Nins & Arns choose each other's stories in this special throwback episode. Arns chooses ep 003: periods are hard, where Nins shares her struggles with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Nins chooses ep 011: a bridgerton (sob) story, where Arns reminds us that love is a choice through Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

Content warning: depression, mental illness

• 0:00 - Preview
• 0:36 - Intro
• 2:17 - Apple Podcasts Canada feature!
• 3:14 - Today's throwback format
• 3:49 - Nins: PMDD
• 33:16 - Arns: Queen Charlotte
• 55:27 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). For more resources, please see information from Cleveland Clinic, Hopkins Medicine, and Mayo Clinic.
• Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Netflix)

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Nins and Arns take turns picking "cry categories" out of a jar and sharing what brought them to tears.

• 0:00 - Preview
• 0:36 - Intro
• 1:21 - Introducing: cry categories
• 3:19 - Sob story: Ms. Darla
• 9:43 - #1: celebrity interview moments
• 19:11 - #2: TikTok trends
• 22:10 - #3: realizations in therapy
• 27:17 - #4: scents
• 31:02 - #5: childhood films
• 35:46 - #6: text from a parent
• 39:05 - #7: irrational fears from childhood
• 41:35 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• Jay Shetty Podcast | Emma Watson
• Vogue | Ariana Grande's GRWM
• WOODY FM x LISA | Most Exclusive Talk Ever in Thailand
• "tiktoks that make me cry" (TikTok: @brbcrying.podcast)
• the "last time" trend (IG: @nhutella_)
• Mulan's decision
• Mulan | emperor's speech
• Anastasia | Journey to the Past
  
  

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Arns races through Lando Norris' 2025 Formula 1 championship win. Nins sinks into the iconic 1997 film Titanic.

0:00 - Preview
0:38 - Intro
2:21 - Listen to our vday ep!
6:07 - Arns: F1 champion Lando Norris
24:30 - Crybaby feature: Nadene + Glenci
34:49 - Nins: Titanic
1:07:42 - We stand with immigrants
1:16:19 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• Lando Norris’ Mclaren Formula 1 driver profile
• "Lando Norris: From Go-Kart Dreams to World Champion" on BBC Sport's YouTube channel
• “THE BEST 24 HOURS OF MY LIFE” on Lando Norris’ YouTube channel
• “Lando Norris’ Crowning Moment | 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix” on Formula 1's YouTube channel
• Netflix's Formula 1: Drive to Survive
• The book Titanic 9 Hours of Hell: The Survivors’ Story by WB Bartlet
• The book Sinking of the Titanic And Great Sea Disasters by Logan Marshall
• Gleicher, David (2006). The Rescue of the Third Class on the Titanic: A Revisionist History.
• Barczewski, Stephanie (2006). Titanic: A Night Remembered. London: Continuum.

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In this special Valentine's Day collab with A Novel Affair: Romance Bookstore, Nins & Arns share two books that made founders Yung & Julie cry. Nins takes it one step at a time in her reading of How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang. Arns witnesses the Vietnam War through the eyes of an army nurse in The Women by Kristin Hannah. And both, of course, come to the same realization: that there's no love greater than self-love.

Content warning: trauma, grief & loss, death from suicide, violence, mental health issues, PTSD

0:00 - Preview
0:32 - Intro
1:57 - Vday collab with A Novel Affair Romance Bookshop
4:25 - Follow us on socials :')
5:10 - Nins: How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang (Yung's rec)
36:45 - Arns: The Women by Kristin Hannah (Julie's rec)
1:12:27 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• A Novel Affair Romance Bookstore in Los Altos, CA
• How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
• Yulin Kuang's website
• "Writer-director Yulin Kuang on getting things done" on The Creative Independent
• The Women by Kristin Hannah

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Arns finds beauty in every moment of the film We Live in Time starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield. Nins opens the door to platonic love in her watch of Modern Love's "When the Doorman Is Your Main Man".

0:00 - Preview
0:30 - Intro
0:53 - Welcome to our new studio!
3:12 - Viral on TikTok
5:48 - Arns: We Live in Time
30:19 - Nins: Modern Love doorman story
57:16 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• Film We Live in Time (2024)
• Original essay "When the Doorman Is Your Main Man" by Julie Margaret (2015)
• The Modern Love TV show (aired in 2019)

Two NYT articles by David Jones, the editor of modern Love:

• “To her He was More than a Doorman” (2019)
• “Where Did Modern Love Come From?” (2024)

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Nins softens at the message her pet cat shares with animal communicator Jenny from Bluebird Animal Communication. Arns pursues a different kind of glow up as inspired by Leila from @mykindofglow_.

0:00 - Intro
2:47 - Flood our notifications, please
3:48 - HBD Nins & NY resolutions
7:09 - Nins: animal communicator session
40:26 - Arns: Leila's midlife glow up
1:01:17 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• Bluebird Animal Communication website
• "Meredith Grey: The Sweetest Cat Companion" (TikTok of Nins' cat Mer and her session with Jenny from Bluebird Animal Communication)
• Leila Howell from @mykindofglow_
• "41 and trying to glow up instead of lie down" by @mykindofglow_
• "Taking a moment to celebrate my wins" by @mykindofglow_

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In this throwback episode, Nins & Arns bring it back to an oldie but goodie from season 1. Arns reminisces about her puppy of 16 years, Cosmo, and accepts that true love means letting go. Nins uncovers a deeper meaning behind "Blurry" by JP Saxe and recounts how she stayed anchored during one of the hardest seasons of her life.

Content warning: pet loss, grief, anxiety, depression

Referenced in this episode:

• The Line of Best Fit interview with JP Saxe by Jen Long
• Atwood Magazine interview with JP Saxe by Luke Pettican
• 7 Questions for JP Saxe video

0:00 - Intro: throwin' it back, baby
4:05 - Arns: missing Cosmo
26:30 - Nins: "Blurry" by JP Saxe
48:45 - Outro

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Who *are* Nins & Arns, even??? Get to know your fave crybabies in this lil Q&A sesh.

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Something *different* for today's ep
5:18 - Collabs
7:26 - 1. From your memory, how did we meet?
12:03 - 2. Who is your dream podcast guest?
18:49 - 3. What do you love most about yourself (and me)?
27:12 - 4. What's a story for the pod you started writing but never aired?
30:29 - 5. What's something I've shared on the pod that stuck with you?
35:32 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• "Carmen" by Olivia Dean, brb crying ep 003: periods are hard / other people's grandmothers
• Shark Heart by Emily Habeck, brb crying ep 018: death prep / shark weak
• Film About Time, brb crying ep 031: about about time / somebody feed arns
• Psychic-ish podcast episode 33. Got stuck in a dream for 40 years

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