This Morning: Are You Sick or Is It Allergies?

Today’s episode is a bit of a catch-up after a few days of travel and being sick — which raises the annual question: is it allergies… or is it a cold?We also officially introduced two new personalities that seem to have emerged recently: off-season beach girl and horse girl, which honestly feel related but not identical.We celebrated a listener’s new job through a voice note (one of my favorite kinds of updates to get), and talked about what it’s like navigating the first family vacation in a long time — including strategies people actually use to survive them. One suggestion on the table: edibles.We also checked in on the very important local situation here in Cincinnati: the gas prices. Because at some point that becomes everyone’s personality for a week.And we ended the morning with something unexpectedly interesting — how many words a day we actually say out loud, and why that number might matter more than we think.In this episode:allergies vs. a cold (the seasonal mystery)the arrival of off-season equestrian girl and horse girla listener’s new-job celebration via voice notesurviving your first family vacation in a whileCincinnati gas price energyand how many words you’re speaking each day — and why it mattersThis Morning, with Tiff Potter is short daily companion audio — rooted in Cincinnati, made for wherever you are.If you want company, press play.