Somatic Therapy with Karden Rabin, and Dominant Masculinity

It's a talking episode baby! No guest—other than Gabe's dog Beans. A listener writes in wanting advice on what to do now that their estranged father is sick. Melisa joins for Hypotheticals where a "no kissing" clause constitutes cheating. The trio debate their 4 favorite movies. (Allison's husband also weighs in.) And finally, conscious celibacy, whatever that means. Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE:https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenusThis has been a Gallison ProductionProduced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint ProductionsPost-Production by Coco LlorensProduction Assistance by Melanie D. WatsonOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com* Get 15% off at happymammoth.com with code JUSTBETWEENUS at checkout. * Go to gobble.com/JUSTBETWEENUS today for $120 off your first 4 boxes!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, would you shake an evil politician’s hand if you had to? Would you livestream your life for 10 years for 10 million dollars a year? Would you lie and tell a cheating partner you were also cheating to save face? Plus, good comebacks, presidential trivia, and sand pies.Correction: Gabe says the band who asked for NO brown M&Ms was Metallica. It was in fact Van Halen. Our apologies to Mr. Eddie Van Halen.Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE:https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenusThis has been a Gallison ProductionProduced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint ProductionsPost-Production by Coco LlorensProduction Assistance by Melanie D. WatsonOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com* Get 15% off at happymammoth.com with code JUSTBETWEENUS at checkout. * Go to gobble.com/JUSTBETWEENUS today for $120 off your first 4 boxes!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

If Sugar the dog wanted to? She would. A lesbian listener writes in upset that she has to miss out on events with her closeted girlfriend's religious family. Author of Sexism & Sensibility Jo-Ann Finkelstein joins the pod to discuss how to speak to your children about sexism. Allison then gives Gabe and Jo-Ann one of Gabe's favorite hypotheticals ever. And finally, Allison finally has a hobby! It's swimming!Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE:https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenusThis has been a Gallison ProductionProduced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint ProductionsPost-Production by Coco LlorensProduction Assistance by Melanie D. WatsonOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com* Get 15% off at happymammoth.com with code JUSTBETWEENUS at checkout. * Go to gobble.com/JUSTBETWEENUS today for $120 off your first 4 boxes!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Allison is on a permanent Grecian vacation of the mind, while Gabe almost ruins it with gender dysphoria for cis people. Gabe presents Allison and Melisa with a conundrum from a sex and love addicts subreddit. A delusional driver with road rage doesn't understand car insurance. An OP in r/dreams asks for dream help because they spent 30 years inside a dream. What is the funniest or weirdest thing a doctor has ever said to you? People in r/AskReddit share what clued them into their partner being "a fucking idiot."Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE:https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenusThis has been a Gallison ProductionProduced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduction Assistance by Melanie D. WatsonOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com* Get 15% off at happymammoth.com with code JUSTBETWEENUS at checkout. * Go to gobble.com/JUSTBETWEENUS today for $120 off your first 4 boxes!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gabe explains how to use the term "punk" to Allison. A listener writes in wondering if it's a bad idea to not get a roommate post-separation (and spend more money) so she can live alone for her mental health. Next, the host of "Big Lash Energy" Jayna Marie joins the show to share a rollercoaster story about getting destroyed by the internet for an affair...that never happened. This is BANANAS. And finally, on-screen chemistry. Who has it? Who definitely does not?Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE:https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenusThis has been a Gallison ProductionProduced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint ProductionsPost-Production by Coco LlorensProduction Assistance by Melanie D. WatsonOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com* Get 15% off at happymammoth.com with code JUSTBETWEENUS at checkout. * Go to gobble.com/JUSTBETWEENUS today for $120 off your first 4 boxes!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gabe teaches Allison about actor Daniel Day Lewis. Melisa wants to cobble shoes. r/OddlySpecific features an OP who is interested in hiring a hitman. A kid with a horrible stepmom exposes her insane rules on r/teenagers. r/readitonwiki features a bride who wonders if she was wrong to reseat her exhibitionist sister during her wedding ceremony. And finally, building guitars from scratch!Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE:https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenusThis has been a Gallison ProductionProduced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduction Assistance by Melanie D. WatsonOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com* Get 15% off at happymammoth.com with code JUSTBETWEENUS at checkout. * Go to gobble.com/JUSTBETWEENUS today for $120 off your first 4 boxes!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Content Warning: SuicideGabe wants to be Ryan Gosling in "The Fall Guy" and has a long overdue shoutout for a fan on the Patreon. A listener writes in wondering how to have a relationship with the one person they want to be with after feeling responsible for someone else's suicide. Somatic therapist Karden Rabin joins to talk about the differences from talk therapy and why it's important to feel your feelings and confront what's going on in the body. And finally, dominant masculinity, Jerry Seinfeld and alpha male boot camps.Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE:https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenusThis has been a Gallison ProductionProduced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint ProductionsPost-Production by Coco LlorensProduction Assistance by Melanie D. WatsonOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com* Get 15% off at happymammoth.com with code JUSTBETWEENUS at checkout. * Go to gobble.com/JUSTBETWEENUS today for $120 off your first 4 boxes!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Puzzles are not for Allison or Melisa. r/prorevenge brings us the story of Bob The Builder who can't build a house. r/millennials features a thank you from a Gen Z OP. r/bestofredditupdates is full of twists and turns that might end a marriage. And finally, your birthday party isn't unique enough.Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE:https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenusThis has been a Gallison ProductionProduced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint ProductionsProduction Assistance by Melanie D. WatsonOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com* Get 15% off at happymammoth.com with code JUSTBETWEENUS at checkout. * Go to gobble.com/JUSTBETWEENUS today for $120 off your first 4 boxes!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Original Air Date: March 25, 2020In celebration of Simone Biles' epic Paris Olympic performance, we're revisiting our incredible episode with her!Get ready for a special episode featuring Simone Biles and SK-II! Gabe and Allison answer a listener’s question about whether she actually enjoys her feminine presentation or if she’s a victim of societal beauty pressures. They then interview the greatest gymnast of our time, Simone Biles, about SK-II’s Beauty is #NOCOMPETITION campaign, toxic beauty standards and her involvement in SK-II Studios’ six-part animated series “VS.” They’re also joined by beauty expert and the host of the podcast Natch Beaut, Jackie Johnson, who shares her insight on the positives and negatives of the beauty world. And finally, Gaby and Allison discuss what makes them feel beautiful. Because beauty is #NOCOMPETITION.Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE:https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenusThis has been a Gallison ProductionProduced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint ProductionsPost-Production by Coco LlorensProduction Assistance by Melanie D. WatsonOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com* Get 15% off at happymammoth.com with code JUSTBETWEENUS at checkout. * Go to gobble.com/JUSTBETWEENUS today for $120 off your first 4 boxes!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Allison and Gabe contemplate helpful ghosts. A listener writes wondering if they can forgive two of their favorite celebrities for bad behavior. Next, Cody Delistraty joins the show to talk about his book "The Grief Cure," the speculative future of "deleting memories," and handling the loss of someone who is still alive. And finally, nepo babies and how we feel about them. Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE:https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenusThis has been a Gallison ProductionProduced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint ProductionsPost-Production by Coco LlorensProduction Assistance by Melanie D. WatsonOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com* Get 15% off at happymammoth.com with code JUSTBETWEENUS at checkout. * Go to gobble.com/JUSTBETWEENUS today for $120 off your first 4 boxes!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy