The Maxi Pod

Speaking of stuff that doesnt have to do with anything:  Episode Guide:  0:00 Memorial Day Weekend Reflections 5:52 Summer Bucket list updates 11:20 Summer House Reunion and Aftermath 24:54 RHORI 26:12 Ariana Grande Thoughts 28:14 Love Island USA 32:53 Summer TV/Movie recs (Running Point, Off Campus, Office Romance) 35:37 Multi-tasking 37:44 Being a stupid girl for a crumb of attention 39:36 Assig...

Join hands and bow your heads for a summer prayer. Vodkas and sunrises, hallelujah. Beer us strength.  Episode Guide:  0:00 Summer 2026 Bucket List 15:15 Maggie Do You Care? 15:32 Summer House episodes amidst Westmandoval  23:21 Bieberchella 26:42 Alix Earle vs. Alex Cooper 28:44 Real Housewives of Rhode Island 31:41 Devil Wears Prada 2 Review ft. So_Grool 33:56 NFL Coach Mike Vrabel and Dianna Ru...

I guess I'll start... Summer House pick me's have been trying to ruin our spring but we're mentioning it all in order to cope and heal our broken hearts. If you have a flat stomach and are financially stable get a grip.  Featuring our Bravo correspondent Lil Rache!  Episode Guide: 0:00 Summer House Scandal: Westmandoval Explainer  6:06 Our reaction! Featuring Amanda: A Cautionary Tale 22:03 Scando...

We are so back & in our bag personality-wise! Apologies for passionately butchering the pronunciation of Spanish words.  Episode Guide:  0:00 First episode of the year! What has everyone been up to? 5:50 Bad Bunny Superbowl Analysis and Updated Superbowl Halftime Rankings 32:10 Traitors Season 4 (Episodes 1-9) 42:40 Summer House Season 10 (Kyle and Amanda) 49:10 Beckham family feud 51:23 Don't tal...

We're wrapping up the year on The Maxi Pod with a full recap and a very special guest, Rachel Mauck from the "It's Not About the Podsta" podcast . We're breaking down the best of the year in music, TV, and movies , revisiting the Dancing With the Stars freestyles, and revealing our  Destiny's Challenge of the Year .  Episode Guide:  0:00 Intro 1:07 Best in Music (Top Artists, Albums, Song of the Y...

Enjoy our End of the Season Challenge 41 Vets and New Threats Recap and Analysis featuring the first loser of our Draft and returning Challenge correspondent CJ!  The episode covers our reaction on winners and losers of the final, and our overall opinions on the final format and difficulty. We also re-visit Nany and Will, Aneesa vs Ashley, CT's performance, and the Mini-final cheating. We all give...

It's tiiiiiiiiiime!!!!! We're back with some whole ass holiday cheer- because if not you Cindy Loo Hoo… who? From there, we get into a Dancing With the Stars finale breakdown, including our reaction to Whitney and Mark's elimination, our picks to win, a comment on the sexual tension this season, and yet another defense of the Judges. Then we talk about the WOW moments of this season of Real Housew...

For two tipsy girls podcasting outdoors this turned out pretty magical. Enjoy Thotumn and share with an enemy.  Episode Guide:  0:00 Seasons Never Get Old- Thotumn is here!  2:00 Chris Brown Breezy Bowl Concert Review  11:02 Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl Album Review 37:39 Selena Gomez got married 38:29 Nicki Minaj and Cardi B beef 39:39 Dancing with the Stars Check -in (Week 3 & 4) 43:20...

This episode will cure your depression. Something is in the air and everything's coming up Maxi Pod! We're kicking things off with the brand-new season of  Dancing with the Stars before diving into The Challenge: Vets and New Threats for a mid-season check-in. Maggie did some due diligence and was ready for our Real Housewives of Miami ranking and with a side of Salt Lake Mid Level Marketing. We a...

In this episode, Rachel and Maggie crawl towards the end of their Shrek summer to give takes on the mean streets of DC, the Taylor interview that broke our brains, The Challenge: Vets and New Threats, Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle ad , and of course the Presidential Fitness Test . It's a swampy life but someone has to have a sense of humor about it!  Episode Guide: 0:00 Rachel was sick, End of s...

The Challenge Recap episode 6 years after the fact that you didn't know you needed!  When we found out that War of the Worlds 2 had been removed from streaming due to the erasure of a problematic castmate, we knew it was our duty to memorialize this amazing piece of Challenge lore. This iconic season gave us Cara Maria in her Vampire era, losing her soul while her little Troll boyfriend Paulie mil...

Pony up Maxxinistas it's a real live hoedown and we have the Big 3 of the Summer all in one episode: This episode kicks off with a full breakdown of Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour . ** Disclaimer: If you are not a Beyoncé fan, you are not permitted to listen to Cowboy Carter Critiques. Please skip. Otherwise, enjoy our song-by-song, honest, possibly controversial reactions. Then we do a deep dive in...

