Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!

Great Jones co-founder Sierra Tishgart dishes on her tofu press, fake fireplace and what she cooks in her cookware while Caroline makes the case for a power washer. Plus: Cheap rugs vs. expensive rugs, mac and cheese, and the many ways in which to cook rice. (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna see you there! And on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/g...

Who? Weekly hosts Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger are here for the episode you’ve all been begging me to record since Gee Thanks! launched last year. Bobby brings his favorite masks with a side of bluetooth conspiracy, Lindsey cracks open a Spindrift on air, and thanks to listener Abby Dan, I get to tell everyone about MOLDERPS.  (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustbou...

We’ve recorded more episodes in COVID times than in non-COVID times for awhile now so this is an episode where we just check in with each other (featuring the wonderful writer Amelia Diamond!). It’s October. How are we doing? (Insert Dorinda’s “Not Well, B*tch” gif here). We talk about how we’re getting work done (and how we’re not), the things we miss, the weirdness we feel. And yes, we talk abou...

Anxiety Marketplace co-creator’s Jolie De Feis and Sophia Yapalater join us to talk about starting an Instagram business, community through clothing sales and what it’s like to work with your friends. Plus, a product for pesky deodorant stains, the best product from The Laundress and a smudge-free nail polish. (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna see y...

We’re having some serious body image talk with co-founder and creative director of Universal Standard, Alex Waldman! For everyone (me) who has been a little bit or a lotta bit at war with their bodies in 2020 (because, despite everything else, there’s still somehow time to be mad at our bodies?), this is the episode for you. Also, Biologique Recherche p50 gets a big rec from a 20-year loyalist! (F...

Comedian Caleb Hearon is here! We’re talking about cars, Costco and being a comedian (Caleb, not me). If you don’t follow Caleb on Twitter you must, you must, you must. (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna see you there! And on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks ) Mentioned On This Episode! MOTHERRRR EFFINGGGGG COSTCO: https://www.cost...

Here to teach us A THING OR TWO (eh? eh?), we’re welcoming podcast hosts, shoppers extraordinaire and genuinely wonderful people Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo to Gee Thanks! We’re talking: Pasta, politics, and painting our nails.   (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna see you there! And on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks )...

Welcome to writer and yoga instructor Jessamyn Stanley, founder of The Underbelly! Jessamyn is here to talk about fitness and our bodies and what it’s like for her to unapologetically take up space in the wellness world as a fat Black woman. I get into my own ~wellness~ journey and why SoulCycle ultimately annoyed me more than it helped me. We also talk about our mutually fav MegaBabe product, Thi...

Author and Cosmopolitan op-ed editor Jessica Goodman is here to talk about her new book, “They Wish They Were Us” which is like if Gossip Girl and Riverdale had a baby and the baby wanted to do some murder. We also talk about avoiding the “dead girl” trope of true crime, saving the USPS with Jessica’s rec, and Caroline switches her recommendation at the VERY LAST SECOND. (Follow Gee Thanks! on Ins...

Vox Senior Correspondent and skincare connoisseur Alex Abad-Santos is here and we’re dedicating some time to male skincare with questions like: how? And also, why? And also, is it girly for men to wash their faces? (No). Also: what the Kardashians are up to (?????), what the women from Little Women (2019) are up to (?!?!!?!), and why Alex loves his Peloton (and why Caroline will never get one).&nb...

Fleishman Is In Trouble but we’re in LUCK because author Taffy Brodesser-Akner is here! I can’t believe it took 39 episodes to have a really in depth conversation about...COFFEE. We’re like the Gilmore Girls! (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna see you there! And on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks ) Mentioned On This Episode! Fleis...

You know her and love her, it’s Alisha Ramos of Girls Night In! Alisha is here to talk all things Selling Sunset, The Babysitters Club, and rice cookers. Oh yeah, she brought a long list of recs, so you will want to visit geethanksjustboughtit.com to find out more of what we couldn’t get to on today’s episode. Phew! Alisha, we love you! (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjust...

Product developer of Murad Skincare Kristen Robinson joins us for our first full-fledged skincare episode, sparked by Caroline’s obsession with the Murad Firming Cream for Neck and Decolletage. Learn about retinol, crepey neck, and what’s worth spending $$ on. Plus, blue light blocking glasses! (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna see you there!) Menti...

