Episode Summary
Meet Lis and Lisa - two mid-40s single mums who've suddenly realised they can't even put oil in their cars, let alone survive the apocalypse. After spending years building successful online businesses, they're now staring down a rapidly changing world wondering: "If shit hits the fan, would we be okay?"

Spoiler alert: Probably not. But they're gonna have fun figuring it out.

This is the origin story of two friends who decided to stop doom-scrolling and start skill-building. From their WhatsApp chat obsessing over property listings with gold in the river to actually learning how to use a drill - welcome to survival with snacks and self-reliance with sarcasm.

Key Points Discussed
🌍 Why We're All On The Verge

• Climate change, AI, economic instability, the patriarchy - it's all heading toward... something
• Traditional advice (uni → job → mortgage) doesn't make sense anymore
• Even the EU is telling citizens to prep for 3-day power outages

💡 The Great Skills Gap Crisis

• Two resourceful women who've survived divorce but can't change a lightbulb
• When did we stop learning basic life skills and start replacing everything instead of fixing it?
• The embarrassment of asking "stupid" questions (spoiler: we're not embarrassed)

🏡 From Rat Race Philosophy to Reality Check

• 13 years of friendship built on questioning "how should we actually live?"
• The suburban trap: two cars, two dogs, mortgage payments, and falling-down fences
• Dreams of communes vs reality of school lunches and mammogram bookings

🎯 The Verge Mission

• Teaching our teenagers to navigate an uncertain future
• Back-to-basics empowerment for the modern woman
• Community over bunkers (we can't afford bunkers anyway)

📱 Why Now?

• Technology disrupting every industry at unprecedented pace
• Financial advisors who don't factor in crypto (what's the point?)
• The choice: let change destabilise us or "get to fucking work"

What's Coming Next

• Current status updates (spoiler: many skill gaps, maximum enthusiasm)
• Project reports from the field
• Challenges set by fellow Vergens
• Bush tucker foraging adventures
• Lisa's elaborate contraption builds
• Lis's camping survival experiments

Links & References

🌐 Website: theverge.life 📱 Instagram: @thevergelife 🎧 More Episodes: Coming soon to all podcast platforms

Community Corner
Hey Vergens! 👋

Want to set us challenges? Got survival skills to share? Know how to Google translate IKEA instructions? Hit us up!

• Challenge Lis on her next camping trip
• Dare Lisa to build something unnecessarily complicated
• Share your own "I can't believe I don't know how to..." moments

Remember: We're making up for our significant skills gap with pure enthusiasm. You've been warned.

This is survival with snacks ✳ Self-reliance with sarcasm ✤ And a friendship that's built for the long haul ✦

P.S. Yes, we know "verge" means penis in French. We're transparent like that. 🤷‍♀️