Vault: She's OCD when it comes to food

Summary

The Bert Show – Vault: She's OCD When It Comes to Food

Date: August 3, 2026
Main Theme:
Exploring quirky, OCD-like habits around eating snack foods, with a focus on Chex Mix, and sharing similar food rituals among the cast and listeners.

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Episode Overview

In this segment, Wendy confesses to her one OCD tendency: eating snack mixes, especially Chex Mix, in a specific, highly-structured order. The conversation spirals into a lively group discussion full of laughs, personal rituals, and listener calls, uniting the morning crew and their audience over the often-unspoken rules and enjoyment of snacking.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Wendy’s Snack Mix Ritual

• Wendy's Unique OCD

  • Wendy shares: "I'm not OCD about anything in my life except for one thing.... any kind of snack that has more than one thing in it," especially Chex Mix and other snack mixes. (00:02)
  • She insists on eating snacks with mixed components in a strict order, from least favorite to favorite.

• Specific Order for Chex Mix (00:56–01:44):

  • Pretzels (least favorite)
  • Breadstick pieces
  • Brown Chex pieces ("almost like pumpernickel")
  • Lighter tan Chex pieces
  • Mixed-color Chex pieces (rare and most flavorful)
  • Bagel chips (rare, "the best")

• Wendy says, "If I miss an ingredient or if I miss a pretzel, I can't go back and eat that pretzel. Like, I have to continue." (01:56)

2. The Group Weighs In on Food Rituals

• Other Cast Members' and Listeners’ Habits

  • Burt: Mentions knowing people with similar "OCD" habits for Snickers and other candies (Burt, 02:13).
  • Jess: Breaks down her way of eating Kit Kats, emphasizing eating "one bar at a time" (04:47–04:59).
  • Shannon: Mentions the tradition of twisting Oreos and eating the cream separately (05:02).
  • Burt: "It doesn't feel right for me to eat an Oreo...You gotta twist it. You gotta eat one side of the Oreo, then you gotta lick the cream out..." (05:02)

• Stuffed Crust Pizza Analogy

  • Wendy relates her Chex Mix ritual to eating stuffed crust pizza: "You're, like, eating the pizza just to get to the stuffed crust...but you can't just buy a ring of the stuffed crust" (04:07–04:10).
  • Cast and listeners debate whether stuffed crust pizza is overrated or the ideal way to enjoy pizza (04:16–04:24).

3. Listeners Relate

• Listener Calls
  • Renee: "Weird thing. I never eat them all together. I eat one at a time. And I do start with the least sweetest first. So weird. Wendy, I'm with you." (02:33)
  • Another caller (Jeff): Agrees about the precise eating order, saying he does "the exact same order." (02:58–03:04)
  • Audience engagement leads to playful matchmaking, suggesting Wendy and the like-minded caller should go on a Chex Mix date. (03:07–03:18)
  • Renee: Suggests buying a bag of just brown bagel chips, but Wendy pushes back: "It's not the same because they gotta be, like, in there sparingly. That's why they're so good, because you don't get a lot of them." (03:27–03:35)

4. The Psychology of Saving the Best for Last

• Scarcity and Anticipation

  • Burt compares it to the anticipation of finding peanuts in Cracker Jacks: "I would never get just a box of those peanuts. But throughout the whole box of Cracker Jacks, I'm really looking forward to the peanuts more than the popcorn." (03:51)

• Ritual and Satisfaction

  • Wendy: The enjoyment is partly in the process, not just the end result.
  • Burt: "There's something about the Hunt, and there's something about doing it in the proper order that makes it totally worthwhile." (03:44)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Wendy: "If I miss an ingredient or if I miss a pretzel, I can't go back and eat that pretzel. Like, I have to continue." (01:56)
• Jess: "I have to break [Kit Kats] apart and one at a time." (04:59)
• Burt: "It doesn't feel right for me to eat an Oreo...You gotta twist it. You gotta eat one side of the Oreo, then you gotta lick the cream out, then you gotta have the other half." (05:02)
• Wendy (on bagel chips): "It's not the same because they gotta be, like, in there sparingly. Because that's why they're so good, because you don't get a lot of them." (03:35)
• Burt (on anticipation): "It's the reason why you play the lottery. If you won the lottery every week, it wouldn't be fun." (04:01)
• Wendy (on pizza): "It's like a stuffed crust pizza...You're, like, eating the pizza just to get to the stuffed crust." (04:07)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Wendy introduces her quirky Chex Mix ritual: 00:02–01:49
• Cast & listeners compare snack rituals: 01:50–03:35
• Discussion expands to stuffed crust pizza and other foods: 03:51–05:10
• Memorable food rituals and playful debate: 04:07–05:17

