Confessing Animals Podcast

29/09/2023

Folks,

Some really good people REALLY need help. Please help Manda and Josh. It's been a terrible year and yet, they're still trying.

My name is Josh, my beautiful partner is Manda, and the furry goofball is Sage. I am cre… Joshua Knipfer needs your support for Josh and Manda's Recovery

05/06/2022

Hittin those milestones! Thank you for listening abd catch up if you’re not. This season of Confession will continue with a new guest v soon. We love you.

17/05/2022

New episode 🚨 BANS OFF OUR BODIES

In light of the impending overturn of Roe v Wade, Vanessa & Jen attended the Planned Parenthood Rally: BANS OFF OUR BODIES on May 14, 2022 at Mill Creek Park in Kansas City, MO.
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But before we did, we interviewed Justice Gatson

Justice Gatson is the Director at Reale Justice Network. An Intimate Partner Violence Advocate and Motivational Speaker. She works with Black Mama’s Bail Out with National Bailout.org to specifically address the needs of incarcerated black mothers.

IG reale_justice_network
https://realejusticenetwork.org/

SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
https://sistersong.nationbuilder.com/donate

DONATE NOW!
https://abortionfunds.org/

VOTE NO IN KANSAS AUGUST 2
https://kansansforfreedom.com/

04/05/2022

Partners in (podcasting) crime. Listen to the latest episode of Vanessa’s live reading charlottestreetfoundation

03/05/2022

bb’s first live podcast performance. listen already, jesus.

03/05/2022

EPISODE 43 IS LIVE + Our FIRST LIVE RECORDING!

Live @ Charlotte Street Foundation w/Vanessa Aricco 

Reading 1: On the Cusp of Air & Water [Full length poetry manuscript, forthcoming]
Read 2: My Chelsea Girls / Self Saints of Becoming [WIP]

Vanessa Aricco is a multimedia poet exploring conflict and duality, the precarious nature of life and the anxiety that arises from it. She is the co-host of Confessing Animals, an interview-style podcast discussing creativity with writers. Her work includes two poetry albums, The Midnight Rush and Human Animal, Tin Can Poetics and co-lyricist on the album Gutter Mansions with Ashley Raines & The New West R***e. She is a Charlotte Street Foundation 2019-22 Studio Resident in Kansas City, MO.

Website: vanessaaricco.com
IG:

Charlotte Street Foundation Open Studios
https://charlottestreet.org/

Intro & music provided by Ashley Raines www.ashleyrainesmusic.com
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03/05/2022

New Episode 🚨 Reality Bites Live @ Charlotte Street Foundation w/Vanessa Aricco

Reading 1: On the Cusp of Air & Water [Full length poetry manuscript, forthcoming]
Read 2: My Chelsea Girls / Self Saints of Becoming [WIP]

Vanessa Aricco is a multimedia poet exploring conflict and duality, the precarious nature of life and the anxiety that arises from it. She is the co-host of Confessing Animals, an interview-style podcast discussing creativity with writers. Her work includes two poetry albums, The Midnight Rush and Human Animal, Tin Can Poetics and co-lyricist on the album Gutter Mansions with Ashley Raines & The New West R***e. She is a Charlotte Street Foundation 2019-22 Studio Resident in Kansas City, MO.

Website: vanessaaricco.com
IG:

Charlotte Street Foundation Open Studios
https://charlottestreet.org/

Intro & music provided by Ashley Raines www.ashleyrainesmusic.com

26/04/2022

Confessing Animals Podcast is LIVE with a new episode from our very first guest, Ashley Parsons. Listen. Love.

26/04/2022

Gay PK (Pastor’s Kid)

Ashley Parsons (she/her) is a q***r woman who tells true stories about love, mystery, and embodiment through writing, photography, mentoring, and speaking. She is an alumni of the 2019 Thread at Yale program through the Yale Journalism Initiative and the winner of The Moth / Snap Judgment Competition. Her award-winning work as a storyteller has been captured in photographs, films, and multimedia via We Are the Parsons, Huffington Post, American Photo Magazine, and Real Simple Weddings among countless others. In 2013 she was named one of the Best Wedding Photographers in the world. Since the turn of the century, she has taught at workshops, creative retreats, and been a vital part of creative collaborations across the globe.


