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      <title>Opening up with Margie B, take 2 — &quot;Life After Death&quot;</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:05:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>@MargieAponte2</dc:creator>
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      <description>Margie's grief-themed edition of her &quot;Opening up&quot; series: she walked through losing her dad, her mom, and her brother, her own heart condition.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-take-2-life-after-death/card.png" alt="Opening up with Margie B take 2 🎬 “life after death “" width="1200" height="675"></p><p>Opening up with Margie B take 2 🎬 “life after death “, hosted by @MargieAponte2, Sep 16, 2026.</p><ul><li>Margie's grief-themed edition of her &quot;Opening up&quot; series: she walked through losing her dad, her mom, and her brother, her own heart condition, and the night she called a suicide hotline just to have someone to talk to–.</li><li>Money Miller filled in as co-host on no notice, DJ'd the whole night with his own original tracks, and opened the pre-show with an update on AccessPrism, the rights/provenance platform he just shipped after a year of building.</li><li>Money Miller opened up about cutting off a lifelong toxic relationship with his mother — and the collateral cost of losing access to his father; Margie answered with her own mother's silence and the &quot;I love you&quot; that came two days before she passed.</li><li>The emotional center of the room: a speaker (likely BeeCuzFuture) played his song &quot;Pamela Twice&quot; and then told the story behind it — the friend he lost in 2015, ten years of depression, and the second Pamela who showed up with a Bible the day after he prayed–.</li><li>The back half flipped the mood: an uplifting track, then Margie's animal-heavy trivia round, where the immortal jellyfish, the half-hour-sleeping giraffe, and vultures' personal cooling system did a lot of comedic work–.</li></ul><p><a href="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-take-2-life-after-death/">Read the full recap, every speaker credited</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Opening Up With Margie B — Episode 7: &quot;We Are Done Second Guessing&quot;</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:59:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>@MargieAponte2</dc:creator>
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      <description>Margie devoted the episode to a raw, personal update: recent scans found masses in her head, a possible tumor she still has to confirm with a PET scan.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/episode-7-we-are-done-second-guessing/card.png" alt="OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B - EPISODE 7 “WE ARE DONE SECOND GUESSING”" width="1200" height="675"></p><p>OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B - EPISODE 7 “WE ARE DONE SECOND GUESSING”, hosted by @MargieAponte2, Aug 19, 2026.</p><ul><li>Margie devoted the episode to a raw, personal update: recent scans found masses in her head, a possible tumor she still has to confirm with a PET scan, and a maddening insurance-and-scheduling runaround on top of a brutal chemo history.</li><li>Her throughline: stop second-guessing yourself, take medical prognoses with a grain of salt, own your mistakes, and live in the present instead of relitigating the past.</li><li>UNCLE CORVUS (from Uruguay, raised in Australia) anchored the back half with talk of faith over fear, &quot;mindsight,&quot; and the fear he inherited from immigrant parents — and paused to throw flowers at Margie for the sunshine she brings.</li><li>Lots of warmth and banter: a comma-that-could-kill-a-man grammar lesson, a &quot;hairpiece vs. accent&quot; mix-up, and a legendary tale of committing chimichurri treason with Greek yogurt.</li><li>Next week's Episode 8 will be a full roast/tribute to community regular Guccione and his notorious food posts.</li><li>The room closed on gratitude, a couple of send-off songs, and Corvus's blunt Aussie benediction.</li></ul><p><a href="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/episode-7-we-are-done-second-guessing/">Read the full recap, every speaker credited</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B, Ep. 6 — &quot;Gut Warning or Bubble Guts 😩&quot;</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:59:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>@MargieAponte2</dc:creator>
      <category>Wellness</category>
