Giggly Squad: Giggling about gold diggers, mean girls, and nudes

Podcast: Giggly Squad
Hosts: Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo
Date: March 31, 2026
Episode Theme:
This week, Hannah and Paige dive into internet trends, gender roles in relationships, personal stories about dating and breakups, mean girl tropes, and more. With unfiltered humor and their signature self-deprecation, they tackle topics like social media “sleuthing,” visibility of sexuality, evolving expectations for women, and the realities of modern pop culture.

1. Opening Chaos & Travel Woes

Timestamps: 01:43–03:05

• Both hosts talk about their hectic days and travel drama.
  • Paige flew across several states just to be on time:

    “I did not fly four hours to get here on time. We're recording in the studio. I'm in my sunglasses and my glasses.” (02:09, Paige)

  • Hannah’s started waking up at 4:30am:

    “I just wake up every day at 4:30 and then I'm up. Kitty’s loving it because she’s been eating at 6am so she’s pumped.” (02:28, Hannah)

  • Both agree that's “too much day.”

2. Kit Kat Robbery: Real or AI Fake News?

Timestamps: 03:05–03:44, 27:03–27:53

• Paige brings up a bizarre story about 12 tons of Kit Kats being stolen on a train in Europe.
  • Both debate if it’s even real, suspecting AI-generated news.
  • Memorable quip:

    “May have been Kinder Bueno sending out a hit.” (03:13, Hannah)

  • Later, they joke that maybe a woman on her period pulled off the heist, before questioning black market Kit Kats.

3. Viral Internet Trend: “Catching Print”

Timestamps: 03:44–08:15

• Hannah introduces the new TikTok trend: “Catching print,” a method for women to estimate men's penis size based on the outline (“print”) in pants.
  • She explains:

    “A gay man on the Internet said ... you need to start knowing how big men's penis sizes are and I'm going to teach you.” (04:09, Hannah)

  • Paige and Hannah compare this to women’s cleavage/bodies being visible, noting the double standard.
  • “Flat means nothing; bulge high up means small; mid means average.” (07:46–08:15, paraphrased Hannah)
  • Paige relays personal experience:

    “The guy I was with with the biggest penis ... it was to a point where like his life was harder because of it.” (08:15, Paige)

• They hilariously dissect “grower vs. shower” tropes, hands/fingers myths, and why male confidence sometimes relates to these perceptions.

4. Nudes, Cheating & Social Media Artifacts

Timestamps: 09:36–13:15

• Hannah shares a story where she caught an ex stuffing his pants for “spicy mirror pics.”
  • Quote:

    “I know that I was home alone...I found what I believe he was stuffing his pants with—socks.” (11:31, Hannah)

  • Paige praises her “investigative journalism.”
• They reminisce about early 2010s scandals, iCloud hacks, and changing attitudes toward sending nudes.
  • Paige:

    “Whenever I send a nude, it has to somehow be funny or artsy and arguably, possibly not me.” (13:03, Paige)

5. Reading, Audiobooks, and Viral Memoirs

Timestamps: 15:08–19:29

• Paige discusses “The Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage” (Belle Burden):
  • Main storyline: Privileged NYC woman, struggles in marriage, ends up in a scandal/crisis, eventually becomes a successful writer.
  • Paige:

    “Sometimes tough things happening to you force you back to be…” (18:29, Paige)

• Both joke about reading habits, preferences for fiction vs. memoir, and the oddity of audiobook apps vs. podcasts.

6. Gold Diggers & Relationship Gender Roles

Timestamps: 19:47–22:27

• Hannah flips the “gold digger” trope:

  • “I know way more men…like gold diggers in the traditional sense where it’s like she has a lot of followers, or her dad’s rich, or she has a…like, I’ve just seen that way more than I’ve seen women.” (20:14, Hannah)

  • Paige:

    “The women I know are like, I just want a guy who’s nice and funny.” (20:55, Paige)

• Discuss encounters where they've realized men were using them for status or connections.

7. Narcissists & Using Therapy Words

Timestamps: 22:28–23:57

• The “therapy words” Instagram/TikTok phenomenon:
  • Hannah:

    “The worst thing to ever happen to our generation is men learning therapy words but not actually going [to therapy].” (23:03, Hannah)

  • Paige:

    “Our culture is not your costume.” (23:15, Paige)

• How therapy jargon gets misapplied in dating and arguments.