Instagram
https://www.ashleyparsons.com/

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Seasoned and fresh-faced artists (of every genre) discuss how to make creativity work within the complexities and challenges of adult life. Confessing Animals podcast co-hosts Jen Harris + Vanessa Aricco, both working writers, unveil the secrets and struggles of creative living in a rapid fire capitalist society. One guest at a time, Jen + Vanessa ask, How Does Your Life Translate to Art?
Intro & music provided by Ashley Raines www.ashleyrainesmusic.com

Listen, Love & Support Us!
https://www.patreon.com/confessinganimalspodcast

07/04/2022

Y’all. What would we ever do without you? Not s**t, that’s what.

29/03/2022

+ New Episode +

Fleeing & Finding Home: Waleska Font

Waleska (she/her) is a Venezuelan multidisciplinary artist. Waleska is a cultural promoter, copyeditor, teacher and poet, having performed in Mexico, Venezuela, and Kansas City. Her work explores the limitations of bilingualism, s*xuality, culture, and identity. Waleska is currently a board member of No Divide Kansas City and a sponsored artist for Poetry for Personal Power.

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29/03/2022

+ NEW EPISODE +
Fleeing & Finding Home: Waleska Barroeta



Waleska (she/her) is a Venezuelan multidisciplinary artist. Waleska is a cultural promoter, copyeditor, teacher and poet, having performed in Mexico, Venezuela, and Kansas City. Her work explores the limitations of bilingualism, s*xuality, culture, and identity. Waleska is currently a board member of No Divide Kansas City and a sponsored artist for Poetry for Personal Power.

15/03/2022

Peter Tremain is a retired Lutheran Pastor, who served as Pastor of three congregations over a span of forty years. After retirement and the death of his wife he traveled solo outside the USA at least two months a year for the last ten years with only a backpack, staying in hostels, walking the 500 mile long Camino de Santiago in 2013. He is interested in Contemplative Spirituality as it transcends the arbitrary boundary between the sacred and secular nurturing a non-dualistic view of reality.

Find him online @
https://thecalltolive.wordpress.com/

01/03/2022

LIVE & AVAILABLE FOR LISTENING RIGHT THE F&CK NOW!

39 - True Crime Fairy Tale ftg. Peregrine Honig
Season 4 Episode 2

Peregrine Honig
She/Her/Hers

Season 4 is all about Confession!

CW: Mention of s*x trafficking, pe*****le, ephebophile, and murder

Peregrine Honig: Artist. Curator. Writer. Wife.
Peregrine Honig (born 1976 in San Francisco, CA) is an American artist whose work is concerned with the relationship between pop culture, s*xual vulnerability, social anxieties, the ethics of luxury and trends in consumerism. Honig appeared on season one of Bravo’s artist reality television show, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, which aired from June 9–August 11, 2010, finishing in second place.
Honig also owns a lingerie and swimwear boutique, Birdies, which opened in 2003, and is located in the Crossroads of Kansas City, Missouri.

https://www.peregrinehonig.co/
https://www.instagram.com/peregrinehonig/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_Honig
https://projectartaud.org/

Please note:
Erica Michelle Marie Green (May 15, 1997 – April 28, 2001), also known as Precious Doe, was an American three-year-old girl who was murdered in Kansas City.
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Intro & music provided by Ashley Raines www.ashleyrainesmusic.com
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01/03/2022

New episode drops tomorrow! Get ready, this v special guest brings a whole new dimension to confession. Check your pods in the AM. Let us know what you think. Love J + V

21/02/2022

*** BEGINNING SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2022 ***

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE 2ND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

CONFESSING ANIMALS

LIVE FROM THE POETRY FORT

Second Sundays 2-3p CT LIVE on Zoom!

PATRONS

Join us on Zoom at 1:30p CT for a private hang before the show!

Subscribe on for all the latest.

Xo,
v & j

15/02/2022

Welcome to Season 4 of Confessing Animals Podcast. Jen and Vanessa discuss why this podcast is called Confessing Animals and what this season will be about. Spoiler Alert 🚨 Confession. Head over to where you listen to podcasts now!

05/02/2022

Our very first episode with Mystery, Motherhood and the Creative Life.

