Episodes

March 14, 2019

Surviving the Plague

Ep. 50 Surviving the Plague Oh man, did we miss our BENCH! We’ve been through some crazy sickness. Fingers crossed we have put in our time for the year. Please, no more! Today we finally read our February #BenchWriteClub entries …

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Feb. 27, 2019

Ep 49 FLASHBACK Gaggle of Todds

Ep. 49 FLASHBACK Gaggle of Todds Welcome to the bench! We are OUT SICK! But we still wanted to bring you something from the bench – so here’s some outtakes, and a FLASHBACK to the story of Tricia’s stalker in …

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Feb. 19, 2019

Ep 48 PODIVERSARY!

Ep. 48 Podiversary! Welcome to the bench! We are bringing our britches to the table today to celebrate our PODIVERSARY! Lots of sale valentine candy, lots of red wine and we even do a writing prompt! Thank you for making …

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Feb. 13, 2019

Ep 47 List of Psychic Things

Ep. 47 List of Psychic Things Welcome to the bench! Today we are chatting bench tattoos, our upcoming Pod-iversary, frozen desserts and kidney stones… We also bring you Part 2 of our interview with Shari, our friend, spiritual advisor, and …

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Feb. 9, 2019

Ep 46 Makeup and Mediums

Ep. 46 Makeup and Mediums Welcome to the bench! We are two longtime friends and writing partners, occasionally writing and always chatting about our favorite snacks. We had a really good reason to procrastinate this week – a GUEST! It’s …

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Jan. 29, 2019

Ep. 45 #BenchWriteClub Chrispiracy

Ep 45 #BenchWriteClub Chrispiracy It’s Bench Write Club time! Thank you all for submissions. You sent quite a variety and we thoroughly enjoyed reading them! In this episode we have a ton of coffee and become omnipotent – ok, not …

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Jan. 22, 2019

Ep 44 Bench Retreat

Ep. 44 Bench Retreat Welcome to the bench! BREAKING NEWS! Siana has been found – after a snack ransom, she’s back! We decided to take our bench on the road and head to the ocean, and we take you with …

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Jan. 16, 2019

Ep 43 Benchling Invasion

Ep. 43 Benchling Invasion Welcome to the bench! Siana is missing! Instead a benchling has invaded her spot on the show. Join in to hear about Dr. Suess, in addition to a Suess inspired writing prompt. And there may be …

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Jan. 9, 2019

Ep 42 Beets & Scary Dolls

Ep. 42 Beets & Scary Dolls Welcome to the bench! We are two longtime friends and writing partners, occasionally writing and always chatting about our favorite snacks, and possibly unicorn poop. We may not be getting carded, but we are …

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Jan. 2, 2019

Ep 41 List Hard!

Ep. 41 List Hard! Welcome to the bench! We are two longtime friends and writing partners, occasionally writing and always chatting about our favorite snacks. Today, in addition to snacks, we got crabs (TO EAT) for Siana’s bday, we got …

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Dec. 19, 2018

Ep 40 - Better with Butter

Ep. 40 Better with Butter It’s the most wonderful time of the year… more stress than ever before, so that means we need BUTTER! We have our own holiday party on the bench, with day drinking, snacks and writing prompts. …

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Dec. 11, 2018

Ep 39 - Mimosa Party for One

Ep. 39 Mimosa Party for One It’s time for a birthday on the bench! Tricia celebrates her birthday with some hot stone adventures brought to you by Siana. We’ve got some touching mail to share, chocolate to eat and a …

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Dec. 4, 2018

Ep 38 - FLASHBACK to Free Cheese

Ep. 38 FLASHBACK to Free Cheese To kick off December we want to share a flashback episode, where not only do we List Hard, we also have a bit of nostalgia about the free cheese at 7-11… ah the good …

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Nov. 28, 2018

Ep. 37 - It's all about the food!

Ep. 37 It’s all about the food We are back. Well, we never left! We continue into our month of food, and dive deep into our love of all things edible. Except human flesh… yeah guys, it gets weird. Also …

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Nov. 21, 2018

Ep 36 - Days of the Week

Ep. 36 Days of the Week This is a throwback episode we recorded before the wildfires in CA, which is why we are still talking about Halloween and why we seem surprised that Thanksgiving is coming so fast. However, we …

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Nov. 14, 2018

Ep. 35 Fires and Evacuation

Ep. 35 Fires and Evacuation It’s been quite a week, but we are safe in California, after a lot of stress. We wanted to check in and share some resources for donating if you want to give support. We also …

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Nov. 6, 2018

Ep. 34 Bench Origin Inception

Ep. 34 Bench Origin Inception Welcome to the bench! We are two longtime friends and writing partners, occasionally writing and always chatting about our favorite snacks and/or drinks. Sometimes we can’t think of words until it’s too late… but we …

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Oct. 30, 2018

Ep 33 Scary Tales #BenchWriteClub #AlltheHorror

Ep33 Scary Tales #BenchWriteClub #AlltheHorror Welcome to our last #AllTheHorrorcollaboration on the bench! Tonight, cuddle up with some hot cocoa (or maybe something stronger…) around the fire – it’s time for scary tales that may keep you up tonight. We...

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Oct. 23, 2018

Ep 32 - Mel Brooks and the Banshees

Ep 32 Mel Brooks and the Banshees #AlltheHorror Welcome to #AllTheHorroron the bench! Today we are joined by Melissa of the Brook Reading Podcast (@BrookReadingPod ). Together we tackle a bit of Ray Bradbury, a writing prompt that elicits very …

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Oct. 15, 2018

Ep 31 Stephen King Baby #AlltheHorror

Welcome to the bench! We are two longtime friends and writing partners, occasionally writing and always chatting about our favorite snacks and or drinks. Sometimes we fight, ok? Deal with it! Today’s writing prompt is especially creepy, and not for …

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Oct. 9, 2018

Ep. 30 #AllTheHorror - Demon Roomies

Ep30 #AllTheHorror – Demon Roomies Welcome to the bench! We are two long time friends and writing partners, chatting about our favorite snacks. And also procrastinating… eventually we’ll finish something! This episode is another special collaboration for...

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Oct. 1, 2018

Ep. 29 #AllTheHorror - Just a Poe Boy

Episode 29 #AllTheHorror – Just a Poe Boy Welcome to the bench! It’s getting a little spooky over here – just in time for Halloween! Join our first All the Horror episode, the first of 31 halloweenie shows brought to …

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Sept. 25, 2018

Episode 28 - PBJ Writing Method

Episode 28 – PBJ Writing Method Welcome to the bench! We are 2 frustrated writers with no time to write. How to procrastinate now? In addition to the podcast, we have many techniques! Snacks, travel stories, random-ness, etc. However, we …

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Sept. 18, 2018

Episode 27 - 2 Girls Walking

Episode 27 – 2 Girls Walking Welcome to the bench! We write on the bench, we snack on the bench and you guessed it - we procrastinate on the bench! First of all, we wanted to point out that it’s …

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