Cherryvale Mall Madness

Anime! Cosplay! Rosemont, IL!  We take you on an in-depth tour of the anime convention that defined our childhood on this week's episode of Peaches Podcast!

Drum roll please... welcome, Raye! She's an old pal, funny lady, and an expert on all things Midwest food! Join on our own little taste of Chicago as we rate different Midwestern snacks. We are also Midwestern snaccs. ;)

"Our state fair is a great state fair!" And so are our county and local fairs and festivals! Georgie schools us on the majesty of the Wisconsin State Faire and we all reminisce about a childhood spent among the cornstalks. They say some really profound and beautiful stuff, and we hope you like this episode!  (Rivers says to tell you guys we also talk about 9/11 and romance a lot in this episode.)

This week's guest is the wonderful, talented Sophie aka Ever's friend from college. Growing up in the Tennessee, she was exposed to different hegemonic beauty standards than Ever and his Midwestern friends. Tune in for a discussion of regional differences in beauty standards, embarrassing high school memories, and lots of laughs. Oh, and obviously, we know beauty standards are bad. 

Listen, we know we said we'd be telling you all about the Bristol Renaissance Faire this week, but when we got the opportunity to speak with a local celebrity, we knew we needed to take it! We hope you enjoy our ramblings about the Rockford Music Scene, throat-punches, and our wonderful memories with Mulberry!

Though we each had many, many Midwestern malls which greatly shaped our childhoods and especially our teen years, the biggest standout is obviously Rockford's own Cherryvale Mall. This place has everything, but above all, it has our hearts. We hope you enjoy this week's episode and come back for more every Thursday!

How did we meet? Do we even remember? In this episode, we introduce ourselves and explain a bit about our wonderful backyards here in the Midwest. We hope your enjoy our very first attempt at the art of the podcast!

Hey friend! We really just wanted to let you know that we are going to try our best to not talk about Covid stuff so these first episodes aren't a bummer to go back and listen to post-pandemic. This podcast has been something we've thought about doing for a long time, and we are all working/going to grad school online right now, so we really wanted to keep stuff fun and relaxing for you. Enjoy the show!