Two Girls, One Haircut

Have you ever loved a book series so much that you felt personally entitled to complain about it for an hour? Yeah... us too. This week, Jessie and Kiki are finally tackling A Court of Wings and Ruin, the third book in Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses series — and after taking approximately six painstakingly long months to finish it, we have some thoughts. We’re talking about the parts...

You know how sometimes you start researching something because you want answers... and somehow end up with even more questions than you started with? Welcome back to the Lindsay Clancy rabbit hole. After wrapping our main episode, Kiki apparently decided she had not sufficiently tortured herself with this case and came prepared with an entire list of things that still do not make sense to her. And...

Have you ever watched one interview, thought, “Okay, now I understand,” and somehow ended up three hours later watching body-language experts, courtroom testimony, TikToks, conspiracy theories, and people arguing in the comments? Yeah... us too. This week, Jessie and Kiki are talking about the Lindsay Clancy case following Patrick Clancy’s recent 60 Minutes interview — and somehow, the more we wat...

Have you ever lost enough weight that literally nothing in your closet fits anymore… but according to the BMI chart you’re still just “overweight”? Yeah... us too. This week’s Behind the Pod starts with Jessie nearly throwing up from laughing after Professor Binky turns one unfortunate burp-snort into his own personal remix. And somehow, it gets more chaotic from there. After realizing four pairs...

Have you ever tried to force yourself into a cozy fall mood while it’s still 90 degrees outside, only to accidentally spend $69 on a meditation app you forgot you signed up for? Yeah... us too. This week, we are doing what any emotionally stable adults would do: aggressively manifesting fall. We’re kicking things off with a Fall This or That that immediately turns into arguments about Halloween vs...

We finished talking about the Idaho murders. Except… obviously we didn’t. This week on Behind the Pod, Jessie and Kiki are still stuck on all the things The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare left them thinking about — starting with the absolutely chaotic way information was communicated after the murders and the fact that some students learned what happened through a university notification before...

Have you ever watched a true crime documentary and thought, “I understand that trauma makes people do weird things... but I still have QUESTIONS”? Yeah... us too. This week, Jessie and Kiki are talking about Netflix’s The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare and the 2022 murders of University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. And while this is a case m...

Have you ever finished a true-crime documentary, kept talking about it for another hour, and somehow ended up questioning organized religion, the legal system, church governance, marriage, infidelity, social media—and whether you’ve officially become one of those people on the internet discussing somebody else’s tragedy? Yeah... us too. We’re back Behind the Pod because apparently one episode was...

This week, Jessie and Kiki dive into Netflix’s Death of the Pastor’s Wife , the story of Mica Miller, her marriage to pastor John-Paul “JP” Miller, and the disturbing events leading up to her death. Mica entered JP’s world as a teenager, and over the years he became her pastor, mentor, employer, and eventually husband. We talk about the enormous power imbalance at the center of their relationship,...

So what happens AFTER you quit the job you've had for 14 years? Apparently… you finally tell your boss everything. This week on Behind the Pod, we're picking up exactly where the main episode left off and talking about the part of Jessie's departure we didn't get to: the exit interview. Jessie had fully planned to keep it vague, smile politely, and ride quietly into the private-sector sunset. But...

Have you ever stayed somewhere so long that leaving—even when you know you’re ready—feels completely terrifying? Yeah... this week, Jessie did it. After 14 years with the same state agency and nearly 20 years working in government, Jessie has officially quit her job, left the public sector, and started an entirely new chapter. And naturally, we have a LOT to talk about. This week, Jessie and Kiki...

Have you ever finished an alien movie, cried through the final twenty minutes, and immediately texted everyone you know about the emotional weight of disclosure? No? Just Jessie, apparently... This week’s Behind the Pod starts with Jessie finally watching Disclosure Day after missing out on the original movie discussion with Kiki and Josh. In a nutshell... Jessie cried, Kiki was annoyed by the new...

Have you ever watched an alien movie and thought, “Okay… but what if they’re actually trying to tell us something?” Yeah... us too. Josh is back—and after spending an entire episode getting distracted by Roswell, UFO lore, government secrets and approximately 700 other rabbit holes, we are FINALLY talking about what we invited him over to discuss: Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day . And according...

