bestie approved

What's the last song you listened to?! Get the bestie approved playlist here: https://travisandemma.kit.com/playlist

This week, Travis and Emma are taking on the most chaotic corners of the internet.

In this episode:

• Travis discovers the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest exists
• The angel and devil of hot dog culture
• Only Franks deserves the world
• Joey Chestnut’s alleged slap era
• James Charles vs. Amber Vargas
• Why influencers ...

It’s our one-year anniversary episode and we’re celebrating by spiraling through family discoveries, conspiracy TikTok, Hello Kitty identity politics, Reddit moderator tyranny, reality tv chaos, and the end of a deeply unwell trip to Vegas with the women of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.

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0:00:12 what’s the last song you listened to?

0:01:44 looking back on one year of bestie approved.

0:06:32 Travis...

This week, Travis and Emma are unpacking politics, Needohs, moms hiding in closets, and a wild reality roundup. Nothing is off limits this week, so hang out with us while we go on this wild ride.

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0:00:12 last songs we listened to

0:01:00 Emma's hiding in the closet

0:03:34 Bryon Noem's lovely big tits

0:11:36 Nēdos

0:16:16 Heidi healing her inner child

0:23:07 complaining

0:34:30 reality roundup

0:34:46 new rules on RHOSLC

0:39:51...

We got to hang out with our premiere besties, Scott and Geoff, twice in one week (what an honor and a privilege) to unpack another season premiere. This time we covered the season 17 premiere of The Real Housewives of Atlanta and we had an absolute time!

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• check out the bestie approved website: bestieapproved.com
• all of our social media: bestie approved Linktree
• email us: hello@bestieapproved.com

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We got to hang out with our premiere besties to unpack the series premiere of the Real Housewives of Rhode Island!

Connect with us

• check out the bestie approved website: bestieapproved.com
• all of our social media: bestie approved Linktree
• email us: hello@bestieapproved.com

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• website: Husbands Watching Housewives
• Apple Podcasts: Husbands Watching Housewives
• TikTok: @husb...

THE BESTIES ARE BACK TOGETHER!! 🎉🎙️ Emma’s back for her first episode after her maternity break with baby Auggie, and the chaos picked up right where we left off.

This week, Emma shares a little bit about how round two of having newborn is going for her. 👍🏽 good news: Auggie is sleeping through the night. 🥱 bad news: Emma is choosing to do her dishes instead of napping.

Travis unpacks living through his worst fears when h...

This week, Travis is hanging out with Ann and Marie from Shaded Reality for a reality roundup crossover that covers everything from Bravo obsessions to The Traitors chaos to the messy world of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

The sisters from Shaded Reality share how their podcast came to life, what shows they love covering, and why reality TV continues to pull them in. From there, the conversation turns into a rapid-fire mix of Housew...

We love a chaotic catch-up and a Bravo deep dive. This week, we get into our 2025 Apple Music Replays and YouTube recaps, spiral about ads, consumerism, and the absolute chokehold TikTok Shop has on us before we unpack some uncouth Facebook Marketplace behavior. Then we close it out with a full reality roundup about Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 1, Episode 10: “In Hot Water.”

in this episode:

• YouTube Recap ...

This week, Travis is hanging out with his new podcast friend, Wade, for a chaotic, hilarious, and unexpectedly heartfelt journey that covers reckless walkers from New York to Indy, rapid-fire hypotheticals, and Wade’s real story about coming out while navigating a closeted relationship and what he learned about love, boundaries, and healing.

🚨 content note: This episode includes discussion of coming out, closeted relationship...

Mama, let’s research wind and find out where it comes from! bestie approved became a science podcast this week and we healed from the trauma of wind being one of the things we simply don’t understand. Travis is hanging out with his podcast friend and science bestie, Dr. Jeff Zurek, to help us finally get to the bottom of this mystery.

Then we said mama, let’s research some more and unpacked how wind is related to c...

Travis is hanging out with his cousin, Taylor, again this week for more tales from the hell that is being a teacher in 2025 and a full reality roundup where we unpack Taylor’s first experience with the Real Housewives ever!

this week, we get into:

• Taylor looking for deeper meaning literally anywhere and everywhere
• Taylor’s leadership experience in the most unlikely organization
• updates from this week in teaching
• Travis&r...

This week, Travis is hanging out with Amy Dickens to talk about why adults desperately need more play, more aliveness, and more FUN. We dig into burnout, healing, nervous system regulation, and the tiny habits that can change everything. Grab your copy of Amy’s book, 101 Ways to Spread Joy, and let’s get to work and spread some joy!

connect with Amy

• Click here to order your copy of 101 Ways to Spread Joy!
• Instagram, Ti...

Emma is officially on baby-watch, so Travis’ cousin Taylor jumps in for a collab episode that turns into a chaotic-but-wholesome catch-up: current hyperfixations, teacher life in 2025, AI in the classroom, and a group rant about men…in public spaces.

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• W...

This week, Emma shares a pregnancy update, Travis tries to take down a pyramid scheme on TikTok Live, and they both spiral over seed oils. For reality roundup, we get into a full breakdown of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 1, Episode 8 (Hot Tub Confessions).

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Happy Jen Shah Prison Release Day to all those who celebrate! Emma’s having an amazing time with her perfect baby. This week, Travis is hanging out with comedian, podcast host, and pop culture connoisseur, Jolenta Greenberg.

In honor of Jen Shah’s prison sentence ending early, Travis and Jolenta are taking it back to where this journey started and unpacking one of the most iconic two-part episodes of The Real Housewives...

REALITY ROUNDUP WITH OUR PODCAST FRIENDS!

Travis is hanging out with the bestie approved returning champions, Scott and Geoff from Husbands Watching Housewives, to unpack the season 15 premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills!

Share bestie approved with your messiest friend. Rate and review the show wherever you listen to podcasts. We love you! ❤️

This is also our first attempt at a video episode! Check it out on YouTube!

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🚨 A quick heads up: This week’s episode is way more political than usual. 🚨

Emma literally just had her baby and she’s home hanging out with that perfect little baby angel. 🥹👶🏼 Travis is trying to navigate the world without Emma while she’s on her maternity break, so he’s hanging out with two of his new podcast friends, David and Lisa Beckemeyer, from This Week in Outrage. We dive into why everything fee...

Sorry it’s been a chaotic couple weeks for us and we took an accidental break from the show! This week we get into a Mandela Effect from Travis’s middle school years (the Beyonce remix of In Da Club), we also lean into being an AI-first podcast (spiraling over AI psychosis and AI in general), and Travis makes a pitch for the besties to be bartenders on Watch What Happens Live. For reality roundup, Travis and Emma unpack...