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This is a wild time to be alive and sometimes you just need to hang out with your best friends to remind you that everything is going to be okay. Travis and Emma are two former finance bros and best friends who have a lot of opinions. Kick back and hang out with your new besties each week as they navigate grad school and motherhood, unpack their feelings about the Real Housewives and other Bravolebrities, spiral and scream into the political void, complain about anything and everything, and figure out life one unhinged conversation at a time. Come for the tea, stay for the friendship. From Indy to wherever you listen to podcasts, we love you!
Episodes
We're back with our returning champions and premiere besties, Scott & Geoff from Husbands Watching Housewives to unpack the season 20 premiere of The Real Housewives of Orange County (20 YEARS OF HOUSEWIVES)! Admittedly, this wasn't our favorite episode of Housewives, but we managed to put 9 lemons in a bowl and turn these oranges into orange juice by the end of the episode.
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The Real Housewives of Rhode Island delivered one of the strongest first seasons in Housewives history and the second half of the reunion gave us enough receipts, questionable timelines, and terrible husband behavior to keep us talking long after the Dirty Shirleys were poured.
Our returning champion, Chantel, is back with her best friend Andreas to unpack it all.
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⚠️ Trigger warning: this episode includes a discussion regarding Carole Radziwill and her connection to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislene Maxwell.
Travis and Emma are hanging out with Lauren from the Conspireality podcast for a Bravo breakdown that starts with conspiracy theories, detours through old-school RHONY chaos, and a deep dive into part one of the ...
We just wrapped up the best first season of Real Housewives that Bravo has ever produced. This week, Travis and Emma are joined by a very special guest- Bravo content creator and Karen Huger’s NUMBER ONE supporter, Chantel (@purplepandapants), to dive deep into the The Real Housewives of Rhode Island season 1 finale (The Ferry-Tale is Over)!
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0:05:01 Chantel's approach to watching Bravo.
0:07:18 why we love RHORI.
0:10:...
Travis and Emma are joined by Kam (aka gay4bravo) for a very special reality roundup all about The Real Housewives of Rhode Island season 1 episode 8 (Splitting Hairs). Listen if you love a cracker, slam pigs, and Bravo!
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0:00:12 introductions & last songs
0:04:27 a...
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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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We got to hang out with our premiere besties to unpack the series premiere of the Real Housewives of Rhode Island!
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The premiere besties are back again for the season 17 premiere of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and we’re livestreaming this one!
Hang out with us on YouTube, Instagram Live, Twitch, or Kick. Ask questions. Turn Travis talking about his love of Atlanta into a drinking game.
Click here to learn more! We can’t wait to see you Monday, April 6, at 8pm ET/5PM CT!
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!
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- Click here to order your copy of 101 Ways to Spread Joy!
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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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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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