We Should Unpack This

Have you seen ice in your neighborhood? Report it here: http://www.stopice.net This week we're talking about some of our favorite nostalgia from out childhoods because a slushi from a gas station low key kinda changed our lives. We get lost along the way to talk about the rise of fascism, the way that corporations are brain washing us and also give y'all some BIG updates about our move to Florida! Let us know what your favorite bit of childhood nostalgia is in the comments!

This week we're talking about the male loneliness epidemic, the manosphere, and the pervasive misogynistic media that literal children are somehow watching?? Is the male loneliness epidemic real or are men to blame for folks not wanting to date them and be partnered with them? And why are teenagers talking to each other about Andrew Tate?? Our little ADHD doo doo brains also take us down a couple tangents including some (at this point very late) Katy Perry updates, the peeing on jellyfish stings myth, and some reaaallly gross Reddit AITA relationship stories! We hope y'all enjoy the ep and we'll see you in two weeks!

This week we're unpacking our attachment styles! In my infinite wisdom I scheduled this pod for a few days before the main video about it goes up so stay tuned for that on Saturday buuuut in the meantime we're taking a silly little quiz to find out what our attachment styles are, talking about our issues with hyper-independence, and comparing our traumas! Fun! We get lost along the way telling you guys the very much not abridged version of our drama with our neighbor (and their aggressive dog), how much we hate weaponized incompetence, and Mickey's exercise goals! We hope you enjoy the pod! Let us know what your attachment style quiz results were in the comments!

This week on the pod we're talking about Katy Perry! We're talking a little bit about her Blue Origin space flight, how much we hate billionaires, and talking a LOT about how sad we are about white mediocrity in music production! We get lost along the way to talk about how much we love hot sauce, the origin of Pride, and the rise of harmful body ideals, AGAIN. We hope you enjoy the episode!

This week we're unpacking an apparently very deep admiration for kitchen gadgets! In a continuation of our PowerPoint presentation parties, Mickey got catfished into listening to a presentation that started about kitchen gadgets and turned into something entirely different. We take only a few detours this week to briefly touch on Mickey's obsession with Doechii's new album, how much we love Discord (shameless plug for the link below), and our distress about getting old! We hope you enjoy this week's episode!

This week Mickey is sharing their love of soup with y'all in the form of a PowerPoint presentation party! But virtually! Soup is perfect and soup is everything so we get into why that's irrefutably true and also make the case for lots of food items actually being soup. We also take some brief detours to talk about the sanitizing of pop music, Mickey's health updates, and some public speaking tips for some reason. We hope y'all enjoy the episode!

This week we're talking about D&D because it's Mickey's hyperfixation and because Reddit has a looooot to say! We're sharing some of our hottest takes about the game and the ttrpg hobby in general so don't leave us out here alone! Share your own controversial takes and feelings about D&D in the comments! Obviously we get lost along the way and take some tangents to talk about The Secret Life of the American Teenager AGAIN, Mickey's conspiracy theories about Meta platform ads and how AI and social media are fueling propaganda! What a fun and totally cohesive episode! See ya next week!

This week we're delving into the world of potatoes! Not just because Mickey has some weirdly apt info to dump but also because we have strong opinions about the spud as two neurodivergent weirdos that we want to share with y'all! We get into the history of potatoes, including a tangent into the Irish potato "famine", rank our favorite ways to prepare the veg and get into some heated debate that Mickey is absolutely and totally right in! Share your potato lists with us below so we can all fight about it!

These week we're permitting Paul a few minutes out of timeout merely to discuss his latest glaring example of what terrible communication, failing as a partner, and coercive behavior could look like. In theory. This latest Paul and Morgan vlog is really concerning so we're unpacking the issues with it and setting the record straight about how to handle these hypothetical situations in a way that promotes the safety and empowerment of everyone! Because it's us we also get sidetracked talking about our misadventures at the used book store, the time our cat pooped in the car, and our latest reality tv obsession. It's all related I swear! We hope you all enjoy the episode and don't forget to like it and leave us reviews! See ya in two weeks!

