The Secret Life of Twins

Herein we continue our twin-related conversation.

Included in this podcast is the beginning of the Nurture versus Nature discussion, a re-broadcast of the NPR interview with separated-at-birth twins Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein who wrote the book Identical Strangers, our comments about their experience (however valid those are) and how genetics could maybe possibly play a role. More on all of this next time.

Included in this podcast is quick a recap of Cassi's Houston visit, what our mom says about weight loss, a new study that shows that identical twins don't have identical DNA, and jealousy discussions.

Included in this podcast is how close we were to being conjoined twins, Abby and Brittany Hansel turn 16, we test Cassi's twin knowledge, "Secret Life of Twins" the film?, and whether or not to keep twins in the same class at school.

Included in this podcast is a discussion of the twin race to hit certain milestones, and we answer 3 listener questions: Ryan asks about how to tell us apart, Sharon asks if we had a twin language as children, and Lorine asks about what bugs us most about being twins. And boy do we answer all of these questions, and then some.

Herein we continue our twin-related conversation.

Included in this podcast is how the Spiderwick Chronicles treats twinhood, using each other as a make-over mirror, YouTube videos featuring twins (see previous post), genetic influences in politics (see next post) more discussion about telling fraternal twins apart from identical twins, and we answer listener Lorineâ??s question about the bossy one. Crissiâ??s random distraction recommendation: None. Admit it, you donâ??t miss it.

Included in this podcast is an update on the Utah-based flu epidemic, a Valentineâ??s Day fondue party to come, a review of Strange Wilderness (hint: itâ??s not 5 stars), the twin baby boom - especially in Hollywood, and we answer listener Sharonâ??s question about twins as alter egos. Crissiâ??s random distraction recommendation: Shockwave and BigFishGames.

Included in this podcast is a discussion of recent twin "news", a tangent about twin studies, Academy Award Nominations, an update on the WGA strike, a mini-review of "Sweeney Todd" and the realization of twinhood . Crissi's random distraction recommendation: Dogster and Catster.

Included in this podcast is the depressing discussion of Heath Ledgerâ??s passing, hippies always win, Cloverfield is a recommendation for those who like disaster or monster movies and twin memory switching. Crissiâ??s random distraction recommendation: Bookcrossing.com, Bookmooch.com, and Paperbookswap.com. Again, we had a few recording issues, and there is some garbled audio. We genuinely apologize.

Included in this podcast is a celebration of The Mole's return, stories of long-lost and forgotten friends, a limited Amazing Race update (Cassi still hasn't watched the latest installment), cruisin' with college buddies, and identical twin place-switching. Crissi's random distraction recommendation: the StumbleUpon toolbar. This was another last-ditch technological effort. Sorry again for the poor quality.

Included in this episode is an Amazing Race view mishap, the Golden Globes/WGA issue, Crissi's future chocolatier career, who's the 'evil one', and Cassi's lecture on asking twins to compare themselves. Oh Lord, the technical issues we had tonight! Crissi's random distraction recommendation: Tastespotting.com.

Included in this podcast is a sister update of New Year's events, Amazing Race's Vyxen loses an eyebrow, Crissi's first day of work, and do twins have ESP? Also, Crissi has a new mic that makes her sound kind of annoying. Sorry. Crissi's random distraction recommendation of the week: YouTube's MsRoyalT and her uploads of international reality tv.

ncluded in this podcast is a recap of the Survivor finale, facial hair waxing discussion, recording war stories, and do twins skip a generation? Also, Survivor Courtneyâ??s model pictures (select Courtney Yates) and Survivor Deniseâ??s little misunderstanding. Crissiâ??s random distraction recommendation of the week: ESP Game, Peekaboom and Phetch.

Included in this podcast is a family dynamics discussion, Cassi's old-person-relatability, the materialism of Christmas, the best model always gets 2nd place, we're behind the Survivor 8-ball, don't give twins the same gifts and bring your own wine to Ruth's Chris.