Speaker 1: Hey fam Hey besties.
Speaker 2: Today we're celebrating a year of the bright Side. We're
Speaker 2: looking back at some of the moments that left their
Speaker 2: mark on us and sharing some lessons we've learned along
Speaker 2: the way too, and stay tuned for a very special announcement.
Speaker 1: It's Friday, March seventh. I'm Danielle Robe.
Speaker 3: And I'm Simane Boyce and this is The bright Side
Speaker 3: from Hello Sunshine. I can't believe it has been a
Speaker 3: full year of the bright Side.
Speaker 2: I know it's hard to believe that one year ago
Speaker 2: we launched and Relief fostered this amazing community. So we
Speaker 2: want to thank all of you for listening and being
Speaker 2: a part of this incredible podcast experience with us.
Speaker 3: There's truly nothing that brings me more joy than just
Speaker 3: hearing how the conversations that we've had on this show
Speaker 3: have either opened eyes for people, or sparked new thought,
Speaker 3: or maybe just made you giggle. So this show would
Speaker 3: not be possible without ourside besties, and we love you
Speaker 3: so much.
Speaker 2: We're going to celebrate some major moments that we've had
Speaker 2: this year. We're going to share in those laughs, those giggles,
Speaker 2: and reflect on the conversations that really moved all of us,
Speaker 2: and it would not be a party without our Emmy
Speaker 2: winning showrunner and everybody's favorite bright Side bestie at Tim Palazola. Tim,
Speaker 2: welcome back to the bright Side.
Speaker 4: Oh my god, Happy birthday, y'all.
Speaker 1: One year we birthed up baby.
Speaker 4: It's time. Are we walking?
Speaker 2: Are we?
Speaker 4: Are we on our feet?
Speaker 1: Yes, we're done with baby food.
Speaker 2: We're eating whole food, eating solid, sleeping through the night.
Speaker 4: We did it.
Speaker 1: People crawling around. Yeah, this is this is a big
Speaker 1: mile line.
Speaker 4: This is so incredible.
Speaker 5: And as we begin this celebration, do you guys want
Speaker 5: to go back in time a little bit?
Speaker 1: Yes, let's go. Absolutely. I love some reflection.
Speaker 4: Okay, all right, here we go.
Speaker 5: Here is a clip of your very first intro of
Speaker 5: your very first.
Speaker 1: Show, Hello Sunshine. What's up, Sunny d It's Monday, March
Speaker 1: twenty fifth. I'm Simone Boyce and I'm Danielle Robe.
Speaker 2: Welcome to the very first episode of the bright Side,
Speaker 2: a brand new daily podcast from Hello Sunshine. We're here
Speaker 2: to bring you a daily dose of culture, conversation, and
Speaker 2: inspiration Monday through Friday.
Speaker 1: It's so real, this is happening. Danielle.
Speaker 3: You know what I've told a few people that I
Speaker 3: was working on this show, and I can't tell you
Speaker 3: how many people were like, we need this right now,
Speaker 3: We need a show like this right now, you.
Speaker 1: Day, right, Yes, completely.
Speaker 3: I've always been someone who fights for good news, even
Speaker 3: though I've covered a lot of hard news in my
Speaker 3: career as a journalist for over a decade now, and
Speaker 3: you're often meeting folks when they're at their lowest point
Speaker 3: in their lives, and you're asking for permission to tell
Speaker 3: their stories. But I mean, listen, the work of truth
Speaker 3: tellers is more important than ever before. But we also
Speaker 3: need storytellers who remind us that joy is a superpower,
Speaker 3: that it's a former resistance, which is why we're so
Speaker 3: excited to bring you this show, Memory Lane, Memory.
Speaker 5: Lane, What did each of you remember about that first taping?
Speaker 3: I just remember, I mean, we were kind of sitting
Speaker 3: on this secret for a while, and we had put
Speaker 3: a lot of time and energy into, you know, rehearsing
Speaker 3: the show, getting it right, really being intentional about how
Speaker 3: we wanted to show up, and so I think at
Speaker 3: that moment, I was just like really eager to get
Speaker 3: the bright side going and to bring a bright spark
Speaker 3: a bright moment into people's lives and into their daily routines.
