FEELING THINGS: What We Can’t Stop Watching, Reading & Eating (From Viral Lunches to Comfort Reads)

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show - FEELING THINGS: What We Can’t Stop Watching, Reading & Eating

Episode Date: January 18, 2026
Hosts: Amy & Kat
Producer: Premiere Networks

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Episode Overview

This episode of "Feeling Things" dives into the hosts’ latest obsessions, including viral food trends, binge-worthy books and shows, and even a pop culture deep dive. Amy and Kat explore the phenomenon of influencer Courtney Cook’s quirky viral lunches, chat about what they’ve been watching and reading—ranging from comforting rom-coms to darker period pieces—and swap playful commentary on everything from Weetabix prices to streaming service gripes. The tone is light, humorous, and heartfelt, making for a cozy listen packed with recommendations and fun perspective shifts.

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Key Segments & Insights

1. Feelings of the Day: Excited, Proud, and Catty

Timestamps: 03:16–12:13

• Both hosts open by sharing their feelings. Kat is “excited times two,” while Amy is “excited, proud, and a little bit catty.”
• Their excitement centers around two main things:
  1. Trying Viral Weetabix Recipes (See section 2)
  2. Amy Poehler Winning Best Podcast at the Golden Globes, sparking commentary on Amy Poehler, her ex, and the evolving status of podcasts in pop culture.

"I don't know. I feel proud for Amy. She's like my daughter."
—Amy (11:49)

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2. The Courtney Cook (Bales) Obsession: Viral Lunches and Infectious Positivity

Timestamps: 03:31–08:49, 29:41–38:53

Who is Courtney?

• Courtney Cook Bales is a high school English teacher and mom of four from Georgia, now a viral sensation for her “very specific teacher lunches.”
• Her food philosophy: every meal should be sweet, savory, crunchy, and creamy (32:41).
• Lunches include items like baked sweet potatoes with cheese, whole green onions, onion cups (sweet onions stuffed with mayo or other fillings), marinated eggs, heaps of mayo, and, most recently, Weetabix dipped in chocolate and milk.

“No matter what she's eating, you just get drawn in... you can't stop watching it.”
—Amy (06:26)

Why is Courtney So Entrancing?

• Her relentlessly positive outlook is compared to Ms. Frizzle or the teacher everyone wishes they had.
• Even during mishaps (like a laundry room flood), she maintains cheerful energy:

  "She's like, but life is good."
  —Kat (08:31)

• The hosts theorize that Courtney's vibe actually makes food taste better for her, and her joy is contagious.

Fun Facts & Deep Dive

• Her content has become daily comfort for followers, and her following is rapidly growing (41:08–41:49).
• Courtney’s IG started June 2025; her first reel already had 167,000 views.
• Her favorite foods include “bread and butter, spicy ramen, raisins, sweet potatoes, and basically every cheese ever” (33:23).
• She inspires the hosts to try things (such as chocolate-dipped Weetabix)—with mixed taste results but unanimous enjoyment of the experimenting.

"[Courtney's] just a ray of light... she gives you an emotional hug that you need, especially on the Internet right now."
—Amy (38:39, 38:48)

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3. Book & Movie Talk: What We Can’t Stop Reading and Watching

Timestamps: 12:17–18:21, 15:01–17:14

What They're Reading

• Kat bought a four-pack of Emily Henry’s rom-com novels after loving the Netflix adaptation of People We Meet on Vacation (13:48).
• Amy describes Henry’s books as “feel good,” “easy to read,” and “a good book to read on the beach” (15:16).
• Amy’s only lament: Her favorite, Funny Story, wasn’t included in the pack (16:54).

What They're Watching

• Both rave about the Netflix adaptation of People We Meet on Vacation and its charming leads (16:06–17:16).
• Amy shares a “must-read-before-you-watch” recommendation for The Housemaid (18:00), starring Amanda Seyfried.
• Cautionary movie tale: Begonia, recently in theaters (18:33–21:32), is not what Amy expected—especially with Alicia Silverstone only appearing for 30 seconds.

