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Legally Friends
by Legally Friends
Legally Friends is the weekly podcast where brother-in-law Zach and sisters-in-law Emily and Amy get real about what it's actually like to be family by law. From family vacations and sibling rivalries to celebrity drama, no topic is off limits. Each episode features "Judge & Jury" where they give verdicts on your wildest in-law dilemmas. It's funny, honest, and surprisingly relatable. New episodes weekly.Reach us at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram @legallyfriendspodcast
Episodes
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A $218,000 Christmas Wish?!
Amy bought a truck. Then she looked up a tractor for her Christmas list and found a $218,000 price. Zach’s alternative involves a rake. Zach and Amy get into gift links versus surprises, watching a show without your partner, and the surprisingly complicated question of picturing an apple. Plus…
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Your Secret Is Safe With Me… and My Sisters
“Don’t tell anybody” apparently has a sisters exception. Zach and Amy open Friendly Court with a question that could get both of them in trouble: does telling your spouse a secret still count as keeping it? Amy would like to extend that protection to all of her sisters. Zach has questions. Also…
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Costco Beef & a $15,000 Family Favor
A generous kitchen gift. Eighteen Thanksgiving guests. And a mother-in-law who wants to choose the menu.In this week's Judge & Jury case, a couple accepts $15,000 toward their kitchen without discussing any strings. Now the mother-in-law wants to host Thanksgiving at their house. Does a big gift...
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Fake NFL Players & a Gender Reveal Gone Wrong
He says he plays for the 49ers. He says he can grow your money faster. Zach and Amy have questions. This week, we're unpacking the viral fake-NFL-player story, catching up on Amy's horse obsession and the Dallas move, and taking a gender reveal disaster to Judge & Jury. A husband tells the family...
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Horsey Lesson Live Stream: Amy Gives Zach a Lesson & Spills Her Date Details
Barrel racer Amy gives Zach his first real riding lesson on DOC, her giant and easily spooked horse. He breaks his tailbone on the first trot, she rates her mountain horseback date a 10/10, and they take a $1,000 family vacation-home dispute to Judge & Jury. Plus: meet Fabby, the question box…
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Pay $1,200 or You're Out of My Wedding Party
Pay $1,200 or you're out of the wedding party. That's the ultimatum a bride handed her six bridesmaids for a Cabo bachelorette trip: flights, four nights, a villa split. Her fiancé's sister said she couldn't swing it and offered to celebrate at a dinner instead. The bride cut her from the wedding...
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What Your Husband Actually Means When He Texts "I Don't Care"
Amy ghosted our in-person recording, then bought a second horse. We launch Husband Translation, a brand new segment where Amy reads a real husband text and Zach tells her what it actually means. Plus the tire shop that charged Megan $900 for one tire, why kids should not be on electric bikes, and…
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Episode 31: My Neighbor Sued Me Over a Fence I Didn’t Ask For
Amy’s neighbor demanded $1,600 for a fence he built before she moved in. When she refused to pay, he sent a sheriff to serve her with small-claims papers. Amy and Zach revisit the unbelievable lawsuit, debate whether $30,000 in student debt should worry a future mother-in-law, and answer a…
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Episode 30: Amy’s Fake Southern Accent Is About to Ruin Her Dating Life
Amy returns from Dallas with a fake Southern accent and a plan to use it on her next date. She and Zach break down an awkward YSA encounter, their failed attempt to buy lottery tickets, and the argument that followed over what each would do with $600 million. They also discuss the Lindsay Clancy...
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Episode 29: Dear John or John Deer... Amy Comes to Dallas
Amy finally bought her horse—and apparently that was only the beginning of the spending. This week, Amy joins Zach in Dallas to talk about her new life as a horse girl, the enormous pile of supplies she bought before even bringing Doc home, and their plan to record an entire podcast episode while...
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Episode 28: Amy Bought ANOTHER Horse?! 😳 + The Creepiest Grocery Store Story Ever
Amy has officially crossed into full horse-girl territory… This week the conversation goes everywhere—in the best way. Amy reveals why she may be leasing a second horse, Zach exposes just how spoiled they both were growing up, they debate dream lives, confess the worst ways they cheated in…
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Episode 27: The Family Reunion That Was a Trap… | Relative From Hell
A husband thinks he’s getting his family back. Instead, he walks into one of the most unbelievable family stories we’ve ever discussed. This week, Amy and Zach introduce a new Relative From Hell segment before diving into a shocking real-life case involving a marriage on the brink, a…
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Episode 26: [Megan & Zach] Did We Hide Our Crazy Before We Got Married?
Amy's out this week, which means it's just Zach and Megan, and the bickering is immediate. Zach opens up about his new job and the weird loneliness of watching your family have fun without you from a hotel room. Megan recaps the Telluride trip in a 15 passenger van (hairpin turns, fire smoke, one...
