Two leo best friends Colleen &amp; Eileen talk about anime, creating content, and the journey of finding yourself. Join them on the hilarious bits, inspiring anime breakdowns, and honest vents on thirsty leo szn!S1 Intro Music:https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/moonshine License code: NZSDNJ7HHAG67FVJ

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FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, your two cohosts Colleen and Eileen film an episode together in person in Seattle! To commemorate this, we thought of no better topic than to cover long distance friendships, and how over distance, travel, and time we keep and care for one like ours! Come laugh, listen and reflect with us as we dive in!

Season 2 Episode 1: Long Distance Friendships

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GUESS WHO IS BACK AND BETTER? Your two favorite thirsty leos!! Join Colleen and Eileen on their three year time skip summary, catching up, and announcing Season 2 of our thirsty lives! In between job changes, live moves, money moves, and three years of growth, one thing stays the same- chasing our dreams and staying thirsty! Come adventure with us this season!

Season 2 Announcement: We're SO Back!

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It&#39;s Finale time!! It has been 13 episodes, 7 months, lots of chaos, laughing, crying, venting and struggling between two pairs of cat headphones- join us on this extra pumped episode as we reflect on how we&#39;ve changed through this podcast, what we hope to create from here, and the millions of dollars + cute cafe have together five years from now in the future, haha. Thank you so much for listening! Stay thirsty!

Season 1 Finale: We're Opening a Cafe Together in Five Years

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Okay so HAVE YOU EVER been so lonely and sad you randomly decide to join a sorority? Eileen has! Jump back in our time machine and join us on this throwback journey to 2017- where Eileen tells the story of her transformation from lonely weeb to sorority girl thanks to the warm, wild, crazy, sweet sisters who loved her.

Episode 13: Turning from Weeb to Sorority Girl

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Have you ever been so broke, heartbroken and over it you book a flight to a foreign country and don&#39;t look back? Colleen has! This episode we take a time machine trip five years back to 2017- where Colleen is embarking on her adventures of Cambodia, shave ice, oreos, Thailand, cafes, and discovering herself along the way. Tune in on the ride!

Episode 12: Heartbroken so I Ran Away to Cambodia

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THE AGE OLD DEBATE GETS BATTLED OUT- Extroverts or Introverts? Myers Briggs, 16 personalities, what does it all mean? Does it even matter? Who cares, and of course more importantly, which is better? (HAH jk) Join us while we throw out hot takes, vent about social batteries, and more!

Episode 11: Are we Extroverts or Introverts?

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CALLING ALL PANDAS, GET YOUR TAILS IN HERE ! In this episode we scream and FaANgirl over the representation, daughter struggles, personal revelations, and reflections that the legendary movie Turning Red has brought to us both as Cringey Asian American Girls- join in and embrace your inner pandas with us!

Episode 10: Turning up for Turning Red!

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BEEP BEEP, STRUGGLE BUS DOCKING AT $ BROKE BITCH STATION $ How do two cute leo hustlers pay rent, chase dreams, look cute, stack jobs, and still end up broke?? Reminisce with two broke leos who dish on their job hustle history- from offices, to bars, to boba shops- and more!

Episode 9: Thirsty & Broke

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Grab some water, get cozy and get ready- for our most vulnerable episode yet. Colleen and Eileen navigate through coping with anger and sadness, burdens of family turmoil, childhood pain and self neglect, and how to heal, seek help, and support each other on this journey called life.

Episode 8: Let's Talk About Emotions

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GRAB YOUR LEFTOVER HONGBAO MONEY AND DUMPLING SCRAPS, it&#39;s time to unpack this Lunar New Year szn! Like any family holiday LNY brings many things to our lives each year- good food, time off work, lucky envelopes, and of course emotional trauma HAHA. Unpack and vent with us on this episode!

Episode 7: Lunar New Year Drama & Trauma

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Happy Valentine&#39;s/Single Awareness Day to you!! On TLS we&#39;re celebrating by talking about our perspectives on love, reviewing our new favorite shoujo anime Horimiya! Why we love their on screen romance, our relationship perspectives in general, and of course how we as artists relate and process stories of love (and self love)!

Episode 6: Our Valentine's Special

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All creative struggling artists...hold our hands and cry with us. In this episode we get honest and vulnerable about our creative struggles- our fears, doubts, imposter syndrome, comparing and creating, social media and engagement, and how to bond together in support. Come join us for the ride!

Episode 5: Our Creative Struggles

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(Warning: HEAVY spoilers!) We deep into one of our favorite series of all time- Attack on Titan (AOT)! Favorite characters, Levi &amp; Erwin thirst, mind-bending twists, fan theories, conspiracies, and more!

Episode 4: Breaking down Attack on Titan (SE 1-3)

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Calling all anime and manga fans, get your merch and posters out! We dive into how anime changed our lives forever- covering everything from our first anime experiences, favorite genres and series, and some personal favorite characters...to thirst over.

Episode 3: How Anime Changed our Lives

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Ever thought about moving to a different country to follow your dreams? What about the motherland country of your heritage, one you already know and love? Perfect plan right? HahHAA in this episode we vent about the depression, life crises, language barriers, legal hell, and culture shock of immigrating to and living in Taiwan (as American Born Taiwanese)!

Episode 2: Taiwan Culture Shock Made us Cry

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Thirsty Leo Szn launches with Colleen &amp; Eileen introducing each other and telling the story of how they met- involving Taiwan, immigration, karaoke, and a chance meeting of a lifetime.

Episode 1: Who Are the Thirsty Leos?

Two leo best friends Colleen & Eileen talk about anime, creating content, and the journey of finding yourself. Join them on the hilarious bits, inspiring anime breakdowns, and honest vents on thirsty leo szn!

S1 Intro Music:

https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/moonshine License code: NZSDNJ7HHAG67FVJ