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      <description>Episode 6 of Margie's late-night comfort Space, this week themed around &quot;gut warning&quot; (intuition / bad feeling) vs. &quot;bubble guts&quot;.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-episode-6-gut-warning-or-bubble/card.png" alt="OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B EPISODE 6 “GUT WARNING OR BUBBLE GUTS 😩”" width="1200" height="675"></p><p>OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B EPISODE 6 “GUT WARNING OR BUBBLE GUTS 😩”, hosted by @MargieAponte2, Aug 12, 2026.</p><ul><li>Episode 6 of Margie's late-night comfort Space, this week themed around &quot;gut warning&quot; (intuition / bad feeling) vs. &quot;bubble guts&quot; (the digestive emergency kind).</li><li>Woof (@WoofArmyXX) opened with the show's theme song and two deep-cut deep-cuts — a Zara Larson track and an unforgettable novelty song literally titled &quot;Bubble Guts.&quot;</li><li>A long, freewheeling trivia round (ETA, gunpowder, koala fingerprints, Scotland's unicorn, honey never spoiling) with Woof, Guccione, Meow, Ryan and Uncle Corvus racing to answer.</li><li>A genuinely informative back half on gut health: the enteric nervous system as the &quot;second brain,&quot; 10 signs of an unhealthy gut, and probiotics — with Guccione and Uncle Corvus adding real detail on kimchi and fermented cabbage resetting gut bacteria.</li><li>The running gag of the night: Margie says &quot;paper toilet&quot;; the room finally, gently confirms it's &quot;toilet paper.&quot;</li><li>Closed on the Dutch song &quot;Roller Coaster&quot; and a heartfelt note about not losing sight of your dreams.</li></ul><p><a href="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-episode-6-gut-warning-or-bubble/">Read the full recap, every speaker credited</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B — Episode 5: &quot;Lies Don't Fly&quot;</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>@MargieAponte2</dc:creator>
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      <description>A relaxed midweek &quot;opening up&quot; session themed on lying — why people do it, how fast rumors travel, and where the line sits between a kind white lie.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-episode-5-lies-dont-fly/card.png" alt="OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B          EPISODE 5 “LIES DONT FLY”" width="1200" height="675"></p><p>OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B          EPISODE 5 “LIES DONT FLY”, hosted by @MargieAponte2, Aug 5, 2026.</p><ul><li>A relaxed midweek &quot;opening up&quot; session themed on lying — why people do it, how fast rumors travel, and where the line sits between a kind white lie and a red-flag one.</li><li>Lyss (likely @Lysss302) shared a real story about a friend who lied about paying a tab and tipping $100, and how that one lie soured her trust.</li><li>Margie ran a 10-question trivia round on lying statistics (frequency, resumes, dating, teenagers), with Ryan and Woof (@WoofArmyXX) trading guesses.</li><li>Long, warm tangents about grandmothers' food, sneaking cereal into the trash, spaghetti thrown out a window, and teenage liquor-cabinet crimes.</li><li>A running bit about Woof owing his wife (&quot;meow&quot;) candy and Pringles after Taco Tuesday, plus a laundry-sorting debate that surfaced the word &quot;gutchies.&quot;</li><li>Closed with Morgan Wallen's &quot;Thought You Should Know&quot; and a sign-off to meet at &quot;the Clerb&quot; with the Ninja Cats at 10pm EST.</li></ul><p><a href="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-episode-5-lies-dont-fly/">Read the full recap, every speaker credited</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B 🗣️ Episode 4 — &quot;Headaches or Body Aches???&quot;</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:59:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>@MargieAponte2</dc:creator>
      <category>Wellness</category>
      <category>Community</category>
      <category>Personal Development</category>
      <description>Margie B ran her wellness-trivia format solo-ish with co-host Ryan (@RyanJ8812) and guest Sufz.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-episode-4-headaches-or-body-aches/card.png" alt="OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B 🗣️ EPISODE 4 “HEADACHES OR BODY ACHES ???" width="1200" height="675"></p><p>OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B 🗣️ EPISODE 4 “HEADACHES OR BODY ACHES ???, hosted by @MargieAponte2, Jul 29, 2026.</p><ul><li>Margie B ran her wellness-trivia format solo-ish with co-host Ryan (@RyanJ8812) and guest Sufz (@Sufz3_), quizzing the room on foods, dopamine, and the science of aches and pains.</li><li>The running gag all night: the Space had &quot;50–80&quot; invisible listeners — Shaniqua, Shanene, Claudette, Paige, Brenda, the Italian friends, Liz — none of whom you could see, all of whom Margie spoke for.</li><li>Actual takeaways covered: five foods seniors should eat, what lowers/raises dopamine, brain-food nuts, and stress + poor sleep as the real driver of body aches.</li><li>Ryan shared real injury history (car-accident whiplash, getting run over by an excavator at work) and his own dubious home remedies (a bar of soap on a muscle cramp).</li><li>The back half drifted into a long, warm food tangent — pizza-slice geometry, Olive Garden breadsticks, ketchup on white rice, and a teenage McDonald's &quot;steal-it-then-return-it&quot; betting game.</li><li>No decisions, no announcements — this was pure community hang and comedy in Margie's own register.</li></ul><p><a href="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-episode-4-headaches-or-body-aches/">Read the full recap, every speaker credited</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B EP.3 — &quot;Stand Up and Deliver&quot;</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>@MargieAponte2</dc:creator>
