Vault: OnePsychic Said Jenn's Life Was About to Change in a Big Way. Was She Right?

Summary

Episode Overview

Title: Vault: One Psychic Said Jenn's Life Was About to Change in a Big Way. Was She Right?
Date: April 10, 2026
Podcast: The Bert Show

The episode centers on the Bert Show cast members reviewing their recent visits to psychics and mediums, with a focus on Jenn's specific experience. The group discusses what the psychic predicted for Jenn—some claims were surprisingly accurate, others generic or off the mark. Through playful skepticism and genuine curiosity, the cast evaluates whether psychic readings hold any real substance, using Jenn’s summer predictions as a case study.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting Up the Psychic Challenge

• [01:18–01:54]
  • The team embarks on an experiment: everyone gets a reading from a psychic or medium and later compares which predictions come true, especially for the summer.
  • The cast reflects on the broad and sometimes vague nature of psychic claims.

“All getting together with psychics... and see at the end of the summer whose psychic was more correct.” — Jen [02:09]

2. Jenn's Reading with Carl, the Medium

• [02:24–03:42]
  • Jenn visits a medium named Carl from the local bookstore Phoenix and Dragon.
  • Carl admits at the outset he’s uneasy about being recorded and doesn’t make much eye contact.
  • Initial predictions involve Jenn's family—specifically, sensing a grandmother on her mother's side sending a message.

Notable Prediction — The Grandmother

• [03:45–04:35]
  • Carl insists he feels Jenn’s maternal grandmother is “crossed over.” Jenn clarifies her grandmother is still alive.
  • The team jokes about the flexibility and vagueness of such psychic observations.

“My grandmother on my mom's side is still living and I talk to her all the time. So that was a little bit off…” — Jenn [02:56]

The “Heavy on the Chest” Motif

• [04:37–05:02]
  • Carl mentions “something heavy in her chest,” which Jenn and the team view as a generic prediction given age and health topics are common.
  • Some comedic speculation: could it be referencing unrelated details (e.g. her grandmother wet-nursing children)?

3. Predictions About Jenn’s Life

• Children and Relationships
  • [05:24–07:02]
    • Carl says he “sees a little boy first” for Jenn, but hedges that this could be up to four years out.
    • Discusses a possible engagement or deeper relationship in Jenn’s future, describing a tall man with brown hair.
    • Cast debates the safety and generality of such predictions (e.g., 50/50 odds on gender, social assumptions about marriage).

“I've always wanted a little boy, so I thought that was kind of cool that it matched up with what he said.” — Jenn [07:02]

• Car Change Prediction
  • [08:09–08:46]
    • Carl feels Jenn will trade in her car or get a new one by summer’s end.
    • Jenn says she currently has no such plans but marks it as an easy-to-check summer prophecy.

4. Jenn’s Overall Impression

• [08:54–09:20]
  • Jenn estimates Carl “nailed” the session about “80%” of the time (surprising her cohosts).
  • She enjoyed the experience and would consider returning to see Carl.

“Yeah. He was really, really cool and we had a really good... visit or whatever. Like, he's just got really great energy.” — Jenn [09:10]

5. Peer Experiences & Exposing Patterns

• [11:06–12:24]
  • A caller named Hobby says she had an almost identical reading with Carl—right down to the grandmother narrative, the “heavy on the chest,” the car (color and trade-in), and the relationship description.
  • Cast laughs, noting how the readings are nearly interchangeable and may simply be psychic "templates" reused for each client.

“He said the exact same stuff to me... He said, you're on your mother's side, your grandmother. And he did like the circle around the chest…” — Hobby [11:13]

6. Group Reflections – Skepticism and Humor

• [12:44–13:08]
  • The team jokes about the open-endedness of psychic statements, likening the process to “Psychic Mad Libs.”
  • Playful banter underscores their skepticism but doesn’t discount the entertainment (and occasional comfort) value of psychic experiences.

“Psychic maybe really lets you kind of write your own story... It’s Psychic Mad Libs.” — Melissa & Brett [12:44–12:48]

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “I'm just so skeptical about all this stuff because some of it is just common sense.” — Brett [04:51]
• “I would say that he went children before he went man in my life.” — Jenn [06:33]
• “Is there any trick to that?” — Melissa, upon hearing about the car prediction [08:37]
• “So it has some credibility.” — Brett, after Jenn gives Carl high marks [08:59]
• “And he said the exact same stuff to me.” — Hobby, caller who also saw Carl [11:15]
• “It's like choose your own adventure for grown-ups... Psychic Mad Libs.” — Melissa & Brett [12:44–12:48]