Poet Kate Baer joins us to talk all about the Amazon overalls she wears all year round, her new book of poems (“What Kind Of Woman” is out in November 2020!), and how we feel about our bodies. We love to talk about our bodies here! Also, Kate reveals the craziest thing she saw one time in a TJ Maxx dressing room. (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna se...

Author and chef Serena Wolf is here and she brought the multi-purpose kitchen tool of her dreams and all of yours. Turns out I already had it in my kitchen so I am extra excited! She also teaches me about Chi Chi’s foldable wraps (I screamed), and just like, so many things I wanted to know about food but was afraid (too dumb) to ask! (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustbou...

These two need no introduction! The hosts of everyone’s favorite podcast, Call Your Girlfriend, and the authors of the new book, “Big Friendship” (order: https://bookshop.org/a/9875/9781982111908 ) join us to talk about their favorite recs and how they shop for themselves and each other.  (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod )  (Follow Big Friendship o...

Welcome to the stage, Patrice Peck! Patrice is a freelance journalist covering race and culture at a number of publications including the New York Times, and today she joins Gee Thanks! to talk about a Black-owned product she loves (you can eat it, which is something we haven’t done here yet!!) and about how tired she and her fellow Black journalists are.  (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.in...

We’re talking about ethical and sustainable shopping with the CEO of Brightly, Laura Wittig! Laura has built a one stop eco-friendly shop with Brightly: https://brightly.eco/ , which makes it a lot easier to maintain your consumer relationship with sustainable brands. We talk bedsheets, but also how to get started on your journey of a more sustainable lifestyle. Mentioned On This Episode! Brightly...

The Megababe herself, Katie Sturino, is joining us today to talk about the Dyson AirWrap! Everyone knows Katie for her #SupersizeTheLook Instagram campaign and her ability to “call brands in” to #MakeMySize. Now she and I go deep on the Dyson, shopping for “extended” sizing at straight size stores, and way more. We also talk about some of my favorite Megababe products (like THIGH RESCUE, SERIOUSLY...

What do you do when you’re 9 years old and you can’t find any books featuring kids who look like you? You open your own bookstore, of course! Today we’re joined by Rylei Brissett, a 3rd grader from Florida who did exactly that when she and her mom Brea founded The Brown Bookcase in 2019. Brea and Rylei have lots to say about books for and about brown and Black children, as well as their top recomm...

Proprietress of the only Black woman-owned (and Black lesbian woman-owned BTW!) bookstore in Chicago, Danni Mullen is here! We’re talking books and back scratchers. And how our partners don’t appreciate how funny we are. Danni has raised nearly $100,000 this week to make sure underprivileged kids can come into the store and shop the shelves. In exchange for her valuable time on this week’s episode...

Nora McInerny is hot and tall and hysterical and she joins us today because I am trying to be her third husband. I have maybe never laughed harder in my life as we recorded this and Nora is a woman who has made a living out of talking about grief. Many of you told me Nora was a national treasure. Many of you...are correct. Follow along with recs (and share your own via DM) on the “Gee Thanks, Just...

If you haven’t heard me evangelize the brilliantly beachy books of Elin Hilderbrand, you are not paying attention. But now you’re going to have to, because Elin joins us today! Her 24th novel, 28 Summers, is out June 16! If you haven’t read your first Elin yet, what are you waiting for!  Follow along with recs (and share your own via DM) on the “Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!” Instagram: www.ins...

Marissa Mullen aka @ThatCheesePlate, @CheeseByNumbers, and @ThatCheeseClass ( www.instagram.com/thatcheeseplate ) is here to talk about, um, duh, cheese. Her new book, That Cheese Plate Will Change Your Life, just came out and even though we know cheese plates are way more fun to make, when, like, you can have friends over, cheese plates for one are encouraged. ALL CHEESE PLATES CAN BE PERSONAL CH...

Sydney Kramer of @CrepesOfWrath on Insta ( www.instagram.com/crepesofwrath ) joins us to talk about making the perfect chocolate chip cookie (or any cookie) using her product pick. Follow along with recs (and share your own via DM) on the “Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!” Instagram: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod Then Caroline talks about a few months with the Aquis Hair Turban, and the ho...