Vault: Listeners Share Why They're Nervous For The Weekend

Summary

The Bert Show – "Listeners Share Why They're Nervous For The Weekend"

Airdate: March 18, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively and authentic episode, The Bert Show team (Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy, and others) connects with listeners to discuss the theme: "What are you nervous about going into the weekend?" Listeners call in to share diverse stories, from career milestones and personal confrontations to dramatic relationship dilemmas. The hosts offer their trademark mix of empathy, candid advice, humor, and supportive commentary, creating a space that’s lighthearted but unafraid of tough truths.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Performance Anxiety: Brandy’s Last-Minute Solo

• [01:36 – 03:41]
• Story: Brandy is thrown into the spotlight, taking over a solo in "Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel" at the Alliance, after the original performer choked and bowed out.
• Details:
  • Brandy receives the solo assignment only the night before — the previous singer had a month.
  • Brandy expresses nerves about hitting the high notes (she’s a second soprano, replacing a first).
• Hosts’ Reactions:
  • Full of encouragement and praise: “You’re going to knock it out of the park. You’re going to crush it.” (Radio Host, 02:47)
  • Recognition that being asked shows her talent and reliability.
  • They promise to check in with Brandy Monday after the performance.

2. Workplace Confessions: Tattling on the Manager

• [03:55 – 05:23]
• Story: An anonymous caller nervously anticipates working all weekend with her manager after exposing the manager’s lies to the company owner.
• Details:
  • Caller works in a busy salon; manager is described as vindictive and a "big slacker."
  • Caller informed the owner after the manager’s missteps, causing workplace tension.
• Hosts’ Reactions:
  • Empathy for the anxiety: “That makes the eight hour workday feel like it’s four weeks long.” (Radio Co-host 2, 05:27)
  • Light joking about working with sharp scissors.
  • Commitment to follow up with the caller’s outcome the next week.

3. Dating Dilemmas and Infidelity

a. The Friend’s Married Husband

• [05:45 – 08:05]
• Story: A woman (Carrie) is nervous about a date with her longtime friend, who is married – to someone she was friends with first and whose wedding she was in.
• Details:
  • The man claims to be unhappy in his marriage; there are now kids involved.
  • His wife jokes about Carrie being "the girlfriend" but is, apparently, unaware of the ongoing affair.
• Hosts’ Reactions:
  • Moral disapproval is evident: “That is not a good friend.” (Radio Co-host 2, 08:10)
  • One wishes the date would "go horribly wrong" in a tone that blends concern and humor (Radio Co-host 1, 06:32).
  • Attempts at understanding, but not condoning: “If I can give him some kind of motivation…” (Carrie, 07:07)
  • Hosts challenge her reasoning and press on the complexity of the situation.

b. Familial Drama: Sibling Confrontation Over Affair

• [10:56 – 12:51]
• Story: Casey is preparing to confront her brother for secretly seeing his ex-best friend’s wife, and is considering telling the ex-best friend as well.
• Details:
  • Casey reveals her brother hides the affair under false pretenses and tries to justify it by saying the friend and his wife are separated.
  • There’s an active concern about family fallout: “He’s gonna think that I don’t trust him. Well, kind of! Which I don’t, so.” (Casey, 11:37)
• Hosts’ Reactions:
  • Empathetic recognition of the challenge and potential fallout: “You do realize you’re walking into a conversation this weekend that you can’t win…right?” (Radio Host, 12:46)
  • Supportive of Casey’s decision to call out her brother's behavior, despite the likely negative response.

