.
Some favorite fabric sources: Maharam, Block Shop, Svenskt Tenn, Caroline Z Hurley for Schumacher (and Schumacher in general), Bolé Road Textiles, and Ottoline.
Camâs Thingies include Greek mythology, The Corpse Bride, and Harriet the Spy the TV series.
Take a browse around Sixpennyâs furniture offeringsâtheyâre doing a really fantastic job. Youâll see.
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Thingies time! Weâre so excited to sit down with Lana Schwartz, the author of the newest 831 Stories release, Set Piece. We talk favorite character actors, joining ClassPass in 2025, and an incredible podcast season that inspired her book.
Lanaâs Thingies include ClassPass (sheâs been hitting up MADabolic, Lucent, Good Move, and New Love City), Lorne by Susan Morrison, Sex and the City rewatches, movie trivia at Syndicated, the Rilo Kiley reunion, and Easy Weeknight Dinners by Emily Weinstein.
Lana got some inspiration for Set Piece while listening to the You Must Remember This podcast season on Polly Platt.
Get more of Lana c/o her book Build Your Own Romantic Comedy: Pick Your Plot, Meet Your Man, and Direct Your Happily Ever After and upcoming 831 events in NYC, LA, and Boston.
Foxtails for all!
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Coming through with an exlcu: The A Thing or Two podcast is airing its last ep on May 19, ten years (!!!) since we started this thing. Get ready to walk down memory lane in the coming weeks, but for now, weâre sharing what weâll miss about podcasting and what weâre ok to leave behind!
But: The A Thing or Two newsletter will live on!
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Thank you to Nuuly, both for sponsoring todayâs episode and for making it easier to get dressed during these hardest times of the year for CLOTHES (spring for Erica, summer for Claire, thanks for asking).
Have we sold you on Nuuly yet? Use cases: trying out a bunch of jeans (or, gasp, shorts), dealing with wedding season, test-driving a bunch oâ new looks without having to own them, navigating maternity and post-partum dressingâŠwe could go on. And! Right now you can get $28 off your first month of Nuuly when you sign up with the code ATHINGORTWO
Starting off with our pre-season preparation, weâre curating a no-skips underwear drawer with help from Laura Reillyâs newsletter (and Claireâs love for the Natori Bliss Brief lives on!). Weâre also giving our shoes TLC at Leather Spa and getting a little post-winter warm-up with Tan-Luxe The Gradual, Tanning Water, and St. Tropezâs Face Mist and Bronzing Mousse.
Ok, onto clothing and accessories! Porselli x Alex Mill ballet flats and Chalo cowboy boots have been in Ericaâs rotation, and though sheâs already found jean shorts from Agolde (ahem, via Nuuly), sheâs looking for sporty shorts like Justinâs. The barefoot shoe crowd got us curious about the Xero Genesis, weâre going to The Consistency Project for jeans, and Claire is growing a jean shacket collection, intentional or not.
To try to reinvigorate our excitement for getting dressed, weâre reading Emilia Petrarcaâs piece on embracing glamour for Harperâs Bazaar.
Respect to Rebecca Jennings for naming the Big Baby trend.
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Follow-up time! We did some boots-on-the-ground reporting, and so did you: We have updates on anxiety bookshelves, Santa, calendar systems, PowerPoints as gifts, and (but of course) Kuromi..
Delighted to spot Kuromi in the flash tattoo folder at Haven Tattoo Studio!
If youâre heading to the theater soon, we highly recommend seeing Buena Vista Social Club and Grief Campâand youâll find us at LaGuardia High Schoolâs All-School Musical come December!
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Boy, do we have topics to cover: a go-to kids' podcasts, sweet treat updates, a new approach to nyms, duvet cover drama, and more.
Yes, we know about the Greeking Out podcast from National Geographic, and it is great. Speaking of NatGeo, we love Mickey Rapkinâs Pattie Gonia profile.
Our sugar fix(es): Katz Honey Vinegar, tiramisu served tableside at Piccola Cucina Osteria (or in a wee NY Yankees cap), Seeâs Scotchmallows, Zuâs Candies chic boxes, and pandan in cereal and ice cream sandwiches and many other treats.
This classic Onion article from 2000. Related: Are you an Onion print subscriber?
Backronyms! The Waffle House Index! Weâll cut it out with Wikipedia links for now.
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Update! Update! Come get your update! We learned a lot of info about Velveeta loaves, lucky girl syndrome, seasonal treats, minimal shoes, and more that we gotta share!
On Ericaâs iPhone note for seasonal treats in April, you will find âan Ojai Pixie Party, Great N.Y. Noodletownâs softshell crab, and Styerâs Peonies, and coming up with DIY traditions reminds us of The New Better Off by Courtney E. Martin.
Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy gives cozy-soapy, which is exactly what we want right now.
Time for an acupressure mat update: Claireâs loving it! Ericaâs still into her Yoga Toes.
Speaking of toes! Weâre still thinking about minimal shoes, and we think these Adidas Taekwondo Shoes are a contender.