Speaker 2: I remember having this weird mix of feelings because I
Speaker 2: was so excited and pretty nervous for that first episode,
Speaker 2: if I'm being honest, And when I think about why,
Speaker 2: it's because I had followed Hello Sunshine for years, Like
Speaker 2: if there was a media company that I felt connected to,
Speaker 2: it was Hello Sunshine. Like it was a how you
Speaker 2: driven company, and they honored authors and they loved smart women,
Speaker 2: and I just was so excited to feel like a
Speaker 2: torch bearer of Hello Sunshine, like they put so much
Speaker 2: trust into us, and I really wanted to do Hello
Speaker 2: Sunshine justice and also make sure that we were bringing
Speaker 2: the fun and carrying the torch in a way that
Speaker 2: felt honest and cool and modern.
Speaker 1: And so I just was.
Speaker 2: Like bursting at the scenes with excitement, like I was
Speaker 2: like a human bubble of Sunshine.
Speaker 5: Well, I think I can say, with that hyperbole, you
Speaker 5: both have lived up to that expectation and delivered on
Speaker 5: that in such an incredible, incredible way. And that first episode,
Speaker 5: Reese Witherspoon was the guest. She was your first guest,
Speaker 5: and Simone, you were telling me a little something about
Speaker 5: relating to Reese.
Speaker 4: Will you tell us a little bit about that?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's it's it's so easy to look
Speaker 3: at someone like Reese and just think that her journey
Speaker 3: to where she is now has been easy. But I mean,
Speaker 3: we forget that she became a mom in her early twenties,
Speaker 3: and we forget that she faced a lot of doubt
Speaker 3: when she was trying to convince people in Hollywood to
Speaker 3: get on board with this idea of telling more representative
Speaker 3: stories about women. And I just really, I just really
Speaker 3: related to her openness and honesty around that.
Speaker 2: I agree with you, Simone, And you know, when you
Speaker 2: work for Hello Sunshine, the first question you get is.
Speaker 1: Is Reese as kind as she seems? Like? Is she
Speaker 1: as awesome as she seems?
Speaker 2: And I think in that first episode both of us
Speaker 2: realized that she was, like, She's just the real deal,
Speaker 2: you know.
Speaker 1: Yeah. So, in addition to Reese, we've had some really.
Speaker 2: Amazing celebrity guests. Should we take a trip down celebrity
Speaker 2: memory lane?
Speaker 4: Oh? Yes?
Speaker 1: Who comes to mind for you?
Speaker 2: I had such a long list. This was really hard
Speaker 2: for me to choose. But the first person that came
Speaker 2: to my mind was Connie Chunk, Yeah, because she was
Speaker 2: so funny and heartfelt. Not only did she make us
Speaker 2: all giggle. I remember she made fun of Tim's shirt
Speaker 2: before we jumped on the zoom, which I'll never forget,
Speaker 2: but she had so much integrity in her work throughout
Speaker 2: the years, and you could tell she had really been
Speaker 2: through the ringer in her profession. To be one of
Speaker 2: the first women and one of the first Asian American
Speaker 2: women on network TV is just really brutal, and so
Speaker 2: to hear her experiences so honestly and in reflection and
Speaker 2: what it meant to her family lineage, I'll just never
Speaker 2: forget that interview.
Speaker 3: Yeah, hearing how much of a boys club it was
Speaker 3: in network news when she was first starting out, and
Speaker 3: just the kind of language and mannerisms that she felt
Speaker 3: like she had to assimilate into just to fight for
Speaker 3: her place in newsroom. It was so striking to hear
Speaker 3: that from the horse's mouth, and I walked away thinking, Oh,
Speaker 3: Anchorman wasn't a Will Ferrell comedy. It was a documentary
Speaker 3: about the beginning of the news business.
Speaker 2: And to hear how she used humor along the way
Speaker 2: as such a tool to navigate that boys club. I
Speaker 2: was really inspired by her. Yeah, I also, like, you know,
Speaker 2: I've wanted to interview Chelsea Handler probably my whole career,
Speaker 2: so that was super cool.
Speaker 3: I'm such a nostalgic girly like I definitely do wax
Speaker 3: nostalgic for the Y two K era, the early adds
Speaker 3: the nineties, So for me talking to Jojo and actually
Speaker 3: getting to hear the truth about why she stepped away
Speaker 3: from her music career was like, so it was so
Speaker 3: illuminating for sure.
