The OC, Again

In which Niko Stratis and Alex Steed discuss the first half of the 4th season of The OC. 
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You can order her book The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman here:
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You can find Alex online here:
https://linktr.ee/alexsteed
You can find Alex's other podcast, You Are Good, here:
https://podpage.com/you-are-good/

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While Niko and Alex cram Season 4 of The OC, we asked y'all to call in. An you did exactly that. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and feelings with us! 
Support the show on Patreon! And now on Apple Podcast Subscriptions! 
Alex's new newsletter is here:
https://it-can-only-get-stranger.ghost.io/
You can find Niko Stratis online here:
https://www.nikostratis.com
You can order her book The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman here:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-dad-rock-that-made-me-a-woman-niko-stratis/21762522
You can find Alex online here:
https://linktr.ee/alexsteed
You can find Alex's other podcast, You Are Good, here:
https://podpage.com/you-are-good/

We wanna hear from you. Tell us all your thoughts on show — The OC, that is. 
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If you wanna talk about our show too that’s cool, but we’re putting together an episode highlighting your thoughts, insights and feelings. We'd love to hear from you.
Call and leave a message, or send a voice memo / recording to alexsteed at gmail dot com!

In which Niko Stratis and Alex Steed are joined by Alysha "Lysh" Haugen to discuss The Graduates, the 25th episode of the 3rd season of The OC.
Support the show on Patreon! And now on Apple Podcast Subscriptions! 
Alex's new newsletter is here:
https://it-can-only-get-stranger.ghost.io/
You can find Niko Stratis online here:
https://www.nikostratis.com
You can order her book The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman here:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-dad-rock-that-made-me-a-woman-niko-stratis/21762522
You can find Alex online here:
https://linktr.ee/alexsteed
You can find Alex's other podcast, You Are Good, here:
https://podpage.com/you-are-good/

In which Niko Stratis and Alex Steed discuss The Man of the Year, the 24th episode of the 3rd season of The OC.
Support the show on Patreon! And now on Apple Podcast Subscriptions! 
Alex's new newsletter is here:
https://it-can-only-get-stranger.ghost.io/
You can find Niko Stratis online here:
https://www.nikostratis.com
You can order her book The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman here:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-dad-rock-that-made-me-a-woman-niko-stratis/21762522
You can find Alex online here:
https://linktr.ee/alexsteed
You can find Alex's other podcast, You Are Good, here:
https://podpage.com/you-are-good/