4. First-Time Face-to-Face Meetings and Parenting Nerves

• [08:19 – 10:43]
• Story: Lisa is preparing for a nerve-wracking trip to D.C. to attend the inauguration (and a major concert), meeting a longtime internet friend in person for the first time while traveling with her 7-year-old daughter.
• Details:
  • Lisa and her friend have known each other online for five years but never met; she’ll be staying at his house.
  • She’s excited for events (Obama inauguration, concert at Lincoln Memorial) but anxious about personal chemistry and wrangling her daughter in the city.
• Hosts’ Reactions:
  • Offer reassurance and context: “That area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol…is a picture that you and your 7-year-old will have in your mind for the rest of your life.” (Radio Host, 09:16)
  • Lighthearted advice about parenting and kids serving as “convenient excuses” during awkwardness.
  • Promise to follow up about the outcome.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Brandy on pressure:
  “If I don’t pull it off, this could be a deal breaker for me.” (Brandy, 03:02)
• On the manager drama:
  “You gotta work side by side with her all weekend long with those really sharp scissors that she’s carrying. She’s gonna Shawshank.” (Radio Host, 05:09)
• On dating a friend’s married husband:
  “I’m kind of hoping that this date goes horribly wrong.” (Radio Co-host 1, 06:32)
  “That is not a good friend.” (Radio Co-host 2, 08:10)
• Parental nerves in D.C.:
  “I’m just terrified. It’s like we have great chemistry over the phone and we laugh and have fun. I’m just terrified in person it’s gonna be awkward.” (Lisa, 09:53)
• Sibling confrontation:
  “You do realize that you’re walking into a conversation this weekend that you can’t win. That’s not going to change anything, right?” (Radio Host, 12:46)
  “Well, kind of! Which I don’t, so.” (Casey, 11:37)

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Segment Timestamps

• [01:01] – Hosts invite listeners to call with weekend nerves
• [01:36 – 03:41] – Brandy’s last-minute Jesus Christ Superstar solo
• [03:55 – 05:23] – Caller dreads confronting vindictive manager at work
• [05:45 – 08:05] – Carrie’s nerve-wracking date with married friend and moral unpacking
• [08:19 – 10:43] – Lisa’s anxious first-time meeting of an online friend and parenting jitters in D.C.
• [10:56 – 12:51] – Casey confronts her brother about an affair and considers telling the ex-best friend

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Tone & Takeaways

• The Bert Show crew maintains their signature blend of warmth, humor, and gentle honesty.
• Listeners share personal moments spanning excitement, dread, and moral ambiguity; the hosts affirm fears, challenge questionable decisions, and always circle back to support, curiosity, and community.

Perfect for those who love real talk, real stakes, and real people trying to navigate life’s messiest weekends.

Transcript

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[Radio Host]

is nervous about something going into the weekend here? It could be anything. You may be proposing to somebody, may have a reunion. You're meeting your parent for the first time, mom or dad for the very first time. Maybe you're going into work today and the boss has already told you that he wants to meet with you or she wants to meet with you and you're not really sure what that meeting's all about. So what are you nervous about? Going into the weekend and we'll have you give us a call now and then you guys call us back and let us know how it all worked out. What are you nervous about going into the weekend? Good morning. Who is this?

[Brandy]

Hi, it's Brandy.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Hi.

[Radio Host]

How are you?

[Brandy]

I'm good. I love you guys. Show.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Thank you.

[Brandy]

I'm singing for the first time a small solo in a big show and I'm kind of nervous because nobody. It was just given to me last night.

[Radio Co-host 2]

Last night?

[Brandy]

Yeah.

[Radio Host]

I missed the first part of it because. Yeah. I can't understand your. It's a what? Solo.

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Solo.

[Radio Host]

A solo in a show.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Oh, wow.

[Brandy]

Yeah, it's given to me last night because the person decided she didn't want to do it.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Okay.

[Radio Host]

And how long did the person that just backed out? How long did they have to rehearse?

[Brandy]

A month.

[Radio Host]

A month?

[Radio Co-host 2]

Oh, why did they back out?

[Brandy]

Because she didn't think she could do it for like the rest of the run of the shows. And the first night she did it, she Kind of choked a little, so

[Radio Co-host 3]

she doesn't want to repeat that. Now it's up to you.

[Brandy]

Yeah.

[Radio Co-host 3]

Do you know the song?

[Lisa]

Yeah.

[Brandy]

I mean, it's only like a few lines, but still.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Yeah.

[Radio Host]

Yeah. That's nerve wracking right there.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Absolutely.

[Lisa]

Sure.

[Brandy]

Yeah.

[Radio Host]

And where is the show?

[Brandy]

At the Alliance.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Oh, nice.

[Radio Co-host 2]

What's the name of it?