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Key Timestamps

• 01:18 – Show’s experiment with psychics is explained
• 02:24 – Jenn introduces her psychic, Carl
• 03:45 – Carl's session audio: messages from Jenn’s “crossed” grandmother
• 05:24 – Predictions about children and family
• 07:12 – Prediction about a major relationship/engagement
• 08:09 – Car change prediction
• 08:54 – Jenn's evaluation (“80% accurate”)
• 11:06 – Call-in listener claims identical psychic reading
• 12:44 – “Psychic Mad Libs” and show’s closing reflections

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Summary & Takeaways

• Jenn and other cast members investigate the validity and entertainment factor of psychic readings, focusing on summer predictions.
• While Jenn feels much of her session with Carl resonated (80% accurate), the readings were exposed as overly broad and even repeated verbatim for other clients.
• The show remains playful yet skeptical, highlighting both the comfort such readings can bring and the ease with which interpretations can fit almost anyone.
• The cast concludes the experiment is as much about self-reflection and entertainment as it is about supernatural insight.

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For listeners considering a psychic reading:

• Expect a mix of generic affirmations, intuitive observations, and the occasional “hit”—but keep an open, skeptical mind.
• As Brett jokes, your “truth is your truth,” and entertainment value might be the biggest guaranteed outcome.

Transcript

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[Sean]

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[Sean]

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[Brett]

All right, we got a couple of minutes here, Jen. So. Yeah, why don't we reset the segment that we're doing on psychics and then you could tell us all about yours.

[Jen]

Okay, well, everybody is going to see a psychic or in my case, a medium. And I think yours was a medium too, didn't you say.

[Brett]

I'm not really sure what. Mine claimed to be sort of a jack of all trades. Okay, who are the people that have like a spiritual advisor? Because I. Mine was literally getting advice from her spiritual advisor that I could verbally hear her confirm while I was on the phone.

[Melissa]

So she was having a one sided conversation with somebody else while she was reading you?

[Brett]

Yeah, she would say something like, big things are gonna happen for you in August. Right. Okay. All right, that's cool. So I'm not sure what that makes her.

[Jen]

Okay.

[Hobby]

Crazy.

[Brett]

Just kidding.

[Jen]

That's pretty cool. Well, we're all, we're all getting together with psychics and we're listening to what they predicted basically for the summertime. And see at the end of the summer whose psychic was more correct. Are we talking about who they are yet or not? We haven't really said names.

[Brett]

You can if you guys would like to.

[Jen]

Mine was a guy named Carl from the bookstore Phoenix and Dragon. Not too Far from the radio station over here. And he wasn't looking at me a lot and said. He told me that in the beginning. He's like, I'm not gonna look at you a lot. And then he also said he was kind of anxious and a little bit nervous because of the recorder being on. So I was supposedly be there for 30 minutes, but I was there for like an hour and a half. And by the end, he seemed a lot more calm about. I think maybe he forgot the recorder was on. So at the beginning, there was some things that were kind of off to me. And then towards the middle and like throughout, it seemed like things were making a little more sense. So I don't know if the, you know, the waves of the electronics were throwing things off or what, what was really going on, but because at first he was saying that he was feeling like sensing a grandmother on my mother's side sending a message, but my grandmother on my mother's side is still living and I talk to her all the time. So that was a little bit off, but he still was still going with that. And then there was all kinds of predictions, But I think the ones that Sean pulled were the ones that were for the summertime kind of the short term ones, because he was talking about children and all this stuff. Sort of long term, but real Amanda man, isn't it? But I think the ones that we focused on in these clips, at least I think so, are the ones that are more short term.

[Brett]

Okay. And you can just tell me when to pause it whenever you want.

[Jen]

Okay.

[Sean]

I talk to people who've usually crossed when I called because I was running behind. Older woman, female side of the family. As I'm coming down the road. And I felt grandma instantly on your mom's side of the family trying to talk. I'm not sure if she's gone or not, but that's the way she came through to me on the way is that she's passed away.

[Brett]

I see you shaking your head. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Right there.

[Jen]

Yeah. Cause my grandmother on my mom's side is still living.

[Melissa]

But it could be DeeDee.

[Jen]

You guys know her? What if you. It's your mom's grandmother.

[Brett]

Yeah.

[Jen]

I mean, your grandmother. Yeah, your mom's grandmother. So my grandmother's mom?

[Brett]

Yeah.

[Jen]

Is that what you meant?

[Brett]

Mm, could be.

[Sean]

And let her know I'm here. I said, who are you? Grandma, Mom's side of the family. When I'm on this side of you, it's usually the female side or the mother's side. This is usually male or father's side of the family. Grandma's cross on mom's side of the family.