Speaker 2: We both I think it was the first time Tim
Speaker 2: had seen both of us fangirl over a celebrity interview.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I was just about to say that that was
Speaker 5: the first time I saw both of you. You both
Speaker 5: started singing along to her songs, so God's so excited.
Speaker 5: I have to say that was throughout the season seeing
Speaker 5: the two of you light up so authentically when it
Speaker 5: came to some of these people, because obviously you're a
Speaker 5: professional journalists, but you're also real people who grew up
Speaker 5: admiring these people. And that's why, you know, our audiences
Speaker 5: love all of these celebrities because you have a personal
Speaker 5: connection and it's impossible to you know, separate yourself from
Speaker 5: being a fan when when I think of the fangirl moment,
Speaker 5: there is one celeb interview that will always live rent
Speaker 5: free in my head.
Speaker 1: Okay, can we talk about that, so Raven, let's do it.
Speaker 1: So didn't, didn't.
Speaker 3: Sorry, I'm not going to do it, Simon, Oh, go
Speaker 3: to it.
Speaker 1: My soul is going to leave my body. If you
Speaker 1: start singing, you guys, sing with me, I'll sing it,
Speaker 1: of course, of course, dn't. Dn't. Didn't.
Speaker 4: If you can.
Speaker 1: Into the future, future future, my thing life would be
Speaker 1: a Drees is a.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 4: It's not that easy. Oh no, I try.
Speaker 1: Oh my wait, I just need a moment that was
Speaker 1: so insane.
Speaker 2: Tack it off.
Speaker 1: You don't understand right now. Maybe you do.
Speaker 5: I don't.
Speaker 4: I don't. I do get it.
Speaker 3: I can't. You guys, I know that whole video by
Speaker 3: heart because I've watched it literally thousands of times. Like
Speaker 3: I it just brings me so much joy, And it's
Speaker 3: so funny because like my friends will be like, oh
Speaker 3: my gosh, we'ven some moment. They're like, are you Are
Speaker 3: you like friends with her now? And I'm like, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 3: we kind of are, Like she's just she's the best
Speaker 3: we've done we've gone on her podcast, her and her
Speaker 3: wife's podcast. I mean, it's just been so much fun
Speaker 3: to get to know them as a couple, right.
Speaker 2: Danielle Well, I was just about to say, I'm obsessed
Speaker 2: with her wife. Yeah, I love Miranda may Day so much,
Speaker 2: and they're both funny and they're both really talented, and
Speaker 2: I it's actually like weird that, like we connected with
Speaker 2: them so quickly. Yes, but yeah, I'll never forget that episode.
Speaker 2: And she's such a good sport too, because she is
Speaker 2: like I kind of think of raven As like our
Speaker 2: modern day Debbie Allen, Like she's so multifaceted, and so
Speaker 2: the fact that she's willing to like go back in
Speaker 2: time with us and sing the Ravens like theme song,
Speaker 2: I just think like a great interview starts with a
Speaker 2: generous guest, and she was super generous with us.
Speaker 5: And that's the power of this medium, this podcast, you know,
Speaker 5: and the connections and what you all bring.
Speaker 4: Because that wasn't planned.
Speaker 5: We didn't go in thinking you guys are going to
Speaker 5: sing the theme song with her, but you're in the
Speaker 5: moment and it comes to life in such a magical way.
Speaker 4: I remember, like you couldn't hear me.
Speaker 5: I'm in a control room next to where you're recording,
Speaker 5: and I'm just shouting and screaming with glee as that
Speaker 5: all happened.
Speaker 4: That was such a magical moment.
Speaker 1: It was.
Speaker 2: I do have two honorable mentions, Okay, okay. Jada de laurentis. Yes,
Speaker 2: what a powerhouse woman. I can't even count the number
Speaker 2: of cookbooks that she's written, but she constantly pushes forward.
Speaker 2: She has her new platform, Jatzy, which is all things Italian.
Speaker 1: I can't even put my finger on it.
Speaker 2: I can't articulate why that interview left a mark on me,
Speaker 2: but it did, and I'm wondering if maybe it's just
Speaker 2: her authenticity. I just felt like she was who she
Speaker 2: said she was, and I just really liked her.
Speaker 3: And she's also very warm. She was incredibly like the warmth.
