Fractures

The BLUE WAVE happened! Whew!

This week on The Rich Spinster Podcast, RS is reminding you that your vote matters, and so does the company you keep. From Trump to Nicki Minaj, RS explores the political choices of the people in our lives and asks a provocative question: Can a vote be a dealbreaker in a friendship or family relationship? And maybe, in some cases, should it be? With the midterms just a week away, there’s plenty to unpack about politics, personal values, and the people we choose to keep around us. It’s time to vote, pay attention, and decide what really matters.

This week on The Rich Spinster Podcast, RS dives into the firing of the press secretary, the high stakes of the upcoming midterms, and the growing political fire that’s beginning to burn in small-town America. She also takes a hard look at how dangerously desensitized we’ve become to gun violence and what it says about a society that has learned to live with the unthinkable. From political shake-ups to the fight for change, this episode asks whether Americans are finally ready to do better and be better. 

This week on the Rich Spinster Podcast, RS dives into the horrifying Cornell sexual assault case and what it reveals about the deeply troubling ways society continues to view women. The case isn’t just about what allegedly happened, but it’s about the systems, attitudes, and culture that allow misogyny and violence against women to persist. So what will it actually take to turn this sinking ship around?With the midterms approaching, RS also looks toward Florida and hopes voters don’t make the wrong decision again. And because no episode of the Rich Spinster Podcast would be complete without a little “What the hell is wrong with people?”, she has some thoughts about the increasingly bizarre things passengers are doing on airplanes.Heavy topics, strong opinions, and, as always, a little WTF along the way.

This week on the Rich Spinster Podcast, RS grabs the clippers and makes the ultimate declaration of freedom: cutting off her hair and embracing the liberation that comes with letting go of expectations and inches.She also dives into the Nolan Wells case, before turning to something a little sweeter: the music of middle age. As some of the albums and songs that defined our younger years hit the 40-year mark, Alexis reflects on what it means when the music you grew up with is suddenly considered “classic” and why these middle-age bops still hit just as hard.Come for the haircut, stay for the nostalgia, the commentary, and the sweet, sweet music.

This week on the Rich Spinster Podcast, Alexis is asking a question that feels more urgent by the day: Where the hell is the courage?From celebrities like Ed Sheeran to our elected officials to the press, far too many people seem willing to stay silent in the face of things that should demand outrage. Courage may be in short supply among the adults in the room, but there is hope in a generation of young people who are refusing to look away. And because no episode can be all righteous indignation, Alexis also dives into the latest allegations surrounding Rep. Lauren Boebert, an outspoken opponent of LGBTQ+ rights who is now denying allegations of sexual relationships with staffers, including two women.Courage, cowardice, hypocrisy, and apparently… a little dipping in the lady pond. Just another week on the Rich Spinster Podcast.

This week on the Rich Spinster Podcast, the Rich Spinster is proudly claiming her place in Generation Flex, that sweet spot between younger Gen X and older Millennials, and making the case that we may have grown up during the best of both worlds. From life before social media took over everything to witnessing technology completely transform how we live, communicate, and connect…we really did have it good.But nostalgia isn’t the only thing on the menu. RS gets into the importance of depth in relationships and why simply knowing someone for a long time doesn’t necessarily mean you truly know them. She also weighs in on her disappointment with Jasmine Crockett and a political reappearance nobody was prepared for: apparently, the dead has arisen, because Mitch McConnell has reemerged.It’s nostalgia, relationships, politics, and a little resurrection, all in one episode. Just another week at Rich Spinster.

This week on the Rich Spinster Podcast, RS reflects on the loss of Dolly Parton, an icon so deeply woven into the fabric of American culture that somehow, we collectively convinced ourselves she would always be here. Her passing forces us to reckon not only with the loss of a legend, but with the strange grief that comes when someone feels too beloved, too familiar, and too permanent to ever leave us.From there, the conversation turns to the Netflix documentary "Death of a Pastor's Wife"  and the ways belief can sometimes take an already difficult story and make it unnecessarily tragic, raising questions about faith, judgment, compassion, and what happens when doctrine gets in the way of our humanity.But because we cannot live in the heavy all the time, RS touches on some much-needed good news. A little grief, a little righteous questioning, and a reminder that even when the world feels impossibly dark, there is still some light worth looking for.

This week on the Rich Spinster Podcast, RS has questions and unfortunately, the government keeps providing material. Farmers are outraged over the U.S. importing beef, while the government has apparently decided that protected wild horses need to be rounded up because…why not add that to the chaos? Then there are Natalie Harp’s eyebrow-raising love letters, complete with Pride & Prejudice references, proving that somehow Jane Austen has been dragged into this mess too.And just when you think things couldn’t get any more absurd, Rich Spinster encountered perhaps the clearest sign that civilization is hanging on by a thread: a box of Cheerios for $9.99.From politics and livestock to literary love letters and grocery-store robbery, it’s another week of asking the only reasonable question left: What in the hell is going on?

This episode explores the fractures we carry, some visible, like a broken toe, and others buried much deeper, like a broken maternal bond. Alexis reflects on the mother wounds so many people carry and the complicated work of releasing pain that began in the very place where love and safety were supposed to live. It’s an episode about acknowledging what broke you without allowing it to keep you broken, and remembering that sometimes, the cracks are exactly where the light enters.