Tiny Victories
Tiny Victories is the 15 minute podcast that pushes back on the notion that you have to "go big" or "go home". Sometimes just going is the victory. Each week, hosts Annabelle Gurwitch and Laura House invite listeners to adopt a TINY victory frame of mind, and share tales of fleeting joys and minor accomplishments in this majorly messed-up world.
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On this, our final episode, we hear from a new listener who discovered Tiny Victories a mere week or two ago…and still called in with her Tiny Victories-related tiny victory. As Annabelle points out, the caller has 158 more episodes that she can enjoy.
As podcasts go, this is but a tiny little show, and yet in the course of three years, it’s helped Annabelle and Laura and the Tiny Victories community feel connected as the world itse...
It’s Tiny Victories’ penultimate episode and listeners are reaching out to Annabelle and Laura with heartfelt messages of what this show has meant to them. Plus, a listener calls in with a victory en Español.
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If you like breakfast and Basquiat, you’ll LOVE this episode of Tiny Victories. First up, Annabelle tells us about her experience staying at a hotel in Singapore that featured breakfasts from around the world. As she traveled the world, her taste buds traveled even further. Plus, after missing the Keith Haring exhibit by just 1 day, Laura gets back on her art bike to see the Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure exhibition, curated ...
Annabelle has returned from her multi-country tour that took her to Singapore, Tel Aviv and Uganda. In this episode, she’ll tell us about her plans for the Uganda trip that were thwarted almost immediately, and how she learned how to let it go, and accept life on life’s terms. Plus, Lisa from Raleigh calls in with what Laura House describes as “an office supply victory”.
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This week Laurie Kilmartin joins Laura House and the two L-s have perhaps the longest introductory conversation in Tiny Victories history about a subject that’s super personal to both of them.
And for anyone who’s even thinking of challenging Laurie to a push-up contest, just don’t. It’s not worth it, man.
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You know how you start talking gardening tools and next thing you know you’re swapping stories about how fathers born in the thirties never really talk about themselves? Well that happened in this week’s episode with Laura House’s guest co-host Laurie Kilmartin. Two victories in one tiny episode!
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This episode could also have been titled, “And It All Started with My Dog’s Eye Infection”. The “it” here would be everything that happened after she had to cancel a proper vacation to tend to an eye infection afflicting Millie. Stefanie Wilder-Taylor filled in for Annabelle again for the second week in a row, and tells us about every step of the journey she took deciding whether–or not!-to meet her friends for dinner on the tail e...
This week, guest host Stefanie Wilder-Taylor joins Laura House while Annabelle travels the globe. Laura and Stefanie establish their “dog people” bona fides as House relates the huge sacrifice she made on Minnie’s behalf. Stefanie confesses to almost canceling out the tiny victory she shares, but she musters up the intestinal fortitude to hold the line. This will make sense when you listen to the episode.
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You know how some people collect sand or rocks from the places they travel? Annabelle collects sounds. At the beginning of summer, she toured with a band that played a huge music festival in The Netherlands, and one souvenir of that trip was the croaking of Belgian frogs. She’s recently-returned from Rome, Italy, with two new sounds, and her sightseeing highlights.
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The hosts are both traveling this week so they’ve selected a favorite episode to run.
“Back-up” vibrators: Should you get one? If you’ve ever asked yourself this question, and then wondered, ‘How would someone who’s not me answer this?’, then this, our 77th episode, is for you. Well, 5% – 8% of this episode is for you, and it comes in the second half of the show.
Also, Laura House is no longer afraid of her emotions, and Adam finally...
Are you the type of person who says, “I’m the type of person who…”? This week Guest host Maggie Rowe tells us about a recent experience where she challenged herself, and answered the call for “able-bodied” volunteers at the Zen Center to help move some rather large items. Annabelle recounts a cohabitation-with-the-boyfriend tiny victory that marks a new milestone in her life. Plus, a hotline caller might be great at something she’...
You know what goes well with a difficult divorce? A dance party. But don’t think it’s a matter of simply throwing a dance party, because that’s now how this works. Annabelle and guest host Maggie Rowe give us the anatomy of a spontaneous dance party.
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If you’re someone who finds joy singing karaoke, this is the episode for you! Similarly, if you’re someone whose hell would be to sing karaoke, this is the episode for you. Could the world be broken up into people who see karaoke machines as joy factories and those who see them as nightmare weavers? Plus, does it have to be hard to take a vacation?
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Annabelle travels to Sardinia without leaving her home, and she continues to benefit from simple advice: Keep saying yes. Plus, House deals with Minnie eye issues, and may have found her forever vet.
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You know the dread you feel when you realize you left your purse or wallet at a location you visited earlier in the day? Now imagine going back to the location to search for it while Laura House stares you down, only in this scenario you don’t actually know who Laura House is. She’s just some woman who seems very invested in your every move. In this episode, House explains to Annabelle why she was so invested. Plus, Annabelle bonds...
Let’s go ahead and put this out on the table now: there’s a LOT of drama behind the scenes at Tiny Victories. Well, a lot of tech drama. One of the hosts has a pretty good relationship with technology, and the other does not. This means that sometimes there are tech delays, and the start time gets pushed back. Last week was such a week. And this week, someone wants to gloat a little bit about last week. It’s kind of like schadenfre...
This week, Gurwitch falls hard for author Lorrie Moore’s latest book, “I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home”. What makes this collection of short stories great? Well, three three things, which Annabelle lists, including examples of each of those things. Plus, the sweet, sweet sound of car honk support.
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This week, Annabelle is moved by a group of really crafty people with big hearts. And if you, like Laura House, wonder if Annabelle was moved by a group of schemers as opposed to people into the craft arts, you are mistaken. Plus, a listener writes in with a pillow breakthrough. It’s a feel-good episode from start to finish!
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Might as well get this out of the way: Laura House’s bull dog Minnie is more than a dogfluencer. She’s a student of improv as well. The dog’s got verve and moxie and “it”. But underneath her cute exterior, is a lil’ ball of feelings. This episode is for anyone who cares about their pets’ feelings. Plus, listener Julian writes in with a call-in victory.
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This week’s episode is likely to give you the feels. Annabelle and Laura get into the differences between playing the short game versus the long game, and share personal victories in both categories, including a parenthood win. Plus, Liz calls in with a victory that takes the cake!
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The end of robot-delivered pizzas
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