Super Familiar with The Wilsons

Send us Fan Mail It’s almost Christmas, and the Wilsons are doing what the holidays demand: attending suspiciously fancy work parties, negotiating drink-ticket economics, and discovering that nothing says “festive” like a giant Bluetooth speaker that could absolutely summon woodland cryptids on command. Then the neighborhood stages a rare, beautiful moment of HOA solidarity (the kind that can only...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s Super Familiar with the Wilsons , Amanda and Podcast Jesus return to Sunday-morning recording to unpack holiday work parties, questionable parenting moments, mysterious car trouble, and the strange comfort of niche pillows, Hallmark-adjacent movies, and loyal listeners. It’s marriage 2.0 with kids, hormones, neighborhood nonsense, and a little Gainesville holiday ma...

Send us Fan Mail Barbecue-sauce “arson,” a stadium that literally farts during fireworks, and a coffee order that could break up a marriage, welcome to another perfectly unhinged conversation with our friend Gavin. We compare UK and US chaos, ride the annual “Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays” outrage carousel, and BBQ sauce. Gavin walks us through award winning pub bathrooms and a cursed KFC rest...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is beefing with a nine-year-old “lawyer of parenting,” Josh is emotionally held hostage by the phrase “I need to talk to you” via text, and Alexa has decided she also deserves hot cocoa. We wander through Target pillow trials , Disney Springs escapism , Publix yoga-pant anthropology , open carry at the bookstore , HOA roller disco villains , and one surprisingly practical t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we save someone from an unnecessary tow truck, confront a smart speaker that suddenly thinks it’s our equal and honor a true hero of the public restroom. We also test-drive a switch from coffee to matcha (spoiler: fewer jitters, more smugness), debate whether dogs are tiny furry theologians while cats are morally neutral agents of chaos, and accidentally summon K-...

Send us Fan Mail We wander into the strange promises of tech: an “anti-gaslighting” app. Winter makes a cameo, Florida-style. Bowling humility. Plus, a cryptic song riddle gets solved, our Scottish friend is deciphered, and movies are backward. Pull up a chair. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s juggling kids and chaos, and listen up. Super Familiar with The Wilsons  Find us on instagram at...

Send us Fan Mail Marriage 2.0 with kids means romance, mustaches, and emergency key fob batteries.  In this installment of Super Familiar with the Wilsons , Josh discovers something surprising at a KPop Demon Hunter sing-along, we give a PSA about cars that die but really don't, a neighborhood HOA saga update, and a pink-slippers-on-a-scooter sighting that redefines road safety.  Listener sto...

Send us Fan Mail Halloween candy mountain, party “forced fun,” and the eternal mystery of Why Every Kid Owns a 128 oz Water Bottle. In this comedy chat from Super Familiar with the Wilsons , Amanda and Josh rant about trick-or-treat overload, hosting a house full of costumed grown-ups, and building community without losing your mind (or your Kit Kats). We swap idiom-costume ideas for school (“piec...

Send us Fan Mail Marriage 2.0 with side quests and kids. Amanda and Josh tackle the mysterious “six seven” meme, a KPop Demon Hunters obsession, and why Topgolf isn’t putt-putt (or dueling pianos actually dueling). DoorDash diplomacy, an alarm titled “Play with me, Daddy,” HRT patch wins, and a backyard Baby Saja rap battle. Listener mail checks rapture rumors; The Birdcage is your homework. Also:...

Send us Fan Mail Sleep-deprived, off the rails, and somehow leading straight into parental panic, moral victories, and one bed date. It’s a ride through a weekend that began with peace, steak, and football glory, and ended with a 2 A.M. call that tested their parenting nerves and their Wi-Fi connection. There’s a police car involved, a Disney detour, cosmic messages about fantasy football, and a s...

Send us Fan Mail We wrestle with how to handle swearing around kids and admit our own hypocrisy plus: the matcha shortage, Publix marathons and the Uncrustables saga from vegetarian to steak plus K‑pop Demon Hunters. FamiliarWilsons at gmail.com. Do you let your kids swear at home? Let us know. Super Familiar with The Wilsons  Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and o...

Send us Fan Mail Marriage 2.0, an eight-year-old’s gelato grift, HOA espionage at the pool, PE squats vs. aging knees, Talk Like a Pirate Day, a lovingly irreverent “Seven Things To Do Before The Rapture,” rapture panic history, Amanda’s Flashbacks t imeline quiz (Josh gets humbled), and a cozy equinox call to touch grass, maybe before the hurricane. Ends with a gloriously absurd “rapture roll cal...

