Serious Business

Serious Business


Latest Episodes

59: A Spicer Suit of Ill-fitting Expectations
January 01, 2018

Happy New Year! Toni and Mike ring in 2018 with a lively discussion on how to turn your expectations into action. Instead of blindly setting unattainable resolutions for yourself, take time to really think about the past year. What did you learn? What...

58: ​ A Bathtub Full of Acid
November 28, 2017

Toni and Mike discuss the value of critical thinking skills and how to measure success before getting to the heart of this week’s episode: getting started, showing up (even when you don’t want to), and envisioning your own version of the finish...

57: Summon the Pie
November 22, 2017

You don't have to like it, you just have to do it. This week, we touch on the upcoming holidays and the sensation of mandatory fun and enforced renewal.  Happy Thanksgiving! Team cake!

56: ​ The Winter Suburbanite
November 07, 2017

This week, Toni and Mike take on the insidious Impostor Complex, and it's evil twin, Inferiority Complex. BUT ARE WE QUALIFIED? Show Notes: - Jessica McCabe - Jessica McCabe    

55: Cat Ear Medicine
October 18, 2017

This week, we turn to beauty, joy, and delight. It’s a celebration of things that make us happy, the little dopamine hits and attention resets necessary to thrive in today’s chaotic environment. + Show notes: Outlander National Parks Webcams...

54: New to Yaks
October 10, 2017

Yakspo! We're trying to turn our emotions from the tragedies of the week into being part of the solution (or at least not caving to the continual chaos and outrage). Turn on Do Not Disturb and stay to the end for our special tribute to the late Tom...

53: Matlock People
October 03, 2017

We needed some comforting last week, so we turned our attention to fur pants and comfort-food genre media. Toni and Mike talk at length about the new series, Star Trek: Discovery, and its (frustrating) distribution model. We touch upon the value of...

52: Weird Raisin Cats
September 25, 2017

We are back for Season FOUR, and we're going back to our roots. That is: tasteless humor and occasionally insightful observations on making creativity, career, family and fun work better together. This week, Toni and Mike catch up on what's new in...

​ 51: Form Of, A Turkey Vulture!
July 14, 2017

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50: Don't Tell Me to Keep Calm
May 22, 2017

It's our 50th episode! How is this possible? While we ostensibly talk about being a parent in the Internet age, balancing keeping an eye on your kids while giving them autonomy to make mistakes, we’re also discussing all the tradeoffs we each...