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Episode 25: Screen Time Confessions, a Horse Bidding War & 9 Judge & Jury Dilemmas
Amy confesses to 10.5 hours of screen time a day, Zach is fighting his migraines with red light and cutting Diet Coke, and there's a guy from Texas trying to outbid her on a horse she found on Facebook Marketplace. Then it's go time: this is our giveaway episode, so we announce the sweatshirt...
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Episode 24: Everyone Is Guilty This Week
This week, nobody is safe. Amy updates us on dating, Zach has way too many opinions, Emily somehow proves she can’t be trusted around a grill, and Judge & Jury returns with family drama that has us completely divided. In this episode: ⚖️ The DM that got left on read ⚖️ Dating rules we don’t agree...
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Episode 23: The 2021 DM Is Entered Into Evidence
Court is in session for Episode 23, and this one has everything: Amy’s horse-girl era, barrel camp with 12-year-olds, Zach’s home renovation and septic drama, Yellowstone with kids, Taylor Swift debates, and one very important Instagram message request from 2021. Amy finds an old DM from a guy…
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Episode 22: The Thoughts You’re Not Supposed To Say Out Loud
Everyone has thoughts they're not supposed to say out loud. This week Amy and Zach discuss dating, intrusive thoughts, social situations, family dynamics, and the things we secretly judge people for. Some of these opinions probably should have stayed private, but that's never stopped us before.
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Episode 21: [Unfiltered] The Most Unhinged Legally Friends Episode Yet
Amy bought a horse and returned it a week later. In this episode, Amy shares the emotional story behind sending Brazil back, while Zach tries to make sense of the horse world. Then Amy reveals what happened after being put under anesthesia—including the phone calls, the tears, and the comments…
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Episode 20: [Unfiltered] Amy Bought a Horse, Zach Graduated, and Family Chaos Took Over
Amy and Zach are back with a full chaos recap of Zach’s graduation weekend in Charlottesville. They talk family sleepover madness, Dean and Weston stealing the show at graduation, Amy’s Chanel flip flop injury, Black Cow dinner drama, fishing in designer shoes, and Zach feeling sentimental about...
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Episode 19: A Celebrity Dream Expert Interpreted Our Dreams and It Got Personal
What do your dreams actually mean? This week on Legally Friends, Zach, Amy, and Emily sit down with world-renowned dream expert Lauri Loewenberg to decode the dreams they cannot stop having. Lauri has spent nearly three decades analyzing dreams and has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning...
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Episode 18: Can a Dating Coach Help Amy Find “The One”? 😭
Welcome back to Legally Friends 🎙️This week we brought in dating coach & matchmaker Blaine Anderson to help Amy figure out what’s actually going wrong with her dating life 😭From dating apps and situationships to family pressure, avoidant attachment, dating in Utah, and moving to Dallas… this...
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Episode 17: Raising Four Daughters, Family Drama & Dad Wisdom with Michael Skalla
This week on Legally Friends, Amy and Zach sit down with Amy’s dad, Michael Skalla, for a full family tell-all. Michael shares what it was like growing up in Wyoming and Omaha, how he met Shannon, and how he went from being raised in a house full of boys + 1 sister to raising four daughters. He...
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Episode 16: [Unfiltered] The Secret Family Group Chat Is Back
This week, Zach and Amy are trying something new: a fully unfiltered episode. They talk upcoming guests, Amy’s fertility hypotheticals, the infamous “Uncle Daddy” conversation, her possible new horse Brazil, a tragic $100 singles event, sister fights, Utah recommendations, Secret Lives drama, and...
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Episode 15: The Journal, The Bonfire, The Truth — Scarlett Bentley Unfiltered
Scarlett Bentley from Temptation Island Season 2 sits down with us for her first full tell-all. We cover her whole story — from growing up in Arkansas to Below Deck Sailing Yacht to meeting Cole, and everything that went down on the island that viewers didn't get to see. Things we cover: • How...
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Episode 14: Plastic Surgery Meltdown & a $15,000 Horse?!
Emily’s 5 weeks post-op and spiraling — was the face surgery a mistake, or is it just swelling? This week we get into Emily’s emotional recovery and Easter meltdown, the Great Accutane Debate over ONE zit, renovation budget wars between designer-sister Emily and “cheap as possible” Zach, and Amy...
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Episode 13: The Weekly Trash Is on Trial (ft. Josie Van Dyke)
Josie Van Dyke — host of The Weekly Trash and mama of 3 — sits down with Zach and Amy and gets more honest than we expected. She shares everything: growing up in a "gray area" Mormon household, the Tinder story that led to her husband, the moment that almost ended it all, and how she built Weekly...
