The CVH Podcast
Episodes
UNEXPECTED TIME HOME
23 Mar 2026
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Send us Fan MailGot sick. Had to cancel a recording session I was really looking forward to.Not gonna lie—it stung.But today slowed me down in a way...
DON CARLO IN DALLAS
08 Mar 2026
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Send a textFinal rehearsal before opening night.Moments like this bring perspective—standing in front of an orchestra, doing what I love, aware that...
300
25 Feb 2026
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Send a text300 episodes.On this milestone episode of the CVH Podcast, I’m joined by the brilliant Etienne DuPuis and special #EveryWorder guest Aaro...
NICOLE CAR AND ETIENNE DUPUIS
12 Feb 2026
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Send a textNicole Car and Etienne Dupuis join me in Texas for an episode that completely derails—in the best way. From Jeffrey Epstein to Don Carlo ...
MATTHEW HORNER
05 Feb 2026
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Send us a textWant to know what a top IMG Artists manager actually wants to see from you? I’m sitting down with my manager, the great Matthew Horner...
MICHAEL FABIANO
23 Jan 2026
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Send us a textNEVER A DULL CONVERSATION WITH FABS. MICHAEL IS FEARLESS IN TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING AND IS ENDLESSLY INTERESTING. OPERA, FLYING, COFF...
DOUBLE DUTY AT THE MET
14 Jan 2026
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Send us a textTWO PRODUCTIONS AT THE SAME TIME AND PREPPING DON CARLO WITH EVERY SPARE MINUTE. NO REST THIS WINTER IN NEW YORK!
MATTHEW ROSE
23 Dec 2025
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Send us a textTHE GREAT MATTHEW ROSE JOINS ME ON THE 75TH.
LARRY BROWNLEE
16 Dec 2025
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Send us a textONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES AND EASILY A HISTORIC FIGURE IN OUR BUSINESS- THE GREAT LARRY BROWNLEE SITS DOWN AGAIN. DICTION COACHES, F...
I PURITANI MAGIC AND THE 75TH FLOOR
10 Dec 2025
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Send us a textI Puritani rehearsal update and life above the clouds.
ANNUAL THANKSGIVING EPISODE WITH MY BOY
05 Dec 2025
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Send us a textCOULTER DROPS IN FOR OUR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING EPISODE.
EVE-MAUD HUBEAUX
19 Nov 2025
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Send us a textA very funny sit down with my good friend and incredible mezzo-soprano Eve-Maud Hubeaux. Tall people issues abound!
ON THE WAY TO THE THEATER
10 Nov 2025
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Send us a textANOTHER WALK AND TALK IN PARIS.
WHAT IS THIS?
02 Nov 2025
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Send us a textMY EXISTENTIAL WALK WITH CATE THROUGH THE MONTPARNASSE CEMETARY.
5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
21 Oct 2025
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Send us a textCELEBRATING 5 YEARS OF THE CVH PODCAST
THE TOILET SITUATION
11 Oct 2025
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Send us a textMY TALL ASS TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE REALITIES OF EUROPEAN BATHROOMS AND DETAILS ABOUT MY UPCOMING SOLO ARIA RECORDING.
RAGING AT "REVIEWERS"
30 Sep 2025
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Send us a textTIME TO TURN SOME FOCUS ON THE MUSINGS OF THE SIDE LINE JUDGES. SLICING TENOR CLAY HILLEY @heldenhilley INSPIRES MY RAGE.
LET IT BREATHE!
01 Sep 2025
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Send us a textTHE OPTION OF REMOVING SILENCES DRIVES ME TO THE BRINK.
BIANNUAL FATHER/SON EPISODE
22 Aug 2025
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Send us a textJoined by my boy for our twice a year catch up on the road. A clear fan favorite!
LIVE STREAMING FROM VERONA
22 Jul 2025
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Send us a textTHIS TECH MORON ATTEMPTS ONE MORE WAY REACH 6 MORE PEOPLE. VERONA AND SINGING FOR 15,000.
ETIENNE DUPUIS
02 Jul 2025
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Send us a textHAIR TRANSPLANTS, WAXING, AND RAINBOW DILDOS. THE MOST REQUESTED GUEST IS BACK AS HE CLAIMS HIS 5 TIMERS CLUB MEMBERSHIP.