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We have Ollie to thank for bringing us this ep about a topic near, if not dear: the headache of feeding ourselves and others. (We have to do this multiple times a day?!?!). The app helps you figure out what to cook, makes your grocery list, and *learns what you like*âitâs a whole thing, and weâre grateful for the robots for helping us with this task. In related topics: our always-on-hand grocery items and supermarket immersive theater.
Stuff always in our pantries/fridges: Charaâs Kitchen Barbeque Sauce, Kewpie Roasted Sesame Dressing (the made-in-Japan version!), Mutti Cherry Tomatoes, Bjorn Qorn (related:nutritional yeast), Chaokoh Coconut Milk, The Rice Factory Rice, Painterland Sisters Skyr Yogurt, Portugalia Market tinned fish.
Recipes we love rn include Eric Kimâs shredded chicken in the Instant Pot for Food52, Sarah DiGregorioâs salmon and kimchi skillet for NYT Cooking, Smitten Kitchenâs slow-roasted sweet potatoes, and the tofu sheet-pan dinner from the cookbook Kid in the Kitchen by Melissa Clark,
Two exceptional easy-cooking cookbooks with companion newsletters: What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking by Caroline Chambers and Small Victories by Julia Turshen.
Download Ollie today in the app stores or at ollie.ai/athingortwo to save two of the recipes weâre cooking most.
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Another day, another grab bag! This time, books for dolls and/or anxious people, kitchen timers, TikTok decorum, and Miranda Julyâs mesmerizing Substack.
Meditations for Mortals makes a great case for pleasure reading.
Two of our current top Substacks: Miranda Julyâs and Heavies by Chris Gayomali.
Shoutout to Caroline Lusk on TikTok. We will be downloading your videos and sharing them with our pals for the foreseeable future.
Double shoutout to Nasirinâs Kitchen, Ericaâs nearâCarnegie Hall restaurant of choice.
If youâre looking for a low-tech kitchen timer, wind up Dusen Dusenâs Everybody Kitchen Timer and Frielingâs Magnetic Retro Kitchen Timer.
We have many questions about what happened during the 100 years of NY NOW.
Finally, is the anxiety bookshelf the Jibbitz of reading? Please share your intel at 833-632-5463, [email protected], @athingortwohq, or in our Geneva.
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Are exposed ankles back? Luigi Mangione sure says so. Also, stuffie reports, Jibbitz musings, purchasable solutions, travel lacrosse balls, and more!
Stuffie bag charms are happening at 10 Corso Como, we ate up Liza Corsilloâs "I Spent 3 Hours at the Jellycat Diner" for NY Mag, and weâre just getting to know Mofusand and their loreless world via their Uniqlo collab.
Jibbitz-inspired living is taking over! The Boulder Public Library hosted a make-your-own jibbitz event, and shoe charms and sandal rings are coming for Birkenstocks. Speaking of Birks, do you have thoughts on Reykjaviks?
We love this Ruth Madievsky quote in her piece in The Cut about the Berlant/Novak podcast: ââThe pair bonded over their mutual obsession with purchasable solutions to the problem of being alive.â Two of our current solutjions: a lacrosse ball when traveling and a magnifying mirror with a light. The concept made us think about the book Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman.
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First things first: You wonât get sick from touching a bag of Sânoods! Weâre also coming at you with custard oatmeal, holiday mash-ups, and the many sides of the TikTok creator fund.
We have a lot of thoughts about Sânoods, their origins, and the sweet kugel flavor.
Custard oatmeal is the new breakfast of champs around here. Ericaâs recipe is from Life Around the Table, but there are a lot of fancier versions still.
The Minnesota Zoo and Anchorage Bird Rescue also got in on the fun of ex-centric V-day fundraising.
A follow-up on produce drawer cold remedies, @dr.beachgem10 has thoughts.
We found some comfort in Sarah Eckelâs "How Iâm Staying Sane" installment of her Substack Itâs Not Us.
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We have some denim thoughts we canât bottle up anymore! Also: cookies, curse words, and no-polish confidence. Here we go.
Irene from the Real World made a great TikTok about sitting jeans vs. standing jeans. Shoutout to The Consistency Project for helping us find vintage denim that fits and Jane on Jeans for endless intelâthe place for denim discourse.
The limited-edition Tate's White Chocolate Raspberry cookies? So good!
These little wooden mushroom nutcrackers + shelled walnuts = a nice pre-dinner snack-slash-activity.
We are hacking ourselves out of Google AI by adding curse words to our searches.
What corners of TikTok are grabbing your attention? Let us know at 833-632-5463, [email protected], @athingortwohq, or in our Geneva.
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Coming to you live from the couch! We have a batch of miscellaneous updates for you, from Julius and Tree Paine fanfic to food trends, cute and otherwise.
Cutie news! Hello Kitty + Miffy statues have shown up at 17 State St. in NYC, and weâre excited to see these two powerhouses partner in this way.
We are captivated by the very elaborate Fluffy AlgodĂłn Cotton Candy Art and floof cotton candy cakes.