This week we're unpacking the topic of radical unschooling because @SAVYWRITESBOOKS made a video about the topic that absolutely blew my mind. We spend some time talking about what a terrible trend this is and the potential impact of it on things like politics and culture but of course we take some tangents too. We get lost talking about Mickey's hatred of the DFW airport, our obsession with DanDaDan (and the intro music) and our hope for the future and our ability to connect with one another! We hope you enjoy the episode!

This week we're unpacking Mickey's undying hatred for the way that corporations are gamifying everything to try and co-opt our attention spans! What an uplifting topic, I know. Don't worry though because while we're going to complain a lot about microtransactions, our lowered threshold for understimulation and dopamine we're also going to paradoxically play a silly little guess the object game like last week! We, of course, get distracted and take some tangents to talk about the latest trends in Mormon hanky panky, a rant about high control religions, and our pitch for not starting the new year until Spring! We hope y'all enjoy the episode!

Welcome back to the pod everyone! After taking a break fro the holidays and/or new year we're back! This week we're talking about Meta's decision add fake AI profiles to their platforms because (wtf is that), the fact that kids don't even understand how to intelligently cheat anymore, and then Mickey quizzes Aaron on baby products because why not?! We obviously get distracted and talk about the TikTok ban, how Aaron would carry me around if I was a worm, and what being punk ACTUALLY is thank you very much. We hope y'all enjoy the episode!

This week we're bringing y'all an accidental variety show because our brains did the ADHD thing this episode! Oops. We've got musings about the concept of "having it all", car dealership strategies, and how much we hate having to participate in capitalism, plus some MRI updates, and our hopes to start a call in segment of the pod so we can answer y'alls questions! We get lost along the way to talk about middle school chain texts, our car's fender getting ripped off, and Mickey's inability to be punk. We hope y'all enjoy the episode!

This week we're unpacking the docuseries Glitter and Greed about Lisa Frank because it's a hyperfixation of Mickey's and we recently watched it and really enjoyed it! We're covering the story of how Lisa Frank came to be and the the infighting in the company between Lisa and her now ex husband James and all the drama in between! Of course we take some tangents to talk about the recent UHC incident, Aaron having a bad day, and why Mickey and Aaron both identify so strongly with crows. We hope you're having a good day and that you enjoy the episode!

This week we're unpacking our grief because like we mentioned in the last episode we've got a looooot going on! Mickey's got weird health and chronic pain stuff, Aaron's getting laid off and we might have to move so we're getting into how we're coping, whether it helped or not, and how we plan to move forward. We're also airing out our secrets in the "We Listen and Don't Judge" trend from TikTok with some tangents into our Christmas decor, how much Aaron loves Costco egg bites, and how we both got read to filth by our therapists! We hope y'all enjoy the episode!

This week we're unpacking the obvious- the presidential election! Mostly because it sucked and was/is awful so we have thoughts about that, voter turnout, Gen Z men being Republicans, and where we go from here. We've also got some life updates for y'all because in what feels like the most US thing ever, our personal lives devolved into disaster alongside the terrible election news! We've got family drama, chronic illness updates, job drama, heartbreak, and birthday let downs and we take some brief side tangents about shopping for jumpsuits, PMDD, and our inane idea to host a re-do prom so I think we covered all our bases! We hope you love the episode!

This week we're unpacking mostly the first two episodes of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives because it's been a long time since either of us have been so transfixed by a TV show. There's lots to tease out not just because Dakota doesn't deserve Taylor and Whitney is being really mean but because a group of Mormon wives who were part of a swinger group that went viral is kind of a lot. Because it's us we also get lost in some Le Tigre lyrics, our beef with TikTok that is actually just our own projection of our insecurities, and how much we love Rings of Power. Enjoy the episode!