[Brandy]

Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Oh, fantastic.

[Radio Host]

Good for you.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Good for you.

[Radio Host]

You're gonna knock it out of the park. You're gonna crush it.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Because I think it's. What a hu. That you're the one to come in and save the day.

[Brandy]

Yeah, but she's like a first soprano. I'm a second.

[Radio Co-host 2]

What does that mean?

[Brandy]

I mean, she seems higher than I do normally.

[Radio Co-host 2]

Okay.

[Brandy]

So if I don't pull it off, this could be a deal breaker for me.

[Radio Co-host 2]

Nah, you'll be fine.

[Radio Host]

Did you say you volunteered for this or you were just sort of chosen?

[Brandy]

No, I was told. You were told during rehearsals. This is what you're doing now.

[Radio Host]

Well, I mean, there's a reason why they came to you. They have the confidence in you. You obviously are talented enough. They wouldn't just go to anybody. They went to you.

[Radio Co-host 1]

And this seems like a great show because it's Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel, right?

[Brandy]

Yeah.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Yeah. So it's a whole. It's like a gospel version of the original Broadway show. So, yeah, you'll be fine. And no worries because I'm sure a bunch of listeners have tickets for this weekend. And you know what? They're going to be there to support you.

[Radio Host]

Be nice.

[Caller with Date Story]

Yes, that would be great.

[Radio Host]

Let me put you on hold and we'll talk to you Monday morning, same time. We're going to get your phone number and we'll call you. Okay. Hold on.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Good luck. Break a leg.

[Radio Host]

What else are y' all nervous about this weekend? Good morning. We'll call you, Ann. And you're on the voice disguiser. Hi.

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

Hi.

[Radio Host]

Hey.

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

Hey.

[Radio Host]

What's up? What's up?

[Caller with Date Story]

I'm really nervous because I caught my manager lying to our boss and I told on her. She's one of those really vindictive kind of.

[Radio Host]

Oh, no. Oh, no.

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

So I got to work with her

[Caller with Date Story]

all weekend, and we work in a. We cut hair and a really busy swan, and I got to work with her all weekend, and she's just one of those.

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

She'll drop little.

[Caller with Date Story]

Any comments, and she'll just be really ugly.

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So she knows you told on her?

[Caller with Date Story]

Yeah, she knows.

[Radio Host]

Now, what exactly was the infraction that

[Caller with Date Story]

you told on she's just kind of a big slacker. And we're always, you know, having to work around where she schedules herself for her needs and nobody else's needs. And she let a customer walk out yesterday. And that's a big no no in our business. And when my owner called me and asked me about it, I was. I just told him what I was like, no, that's not what happened. She died and you got.

[Radio Host]

And she's your immediate boss?

[Caller with Date Story]

No, she's my manager.

[Radio Host]

She's your manager.

[Caller with Date Story]

I told the owner of the company,

[Radio Host]

you got to work side by side next to her all the. All weekend long with those really sharp stuff scissors that she's carrying. She's gonna Shawshank.

[Caller with Date Story]

She'll be bald by Monday.

[Radio Host]

Yeah. Hold on. Okay. I want to talk to you again on Monday morning.

[Caller with Date Story]

Okay.

[Radio Host]

Good luck.

[Radio Co-host 2]

That's always.

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That's uncomfortable.

[Radio Co-host 2]

That makes the eight hour workday feel like it's four weeks long.

[Radio Host]

It may be more built up in your head, though, as you go in. Like, you never know.

[Radio Co-host 3]

Well, if she knows it was her that told. It's not gonna be crazy.

[Radio Host]

It's not gonna be crazy.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Yeah.

[Radio Host]

Carrie, we'll call you Carrie. And you're on the voice disguise.

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

Hey, guys.

[Caller with Date Story]

How are you?

[Radio Host]

Good. How are you?

[Caller with Date Story]

Nervous.

[Radio Host]

What's up?

[Radio Co-host 1]

About what?

[Caller with Date Story]

Can you guys hear me? Okay, I'm at work.

[Radio Host]

We can.

[Caller with Date Story]

Okay. I have a date this weekend.

[Radio Co-host 2]

Okay.

