Social Cues

This week, Mere & Nikki realize they’re actually done a lot of character development for one season and discuss being patrons of the children’s arts, social synchronicities, pitching a farm to Tig Notaro, immediately walking back big, bold childhood confessions, asking questions that make you sound suspicious as hell, the mob finally, breaking arbitrary rules, and the way no one was using “it’s a free country” responsibly on the playground. Plus, how to tell someone they have stuff on their face and how to announce your podcast is going on hiatus.Share your own "Why did I do that?!" or request a personalized "Social Cue Card" by sending an email or voice memo to socialcuesthepod@gmail.com.You can follow the show on Instagram & TikTok. And, you're not gonna believe this, but you can follow Nikki on Instagram & TikTok and Mere on Instagram & TikTok, as well.Music by REMMI & artwork by Michael Wolf.Social Cues is a podcast for entertainment purposes only. Nothing discussed should be substituted for professional advice, formal diagnosis, or therapy.

This week, Mere & Nikki mull over the injustices of bowling, the shelf-life of millennial tattoos, paradoxical closeness with a massage therapist, and blurting out your crush right to their face or in a delusional love letter marked return-to-sender. Plus, horny Bowflex commercials, 90's heartthrob privilege, and a new exit strategy for the next time you overshare.Share your own "Why did I do that?!" or request a personalized "Social Cue Card" by sending an email or voice memo to socialcuesthepod@gmail.com.You can follow the show on Instagram & TikTok. And, you're not gonna believe this, but you can follow Nikki on Instagram & TikTok and Mere on Instagram & TikTok, as well.Music by REMMI & artwork by Michael Wolf.Social Cues is a podcast for entertainment purposes only. Nothing discussed should be substituted for professional advice, formal diagnosis, or therapy.

This week, Mere & Nikki are joined by drag performer KIKO SOIRÉE to discuss the endless delusion of forming a crush, trauma-bonding at Church Camp, and tween (suburban) street photography. Plus, cold brew-induced spiritual ascension, beans for some reason, peeping at other drivers, how to offer a drink to guests, and the smooth recovery from forgetting if you've already met someone.Share your own "Why did I do that?!" or request a personalized "Social Cue Card" by sending an email or voice memo to socialcuesthepod@gmail.com.You can follow the show on Instagram & TikTok. And, you're not gonna believe this, but you can follow Nikki on Instagram & TikTok and Mere on Instagram & TikTok, as well.Music by REMMI & artwork by Michael Wolf.Social Cues is a podcast for entertainment purposes only. Nothing discussed should be substituted for professional advice, formal diagnosis, or therapy.

This week, Mere & Nikki talk as long as they can to analyze—yes, ANALYZE—Recess (both the show and culture), running home to look up bad words in the dictionary, overcommitting to a bit, praying for your future husband while shopping at Christian Book & Gof, whatever Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul was supposed to do, and at long last, connect the dots between Scooby Doo and Scruff McGruff.Plus, Nikki invents a way to indicate you’re pre-choking, and Mere figures out what to do when you thought you canceled plans but (shuddering) got the date wrong.Share your own "Why did I do that?!" or request a personalized "Social Cue Card" by sending an email or voice memo to socialcuesthepod@gmail.com.You can follow the show on Instagram & TikTok. And, you're not gonna believe this, but you can follow Nikki on Instagram & TikTok and Mere on Instagram & TikTok, as well.Music by REMMI & artwork by Michael Wolf.Social Cues is a podcast for entertainment purposes only. Nothing discussed should be substituted for professional advice, formal diagnosis, or therapy.

This week, Mere & Nikki are joined by stand-up comedian, writer, and actress MILLY TAMAREZ (Go Touch Grass, The Betches Sup) to discuss being the inviter vs. the responder in a friendship, the heavy-lifting of social media, using extroversion as a survival tactic, the currency of community, that you should be able to pay your therapist in gossip, and the long-lasting impression of 8 Mile.Plus, Nikki learns how to ask for the Wifi password without a British accent, Mere figures out what to do with the last bite of a share plate, and Milly decides whether or not a new friend *actually* wants to be invited to a concert or was just saying that.Share your own "Why did I do that?!" or request a personalized "Social Cue Card" by sending an email or voice memo to socialcuesthepod@gmail.com.You can follow the show on Instagram & TikTok. And, you're not gonna believe this, but you can follow Nikki on Instagram & TikTok and Mere on Instagram & TikTok, as well.Music by REMMI & artwork by Michael Wolf.Social Cues is a podcast for entertainment purposes only. Nothing discussed should be substituted for professional advice, formal diagnosis, or therapy.

This week, Mere & Nikki are joined by author and illustrator SIOBHÁN GALLAGHER (Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir, In a Daze Work, The New Yorker) to discuss the ever-present politics of using public restrooms (forever and always!), recurring dreams, unpacking an unintended neg after 16 years, and the absolute hell wrought on young girls' body image by early 2000s media—we're looking at you this time, Family Guy!Plus, Mere discovers a new adorable way to enter a social circle, Nikki wants be a normal neighbor, and Siobhán workshops how to excuse herself to go—you'll never guess where—to the bathroom.Share your own "Why did I do that?!" or request a personalized "Social Cue Card" by sending an email or voice memo to socialcuesthepod@gmail.com.You can follow the show on Instagram & TikTok. And, you're not gonna believe this, but you can follow Nikki on Instagram & TikTok and Mere on Instagram & TikTok, as well.Music by REMMI & artwork by Michael Wolf.Social Cues is a podcast for entertainment purposes only. Nothing discussed should be substituted for professional advice, formal diagnosis, or therapy.

This week, Mere & Nikki discuss the social Jenga of a Margaritaville dinner table, trauma B-roll on reality TV, and the multi-dimensional relationship between humans, the moon, the sea, and the bathroom. Plus, making your Uber "quiet" in real time, the tween longing to be *~discovered~* at a mall, and figuring out what to do with your hands and mouth at the front desk/check-in of anywhere.Share your own "Why did I do that?!" or request a personalized "Social Cue Card" by sending an email or voice memo to socialcuesthepod@gmail.com.You can follow the show on Instagram & TikTok. And, you're not gonna believe this, but you can follow Nikki on Instagram & TikTok and Mere on Instagram & TikTok, as well.Music by REMMI & artwork by Michael Wolf.Social Cues is a podcast for entertainment purposes only. Nothing discussed should be substituted for professional advice, formal diagnosis, or therapy.

This week, Mere & Nikki are joined by comedian ALEX SONG-XIA (Rick & Morty, The Tonight Show, Praise Petey) to discuss the things we dare to say in doctors' offices, being perceived while working out, the unintentional life lessons of "Dharma & Greg", and the horror (or, honor?) of accidentally socially topping a prestigious chef. Plus, Mere needs help leaving a group chat, Alex discovers new ways to leave a party, and Nikki recovers from excessive blood loss—in, like, a fun way!Share your own "Why did I do that?!" or request a personalized "Social Cue Card" by sending an email or voice memo to socialcuesthepod@gmail.com.You can follow the show on Instagram & TikTok. And, you're not gonna believe this, but you can follow Nikki on Instagram & TikTok and Mere on Instagram & TikTok, as well.Music by REMMI & artwork by Michael Wolf.Social Cues is a podcast for entertainment purposes only. Nothing discussed should be substituted for professional advice, formal diagnosis, or therapy.