Speaker 3: You can feel her warmth through the screen.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I felt like we were part of her extended
Speaker 2: Italian family when we were talking. And also Juliana Margalie.
Speaker 2: She is an actress who I think came from a
Speaker 2: different time. I miss an actor's actor and I think
Speaker 2: maybe that's why people love Timothy Shallomey right now, because
Speaker 2: he kind of feels like that old school actor, but
Speaker 2: she just she puts her craft above everything. And she
Speaker 2: has this great story from her book, Sunshine Girl about
Speaker 2: how she turned down like forty million dollars after er
Speaker 2: to They asked her to stay and she said no,
Speaker 2: I want to learn more, not earn more. And I've
Speaker 2: taken that SoundBite with me. I just I have so
Speaker 2: much reverence for her.
Speaker 3: I would be remiss if I did not mention my
Speaker 3: awkward interview with the Queen of Awkwardness.
Speaker 4: Missaa that went viral.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's been really fun.
Speaker 3: I shared a couple of clips from the interview on
Speaker 3: social media, and it's been really fun to hear how
Speaker 3: other people have felt liberated by what she said to me,
Speaker 3: which is basically like like I asked her, you know,
Speaker 3: do you still feel awkward? Do you feel like you'll
Speaker 3: ever recover from your awkwardness? And she was like, you
Speaker 3: know what, I'm still awkward and it's just a part
Speaker 3: of me. And I used to get so self conscious
Speaker 3: about it and making other people uncomfortable, but now I
Speaker 3: just embrace it and it's part of who I am,
Speaker 3: and it's like take me as I am, and for
Speaker 3: me personally, that that really liberated me and it's been
Speaker 3: really unifying, I think, to connect with other awkward batties
Speaker 3: who feel the same.
Speaker 2: I think at the end of the day, it was
Speaker 2: all about genuine connections.
Speaker 1: We got to have some.
Speaker 2: Real conversations with some real women, and that will always
Speaker 2: be front the center.
Speaker 3: And when I think about meaningful connections. One of our
Speaker 3: first guests, Priya Parker, really set the tone. I mean,
Speaker 3: she has literally given us a roadmap for magical gatherings
Speaker 3: and magical questions.
Speaker 1: Listen to this.
Speaker 6: The biggest mistake we make when we gather is we
Speaker 6: assume that the purpose is obvious and shared. Oh, I
Speaker 6: know what a podcast is, I know what a wedding is,
Speaker 6: I know what a funeral is, I know what a
Speaker 6: staff meeting is. And when we don't actually pause to
Speaker 6: ask why are we doing this? What is the purpose?
Speaker 1: What does the purpose of this podcast?
Speaker 6: With all of the million of podcasts in the world,
Speaker 6: what is it that we are uniquely trying to do?
Speaker 6: We tend to then replicate forms that may not make
Speaker 6: sense for this community or for these hosts, and so
Speaker 6: setting an attention and actually thinking well ahead of the gathering,
Speaker 6: why am I doing this? What is the need? How
Speaker 6: do I want to spend this time? Allows you to
Speaker 6: then make decisions and be imaginative about what that time
Speaker 6: actually looks like and feels like, and helps you make
Speaker 6: practical decisions to get you there.
Speaker 2: Priya Parker truly is the queen of gathering and she
Speaker 2: really set the tone for our podcast. And when I
Speaker 2: think of magical gatherings, I immediately think of being a
Speaker 2: part of Shinaway and doing our very first live taping.
Speaker 2: The energy of the audience was so compelling, Like I
Speaker 2: just felt like that room was so warm, it.
Speaker 1: Was truly electric.
Speaker 3: People were like throwing those hands up, They had questions,
Speaker 3: they wanted to ask, They were really engaged in the conversation.
Speaker 3: I learned a lot from other people who were in
Speaker 3: the audience, and that for sure is one of my
Speaker 3: probably top three bright side memories from the past year.
Speaker 5: Yeah, that was so fun because you know, obviously we
Speaker 5: record this show just us, but to see the audience
Speaker 5: and see that the way that they were reacting to it,
Speaker 5: to see the way that they were engaging, and you
Speaker 5: really do see the amazing power of connections.
Speaker 2: What are some of the thoughtful moments that stuck out
Speaker 2: with you guys from this season.
