Podcast Summary: Let's Not Talk About The Husband

Episode: Spicy Stories: Harry's Famous Pasta Sauce, Lisa's Medical Mystery, and YOUR Biggest Secrets
Date: October 10, 2025
Hosts: Lisa Rinna & Harry Hamlin
Podcast Network: Dear Media

Overview

In this lively and candid episode, Hollywood couple Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin blend humor, nostalgia, relationship banter, and personal stories around food, health, life in showbiz, and family. The episode covers Harry's foray into the food business (with an emphasis on his new vodka sauce), Lisa's surprisingly resilient body despite a childhood of processed food, the peculiarities of middle-age shopping, their thoughts on social media and anonymity, and wrapped up with listener-submitted secrets and stories.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Lisa and Harry's Playful Dynamic

• The episode opens with teasing and banter about Lisa "pretending" not to know things about Harry for the sake of podcast storytelling.
  • "I can act like it's the first time I'm hearing things. You guys, I'm married to you. I know a lot." — Lisa (01:11)
• Friendship, inside jokes, and warmth set the tone.

2. Harry's Wardrobe Makeover and Hiking Drama

• Lisa describes (02:02–04:41) how she discovered the True Classic brand (thanks to Jonathan Cheban, aka “foodgod”) and upgraded Harry’s wardrobe with new t-shirts and jeans.
• Harry talks about a recent High Sierras hiking trip gone awry, due to unsupportive shoes causing hip pain, unpredictable weather, and an ill-fated stream crossing:
  • "The shoes that I bought in June were destroying my gait and my left hip developed tendonitis over a three or four month period." — Harry (07:04)
  • A reflective moment after falling into a stream: "Thank God I fell into that stream because ... it must have been a nightmare for the next three days." — Harry (10:47)
• Lisa credits her shopping acumen for saving him:
  • "Shopping saves. Shopping has saved you from… your whole body from your neck down." — Lisa (08:31)

3. Harry’s Vodka Sauce Venture and Clean Food Mission

• Harry is excited about the launch of his "Born to be Hot" vodka sauce, soon to be available in Gelson’s grocery stores (11:20–13:43).
• The sauce boasts perfect scores for ingredient quality on several apps:
  • "At this party last night... she said, I went on all the apps and it's 100% on all the apps." — Harry (13:16)
• The duo discuss the importance of clean labels and ingredient transparency, contrasting their clean product with Lisa’s processed food upbringing.

4. Childhood Memories: Processed Food and Family Oddities

• Lisa recalls a diet of Jello salads, TV dinners, Twinkies, and frozen veggies (14:01–16:38), marveling at her own survival and health.
  • "I'm kind of surprised that I'm still here, to be honest with you." — Lisa (14:11)
• Harry shares memories of post-war cuisine staples like oxtail, brains, and tongue (21:07–22:19).
  • "You don't know any difference. You think everybody else is having tongue on something too... I honestly developed a taste for pickled tongue. And also brains or bou noir." — Harry (21:40)
• Lighthearted disgust at each other’s childhood dishes—Welsh rarebit, "shit on a shingle," liver—lead to lots of laughter.

5. Food Philosophy, Accessibility, and Change

• Harry emphasizes their goal of shifting American palates to fresh foods via their company, Open Food Company (16:47–17:03).
• Lisa asks about affordability and the challenge of fresh vs. processed food costs.
• Harry champions openness, noting they provide full recipes for their products.
  • "We want the food to be fresh, without any chemicals and no words on that ingredient label that you can't pronounce." — Harry (18:20)

6. Social Media, Anonymity, and Modern Culture

• The duo dive into the decay of civility afforded by online anonymity and ruminate on the effects of social and traditional media on mental health (27:25–30:07).
  • “The anonymity that comes along with these questions is the same anonymity that's destroying Western civilization right now on social media.” — Harry (27:25)
• Debate: Harry consumes news (defending it as fact-checked), Lisa argues it can be as traumatizing as social media.
  • "Your body takes in trauma from what you see online just as it does from the news." — Lisa (28:46)