THE JOURNEY / STONEHENGE
24 Jun 2025
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Send us a textCVH gets into the journey and takes you on a walk FAR greater than the destination.
WINNING BY INCHES
03 Jun 2025
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Send us a textWINNING IS DONE IN INCHES. ON THIS EPISODE CVH REMINDS EVERYONE WHY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND GREAT IS NOT AS MUCH AS YOU THINK. ...
HUMBLING FITTINGS AND THE LAST 5%
24 May 2025
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Send us a textCVH has a VERY humbling costume fitting. Musings and backstage access to the first week at Royal Opera Covent Garden. Pontificating ...
BULLFIGHTS, ATTILA AND THIS AMAZING CITY
17 May 2025
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Send us a textMY LOVE FOR MADRID AND MY NEW OBSESSION.
ANDRZEJ FILOŃCZYK AND SAVA VEMIĆ
09 May 2025
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Send us a textMy two fantastic co-stars in Don Carlos discuss their careers from the perspective of young men experiencing Verdi for the first time. I...
PROBABLY THERE'S SOMETHING TO SAY
28 Apr 2025
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Send us a textWrapping up Paris and creating over consuming.
CATE PISARONI AND CRAIG TERRY
21 Apr 2025
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Send us a textTwo of my most favorite collaborators sit down with me and talk about story telling. We get into everything show business and dive int...
AWFULLY QUIET
08 Apr 2025
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Send us a textPOST OPENING LET DOWN AND MY NEW SHOW COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU!
ETIENNE DUPUIS
31 Mar 2025
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Send us a textMy brother Etienne sits down again for a laugh riot!Rainbow Dildos. Changing adult diapers, Fluffers.
RENÉ BARBERA
07 Mar 2025
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Send us a textMy good friend and wildly talented tenor, René Barbera, sits down for a hilarious chat. Open and honesty are the keys to a GREAT CVH ...
EASTMAN OPERA
28 Feb 2025
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Send us a textMy experience last weekend with a group of focused killers. Thoroughly impressed with what's going on up at Eastman School of Mus...
OPERA FIGHT CLUB
20 Feb 2025
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Send us a textTHE FIRST RULE OF FIGHT CLUB...
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE GRAMMY BEHIND THE CURTAIN...
04 Feb 2025
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Send us a textChecking in from Chicago. Bluebeard with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Grammy truth and my pimp coat...
FOR THOSE WHO'VE LIVED
22 Jan 2025
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Send us a textGOING THROUGH THE DARKEST PARTS TO GET TO THE GOOD STUFF...
SWEET CAROLINE
10 Jan 2025
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Send us a textMY LOVE LETTER TO MY GENERAL MANAGER FOP THE PAST 22+ YEARS, CAROLINE WOODFIELD
YEAR 4 END AND MY HEARTFELT THANKS
27 Dec 2024
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Send us a text2024 YEAR END REVIEW. SLIGHTLY UNDER THE WEATHER BUT HUMBLED BY THE LOVE FOR WHAT WE DO HERE.
MUSIC AS RELIGION
13 Dec 2024
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Send us a textMUSIC AS RELIGION AND MOVING ON FROM San Francisco
SOPRANO LOUISE ALDER
04 Dec 2024
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Send us a textA PODCAST FROM THE DRESSING ROOM AT THE WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO! SOPRANO LOUISE ALDER IN HER MICAELA COSTUME KEEPS ME ...
COLT THANKSGIVING EPISODE
26 Nov 2024
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Send us a text4TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY CHECK IN WITH MY BOY...
HORSE DRAMA
18 Nov 2024
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Send us a textGETTING FIRED FROM MY DRIVING ASSIGNMENT...
SIMON O'NEILL
07 Nov 2024
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Send us a textAFTER LITERALLY MEETING THE NIGHT BEFORE SIMON O'NEILL SITS DOWN FOR A FANTASTIC TWO HOUR CONVO. THIS IS A TRUE LOVE LETTER TO TH...
REACHING OUT
03 Nov 2024
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Send us a textA beautiful friend makes a simple gesture and changes the whole outlook on a lazy Sunday. Ailyn Perez making the world better in so m...
J'NAI BRIDGES
25 Oct 2024
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Send us a textMEZZO SOPRANO J'NAI BRIDGES STOPS BY FOR A LONG CHAT WHILE SHE SINGS MAGDALENA IN RIGOLETTO CURRENTLY AT THE MET.
