The Parlour with Lori and Lisa

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By: Lori Nichols and Lisa Gardner

Welcome to The Parlour with Lori and Lisa. Pour a hot cuppa, get comfortable and chill out with us. We will be covering news we are paying attention to, chatting about upcoming features and, of course, having fun! Thank you for joining us on our #SlowMedia Journey! 

Thursday Coffee Talk!
#33
Last Tuesday at 8:00 PM



Eggs = Lack of empathy. 

We shoot the breeze today and keep it real. 

Thanks for listening and staying engaged. 


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The Parlour with Lori and Lisa comes to you with our takes on current events, politics, human interest stories, all things close to our hearts, and so much MORE! Thank you for following our media journey and be sure to look for us as we roll out in all the social platforms. #SlowMedia



Friday Pop Up!
#32
Last Tuesday at 5:00 PM

Recorded on Friday, 1/10/25! 
So much to get into! 

Just the Facts, Ma'am
Los Angeles Fire Talk - We want better protections against these natural disasters from our politics and NOT divisions

Everyone please catch up and read a book about Henrietta Lacks called, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. https://www.marcusbooks.com/book/9781400052189
and we're picking up our reading "club" again with, Octavia Butler's, "Parable of the Sower". https://www.marcusbooks.com/search/site/the%20parable%20of%20the%20sower
Lisa shares her recent campaign work with her website here: 
Ple...


Tuesday am Coffee Talk!
#17
Last Tuesday at 1:00 AM

Thank you for joining us today, Tuesday, May 14th, 2024. 

One of the ongoing stories we follow is the movement to boycott and/or block businesses or individuals, for whatever reasons. Today, we started to see movements to start blocking or boycotting churches. As you may know, we've been calling for non-profits and churches to step up in more meaningful, visual ways to assist with more LOCAL, social services directly. Imagine if every church adopted a homeless person and made it one of their missions to get them wrap around services, housing and food security. 

We al...


1/8/25 Happy-ish New Year!
#31
01/11/2025

Women we love-because they are being themselves:

Nikki Glaser: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nikki-glaser-golden-globes-hosting-joke-regrets-1236102260/

https://www.tiktok.com/@blueeyedkaylajade

Biden:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/01/06/benefits-social-security-fairness-act/77483465007/

Sick of Elon yet?
https://www.tiktok.com/@donlemon/video/7457222891139239214

Tariff Talk:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/08/trump-could-declare-national-economic-emergency-to-justify-universal-tariffs-cnn-reports.html

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WAKE UP WEDNESDAY!
#30
12/19/2024


Rise and shine and ....
#FollowtheMoney

We are in our feels about the outlook of our future for numerous personal and public. Thank you for joining us in conversation this morning as we reflect on the current state of affairs. #findhappiness #

We like to be wrong. 

#ickywomanoftheweek: https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/elon-musk-mother-maye-kids-b2665958.html

#WomanofCourage : https://www.axios.com/2024/12/17/aoc-loses-gerry-connolly-democrats-oversight

#thrivablewages for the future
#layoff talk https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/tech-layoffs-2024-list/
#Tariff talk: https://www.vox.com/world-politics/391464/canada-chrystia-freeland-justin-trudeau-tariffs-trump-trade-war

#knowledge: https://www.instagram.com/r...


The Breakfast Club! When it rains...
#29
11/21/2024

it Bomb Cyclones! We're watching this come in and hope everyone is ok out there!
https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/california-atmospheric-river-storm-bomb-cyclone-19930313.php

BOOK recommendations: https://www.tiktok.com/@morghowell/video/7434735098445974826

https://www.tiktok.com/@carriereadsbooks/video/7434519243615472927?_r=1&_t=8rYXBreon7e

It's the Grievance, Fear, and Hate for us:
https://www.tiktok.com/@mercychandler/video/7439033259398548782

MEDIA We're following:
https://www.motherjones.com/

https://www.theguardian.com/us

https://davidpakman.com/

https://amysiskind.com/

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11/13/24 - 1 week after...We're freestyling today!
#28
11/14/2024

We catch up today, reflecting on the recent political state of things. 

BLINK! BLINK! BLINK! 

and on personal things. 

Thank you for joining us!

Love, 
Lori and Lisa 

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Death by a 1000 cuts....
#27
11/06/2024

Our post mortem for the November 5th, 2024 Election begins. Join us in a somber, sobering conversation as we make sense of it all. 

We'll see you soon and look forward to hearing from you. 

Thank you,  
Lori and Lisa 
 

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The Parlour with Lori and Lisa comes to you with our takes on current events, politics, human interest stories, all things close to our hearts, and so much MORE! Thank you for following our media journey and be sure to look for us as we roll out in al...


Breakfast Club - Ballot edition!
#26
11/06/2024

The BALLOT BOXES are on fire: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/ballot-box-fires-oregon-washington-early-voting-safety-rcna177743

VOTE! We fill out our ballots and chat about election things. Do you have a plan to vote?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_House_Bill_878#:~:text=The%20law%20was%20passed%20in,law%20by%20Governor%20Bill%20Lee.&text=The%20law%20would%20thus%20allow,unions%20and%20same%2Dsex%20marriages.

We use these sites for reference:
https://acdems.org/endorsements/

https://fresnocountydemocrats.org/en_US/democratic-party-endorsements/

https://lwvc.org/ballot-recommendations/

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The Boat is on FIRE!
#25
10/26/2024

We hop into the wayback machine and share a quick story about how we feel about the current times with a shared story. Trying not to panic we review a gaggle of current news stories that have us on the edge of our seats...


Tennessee:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_House_Bill_878#:~:text=The%20law%20was%20passed%20in,law%20by%20Governor%20Bill%20Lee.&text=The%20law%20would%20thus%20allow,interracial%20and%20same%2Dsex%20marriages.

Kiyani Botanics and their work:

Abercrombie and Fitch:
https://apnews.com...