Office Ladies – Friday Chit Chat: Kid Snacks & John Wick Receipts

Date: January 30, 2026
Hosts: Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey
Guest Contributors: Matt (co-producer), Sam (audio engineer)

Overview

In this special Friday Chit Chat episode, Jenna and Angela catch up on personal adventures, relive hilarious “John Wick” podcast lore, and field a listener question about busting out of kid snack ruts. They banter about friendships, behind-the-scenes stories, viral Office Ladies reels, and swap real-life parenting hacks—all in their signature warm, witty style.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Jenna’s Couples Artist Retreat

[01:27 – 02:54]

• Jenna just returned from a two-day trip to New York with her husband. She jokes it was a “couples artist retreat” packed with reading, theater, good food, and deep conversation.
  • Jenna: “It was just two days of reading books, seeing theater, eating food, just like, immersing in really cool conversations.” [01:41]
• They saw “Bug” by Tracy Letts on Broadway, describing it as both a horror story and a love story about ideas as much as infestation.
  • Jenna: “What happens when you get infected with an idea and you’re just living in an echo chamber. It’s so good.” [02:35]
• Angela reflects on how their podcast partnership allows one to step away and the other to “keep the lights on.”
  • Jenna: “One of my favorite things about our partnership is how one of us can go off and have a moment…and we’ve got this other person who keeps the lights on.” [02:57]
  • Angela: “I was happy to do it, lady. You’ve done that for me so many times.” [03:14]

2. Social Media Wins & Behind-the-Scenes Memories

[03:27 – 04:40]

• Shout out to the Office Ladies social media team for reaching over 100 million reel views in less than a year.
  • Jenna: “We have over 100 million views and we haven’t even been doing reels and stuff for even a year.” [03:53]
• Angela discusses sharing her “digital clutter” of old on-set videos, promising new, unreleased Office footage.
• A favorite reel: footage from pandemic-era podcasting inside closets, which segues to the infamous John Wick debate.

3. The Legendary John Wick Podcast Disagreement

[05:00 – 11:01]

• A listener (Alix) writes in to clarify an ongoing John Wick debate: did Jenna really direct Angela to watch all the John Wick films?
  • Angela admits she took a casual remark as “marching orders.”
    • Angela: “I clearly took this as marching orders. Like, okay, Jenna’s gonna watch John Wick. I’m gonna watch John Wick.” [07:02]
  • Jenna reads from the transcript:
    • Jenna: “Maybe I’ll watch John Wick next.” [06:35]
    • Angela’s husband dissuaded her because he thought they’d be too intense.
  • Memorable Moment: The group laughs over their escalating misunderstanding, and how John Wick “became such a huge part of our friendship.” [07:08]
• Jenna confesses she only finished the first film later, started the second with Angela, skipped the third, but they all saw John Wick 4 in a “4D theater” where the seats moved—reminiscent of amusement park rides.
  • Jenna: “The seat was moving the whole entire movie. And there was that long scene at the end, the stairs, where he can’t get up the stairs.” [07:53]
• Everyone riffs on absurdities of the franchise: endless rave scenes, assassins in dress shoes, flip phones, and “orthotic” concerns.
  • Angela: “Like, it’s like so much running in dress shoes without—without orthotics. You know those can’t fit in those shoes.” [08:50]
  • Jenna: “Angela, I love that you’re worried about his orthotics. That’s very you.” [09:00]
• The mystical “John Wick towel” legend: Jenna’s obsession with Wick’s tidiness leads to her using Angela’s mom’s handmade trivet next to her coffee pot.
  • Angela: “You said, Angela, we put it next to the coffee pot because John wicked us.” [10:19]

4. Listener Question: Breaking Out of Kid Snack Ruts

[11:01 – 17:53]

• Leah from Connecticut asks for “quick and easy snacks your kids loved,” seeking to overcome her toddler’s “snack rut.”
• Angela and Jenna swap stories and hacks (with Matt chiming in):
  • Jenna: Her kids loved Trader Joe’s Rosemary Crackers—until they suddenly didn’t. Then moved to frozen blueberries, frozen peas, and banana slices with peanut butter and a chocolate chip.
    • Jenna: “My kids loved just straight frozen blueberries. My daughter still likes them. They also love frozen peas.” [14:15]
  • Angela: Heart-shaped PB&Js, homemade fruit sorbet (just freeze fruit and scoop), and “octopus hot dogs”—pasta threaded through hot dog slices.
    • Angela: “Our kids loved that. And they would put a little bit of honey.” [14:44]
  • Matt: Apple and cheese “flowers”—alternating slices in a petal shape. [13:27]
  • All: GoGo Squeeze applesauce in a pouch, Cheez-Its, fruit snacks, granola bars.
  • Jenna plugs Jennifer Garner’s “Once Upon a Farm” organic snacks.
• Angela’s parenting fail: Trying to pass off baked cauliflower as “popcorn.”
  • Angela: “She was little… I was like, Isabel, you want to try this? It’s like a type of popcorn…She was furious. I was like, oh, crap.” [16:42]
• Creative feeding: plates designed like racetracks with covered treats as an incentive for new foods. Success is “short-lived” but fun.
  • Jenna: “These plates work once, maybe twice. Right. Like, they work for a hot second.” [17:56]

Notable Quotes

• Jenna: “To me, it’s a love story. But it’s also like what happens when you get infected with an idea and you’re just living in an echo chamber.” [02:35]
• Angela: “I clearly took this as marching orders. Like, okay, Jenna’s gonna watch John Wick. I’m gonna watch John Wick.” [07:02]
• Jenna: “Somehow...these John Wick movies have now become such a huge part of our friendship.” [07:08]
• Angela: “If you want to meet an assassin, go to a rave.” [08:14]
• Angela: “So much running in dress shoes without—without orthotics. You know those can’t fit in those shoes.” [08:50]
• Jenna: “Angela, I love that you’re worried about his orthotics. That’s very you.” [09:00]
• Angela: “You said, Angela, we put it next to the coffee pot because John wicked us.” [10:19]
• Jenna: “These plates work once, maybe twice. Right.” [17:56]

Timestamps of Key Segments

• [01:29] – Jenna’s “couples artist retreat” recap
• [03:37] – Shoutout to Block Party social media team: 100 million reel views
• [04:53] – Introduction of the “John Wick debate” reel
• [05:29] – Listener letter clarifies John Wick podcast lore
• [06:36] – Scripted recap of the original John Wick conversation
• [07:53] – John Wick 4D theater experience and franchise absurdities
• [10:19] – The “John Wick towel” story and Angela’s quilted trivets
• [11:01] – Fan question: Kid snack rut solutions
• [13:27] – Matt’s apple and cheese snack hack
• [14:15] – Jenna’s favorites: frozen blueberries and peas, banana/peanut butter snack
• [15:00] – Octopus hot dog lunch hack
• [16:42] – Angela’s popcorn/cauliflower fail
• [17:16] – Incentive racetrack plates for trying new foods

Final Remarks

Angela and Jenna close out the chat with well-wishes to all parents in the snack trenches, laughing about the unpredictability of kids’ appetites and their own parenting experiments. The episode is a heartwarming, laughter-filled check-in brimming with behind-the-scenes nuggets, friendly ribbing, and relatable real-life advice.

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