05/02/2022

We Miss You! We have a sneak peak coming soon. Just wanted to drop in say hello and ask you to go rate the podcast on Apple podcast. Show some love ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

04/01/2022

Have you subscribed to Confessing Animals Podcast on or anywhere you listen!? ⠀
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Also, duh, get the extended cut VIDEO interviews on Patreon.
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30/12/2021

1 year. 37 episodes. 3,000 downloads.
That's a wrap on the 2021 edition of Confessing Animals Podcast! Please listen, like, rate and subscribe!

28/12/2021

Happy First Year! Bonus episode

Jen calls Vanessa, who's two mimosas deep, on her tin can to wrap up the first year of Confessing Animals.

We love you

30/11/2021

We are so grateful and honored to be ending our first year on the highest of high notes! The final episode of Season 3 and Year 1 is OUT NOW! ⠀
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36 - How to Make The Darkness Glow: Andreas Fleps⠀
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Season 3 Episode 12⠀
Andreas Fleps⠀
He/Him/His⠀
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Andreas Fleps is a poet based near Chicago. He studied theology and philosophy at Dominican University, and his debut collection of poems entitled, “Well into the Night” (via Energion Publications) was released at the end of 2020. He translates teardrops.⠀
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Buy Well Into the Night ⠀
https://www.energiondirect.com/product/well-into-the-night/⠀
https://bookshop.org/books/well-into-the-night/9781631997396⠀
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https://www.facebook.com/andreas.fleps/⠀
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https://www.instagram.com/andreas.fleps/

23/11/2021

*** NEW EPISODE *** NEW EPISODE *** NEW EPISODE *** NEW EPISODE ***⠀
#35 ⠀
Patrick Grant⠀
He/Him/His⠀
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Grew up in Overland Park, KS where he is now a high school Spanish teacher. After graduating from the University of Kansas, Patrick worked with a Christian collegiate ministry in San Antonio, Texas and then the Dominican Republic. In his free time he enjoys playing sports, hanging with friends and family, and being overly-particular about beer and coffee. ⠀
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https://www.facebook.com/patrick.grant.98⠀
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LISTEN TO PATRICK'S FREE EPISODE NOW everywhere you get your podcasts, and be sure to subscribe on Patreon if extended-cut, unedited interviews are your vibe. Link in bio. ⠀
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Xo,⠀
Jen + Vanessa ⠀
www.patreon.com/confessinganimalspodcast

23/11/2021

*** NEW EPISODE *** NEW EPISODE *** NEW EPISODE *** NEW EPISODE ***
#35
Patrick Grant
He/Him/His

Grew up in Overland Park, KS where he is now a high school Spanish teacher. After graduating from the University of Kansas, Patrick worked with a Christian collegiate ministry in San Antonio, Texas and then the Dominican Republic. In his free time he enjoys playing sports, hanging with friends and family, and being overly-particular about beer and coffee.

https://www.facebook.com/patrick.grant.98

LISTEN TO PATRICK'S FREE EPISODE NOW everywhere you get your podcasts, and be sure to subscribe on Patreon if extended-cut, unedited interviews are your vibe. Link in bio.

Xo,
Jen + Vanessa
www.patreon.com/confessinganimalspodcast

21/11/2021

Hello Confessing Animals!⠀
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IDK about you, but Season 3 is vibing with our Fall energy. 🍁⠀
Big personalities. Intense conversations. Heart-wrenching vulnerability. ⠀
❤️🥊⠀
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This podcast is a labor of love, so we're not tryna get rich but if you're enjoying the content, we loved for you to subscribe on Patreon for the extended-cut VIDEO interviews + more performances by fellow creatives, all for $5 a month!⠀
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Listen to the music of Ashley Raines, our beloved composer AND of course, you're always invited to The Writing Workshop KC. ⠀
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Support the pod today! ⠀
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LINKS IN BIO!⠀
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🦊🍁☕️⠀
Subscribe to Confessing Animals Podcast on or wherever you listen. ⠀
🦊🍁☕️⠀
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Xo,⠀
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Jen + Vanessa

16/11/2021

#34
Season 3 Episode 10
Andrew Mcilvaine
he/him/his

Andrew Mcilvaine is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Southern Texas and later relocated to Missouri. Mcilvaine makes work that explores notions such as the displacement and replacement of culture through settler colonialism, identity, trauma, memory, and longing. Currently Mcilvaine's practice is based in Kansas City, Missouri and he holds a visiting assistant professor position in the Foundation department at KCAI.

https://www.andrewmcilvaine.com/

https://www.instagram.com/andrewmcilvaine/
Instagram

About the show
Solid Poetry is a body of work that at its heart deals with the process of healing from past traumas through self-discovery, growth, and resilience. The show is set in a magical-realism garden where both past and present histories blur the lines of reality. The show walks you through a non-linear poem filled with relationships between a son and his mother, a struggle to survive amongst a brewing storm, and the potential hope that lingers in the distant future. So come harness the power of the past and stay to see the sun rise once again.