This week we're unpacking some new information about Ethan Plath and his archaic views on marriage after his interview in the most recent episode of Welcome to Plathville because WOW is there a lot to unpack there! From there we talk about the 4B movement and the ways that people of all kinds are de-centering men from their lives and ways that our relationship has improved since we've distanced ourselves from patriarchal expectations! Bants this week include Aaron's unhinged food choices, Mickey's surprise appearance on another YouTuber's video, and our theories about what's propaganda and what's not! We hope you enjoy the episode!

This week we're talking about the recent drama surrounding Chappell Roan cancelling shows to perform at the VMA's because people are mad, mad and rightfully so in our opinion! The big question is is this the beginning of the end? Will Chappell Roan fall off our radar as fast as she showed up or are we being dramatic? Olivia Plath also gives us the tea about the Plath family (namely Kim) that we've all been waiting for and of course we derail to discuss Mickey's beef with Tom's of Maine, Aaron's secret desire to be Batman, and how much we hate capitalism. We hope you enjoy the episode! See you next week!

This week we're unpacking Plathville drama! The rumor is that the supposed "non-negotiables" Ethan Plath wrote in a list for Olivia on last season of Welcome to Plathville have been revealed so we're talking about those today plus our thoughts on the very boring events of S6 so far! We take quite a few rabbit trails today starting with Colleen Hoover's terrible writing because I started the It Ends With Us audiobook and updates on Savannah's healing and my never ending quest for a doctor! We hope you enjoy the episode!

This week we're unpacking some updates on the MrBeast situation, the rumors about Blake Lively being awful, and laughing at our own trauma because we have a twisted sense of humor! The "making candy salad while talking about trauma" trend isn't exactly the most conventional podcast content but we we have plenty of tangents including Aaron's love for overalls, our poor pup's broken knee, and a spoiler about an upcoming main channel video so we hope y'all enjoy it! Oh also you're not losing it, we did cut one or two stories out for privacy and other reasons so sorry about the weird cuts!

Happy 50th episode!! For this special episode we're unpacking all the things we missed while Aaron and I were on vacation! We're starting with a very abridged version of the fundie scandal that is Ballerina Farm and we move right along to talk about the Paris Olympics because I need someone to match my freak about Katie Ledecky and Ilona Maher. We wrap up our episode with some OPINION based discussion about the ALLEGED misconduct from MrBeast before my main channel video aboit it comes out this Saturday so make sure you've got notifications on! We hope you enjoy our 50th episode special!

This week we're unpacking Inside Out 2 and The Boys even though it seems like those two have nothing to do with each other, and some updates on the Matt & Abby drama that we missed last time! We've also got some news for you all that's kind of a good news bad news situation so we hope y'all can stick with us through this episode of the pod!

This week on the pod we're unpacking our friendship (horror) stories and advice, our friendship advice, and some AITA stories! Of course we take some detours to talk about The Secret Life of the American Teenager and shitty Christian media and our new sensory toys so we hope you enjoy this week's episode of the pod!

This week we're talking about Matt and Abby from the Unplanned Podcast and there are actually SO many red flags here we didn't have time to unpack them all! We're diving into the topic of divorce, birthdays, and sharing the mental load among other things. Because it's us, of course we take a few tangents to talk about Queen Charlotte and Bridgerton season 3 so we hope you enjoy the episode!

This week were unpacking the sovereign citizens movement by learning about it together! We're covering what they are and how they came about and we take some detours to talk about QAnon and conspiracy theory beliefs, project 2025, and our very own D&D campaign as some eye bleach at the very end. We hope y'all enjoy this episode!

This week were unpacking Harrison Butker’s terrible commencement speech by popular demand! Because we cant help ourselves we take some rabbit trails into Bridgerton season 3, misogynistic double standards, our AC being broken, and a pretty cathartic rant about how much we hate catholicism! We hope you enjoy this hater episode and well see you next week!

