S3E10: The Giving Tree (with Kevin T. Porter)

This title was inspired by the last episode Carley and I recorded together: Love Letters with Lorraine. Earlier this year, I asked our guests and listeners to send in a “letter” to Carley in the form of a voice message.  Took me a bit to finish this episode because sometimes these messages are too much, and sometimes they’re so helpful and make me really happy ya know? It was really cathartic to listen to these - thanks so much for sending in your letters to all who did 🫶🏼 If you'd like to send in one for part 2, email a voice memo to [email protected].  Stay connected on IG: @txforeverpod, @monicamoser, @rutledgecancer  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/txforeverpod/support

Today, we share “The Interruptus.” I sat down at my mic (after weeping to the Season 4 finale of One Tree Hill) and verbally processed what losing Carley has been like. Carley’s brother Grant, our audio engineer, also shares what this show has meant to him. You’ll also hear my eulogy at the end. I decided to place the entirety of my friend Kevin Kelly’s song “Soon” to open it, as it’s meant so much to recently. I think it sounds like Carley talking right to me, talking to us. I’m learning loss doesn’t get any easier — you don’t get used it. It just becomes more a part of who you are. ***I definitely want to place trigger warning on this episode — it’s raw and you might be want to be somewhere private when you listen. Love you Carley. I know I’ll be seeing ya soon. -Monica ---- Link to full memorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK9znc6ZIAc&t=1s https://rutledgecancerfoundation.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/txforeverpod/support

Louanne Stephens, Grandma Saracen, joined us again for a special bonus episode all about love. We discuss listener questions all about dating and marriage and get vulnerable at the end with our personal woes. Louanne gave us some very needed tough (but still sweet) love. This episode is for all of our listeners, wherever you are on the single, dating, married spectrum. Thanks for joining us Grandam Saracen and say hi to Matt and Julie for us! Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, MOVE ON!  Season 4 coming next week. Check out our TX Talk with Louanne here // follow us @txforeverpod  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/txforeverpod/support

It's the Season 3 Finale!! In this just-Monica-and-Carley-ep, as per tradish, we talk about how this episode is more of an epilogue than a finale, get real nostalgic on that senior year stress, and more. Some family member help bookend this very monumental episode. See Ya'll at East Dillon?? // Follow us @txforeverpod  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/txforeverpod/support

This week’s buddy is the stunning Liv Tyler, oh we mean Erin Mallory Long (@erinmallorylong), co-host of the Best of Friends Podcast and Monster’s Inc. stan. This week our references span the ages from It’s a Wonderful Life, to Wanda Vision, to Harry Potter and more. Of course we pick apart Panther’s trip to STATE, the best Tyra/Landry moments of the season, and the aftermath of the McCoy family drama. Much ado about flare jeans, bangs that look sexy pushed back and so much more gets unpacked this week - enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/txforeverpod/support

It’s your Bob Dylan Cover Band: The Three Girls this week! Allison Miller (@allisonemiller), currently starring in A Million Little Things on ABC, helps us cover a million little things this week: heart-felt one-one-ones with Tim and Lyla, Tyra and her mama, the very upsetting, explosive scene with the McCoys in the rain, the beginning of the rezoning plot, and so much more. ⅔ of us sip some “red tea” and dig in! Enjoy! // Follow us @txforeverpod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/txforeverpod/support

We head from TX > CA one more time to cover Seasons 3 and 4 of The O.C.! Mon’s besties unite (and don’t get TOO jealous of each other) to talk all about Marisa’s iconic death, the wonderful surprise of an at-times-unclothed, hippie Chris Pratt, Julie Cooper’s many romantic entanglements, and of course our fav music moments from this seasons: Imogen Heap, Sufjan Stevens, etc. Take a trip with us to a world even deeper into the early ‘00s this week! Thanks for joining us @addisonwilderdurham! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/txforeverpod/support

Our prodigal son returns! Or something like that...but Kevin T. Porter (@kevintporter) is back Y'ALL! This Gilmore lovin' goof gets silly with us this week as we discuss Succession, have spontaneous music moments, get pregnant from Riggins again, and debate if people are still allowed to be ‘Daddy’s Girls’. We dig deep into this pivotal episode on Julie’s active sex life, Mamma Tami, Bad Buddy, and Riggins to the Rescue. Don’t miss this week with the man who brought us Gilmore Guys and toppled the Ellen matriarchy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/txforeverpod/support

We are on the cusp of a crisp fall, a deadly Lyla Garrity hangover, a Billy magic trick…? And a Tyra rescue. The hilarious & delightful Erin Whitehead (@girlwithatail) joins us to talk misspoken idioms, female written male ingenues, adults fraught relationship with dairy and breaks down this pleasant midseason ep. Enjoy! Send us your love letters!! Ever wanted Grandma Saracen’s love advice? Now’s your chance! Slide into our DMs or email us at [email protected]. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/txforeverpod/support

Unfettered, untethered, unsupervised...crack open a cold one and head to New York with Carley, Monica...oh and Jason and Tim. This week packs it in with a series-wrap on Scott Porter, a runaway Cashanova and Tyra, some more Property Brothers, and most importantly the return of Tim’s denim jacket. Don’t miss the silliness (and also the surprising amount of tears). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/txforeverpod/support