Speaker 3: So I remember that conversation with Mary Jane Fahe Danielle,
Speaker 3: and I know that was an emotional conversation for both
Speaker 3: of us, the way that she spoke about authenticity and
Speaker 3: specifically the way that she sees it manifested in the
Speaker 3: lives of you know, more mature women that she speaks
Speaker 3: to through her community called Glorious Broad's. It really challenged
Speaker 3: me to live my life imaginatively and I actually like
Speaker 3: I made changes to my life after that conversation.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a really special episode, and that was
Speaker 2: sort of early on too.
Speaker 3: Who else comes to mind for you in terms of
Speaker 3: thoughtful moments.
Speaker 2: Ev Rodsky is always one of my favorite voices, and
Speaker 2: I felt so lucky that she graced us with her
Speaker 2: presence on the bright Side and she's part of the
Speaker 2: Hello Sunshine family. But I know this sounds like a
Speaker 2: big statement, but she is somebody who I think is
Speaker 2: helping to carry out Glorias Steinham's work because Glorious dynam
Speaker 2: always said that true equality, it's less about women and
Speaker 2: men being equal out of the house, because we've made
Speaker 2: a lot of strides there and it's more about women
Speaker 2: and men being equal within the house, and that is
Speaker 2: Eve Rodsky's work. She is trying to fight for equality
Speaker 2: in the house, and I just she's someone I look
Speaker 2: up to. I just find her mesmerizing.
Speaker 3: I learned a lot about internal family systems through Gabrielle Bernstein,
Speaker 3: and specifically this self check in process that I find
Speaker 3: super helpful. Whenever I'm feeling uneasy and I want to
Speaker 3: reach for unhealthy coping habits, instead, I just try to
Speaker 3: pause and get curious with myself and extend compassion to
Speaker 3: myself in those moments through curiosity.
Speaker 1: That's a good one.
Speaker 4: I also think of Ozma Khan.
Speaker 3: Yes, oh, yes, tim Ozma khn is a revelation.
Speaker 1: I'm so glad you said that.
Speaker 4: She was so inspiring.
Speaker 5: And for those of you who don't remember her story,
Speaker 5: she is the owner of a restaurant called dar Jaling
Speaker 5: Express in London, and her entire back of the house
Speaker 5: as women, and her mission was to give women who
Speaker 5: would not normally have an opportunity to have a career
Speaker 5: or to have access to something outside of the house,
Speaker 5: to come together. And I just remember listening to the
Speaker 5: way she talked, the way she made sense of things,
Speaker 5: her grounded nature. It was so incredibly inspirational.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, I'm so so glad you said that.
Speaker 3: Even thinking recently of our conversation with sc Proro, I
Speaker 3: was really impacted by her suggestion to observe joy around
Speaker 3: you and observe joy in the lives of others, and
Speaker 3: she encourages us to absorb that joy as your own.
Speaker 3: So that's something that I think about whene her joy
Speaker 3: is hard to conjure.
Speaker 1: It's all around us. We're going to take a quick break,
Speaker 1: but we'll be right back, and we're back with Tim Pellizola.
Speaker 2: Well, another perk of this show is having a front
Speaker 2: row seat to all of the Reese's book Club picks,
Speaker 2: and as Simona and I are both readers, and I
Speaker 2: really feel like I've reveled in the opportunity to immerse
Speaker 2: myself in all of these women's words and the world
Speaker 2: that they create.
Speaker 1: I could not agree more.
Speaker 3: Danielle, and I think of Euleen Kwang talking to her
Speaker 3: about her book How to End a Love Story. That
Speaker 3: was just such a fun conversation and learning about the
Speaker 3: inner workings of what makes a good rom com was
Speaker 3: so illuminating to me.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think of Eulen Kwang two and her book cover.
Speaker 2: That pink cover is imprinted in my mind. Also, I
Speaker 2: think some other authors interviews that stuck out to me
Speaker 2: were Laureling Brown Society of Lies, Rainbow Rawl, Slow Dance,
Speaker 2: Rainbow is Just a Rock Star, and Juwhey Kim, who
Speaker 2: wrote City of Night Birds. I can't remember speaking to
Speaker 2: somebody who's IQ was that off the charts totally.
Speaker 1: He's a true genius.
Speaker 2: She's truly a genius. We could have talked to her
Speaker 2: about anything and she would have been illuminating. But to
Speaker 2: hear about Russian culture and ballet and feminism, I mean,
Speaker 2: I'll just I'll never forget that conversation.