ANGEL BLUE
18 Oct 2024
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Send us a textOPERA SUPERSTAR ANGEL BLUE. FROM PAGEANTS TO THE BIGGEST OPERA STAGES IN THE WORLD. PLEASE STAY OUT OF OUR DRESSING ROOMS...
NADINE SIERRA
14 Oct 2024
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Send us a textA BEAUTIFULLY HONEST, FUNNY AND THOROUGH CONVERSATION WITH NADINE SIERRA.
GET OUT OF MY DRESSING ROOM!
11 Oct 2024
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Send us a textWEEKLY ROUNDUP OF THE USUAL...
ERIN MORLEY
05 Oct 2024
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Send us a textERIN MORLEY. WHEN TALENT AND MAGIC COLLIDE.
BEN BLISS
01 Oct 2024
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Send us a textMY BROTHER BEN SITS DOWN AND CONTEMPLATES IT ALL.
STEPHEN COSTELLO AND QUINN KELSEY
24 Sep 2024
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Send us a textTHE BOYS STOP BY FOR A CHAT WHILE THEY STAR IN RIGOLETTO AT THE MET.
FEELING THE FEAR AND DOING IT ANYWAY
16 Sep 2024
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Send us a textOUTSIDE OUR COMFORT ZONES.
SASHA COOKE
29 Aug 2024
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Send us a textMY GREAT FRIEND AND TWO TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER SASHA COOKE SITS DOWN FOR A VERY UNFILTERED CHAT.
BITING MY TONGUE (SORT OF)
25 Aug 2024
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Send us a textNOT EVERY GIG IS A WINNER
LISETTE OROPESA
12 Aug 2024
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C MONEY RETURNS
28 Jul 2024
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SALZBURG SUMMER (BEER GARDEN EXCUSE)
19 Jul 2024
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Send us a textHOT SUMMER FOR ALL
Etienne Dupuis Part 3
19 Jun 2024
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Send us a textPost show Wrap Up with Etienne Dupuis. 3rd and final installation with Sancho directly following my last performance in Paris.
NICOLE CAR
06 Jun 2024
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Send us a textTHE NICEST SOPRANO IN OPERA SITS DOWN FOR A CHAT.
DAVID LOMELI
25 May 2024
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Send us a textFINALLY GOT MY BROTHER DAVID LOMELI IN HERE. REVEALING, TOUCHING AND EXTREMELY INSIGHTFUL. SHOP TALK WITH A HUGE HEART BEHIND IT. ...
ETIENNE DUPUIS TAKE 2
16 May 2024
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Send us a textBACK FOR MORE FUN AND DEBAUCHERY.
ETIENNE DUPUIS
03 May 2024
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Send us a textDON Q AND SANCHO SIT DOWN TO TRY AND FIGURE THIS ALL OUT.
THIS ONE. LISTEN TO THIS ONE.
24 Apr 2024
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Send us a textIT'S THE JOURNEY.
COST OF DOING BUSINESS
21 Apr 2024
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Send us a textSTRESS. WHEN LIFE AND ART GET BLURRY...
WE IN IT
11 Apr 2024
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Send us a textEXHAUSTED AND BEATEN UP AND IN LOVE WITH THE PROCESS.
VACATIONS OVER
27 Mar 2024
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Send us a textEYEBALLING MY SCHEDULE...
DECOMPRESSING
07 Mar 2024
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Send us a textTaking a minute to breathe.
MEZZO-SOPRANO EMILY SIERRA
30 Jan 2024
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Send us a textLIFE IN THE ENSEMBLEEYE ON THE PRIZEFROM FAN TO FEST IN RECORD TIME
WHAT BALANCE?
19 Jan 2024
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Send us a textMANAGING THE FAST LANE
DON GIOVANNI ON THE MOON
06 Jan 2024
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Send us a textIN VIENNA FOR A DEBUT!
GETTING SICK BETWEEN ACTS
04 Dec 2023
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Send us a textFOOD POISONING STRIKES THE DRESS REHEARSAL
RACHEL WILLIS-SØRENSEN
04 Dec 2023
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Send us a textRachel joins me for a no holds barred chat.
ACTOR RICHARD KIND
29 Nov 2023
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Send us a textHILARIOUS AMERICAN ACTOR AND COMEDIAN RICHARD KIND.TALKING CAROL BURNETT, SECOND CITY AND HIS BEST BUD GEORGE CLOONEY.
