Holiday Rewind: “You Close-minded Butthead” | Navigating Multicultural Families

What to do when you’re about to marry the love of your life and your family ACTUALLY speaks now and do not forever hold their peace? This week, Stephanie and Melissa read an email from listener Rachel, who is having trouble navigating the fact that she and her now husband come from completely diffe…

Holiday Rewind: “Sequestering Yourself in a Corner” | Work Parties

It’s holiday seaz once again, and we don’t know about y’all — but we’ve been party hopping! As a sweet seasonal treat, we're resharing this very handy (and cutie and funny) episode from season one alllllll about Work Parties. Happy schmoozing! // The dreaded work party. It’s a party! There’s an ope…

“Christmas Morning Arepas!” | Family Recipes

‘Tis the season to dig up Abuelita’s recipe book and get to work. On today’s episode Stephanie and Melissa put on their best holiday onesies and talk all things family recipes. From family feuds over beans (watch out for the flying frijoles, you’ll shoot your eye out!), to memories of Christmas mor…

“Andy Samberg Hates Dogs” | Pets

Stephanie has Gouda. Melissa has Rosie. Here at More Better we believe that every human should have a familiar. On today’s episode, our animal-loving heroines discuss all things pets. From their childhood fish and bonkers orange cats (IYKYK), thoughts on dog fashion, that one time that Melissa got …

“As Someone Who Blossomed At The End Of High School…" | Reunions

‘Tis the season for reunions! Picture it now: Catching up with your hometown friends at the cozy local dive on Thanksgiving Eve, making small talk with Tía Mari on Noche Buena en La Sala while decked out in your living room best, running into the inventor of Post-Its at your high school reunion and…

“Post-it That Says: ‘Get Your Charger!’” | Packing

The holidays are coming, which means…(drumroll, trumpet, orchestral music)... PACKING SEASON!! The More Better gals get into it about packing cubes, pre-trip outfit try-ons, and tricks to avoid forgetting your damn toothbrush. Melissa reveals an essential hack for busy traveling parents, a dedicate…

“We Had To Pluck Our Eyebrows A Certain Way” | Avoiding Cults

Have you ever been in a cult? (Are you sure?) Are Disney Adults in a cult? What about Serious Coffee People? How obsessed with Mother God are you? On today’s episode, Stephanie and Melissa discuss all of the cults and cult-ish groups they’ve encountered in their lives, share which ones they surpris…

“It Was a Bad Bob. A Long Bowl Cut.” | Haircuts

A good haircut can change your whole personality. Picture this: You walk out of the salon with a c*nty little wolf-bob-mullet and suddenly the skies are bluer than they've ever been, the birds are chirping AT you and you feel like you can take on the world. A bad haircut? Well, that can ruin your l…

“All the Baseball Bats I Can Find” | Surviving A Zombie Apocalypse

How long do you think you could survive in a zombie apocalypse? One minute? One week? One year? Forever? This week, in honor of the spookiest of holidays, Stephanie and Melissa discuss how to become more better at existing in a hypothetical world riddled with the living dead. Join our sort-of fearl…

“Walking In at 5’5, Looking Good, It’s… Pamela!”| Authentic Storytelling with Gloria Calderón Kellett

How would your proudest relative describe you? Is that the same way you describe yourself? What is the story that you're telling yourself… and the world? On today’s episode Stephanie and Melissa welcome their dear friend, the multitalented Gloria Calderón Kellett to discuss storytelling with authen…