Giggly Squad | Episode: Giggling about Male Spaces, Demon Hunters, and Run Clubs

Hosts: Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo

Date: September 30, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode of Giggly Squad is a whirlwind of playful banter and relatable chaos as Hannah and Paige dive into recent adventures, from Paige’s stint reporting at the Ryder Cup—the heart of a male-dominated sporting world—to Des’s accidental run-in with a high school run club on the NYC streets. Touching on male spaces, the quirks of coupledom, personal anxieties, pop culture, fashion trends, and side quests like demon-hunting K-pop stars, the duo roasts both themselves and broader culture with signature humor and camaraderie.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Life & Relationship Updates

[01:08 - 02:45]

• Paige and Des start with their classic rapport, catching up on their busy weekends—mainly learning about each other’s lives online.
  • "I love when I get an update on you from the World Wide Web." (Paige, 01:52)
• They joke about sleep schedules, couch sleeping, anxiety, and the politics of nighttime routine.
  • "At the end of the day, we're just having sleepovers with ourselves every night." (Paige, 05:17)
• Sectionals (couches) are debated as both a blessing and curse for sleep.

2. Paige's Ryder Cup Reporting & Male Spaces

[02:48 - 16:00, 19:25 - 24:25, 25:29 - 26:46, 65:54 - 67:21]

• Paige recounts her surreal experience working at the Ryder Cup, waking up at 3am for makeup, and being surrounded by “8 million men.” (03:00+)
• She details the mysterious rituals of male fandom: coordinated costumes, chants, organizing carpools, and intense camaraderie among men at sports events.
  • "You don't know your own mother's birthday, but you've navigated organizing all your friends' outfits." (Paige, 11:46)
  • "I've never seen any men get up for something at 5am other than a court date." (Des, 22:08)
• The culture of sports WAGs (wives and girlfriends), the differences between American and European WAGs, and how women get heckled in male-dominated spaces.
  • "In a space full of thousands of men, the women are getting heckled." (Paige, 09:48)
• Men’s ability to create entire social calendars around football, golf, and other male spaces—often unchallenged in society—contrasted with the lack of an equivalent for women.
  • "All of the weekend during fall. Saturday and Sunday dedicated to them... But there's no equivalent." (Des, 12:13)
• Paige's take as a disruptor of male spaces, using humor to both fit in and call out the absurdities.

3. Influencer Culture & Male Hobbies

[13:21 - 15:57]

• Paige explores male "influencers" within the golf world, describing how men watch YouTube videos of regular guys playing golf—comparing it to the Giggly Squad's audience.
  • "That's their culture. And like people and girls listen to us because we all have the same sense of humor, but men's sense of humor sometime[s]..." (Paige, 14:12)
• Playful digression into "amateur" culture, with jokes about porn and podcasting preferences for both genders.

4. Fashion, Fall Trends, & Fittings

[16:11 - 19:25, 58:33 - 62:37]

• Brief but rich conversation on their obsessions with Banana Republic’s fall collections, layering, sweater weather, and fashion nostalgia with a 90s vibe.
  • "Chunky sweater and mini skirt... run around, I'm stopping on leaves." (Des, 16:11)
• Later, they humorously break down the reality of fittings before big events and the emotional labor of trying to find an outfit everyone likes.
  • "It's really stressful because you're basically put on an outfit and have everyone decide if you look like shit or not." (Paige, 62:05)

5. Harvard, Speaking Engagements, & Giggler Energy

[27:46 - 31:38]

• Paige recounts her speaking gig at Harvard, expecting nerves but finding “just the girls chatting”—and being approached by Giggly Squad fans who snuck in.
  • "We don't even go here. And I'm like, this is the most giggly squad thing." (Des, 29:45)
• Full-circle reflections: Paige as sports reporter; Des at Harvard, having never thought she’d be giving advice to “people significantly smarter.”
  • "You don't even know what dreams you can accomplish." (Paige, 31:38)

6. Run Clubs, City Life, and Social Annoyances

[37:48 - 41:08]

• Des’s NYC facial interrupted by a stampede of a high school run club labeled “run club chaos,” sparking a riff on New Yorkers’ sidewalk etiquette.
  • "Charging at me is 30 people in a run club. Okay? I literally audibly go, what the fuck is this?" (Des, 39:20)
  • They debate whether running in the city is a fitness routine, a dating app, or a menace to Adrenalin and knees.

7. Shower Calls, Creative Work, and Personal Boundaries

[42:22 - 43:14]

• The multi-tasking life: Paige answers (and makes) calls from the shower, rationalizing that any 20-minute window should be productive.
  • "There are valuable minutes that I… since then, any call I've had to make through that day... You're gonna call in my shower." (Des, 42:49)
• Both poke fun at conventional work hours and stress how creative bursts come outside the 9-5 grind.

