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The Guinea Pig Girls

Comedy

A trial (and mostly error) self improvement Comedy podcast. An irreverent journey in the quest for self improvement—to keep learning and growing by trying new things—one glorious misstep at a time. With Hosts Kristen Michelle and Susannah Wells.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Comedy

Description:

A trial (and mostly error) self improvement Comedy podcast. An irreverent journey in the quest for self improvement—to keep learning and growing by trying new things—one glorious misstep at a time. With Hosts Kristen Michelle and Susannah Wells.

Language:

English


Episodes
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The Guinea Pig Girls Try Preparedness

2/24/2021
The Guinea Pig Girls Try Preparedness. If this past year has taught us anything it's that anything can happen! Susannah and Kristen expand their knowledge of safety and emergency preparedness, as well as discover there is an art to building the perfect, essential "go-bag" (AKA "bug-out bag"). If some otherworldly or unexpected disaster struck today, would they...

Duration:00:32:32

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try Thanksgiving with Cozy Cocktails

11/26/2020
The Guinea Pig Girls Try Thanksgiving with Cozy Cocktails. Learn new whiskey cocktail recipes from Epicurious touting winter survival. With additional CDC tips on how to safely distance over Thanksgiving, as well as additional ideas to spice up your holiday traditions! Cocktail Resources: https://www.epicurious.com/recipes-menus/whiskey-cocktails-drink-recipes-gallery Kristen’s Cocktail Try - https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/newtons-law-apple-bourbon-cocktail Susannah’s...

Duration:00:32:17

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try to Save The Post Office

11/1/2020
The Guinea Pig Girls Try to Save The Post Office. Learn about the history of the United States Postal Service (USPS) and how you can continue to support USPS. Especially with this upcoming election, we need a functional, sustainable USPS now more than ever. Sources from YouTube: How the Post Office Made America by Wendover Productions Rise and Fall of the USPS by Business Insider Online Articles with USPS Facts: “11 Things Your Local Post Office Wants You to Know” by Michelle Ullman...

Duration:00:34:01

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try to Survive a Pandemic

4/24/2020
The Guinea Pig Girls Try to Survive a Pandemic. How are they maintaining sanity? How are they faring under these new guidelines? How are they even receiving their groceries? What's the vibe in their respective cities (New York City and Key West)? And, how are they planning stay engaged in the future? Any new "Guinea Goals" on the horizon for you? Let us know how you're doing! Grocery delivery/pickup services: FreshDirect Publix Instacart Shipt Try something! Website:...

Duration:00:34:54

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try to Get Lost

2/6/2020
The Guinea Pig Girls Try to Get Lost. Adventure walks, notes of good cheer, super hero babies and frosé. Can they get lost on a 2 by 4 island? "How to Get Lost on Purpose" by Heather Greenwood Davis (National Geographic) Goexplorenature.com “Getting Lost and Getting Found” by: Paul Spector MD (Huffington Post) Try something! Website: guineapiggirls.com Instagram: @gpgpodcast Twitter: @tgpgirlspodcast Email: TheGuineaPigGirlsPodcast@gmail.com Intro/Outro Music by MG Sound --- Send...

Duration:00:23:46

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try to Ring in The New Year

1/22/2020
The Guinea Pig Girls try to learn about and be successful on New Years Eve. Why do we drop a ball in Times Square every year? Why did we start making resolutions? Resources: Happier and Happier in Hollywood podcast (20 for 2020) History of the ball drop: Balldrop.com | timessquareNYC.org “The History of New Year’s Resolutions” By Sarah Pruitt (history.com) “Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions” by Albrecht Powell (tripsavvy.com) Try something! Website: guineapiggirls.com Instagram:...

Duration:00:30:19

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Bonus Episode! The Guinea Pig Girls Interview Megan Bussiere

8/2/2019
Summer Bonus Episode! Today the Guinea Pig Girls talk to Megan Bussiere about her adventures in cyclical living, some tips to try it yourself, and how she used this method to write the play, A PERIOD PIECE. You can catch the last weekend of A PERIOD PIECE, August 2-4, 2019 at 7pm. Produced by the female-run and female-founded company, The Shrill Collective. Resources: Woman Code by Alisa Viti, MyFlo app. A PERIOD PIECE Trailer: https://youtu.be/ljKMN1TxyDc Tickets to A PERIOD PIECE:...

Duration:00:33:08

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try To Podcast

6/7/2019
The Guinea Pig Girls reflect back over their last year as podcasters. What they’ve learned, where they’ve learned it, and how they want to make it better. Find us on all the social medias! Subscribe, like us, rate, review and tell your friends! See you soon for season 2. Until then... try something! Sound editing equipment: Hokusai and Twisted Wave and Call Recorder for Skype by Ecamm. Website design by Susannah Wells on Squarespace. Microphones: Blue Yeti and Apogee and Zoom We learned...

Duration:08:54:28

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try To Get Crafty!