  “If you’re watching [Begonia] for [Alicia Silverstone], watch Clueless.”
  —Amy (21:02)

Pop Culture News

• The Golden Globes have a new “Best Podcast” category—won by Good Hang with Amy Poehler.
• The hosts note the friendly rivalry, as Poehler’s ex is part of another nominee, SmartLess (11:36).

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4. Streaming Services & Fees Rant

Timestamps: 28:10–29:36

• Amy bemoans that even with steep streaming costs, ads are now unavoidable.

  "If I’m paying at least 15 or more for something, why—?"
  —Amy (28:34)

• Kat, ever the voice of reason, explains tiered services, while Amy just wants to be “upset.”

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5. Courtney Cook Deep Dive—Food Trends & Fun with Weetabix

Timestamps: 29:41–43:17, 46:41–49:20

• The hosts dissect the pricing and viral popularity of Weetabix, speculate on Amazon’s algorithm capitalizing on trends, and debate the differences between Weetabix and American shredded wheat (47:07–49:20).
• The power of social media in creating food phenomena and comfort culture is highlighted.

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6. Listener Engagement: Parasocial Relationships, Newsletters, and Community

Timestamps: 49:44–58:27

• The hosts discuss “parasocial” relationships—like their own fascination with Courtney Cook—and address a listener’s in-depth email theorizing about a true crime segment (“Beth’s Dead”).
• They encourage listeners to keep the emails and updates coming, promising a friendly and approachable community.
• Mini-segment about the podcast newsletter, with assurance that it remains succinct and “just what you need for the day” (58:16).

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7. Favorite Quotes & Uplifting Perspective Shift

Timestamps: 38:54–40:18

"What a privilege to be tired from the work you once begged the universe for... To feel overwhelmed by the growth you used to dream about... What a privilege to outgrow things you used to settle for."
—Kat, quoting a perspective-shifting post (38:54–40:18)

Amy and Kat reflect on how it's important to reframe stress and growth in terms of privilege and gratitude—a theme that carries through their own positive, whimsical approach.

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8. Trader Joe’s Dream Partnerships (and Snacks They Love)

Timestamps: 58:27–61:16

• Imaginary scenarios about having their faces next to their favorite Trader Joe’s treats: Amy wants the cookie butter ice cream; Kat wants the elote corn chips.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “It's kind of like flaky cardboard dipped in chocolate.”
  —Amy on Weetabix (05:10)
• “I feel like she could eat gravel and be like, ‘This is crunchy. I love it.’”
  —Amy on Courtney Cook (07:49)
• “What a privilege to outgrow things you used to settle for.”
  —Kat (39:47)
• “If you’re watching [Begonia] for [Alicia Silverstone], watch Clueless."
  —Amy (21:02)
• “Courtney was doing it for nothing—because she’s a better person than me, I really do think she is.”
  —Amy (60:59)

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Highlights with Timestamps

• Viral Food Experiments (Weetabix, Sweet Potato + Cheese): 03:31–08:49
• Pop Culture: Podcasts & Awards: 09:02–12:15
• Book & Movie Chat (Emily Henry, The Housemaid): 12:40–18:21, 18:32–21:32
• Parasocial Relationships & Listener Mail: 49:44–54:58
• Perspective Shifts: 38:54–40:18
• Trader Joe’s Tangents: 58:27–61:16

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Takeaways

• Courtney Cook’s positivity is a viral superpower—she’s the balm the internet needs right now and a reminder that food content can be “comfort viewing.”
• Pop culture and feel-good books/movies are lifelines during tough or dreary seasons. Amy and Kat recommend leaning into “easy” pleasures—whether it’s a rom-com novel, a chocolate-dipped cereal, or a delightfully weird TikTok.
• Pay attention to what you settle for and how far you’ve come: The episode closes on encouragement to appreciate growth and privilege, even amid overwhelm.
• Community matters: The hosts want their listeners to engage, email, and participate—with none of the weirdness, just friendly fun.