[Jen]

She's still here.

[Sean]

If she got this something here going on with her. Can I just.

[Jen]

He's touching his.

[Sean]

I feel there's something heavy in her chest.

[Jen]

He's making a circle motion around his chest. He feels like there's something heavy on her chest.

[Sean]

Chest. But I just feel like I'm not sure where she's at if she's anxious.

[Brett]

I'm just so skeptical about all this stuff because some of it is just common sense. Like, if you're talking about older people, most people die of heart failure or.

[Melissa]

But the heavy on the chest thing, I mean, your grandmother breastfeeds other women's children, right?

[Jeff]

She's a wet nurse.

[Jen]

She could be listening to you right now. Jeff dollar. Don't you dare say you told us

[Melissa]

that all the

[Jen]

Dee Dee. I did not talk about that.

[Melissa]

She takes in orphaned children and give them a breast if she's worried.

[Sean]

I'm hearing Grandma as soon as coming down the road. I have to trust that I also have male side grandfather on dad's side of the family. Two individuals. And I'm not sure. He seems gone. She seems worried. And I'm not sure where the boy is yet. There is a little boy, and I don't think you're gonna have it by the end of summer. If this is just a summer g. So I'm just gonna say it's Mom's. Your mom's grandchild. This is a boy. This could be four years down the road. I can't say that it's. You know. And I know this is a short period we're talking, but I'm not gonna say that he's not here or present. I don't know if you plan on children anytime soon. I see a little boy first.

[Jeff]

I don't see it goes back to what Bert said, because I'm open to all of this, but sometimes I just wonder. There's so many that do it for a living. I think that sometimes that might cloud something. If you do it for a living, and I'm certainly not criticizing him, but I think that if you see a woman who doesn't have a wedding ring on, then I would always assume that most women are going to want to have children in their lives. Now, that's a generalization. But I think as a psychic, I

[Jen]

would say that he went children before he went man in my life.

[Jeff]

But I'm saying if there was A wedding ring on. He may assume you already have children. So. So if there's no way.

[Jen]

When I was sitting there, I actually had my hands, like, in between my legs, sitting in the chair. Like, I was protecting my hands so that you couldn't tell or not. And he even said at one point it might not be in the part that Sean pulled. He said, I don't know if you're married or not, but he makes it

[Brett]

safe too, saying, look, this may not be now, it may be in four years. But I mean, that's. That's pretty safe.

[Melissa]

He may be there.

[Jen]

I've always wanted a little boy, so I thought that was kind of cool that it matched up with what he said.

[Melissa]

What's a 50, 50 shot?

[Jen]

Like, when I long for children, it's when I see little boys.

[Sean]

No, if you're married or single, there is a man in your life. Correct. Because I'm seeing someone taller than yourself, but I'm seeing brown hair.

[Jen]

You got that right.

[Sean]

This feels very secure. And I see this this way, and this is the way I see it. If I feel a ring on my finger, there's several ways I get it. The ring can feel very tight as this is restricting. It can feel very loose as this is not solid, or it feels very comfortable, and this means it's very, very connected. I feel very comfortable with this individual in this. Can I say engagements to what I'm hearing? I'm not sure if you're married or not, but I'm seeing a ring and I'm hearing engagements. I'm not sure what your deal is.

[Brett]

He didn't quite get that.

[Jen]

Well, he said he was seeing or feeling engagement, but he's talking about a short term, so.

[Sean]

And I really. But I'm saying whatever this is, I'm hearing engagement.

[Jen]

And what about, like, the fit of.

[Sean]

Feels good. Has there been a change of vehicles or you're changing vehicle? Because I'm getting a car change. Like you're either you're getting a new car, you're changing, switching this one to another one. I'm not sure what that is. And I think I'm saying in my head, this is so stupid to say this, but it's like, no, it's this. So you're talking about the summer. This is over the summer.

[Hobby]

Yeah.

[Sean]

Exchange of cars. I feel like you're trading something in and getting a newer.

[Melissa]

Is there any trick to that?

[Jen]

I don't have any plans to. I don't have any plans to trade in my car, but that would be a Short term thing that would be easy to follow over the summer to

[Brett]

verify overall, did you feel like in that 90 minutes he nailed you pretty well or was he hitting at about 50%, 40%?

[Jen]

I feel like it was about 80%.

[Brett]

Oh, really?

[Jen]

Yeah.

[Brett]

Okay.

[Jen]

Pretty good.

[Brett]

That's really good.

[Jen]

Yeah.

[Brett]

So it has some credibility.

[Jen]

I think so. Yeah. But a lot of this stuff was like more long term. And yeah, it was a really good talk. I think I would actually go back and see him again.