What a thrill to be absolutely terrified! In this Summer Kickoff episode, we celebrate Maggie living out her pop-punk dreams on the Warped Tour, double down on age fluidity and the importance of birthdays, and remind the Maxxinistas of the merits of risking it for the biscuit. We also dive into celebrity updates (Bieber, Diddy, Taylor, and Trump vs Elon), and wrap up Summer House Season 9 and Paig...

In this special Mother's Day episode, we turn the mic over to the women who raised us and interview our moms! We dive into conversations about motherhood, what it was like raising daughters, their careers in teaching, and the kind of guys they want for us. We also found out if they're stressed that we're still single. From lifelong friendships to their unfiltered advice, this episode is full of wi...

In this jam-packed episode, the Maxi Pod breaks down Kitty Purry's Blue Origin stunt and the messy tour backlash, dissect our princeling Justin Bieber's current floundering, and side-eye Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown because something is definitely afoot... We also dive into Tate McRae and Morgan Wallen chatter, the Cowboy Carter Tour buzz, Bravo drama from  Summer House , The Valley , and The...

  Episode 101: The most relatable & charming episode about Springtime roses and thorns  Episode Guide: [00:00:00] Intro: Welcome to Spring, Rewatching the Challenge, Work troubles, Cleaning bathrooms, Shaving legs [00:07:35] Bachelor Nation Wellness Check; Matt James break up/Sean Lowe attacked by dog!  [00:16:09] SUMMER HOUSE IS A METAPHOR! Kyle vs Craig, Hannah Berner returns, Friendship issues...

Good Googly Moogly it's our 100th episode! Shout out to ourselves and all of the loyal Maxxinistas!  Episode Guide:  0:00 100th Episode of the Maxi Pod!!  4:26 Maggie went on a date 7:40 Kendrick Lamar Superbowl Halftime Review 22:12 Updated Superbowl Halftime Rankings 22:33 Beyonce Bowl Review 28:28 Grammys Winners and Losers 36:00 Paige and Craig Breakup/Summer House/Southern Charm 50:07 The Tra...

A Deep Dive into The Challenge Season 40: Battle of the Eras featuring Tammi and Owen!  Episode Guide:  0:00 Winners and Losers of our Challenge Fantasy League  2:20 The Final, Swimming, Karma Votes, Winners  8:40 Who is the GOAT of the challenge?  14:10 Bananas Angels vs Vacation Alliance, Jordan and Tori 24:22 Referee Controversies/Production Interference, Horacio vs Derrick, Jenny, Conspiracy T...

Shout out the world! Specifically Andrew and Kirstin from the Pitch Session Pod for adding their expertise (or lack thereof) to our 2024 End of the Year Wrap Up Episode!  Episode Guide:   0:00 -  Introducing our Guests: The Pitch Session Pod!  2:00 -  2024 Music Highlights (& Maggie's Spotify Wrapped Top Songs)  7:15 -  2024 Best in TV (and re-watches)  11:10 - Movies we watched in 2024  15:30 - ...

0:00 Intro 2:35 How to be a Ho for the Holidays!!!!!  16:55 Maggie, Do You Care? 17:25 Brianna Chickenfry vs. Zach Bryan 21:30 Grammy Nominations/ Was Ariana Grande snubbed? 26:03   The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and The Worst Husband Contest 28:50   Love is Blind DC 31:12 Our Sexiest Man Alive 32:37 Wicked Press Tour Ariana/Ariana and SpongeBob 34:15 The Challenge: ERAS Season 40 Analysis ...

This special mini- episode of the Maxi Pod features everyone's favorite guest host So_Grool, as she and Rachel try to grapple with the 2024 Presidential Election results. If you hear something that offends you, it was AI. Actually nevermind, being a whiny little bitch is apparently the path to victory :-) 

Thotumn is back with a vengeance and Maggie and Rachel are feeling joyful, chaotic, and slightly evil. Gather your coven and enjoy this high quality podcast!  Episode Guide:  (0:00) Intro, Maggie went out in DC, Dangers of Caffeine (5:52) THOTUMN! Things to look forward to! (18:00) Christina Aguilera Sabrina Carpenter Duet, Retrospective on Christina & Katy Perry (26:36) Beyonce is still trying to...

The Maxi Pod has created a Back to School Guide for the Maxxinistas to find joy in this time of transition and to give us all some options on how to spend the next few weeks between Summer and Thotumn! Enjoy!  (00:00) Back to School Guide! First Day of School Rebrand, Not a Girl Not Yet a Woman, Class Period Syncing, Learn Something From This! She's Cheer Captain, It's a School Night, Eat Dessert...

It's not Summer without a Tyra Mail episode! Thank you to all of the Maxxinistas for submitting questions/topics! If you don't like our advice you can ROT IN HELL

The Girls have gone wild and are letting their unqualified and slightly controversial opinions fly. We are just trying to cope with the heat and the state of the union. Enjoy this summer break from responsibilities!  Episode Guide : 0:00 Intro: It's Hot, Tik tok cleanse, Wedding & a best friends weekend 5:00 Can you be a "pick me" at your own wedding? (Olivia Culpo/Christian McCaffrey) 13:00 Chris...