How To Handyma’am | A Home Improvement Comedy Podcast

We are turning the tables on each other today! 🪚🔥 Instead of choosing our own rants, we selected each other's "Three Minutes of Chaos" topics—covering everything from country Bologna picnics to horrifying Pop-Tart ant infestations and wild Amazonian otters. 🐜🥪Then, we transition into full salesman mode to give you an unfiltered, rapid-fire breakdown of the 9 tools we physically c...

Dog barking drama couldn't stop us! 🐶❌ We are back with another monthly SideQuest Q&A, answering your real-world home improvement questions straight from Instagram DMs and our website mail portal. 🛠️✨From structural drywall fixes to hazardous job site safety myths, we are breaking down the direct, data-backed truth about your homes. 🪚 THE DRYWALL & TOOL CLUBHOUSE:Our mission is to...

Welcome to How to Handyma'am, the podcast where Samantha, Arly, and Emily put on their detective hats! In this episode, we investigate why good paint goes bad on weird surfaces, why it peels off in long sheets, and how to fix it. Before we jump into the case files, we kick things off with our signature segment: Three Minutes of Chaos. We throw a massive shoutout to one of our lovely support sy...

Welcome to the SideQuest! Today, we are taking a break from our regular instructional deep dives to bring you Team Chaos: Part Two of Weird Tool Origins! Samantha, Arly, and Emily are going head-to-head in a tool trivia battle to guess the bizarre, accidental, and sometimes bloody backstories of the items sitting inside your toolbox right now. Play along with us in the comments and keep track of y...

Welcome back to How to Handyma'am! In Episode 30, we are tackling a massive project that every homeowner dreads but desperately needs: Deck Refinishing! Before we dive into our definitive 4-phase guide, we kick things off with literal, actual, certifiable studio chaos. We discuss why Emily’s "dead" backyard groundhog, Gerald, is actually alive and eating mulberries, how Emily blew $4...

Think your garbage disposal is just a blender with sharp blades waiting to destroy your silverware? Today we are completely busting the myths around sink maintenance! 🛑🌪️In this "Sidequest" bonus episode of the How to Handyma’am Podcast, Emily plays garbage disposal detective to explain why a recent plumbing class completely blew everyone's minds. We reveal the hidden reality of how...

Welcome back to the studio! Today, we are putting our building knowledge to the ultimate test with Fact or Fiction: Outdoor Code Edition. Samantha steps up as our quizmaster and game show host while Emily and Arly battle it out to see who wins the Handyma'am Olympics of building code. Before we look at the rulebook, we dive into our mandatory 3 minutes of chaos to talk about Samantha's gol...

Welcome back to another chaotic How to Handyma'am Sidequest! Today, we are playing a legendary game with a workshop twist: Kiss, Marry, Kill: Power Tool Edition. The rules are simple: Emily gives us three common tools, and as a crew, we HAVE to agree on which one we’d marry, which one we’d give a quick kiss to, and which one is getting permanently thrown into the dumpster. Warning: Things get...

Welcome to Episode 28 of How to Handyma'am, the podcast where we are all up in your business! This week we are tackling Saws 101—breaking down the 6 best saws for your DIY arsenal, what they actually do, and how to use them without a trip to the emergency room. But first, we’ve got some serious field chaos to catch up on. The Chaos Before the Tools:The Maddie Fan Club: This episode is dedicate...

Welcome to another unhinged edition of the How to Handyma’am Sidequest! 📻🧰 Friday to Friday is just way too long to wait, so we are back for our weekly halfway point bonus episode. We decided to give you a normal, well-organized main episode followed by complete, coo-coo-bananas chaos on the sidequest. We kick things off with a highly relatable discussion about a viral video featuring a chicken...

Welcome to Episode 27 of How to Handyma’am! ☀️🪚 We missed you all so much, and today the trio is back with an incredibly packed episode dedicated to one of our day-one supporters, Pam! We kick things off with a chaotic late-night studio session featuring emergency mac and cheese, blue slushies, and a complete breakdown of our very first in-person workshop class. We also celebrate a massive milest...

Welcome back to the How to Handyma’am Sidequest! 📻🧰 We are switching things up and moving to a once-a-month, rapid-fire Q&A format so we can dive deep into your burning home improvement questions . Recording late on a Tuesday night from Samantha’s house (aka Emily’s mom!)—complete with an angry, trapped dog downstairs acting like a disgruntled Pixar character—the trio gets straight to the po...