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Tone & Takeaways

• The episode is lighthearted, funny, and relatable, highlighting the quirks that make everyday habits both unique and communal.
• The Bert Show’s cast and listeners bond over these food rituals, showing that sometimes "OCD" tendencies around snacks are just part of enjoying the simple pleasures in life.
• Listeners are encouraged to embrace and celebrate their own food rituals, no matter how particular they may seem.

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Transcript

[Burt]

Listen, it's the vert show.

[Wendy]

I'm not OCD about anything in my life except for one thing. I don't care how clean my place is. I'm not very organized. I don't count steps. I don't have to wash my hands a certain amount of times a day. I'm just not an OCD type person. I'm just not that way. But noticing last week, because the vending machine was just filled.

[Jess]

Oh, no.

[Wendy]

There happened to be some Chex Mix in there.

[Jess]

Chex Mix.

[Wendy]

Very OCD about any kind of snack that has more than one thing in it, like, Chestnut. So it could be, like, the Doritos ones. They have, like, a snack mix or. Yeah, like, any kind of.

[Unnamed Male Caller]

That's a good one.

[Wendy]

Snack mixes. They do so good.

[Jess]

Doritos is a mix.

[Wendy]

Oh, it. Oh, they're bomb. They have the ranch ones and the cheese ones.

[Jess]

Really?

[Burt]

They've veered away from the classic, man. And it's a good change.

[Wendy]

It's really good. Like, they have Cheetos and pretzels. Anyways, in the Chex Mix ones, I have a specific order I have to go into.

[Unnamed Male Caller]

Okay, so which order or do you have to eat them in?

[Wendy]

I have to start because I go from my least favorite to my favorite. So I start with the pretzels. So pretzels are my least favorite when it comes to Chex Mix. And then I go to the breadstick ones. So those little. Those are my second to last favorite. They're okay.

[Burt]

I'm not a fan of those.

[Jess]

Yeah.

[Wendy]

And then I have to go to the brown Chex Mix. Not the. The lighter colored ones.

[Burt]

They're almost like pumpernickel.

[Wendy]

Yeah, those ones don't taste as good.

[Jess]

Oh, my God. Really?

[Unnamed Male Caller]

And they're a little denser. They're not quite as light and fluffy. Yeah, yeah.

[Wendy]

They don't t. It's good. And then you get into the lighter tan ones because they have a little bit more flavor. So you have to pick those ones out. And then you go to the ones that are mixed between the different color to both. You get, like, only, like, three of those in a pack. You're, like, lucky because those have the most flavor.

[Unnamed Male Caller]

Okay.

[Wendy]

And then you gotta go to the bagels, because the bagel chips are, like, spare and, like, sparse.

[Unnamed Male Caller]

And these checkers, those are the best. Those are bomb flat brown. And they're llamas, like discs, but they're, like twisted discs.

[Wendy]

They're the bomb. But if I miss an ingredient or if I miss a pretzel I can't go back and eat that pretzel. Like, I have to continue.

[Jess]

Do you throw it away when you're done?

[Wendy]

Because I want to save the best for last. And this is the only thing that I'm ever concerned about getting in the

[Jess]

right exact order, one category at a time.

[Burt]

I know others that are OCD about Snickers, how they have to sort of eat the top layer first, then you got to go down to the nougat, then you got to go to the inside.

[Jess]

My friends went around all the sides, then the top, then the nougat, then the bottom.

[Burt]

You can get OCD about your candies. Hey, Mary.

[Renee]

Yes.

[Shannon]

Hey.

[Burt]

Wendy was just talking about how OCD she is about her check mix.

