S1 Ep17: Black Friday Horror Stories 😳 | Thanksgiving Chaos, Stampedes & Sales Gone Feral

In Episode 17 of the Only OliviasWorld95 Podcast, Olivia is cozied up in flannel pajama bottoms, fresh-faced with just brows and lashes, drinking her 2 PM survival coffee, and embracing full “luteal phase exhaustion.” It’s American Thanksgiving (even though she’s in Canada), and today we’re diving straight into the wild, unhinged, darkly hilarious world of Black Friday horror stories. Before the chaos begins, Olivia talks cozy vibes, why she’s refusing to glam up during Mercury retrograde, and her foodie fantasies—from stuffing and honey glazed carrots to why baked mac and cheese in the South deserves its own award show. She also shares her dream Thanksgiving meal (including a no-bones turkey log because carcasses are a hard no). Then we enter the trenches: the Walmart stampede tragedy, the pepper spray Xbox bandit, a Kohl’s tasering in a parking lot, a Target towel riot, and the legendary Best Buy TV wrestling match. Olivia breaks each one down with equal parts shock, humor, and existential dread, asking the real questions: Why do people turn feral over a $30 toaster? Is capitalism rotting our brains? Why do doorcrasher deals even exist when people literally… break the doors? And would anything make her leave her house for a Black Friday sale? (Spoiler: maybe a $40 bottle of her favourite fragrance.) She also gives a mini-review of the Wicked: For Good movie premiere she attended at the Shangri-La Hotel — the glam, the drama, the online discourse, and why Cynthia Erivo is ready to throw hands for Ariana Grande at any moment. Plus: a rant about Hollywood going frighteningly thin and why she refuses to body-shame anyone while still acknowledging the obvious. For the first time ever, Olivia introduces a Hot Take of the Week: Toronto’s speed cameras have been taken down… and she’s thrilled. She explains why they accidentally caused worse congestion, why people drive like slow motion NPCs when they see them, and how a city already drowning in gridlock did not need this added chaos. We wrap up with a listener question from Jessica: What’s Olivia’s favourite cocktail? Cue an ode to Caesars (pickle juice, celery salt, Worcestershire, the whole chaotic Canadian thing) and a passionate side rant about Peach Bellinis. This episode is cozy, spicy, chaotic, slightly unhinged, and honestly… way too relatable. Grab a plate, avoid the malls, light your candle, and settle in — because Black Friday has never sounded so dangerous and hilarious. 📩 Send your stories & questions → [email protected] ✨ New episodes every Thursday! ✨