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For More

• Follow the hosts on Instagram: @FeelingThingsPodcast
• Try the newsletter for extra tips and recommendations
• Email: hey[at]feelingthingspodcast.com
• Listener line: 877-207-2077

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End on this note:
“Have the day you need to have.” —Amy (61:32)

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Transcript

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[Amy]

If you ever have feelings.

[Kat]

And you just want some, Maybe a cat got you covered like a number.

[Amy]

Ladies and fell Just following the spirit.

[Kat]

Where it tell us from the real stuff to the chill stuff and the in between. Sometimes the best thing you can do is just stop and feel things. This is Feeling Things with Amy and Kat. Happy Tuesday. Welcome to Feeling Things. I'm Amy and I'M Kat, and my feeling of the day is excited times two.

[Amy]

Ooh. Okay.

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

My feeling is excited and proud and a little bit catty. Okay, do you want to go first? You want me to go first?

[Kat]

Well, I can do one excited and then you go and I'll do the second excited.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Kat]

So my first excited has to do with Weetabix because Kat showed up at my house today with Weetabix. Weetabix from Courtney Cooks on TikTok and Instagram. Courtney is a viral sensation at the moment. You maybe first came across her videos. If you haven't yet, they will start to show up in your feed because we're talking about it now. But she has a sweet potato and she sticks cheese in the hole and then she just eats it. Or she has onion cups and she eats it, which I've tried the sweet. Sweet potato and cheese. It's okay. I was underwhelmed at first, but then I had the whole block of cheese because it's a specific kind of cheese. And I bought sweet potatoes and I was like, well, I'm not gonna let this go to waste. I'm just gonna keep eating it.

[Amy]

Do you like that cheese on its own? Would you eat.

[Kat]

No.

[Amy]

Oh, really? You would never, like, eat that with the cracker?

[Kat]

I've never bought that cheese, and I probably won't buy it again unless I get a hankering for to put it in the sweet potato. Or I might try a different kind of cheese in the sweet potato because I do have other cheeses that I like. But she likes the texture of it, which is very American cheese type texture. And whenever she talks about it, she was like, and I say that in the best way. I love American cheese is what she says. So that's how she first showed up in my algorithm. Yeah. Then we started seeing her eating Weetabix. Then she started dipping her Weetabix in chocolate. And Kat showed up at my house today with chocolate dipped Weetabix. And I am so excited that we got to try it. And I must say it was yummy. But then I was like, well, a lot of things dipped in chocolate would be yummy, right?

[Amy]

Yeah. It's kind of like flaky cardboard dipped in chocolate.

[Kat]

But the way to Bix just kind of dissolves in your mouth. You dip it in milk. I found it to be lovely.

[Amy]

It's good. I probably won't make it again.

[Kat]

Right.

[Amy]

It's expensive. A box of weetabix is like 15.

[Kat]

Where is it coming from?

[Amy]

I got it from Amazon?

[Kat]

I mean, originally. Is it from Europe?

[Amy]

I feel like she said it's like an English snack, but she said there's like Australian Weetabix and there's African Weetabix. There's like different kinds of Weetabix.

[Kat]

Which one did we get?

[Amy]

I think we got the English one maybe.

[Kat]

Okay.

[Amy]

But I don't think our box, like, specifically came from England. I don't know.

[Kat]

Telling me One box was $15 and.

[Amy]

There'S two sleeves of them. It's comparable probably to the amount of servings that are in a box of cereal. It's like a $15 box of cereal. It was worth it for the social experiment.

[Kat]

Yeah. Because I found it to be quite tasty. It was fun to have that little, you know, taste with you, which we'll put it on our Instagram, which is Feeling Things podcast. But Courtney, we're enamored with her. I didn't know you were already watching her. And I re shared one of her things in my stories and then you replied to that and you're like, oh, my gosh, I can't stop watching her eat Weetabix. And that's the thing. No matter what she's eating, when you come across it, you. You just get drawn in.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Kat]

And you can't stop watching it.

