Floundering with Carey and Isabelle

Recorded on the eve of Floundering’s first birthday, we say farewell to 2024 the only way we know how: with some good old fashioned gab. Carey shares her on-the-ground reporting from a recent visit to Texas, Isabelle recounts a memorable five hour Uber drive within Brooklyn, and both gals discuss favorite Christmas treats and traditions. All of that plus some thoughtful discourse about our distrus...

In honor of the one-year anniversary of Floundering, we're re-releasing our top episode of 2024! In this classic, Carey and Isabelle prove they can't handle the responsibilities of intro music while unpacking the immaculate conception of their workplace friendship. As a bonus, the gals rate their time apart (it's always painful), and send love notes to the pharmaceutical community.

It’s been three whole weeks since the gals have seen each other, so there’s a lot to catch up on: Isabelle’s plight of not having Hot Girl Handwriting, Carey’s encounter with her ghosts of exes past, and one big presidential-sized Flop. Plus: the girls give thanks for Floundering’s first known hater and reckon with the exhaustion of knowing too much in the information age. Happy Thanksgiving to ou...

Carey and Isabelle have a bone to pick with the Children’s Literature Industrial Complex (again). Step inside an analysis of 3 books and learn about the dangers of liking straight sons for always, body shaming bear cubs, and befriending a gourd. Plus, the gals share two flops and try Their Very Hardest to end the episode on a high note.

It’s Halloween, and you know what that means. Time for the gals to talk all things SCAWY: ghost encounters, ghoul-operated dumbwaiters, and Isabelle’s cold sores. Plus: Carey got sick and won’t let anyone forget it, Isabelle experienced the unexpected joys of Pittsburgh, USA, and we realized we are both too perpetually afraid to uncage our hearts to spooky season. Come for the ghost story, stay to...

The gals battle with the twisties of podcasting this episode, and all we’re asking for is the same grace we gave Simone Biles during the 2021 Olympic Games. Other topics discussed: meeting reading goals, traveling in economy, grappling with our self concept, and loving on NYC-specific advertising and Alfalfa sprouts. Please bear with us.

A conversation about our Extremely Online culture, if you can believe it. From Reddit and the plight of Instagram dumps to bed rotting and the era of bumpin’ that, please stuff’a your ears responsibly.

Another week of emotional intensity at Floundering LLC. Isabelle has an unexpected run-in with a spiritual healer, Carey finds love with Big Dentistry and AI, and both gals grapple with the gaze of 4 YouTube subscribers. Follow us on Instagram/YouTube @flounderingpod and on TikTok @flounderingpodcast!

Back despite multiple requests to cease and desist, it’s Floundering season 2! We’re in the stu taking on topics no one asked us to discuss, like the unjust persecution of Raygun and the Salem witches, the concept of summer transformations, and the ultimate transformation – death. We’re excited to be back bringing you biweekly episodes with the content you crave: feet and sweat stains. Follow us o...

Noted cultural tastemakers Carey and Isabelle share their thoughts on some of the best and worst trends of past and present. Plus: Isabelle finds salvation in an Oklahoma onion burger, Carey laments the NYC marijuana crackdown, and the two share heartfelt messages in bottles. PS: We are going on hiatus for the summer! HAGS!

The gals indulge in the fantasy of eloping with a member of a boy band and dissect the psychological phenomenon of Eldest Daughter Syndrome. Plus, flipping through encounters with subway performers, flopping through public radio fundraising drives, and loving on life's simple pleasures: the Lacheys and being perceived while reading in public.

carey and isabelle were feeling a little sluggish, so decided to discuss some lighthearted topics: grief, murder, the subconscious mind, and much more! plus: two flips, carey gives thanks to the CIA, and isabelle's ode to the sacred work trip hotel room.

Carey and Isabelle try their hands at book club and unpack an article about the case for marrying an older (read: extremely wealthy and youthful) man. Plus, two flips, the notion of internet takedowns, and messages in a bottle to our favorite establishments: network TV and urgent care.

a scathing indictment of celebrity culture, why handsome men are out and weird-looking dudes are in, and the magnetic pull of march madness. plus: a salacious rumor about james marsden, japanese sweet potatoes, and carey's harrowing brush with death by noise-cancelling headphones. content warning: child sexual abuse is discussed

the girls discuss where they thought they'd be at 30 (married with 5 kids) vs. where they actually are (mentally unstable with a podcast). also covered: the magic of hello fresh, innovations in fast food, and the tyranny of 4-hour long movies.

coming to terms with our inability to enjoy the beach, stubbornly refusing to understand what the mandela effect is, and the unmatched freedom of a newly acquired driver's license. plus, carey gets reacquainted with god's natural SSRIs.

carey and isabelle engage in a robust critical analysis of children's books they've never read, uncovering the morally ambiguous lessons today's kids are learning. plus: isabelle's injured girl complex and the latest installments of flip or flop and message in a bottle.

carey and isabelle prove they can't handle the responsibilities of intro music while unpacking the immaculate conception of their workplace friendship. as a bonus, the gals rate their time apart (it's always painful), and send love notes to the pharmaceutical community.

airplanes falling apart in the sky, Isabelle's childhood quest for Jesus, our signature loss of innocence moments, and Carey's heroic defense of couch people and the insurrectionists.

disturbing celeb crushes, equally disturbing real-life crushes, waxing poetic about friendship, revealing our words of 2024.

an ode to all the young male teachers we preyed on, and all the lousy teachers who owe us an apology (and money if they’re so inclined). also, Carey fights the sniffles and publishes a dissertation about the “girl dinner” trend.

the notion of cousins (Isabelle’s favorite), daddy issues (Carey’s favorite), and the troubling epidemic of only children.

crumbling in college, gyrating our way through middle school, lusting for love at summer camp, and other things we try to bury very deep.