Ladies & Tangents
Episodes
Things you want to hear right before you wedding - ICKS
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some tiktoks stick with you for years and one about ICKS has lived free in Ciara's head. There's very few things that please her more than a good comm...
Goodbye to my day, it's done - WAITING MODE
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
So you found yourself in a grown up time out, pausing your responsibilities for no reason in particular only to beat yourself up afterwards? Well, pul...
He died and that's your fault - Trolley Problems
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A classic Trolley Problem is a pillar of psychological and sociological studies. If you're unfamiliar, the OG Trolley P is “The trolley problem is a...
I will never financially recover from the gift shop - DISNEY CRIMES
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Because we can't let a magical moment stay magical, we decided to balance out the joy Ciara experienced by sharing stories of the horrors others exper...
The scariest thing I saw? My own decision making - SCANDALS
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's almost prom season, so we thought we'd start this April Mash of stories with a horrific high school scarenactment. Things continue to be pretty m...
Enjoy your last rodeo, ho - Jeri's Bachelorette
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We lived our parent trap dreams at Jeri's bachelorette. We hiked, we mixed denim & diamonds and we almost got arrested, just like Lindsey Lohan. Pleas...
This is all a joke, except the parts that are real - SCAMMERS
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you know the L&T Lore, you know we're no strangers to scammers. Sure, we've been got and sent money to strangers on the internet, but we're not alo...
And when I’m wet, I’m wet - GAME NIGHT
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The irony of two people who have known each other their entire lives playing an icebreaker game is not lost on us. We can't help our selves, we love i...
I think I’m going to go home and try to scream - Mental Health Check In
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever tried on outfit after outfit only to feel like at the end of unloading your closet, you still have nothing to wear? That's how we felt t...
Drill practice on that mustache, brother - PRESIDENT RANKINGS
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Two people told Ciara that they liked the ranker episodes so naturally, what she heard was "everyone wants you to look up a list to react to." Our lis...
We’ve gotta fight hate with love - Herstory of Marsha P. Johnson
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're celebrating an incredible woman in queer, black and feminine liberation, Marsha P. Johnson. If the name sounds familiar, that's because 1. she's...
He made up potential vehicular homicide - AND I STAYED
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we share listener submissions of the absolute wild situations they experienced in relationships and still stayed. There will be no...
Put your secrets in our box, or whatever - HO-RROR STORIES
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We've got a special Valentine's Day treat for you! The first 15 minutes of the show features a Speed Date between our very own Cici and Christian from...
He's fully erect and drank all your coffee - OCALA NATIONAL FOREST
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We understand the importance of waiting until AFTER you return from a trip to reveal where you went. You avoid people knowing you weren't home, you in...
How quickly it was dumping on us - Oops All Tangents
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We heard you. You like when we don't have a topic and brain dump all over you. Unfortunately, there was a frosty lil biotch named fern who decided tha...
You know him, you love him, Billy Shakes - The MacB*th Curse
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Be advised that this episode is heavy on the tangents. If you're here for some lore and/or history- you'll need to skip ahead about 40 minutes. Give u...
Congratulations, you’ve been pooped on - Superstitions
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a funny ha ha, definitely not serious ep about quirky little sayings that have transcended time. Are you more than a little sticious? ...
You kind of look like a baby I gave up one time - LISTENER SCANDALS
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Starting 2026 off with an episode that is leaving us with more questions than answers. I hope every single writer of the stories from today's episode ...
Regret and relief, make those be friends - 2025 REFLECTION
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's the episode we wait all year for- it's the 2025 reflection. We went back and listened to who we were in 2024 and introduced them to who we became...
You better not pout, you better not lie, you better not shit on the photocopier - HOLIDAY PARTIES
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's cold, there's snow, lights are on houses- that means it's time to get SLOPPY with your bestie at the COPY machine- or whatever corporate people d...
911, I’m having a garage sale - HOA Rules
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you, internet, for reminding us that there are groups of adults who are obsessed with making rules and regulating their neighbors. After coming ...
Call me dirty water because I’m stagnant af - Aura Colors
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've been given so many special gifts on tour and one inspired today's episode. We were gifted two books by the author Mystic Michaela, celebrity aur...
Here's a flower shaped cantaloupe covered in your dad - HOLIDAY SCANDALS
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tis the season to ask your boozy grandma and your loose-lipped aunt for tea. Based on this episode alone, we know we can count on family drama to be t...
The cryptid that looks like a sad hamster -Spooky Guess Who w/ TWO GIRLS ONE GHOST
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We teamed up with our besties to play a little game of spooky Guess Who! It will become increasingly more clear throughout the episode which of us hos...