[Renee]

Yeah. Weird thing. I never eat them all together. I eat one at a time. And I do start with the least sweetest first. So weird. Wendy, I'm with you.

[Jess]

Okay, good.

[Wendy]

As long as I'm not alone. I mean, I feel better in a group, but it's bizarre.

[Burt]

It is the topic that has brought together an entire.

[Renee]

Hey, Jeff.

[Burt]

Good morning. You are on the Burt Show. Hi.

[Renee]

Hey, Good morning. Love you on the show.

[Burt]

Thank you.

[Renee]

Yeah, I was just gonna say I'm totally with Wendy on the sex mix. Deal. I eat them in that exact same order.

[Unnamed Male Caller]

You do.

[Wendy]

And we have same order.

[Unnamed Male Caller]

Y' all should go out.

[Shannon]

Yeah, you guys can love each other.

[Unnamed Male Caller]

Are you single?

[Renee]

Do what?

[Unnamed Male Caller]

Are you a single guy?

[Renee]

Yes. Yes. Yes, I am.

[Burt]

This might be destiny right here.

[Unnamed Male Caller]

Wait a second. Y' all need a Chex mix date?

[Jess]

Don't you hang up.

[Burt]

Don't you hang up. Don't you go anywhere.

[Jess]

Don't you go anywhere. Hang on.

[Burt]

Wendy. You are not alone, sister. Good morning, Renee. You are IQ 100.

[Renee]

I just wanted to let Wendy know that she could buy a whole bag of those brown bagel chips by themselves, and she wouldn't have to go through all that.

[Burt]

It's not the same, though.

[Wendy]

It's not the same because they gotta be, like, in there sparingly. Because that's why they're so good, because you don't get a lot of them. And so they're just in there, and you're like, ooh, I've got to save the best ones for last.

[Burt]

There's something about the Hunt, and there's something about doing it in the proper order that makes it totally worthwhile.

[Wendy]

I think that's the of part, partially it.

[Unnamed Male Caller]

You know, it's the same thing with the peanuts inside of Cracker Jacks. They're so Good. But I would never get just a box of those peanuts. But throughout the whole box of Cracker Jacks, I'm really looking forward to the peanuts more than the popcorn.

[Burt]

It's the reason why you play the lottery. If you won the lottery every week. It would be fun.

[Shannon]

Absolutely it would.

[Wendy]

It's like a stuffed crust pizza.

[Jess]

No. Yeah, that's true.

[Burt]

What do you mean?

[Wendy]

It's like a stuffed crust pizza? You're, like, eating the pizza just to get to the stuffed crust. That's the best part. But you can't just buy a ring of the stuffed crust pizza.

[Shannon]

That's the best. Stuffed crust pizza is a waste. It's never as good as you think it's gonna be. You eat the entire slice, then you get to the stuffed crust, and the cheese is cold in the middle.

[Wendy]

Not mine.

[Shannon]

Ew.

[Burt]

Hey, Shannon. Good morning. You're on the Berkshire.

[Renee]

Okay, well, first off, I completely disagree with Jess about the stuffed crust. That's exactly how you're supposed to eat it. Thank you.

[Shannon]

You're wrong.

[Renee]

And secondly, like, I completely agree with Wendy because my Kit Kats, I have to eat them one bar at a time, and I have to eat all of the chocolate off of them. And then I have to eat each wafer individually.

[Jess]

Yeah, I will say that I can't. I don't do the partial. I mean, cuz, I mean, if I'm getting a candy bar, I'm eating it. But it is weird that with I can only one Kit Kat at a time, I can't eat. Like, I have to break it apart.

[Burt]

The double one?

[Jess]

Yeah, the double one. I have to break it apart and one at a time.

[Burt]

And it's like, it doesn't feel right for me to eat an Oreo. Just take a bite into an Oreo. You gotta twist it. You gotta eat one side of the Oreo, then you gotta lick the cream out, then you gotta have the other half.

[Shannon]

And we've all made fun of the way Burt eats an ear of corn. Like, puts the whole thing in his mouth from the tip and twist it around until all the little kernels come off.

[Burt]

I don't really do that, but I think you probably see it that way for some reason. This is the bird show.