[Brett]

Really?

[Jen]

Yeah. He was really, really cool and we had a really good. A really good visit or whatever. Like, he's just got really great energy. As far as the short term stuff, though, we'll see what happens.

[Brett]

Here's how I chose mine. I have. I actually chose it through a friend. She was listening to us talk about this and she's like, if you haven't picked your psychic yet, I have the one for you. And she told me a story that she didn't even know that this woman was a psychic, but she came into where my friend works and sort of looked around and said, has your dad passed? And my friend said, yeah. And she said, well, he's sitting in that couch right there.

[Jen]

Oh, wow.

[Brett]

And just gave me goosebumps and described him and made them hug each other. And my friend actually felt her father's hug.

[Jen]

Whoa.

[Brett]

Yeah. So I'm like, okay, that's somebody I'll use right there. Yeah, for sure.

[Melissa]

Who's your friend?

[Brett]

I don't want to say.

[Melissa]

A lot of Benjamin.

[Brett]

I don't think so. No, I don't think it was a Benjamin situation. So I'll play mine tomorrow because I spent about 30 minutes on the phone with her yesterday. So I'll play that for you guys tomorrow also tomorrow morning on the show. Of course. It's going to happen at 7:15 again tomorrow.

[Melissa]

Yeah.

[Jen]

Thousand bucks. If you need that for your Fourth of July holiday, all you've got to do is listen at 7:15 and be caller 100 when Brett tells you to call. It's that easy. You don't have to sign up online or listen for a name or anything like that. You just call at 7:15 tomorrow morning and we're giving somebody a thousand buc

[Brett]

may have a Love lost and found to do tomorrow.

[Jen]

Cool. I like those.

[Brett]

I believe it's a dude that met a woman that he feels like they had some kind of connection or what have you, but didn't get her phone number. So he's gonna come on, describe her to us, tell us where she works, and Stuff like that. Or at least give us some characteristics that maybe somebody listening destiny will prevent. Destiny will take over. Much like it did with Cameron and Wendy this morning.

[Jen]

Right.

[Jeff]

You should call him and just see what he looks like.

[Brett]

We will see you guys tomorrow morning. Thanks for listening today. Oh, before we take off. Good morning, Q100.

[Jen]

Hi.

[Hobby]

I was going about Jen's trip to the psychic.

[Brett]

Yeah?

[Jen]

Yeah.

[Hobby]

And I went to the same guy.

[Jen]

Yeah.

[Hobby]

And he said the exact same stuff to me.

[Brett]

Oh, no.

[Hobby]

Yes, he did. He said, you're on your mother's side, your grandmother. And he did like the circle around the chest, something like this. And I said, no, she's still alive and there's nothing wrong with her heart. And he said, I don't know if you're married or not, but he's a taller gentleman with brown hair. And I said, yes, of course.

[Sean]

Of course he's taller because your boyfriend's cheating on you.

[Hobby]

So yeah, I wouldn't spend any more money going to him because he talked about my car. Because I am pretty sure he saw me drive up in a car. And he said, I'm seeing a silver car. He goes, I know it's stupid to talk about a car, but I'm just letting you know that, you know, I really. I see you in like a silverish car.

[Jen]

He didn't say color? No, you know, actually he did say color. He said that I would be a red car by the end of the summer.

[Hobby]

Well, I just think it's funny that he happened to do the same thing and he. It sounds just like him, but I don't know, it's gotta be the same guy. Cause it was at the same bookstore he was wearing. He was like sock feet. It was in this little room.

[Brett]

Your truth is your truth, Jen. Hobby. Okay, if you want to believe, then believe.

[Jeff]

I want to get one of those X Files poster that says I want to believe.

[Hobby]

So.

[Melissa]

You know, I really am feeling a lot of confidence in Melissa. Psychic.

[Brett]

Oh yeah.

[Melissa]

Psychic maybe really lets you kind of write your own story.

[Brett]

Interpretive.

[Melissa]

It's like choose your own adventure for grown ups.

[Brett]

It's Psychic Mad Libs.

[Sean]

Yes.

[Brett]

He put it your own Melissa Carter.

[Jeff]

I need a noun, please.

[Melissa]

You may or may not have a good. Whatever's coming up, it may or may not be good.

[Jeff]

Give me an adverb, please.

[Melissa]

An adverb, yes. Tomorrow's show will be. I need a verb. Tomorrow's show will be verb. Give me a verb.

[Brett]

Running fun.

[Melissa]

Is that no adjective? I sorry. Ask for a verb. I'm a bad mad lib psychic. Maybe I'm not a good psychic. By madness.

[Sean]

The bird show.