The exhibition will be on view from October 22 – December 18, with an opening reception on Friday October 22 from 6-9 pm.

plug gallery hours are Saturdays 12-4 pm and by appointment.
1328 Agnes Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64127
https://www.instagram.com/plug.gallery/

16/11/2021

#34⠀
Season 3 Episode 10⠀
Andrew Mcilvaine⠀
he/him/his⠀
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Andrew Mcilvaine is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Southern Texas and later relocated to Missouri. Mcilvaine makes work that explores notions such as the displacement and replacement of culture through settler colonialism, identity, trauma, memory, and longing. Currently Mcilvaine's practice is based in Kansas City, Missouri and he holds a visiting assistant professor position in the Foundation department at KCAI.⠀
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https://www.andrewmcilvaine.com/⠀
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https://www.instagram.com/andrewmcilvaine/⠀
Instagram ⠀
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About the show⠀
Solid Poetry is a body of work that at its heart deals with the process of healing from past traumas through self-discovery, growth, and resilience. The show is set in a magical-realism garden where both past and present histories blur the lines of reality. The show walks you through a non-linear poem filled with relationships between a son and his mother, a struggle to survive amongst a brewing storm, and the potential hope that lingers in the distant future. So come harness the power of the past and stay to see the sun rise once again.⠀
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The exhibition will be on view from October 22 – December 18, with an opening reception on Friday October 22 from 6-9 pm. ⠀
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plug gallery hours are Saturdays 12-4 pm and by appointment. ⠀
1328 Agnes Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64127⠀
https://www.instagram.com/plug.gallery/

15/11/2021

There's a new episode dropping tomorrow! Have you subscribed to Confessing Animals Podcast on or anywhere you listen!? ⠀
⠀
Also, duh, get the extended cut VIDEO interview on Patreon.
….

15/11/2021

Hello Confessing Animals!⠀
⠀
IDK about you, but Season 3 is vibing with our Fall energy. 🍁⠀
Big personalities. Intense conversations. Heart-wrenching vulnerability. ⠀
❤️🥊⠀
⠀
This podcast is a labor of love, so we're not tryna get rich but if you're enjoying the content, we loved for you to subscribe on Patreon for the extended-cut VIDEO interviews + more performances by fellow creatives, all for $5 a month!⠀
⠀
Listen to the music of Ashley Raines, our beloved composer AND of course, you're always invited to The Writing Workshop KC. ⠀
⠀
Support the pod today! ⠀
⠀
LINKS IN BIO!⠀
⠀
🦊🍁☕️⠀
Subscribe to Confessing Animals Podcast on or wherever you listen. ⠀
🦊🍁☕️⠀
⠀
Xo,⠀
⠀
Jen + Vanessa

09/11/2021

# 33 - Capsule Review Queen: film, origami & creativity ⠀
Season 3 Episode 9 ⠀
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Leanne Kubicz ⠀
She/Her/Hers⠀
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Leanne Kubicz is an origami artist and tv & film critic based in Kansas City, MO. A person of many talents, she was an official statistician for the New York Red Bulls Major League Soccer team from 2001-2013, was founder of her own company --1898 House Nail Lacquer, and was also a reference librarian. Leanne is currently working on multiple origami projects and has a new Substack for capsule film reviews. ⠀
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https://leannek.substack.com/⠀
https://thepinksmoke.com/⠀
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TWITTER

09/11/2021

# 33 - Capsule Review Queen: film, origami & creativity
Season 3 Episode 9

Leanne Kubicz
She/Her/Hers

Leanne Kubicz is an origami artist and tv & film critic based in Kansas City, MO. A person of many talents, she was an official statistician for the New York Red Bulls Major League Soccer team from 2001-2013, was founder of her own company --1898 House Nail Lacquer, and was also a reference librarian. Leanne is currently working on multiple origami projects and has a new Substack for capsule film reviews.

https://leannek.substack.com/
https://thepinksmoke.com/

IG
TWITTER

08/11/2021

There's a new episode dropping tomorrow! Have you subscribed to Confessing Animals Podcast on or anywhere you listen!?

