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Unusual Ef’Pod episode 40: Romance from 2021-03-17T13:56:30
Jessie and Megan are back to talk about the new sensation hitting the Twittersphere. Okay, it's just our twitter accounts. They team up to review "Challenge," a book that Jessie found involving foo...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod episode 39: The Not So Special One With Special Guests from 2021-02-10T10:52:57
From a Special One's wink to a sweet encounter in a supermarket, our guests share stories of how fútbol, in its routine and normalcy, its community and joy, provided escape or romance, connection o...
ListenAll For XI Unusual Ef'pod 38- To Kneel Or Not To Kneel - It Shouldn't Even Be A Question from 2021-01-27T09:33:04
The trio talked about inequities in CONCACAF teams and their own conflicts over whether a team with the support and infrastructure like the USWNT should be playing friendlies (during a pandemic. Wi...
ListenAll For XI Unusual Ef’pod Episode 37 - Where are we and how do we get there from 2021-01-15T10:02:49
Jessie Loach, Megan Smith, and Kirsten Schlewitz talk about whether futbolers' lives should put at risk of COVID (hint: they shouldn't) and a new feud was created when neither Kirsten or Megan had ...
ListenAll for XI Unusual Ef'pod 36: Home Alone from 2020-10-02T06:30:53
It’s Episode 36, but you won’t know that from Megan and Jessie’s introduction, which has our podcasters taking full advantage of their Home Alone status without the steadying hands of Kirsten and S...
ListenAll for XI Unusual Ef'Pod 35: Whisky Bottle with a Straw from 2020-08-21T05:56:05
Sonja, Jessie, and Megan come together to record the episode many have been waiting for since we covered 21 Thunder: Canadianism. We learn about tattoos, gangs, and prison systems while comparing o...
ListenAll for XI Unusual Ef'Pod 34: Sonja Is Pretty Much Rihanna from 2020-08-03T14:42:34
Sonja and Megan team up for the best podcast episode ever (we think)! Take a listen to learn why Sonja is pretty much Rihanna, what the cure for COVID-19 is, and our opinions on season restarts (or...
ListenUnusual Ef'pod Episode 33: All in on Punky from 2020-07-16T11:23:43
Join Kirsten, Jessie and Megan as they choose a team of characters from their childhoods, to face Disney XI! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenAll for XI Unusual Ef'Pod 32: Sports are political from 2020-07-08T10:35:14
Jessie, Megan, and Kirsten got together a couple of weeks ago to discuss coronavirus and BLM, and their connections to football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenAll for XI Unusual Ef'Pod episode 31: Oatmeal Spoons from 2020-05-29T11:13
Oatmeal spoons: our own version of "spoon theory" as it applies to mental health. Kirsten, Jessie,&Sonja share their stories, mixing in a lot of laughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...
ListenAll for XI Unusual Ef'pod 30: Something Happy from 2020-05-21T14:05:20
Jessie and Megan search for the happy moments in the difficult worldwide situation. We enjoy Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe's #ATouchMore, our calendar reminder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
ListenAll for XI Unusual Ef'pod 29: The Curly-Haired Midfield Goddess from 2020-05-12T19:17:03
Kirsten, Jessie, and Megan are back with a serious episode of Unusual Ef'pod, focusing on chronic illness and how they impact us as fans as well as players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
ListenAll For XI Unusual Ef'pod Minisode 1 - Timo Needs a Friend from 2020-05-08T19:13
For our first minisode, we could think of no better guest than having June team up with Bundesliga-loving/suffering fan Megan. This slightly extended minisode is a perfect snapshot of future exclus...
ListenAll For XI Unusual Ef'pod Episode 28: Nobody Likes a Loser, Jerry from 2020-04-28T13:06
Jessie, Kirsten, and Megan are finale-ly covering the last episode of 21 Thunder ("Rock and a Hard Place"). They continue to explore the intricacies of match-fixing, shipping, and Junior's difficul...
ListenAll for XI Unusual Ef'pod Episode 27 Together Apart from 2020-04-21T15:32:56
Join Jessie, Kirsten, and Megan as they jump almost directly into commentary for this episode of 21 Thunder. Well, after a short detour about a picture of a cyclist with goats. Learn more about you...
ListenAll For XI Unusual Ef’pod Episode 26: A bus to catch from 2020-04-07T15:37
Jessie, Kirsten, and Megan are back for another round of 21 Thunder commentary. This time we are focusing on episode six ("War"). The bad decisions, punny team names, and questionable matchfixing a...
ListenAll For XI Unusual Ef’pod Episode 25: Mounties from 2020-03-31T08:53
We all agree that most people are dealing with anxiety and frustration with the current pandemic, so we hope that our continued 21 Thunder watch party provides a distraction, even if it is only for...
ListenAll For XI Unusual Ef’pod Episode 24: Worst Match Fixing Ever from 2020-03-24T18:25:42
Join the crew as we recap this episode, in which Kirsten is disappointed with the match-fixing strategy, Jessie and Megan continue to gush over Alex, despite his poor decision making. Learn more ab...
