Raising Barbara Jean and Wanda

DESCRIPTION It's the Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda Halloween party, and the girls came dressed as the talk show hosts who raised them. Ashley is Sally Jessy Raphael (red blazer, spray-painted red glasses, do not spray paint your glasses). Kila is Ellen (blonde wig cut by Aaron, Stewie from Family Guy per Ashley) after very nearly coming as Dr. Phil. What's in the show: why Trent, born in the '90s,...

Kila came in with a plan for a feet account (working title: This Little Piggy) and a story about her favorite rollercoaster. The Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia is where she and Brian ride 28 times a trip with platinum passes, and this week a 42-year-old teacher, a robotics coach and two-time cancer survivor, was thrown from it. The girls walk through what's known, why the lap bar design matters...

The plan was hair-donation charities. Then Tennessee made world news by failing to execute Christa Pike, the second botched execution in the state this year, so Ashley changed the topic on the drive in and Kila found out when the mic went live. Ashley brought notes. Christa Pike's crime, the 30 years of appeals, the request for a firing squad, the vein disease, the 40 minutes of searching for a ve...

Ashley shows up with a press-on nail permanently stuck to her toe, which leads directly to a business discussion about feet pics, because the salon has been slow and gas is high. That reminds her of the house-cleaning client who once asked her to "dance clean" in her underwear. Nobody in the room had heard that one before. The girls have a new manager (eight kids, zero patience) and big plans: mor...

Ashley is back from Universal with the Williamses and she should be rejuvenated. She is not. The babysitters are reporting Bub's every move, nobody has a will, and the question of who gets the kids ends in a plea of the Fifth. Then the vacation stories start: the closed pool at the Hard Rock, jaywalking back from Portofino Bay, and the moment Ashley laughed so hard she left a trail across four lan...

Holly Bobo's retrial had us flip on Zach Adams, plus ADHD time, late-mom chaos, and the night Hagan got stabbed. We open on why last week never got published (turns out we shared too much and it was nobody's business), then get into the everyday hard stuff: CC putting her hands on her back her first day of big-school kindergarten, a first grader looking up like "all right, tell me" while he sounds...

Ashley is flying solo this week (Kila's on vacation, back next week!) and this one hits close to home. She sits down with Stacee Reed, Director of Innovation at the National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA), for an honest, funny, and deeply personal conversation about what addiction does to the kids in the room — and how we break the cycle for good. As a child of an addict herself — d...

We asked ChatGPT to tell us three things about ourselves we don't know — and it read us so hard we nearly cried on mic. 🤖 Kila & Ashley take the viral "ask your AI what it really thinks of you" trend live, mid-episode, and it comes back with answers about resilience, humor, and turning pain into purpose that neither of us saw coming. (Then Chatty short-circuits because there's no Wi-Fi in the stu...

This week Kila & Ashley get into a little bit of everything — a too-close-for-comfort snake at the swimming hole 🐍, black bears moving into Tennessee 🐻, Katie graduating from Harvard (the day this episode goes live!) 🎓, and the main event: a red-white-and-blue PATRIOTIC PICKLE CHALLENGE 🥒🇺🇸 — cotton candy pickle and all. ⚠️ Mature audiences only — strong language & adult humor. ⏱️ Chapters 0:0...

It's a Willie Good Episode! 🌿 Kila and Ashley crack open Willie's Remedy Social Tonic — aka the "giggle juice" — and let the good times roll. We "Willie" need a brand deal with Willies. Have your people call our people. Seriously! They shout out their girl Katie crushing it at Harvard Business School, touch on the Jelly Roll & Bunnie news, and then close it out with a chaotic on-camera chamoy pic...

Kila and Ashley finally got the mics rolling again — and this one's a whole lot of crazy. This week we get into: - Why we HATE bullies (looking at you, Murfreesboro) and why a three-on-one ain't a fight - The "anonymous" snitch app that was... not anonymous at all - Country concert chaos: Ella Langley, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson, Tim McGraw & the boring suite-life rich folks - Brett Favre need...

It's our 3-year anniversary, y'all — and we're celebrating the only way we know how: yappin' about the crazy. Kila rolls in fired up about a "Karen" and we get into the big question — does everybody have one, or does crazy just attract crazy? Ashley breaks down what she learned from ADHD 2.0 (turns out ADHD brains only know two times: "now" and "not now") and how it affects us all. Plus the Hibach...