Have you ever played a simple word-association game... and somehow ended up discussing who killed JFK? Yeah... us too. Josh is still in the studio, and this week’s Behind the Pod starts with a brand-new game called First Thoughts . Professor Binkie gives Jessie, Kiki, and Josh words like Area 51, Roswell, NASA, aliens, and conspiracy theories—and everyone has to say the first thing that comes to m...

Have you ever invited someone over to talk about aliens... and then spent almost an hour talking about literally everything except aliens? Yeah... us too. Josh is back, and apparently none of us can be trusted with a rundown. What was supposed to be our Disclosure Day episode quickly turns into Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey , Stranger Things , IMAX, movie theater anxiety, why elder millennials a...

Have you ever seen a TikTok telling you how you’re supposed to dress at your age and immediately thought, “Well, apparently I don’t own any of those clothes?” Yeah... us too. After spending the main episode spiraling over the Millennial Career Crisis, Jessie and Kiki are officially clocking out and getting back to the important issues: Are we dressing our age? Why don't adult shoes light up? And e...

Have you ever looked at your career, your bank account, your student loans, and the price of a house and thought, “Wait… wasn’t this supposed to get easier?” Yeah... us too. This week, Jessie and Kiki are diving into the Millennial Career Crisis —and quickly realizing it might actually just be the Great Millennial Everything Crisis. We were told there was a formula: go to college, work hard, climb...

Have you ever walked into Target during back-to-school season, taken one look at the crowds, and immediately realized you had made a terrible mistake? Yeah... us too. This week’s Behind the Pod begins with Jessie and Kiki preparing for a completely chaotic August filled with beach trips, Chicago, Wrigley Field, dog-sitting, family obligations, and almost an entire month without recording together....

Have you ever watched a true-crime documentary, confidently decided who the villain was, and then realized you may have believed the wrong person entirely? Yeah... us too. This week, Jessie and Kiki are diving into Netflix’s A Toxic Love Story , the unbelievable case involving federal marshal Ian Diaz, his new wife, Angela Diaz, and his ex-fiancée, Michelle Hadley. At first, the story appears stra...

Are we getting better at podcasting—or slowly planning all the fun out of it? This week, Jessie and Kiki are behind the pod talking about the emotional crash that apparently follows every recording session. No matter how much we prepare, we inevitably finish an episode convinced we have lost the magic, ruined the podcast, and should probably never speak into a microphone again. Then Binkie plays i...

Have you ever watched a woman completely unravel and slowly realized… maybe she isn’t unraveling at all? This week, Jessie and Kiki are talking about Netflix’s Vladimir , starring Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall—a literary, sexy, slightly unhinged slow burn about desire, ambition, marriage, and what happens when a middle-aged woman finally starts choosing herself. At first, Rachel Weisz’s unnamed pro...

Ever wonder what happens after we stop recording the "real" episode? Apparently... we keep talking. This week on Behind the Pod , Jessie, Kiki, and Professor Binkie go down a rabbit hole of Jaws trivia, movies that permanently changed how we see the world, and whether Final Destination is the reason millennials refuse to drive behind logging trucks. The sisters also debate which modern actors shou...

Have you ever been swimming in the ocean, thought about what might be underneath you, and immediately heard the Jaws theme in your head? Yeah... us too. This week, Jessie and Kiki are celebrating Shark Week by diving into Netflix’s Shark Whisperer, the legacy of Jaws, shark conservation, and why sharks may be the victims of one of the most successful smear campaigns in history. After watching Ocea...

If you thought our Martha Stewart conversation ended with beautiful gardens and linen napkins... think again. This week's Behind the Pod takes a sharp turn into one of the wildest celebrity stories of the last twenty-five years: Martha Stewart's insider trading case, her time in federal prison, and the comeback that somehow led to an iconic friendship with Snoop Dogg. Jessie and Kiki unpack what a...

Have you ever looked around your house and thought, "If I just fixed this one room, I'd finally have my life together?" Yeah... us too. This week, Jessie and Kiki dive into the world of Martha Stewart, Meghan Markle, Nancy Meyers movies, beautiful homes, cozy living, and why so many of us are constantly chasing the feeling that life could be just a little more beautiful. After watching the Martha...