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Corinna and Alisha are officially BRICKED. 📵😂

This week on Slay & Pray, we’re talking about our attempts to stop doomscrolling, why The Brick might actually be changing our lives, and what happens when you suddenly have hours of your evening back.

But first: grocery-store dates with toddlers, an Arizona power outage, Corinna’s girls’ weekend and mildly terrifying steam-room experience, plus a very important discussion about sweaty workouts, childbirth and whether we’re becoming more unhinged every week.

Then it’s time for Chaos on the Couch! We get into the Netflix documentary about the Idaho student murders, The Ultimatum, Project Hail Mary, Ransom Canyon (or, as Corinna would like it renamed, Handsome Canyon 👀), House of Stassi and more.

PLUS… Slay & Pray merch?! 👀 We’re working on shirts, mugs, stickers and more — and our Shop My Store is officially happening!

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This week on Slay & Pray, Corinna and Alisha catch up after a busy week with plenty of laughs and way too many tangents.

They debate the surprisingly life-changing benefits of using a top sheet, share their thoughts on Project Hail Marystarring Ryan Gosling (spoiler-free), recommend books and TV shows they’ve been loving, and swap hilarious family stories—including the unforgettable moment one child called an entire family gathering “a bunch of losers.”

Plus: Bravo TV, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Silo, Five-Star Weekend, favorite books, workout wins, air conditioning debates, and a conversation that somehow ends with doctors, caffeine, and questionable honesty on medical forms.

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• Team Top Sheet or No Top Sheet?
• What should Corinna and Alisha watch next?
• Have your kids ever completely humbled you?

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After three weeks apart, Corinna and Alisha are finally back together—and they have a lot to catch up on. From Corinna’s family vacation in California that somehow involved an infected underboob, a blown tire, six kids, and a movie theater disaster… to Alisha’s sick dog, newfound love of audiobooks, and obsession with Little House on the Prairie, this episode is one giant catch-up session. They also discuss:

• Why they accidentally stopped talking for weeks
• The best and worst parts of summer vacation
• Pet insurance and surprise vet bills
• Reading slumps (or breakthroughs!)
• The “Brick” app that helped reduce phone addiction
• Streaming recommendations and documentary rabbit holes
• Why everyone suddenly loves Little House on the Prairie
• Grocery shopping, Walmart vs. Fry’s, and trying to save money
• The return of Slay & Pray after a much-needed break

It’s messy, hilarious, completely unfiltered, and exactly the reunion they needed.

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What happens when one of your favorite authors says yes to your DM?

This week, Corinna and Alisha sit down with New York Times bestselling author Emma Brodie to celebrate the phenomenon that is Into the Blue. From BookTok theories and slow-burn romance to Scandoval, improv comedy, dream casting, audiobook narration by Julia Whelan, and the emotional process of writing AJ and Noah’s unforgettable story, this conversation is packed with behind-the-scenes stories you won’t hear anywhere else.

Emma shares how Into the Blue came to life, why the book originally had 50,000 more words, what inspired Noah and AJ’s relationship, and the surprising reality TV moment that unlocked the entire novel.

Whether you’ve already finished Into the Blue or you’re deciding if it deserves a spot on your TBR, this episode is for you.

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Two book-loving podcast duos finally get together for one of our funniest episodes yet! 📚✨

This week, Slay & Pray welcomes Page to Picture for a conversation full of BookTok favorites, TV adaptations, hilarious behind-the-scenes podcast stories, and plenty of unhinged moments.

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We dive into:

• Voicemails for Isabel
• Every Year After
• Off Campus
• The Gilded Age
• The Nightingale
• Interviewing bestselling authors
• BookTok drama
• Podcasting behind the scenes
• The fictional men we’d absolutely trust in a crisis

Whether you’re here for the books, the adaptations, or just the laughs, this episode has a little bit of everything.

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Bestselling author Jo Piazza joins Slay & Pray for one of our favorite conversations yet.

From the viral conversations surrounding Yesteryear to the reality behind trad wife influencers, Jo shares why social media has fundamentally changed how we see ourselves—and why “everyone is lying to you.”

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We also dive into:

• The rise (and fall?) of the trad wife movement
• Influencer culture and curated online lives
• Motherhood, feminism, and unrealistic expectations
• Why social media is designed to keep us comparing ourselves
• Behind the scenes of writing Everyone Is Lying to You
• The inspiration for her newest novel, The Parisian Heist
• Rapid-fire questions, favorite books, podcasts, Meryl Streep, and more

If you’ve been following the online conversations around Yesteryear, influencer culture, or you’re looking for your next great summer read, this episode is for you.

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