5/6/2019
The Guinea Pig Girls get crafty with Yarn Llamas! With help from bourbon, leftover bread, and friendship, the Guinea Pig Girls see how their skills stack up compared to 8 year olds. Want your own Yarn Llama? It’s Craft-tastic! Yarn Llama: https://amzn.to/2LshSEQ Try something! Website: guineapiggirls.com Instagram: @gpgpodcast Twitter: @tgpgirlspodcast Email: TheGuineaPigGirlsPodcast@gmail.com Intro/Outro Music by MG Sound --- Send in a voice message:...

Duration:00:28:12

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try To Bake Bread

4/10/2019
The Guinea Pig Girls, Susannah and Kristen, throw flour into the wind and very, very scientifically try to make bread, or something like that. Inspired by the recipe of NYTimes columnist Mark Bittman, and the bakery goodness of Kristen’s show roommate, actress and bread maker Jacqueline Madejski, the Guinea Pig Girls try to make something that won’t kill them and might even be edible! We want to hear from you! Try something! Website: guineapiggirls.com Instagram: @gpgpodcast Twitter:...

Duration:00:38:06

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try Sword Fighting

3/22/2019
Susannah, Kristen and their friend Jackie take a stage combat workshop from actor and stage combat coach Mathias Maloff. Mathias is the founder of Piraseas inc. www.piraseasinc.com. Thank you to Penny Leto and the Coffeemill Dance Studio for the space. Try something! Website: guineapiggirls.com Instagram: @gpgpodcast Twitter: @tgpgirlspodcast Email: TheGuineaPigGirlsPodcast@gmail.com Intro/Outro Music by MG Sound --- Send in a voice message:...

Duration:00:20:13

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try To Money

3/15/2019
The Guinea Pig Girls try to money! In this episode, we talk about things we’ve tried or want to try to be better at money. Financial Gym, Mint.com, vanguard Roth IRA, QRSTUV. We talk to actresses and financial scrappy scruffy Gurus Traci Bear and Katie Mitchell. (Alert, so much hilarity needed to be cut from our interview because as you do when you’re New Yorkers, we all talked at the same time... which means, we understand everything we say, but no one else can. Just know whatever was cut...

Duration:00:45:49

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Mini Guinea #2

3/6/2019
In this weeks episode of The Guinea Pig Girls, they review previous goals, successes and failures. Susannah's legs are less itchy, Kristen’s armpits turned black, and other tedious tales of woe. Did the plants live? Find us, like us, rate us, but only if it’s good 😂 Link to Kristen’s vote them out parody song with Carly Kincanon as harmonizer and supportive friend extraordinaire! https://youtu.be/gShwRbqvDP0 https://www.carlykincannon.com/ Try something! Website:...

Duration:00:37:46

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try To Do It Themselves

2/27/2019
The Guinea Pig Girls Try DIY! From homemade deodorant to shaving concoctions, listen to their successes and pitfalls and learn about their chosen recipes. Resources provided below. Skin deep cosmetics database: https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ Wellness Mama: https://wellnessmama.com/ Dr. Axe: https://draxe.com/ Gorgeously Green Try something! Website: guineapiggirls.com Instagram: @gpgpodcast Twitter: @tgpgirlspodcast Email: TheGuineaPigGirlsPodcast@gmail.com Intro/Outro Music by MG...

Duration:00:40:16

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Mini Guinea #1

2/20/2019
Hosts: Kristen Michelle & Susannah Wells Weight watchers free month! https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/checkout/iaf/?iaftoken=3E807D3E00 Try something! Website: guineapiggirls.com Instagram: @gpgpodcast Twitter: @tgpgirlspodcast Email: TheGuineaPigGirlsPodcast@gmail.com Intro/Outro Music by MG Sound --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gpgpodcast/message

Duration:00:24:21

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try To Be Psychic

2/6/2019
The Guinea Pig Girls Try To Be Psychic! Kristen and Susannah dust off their witchy wiles, trying their hand at tasseography and scrying, as well as sharing personal psychic reading experiences. Do they spill hot tea on themselves? Are their futures bright? Listen to find out! Books: The Fortune-telling book by Gillian Kemp. The Thought Exchange by David Friedman. Podcast suggestions: Happier with Gretchen Rubin & Happier in Hollywood Try something! Website: guineapiggirls.com Instagram:...

Duration:00:47:47

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The Guinea Pig Girls Try To Explain Themselves

1/17/2019
Our first Episode! Susannah Wells and Kristen Michelle try to do a podcast. They describe themselves using the ever reliable and fully accurate BuzzFeed quizzes, and Pottermore. Like us! Subscribe! Or just don’t hate us. Try something! Website: guineapiggirls.com Instagram: @gpgpodcast Twitter: @tgpgirlspodcast Email: TheGuineaPigGirlsPodcast@gmail.com Intro/Outro Music by MG Sound --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gpgpodcast/message

Duration:00:26:28