Faith & Four Letter Words

Faith & Four Letter Words

Faith & Four Letter Words is an unapologetically real look at surviving the boys’ club, Perfect Polly and motherhood all while living in a glass fishbowl.

Episodes

April 11, 2025 19 mins

You know who does life right?? The Italians. The word of the day is RIPOSO and we need to adopt it asap and stop glorifying bring over scheduled

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We talk about parenting styles and why we think we're pretty funny. 

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March 14, 2025 30 mins

Why we ditched the heels and restrained ourselves when an unwelcome guest showed up at our last joint birthday party.

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March 7, 2025 33 mins

A recent obituary opened our eyes and made us realize: we are doing life all wrong in some aspects.

When a spitfire woman names Blondie has hobbies like shooting armadillos, it makes our viewing habits of the Real Housewives’ franchise seem a little petty. New hobby anyone??

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February 28, 2025 15 mins

We joke that if we hit the lottery, we wouldn’t buy beach homes and boats…we would expose all of the phony.

If we know anything, it’s we know there are far too many people who have two faces: the filtered I am so sweet public persona and the behind the scenes, real, do other people dirty.

Wouldn’t an adult burn book be nice after taking it for so long?

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February 21, 2025 27 mins

Our former colleague and dear friend Ron Steele announced he and KWWL were parting ways after 50 years. Many people were quick to congratulate him on his retirement but don’t get fooled by the corporate lingo.After a combined four decades in the news industry, we’ve seen this many times before…particularly with women And we know they’re just getting started.

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February 14, 2025 33 mins

Pretty girl privilege is a thing and we’re over it. In this day and age, as long as you’re pretty with a contagious smile, you get a free pass to doing people dirty behind the scenes. If these two know anything about life in the glass fish bowl it’s this: people can be two things. 

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February 7, 2025 32 mins

Amanda Goodman and Tara Thomas throw it back to their concert days. Did their parents really drop them off at a packed arena by themselves? Yes, yes they did. But they’re just here to say - their music really was better.

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February 3, 2025 24 mins

Allen Media scooped up television stations across the country like it was a Monopoly game. Let’s buy them to say we own them - but let’s not put any money into it.

They sent shockwaves across the country when they announced there would be no more local weather at many of their stations. Including a station in Iowa where Amanda and Tara both worked.

With a combined 40-years working in TV, these veteran journalists have a few things ...

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Longtime veteran journalists Amanda Goodman and Tara Thomas answer the question: what’s hotter than hell? That first perimenopause hot flash.

They cover all things getting older and better including Tara’s step aerobics days and why you’ll never find her outside camping with the bears.

They take a hard left in this one. 

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January 17, 2025 31 mins

Let’s not sugarcoat it - the news of today is a shell of what it used to be. And these two know.

Amanda Goodman and Tara Thomas have a combined 40 years of experience working in TV news and they agree…journalism is dead.

Today’s journalists have opinions, agendas and have become PR machines for politicians.

They’re hitting that topic and more in today’s episode!


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January 10, 2025 22 mins

Nearly five years after its debut, the Faith & Four Letter Words podcast is back!

Amanda Goodman & Tara Thomas have a combined 40 years of experience working in TV news. Their podcast parlayed into a wildly successful speaking series where they share their journey of dealing with the boys’ club, Perfect Polly, motherhood and life while living in the glass fishbowl.

The two believe this mantra: There is Purpose in the Pain. ...

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October 17, 2022 28 mins

Amanda and Tara want to lean into God and His plan for their lives. They detail the struggles they're walking through trying to suspend control--including how social media is still a blessing and a curse.

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October 10, 2022 18 mins

Don't take anything for granted--especially your or your family's health. Both Amanda and Tara have faced incredibly challenging health scares. They share details about both, including Tara's daughter's recent hospitalization where they experienced "The Wave" as a family in one of the hospital rooms overlooking Kinnick Stadium.

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It’s time to get off the high road and call people out.

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June 13, 2022 26 mins

At times we were severely underweight but we were told to be skinnier. It’s time to get rid of the weight of opinions.

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The ladies lash out about everything from the Kardashians to Amanda's new life without alcohol.

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May 30, 2022 19 mins

The health scare that landed Amanda in the hospital for days and changed her life instantly.

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Why we are on a constant roller coaster of carbs and emotions.

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The Russia/Ukraine war is a wake-up call to us all.

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