JAMIE BARTON IN PARIS
21 Nov 2023
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Send us a textJAMBATHON, LIFE AND DAVE GROHL
KEEPING THE MAGIC CLOSE
10 Nov 2023
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Send us a textPHILDELPHIA RE-BIRTH
A HEAVY DOSE OF REALITY
21 Oct 2023
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Send us a textREAL LIFE
LONE WOLF
21 Sep 2023
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Send us a textEPISODE 225 SIZE 15
PUNCHING SINGERS IN THE FACE
05 Sep 2023
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Send us a textNOT OK.
THE DEATH OF OPERA NEWS
19 Aug 2023
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Send us a textWHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
OPERA FOR 12,000
09 Aug 2023
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Send us a textA WEEK IN VERONA.
HOW DO YOU PLEAD, MR. VAN HORN?
19 Jul 2023
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Send us a textGUILTY, YOUR HONOR. MY DAY IN IOWA DISTRICT COURT
BLUEBEARD MAGIC
11 Jul 2023
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Send us a textFeeling renewed after a summer in a corn field.
LUCAS MEACHEM
21 Jun 2023
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Send us a textFINALLY SITTING DOWN WITH MY FRIEND OF 20+ YEARS- THE GREAT LUCAS MEACHEM
BRANDON JOVANOVICH
15 Jun 2023
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Send us a textTHE NICEST MAN IN OPERA SITS DOWN.CHICKENS WILL EAT ANYTHINGFENTANYL IN MY MILKSHAKE
CORN FIELD SUMMER
07 Jun 2023
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Send us a textGREETINGS FROM THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING.BLUEBEARD FOR THE CORN STALKS.
THE ITALIAN MIRACLE AND 34 SHOWS IN NY
20 May 2023
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Send us a textMET SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE WITH A LAST MINUTE VISIT TO THE ITALIAN CONSULATE WHERE KNOWING SOMEONE WAS THE DIFFERENCE...
2 SHOW DAY FROM MY MET DRESSING ROOM
11 May 2023
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Send us a textA LIVE PODCAST FROM MY DRESSING AT THE MET.STEPHEN COSTELLO AND SILVIA D'ERAMO MAKE SPECIAL APPEARANCES.
PILING UP
04 May 2023
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Send us a textWHEN THINGS START STACKING UP ON YOU.
OPERA NEWS, LA BOHEME, MONC FINALS
23 Apr 2023
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Send us a textEPISODE 213BIG WEEK IN NYC
OPERATIC
15 Apr 2023
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Send us a textTURNING THE TABLES. THE INTERVIEWER BECOMES THE INTERVIEWEE...
SPRINGTIME BOHEME
08 Apr 2023
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Send us a textBACK AFTER A LITTLE RESPIT AT HOME.
MICHAEL SPYRES
27 Mar 2023
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Send us a textTHIS EPISODE HAS EVERYTHING:MISSFITS, COUSIN DATING, HILLBILLY VON TRAPPS, AND DEE SNIDERMY HILARIOUS SIT DOWN WITH THE GREAT MICHAEL SP...
KILLERS PARACHUTING IN
19 Mar 2023
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Send us a textEPISODE 209Angela Meade SAVES THE DAY.
THE ONLY WAY
09 Mar 2023
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Send us a textEPISODE 208ALL IN- THE ONLY WAY
MISSING THE MAGIC
01 Mar 2023
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Send us a textEPISODE 207ITS OK IF ITS WORK
MESSY
23 Feb 2023
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Send us a textEPISODE 206
FOR THE MORBIDLY CURIOUS
15 Feb 2023
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Send us a textEPISODE 205RELATIONS NORMALISED.
MIND GAMES
10 Feb 2023
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Send us a textTHE POWER STRUGGLE IS ALIVE AND REALEPISODE 204
STRESS INDUCED
02 Feb 2023
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Send us a textEPISODE 203WHEN YOUR LOWER BACK IS CALLING ALL THE SHOTS.
FROM THE ASHES
28 Jan 2023
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Send us a textEPISODE 202.USING PAIN TO LEVEL-UP
WHEN 5 MINUTES OF REHEARSAL IS ALL THATS NEEDED
22 Jan 2023
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Send us a textEPISODE 201STANDING OVATIONS FOR THE ILL-PREPARED...