Free Period

Sasha Spielberg and Alana Haim take a trip back in time to explore their most awkward stage: the braces, the acne, a time where achieving a first kiss might as well be as easy as discovering an element on a periodic table and your bar mitzvah theme was the most important decision of your life. They divulge their most embarrassing stories from this, the most frightening years of their lives that made them the women they are today. They also bring along their friends and family to tell their own stories of heartbreak and embarrassment because a throwback + FML is what everyone loves. “Free Period” is a presentation of Cadence13.

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  • EJBrox
    This one goes to 11
    This podcast is amazing! Thanks for normalizing Jewish American young adulthood. You’ve inspired me to rewatch my bar mitzvah footage from way back, which I swore I’d never do again. Mazel Tov!
  • Abigail Franklim
    One of my fave podcasts!
    I love listening to this pod while out on long runs, it always makes me CACKLE! Please make a season 2!!!
  • Farrycakes
    Love this show
    Please bring back another season! It’s really funny and relatable.
  • Muno11
    Funny, interesting but also dives deeply.
    I really really like this show and enjoy it a lot. I find the topics and guests funny and interesting. But they are also authentic and they do a little bit of a deep dive into adolescent (which is not always a positive topic). There are obviously tons of podcasts out there, and this one certainly has a specific niche to make it stand out. The one thing I would say is…sometimes, hosts go away from microphone a little and the volume/sound becomes light or faint. I am sure this is a well oiled machine and a big time podcast studio and company. Get the fancy microphone!
  • ooooAshleyoooo
    BEST PODCAST EVER
    I have been listening to podcasts since 2010 when I was still in highschool, and this is BY FAR the best podcast I have ever listened too! Alana and Sasha are not only incredibly hilarious, and endearing, but their stories are also super relatable. It also has been very therapeutic to go back to 7th grade, and has helped me process lots of stuff and give my younger self a huge hug. I can’t wait for season 2! Please do a Danielle and Este part 2!
  • gephicka
    from your one gen Z listener
    I really love this podcast- it’s so cool that even though I definitely didn’t grow up in the same time as y’all I still relate so much It really feels like you’re with your best friends sitting around a table drinking in the best way possible
  • clglistens
    Mom fan
    I’m a Valley girl, now mom of adult kids, who loves Haim and also was a huge geek at Portola Jr High and Birmingham. Love the podcast, love the banter. Also, I want to fix up Alana with my son, the cute music producer who lives in North Hollywood. Grew up on Sasha’s street in the Palisades. He would kill me if he knew. But check out his band Courtship and DM him @micahggg. Keep the episodes coming girls!!!
  • Anna3200
    Obsessed with nostalgia + my comfort show
    I look forward to every Tuesday with this show! I am a massive Haim fan so of course I was hooked when Alana and Sasha announced Free Period. I’m just as obsessed with the idea of nostalgia as them and love reliving my inner 7th-grader. I love getting to know more about Alana and Sasha and the lovely guests they have on. I would die to have a drink (or take a shot every time Alana says “I’ll never forget”) with these gals and obsess over 7th grade. Thanks for making Tuesdays my comfort day with the show ❤️
  • Shank1997
    My comfort show!!
    I know they joke about this being therapy, but I genuinely feel like listening to this podcast has been such an important experience. I binged all the episodes they’ve made so far and I just feel seen and understood, and it’s makes my heart almost burst to realize that we all lived through these embarrassing, relatable, heartwarming situations. Feel like they’re my cool older sisters <3
  • podcastsinbos123
    Best new show
    Best new show. Thank you two!
  • mimi2143
    Hella Enjoyable!
    This is a super fun podcast to listen to. Btw, I was at the Oakland (and Berkeley!) show and didn’t notice. Also, “In sync” like they’re in sync with each other 😜
  • adri9020
    LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
  • Anica Pizza
    YESSSSS
    LOL y’all are killin it!!! Shout out to our Millikan days Alana XO
  • Mattysheehan
    Convinced Sasha and Alonso are the nicest people
    Absolutely love this podcast! Im a 26 year old guy and this show has me unlocking memories of my life in 7th grade that I completely forgot. Basically a hour long nostalgia trip every week and I'm here for it. Also, I am fully convinced that Sasha and Alana are probably the nicest people you could ever hope to met. Love the show and keep killing it guys!
  • souper sara
    Like hanging with friends
    So much fun. Like hanging out with your high school friends!
  • buzzylanzfan4lyfe
    LOL
    Every time I listen I LOL. Like literally 😂😂😂😂😂 in my car or on my walk or whatever I’m doing just crying laughing. Sasha and Alana are the best and I wana be best friends with them!
  • @acunabeat a.k.a miguelonches
    L<3ve this show
    Super funny behind the scenes!!!
  • keish121
    Great Nostalgia
    Love them so much and very relatable!!!
  • P1zz4 R4t 💯
    10/10
    Obsessed with these two.
  • Teamedward27
    Relatable, hilarious & fabulous
    Could not stop laughing through the entire first episode, it’s like Clueless but with real life problems. Love it
  • oldchipotle
    So funny and relatable!
    Love this podcast already! Sasha and Alana are so relatable. Feels like conversations I have with my own best friends. Thanks for sharing the embarrassing stories that we literally have all experienced at some point in our lives 😂 Can’t wait to hear more!
  • trer1997
    Please continue this
    Alana and Sasha are amazing and this is such a cozy podcast for me.
  • Destiny thunderfish
    Love it it's, like Judy Blume meets PT Anderson
    These two put it ALL out there, I'm equally embarrassed and enthralled for them! their stories are relatable to anyone who ever went to high school. Mazel tov!
  • YaySpiders
    Brutally Honest In The Best Way
    Love this so much! The more people are willing to air out their horror stories of adolescence, the easier it becomes for everyone going through it. Especially when the airers are killing it in adulthood to the degree that these two are. It should give hope to everyone suffering through the painful awkwardness of middle and high school. It really does get better. I was already a fan of Alana’s from HAIM and Licorice Pizza, but I’m loving Sasha too, and will definitely be checking out all that she’s been up to. Forgive me, I’m old and under a rock sometimes when it comes to current pop culture so I didn’t know her previous to this. I’m late Gen-X, so I can’t necessarily relate to all of the millenial references here, but most of the feelings and experiences are timeless and universal. Really looking forward to the upcoming episodes and guests. A minor note on content: The rating needs to be changed to Explicit. Personally, I could not possibly care less and frankly, I don’t think you can talk about these years of your life without copious swearing and details some may find TMI, but I know that there are people who will appreciate the heads up.
  • MadTown Meg
    Hilarious and relatable
    I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this duo. They made me laugh so much and I could relate to their stories. Can’t wait for more episodes!
  • SuperHeroJ
    best friends!
    i love alana and sasha i am so glad they started a podcast together!
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