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The Slippers have spoken, and Megan is setting the record straight. After a Céline Dion fan challenges her comments about René Angélil, she revisits what she said and gives credit where it's due. Then Matty and JJ revisit their Detroit Free Press Half Marathon experience, where one wanted selfies along the way and the other just wanted to cross the finish line. That leads to Denver's outrageou...

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Would you bring Dunkin’ into a job interview? Matty, Megan and JJ get into the debate over whether walking into an interview with a coffee feels confident and casual or just a little too comfortable. As people who regularly interview candidates themselves, they compare where they’d draw the line and why the person sitting across the table may be the only opinion that really matters...

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Are you the type of person who snoops in someone’s medicine cabinet, eats a few grapes before checking out at the grocery store or refuses to make two trips from the car with your bags? Matty, Megan and JJ start comparing the oddly specific habits that reveal exactly what type of person they are, from parking between the lines and checking restaurant menus ahead of time to sleeping with ...

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Celine Dion is back in the spotlight, and Matty, Megan and JJ are fully invested. They get into her return to performing, the viral moments with fans outside her Paris hotel, her experience with stiff-person syndrome and why seeing more of Celine’s personality has changed the way they look at her. Plus, apparently dresses over jeans are trying to make a comeback too.

Then things move from...

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DollyGate gets its closing statement when Melissa responds directly to Matty, Megan, JJ and the Slippers, complete with an apology, a defense of her childhood memory and a very clear ranking of which host showed her the most support. With Tammy Wynette officially replacing Dolly Parton in the memory bank, the case is declared closed.

Then it’s Detroit’s turn. Matty, Megan and JJ rec...

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DollyGate is officially open for business. After Melissa casually revealed last episode that she met Dolly Parton backstage at the Lowell Showboat as a child, Matty did what any reasonable friend would do: checked with his dad, his sister and the local newspaper archives. The receipts point somewhere very different, with Tammy Wynette emerging as the likely woman behind Melissa’s decades...

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Melissa returns for her fifth appearance as Matty, Megan and JJ take time to remember Dolly Parton, sharing the personal connections and unexpected moments that made her feel larger than music. Megan brings Eminem’s story about the handwritten note Dolly sent after their 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, Matty and JJ revisit hearing Brandi Carlile and I’m With Her perfor...

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Slipper-turned-guest Nick joins Matty, Megan and JJ at the table, first settling some unfinished business with his top fries and nuts before helping with a blind ketchup taste test featuring Heinz, Trader Joe’s and zero-sugar contenders. Then the bandana comes off and Nick’s seriously luscious long hair sends the conversation in a very different direction.

The group gets int...

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Sometimes the unexpected turn is the whole story. Matty’s first trip to The Moth in Detroit starts with a StorySLAM built around serendipity and leaves him thinking differently about storytelling, while JJ returns from his first trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula genuinely blown away by Pictured Rocks, kayaking on Lake Superior and just how far Michigan can feel from home.

The Michi...

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Airport divorce sounds dramatic, but Matty, Megan and JJ discover it may actually be one of the healthier ways for couples to travel. The idea is simple: get through airport security together, go your separate ways to do whatever makes you happy, then reunite before boarding. That leads to separate flights, vacation independence, airport flirting and whether a little time apart can make travel...

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The creatures are having a moment, and somehow the conversation gets both stranger and more educational with every animal. Matty, Megan and JJ dive into some of the wildest stories from the animal kingdom, including researchers detecting cocaine and other human-made substances in sharks, Greenland sharks that may live for centuries and the eight senses sharks use to navigate the ocean.

The conv...

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First dates can go from awkward to alarming remarkably fast. Matty, Megan and JJ unpack some of the wildest BuzzFeed dating-horror stories and identify the red flags that should send someone straight toward the exit. Matty and Megan also share their own first-date fiascos, involving a kids-menu PB&J eaten with a knife and fork, butterflies released to Céline Dion and fruit-flavored Tic Tac...

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We bounce from Detroit’s wildfire smoke haze to the internet’s loudest food and shopping takes, trying to stay practical while still laughing at the absurd parts. We also dig into two developing true crime style stories and end on the small stuff that weirdly matters, from wipes to lottery rules to where the remote disappears. 
• Detroit air quality from Canadian wildfires,...

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We sit down with Dr. Stephen Paul Edwards to unpack the seductive pull of toxic attraction, the red flags we rationalize, and how a relationship can mirror the parts of ourselves we avoid. We get real about shame, intimacy, boundaries, and why vulnerability is not weakness but a kind of power that changes how you date and heal.

Read the first three chapters of Dr. Edwards’ book, The Venus...

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We spend the holiday weekend on the Au Sable River in northern Michigan, catching up with friends, swapping how-we-met stories, and turning a missing dock chair into a full-blown mystery. We also taste-test As Ever rosé and spreads, then end with our “slip it in, pull it out” highs and lows from tubing, bugs, heat, and cabin life.
• meeting our guests and rehashing the show&rsqu...

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We’re back from New York City with Broadway ticket chaos, stage door moments, the wrong hotel, and enough travel opinions to make one Uber Shuttle question feel personal.

Then things veer into true crime updates, a rideshare moment that gets way too specific, JJ’s camera taking a tumble, World Cup confusion, surprise gratuity drama, gay sheep sponsorships, and the usual Slip It In c...

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We bring special guest, Molly on the mic and go from nut rankings to a jaw-dropping family secret that changes how she remembers her dad. From there, we unpack the surprise with Molly in a way that is funny, thoughtful, and full of respect for the complicated stories families sometimes carry.
• meeting Molly and talking through The Moth storytelling format
• learning her dad sold weed an...

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We bounce from Pride Month plans and pop culture to the beauty choices we make when a photo will follow us for the next 12 years. We weigh viral skincare hype against real evidence, then land on a practical PSA about safer sex tools that should be easier for everyone to access.

• listener tip on Puerto Rico sangria pouches and why some products are a hard no
• New York City trip pla...

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We jump from Pride Month chaos to a CNN moment that feels tailor-made for us when Andy Cohen surprises Anderson Cooper and the conversation somehow circles back to our infamous “favorite nuts” question. Along the way we obsess over a July 3 Times Square ball drop, Madonna’s Grindr-powered pop-up, a surprisingly deep would-you-rather, and the everyday drama of products, paymen...