This week we're unpacking a bunch of hot takes about not just Bridgerton but also about personal hygiene shaming and demanding chronically online behavior! We answer some listener mail about finding a therapist and being a therapist and of course we take some detours into neurodivergency, our couple's quirks, and our recent music hyperfixations so we hope you enjoy this all over the place episode!

This week we're unpacking Welcome to Plathville again because seasons 4 and 5 caused a complete 180 in our opinions on the whole family! We were also surprised that we resonated with Ethan and Olivia so much so in the spirit of really airing our dirty laundry we're telling you the story of how we almost ended up divorced and why we're fully no contact with Aaron's family. We hope y'all enjoy the episode!

This week we're unpacking Welcome to Plathville! Aaron and I hadn't finished watching the season by the time we filmed this but we have now so let us know what your hot takes are in the comments! We'll be back with a part two of our updated opinions because A LOT of things changed, including our opinions on Kim, Micah, Moriah, and especially Ethan! We hope you enjoy this episode and we'll see you for the next one!

This week we're unpacking the TikTok ban, a toxic TikTok trend, and how much we hate the government! Aaron and I don't agree about all aspects of the TikTok ban and it's implications so we talk through out differing perspectives a little bit and of course get lost along the way talking about our D&D campaign, media literacy, and compassion fatigue. We hope you enjoy the episode!

This week we're unpacking the internet debate of whether women would choose to be left alone with a strange man or a bear in the woods because there's a lot of layers to this debate! Because it's us the conversation derails into some commentary about capitalism, racism, and Drew Barrymore of all people so we hope you enjoy this all over the place episode!

This week we're unpacking polyamory and "how well do you know your partner" TikTok and also some of Mickey's favorite TikToks just for fun! This week we've got a few tangents into Mickey's boundary setting mistakes, some dating horror stories we've witnessed, and some of our controversial opinions about polyamory so we hope y'all enjoy the episode!

This week we're unpacking some of the worst therapy horror stories, including one of my own! We take a few tangents to talk about awful first date stories, pants sh*tting stories, and thankfully a few nice anecdotes about good therapists so we hope you enjoy!

This week we're unpacking the XOMG Pop allegations against Jojo Siwa and her mom Jesslyn as well as the recent drama around Jojo's new song Karma, Jojo's apparent misunderstanding of what the word trailblazer means and how much Mickey and Aaron both love Chappel Roan! There's a lot here and we take a few tangents including our undying love Carly Rae Jepsen, Aaron's new frog shirt, and Mickey's strong feelings about inclusivity in D&D. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Welcome back to the pod! This week we're talking about ADHD (and autism to a slightly lesser degree) because being in a marriage where both partners have a really pronounced neurodivergency can be challenging. We're walking y'all through what our ADHD struggles are, how we deal them, and how we support each other! We hope y'all enjoy the episode!

In 2021 after a series of really scary and stressful things I hit a wall in my mental health and had to take a leave of absence from my work as a therapist so this week we're unpacking everything I learned! We're talking burnout recovery tips, the changes we've made to our lives since then, and telling you all the story of how we ended up there in the first place. Of course we take a few detours to talk about how much we hate capitalism too so we hope you enjoy the episode!

This week we're unpacking allllll of the literally gory details of my breast reduction recovery because to say it didn't exactly go according to plan is the understatement of a lifetime. We're telling you the story of what exactly happened and sharing with you any and all advice that I have so I hope y'all enjoy the episode!

Welcome back to the pod everyone! This week we're unpacking the news about Bethany Beal's husband Dav who has recently announced he's deconstruction because oh boy, is there a lot to unpack there. We're discussing religion and fundamentalism generally but also about what this means for our channel and future reaction style content. We also take some detours to talk about Paul and Morgan, 24 Hours With, and boundaries as a content creator so we hope y'all enjoy the episode! Definitely give us your feedback about the changes we're making in those comments below!