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      <description>Episode 3 of Margie B's cozy late-night check-in series, themed &quot;Stand Up and Deliver&quot; — speak your truth and know your worth.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-ep-3-stand-up-and-deliver/card.png" alt="OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B EP.3  “STAND UP AND DELIVER “" width="1200" height="675"></p><p>OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B EP.3  “STAND UP AND DELIVER “, hosted by @MargieAponte2, Jul 22, 2026.</p><ul><li>Episode 3 of Margie B's cozy late-night check-in series, themed &quot;Stand Up and Deliver&quot; — speak your truth and know your worth. The format: a round-robin of icebreaker questions answered by the regulars.</li><li>Woof debuted a custom Suno-made opening song, &quot;Open It Up With Margie B,&quot; which played in full and clearly moved the room.</li><li>Meow's hand-painted sneaker business is booked out roughly five-to-seven weeks — the proud-partner update that opened the night.</li><li>Mari announced her birthday is tomorrow (she's celebrating early anyway, electricity permitting from Cuba).</li><li>The questions were real (regrets, loyalty, what drains you), but the night ran on affectionate banter: candy shortages, a marathon debate about fish and where they can and cannot swim, and a Statue-of-Liberty rescue plan.</li></ul><p><a href="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-ep-3-stand-up-and-deliver/">Read the full recap, every speaker credited</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Opening Up With Margie B, Ep. 2 — &quot;Do You Feel Heard 👂&quot;</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>@MargieAponte2</dc:creator>
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      <description>The second installment of Margie's &quot;Opening Up&quot; series turned &quot;Do you feel heard?&quot; into a warm, wandering conversation about active listening, respect.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-ep2-do-you-feel-heard/card.png" alt="OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B EP2. “ DO YOU FEEL HEARD 👂”" width="1200" height="675"></p><p>OPENING UP WITH MARGIE B EP2. “ DO YOU FEEL HEARD 👂”, hosted by @MargieAponte2, Jul 15, 2026.</p><ul><li>The second installment of Margie's &quot;Opening Up&quot; series turned &quot;Do you feel heard?&quot; into a warm, wandering conversation about active listening, respect, and mourning at your own pace.</li><li>Lyss (@Lysss302) noted that, by coincidence, her subscriber post for that evening was about active listening — the room and her post had &quot;aligned&quot; on the same theme.</li><li>Recurring gripe of the night: people who steal space titles, topics, and even guest speakers without a shout-out. Margie promised she'll always call it out; Lyss said she's made peace with people picking up her &quot;crumbs&quot;,.</li><li>Walt (@WaltDisneyIF) closed with the standout line of the night: if someone pops into your head, call them — there's probably a reason.</li><li>Running weather bit: Margie insisted it would be &quot;172&quot; tomorrow (air quality index, not temperature), which Wealthy — DoorDashing in Texas — refused to be impressed by,.</li><li>Lyss DJ'd the outro with Sonny Fodera's &quot;Mind Still,&quot; picked by Walt.</li></ul><p><a href="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-ep2-do-you-feel-heard/">Read the full recap, every speaker credited</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Opening Up With Margie B — &quot;Let's Talk About You And Me&quot;</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:01:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>@MargieAponte2</dc:creator>
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      <description>Margie B launched a new weekly series — &quot;Opening Up With Margie B&quot; — pivoting from her usual spicy Taco Tuesday persona to a raw.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-lets-talk-about-you-and-me/card.png" alt="Opening Up With Margie B  “LETS TALK ABOUT YOU AND ME”" width="1200" height="675"></p><p>Opening Up With Margie B  “LETS TALK ABOUT YOU AND ME”, hosted by @MargieAponte2, Jul 8, 2026.</p><ul><li>Margie B launched a new weekly series — &quot;Opening Up With Margie B&quot; — pivoting from her usual spicy Taco Tuesday persona to a raw, heartfelt space about mental health, grief, and self-worth.</li><li>The night opened with a custom song written for her by &quot;Woofy,&quot; played by Astro (@astroquirk_); it moved Margie to tears and became the show's theme going forward.</li><li>The core message: nobody is exempt from sadness, don't be ashamed of your past, and an act of kindness — even a smile or a &quot;good morning&quot; — can change someone's day.</li><li>Margie shared her own darkest chapter, including losing her whole family and once calling a suicide hotline just to have someone to talk to.</li><li>Guests Astro, Röcky, and Grizzly each added their own reflections on silence, self-judgment, jealousy, and how past struggles forged who they are.</li><li>Closes with a recurring format: Ryan reads out the room, Margie riffs her own theme-song outro, and it becomes a weekly Wednesday fixture.</li></ul><p><a href="https://recapspaces.com/margieaponte2/opening-up-with-margie-b-lets-talk-about-you-and-me/">Read the full recap, every speaker credited</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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