[Radio Co-host 3]

Okay.

[Caller with Date Story]

With a very good friend of mine. We've been friends for getting. Getting close to nine or 10 years, but he's married.

[Radio Co-host 2]

Oh, no.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Why are you doing that?

[Caller with Date Story]

Because he's really unhappy.

[Radio Host]

Really?

[Radio Co-host 2]

That's what he told you, huh?

[Caller with Date Story]

And, no, I've seen it firsthand. I was friends with her first.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Oh, no, even worse.

[Radio Host]

She brings you into their family and now you're going out with him tonight?

[Caller with Date Story]

No, more like I was her friend and then they met and I was in their wedding.

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

Oh, no.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Yeah. I'm kind of hoping that this date goes horribly wrong.

[Radio Host]

Carrie, come on now.

[Caller with Date Story]

I know it's wrong.

[Radio Co-host 1]

It is.

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Why are you doing it if you know it's wrong?

[Radio Co-host 1]

It is.

[EasyCater/Grainger Advertiser]

Why are you doing it?

[Caller with Date Story]

Because he deserves to be happy.

[Radio Host]

So do you think that inevitably you're gonna end up with him and he's gonna lose the wife?

[Caller with Date Story]

I don't know. But it would be nice if he had some sort of reason. Well, he has reason to get out of that relationship. But it would be. It would be so much better for him if he could just, you know, get up the courage to get out. And if I can give him some

[Radio Co-host 1]

kind of motivation, then who asked for the date?

[Radio Co-host 3]

Did he or did you?

[Caller with Date Story]

He's been asking for a long time.

[Radio Host]

Are there kids involved now?

[Caller with Date Story]

There are.

[Radio Co-host 2]

What's that mean?

[Caller with Date Story]

Well, like I said, he's been asking for a long time. And back then there weren't, but now there are.

[Radio Host]

Back then. You mean when you guys first met

[Radio Co-host 1]

or when they start asking you out? They didn't have kids, but now they got kids.

[Caller with Date Story]

Right.

[EasyCater/Grainger Advertiser]

Oh, and you were friends with her first and she has no idea.

[Caller with Date Story]

She makes jokes sometimes she doesn't care for him at all.

[Radio Co-host 2]

What would, like, what's a. What's an example joke that she would make?

[Caller with Date Story]

Like if I called the house, she'd say, hey, your girlfriend's calling.

[Radio Host]

Oh, really? So she may underline know about. Is the marriage just staying together for the kids?

[Caller with Date Story]

Yeah, she. Well, she got married because she wanted to have kids.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Yeah, whatever.

[Radio Host]

Hold on one second.

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That's a bad friend. Come on now.

[Radio Co-host 2]

I wouldn't call the understatement of the show. Yeah, that is not a good friend.

[Radio Host]

Hey, Lisa, you're on Q100 I. Hi. Hey.

[Lisa]

I actually have a couple different reasons why I'm nervous. One, I'm driving to D.C. tomorrow.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Okay.

[Lisa]

To go to the inauguration and stuff. And I'm staying with a friend.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Fantastic.

[Lisa]

However, I met him five years ago online. And we're just friends. There's no romantic anything. But I'm still nervous to meet him for the first time face to face.

[Caller with Date Story]

Wow.

[Radio Co-host 1]

And you're gonna stay with him till Wednesday?

[Lisa]

Yeah, we're going tomorrow and we're coming back on Wednesday.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Okay.

[Radio Host]

Okay. That's a long time together in the

[Lisa]

same year because he has to work in the studio. And since they're locking it down on Monday, he won't be. So I'm only seeing him Sunday and Monday morning and he's letting us stay at his house the other three days.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Perfect.

[Radio Host]

Okay.

[Lisa]

But I'm taking my seven year old daughter and I'm nervous that when I take her to the city, she's gonna make it miserable for me.

[Radio Host]

You're gonna be doing a lot of walking, we'll tell you that right now.

[Lisa]

Yeah. Cause we're going to the concert on Sunday and then we're going back on Tuesday.

[Radio Host]

Which concert is Sunday?

[Lisa]

There's a free concert at Lincoln Memorial with Beyonce, John Ledge, Bruce Springsteen.