You’re not that special, and that’s ok - Limerence PT II
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for Part II of our deep dive into the world of Limerence. If you felt called out last week, hang in there- we're not done with you yet. Grab...
You asked for this, thanks for nothing - Limerence Pt. 1
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're diving into our own psyche's again in this episode to see how this weeks favorite tiktok word relates to us. We're opening up our past and pres...
A little part of me will always hate me - DYSBT?
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We mentioned the Do You Stand By That? series in a recent episode and we felt like the week we lose an hour of daylight would be the perfect time to r...
Chaotic guardian angels - 6 Year Anniversary Special!
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grab some cake and a candle and blow one out for us because we've made it another year around the sun. We're celebrating 6 whole years of tangents sha...
I’m sorry for accidentally channeling your grandma || THIS OLD HAUNTED HOUSE - PARAWEEN CROSSOVER
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ciara has gone missing and we've brought in the most qualified detective we could afford on our budget of $0, Christine Schiefer of And That's Why We ...
You ever had a ghost linger in your hermitage? - HAUNTED TOUR
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's finally actually October. We're still on tour and realizing that as we travel, we're collecting spooky experiences. After sharing a few of our ow...
Balloons with Trauma - AND THAT'S WHY WE TANGENT PT. II
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It is finally time for part 2 of our slumber party extravaganza with @ATWWDPodcast Em and Christine from And That's Why We Drink came ready ...
Consider me wet, but the scared kind - Ghost Stories
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're pretending it's October 1st so that a full ghost stories episode makes sense, ok? And if you're so against that, take it up with our friend, Kev...
Introducing: CRIMES OF…
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Power. Fame. Obsession. Betrayal. These are more than headlines. They are the forces behind some of the most unforgettable crimes in history. Crimes O...
Dissociation Station, I'm driving the train - Unknown Number
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A couple weeks ago, Netflix shook the world with one of the most perplexing and emotionally complicated documentaries we've seen in a long time. We wa...
Brought to you by Excedrin and beer - Game Night
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When things feel heavy, we abort every plan we have and deflect like our lives depend on it. Thanks to our friend, Sam, we had the perfect distraction...
I'm the chicken now, you idiots - Guinness World Records
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of our favorite childhood hyperfocuses is the topic of this week's episode. Much like quicksand and wolves pretending to be our grandma, we though...
Sorry for the martian talk while your grandpa's dying - SCANDALS
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The most scandalous scandals we've had in quite some time featuring some of our most tangenty tangents. Head to https://www.tryfum.com to Start with...
I’m running on fumes and the fumes are joy - Collective Effervescence
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Ohio leg of tour is done and we've finally figured out what is in the air at the shows. No, it's not what you think it is, you sicko. That feeling...
No secrets, just slumber, just parties - Tour Q&A
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tomorrow is the day that we take Girl's Gone Mild to the stage! We can't believe it is time again to get this show on the road. Before we leave our be...
An “I feel naked in front of the class” moment - OCD
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our office flooded so we've set up shop at Jeri's house. Maybe it was the moon, maybe it was the lionsgate portal, maybe it was the energy lobotomy we...
It touched my toes and ruined my life - Listener Scandals
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're starting August off HOT with a smergberg of stories from you lot. You love to send'em, we love to read'em. Your trauma is our tea and the last s...
I thought that was just a looney toon?! - Weird Aus Animals
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had so much fun learning about Australia last week that we decided to keep the fun going and dive deeper into the wild and wonderful creatures of t...
Catch me in the outback, how bout dat? - The Great Emu War
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're cracking open the history books again and bringing the knowledge of the world to you once again. What's on the lesson plan this week? If we gave...
Maybe life is the seagulls we hit along the way - Sharing Your Scandals
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's been almost six years and we're still getting our minds BLOWN by ya'll's scandals. Our dm's stay open for the messiness that offer. Send all of y...
The slay monster - Medusa
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TW- SA Who knew that the OG sad b*tches came straight from Greek Mythology. Another baddie got stranded on an island because the people who she though...
I said let their be freckles, brother - Redhead Myths
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do vampires, mermaids, the devil, aphrodite and eve (yes, apple eating eve) have in common? They're all allegedly redheads. The lore of these loc...
Let us have our chaos and eat it too - PRIDE 2025
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We can't believe we get to celebrate our 300th episode with a PRIDE episode! There's no other way we'd want to mark this momentous occasion than by sh...
Presenting: “Mantra with Jemma Sbeg"
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to take a fresh path to self-discovery? Every Monday, Jemma Sbeg brings you a new mantra and shares how you can apply it to your own life. Wheth...
It's almost like this is the whole point - Vacation
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We just got back from a vacation with our families and wanted to share all of the nostalgic magic with you. Part of that magic? A literal ghost sighti...