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Episode 12: She Quit Door-to-Door Sales and Built MacroHabits from Nothing
Nutrition coach and MacroHabits founder Hannah Pointer joins Zach and Amy for a wide-ranging conversation that goes from Amy's fight with Emily about taking niece Capri to the dermatologist for a single zit, to Hannah's deeply honest take on reverse dieting, GLP-1s, cheat days, and why most women...
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Episode 11: "Why Would She Do That to Her Face?" + Most Likely To: In-Law Edition
Emily is back from CO2 laser surgery looking like Frankenstein — and Zach's classmates won't stop asking him about it. Amy went barrel racing in Colorado and actually competed. Zach found a house in Dallas. And then we try a brand new segment: Most Likely To — In-Law Edition. Things we cover: •...
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Episode 10: The Best Guest We'll Ever Have (ft. Megan Hunsaker)
Megan Hunsaker — Zach's wife, podcast manager, and the best guest we'll ever have — finally takes a seat at the table. She reveals her secret audition for a reality TV show, her jaw-dropping dance resume (Radio City Rockettes at 12, Juilliard scholarship, BYU Cougarettes), and what it's really…
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Episode 9: "Are You Gonna Be Nicer To Me?" Rachel Parcell Returns
Rachel Parcell returns to the courtroom for round two. This week: life updates (Emily's surgery, Hawaii recap, the legendary farting text from Dick Hunsaker), sister and brother-in-law rankings, an RBF showdown, why Rachel will never do reality TV, and the debut of "Exhibit A" — where Rachel...
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Episode 8: A Stranger Sent Amy a Celebrity's Phone Number
It's just Amy and Zach this week — Emily's off at a very important design meeting that somehow consumed her entire day. Amy steps up to do the intro for the first time, and the nerves are real. First up: Amy's dating world continues to deliver. A listener DM'd her the phone number of a certain…
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Episode 7: Head to Toe, No Secrets with Special Guest Sarajane Warner
Episode 7 of Legally Friends features special guest Sarajane (SJ) Warner — Utah-based influencer, skincare expert, and content creator with over 110K followers. The crew shares horror stories from dance competition weekend in Vegas, then goes head-to-toe revealing every cosmetic procedure they've...
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Episode 6: Amy's Dating App Nightmares, Lip Filler Gone Wrong & Our Worst Date Stories
Episode 6 is here! We debrief on the fallout from last week — Zach and Rachel had a three-hour phone call and we're sharing where things landed. Emily shows up with the most swollen lips ever and we get into the full lip filler experience. Then we dive deep into Amy's dating life: Raya, Hinge, a...
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Episode #5: The OG Rachel Parcell Finally Joins
The OG has arrived. Rachel Parcell joins Legally Friends for the first time and we're getting INTO it — her take on that NY Mag article, why she stepped away from her clothing brand, and the family picture fight story we've been teasing since episode one. Apologies were made. Grudges were......
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Episode #4
Emily and Amy check in from Hawaii. Shannon's outfit policing, sister rankings, Taylor Frankie Paul pregnancy rumors, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives LA spinoff tea, the garments conversation, Savannah Guthrie's mom, chaotic Super Bowl picks, and Judge & Jury verdicts on your craziest in-law…
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Basketball, Parenting, and Q&A
Episode 3 of Legally Friends is HERE! 🎙️This week, Zach, Emily, and Amy are back with another unfiltered conversation covering everything from chaotic parenting moments at basketball games to the art of a good trash talk session. 💀Hot takes on celebrity fashion, the unspoken rules of ghosting...
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Celebrity Family Feuds & Real Talk About In-Laws
We're back with a new episode diving into the messy, complicated, hilarious world of family relationships — ours and the celebrities who can't seem to figure theirs out either.
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First Impressions, Old Fights, & What We’re Watching
In the first episode of Legally Friends, Zach, Emily, and Amy break the ice and maybe a few unspoken rules by talking through their very first impressions of each other, including Zach’s awkward entrance into the Skalla family. They unpack early relationship dynamics, sibling protectiveness, past...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Legally Friends is the weekly podcast where brother-in-law Zach and sisters-in-law Emily and Amy get real about what it's actually like to be family by law. From family vacations and sibling rivalries to celebrity drama, no topic is off limits. Each episode features "Judge & Jury" where they give verdicts on your wildest in-law dilemmas. It's funny, honest, and surprisingly relatable. New episodes weekly.Reach us at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram @legallyfriendspodcast
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Legally Friends is the weekly podcast where brother-in-law Zach and sisters-in-law Emily and Amy get real about what it's actually like to be family by law. From family vacations and sibling rivalries to celebrity drama, no topic is off limits. Each episode features "Judge & Jury" where they give...
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