This week we're unpacking the Love is Blind finale because in what was a shocking turn of events Mickey actually agreed with a man?! Aaron tries to guess which couples stayed together and which broke up, we unpack the Chelsea and Jimmy situation, and we take a few tangents into one of Mickey's niche special interests along the way! We hope y'all enjoy the episode and come back next week for our thoughts about the Bethany and Dav situation!

This week we're unpacking (what at the time) were the most recent episodes of Love is BLind Season 6 including the Jeramey and Laura fight, Jessica being a "pick me", Jimmy and Chelsea's continued incompatibility and why we think we should normalize changing our minds! Of course since then, episodes 10 and 11 have come out so check back for our thoughts about those next week but in the meantime please enjoy our ramblings about episodes 7, 8, and 9 from season 6!

This week we're talking about the Adam "IUD" and male birth control, Aaron's experience with a vasectomy, my experience with birth control, and my IUD story all while using a period cramps simulator! We take some tangents to talk about the inequity in reproductive health care, the importance of eating before a procedure, and the time that Aaron and got shamed for buying condoms! We hope you enjoy the episode and let us know what your thoughts are!

Welcome back to the pod! This week we're recapping what we know about Love is Blind Season 6 so far! We did our best to cover the noteworthy things like Jessica's smack down during her breakup with Jimmy, whatever the f is happening with Matthew, and the rampant and REPEATED racism towards AD but y'all know we got lost in some tangents along the way so grab a snack and come hang out with us! This one's gonna be a good one!

Okay y'all it's time we be honest about something which is that we're not exactly Swifties. This week we're unpacking Taylor Swift's recent PR nightmares including her alleged snub of Celine Dion at the Grammy's, sending a cease and desist letter to a college student over her private jet usage, and other criticisms she's drawn for being a billionaire because yikes. There is so much for us to unpack her so we hope y'all enjoy the episode and don't hate us afterward! Let us know your thoughts and feels in those comments!

Hey everyone! This we're unpacking our long requested thoughts on Netflix's series Sex Life! Join us as we get side tracked talking about how Taylor Swift being hired by the US government to get Biden elected according to right-wingers, Aaron finally remembered his Nee-Doh, and finally our thoughts, feelings and opinions on the show Sex Life!

This week we're unpacking the concept of limerence! Is it real or is it just a fancy word for infatuation? What's the difference between limerence, NRE, and just plain old attachment issues? We're talking about what science says, what our opinions are, and whether we've ever experienced limerence. This week we get distracted by our new NeeDoh Nice Cube, why Mickey hates the DSM and that time that Mickey's client thought she farted in session. There's a lot to unpack this week so come hang out with us!

This week we're unpacking hot takes about mental health and therapy, some from the Discord, some from the internet at large, and some that are our own! This week's tangents include Aaron being betrayed by his MP3 player, Mickey talking about her own triggers, and our collective fear of ambulances. Let us know what your hot takes are in the comments!

Does being a therapist mean you're better at dating? In my opinion, definitively NO lol. We're sharing some of our dating regrets, what we've learned from polyamory, and our thoughts on new relationship energy! Is it healthy? Is it toxic? What is it even? SO much to unpack here so settle in!

This week we're unpacking almost all of the drama from season 18n of Sister Wives because in case you didn't know we stream every Friday and lately we've been deep diving into Sister Wives! It's been a WILD ride and since Aaron isn't always able to be with me on stream days so we decided that this week I would fill in the gaps for Aaron. This week's rabbit trails include our obsession with our humidifier, Mickey's secret desire to snap her spine back into place, and our super quick thoughts about Gypsy Rose being released from prison. We hope you guys enjoy this week's episode!

Happy new year you beautiful little humans and welcome to 2024! This week we're unpacking our predictions for the coming year, why we hate and are not setting new year's resolutions, and also sharing some exciting changes that we hope to make personally and professionally! Let us know what's on your radar for 2024 and don't forget to like and subscribe!