Bumpin Pretties || SHARING YOUR SCANDALS - Ladies & Tangents Podcast Ep. 298
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're on vacation but wanted to give you your weekly dose of tangents! Here's a buffet of stories that progressively get more chaotic! WE’RE GOIN...
I’m disgusting on the inside - Understanding BPD
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was somewhat of an accident We don't always know what our triggers are but over the last few years, when they've been activated, we deci...
Hate it, I don’t care, I’m having a great time - Spotlight Effect
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever walk into a room and feel like all eyes are on you? Do you feel like you immediately know what they're thinking, and that it's inevitable ...
In our soft girl eras - Catching Up
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of life events have occurred over the last week so we scrapped any thoughts of another topic and decided to utilize this episode to tell you the...
I gave you life and then I gave you more life - Mother's Day
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you're a mom, know a mom, have a mom or are grieving a mom this episode is for you. We're taking some time to celebrate the women who give us ...
We're not victims, we're survivors - Amanda Nguyen
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We mentioned her in passing a couple episodes ago and knew she needed a permanent episode on the feed. To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Isla...
Ready or not, you already came - Sharing your Scandals
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After literal years of collecting stories, we've found that familial attempted hommy side is way more common than we ever would have guessed. Please n...
If you love someone, let them go, if they come back something something - Calypso
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Morning, sleepyhead! If you've been living on an island for 100 years, you may not know that a little thing called Epic the Musical exists in the worl...
Beautiful pink pretty little intestines - Mental Health Check In
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ciara's back from her honeymoon and is ready to share what's been going on for the last month. It has been a bit of a roller coaster and there's a lot...
A beautiful corpse? Congratulations - Game Night
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is it truly a game night if someone doesn't end up crying and/or having an existential crisis? We think not. Join us as we play a friendship game mean...
The Alien Holiday - April Fools
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk a lot about our generation and the generations after us being so unserious, but have we ever considered how unserious EVERY generation has had...
Stop taking pictures, your sister is going to jail - Reality TV
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
*TEMPTATION ISLAND SPOILERS* Soap Operas was our mom, Reality TV is our dad and how they raised us is why we're in therapy. In this episode we're shar...
Maybe do harm sometimes - Celebrating Women
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who run the world? That's right. You know the answer and in this episode we're highlighting the special women in YOUR life. Thank you to everyone who ...
We didn't come this far to not come at all - Sharing your Scandals
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This may be our best scandal episode of the year...I know we're only in March, but thanks to an update from one of the most insane Patreon stories we'...
Band name, Exploding Head Syndrome - Sleep Disorders
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A series of interrupted sleep cycles led to Ciara's most recent hyper focus and she's sharing it with us this week. Hang out while we discuss the worl...
Days of our plot holes, plot holes of our lives - Soap Operas
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the journey to self discovery, we felt it important to take up an hour over everyone's time deep diving into some of the most insane storylines dis...
Making life a little easier for people who come after me - Mary Kenner
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Black history is American history and on this week's episode we want to highlight an incredible piece of HERstory that often goes untold. Mary Kenner ...
Everyone was a good option if you lowered your standards - Ho-rror Stories
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Valentine's day is the perfect time for us to bring out another fan favorite submission episode. Ho-rror stories just may be the OG "we listen and we ...
Beavers like to get wet too sometimes - Groundhog's Day
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Groundhog's Day has been a special day in our family for 32 years as it happens to be the day Ciara became a big sister (Happy Birthday, TayTay!) On t...
I guess attempted murder runs in the family - Sharing your Scandals
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We haven't told you stories since last year, can you believe it? It should be a crime. Speaking of crimes this episode has multiple. We've got happy e...
Excessive talking? Lock me up! - ADHD
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ll be just as shocked as we were to learn that after 5 years with mics, two diagnoses and a very clear theme of tangents- we have never actually...
Finish the soup, you son of a b*tch - Herstory of Aqua Tofana
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever heard of inheritance powder? No? What about an elixir that drips straight from the bones of St. Nicholas? Not that one either? In the 16...
Growth often masquerades as foolishness at first - 2025 Horoscope
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had so much fun reflecting on what the internet had predicted for our 2024 that we decided it was only fitting to see what the stars and algorithms...
Thriving and throbbing into 2025 - New Year's Reflection
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our longest running tradish strikes again. Before 2024 breathes its last breath and 2025 kool-aid man's in to blow our backs out, we invite you to pau...
It's Kentucky Fried Christmas - Christmas Around the World
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's a very good chance that the traditions shared in this episode have been covered in years past. Luckily for the two idiots on the couch, our mi...
So dead, so poopy, so Ladies & Tangents - Holiday Scandals
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The title of this episode is somewhat misleading- not the so poopy so dead part, that's actually bizarrely accurate but if you're having trouble figur...