8. Horse Girl Fall, Gendered Trends, & Commercial Psychology

[43:43 - 46:56]

• Examine the "horse girl" aesthetic's rise as a fall trend, deconstructing why “horse boys” aren’t a thing.
  • "It's never horse boy. No one's ever made fun of a horse boy... They put it on the women." (Paige, 44:25)
• They realize they now identify with the adults, not the kids, in insurance commercials—a sobering sign of adulthood.

9. Couples TV, “Demon Hunters,” and Tricks to Keep Relationships Fun

[47:36 - 51:13]

• The art of compromising on what to watch, and how both manipulate their partners into watching shows they secretly want.
  • "He doesn't like murder documentaries... if I can get it started before he can have an opinion, he'll be sucked in." (Paige, 48:06)
• The couple gets sucked into Demon Hunters, an animated K-pop demon-battling show, purely for “research”—only to discover they actually enjoy it.
  • "We start watching it to be like, let's make fun of this. Next thing you know, our heads start popping..." (Paige, 50:07)

10. Beauty Trends & Constructive Criticism

[54:10 - 56:31]

• Brief chat about skin cupping, dermaplaning, and peer-to-peer cosmetic honesty.
  • "But I love constructive criticism. You know that I'm very coachable." (Paige, 55:37)
• Anecdotes about advising their mothers to switch up hairstyles ("an intervention," 55:48).

11. Fittings, Stylists, and Social Pressures

[58:33 - 62:37]

• Paige explains celebrity fittings (stylist brings options, friends/family chime in), the emotional warfare behind each choice, and how internet feedback can be brutal.
• The world of stylists and celebrity “simple” appearances unmasked.

12. Fantasy Football & the Drama of Male Interests

[62:54 - 65:30]

• Paige vents about losing fantasy football to Jared Freid thanks to an injured player, satirizing how men’s sports obsessions dominate free time and media.
  • "These men are dropping like flies... My main guy, Malik Neighbors ...his whole knee fell off." (Paige, 63:17)
  • Jokes about how much the sports ecosystem is built for male entertainment.

13. Masculinity, Glam, and Role Play

[65:54 - 68:12]

• Jokes about men getting glam for TV, gender roles in cosmetics and hairstyling, and the comic appeal of Des being mistaken for Paige's gay makeup artist.
  • "I've never had a straight guy do my makeup ever...this isn't a stereotype, it's a fact." (Paige, 67:21)

14. Business Ideas for "Fearmongering Men" & Equality (With Humor)

[69:19 - 71:04]

• Satirical brainstorms for anti-aging products marketed at men.
  • "I feel like we're not fearmongering the men enough...we have to make them scared." (Paige, 69:56)
• Playful envisioning of a world where men face the same beauty pressures as women.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Male Rituals:
  "You don't know your own mother's birthday, but you've navigated organizing all your friends' outfits."
  — Paige, 11:46

• On Sports Fandom:
  "I've never seen any men get up for something at 5am other than a court date."
  — Des, 22:08

• On ‘Male Influencers’:
  "So it's like Twitch. Like other guys watch you and your friends play golf instead of them just playing golf with their friends."
  — Paige, 13:57

• On Gendered Trends:
  "It's never horse boy. No one's ever made fun of a horse boy... They put it on the women."
  — Paige, 44:25

• On Getting Older:
  "There was, like, an audition for a mom, and I go, this must be wrong, because I'm not mom age also. And they're like, babe, you're 34. You're actually geriatric."
  — Paige, 46:03

• On Relationships:
  "At the end of the day, we're just having sleepovers with ourselves every night."
  — Paige, 05:17

• On Tricking Men:
  "Life is about making them. Tricking men. It's actually so funny that they run anything and think that we're, like, second to them. It's like we manipulated the out of you guys."
  — Des, 48:11

Timestamps for Important Segments

• Paige’s Ryder Cup experience: 02:48 – 16:00; 19:25 – 24:25; 65:54 – 67:21
• Harvard speaking engagement: 27:46 – 31:38
• Run Club NYC chaos: 37:48 – 41:08
• Demon Hunters / K-pop show discussion: 47:36 – 51:13
• Fashion and fittings deep dive: 16:11 – 19:25, 58:33 – 62:37
• Fantasy football & the drama of men’s sports: 62:54 – 65:30
• Business for scaring men into skincare: 69:19 – 71:04

Overall Tone & Vibe

The episode brims with snark, self-deprecation, and spicy cultural commentary, bouncing between energetic recaps and deeper musings on gender, adulthood, and societal norms—all filtered through the unmistakably giggly, hyper-relatable lens of Hannah and Paige. The “can’t be managed” attitude remains front and center, and gigglers are reminded: whether infiltrating male spaces, debating the perfect fall look, or plotting world domination via skincare—this squad is always in on the joke.