8. Nudes, Pick-Me Girls & Survival

Timestamps: 27:53–30:32

• Paige’s “nude leakage plan”:

  • “If your nudes ever leak, say it’s AI. That’s AI, babe.” (28:01, Paige)

• Both admit to not really sending real nudes; instead, they send cat pictures or joke ones.
• Discussion on “pick me” girl behaviors and how women are conditioned for male attention, but outgrow it:

  • “Pick me was also a survival mechanism.” (29:34, Paige)

9. Women Owning the Joke: Modern Comedy

Timestamps: 30:09–30:32

• Both reflect on women making jokes at men’s expense, subverting the classic “nagging wife in comedy” trope:
  • Paige:

    “I love going on stage and being like, you know what’s annoying about my husband? … That is me making a difference in the world.” (30:30, Paige)

10. Book Recap: Strangers & Rich People’s Problems

Timestamps: 31:03–32:21

• More on “Strangers”: woman stops working, feels guilty about not being a “full-time” anything, and spotlight on privilege and the problems it brings.
  • Paige:

    “It’s just, it’s interesting ... made me even realize ... my great grandma was a mom, a star.” (31:41, Paige)

  • Hannah:

    “If you choose to stay at home ... totally. I don’t want you to be told you have to do that.” (31:47, Hannah)

• Ali Wong’s standup about whether women were happier before modern “rights” is referenced.

11. Mean Girl Handwriting & Generational Differences

Timestamps: 41:00–42:26, 41:08, 41:13

• Paige introduces the concept of “mean girl handwriting”—those perfect bubble letters in school.

  • “Mean girl handwriting is the perfect bubble letter ... the girl in the class who’s popular, but like, literally evil inside.” (41:16, Paige)

• Both agree Gen Alpha might not even know how to write by hand anymore.

12. “Lace” Fashion Debates

Timestamps: 42:26–44:42

• Paige calls out Hannah for wearing lace after previously saying she hates lace.
  • Hannah defends:

    “I don't want to make a blanket statement about lace, but I am looking into it.” (43:48, Hannah)

• Boob size, fashion, and how women always wish for the hair/bodies they don’t have.

13. Staten Island & Nostalgia for Guido Culture

Timestamps: 34:02–35:42

• Nostalgia for “metrosexuals” and Staten Island guido era.
  • Both reminisce about “growing up Gotti,” blowouts, tanning, and Italian American culture.

14. Breakups: How to Leave, Why It Takes So Long

Timestamps: 52:54–56:23

• Discuss how women often check out of relationships mentally months before the actual break, how quick the split is, and the feeling of relief after:
  • Paige:

    “It's crazy that it took a year of me thinking about it, but only 10 minutes to actually break up with him.” (52:54, Paige)

  • Hannah:

    “Every boyfriend, I'm like, oh, babe, I'm mentally out of here. I've given you an imaginary deadline. You didn't hit it.” (53:16, Hannah)

  • Both agree the “divine timing” of life is real, and you can’t be mad at yourself for not leaving earlier.

15. Friendship Dynamic, Making Each Other Laugh

Timestamps: 56:55–57:14

• Both discuss how their perspectives balance each other:
  • Paige: “I think we are different with that.”
  • Hannah: “I said it in a pessimistic way; you said it in an optimistic way. And that’s why we’re best friends.” (57:04, Hannah)

16. Personal Updates & Life Routines

Timestamps: 57:29–58:13

• Hannah’s focusing on getting her steps, doing “12, 3, 30.”
• Josephine (assistant/producer?) made a creative Instagram video using a TSA bin as a prop.

17. Closing Out

Timestamps: 58:21–59:11

• Farewells, sibling/family shoutouts.
• Both reveal they're craving/ordering Italian food as they wrap:

  • “I have a chicken parm waiting for me at home. We’re not sisters, Halle, we’re twins.” (58:35, Hannah)

Notable Quotes

• Paige: “Pick me was also a survival mechanism.” (29:34)
• Hannah: “The worst thing to ever happen to our generation is men learning therapy words but not actually going.” (23:03)
• Paige: “If your nudes ever leak, say it’s AI. That’s AI, babe.” (28:01)
• Hannah: “Every boyfriend, I'm like, oh, babe, I'm mentally out of here. I've given you an imaginary deadline. You didn't hit it.” (53:16)
• Paige: “It's crazy that it took a year of me thinking about it, but only 10 minutes to actually break up with him.” (52:54)
• Hannah: “I truly became like the man I dreamt of.” (30:32)

Overall Tone

• Light, self-aware, and fast-paced
• Humorous, with moments of genuine depth on self-esteem, relationships, and friendship
• Characteristic “millennial/Gen Z” riffing on pop culture and personal growth

For Listeners Who Missed It

This episode is a quintessential Giggly Squad blend: pop culture absurdity (Kit Kat heists, TikTok trends), real talk on relationships and breakups, funny personal confessions, and sharp insights on gender, power, and modern femininity. Hannah and Paige’s chemistry and recurring jokes keep things playful—even as they break down tough topics like betrayal, self-worth, and outgrowing toxic connections.

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