Save It For TLB

Most sponsor reads are scripted weeks in advance. This one happened live, by accident. Rob dropped the words "Tender Loving Baskets," and RJ spit-took hard enough to land it on the board. That's the whole origin: a fake sponsor, born live, immediately promoted to the show's ongoing bit.But first, the warmest cold open we've had — RJ's psychiatrist heard the podcast. Not this one. The other one. Which raises the deeply strange feeling of being someone's content, playing through the speakers in their car, while they also know you in real life. From there it's the real story behind Tender Loving Baskets: Mom and Mike's actual family side hustle making personalized (bespoke, if you ask RJ, repeatedly) gift baskets, and RJ's pitch that it should come back purely so the show can run ad spots for it. Then it gets away from them entirely — a domain check turns into breaking news mid-recording, the noir ad concepts start writing themselves, and a wicker roots movement is born.In this episode:A psychiatrist as the first listener who knows us in real life, and the vertigo of being "content"The spit take heard round the board — Tender Loving Baskets is officially a sponsor nowThe true story of TLB, the family basket business, and the eternal "bespoke" argumentWhat a host-read ad sounds like when it's also a bitChecking a domain live and calling it strategySteaks, puppies, and a basket: the ads really do write themselvesEmail us at [email protected] check out our website at https://www.setcenter.liveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/setcenterliveYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@setcenterliveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/setcenterlive