Also, duh, get the extended cut VIDEO interview on Patreon.
buff.ly/38EMdZp

08/11/2021

There's a new episode dropping tomorrow! Have you subscribed to Confessing Animals Podcast on or anywhere you listen!? ⠀
⠀
Also, duh, get the extended cut VIDEO interview on Patreon.

07/11/2021

Hello Confessing Animals!⠀
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If you're loving what you're hearing, you should definitely subscribe to Patreon for the extended-cut VIDEO interviews + more performances by your new BFF's all for $5 a month!⠀
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Listen to the music of Ashley Raines, our beloved composer AND of course, you're always invited to The Writing Workshop KC. ⠀
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Support the pod today! ⠀
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LINKS IN BIO!⠀
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Subscribe to Confessing Animals Podcast on or wherever you listen. ⠀
⏰ 🔙 ⏰🔙⠀ ⠀
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Xo,⠀
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Jen + Vanessa

07/11/2021

Hello Confessing Animals!

IDK about you, but Season 3 is vibing with our Fall energy. 🍁
Big personalities. Intense conversations. Heart-wrenching vulnerability.
❤️🥊

This podcast is a labor of love, so we're not tryna get rich but if you're enjoying the content, we loved for you to subscribe on Patreon for the extended-cut VIDEO interviews + more performances by fellow creatives, all for $5 a month!

Listen to the music of Ashley Raines, our beloved composer AND of course, you're always invited to The Writing Workshop KC.

Support the pod today!

www.patreon.com/confessinganimalspodcast
https://www.ashleyrainesmusic.com/
www.writingworkshopkc.com

🦊🍁☕️
Subscribe to Confessing Animals Podcast on or wherever you listen.
🦊🍁☕️

Xo,

Jen + Vanessa

03/11/2021

#32⠀
"Sacred Rage"⠀
Season 3 Episode 9⠀
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Rachel Puckett⠀
REDEMPTION⠀
she/her/hers⠀
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BIO⠀
Rachel Puckett is a lifestyle and wedding photographer residing in Columbus, Ohio, who has dreams bigger than her body can handle at the moment. When her 7th grade Biology teacher enthusiastically insisted the students were all scientists, her eyes lit up and she received the title in earnest and has looked at the world with curiosity and a hunger to understand ever since. Her love of writing and photography take root from the lineage of irreverent storytellers she comes from and she finds inspiration from artists who speak to the whole experience of humanity, rather than the blind sugar-coating that just scratches the surface of living. After spending the first 30 years of her life as a witness to the inner workings and intricacies, she’s now embracing her voice, however shaky and ill-equipped, to embody the richness of life and call to others who are seeking the same, knowing that intuition and communal suffering hold the treasures we seek.⠀
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https://honeyandsmokephotoco.mypixieset.com/⠀
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Social Media⠀
https://www.instagram.com/honeyandsmokephoto/⠀
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Tune into the FREE audio episode wherever you get your podcasts.⠀
Join us on to view the extended cut interview. ⠀
More discussion! More performances! More! More! More!⠀
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Enjoy this episode!⠀
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Jen + Vanessa⠀⠀⠀⠀

02/11/2021

“Sacred Rage”

#32
Season 3 Episode 9

Rachel Puckett
REDEMPTION
she/her/hers

BIO
Rachel Puckett is a lifestyle and wedding photographer residing in Columbus, Ohio, who has dreams bigger than her body can handle at the moment. When her 7th grade Biology teacher enthusiastically insisted the students were all scientists, her eyes lit up and she received the title in earnest and has looked at the world with cu
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Jen + Vanessa
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Tune in to the FREE audio episode wherever you get your podcasts.⠀
Join us on Patreon to get the extended cut interview! More discussion! More performances! More!!!⠀
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Happy Season 3 y'all! ⠀
We 😍 You.⠀
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Jen + Vanessa