May 2023

The dangers of future-tripping (Encore episode)

Cheers to the present! We will never be able to tell the future, so why spend the energy worrying about it? In this episode of Thick & Thin, my goal is to stop wasting my time trying to control the narrative, but sometimes the anticipatory anxiety and endless what-ifs, win. Thank ... Show More

33m 37s

May 2023

It’s ok to be sensitive (Encore episode)

Sensitivity is not an overreaction. So in this episode of Thick & Thin, I'm glad to reconnect with my sensitive side knowing that I genuinely give and care about other people to the best of my ability. // Follow me on IG: instagram.com/katybellotte / Thanks to our sponsors! Get a ... Show More

39m 10s

Apr 2023

Flying too close to the sun (Encore episode)

Is working hard genuinely worth all of the stress? In this episode of Thick & Thin, I dig even deeper into our generation's obsession with the constant grind of work culture. // Follow me on IG: instagram.com/katybellotte // Thanks to our sponsors! Get a free 45-day extended tria ... Show More

49m 17s

Jul 2023

in defense of the bridezilla

<div>This is an extended version of Mina's <a href="https://youtu.be/eQtOWxpR4TE">the "perfect" wedding dress is a myth</a> video, including digressions in royal weddings and bridezilla discourse, as well as some crazy wedding stories from the listeners! Keep up with <a ... Show More

1h 9m

Sep 2022

54: Shave Your Head and Get In the Closet: Dark History of Marriage

<div>Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We’re going to the chapel and we’re going to get married! But it’s not all pretty dresses and delicious cake (mmmmmm cake). In fact, a lot of the wedding traditions that we hold near and dear have a pretty dark past. In today’s episode we ... Show More

49m 27s

Feb 2023

Wedding Dresses

In the UK, just over half of people above the age of 16 are married. Whether in a registry office, a place of worship or a remote beach somewhere sunny, each of these couples will have had to do some form of planning. Guest lists, cake, flowers and, of course, outfits. ... Show More

36m 52s

Oct 2022

Say Yes To the Debt

The girlies walk you down the aisle through the history of American weddings — everything from the origins of the white dress to the deranged people who still decide to get married on plantations. Digressions include tomato soup activism, Ye's antisemitic turn for the worst, a ... Show More

1h 30m

Nov 2021

CAKE NOOGIE - Wedding Traditions

We love a wedding. The dress, the flowers, the demon threatening the purity of the bride. So romantic. What...you didn't realize that so many wedding traditions centered around keeping the bride safe from harmful spirits? In true Ladies & Tangents fashion, we decided to ask "why? ... Show More

1h 13m

Apr 2016

A Brief History of the 'White Wedding'

Have you ever wondered why so many of today's weddings feature white dresses, tiered cakes and registries for silver and dishes? Queen Victoria (and the rest of her era) get a lot of the credit. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcast ... Show More

35m 28s

Dec 2017

What's the deal with smashing cake at weddings?

Weddings are an ancient tradition, and over the millenia the various rituals associated with (theoretically) life-long partnership have evolved and changed. One ritual in particular became both prominent and controversial in the West: the act of newly-married couples smashing ... Show More

27m 24s

Feb 2022

How to find the perfect wedding dress

Of the many different items of clothing a woman will wear throughout her life, there is perhaps none loaded with so much significance as her wedding dress, and finding the perfect one can be an enormous source of stress. Kim Chakanetsa meets two wedding designers who help wome ... Show More

27m 25s

The truth & myth of the white wedding