The Ranting Podcast

In episode 72 Nick and Miranda discuss people announcing social media breaks, joining friend groups, AITA (AITA for getting home insurance cancelled & AITA for not wanting to cook dinner now that my boyfriends nieces and nephews come over 5 days a week), long layovers, and our Rave of the Week00:01:14 - Intro00:04:09 - Rant or Rave00:30:36 - AITA: Cancelling Home Insurance 00:42:09 - Maybe it’...

In episode 71 Nick and Miranda discuss people going barefoot in public (including public bathrooms 😮), public proposal culture, influencers making videos for ads with no content, random "Would You Rather" questions, AITA (AITA for not playing dumb on a double date & AITA for ignoring our friend on our trip to Mexico), and our feel good story for the week titled "Wife Used ‘Find...

In episode 70 Nick and Miranda discuss birthday stories, collecting free stuff for your birthday, taking your birthday off, birthday wish trends, using hashtag birthday, rebranding yourself, making custom birthday merch, impulse purchases, and AITA (Getting my Daughter a Kitten for her Birthday & Buying my Nephew Piano Lessons) 00:00:50 - Intro & Birthday Stories 00:19:57 - Rant or Rave 00...

In episode 69 Nick and Miranda discuss the Bali story UPDATE, Miranda's birthday, opening gifts in front of people, AITA (AITA for prioritizing my nanny over my brother and his family & AITA for body shaming someone after they body shamed me), getting older, and two feel good stories titled "Washington Firefighters Help Deliver Groceries After Instacart Driver Suffers Accident",...

In Episode 68, Nick and Miranda discuss navigating in the dark, dumb people in comments, work wives/husbands (ever heard of Coldplay? 👀), bringing your own snacks to movie theater, AITA (AITA for skipping coworkers bday party & AITA sitting at a coworkers preferred desk), and ordering the same thing at restaurants. 00:03:44 - Intro 00:05:57 - Rant or Rave 00:20:59 - Rants/Comments of the Week...

In Episode 67, Nick and Miranda discuss various "Would You Rather" questions, an AITA listeners submission (AITA for Moving Out After an Argument with my Family), a Reddit AITA (AITA for refusing to go to my SILs Baby shower and the rest of the family is following), and a feel good story titled "Mountain Rescue Script Flipped as Hiker Saves Lost Dog Instead of a Dog Saving Hiker&quo...

In Episode 66, Nick and Miranda talk about monetizing hobbies, the perfect song coming up at the perfect time, two AITA stories (AITA for labeling my food after my partner keeps eating it and saying he didn't know & AITA for telling my husband that multiple out of town concerts is unreasonable right now), rain ruining plans, and doom scrolling.#podcast #aita #redditstories #hobbies #drama...

In Episode 65, Nick and Miranda talk about anxiety, video clips with gameplay underneath to keep viewers interested, two AITA stories (AITA for Not Updating my Fiancé’s Mom on his Location & WIBTA for suing my friend when she didn’t come to my wedding), headphones in the gym, digital minimalism, Aussies, and we end with a feel good story "A Passing ‘Angel’ Rescues Woman 8-Months Pregnant...

In Episode 63, Nick and Miranda kick things off by debating the art of watching TV week-to-week like it’s 2005 again. They rant about never-ending movie universes, question whether aging out of kids’ birthday parties is actually that tragic, and unpack two AITA stories featuring some seriously questionable siblings (okay fine… one’s technically an in-law). Nick wraps things up with a wholesome hea...

In Episode 64, Nick and Miranda dive into the art of creating wildly specific hypothetical scenarios in your head (hello, maladaptive daydreaming). Miranda brings two wedding-themed AITA stories to the table — one from a dad questioning whether he’s wrong for skipping his daughter’s wedding, and another from a groom-to-be asking if requesting a prenup makes him the villain. They wrap it up by tack...

In this episode of The Rant Files, Miranda tells the story of the time she *almost* went to Australia in middle school. They rant about adult birthday expectations and Miranda suggests a special kind of surprise party for the next birthday. Nick encourages Miranda to hit up a rage room, but absolutely not an escape room! Not alone at least because teamwork makes the dream work 😉 Miranda shares tw...