7. Two Truths and a Lie Game

• The hosts attempt a classic icebreaker game, but their familiarity with each other makes it hilarious and futile (24:50–27:07).
  • Harry tries to stump Lisa with student grades and athlete's foot, Lisa fails at lying altogether.
  • "I tell the truth so much. It's just so hard for me to lie. Let's talk about the secrets." — Lisa (27:04)

8. Anonymous Listener Secrets: Humor and Gross-Outs

• The hosts read anonymous secrets submitted by listeners (32:11–37:27).
  • Notables include someone using a medical excuse to get off work, and a confession about wanting to subscribe to Harry’s OnlyFans.
  • Harry riffs on the absurd possibility of selling “fungal toenail clippings.”
    • "There might be somebody out there who might pay a lot of money to see my fungus." — Harry (32:47)
• Lisa and Harry share stories of lice and crabs, laughing at the indignities of parenting and their own college experiences.
  • "I've never had crabs. Have you?" — Lisa (36:26)
  • "Yeah, I think maybe… when I was at Berkeley." — Harry (36:30)
• The segment wraps with a zany anecdote about a college roommate's "method" for getting rid of crabs.
  • "You shave half of your pubes then take some lighter fluid and stab them with a penknife when the crabs run out." — Harry (37:03)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Lisa (08:31): "Shopping saves. Shopping saved you from your neck down. Because I haven't done anything for you from your neck up, but from your neck down, I think I've saved you because I shopped."
• Harry (13:16): “…I went on all the apps and it’s 100% on all of them. So that means this is clean food.”
• Harry (18:20): "We want the food to be fresh, without any chemicals and no words on that ingredient label that you can’t pronounce."
• Lisa (14:11): "I’m kind of surprised that I’m still here, to be honest with you."
• Harry (27:25): "This anonymity… is the same anonymity that’s destroying Western civilization right now on social media."
• Harry (32:47): "There might be somebody out there who might pay a lot of money to see my fungus."
• Lisa (27:04): "I tell the truth so much. It’s just so hard for me to lie..."
• Harry (37:03): "You shave half your pubes, then take some lighter fluid… when the crabs come running out, you stab them with a penknife."

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:10–01:30: Lisa and Harry’s opening rapport; the nature of their “podcast acting.”
• 02:02–03:42: The True Classic wardrobe story and Harry’s reluctance to accept new clothes.
• 04:41–11:19: Harry’s hiking misadventure—gear, aging, and misadventures in the Sierras.
• 11:20–13:43: Vodka sauce launch; clean eating philosophy & tech.
• 14:01–16:38: Lisa’s memories of 1960s/70s kid cuisine—Jello, TV dinners, canned and frozen vegetables.
• 18:07–18:44: Open recipes and company transparency.
• 24:50–27:07: “Two Truths and a Lie” game.
• 27:25–30:07: Deep dive on anonymity, social media, and news consumption.
• 32:11–36:38: ‘Secrets’ segment: OnlyFans, hand-foot-and-mouth, childhood lice, college stories.
• 37:03: Outrageous “crab-removal” anecdote—episode’s comic climax.

Tone and Style

• Playful, unfiltered, and self-deprecating: Lisa’s zany extroversion mixes with Harry’s dry, observational humor.
• Intimate: Plenty of personal, sometimes gross, always relatable anecdotes.
• Reflective: Occasional digressions into philosophy, the modern world, and health, but always brought back to laughter and connection.

Conclusion

This episode epitomizes the “Let’s Not Talk About the Husband” style: sprawling but highly entertaining, it mixes irreverence with earnestness, personal growth with nostalgia, and manages to make everything—from hiking injuries to fungal nails to childhood Jello—feel like a shared inside joke. Whether you care about pasta sauce or just love hearing a long-married couple spar and reminisce, this episode is a spicy, silly, and sneakily insightful treat.