245. An Unforgettable Double Date with Andrea Gibson & Megan Falley

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 42.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Andrea Gibson returns with their partner, Megan Falley, for a gorgeous, hilarious double date with Glennon and Abby: An Andrea health update and what each has learned since Andrea’s cancer diagnosis; How their chemistry ignited with Andrea’s questionable move on a sweaty dance floor – and the text moment Andrea knew Megan was the one; How each of their relationships with their bodies has been transformed by Andrea’s illness; Navigating a relationship where one partner worries constantly and the other doesn’t know how to worry; and Why love looks like peeing your pants, and how they keep putting themselves in the way of miracles. For our previous conversation with Andrea Gibson, check out: Ep 215 The Bravest Conversation We’ve Had: Andrea Gibson. About Andrea: Andrea Gibson is one of the most celebrated and influential spoken word artists of our time. Best known for their live performances, Andrea has changed the landscape of what it means to attend a “poetry show”. Andrea’s poems center around LGBTQ issues, spirituality, feminism, mental health, and the dismantling of oppressive social systems. Andrea is the author of seven books, most recently “You Better Be Lightning”. TW: @andreagibson IG: @andreagibson About Megan: Megan Falley is a queer femme writer and a full-time touring spoken word poet, author, and teaching artist. Her works include “Drive Here and Devastate Me”; “How Poetry Can Change Your Heart”; and the chapbook “Bad Girls, Honey: Poems About Lana Del Rey.” In addition to other accolades, Falley’s essays have been shortlisted for The Disquiet International Prize in 2021 and the Malahat Review Open Season Awards in 2022. TW: @megan_falley IG: @meganfalley

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0:00.0	And through the joy and pain that our lives bring, we can do our thing.
0:16.0	Welcome Pad Squad to an unbelievably beautiful hour you are about to be changed by these
0:26.8	two people individually and by their love together. Today we have Andrea Gibson and Megan
0:37.6	Fowley. If you have not yet listened to episode 215, the bravest conversation we've had with
0:44.4	Andrea Gibson, please do go back and listen to that. In that episode, Andrea Gibson shared
0:50.4	with us a devastating diagnosis. They have a very important update to that diagnosis in today's
1:01.0	episode. Andrea Gibson, a boulder-based queer activist, author and slam poet, who has just been
1:10.4	named Colorado's new poet laureate. You all, I mean, poet laureate is essentially the state's
1:21.0	arts ambassador. Serving as an active advocate for poetry, literacy and literature,
1:27.7	Andrea will be participating in readings at schools, libraries, festivals, other events across
1:32.1	the state. It's just a huge freaking deal. And I guess that makes Megan the first lady of Colorado
1:41.1	now. Andrea is the author of seven books. Most recently, you better be lightning. Megan Fowley
1:48.4	is a nationally ranked slam poet in the author of three full length collections of poetry.
1:53.5	Most recently, her book Drive Here and Devastate Me. Since transitioning to writing prose, excerpts
2:00.1	from her memoir and progress have won several first and second place national prizes. She
2:05.0	runs an online writing workshop called Poems that Don't Suck, which has been heralded as a degrees
2:10.3	worth of education in five short weeks. Andrea and Megan. Hi, y'all. I feel kind of nervous,
2:17.2	like we're actually on a date. Yeah, that's what Abby keeps saying this morning. She's like, I feel
2:20.8	like we are actually going on a double date where we would actually be friends with these people.
2:25.6	What did you say? She goes, what if they don't like us? What if they don't like us? What if I say
2:31.4	something silly and dumb, which is likely? That's usually my role. So I occupy that corner
2:41.2	of the internet. Me too. You are off the hook, my friend. My job is to follow Abby around and
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