Speaker 1: Same.
Speaker 5: I love talking to those authors. I love when you
Speaker 5: were able to talk to those authors and you got
Speaker 5: an opportunity to see how their minds work, how their
Speaker 5: inspiration comes to life, and to see how they were
Speaker 5: able to take a moment, a letter and experience and
Speaker 5: turn it into a beautiful story. That's what I loved
Speaker 5: so much. We got such an opportunity to learn from
Speaker 5: some of these people. And I also think that you
Speaker 5: all had an opportunity to learn from each other this
Speaker 5: entire season.
Speaker 4: I mean Danielle.
Speaker 5: I think I think you got a little bit of
Speaker 5: a vocab boost from Simone, like you might be ready
Speaker 5: to take your SATs now.
Speaker 4: Huh.
Speaker 2: I was just going to say I was in an
Speaker 2: SAT prep course doing the bright side. I learned so
Speaker 2: many words. Who needs toilet paper of the day? When
Speaker 2: you have Simone on the podcast.
Speaker 5: Oh my god, and you've actually been keeping track of
Speaker 5: all the words that you've learned.
Speaker 2: I have an entire list. Would you like me to
Speaker 2: alphabetize them?
Speaker 4: Well, do you want to see how how much you
Speaker 4: remember of the words?
Speaker 1: Or am I quizzing Simone?
Speaker 4: No? I think Simone probably knows. Let's just try it.
Speaker 7: I called it.
Speaker 5: Call it like Simone's glossy glossary. Okay, here are the
Speaker 5: words that you tracked from Simone.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, No, I'm nervous. I don't study for that.
Speaker 4: You can remember what they mean?
Speaker 2: Wait, I actually think over under, I probably know. I
Speaker 2: probably know what two of these eleven words mean.
Speaker 3: So not true, Bestie's I just feel like I have
Speaker 3: to say this on the record. Danielle has an incredible vocabulary,
Speaker 3: and I don't know what this whole I don't know
Speaker 3: what this whole shtick is about where like Simone uses
Speaker 3: big words, because so does Danielle.
Speaker 1: Okay, I just had to get that out there.
Speaker 4: I honestly, I'm sorry.
Speaker 2: I've never used anthropomorph morphized. I can't even pronounce it anthropomorphized.
Speaker 3: What does this mean when you imbue an inanimate object
Speaker 3: with human like qualities?
Speaker 4: In beu?
Speaker 5: Yeah, well, and I think that's sort of the playful
Speaker 5: nature of what this is because both of you are
Speaker 5: so incredibly smart. I just thought it was such a
Speaker 5: funny thing throughout the season to hear Danielle pick at
Speaker 5: some of these words. They included, like, uh, bucolic, verdant.
Speaker 2: Wait, I think I know what bucolic means now, didn't Simone?
Speaker 2: It was sort of bucolic, you said, I think was
Speaker 2: a synonym for pastoral and verdant, which all meant greenery, right.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's like, yeah, like rolling hills, like Bucolic countries.
Speaker 3: I'd like, you know, think of like you know, the
Speaker 3: Cotswolds in England or something.
Speaker 5: Like that, boguarding, which I know probably from college.
Speaker 4: When an.
Speaker 5: Animus bona fides acerbic, what's animis?
Speaker 1: Animis is like.
Speaker 3: It's like when you have like animosity like a hatred
Speaker 3: or like a vitriol. Sapphic sapphig That one's such a
Speaker 3: fun word to say.
Speaker 4: Is a great word, right, I love it? And enigmatic. Yeah,
Speaker 4: now there's no mystery to these words anymore.
Speaker 1: I love it. What is sapphix sort of sounds like phallic?
Speaker 1: Saffiic sounds like salad.
Speaker 3: It's the female Sapphik means like a lesbian like, uh yeah,
Speaker 3: a love between two women.
Speaker 1: Oh so it is sort of sexual in nature.
Speaker 5: Yes, it's a little bit of a of a contrast.
Speaker 1: It sounds like I'm playing like the homonym game. What's
Speaker 1: the what's the sounds like?
Speaker 4: Sounds like welcome to schoolhouse?
Speaker 1: Everyone.