The straw that broke the squirrel in half - Florida Man Stories
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It isn't often that a meme works it's way into everyday vernacular, but once in a while, when all the stars align, iconic phenomena such as The Florid...
How high do you sing when you’re inauthentic? - Wicked
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Something has changed within us, something is not the same…that’s right. We’re not regular ladies anymore, we’re wicked women. Somehow we rema...
Smell the flowers, blow out the candles, light your house on fire - Functional Freeze
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If there's one thing millenials love doing, it's adding the word *functional* in front of scary words to make them less harsh. This week we're preppin...
Party foul, my teeth are everywhere - Sharing Your Scandals
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's a listener story schmergusbourg. I think I spell it differently every time I include it in a description. You know the drill, people send in thei...
I do stand by all of it, but I forget that I say some of it out loud - DYSBT
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since we have 4 more years of yelling into the abyss, we're assuming you won't mind if we go ahead and take the first 30 minutes to do a mental health...
Yelling into the abyss for almost 200 years - Herstory of Victoria Woodhull
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Regardless of when you listen, the day this episode goes live is election day and it isn't just any election day. Today is a day that could go down in...
That’s a big responsibility that I didn’t mean to have - 5 Year Anniversary
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this exact day, 5 years ago, we nervously hit launch on an episode titled "Oh yeah, Martha? You're a freaking witch - The Salem Witch Trials," and ...
Playlist of the Dead: An All-Star Halloween Special!
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Playlist of the Dead: An All-Star Halloween Special Six Strangers. One Cursed Playlist. Ultimate Power—or Certain Death. Drawn by a mysterious lette...
I can't believe I stuck my finger down my throat for that - Game Night
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever considered making an episode a drinking game, let it be this one. We made it easy by spontaneously going down an astrology wormhole a...
Put your candle in this jack-o-lantern - Halloween Lore
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We can't confirm, but we may have set a new record with this episode. Our first full week home after tour proved to be full of life, laughter and Octo...
I was on a drug called life - Tour Q&A
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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It’s the hokie pokie ghostie, and that’s what it’s all about - Ghost Stories
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s finally October, so we had to bring you an all ghost story episode! If there’s one thing we know about you all, it’s that you’re spooky m...
You’re a bit creamy, you’re a bit red - Buzzfeed Quizzes
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We know that you come to us for important, meaningful, deep, thoughtful conversations and so when we sat down on the couch this week, we vowed to brin...
Zombie sea world splash zone - Oregon's Exploding Whale
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have somehow found ourselves as the honorary weird history retellers and today's tale couldn't be weirder. Seriously, this tale includes tails and ...
You're seriously going to eat donuts from where the dead person was? - Best of Patreon
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After being lowkey bullied on tour during meet and greets about taking a break, we succumbed to peer pressure and did not record a new episode for thi...
That was a fluke, until I did it again - Resilience
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've been called vulnerable for almost 5 years now, and for 5 years, we've said thank you and nodded like we understood what that really meant. Anoth...
Good luck in court today, bestie! - Confessions
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In true ladies and tangents fashion, it takes us almost 10 minutes to even say hello to all of you, but after that - we are off to the races sharing s...
Mental health check-in, that means we cry - Checking In
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Camp Tangents part ii is officially underway and we are officially under the weather. For whatever reason, we thought after two weeks of insanity movi...
Parking lots at noon by Bumpin' Beavers - Sharing your Scandals
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode has all the juice. Juicy goss, juicy ho*s and juicy...poo? That sounded way more gross than I thought. I apologize. Regardless, grab a sn...
Cream goes in the front, cones in the back - Weird Laws
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What started as a fun fact, became an internet deep dive. We learned that there is such a thing as illegal names and the rest is history. It turns out...
Facts over feeling, every time
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TW/CW - ab*se: physical/emotional/mental Next up in the "the internet introduced us to this term and we want to discuss an article about it" DARVO. It...
If it sits in front of me for too long, I’m gonna flick it - WYR
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After two weeks of episodes pulling on heart strings, we decided that us as a collective could use a break in the form of a game night...unfortunately...
The Zanesville Zoo Massacre - Tangents & True Crime
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
CW/TW - This is a true crime story that includes mention of s**cide, animal cr*elty, and an overall insane loss of life. The Zanesville Zoo Massacre w...
Thou shall not fumble my hot ass mom, Ladies & Commandgents - Sharing Your Scandals
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Someone told us this isn't actually our 250th episode but we didn't throw ourselves a birthday party last week so just let us have this... To celebrat...
How powerful your mind is - Inside Out 2
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We loved getting to choose our islands of personality in Inside Out, and we're even more excited to become even more familiar with ourselves in Inside...