We're back after a month off — Kila had pneumonia (three shots, a round of steroids, and still wheezing), Ashley is deep in menopause hell, and Aniston's Mother's Day Photoshop of her mama as a 250-lb trailer-park queen with a brown-filter cigarette is officially the cover of Ashley's future memoir. Then we get into the real reason we needed to record: Delta 8 and drug-induced psychosis. Kila's ne...

On this episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda , Ashley is holding it down without Kila — feel better, Kila! — and she's joined by her longtime friend Kay McNabb for a heartfelt, powerful conversation you do not want to miss. Ashley and Kay have known each other since grade school in Centerville, TN , and this episode goes way beyond catching up. Kay shares her deeply personal story of walking th...

This week on Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda , Ashley and Kila are bringing the laughs, the real talk, and a brand new segment that is already giving iconic energy: HOOD THERAPIST . 💥 In this new segment, the ladies take on questions from fans, messy situations from the internet, and real-life relationship, family, and life drama — then give their own hilarious, unfiltered, and surprisingly solid ad...

We're back, y'all — and we didn't waste any time. Ashley and Kayla are fresh off a night at the Ryman catching Danae Hayes' stand-up show (meet and greet included), and they have thoughts. From tin can phones for kids to Cassie's chaotic going-away party where the whole family finally ended up in the same room, this episode is everything you didn't know you needed. The girls dive deep into Hollywo...

On this episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda , Kila and Ashley are back doing what they do best — talking about all the usual stuff , going off on wild tangents, laughing through life, and somehow getting real in the middle of all the chaos. This one is hilarious, heartfelt, and all over the place in the best way as the ladies get into: healing childhood trauma and how those old wounds still sh...

In this special episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda , Kila and Ashley are celebrating something BIG — the 6-year anniversary of Kila and her sister Dixie finding each other. 🥹💛 It's their "sisterversary" , and the vibes are emotional, hilarious, and very on-brand. Dixie joins the show as they look back on: 💌 How they first connected and the day Dixie found Kila 🗓️ Why it feels like it's bee...

The Daniel Martin saga just keeps getting wilder. In this latest episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda , Kila and Ashley are joined once again by Jessica Reynolds and Jason Bennett for another jaw-dropping update on one of Middle Tennessee's most notorious con men. Jessica — who's now taken her story to the news — walks everyone through the latest developments, while Jason helps break down the l...

On this episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda , Ashley and Kila are back with a mix of true crime chaos , personal growth , and their signature unfiltered storytelling. First up: 🕵️‍♀️ The Latest on Daniel Martin If you've been following the Daniel Martin saga , you know this dude is a full-blown con man with a trail of wreckage behind him. The ladies dig into: What they've found digging through...

Kila and Ashley are BACK for the first Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda episode of 2026, and of course it's pure holiday-debrief chaos in the best way. 🎙️✨ This episode is a hilarious, real, and super relatable recap of: 🎄 Christmas & Holiday Madness The ladies catch up on how Christmas really went down— • One of the kids officially moved into her first apartment (hello adulting 👏) • Christmas gift...

On this episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda, Kila and Ashley are in full storytelling mode with an episode that's equal parts hilarious, nostalgic, disgusting (you'll see 👀), and downright sweet. They kick things off talking about Delilah – yes, the late-night radio legend – and how her voice was the emotional soundtrack of the 90s. That memory throws them straight back into childhood: long c...

In this extra wild episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda , Kila and Ashley go LIVE for the very first time—and y'all, it's pure chaos in the best way! From Uno Card Tarot Readings that somehow get way too real to off-the-rails convos about being cat moms , this episode is packed with laughs, surprises, and a touch of psychic energy. Whether you're here for the unfiltered vibes, the unexpected Un...

This week on Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda , Ashley and Kila are catching up before the chaos of their first-ever live episode . They get into Ashley's big therapy revelations , why sometimes you just need a pause , and what's been going on behind the scenes. Kila's got her petty pants on, Ashley's self-reflecting like a champ, and the dynamic duo is bringing all the realness and laughs you've come...

In this powerful (and hilarious) episode, Kila and Ashley sit down with actress, writer, and now DNA detective Lisa Brenner , whose real-life family twist inspired her brand-new movie, One Big Happy Family . What started with a simple DNA test turned into a wild journey of identity, unexpected connections, and the ultimate "Are We Related?!" moment. Lisa spills the tea on her emotional rollercoast...