Very Real
Welcome to Very Real. A podcast where 2 friends chat about life, love, anxiety and bath towels. Join hosts Dr. Jenny Bennett and Regina Very Modesto as they do the one thing that 2 middle aged white women are best at: talk incessantly about shit. From politics to parenthood, they strive to understand how to make sense of, and be a positive force for this crazy fucked up world.
Episodes
77 episodes
April Fools Bitches
Jenny and Gina have yet another talk about the changing political crisis in the US.
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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37:19
Why Do The Good Things Always Get You Down?
Jenny and Gina discuss the nature of self-gratification and how the best things for you are often the things we hate doing the most.
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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40:12
The Rise and Fall of TikTok
Jenny and Gina talk about their experience with the TikTok blackout and the challenges they foresee coming
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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45:57
Welcome to the 2025 Sh*tshow
Gina and Jenny ring in the new year in the middle of January.
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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45:27
Confronting the Uncomfortable
In this episode, Jenny and Gina go through as list of questions for white women on leaning into the unknown, standing up for what they know is right, and asking the hard questions instead of sweeping it under the rug.
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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48:02
Bring It On!
In this episode, Gina and Jenny continue to discuss their role as white women and how to have conversations with other white women about difficult things.
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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52:52
Calling all White Women!
Jenny and Gina recount the election results and try to reconcile how white women can do better to themselves and others.
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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53:47
Election Anxiety
Jenny and Gina talk about their election anxiety 1 week before the election
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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39:03
Stepping into Authenticity
Jenny talks about her journey towards authenticityOroro Heated Vest: https://www.ororowear.com/products/womens-heated-quilted-vest-black-1?variant=43371600380086
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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42:55
Failing Up
Jenny and Gina talk about what failure means and why we are so keen on avoiding it.
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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47:47
Season 3 Premier! Welcome to Fall
In this episode, Gina and Jenny recount the summer, talk about their intentions moving forward and how to work through confronting failure.
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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46:01
Summer Musings
Deep in the throws of summer - Gina and Jenny soak the last of the summer sun up.
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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50:02
BRAT summer
Jenny and Gina talk about what it means to live a BRAT summer in your 40s
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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50:02
A Little Alone Time
Jenny and Gina recollect what it was like to have 10 days of alone time in your own house while your family is gone.
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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36:59
Healthy Weight Loss - What Does This Mean?
Jenny and Gina talk about the potential health impacts of losing weight, fat shaming in the medical community and what it means to lose weight for your health and not just for appearance
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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43:13
The Energy Of Giving Too Many Shits
Jenny and Gina talk about the energy of caring, and how that can be exhausting given the context for individual people.
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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55:55
The Different Types of Fun
In this episode, Jenny and Gina discuss the different types of fun - and how they can turn stressful fun into just plain fun.
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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48:41
The Childhood We Wished We Had
Jenny and Gina discuss what it means to give their kids the childhood they never had - and if that even matters in the long run.
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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43:34
The Economy and Other Shit
Gina expresses her concerns over the changing economy
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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43:56
Let's Talk About Sex! And Bodies! And All Things Uncomfortable
In this episode Gina and Jenny talk about the uncomfortable conversations and how we should be having more of them - especially with our kids.
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40:37
Connecting with Yourself
Jenny and Gina talk on how to connect with yourself in mid-life amongst the ongoing chaos.
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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37:00
To Drink or Not to Drink: That is the question
Jenny and Gina review how things are going with sober curiosity and just how things continue to be challenging in the last few months.
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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41:48