The Laundry Basket Podcast

A ramble episode talking about a few frustrating situations like Salima's plumbing problems and dealing with period hormones and mood swings. Rita provides a little tip to save brain-energy during the day , and the episode goes on discussing all kinds of random life circumstances.

Salima Benkhalti created the food blog Salima's Kitchen 7 years ago. In 2024, she is proud to be approaching her goal of making a 6 figures' income thanks to the traffic on her page. In this interview, she shares her insights and her experience. We discuss branding, timelines, web traffic numbers, Google algorithm changes, cookies, ads, and more. Visit Salima's Kitch

Salima and Rita discuss: traveling to London and Anguila, hostile architecture, buying things on impulse to solve your problems, behaviours that are specific to immigrant parents, what their cult personalities could be, and a few more things.

Salima reads out stories of the readit thread Am I the Asshole and an evident pattern of misogynistic behaviours start to come to light.

Rita and Salima try to identify if coffee withdrawal is real. Boy mom trends online are concerning. Men have historically been violent towards women, maybe lesbians are making the smarter choice. Rita brings up current fashion trends that would have never been accepted 10 years ago and ancestors joining her Italian class.

Rita and Salima share their "friendship romances" while discussing different aspects of friendship and share how they are keeping up with their friends in adulthood.

Salima and Rita go through random topics such as debating mental health vs productivity, ongoing anger at the Palestinian genocide, and being grateful for wearing running shoes with any outfit.

Rita gives a brief history of Carnival and shares her experience at participating in the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.

Your neighbours' front yard decoration can reveal if they are swingers. Also, would you use a private jet if you were Taylor Swift kind of famous? A few frustrating thoughts on microchips being more important than world hunger.

Rita and Salima discuss the importance of giving and receiving gifts. What type of gift giver are you?