Welcome back to How to Handyma'am! ☀️🪚 In this episode, Samantha, Emily, and Arly are breaking down Part 2 of their "Aging in Place" series—this time, taking the conversation completely outside for an Outdoor Independence Audit . As licensed builders running their construction company, MyHandyma'am , the crew dives into 10 practical ways to modify your home’s exterior so that yo...

Welcome back to How-To Handyma’am ! This week, Samantha, Arly, and Emily are stepping away from our standard workshop schedules to take you on a wild, chaotic deep dive into the completely bizarre history of the everyday tools sitting in your garage . Emily is feeling sneaky and sharing her inner history nerd as we play a guessing game with the unsettling origins of modern trade tools : 🩸 The Chi...

Welcome back to How-To Handyma’am , the podcast where we put the handy man in the hosting ! This week, Samantha, Arly, and Emily are bringing you part two of our ultimate summer hosting guide, packed with genius backyard hacks and tactical entertaining blueprints to put even your most introverted guests completely at ease . Before we hit the backyard, we kick off with our Three Minutes of Chaos se...

Grab your respirators, folks. In this Sidequest, Samantha, Arly, and Emily officially open the doors to the MDF Hate Club . While medium density fiberboard looks uniform and beautiful on the store shelf, we are here to expose the pros, the cons, and the absolute lies surrounding this compressed wood fluff . In this Sidequest, we break down: What is MDF anyway?: A mid-20th-century invention made fr...

We’ve officially hit Episode 24! This week, Samantha, Arly, and Emily are breaking down the essential steps to building a fence that stays level, plumb, and square for years to come. Samantha kicks things off with a heartfelt dedication to her Aunt Annie—the original "master of the chaos" who taught her that getting older means finally being exactly who you are. In this episode, we discu...

We’ve officially survived the "22-episode failure zone," and with over 43 total uploads including our Sidequests, we’re just getting started! This week, the studio door is open, and Winnie the dog joins Emily, Arly, and Samantha as we tackle a themed Q&A all about your home's exterior. In this Sidequest, we answer: Staining a Weathered Deck: Is it ever too late to stain a graying...

Winter is finally over in Michigan, and the Handyma’ams are ready to head outside! This episode kicks off a two-part summer hosting series designed to help you get your home party-ready and, most importantly, safe for your guests. In this episode, we cover: Memorial for Carla Jean: A special dedication to a "girls' gal" who loved life. The 3-Minute Catch-up: New eyebrow freckles , a...

Grab your concert tees and get ready to rock, because this is the Sidequest of the 90s! This week, Emily went rogue in the basement office and dug into the depths of Reddit to find some truly unhinged contractor horror stories. Samantha, Arly, and Emily read through four different nightmares and provide their professional commentary on the massive red flags these homeowners missed. In this Sideque...

Welcome back to How To Handyma'am! This week, Arly survived a brutal bout of food poisoning to bring you an episode packed with chaotic energy, essential life advice, and a hardware store game show. Before we talk tools, Samantha celebrates finding a great new therapist , and then Emily takes the mic for an important soapbox moment about body neutrality, diet culture, and dealing with internet...

Welcome to another Side Quest! ⚔️ Today, Samantha, Arley, and Emily are tackling your listener questions. We’re covering everything from the legalities of deck building to why poorly installed safety equipment is the absolute worst. In this episode, we answer: Do you need a permit to replace your deck boards? (And why you should never pull a permit for your contractor!) . Can you put mulch over a...

Welcome back to How to Handyma'am, besties! We missed you. In this episode, we are wrapping up our four-part "Spring is Sprung" series with the ultimate guide to beautifying the outside of your home in 48 hours or less. We are giving you beginner-friendly DIY tips for: Diagnosing your house style: Why you need to lean into the house you have (stop making ranches look like farmhouses!...

This week on the Side Quest, we are putting down the power tools and picking up our resumes! If you are job hunting, switching careers, or just struggling to land an offer, this is the episode for you. Before we started How to Handyma'am, our very own Samantha Pearl had a long career in Human Resources and conducted hundreds of interviews. Inspired by the absolute trauma of some recent chaotic...

If you are planning on building, replacing, or resurfacing a deck this summer, you cannot afford to skip this episode! Today, we are starting from the ground up to give you the ultimate Deck 101 survival guide. We talk through the dreaded permitting process and explain exactly when you can legally skip the paperwork. Then, we break down the pros, cons, and hidden costs of the three most common dec...