Also! Rebecca Jenningsâs story on âpick meâ foods for Vox is an incredibly interesting piece about how food trends change, and it brought some great memes to our attention.
Speaking of meme accounts: We suggest taking a peek at Assistants vs. Agents on Instagram and their Hollywood Agent Awards specifically.
What celeb content are you fanfic-ing? Let us know at 833-632-5463, [email protected], @athingortwohq, or in our Geneva.
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Happy Valentineâs Week! Letâs celebrate with a cat-neutering campaign, to-go Velvetta, Jibbitz vision boards. Oh, and Santa.
Weâre super charmed by CUNYâs callout for couples who met on campus and want our alma mater to do the same. And: Please take note of River Kitty Cafeâs âNeuter Your Exâ initiative.
How do we these Vans in adult sizes?
If youâre in NYC and looking for Galentineâs Day plans, come to our event about the bonkbuster on Feb. 13. Dream panelists!!
Back to the onions: Pauline Chalamet advocates for putting a cut one under your bed when you start to feel sick.
Live La Dolce Velveeta with Vel2Go, lol.
Fiber! See: Floura.
Also, are we manifesting via Jibbitz now?
Friends, the fire-proof bag.
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Itâs time to treat ourselves to a good, old-fashioned catch-up. Ready for some updates on workouts, hair styling, hot dogs, and marriage?
Kayleen Schaeferâs Elle article âHow 50 Pushups a Day Helped Me Cope In an Uncertain World.â
Three hair recs: Ranavat Fortifying Hair Serum, the Dyson Airwrap, and Christophe Robin Temporary Color Gel.
Shoutout to PDT, the speakeasy behind Crif Dogs, and the Turkey and the Wolf Cookbook by Mason Hereford and JJ Goode. High-end fun?!
Claireâs beloved Kikkerland back scratcher; Camâs beloved Champagne poppers.
â62 Extremely Passionate Recommendationsâ â Harling Rossâs Gumshoe Substack.
Looking for a little pick-me-up? Share whatâs been cheering you up lately at 833-632-5463, [email protected], @athingortwohq, or in our Geneva.
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Ah, we canât wait for you to get to hang with Upasna Barath! We chat *THINGIES* with the author and playwrightâand also discuss her experience writing Comedic Timing, a modern bi-awakening with exceptional dialogue and the most charming friendships. Itâs the next exceedingly delightful 831 Stories release, out tomorrow!
Upasnaâs Thingies include incense in the mornings (Upstate Stockâs Albany Black Spruce, specifically), scented body oil over perfume (Nuxe FTW), a red lip with no makeup ( Violette Bisou Balmâand maybe sheâll try Ilia Lip Sketch Hydrating Crayon?), Italian hand gestures, a heating pad, meaningful apologies, and Opsin Archive ceramics.
Also, onions are approaching A Moment in untraditional formats (as in, on feet?)?
Keith Haring helps us define cutie eyesâshoutout to Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Goochâand even if you canât make it to Luna Luna, check out the original posters and merch.
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In the throes of everything 2025 is throwing at us, weâre discussing how we approach wellness and the small things we do to take care of ourselves (at least a little bit!!!). Major thanks to OSEA for bringing us this episodeâ10% off your first order with the code ATHINGORTWO!
Can we start with some praise for OSEAâs Undaria Algae Body Butter? It absorbs quickly, it feels excellent, and itâs making Claire actually moisturize every day.
Claire is also exercising with Cam, opting for phone calls over Zooms, going on âdo not disturbâ more often, making lunchbox drawings, and watching TV on her phone while doing other things.
Ericaâs getting an actual desk setup, eating a fulfilling lunch (shoutout to Chris Gayomaliâs Heavies Substack about soup), revisiting her five-year journal, maintaining a saved sentence archive practice, and having high-end fun and heavy snacks.
How are you taking extra care of yourself right now? Let us know at 833-632-5463, [email protected], @athingortwohq, or in our Geneva.
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Before diving into the newness of 2025, we wanted to reflect on our top Thingies of last year. Fashion, framing, food, and a full-blown flurry of favorites ahead!
Claireâs best-of Thingies include the PJ Library, Wisp, Ăpice Paris, Bluesafe24 glasses, Caro Chambers, and the Natori Bliss Girl Brief.
Ericaâs Thingies of the year include Biryani Bol, Nelle Atelier (specifically their Laura style), Susan Orleanâs Wordy Bird Substack, Framebridge, Buena Vista Social Club the musical, and, of course, Josh Hartnettâs return.
What were your 2024 Thingies? Let us know at 833-632-5463, [email protected], @athingortwohq, or in our Geneva!
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Itâs time to let your inner Larry David out because we have THOUGHTS to SHARE!
Gen Alpha has a new (jarring??) way to learn their alphabet.
We were suspicious of isitpacked.com for planning a Disneyland trip, but weâve changed our tune.
Things we wonât shut up about include OSSA phone straps and Goop Kitchen.
Letâs discuss Uggs, shall we?
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