ListenAll For XI Unusual Ef’pod Episode 23: Confusion from 2020-03-17T13:36:04
The gang starts off the episode by diving straight into the commentary, so fire up your Netflix and join us! We continue to be confused by Canadianisms, so we enlist the help of Twitter to make sen...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod - Ep22 Gangs, tattoos, and condoms. from 2020-01-29T19:09:15
As Kirsten, Megan and Jessie prepared to continue their 21 Thunder watch party, news came in about Kobe Bryant's death. The team started this Ef'Pod by talking about something Unusual Efforts has a...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod - 21 Thunder from 2020-01-02T13:16:56
Megan and Jessie have finally convinced Kirsten to watch that gem of Canadian cinema, 21 Thunder. Our trio stream the pilot with a cameo from Jessie's mom (about weed- but not the one you think) wi...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod - Halloween from 2019-11-08T10:43:55
In an Unusually Hogwarts Halloween Ef’Pod, Megan takes Kirsten, Sonja, and Jessie through the ins and outs of Potterland, as the team takes- and rejects- contributor suggestions for which players w...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod - Issues from 2019-10-20T05:23:15
Megan, Kirsten, and Jessie are back after a hiatus, to explain the nature of aforementioned hiatus. The trio are candid and honest about the mental, physical, and emotional health issues that make ...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod - Episode 18 - Schlusspfiff from 2019-08-24T16:28:43
In this episode of the @UnusualEfforts Ef'pod, Kirsten (@kdschlewitz), Megan (@themegansmith), and October (@OctoberAeowyn) discuss all things Bundesliga, from tifos to tattoos. Alcohol is imbibed ...
ListenUnusual Ef' Pod Episode 17 - What does Canadian money smell like? from 2019-07-26T13:51:14
Sonja, Megan, and Jessie give Kirsten a much-deserved day off as they celebrate the World Cup final...well, Megan and Jessie do, and Sonja gives her Canadian opinion. We also take your twitter ques...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod Episode 16 - "Don't Let Alexi Lalas Into Your Home." from 2019-06-27T10:48:47
It may not have been the best idea for Kirsten, Megan, and Jessie to record this fourteenth episode the Unusual Ef'pod right after the England-Cameroon match but we did manage to keep the volume of...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod - Episode 15 OG Pod Squad from 2019-06-11T10:47:26
The Fab Four are back for Unusual Ef'Pod #14 and Kirsten, Sonja, Megan, and Jessie celebrate their reunion by going entirely off the rails, taking your best Women's World Cup trivia and somehow add...
ListenUnusual Ef' Pod - Episode 13 Untethered Ef' Pod from 2019-06-01T12:36:45
Sonja and Jessie are back with no adult supervision for an untethered Unusual Ef'Pod. They talk time zones and the difficulties of waking up for matches, low-key bully Michael Bradley, invite every...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod Episode 12 - Let the men bring US coffee from 2019-04-22T15:21:41
The Unusual Ef'Pod is back with a very special guest. Shireen Ahmed, an OG Effortista, talented journalist, and wonderful friend, joins Kirsten, Sonja, and Jessie to talk about being a women on soc...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod Episode 11 - Crushing It from 2019-04-07T13:00:59
We swiped right on everyone’s crushes with the eleventh Unusual Ef’Pod! Sonja kicked us off with her three enthusiastic and three reluctant crushes before leaving to snag some swag at BMO, leaving ...
ListenUnusual EF'Pod - Episode 10 - Anniversary from 2019-04-03T08:54:47
Kirsten, Sonja, and Jessie are back to celebrate the third anniversary of Unusual Efforts! Our trio talk the history and inspiration for Unusual Efforts, Kirsten and Sonja's indelible friendship, s...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod Episode 9 - Lets get ready to Ef Pod from 2019-02-08T13:36:56
Kirsten and Jessie are back with the latest Unusual Ef'Pod, bringing you up to speed with some updates to look forward to, ways to get involved, coaches who can be therapist, reasons we need therap...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod Episode 8 - A change of plan from 2018-11-28T14:42
On the eighth Unusual Ef'Pod, Kirsten gets a well-deserved rest and Megan, Sonja, and Jessie are forced to talk about Ronaldo again in light of just plain terrible media coverage around Serie A's E...
ListenUnusual EF'Pod Episode 7 - Pushing back the Apocalypse from 2018-11-07T12:33
This week, Kirsten, Sonja, Megan and Jessie play What's Your (P)Soccer Psychology? matching listeners' five favorite footballers to what we think is their footballing personality. We also gear up f...
ListenEpisode 6, Unusual Ef'pod - My Football Puberty from 2018-10-23T15:51
On this episode of the Unusual Ef'pod, Jessie, Kirsten, and Megan describe how they found their favorite soccer teams, read listener stories, and give advice to their moms For information regarding...
ListenUnusual Ef'Pod - Episode 5 The good, the bad, and the Ronaldo from 2018-10-08T14:03
Kirsten, Sonja, Megan, and Jessie are back to connect the Ronaldo allegations and disastrous Juve tweets to the #MeToo movement, but we also brighten things up with the footballers who inspired us ...
ListenEpisode 4 - Unusually Ef'ed Up Ef'd Pod from 2018-10-01T10:41:09
Kirsten and Jessie take your questions on the new allegations surrounding CR7 in a special Unusually Ef'ed Up Ef'd Pod, looking at sport, the MeToo movement, sponsorships, and what to do when our i...
ListenUnusual Ef'pod - Episode 1, Baby from 2018-08-20T13:28
Sonja, Kirsten, and Jessie kick off the first Unusual Ef’pod by telling the Unusual Efforts origin story, then dive into why you should (or shouldn’t) watch the Premier League and Serie A. And laug...
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