Send us Fan Mail Josh declares himself a genius after inventing a shockingly effective fly-eviction method and surviving “new math” after a Negroni. Amanda breaks down acronyms vs. initialisms , we celebrate the Strongly Worded Email that moved a construction dumpster, unpack a social-anxiety misunderstanding, and confirm AI is terrible at fantasy football. Plus: spooky-season TV recs and neighbor...

Send us Fan Mail Josh napalms his throat with Fire Hot Fritos and then explains how he let AI draft his fantasy team… to an F. Amanda declares it the Season of All The Germs and the Microsoft Planner of Doom (167 “due today” tasks!), while the Wilsons unpack kid boredom, screen-time rage-quits, and transitions that need a landing strip. Then it’s Gainesville game-day anthropological fieldwork: “Te...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when your kid finally leaves for college…but only moves 15 minutes down the road? Josh is still sick, Amanda is still emotional, and Muffy is using communal bathrooms. From hamster-ball personal protection systems to grandmas with flying sandals, the Wilsons unscrew the chaos of dorm move-in day. Equal parts parenting therapy session and ridiculous invention pitch mee...

Send us Fan Mail A mini-episode amoungst many changes... Talking Points: • Josh recovering  • Post-pandemic shift • Historical terminology • Wind Your Neck In • Goblin Tools  Super Familiar with The Wilsons  Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us Fan Mail This week on Super Familiar with the Wilsons , Josh finds inner peace through matcha, Amanda recounts a terrifying ER visit and both hosts navigate existential dread,  Also, HOA beef, pediatric sleep regression, and questionable doctor fashion choices.  Plus: Josh wants a sundress, Amanda gets approached by a Navy man at Publix, and refined gay thoughts make a triumphant return. ...

Send us Fan Mail While Amanda and Muffy are off on a girls' weekend, Josh sits down with his middle son Andrew (aka music producer AJCW) for a heartfelt deep dive into fatherhood, family crimes involving decorative sticks, and the surprising power of FOMO. They discuss bad parenting moments), the real reason Andrew started making music, and what it's like to accidentally go viral on the...

Send us Fan Mail In this rambling episode, Josh and Amanda tackle the Coldplay concert scandal, Balloon Boy’s comeback, and why BuzzFeed has decided Josh's relationship status. Along the way, they review restaurants by a different metric (food is for cowards), invent two useful new words, and dissect why the “nuclear family” is more marketing myth than timeless tradition. Plus: listener email...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Super Familiar with the Wilsons , married podcasters Josh and Amanda dive into the real (and ridiculous) world of modern marriage, perimenopause, and parenting chaos. Amanda battles hot flashes and podcasts without pants. Plus: when is it appropriate to sprinkle parmesan on the dog, Josh has a deep concern about eating bugs, and a Flashbacks Quiz. Along the way,...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Super Familiar with the Wilsons , we unpack the joys (and horrors) of family vacations, talk about Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell concert, forgotten shoes, haunted hotel rooms, near-death experiences, and a surprising number of lost pillows. Josh vents about sock piles and not being believed. Amanda relives two travel traumas that made her question ever leaving the house ag...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Super Familiar with the Wilsons , Amanda and Josh wrestle with the joys and indignities of modern parenting, including teaching their kid to ride a bike, spoiler: there’s crying, possibly from all parties. Along the way, they dive into caffeinated reflux regrets, debate the ethics of bird ownership, and get surprisingly philosophical about poop. Listener emails...

Send us Fan Mail Josh and Amanda tackle the surprising accumulation of everyday objects and explore how we unconsciously become "those people" with habits and collections we never intended to have. Talking Points 0:45 - The Coffee Mug Revelation 5:25 - Becoming "Those People" 10:55 - Listener Questions 11:42 - Hobbies vs. Obsessions 21:52 - Fessholes Confessions 27:25 - What&ap...

Send us Fan Mail A heartfelt Father's Day reflection on breaking cycles of emotional unavailability and becoming the parent you never had.  Super Familiar with The Wilsons  Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us Fan Mail "We’re not parenting experts. We’re just trying not to cry into a $40 cupcake while wandering a Disney mall in the Florida summer…" Amanda and Josh explore the complicated "relationship DMZ" that follows separation when kids are involved, sharing their personal experiences navigating co-parenting challenges and offering practical advice for others in similar si...