[Radio Host]

Seeing you two, that's the big one right there. Yeah.

[Lisa]

Yeah. And it's a free concert, so it's fantastic.

[Radio Host]

I'll Tell you what, when you look over that they call it the National Mall. That that area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol with the Washington Monument in the middle where there's going to be so many people out there. I have been there on July 4th, where in fireworks. And there's a million people out there. To see all of those people on that National Mall with the backdrop of all those monuments is a picture that you and your 7 year old will have in your mind for the rest of your life.

[Lisa]

Absolutely. And her class voted for Obama. So she's Obama this and Obama that. So I was like, I have a friend that lives outside the city. Perfect. Perfect. Time to go.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Awesome.

[Radio Host]

Well, congratulations. Yeah, nothing to be nervous about. You're going to have a great time.

[Lisa]

I'm just terrified. It's like we have great chemistry over the phone and we laugh and have fun. I'm just terrified in person. It's gonna be awkward.

[Radio Host]

Well, it will be from time to time. But, you know, you've got a really convenient excuse to kind of like branch out on your own and do your own thing. And that's your daughter. And you guys are gonna hang out in D.C. so you'll be fine.

[Lisa]

Right?

[Brandy]

Okay.

[Radio Co-host 2]

That's the best thing about kids, that

[Lisa]

it's gonna end the friendship if it's

[Radio Co-host 2]

awkward, convenient excuses to have kids.

[Caller with Date Story]

Yeah.

[Radio Co-host 3]

When you were just describing the National Ball Malbert, I was just thinking how cool it's going to be to have those aerial shots of it, like helicopter, you know, video of it on Tuesday. That's going to be so cool.

[Radio Co-host 1]

It's going to be fantastic.

[Brandy]

Yeah.

[Radio Co-host 1]

I would not let this. I mean, this is so minor compared to what you're going and you and your daughter are going to go see. So I wouldn't worry about it so much.

[Caller with Date Story]

Okay.

[Lisa]

I just feel like I'm so nervous and he's like, don't be. But I'm terrified.

[Radio Host]

Yeah, it's played up way more in your head. Hold on one sec. All right, I want to talk to you next week. Hold on. Okay, take one more call here. Infidelity issue raising its ugly head again.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Oh, God.

[Radio Host]

Oh, God. Good morning, Casey, you're on Q100.

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

Hey, am I on voice describer?

[Radio Host]

You are.

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

Well, I confronted my brother before about him because he lied and said that he had a friend that he was seeing. But I found out it was his ex best friend's wife that he's seen. And he said that he had to go meet somebody the other night, a guy. And I followed him and he was actually meeting up with her. And so I've got to confront him this weekend about him still seeing the other guy's wife.

[Radio Host]

That's not fun.

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

No, because he's very kind of confrontational and I just, you know, he's gonna think that I'm, you know, I don't trust him. Well, kind of. Which I don't, so.

[Radio Co-host 3]

Right.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Well, I'm glad.

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

But then I'm also thinking about figuring out a way to get around and tell his ex best friend.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Well, I'm glad you're confronted. I mean. Cause siblings sometimes can talk. Unlike a friend. May be able to do it or at least, you know, kind of have harsh words, you know, so I'm glad you're doing it because other people may know and just don't know what to say.

[Radio Co-host 3]

And he's already aware that, you know.

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

Yeah. And I, you know, I confronted him about it and he was like, well, you know, they're unhappy and they, you know, they're already separated and, you know, we didn't start talking until after they, you know, aren't together anymore. And. And then he goes, well, I knew her first. Doesn't make any sense. They're still married and they have two kids.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Yeah.

[Radio Host]

You do realize that you're walking into a conversation this weekend that you can't win. That's not going to change anything, right?

[Caller with Family Confrontation]

Oh, yeah.

[Radio Co-host 2]

But she's putting it out there and sometimes you got to do that and

[Radio Host]

that's, you know, at least somebody's calling them out on it.

[Radio Co-host 1]

Yeah. And like I said, siblings can do that. And usually. Yeah. And initially you don't win. I mean, that's siblings. But it does plant a seed in their head.

[Radio Host]

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