Speaker 3: Well, we didn't just gain a new lexicon, besties. We
Speaker 3: gained a ton of insightful knowledge from our incredible experts.
Speaker 2: And it was such a joy to see how much
Speaker 2: all of our bright Side besties loved our Wellness Wednesday episodes.
Speaker 2: We loved all of your comments, all of your reposts,
Speaker 2: and all the times you shared those episodes with your
Speaker 2: friends and family.
Speaker 3: One person that comes to mind is doctor j Ashton
Speaker 3: and a conversation that we had with her about side
Speaker 3: effects that come with menopause like vaginal dryness, and she
Speaker 3: said that the solution might just be on a grocery
Speaker 3: store shelf near you.
Speaker 7: The vaginal dryness we can cure and we can address,
Speaker 7: whether it's with estrogen, whether it's with vaginal estrogen. I
Speaker 7: always recommend literally pure from the grocery store aisle cooking
Speaker 7: oils as lubes because.
Speaker 1: Way everything else like cooking, yes.
Speaker 3: Vegetable oil, canola oil, coconut oil, olive oil, you better
Speaker 3: believe it.
Speaker 7: The only thing is be careful of your sheets because
Speaker 7: obviously it can stain your sheets, but it is safe.
Speaker 7: And all the other lubricants, literally all of them, with
Speaker 7: any chemical ingredient is like putting ice on a crapped driveway.
Speaker 7: It will dry out your vagina ultimately, even if it
Speaker 7: makes that initial encounter more comfortable, and it doesn't treat
Speaker 7: the root cause, which is low estrogen, which makes the
Speaker 7: vagina very sensitive and nonpliable.
Speaker 3: Also important to mention that you definitely cannot use any
Speaker 3: of these oils with condoms. You want to make sure
Speaker 3: that it aligns with your birth control method and also
Speaker 3: just check with your doctor to make sure that your
Speaker 3: body can handle those ingredients.
Speaker 4: You know, That's what I love about you.
Speaker 5: Always a little public service announcement, always a little disclaimer
Speaker 5: for the folks at.
Speaker 1: Home, Hey, I'm a public servant. Yes.
Speaker 3: Wellness Wednesdays is something that often comes up whenever I
Speaker 3: meet people who listen to our show. I mean I
Speaker 3: think of I let phishback and the episode about motivation.
Speaker 3: That's something that really changed the way that I approach
Speaker 3: goals now.
Speaker 2: I mean, our recent conversation about microplastics comes to my mind.
Speaker 2: I think about that a lot in my life. The
Speaker 2: Alcohol Warnings was really interesting because of so much of
Speaker 2: the research that has come out this last year, and
Speaker 2: so to hear from an expert about what was real
Speaker 2: and what we really needed to be worried about was interesting.
Speaker 2: And doctor Jennifer Haith, who talked about heart disease, I
Speaker 2: thought she was really really informative.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I love.
Speaker 3: That truly life saving information, and I feel so lucky
Speaker 3: and grateful that we get to share this information with
Speaker 3: people who you know, desperately needed. It can be so
Speaker 3: hard to find truth these days, and so hard to
Speaker 3: know which sources to trust, and we've really gotten some
Speaker 3: rock star voices on this show to clarify it.
Speaker 1: All for us.
Speaker 5: Yeah, the way you said that was so incredibly perfect, Simone.
Speaker 5: You know, we hear so many reports, we get we
Speaker 5: get bombarded with so many feeds and hysteria around things.
Speaker 5: So be able to show up and provide people with,
Speaker 5: you know, real quality information that helps us all feel
Speaker 5: empowered about the choices that we get to make is
Speaker 5: truly phenomenal.
Speaker 3: It's time for another short break, but we'll be right
Speaker 3: back with Tim Palazola.
Speaker 1: And we're back with Tim Pallazola.
Speaker 5: As we wrap and come to a close on this celebration,
Speaker 5: I thought it'd be fun to play a little game
Speaker 5: of superlatives.
Speaker 4: Do you want to do that?
Speaker 5: Yeah, let's do it, all right, So I'm going to
Speaker 5: throw out a couple most likely twos, and we'll all
Speaker 5: guess who it belongs to between the two of you,
Speaker 5: all right, First one who's most likely to fan girl.
Speaker 4: Over a guest?
Speaker 1: Probably me?
Speaker 4: I say, Simone, what do you think?