In this episode of The Rant Files, Nick kicks off the episode with a discussion about work/life balance. Together, they rant about sharing OneNote and Excel files - Surprise to absolutely no one, it's a big NO! Nick shares two AITA stories - one involving a gym altercation between a man and a woman that likes to film herself, and another about a 17 year-old girl questioning if she should resum...

In episode 60 of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda rave about paying for convenience (while also pointing out plenty of inconveniences, of course). Miranda shares an AITA story about a man who can't stand it when his girlfriend behaves like a frog. They debate whether not sharing the same interests as your partner is really that bad, and then Miranda ends the episode with another AITA story, bu...

In episode 59 of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda rant and rave about COVID phases (we're looking at you Love is Blind!), Nick shares two AITA stories - the first is about a 19 y.o. woman whose parents cut her off but still expect full access to her, and the second is about a man who's questioning whether he should reach out to his estranged family to reconnect. They debate whether store l...

In Episode 58 of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda rant about minimalism and RV living. Miranda shares a listener submission for AITA - What do you have to tell your fellow listener about her situation? They debate whether moving on from popular shows, leaving online reviews, and letting hobbies die are maybe not that bad. Then Miranda rounds out the episode with an AITA story from Reddit from a ma...

In Episode 57 of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda rant about family vloggers and influencers that include their children in content. Miranda rants (and we mean, RANTS) about movie reboots and remakes. Nick introduces an AITA story from a woman questioning if she's the AH for skipping out on her own surprise birthday party. Together, they debate whether seemingly never ending TV shows, gas stat...

In Episode 56 of Rants on the Rocks, Miranda announces that January's documentary episode is finally here! This week, Miranda delves into the curious story about Bryan Johnson and his documentary about his quest to reverse his biological age and maintain the body of an 18-year-old. Yes - you read that right. He's on a biohacking journey and we're here to talk about it! #dontdie #biohac...

In this week’s episode of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda rant about the dry winter and discuss the love/hate feeling about being night owls. They debate whether planning & sitting down to set up your goals is not that bad. This week's AITA story focuses on a man who asks if he's the AH for leaving his phone on do not disturb and telling his wife not to call him. Whew 👀 Nick rounds o...

In Episode 54 of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda rave about listening to music while getting ready for the day and Nick rants about working from home in sweats. They talk about losing power during a storm and also debate whether bookmarking articles and videos to "save for later" is really that bad (take a wild guess at how many folders Miranda has for saved videos on TikTok… just guess...

In Episode 53 of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda rant getting back to routines in the new year and the dreaded holiday weight gain - BUT THE FOOD WAS WORTH IT!! They debate whether full calendars at the beginning of the year are really that bad, and Miranda shocks Nick by declaring she's taking down the Christmas decorations in January for the first time ever! But did she actually do it? 🤔 T...

Surprise!! Here's an early release so we can all celebrate the New Year together! In Episode 52 of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda rant about NYE fireworks, the ball drop at Times Square, and big celebrations. Of course, there's also plenty to rave about, specifically the week between Christmas and New Years 😉 Then, they debate whether New Years traditions and staying in for the night ar...

Surprise!! Here's an early release so we can all celebrate the New Year together! In Episode 51 of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda rant about NYE fireworks, the ball drop at Times Square, and big celebrations. Of course, there's also plenty to rave about, specifically the week between Christmas and New Years 😉 Then, they debate whether New Years traditions and staying in for the night ar...

In Episode 50 of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda rant and rave about all the holiday things! From holiday traditions and gift giving to Irish goodbyes and Elf on the Shelf, and they debate whether traveling for the holidays and regifting are really that bad. And Nick has decided to rebrand White Elephant parties to Grinch parties! 👀 In another double dose of AITA, they also discuss two Christmas...

In Episode 49 of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda rant and rave about all the holiday things! From holiday traditions and gift giving to Irish goodbyes and Elf on the Shelf, and they debate whether traveling for the holidays and regifting are really that bad. And Nick has decided to rebrand White Elephant parties to Grinch parties! 👀 In another double dose of AITA, they also discuss two Christmas...

In Episode 48 of The Rant Files, Miranda announces her weekly takeover of Nick's regular episodes - so now you get twice the amount of ranting! Muahahaha! To kick things off, Nick and Miranda rant about movie trailers and brutal honesty, they debate whether assembling furniture is really that bad, and then they dig into an AITA story about proposing on Christmas. Miranda closes out the episode...