Hosted by Mel Severin and Shruti Vanderbeek · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 20 episodes
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Best friends Mel and Shruti talk, laugh, and sing for their friends and themselves. Just a small and an x-large trying to fit into this medium.
Mel Severin and Shruti Vanderbeek hosts Friends With Us, a society show with 20 episodes published.
Bhavna’s back, this time with more Chris! We’re ripping off bandaids, playing some games, hearing the story of how these two met, and finally getting some highly anticipated salmon gossip from Bhavna. Watch this space fo
Hallo freunde (hello friends)! Our dear distanced friend Ceren joins the pod and tells us about living in Germany and answers some questions submitted by you, our friends! We get into egg frying methods, what are Germans
Tune in as Shruti and Mel reach peak alignment by playing How Many Castmates Does It Take To Guess The Movie?
In this ep, we chat with Yan Xin, who is in fact a book-shaped iceberg that is from this earth. We start with a game of Name 5, then dive deep into our thoughts on aliens. Then ribbing your friends, yes or no? And finall
Tune in to this minisode to hear Shruti and Mel discuss how many houses they’ve been in and finally answer the age-old question: is garage house?
We talk about violence in this ep, and consider if humans are inherently violent, and discuss our relationships with violence. Btw, what’s your fear response? Do you lean more fight or flight or freeze or flip or flambe
How old is being gay? This week we chatted with our friend and yours, Jordan! They talk to us about one of their greatest passions: queer history. We discuss how queerness in history is often suppressed or erased and Jor
Ever wonder what getting a colonoscopy is like? Well, you can find out right now in this minisode as Mel shares her experience and some surprising details about the prep and procedure.
In this ep, Mel shares her experience with jury duty. We talk about what it means to be “impartial” and ask the hard questions like why aren’t juries doing more seances? Then it’s time for Name 5: Courtroom Edition!
It's our 10th episode and we're just here to have fun for once! Gamemaster Shruti leads Mel through a series of goofy games like Rank 'Em, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Take Some Direction, and Toothless Vegetables, leavin
A guest so good we immediately had him back for another ep! After some ice-breaking word association and talk of nemeses, Michael shares a special story of his childhood celebrity crush.
Very good boy Michael joins the pod to share with us how growing up with limited access to secular media shaped his relationship with pop culture. Listen to the Offbook show that we saw live and participated in!
In this ep, Mel and Shruti check in and reflect on their recent trip to India! We're talking the sights, the sounds, the smells, the feelings, and most importantly, the tastes.
Just a quick and gross little minisode for your ears this week! Please enjoy as Shruti shares the story of a fleeting relationship with a Band-Aid.
In episode 6, we chat with wife of the pod Phoebe about the transformative power of reading and writing fanfiction, parasocial relationships, and Twilight’s cuck tent.
In this episode, Mel and Shruti discuss fictional horrors (as seen on film) as well as real-life horrors (the American healthcare system). We're greasin' palms and considering careers in medicine.
Peter joins the pod to discuss traveling the world, dreams, making connections abroad, and the official beverage of sky people.
Shruti took a bite out of the Big Apple and it tasted like concentrated capitalism. She tells us all about her trip to the city of fashion, comedy clubs, and public transport.
Nobody REALLY knows how to be safe on the internet. In this episode, we talk to sister of the pod, Bhavna, about scammers, passwords, and how to stay secure in the virtual Wild West.
Our very first episode! An episode about podcasts? Yup, that's where we're starting. Made for you, our friends.
Chris
Pastor · unknown
1 appearance on this show
Jordan
Economic Development Specialist · Charlotte County
1 appearance on this show
Michael
meditation teacher · Tiny Game Chronicles Podcast
2 appearances on this show
Dr. Phoebe
therapist · KW Marketing
1 appearance on this show
Peter
world champion · Legion Project Podcast
1 appearance on this show
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Friends With Us is hosted by Mel Severin and Shruti Vanderbeek. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 20 episodes.
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