Speaker 1: I think? Simone?
Speaker 4: You think? Simone? Okay? Yeah, definitely, yeah.
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't hide it.
Speaker 4: You can't hide it.
Speaker 5: And I will say, also, it was so fun to
Speaker 5: see you do that. You mentioned like Issa, we mentioned Jojo,
Speaker 5: we mentioned Raven.
Speaker 4: That was super fun.
Speaker 5: Okay during interviews? Who's most likely to veer off topic?
Speaker 1: That's a good one.
Speaker 4: What do you think I would say? Maybe me?
Speaker 1: I think it could be a toss up. I feel
Speaker 1: like I ramble too. Yeah. Depends on the.
Speaker 5: Day, I think, I think, depending on the day. Yeah,
Speaker 5: depending on the day. Who's most likely to be late
Speaker 5: for a meeting?
Speaker 1: Simone? You think so, okay, I'll take it.
Speaker 4: Oh my god. Okay.
Speaker 5: Who's most likely to be cagey about past dating life?
Speaker 4: Oh?
Speaker 1: I'm not cage I tell you, guys everything.
Speaker 3: Probably the person who's married and has to go home
Speaker 3: and talk about it to their husband.
Speaker 4: And lastly, who's most likely to plan a prank? For sure?
Speaker 1: Simone?
Speaker 4: Definitely me, Simone. That was super fun.
Speaker 3: Well, this season would not have been possible without all
Speaker 3: of you. We are so grateful for you for your ears,
Speaker 3: your open hearts, and thank you so much to all
Speaker 3: of our bright Side besties who have just inspired us
Speaker 3: to create the best show that we possibly can every
Speaker 3: single day.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, and I also really want to thank everybody who
Speaker 2: makes this show possible, who brings it to life every day.
Speaker 2: There are so many full hearted people behind the scenes here.
Speaker 2: We have great producers at Arkana, We've had amazing partners
Speaker 2: at iHeart. We love everyone at Hello Sunshine, and we
Speaker 2: can't thank you enough for all of the hard work
Speaker 2: you do and all of the dedication that goes into
Speaker 2: making this show possible and joyful.
Speaker 3: And with that, we have an exciting announcement. We are
Speaker 3: coming back for season two, besties. As we prep for
Speaker 3: this new season, we're going to be taking a little
Speaker 3: spring break so we can just bring you the very
Speaker 3: best that The bright Side has to offer. So don't worry,
Speaker 3: we will be back shortly. It's not goodbye, it's just
Speaker 3: for a short little while. And in the meantime, stay
Speaker 3: tuned to Hello Sunshine across your favorite social media platforms
Speaker 3: for all of your Sunshine news and updates.
Speaker 2: That's it for today's show. We love you and we'll
Speaker 2: see you soon and until we return, go and check
Speaker 2: out some of the episodes that you may have missed
Speaker 2: from season one. Listen and follow The bright Side on
Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 2: The bright Side is a production of Hello Sunshine and
Speaker 2: iHeart Podcasts and is executive produced by Reese Witherspoon.
Speaker 3: Production by Arcana Audio. Our producers are Jessica wenk Amy
Speaker 3: Padula and Laura Newcomb. Our senior producers It's e Hin Taniya.
Speaker 3: Our engineer is PJ. Shahamat additional mixing help from Zach Schmidt.
Speaker 2: Arcana's executive producers are Francis Harlowe and Abby Ruzka.
Speaker 1: Arcana's head of production is Matt Schultz.
Speaker 3: Natalie Tulluck and Maureen Polo are the executive producers for
Speaker 3: Hello Sunshine.
Speaker 2: Julia Weaver is the supervising producer, and Ali Perry is
Speaker 2: the executive producer for iHeart Podcasts. Jim Palazola is our showrunner.
Speaker 2: This week's episodes were recorded by Graham Gibson.
Speaker 3: Our theme song is by Anna Stump and Hamilton Lighthouser.
Speaker 2: Special thanks to Connell Byrne and Will Pearson.
Speaker 1: I'm Simone Boyce.
Speaker 3: You can find me at Simone Boyce on Instagram and TikTok.
Speaker 1: And I'm Danielle Robe on Instagram and TikTok. That's R
Speaker 1: O B A Y.
Speaker 2: Until next time, keep looking on the bright side.