Cousin Closet with Maddy and Emily

Welcome back to another week in the Cousin Closet! Maddy and Emily are ADHD-ing all over the place, as per usual, and unpacking a variety of topics: gay dentistry, Taylor Swift's wedding, and the Venn diagram where aesthetic patriotism and pride meet in an unexpected way. Love you!!!

This week, the closet welcomes its first-ever guest to the pod! While Maddy is out of town, Emily sits down with Rachel Ratelle, founder of Rays Your Vibe—a nonprofit advocating for endometriosis and women’s health awareness. Rachel shares her own journey with chronic illness and the process of uncovering the conditions that have plagued her throughout her life. The girls have an unfiltered conver...

Welcome back to the closet! Oh, and also back out of it? After a few weeks' hiatus and much-needed reset, the girls are back on their bullshit. They recap the past few weeks and reflect on the first six months of the year.  Emily continues the dating saga and gives an update on the emotional and physical effects she’s experienced since that began, and Maddy opens up about unpacking her sexuali...

And just like that, we’re back in the closet. This week, Maddy tackles her second solo episode and realizes how underutilized lace is in her closet. She takes on Emily’s challenge to “stream of consciousness this shit”, which, of course, wanders through various thoughts and tangents.  She gets into her various dreams, fear of not being taken seriously, the tendency to hold on to and ritualize thin...

It’s Friday, and Maddy and Emily are reaching into the closet for something… mystical? Both annoyed at Emily for picking this theme, they show up and turn out in their best interpretations anyway, and discuss the important distinction between capes and cloaks. Emily gets into her most recent qualms with dating, including deceptively hot Christians and men’s poorly curated dating profiles. She fill...

Welcome back to another week in the Cousin Closet! Emily and Maddy are finally reunited after two weeks apart, and there is much to catch up on. It's an undressed week, so get ready for them to pull more niche life lessons from one another's deepest depths. The laundry list is listing. Emily updates the cousins on her sexscapades and the presentation Maddy made to keep track of her suitors, how he...

Welcome back to another week in the closet. <3 Emily is popping in–fashionably late, the full moon has been full mooning, and we are overwhelmed–for her first solo episode while Maddy is... definitely not in Montana. She's taking us through the ins and outs of bodywork and introducing us to her favorite modality: Craniosacral Therapy. Of course, she first goes through her laundry list and gives...

Welcome back to another week of Cousin Closet chaos! Maddy is taking on the show's first solo episode to give us part two of unpacking her Mormon mission. If you haven’t listened to part one of this episode, “My Mormon Mission”, go back and listen! Or listen after? Whatever order you want, angels! Buckle up for a range of stories, feelings, thoughts, and catastrophes as she sheds more light on...

Hi cousins, and welcome to church! This week, Sister Thompson and la Hermana Gozo are dressed for duality, and we are diving deep into something we've never unpacked before: Maddy's Mormon mission. We cover the full context — Mormonism 101, what a mission actually is, how it works, who goes, who pays for it (you do, lol), worthiness, rule books that read like a pharmaceutical ads, and why Maddy en...

Hi cousins! This week, the theme is transformation — and we mean that in every sense of the word. We kick things off with Emily's dating update (candidate number two and his shirt-off confidence. We are rooting for her). Maddy debuts a handmade top she's been saving for years, and Emily transforms from six-months-pregnant-looking to snatched, courtesy of a coffee enema. You're welcome....

Hi cousins! We’re back and coming in HOT with a breakdown of—you guessed it—the Enneagram. Also, we are officially on Apple Podcasts… but did just find out it might be in Dutch?? We have questions. We jump in with outfit breakdowns inspired by “April showers bring May flowers,” and yes, we talk about our tits yet again. Maddy shares her desire to get her nipple pierced, but she’s concerned about t...

Hi cousins! Aries season is humping our brains and we are NOT complaining. This week Maddy and Emily are back with a full laundry list of things they've been holding in — and honestly, the girls had to dish . We're talking: outfit breakdowns (Maddy reclaiming the corset she wore to Emily's Bachelorette party and Emily channeling a sexy version of the iconic red Sleepover dress), the im...

Hello cousins!! Welcome to episode 9! We’re kicking things off with a little luck of the Irish (or Scottish?) energy — Emily bringing the pot of gold and Maddy repping a plaid layered look. We’re back with another real one. This episode, we’re diving into chronic illness. And if anyone’s going to make this content actually funny, it’s us. Real talk, though, this episode comes straight from lived e...

Welcome to Cousin Closet! This week, the girls are in their Stevie Nicks era. Emily glows in her follicular phase, and Maddy spirals through eternal PMS. They begin by giving some life updates, including Emily’s saga with the DMV and her new venture into the San Diego dating scene.  As always, they unpack coming to terms with their identities and their personal growth, before getting into the hear...

Welcome back to the closet. This week, Maddy and Emily get right into the facts–they're feeling pretty blue, and not just because this week's outfit theme is Canadian tuxedoes. Em bitches about the realities of period pain made worse by her other health conditions, and Maddy, well, karma gave her shingles. Together, they unpack what it feels like currently, trying to be okay when everythin...

Hi cousins! This week, Maddy and Emily introduce a new segment: UNDRESSED! The girls surprise each other with questions and cackle as they unpack their answers together and give you a closer look inside their brains. But before that, they of course go through their laundry list items, including: Mercury going retrograde, Emily's most recent unfortunate incident, Hilary Duff's comeback, the...

This week on the pod, Maddy and Emily get into all things crushes. Starting with Emily’s ventures back into night life and how the girls spent Valentine’s Day. Maddy bursts Emily’s bubble by drawing attention to the holiday’s origin and together they unpack their love day-themed outfits.  They talk about different kinds of crushes and the realization that limerence has taken over their lives. Both...

Welcome to Cousin Closet! Maddy and Emily jump right in and tackle their laundry lists—Maddy has a bone to pick with Utah coffee shops, and Emily discusses her childhood obsession with The Pacifier and her unspoken love for short, buff men. They unpack their sexy mermaid fits, starting with Maddy’s whimsical Greek-inspired Ariel and Emily’s sequin hot pants. They waste no time and begin discussing...

This week on Cousin Closet, Maddy and Emily give the listeners an update on what life has looked like since they recorded episodes one and two. Of course, the girls first talk about their hatred for i.c.e. and the current administration as a whole, and touch on the responsibility that comes with their innate privilege. They explain why they changed the theme for this week's outfits, what happe...

This week on Cousin Closet, Maddy and Emily begin by addressing the current state of our country and the world at large; touching on the importance of advocacy and their hope to create a platform centered on allyship, while also providing a sliver of joy in their listeners’ days. Emily then goes on to address her dog’s urgent diarrhea and the girls make a quick pivot to show off their New Year’s E...

Welcome to Cousin Closet! Maddy and Emily introduce themselves, the pod, and dive right in. They talk about their upbringing and relationship throughout the years, and show off outfits inspired by their younger selves. Emily shares about the time she learned nipples get hard, and Maddy explains her feelings on having mice. Together, they unpack their 2025: divorce, quitting their jobs, moving, and...