[Amy]

I said I watched her eat a hard boiled egg. And I was like, that looks like it's really good. I don't want to eat that. Please hear me say I'm never eating the hard boiled egg and the soy sauce with the green onion. She ate the whole green onion.

[Kat]

Like a red bun.

[Amy]

The whole green onion. She just ate it. I think this is what my thought, because a lot of people are trying the foods that she's been eating, a.

[Kat]

Lot of people like, and thousands and thousands of people.

[Amy]

And here's the. What I'm finding as a response is that, like, the things she's eating, some of them are good, like the Weetabix. It's not bad, but it's not as, like, fabulous as she says it is.

[Kat]

But I love that she thinks it's fabulous.

[Amy]

So this is my. I'm. I'm just. I have this working theory right now, because even the sweet potato, you had a better reaction than a lot of people that I've seen eat the sweet potato with the cheese in the middle are like, this is disgusting. Like, people are hating it. So I wonder because Courtney has such a positive, like, light and fun. She seems so sweet, like a zest for life. She's probably like, she reminds me of Ms. Frizzle. She's probably the best teacher ever. Like, I wish she was my teacher. I wonder if because she has such a positive outlook on life, it makes the food she eats tastes better for her. Yes.

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Like, I wonder because she seems like, I mean, everybody has a bad day. She seems like she doesn't have a bad day. And so I feel like she could eat gravel and be like, this is crunchy. I love it.

[Kat]

I know. I feel like in December I came across something. I finally started following her. Her stuff was just popping up on my feed and I was like, okay, I'm gonna just start following her now. And I think her laundry room flooded or something. And she was making some video, I think coffee or some, maybe some Weetabix. And she's at her kitchen. A lot of times she's at her desk at school as a teacher. She's eating breakfast, lunch, or a snack. This was in her home. And yeah, she was just like, my laundry room flooded. There is stuff everywhere. You know, it just was still.

[Amy]

She's like, but I love this.

[Kat]

She's like, but life is good.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Kat]

Her whole demeanor, she's just great. She has got a good vibe. She's high vibes. She's above bar.

[Amy]

So even if you don't. And I'm. If you don't know who this person is, some of the stuff she eats is gross. But I promise you're going to watch it and be intrigued. So don't let the that stop you.

[Kat]

Which I have fun facts about Courtney coming up. I'll save them. But I did a deep dive into Courtney.

[Amy]

Oh my gosh. It's like I did a deep dive on Mel Robbins and you did what I. Courtney cooks. Okay, well, do you want to go into that?

[Kat]

Well, I want to get to your feeling and let's finish feelings of the day and then we can get into.

[Amy]

Okay. I'm just excited to learn more about her. I told you. I was like, we should have her on the podcast because I feel like that would soar us in to like, what is it? Top 10?

[Kat]

I mean, we'd have to have her. She would have to eat on the podcast.

[Amy]

Like, I think people would just want to hear from her if we asked her some like hard hitting questions. This could, that could catapult us into like the top 10 podcast, which could eventually earn us a golden globe because did you know that is a category now?

[Kat]

Oh, I didn't know that.

[Amy]

Best podcast. Okay, so you don't know I'm about to tell you. No, I want you to guess who won best podcast. Not best new podcast or best this podcast. What podcast won?

[Kat]

Was it Mel? Oh, I did know they did have that category because I did see that Mel posted a she was nominated nomination video of, like, her being so excited that she got nominated.

[Amy]

Sorry, I hope you didn't get that on camera.

[Kat]

Cat just made a face.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Kat]

If you gather Cat's not, like, the biggest male.

[Amy]

She was nominated, but she didn't win. So let's. Let's say the nominate. He wasn't nominated. Oh. So the nomin. The people nominated. And Shannon, you can double check in case I miss one. It was Mel Robbins. Call Her Daddy Smartless. Dax Shepard, armchair expert.

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And good hang with Amy Poehler.

[Kat]

Okay. All of those. Okay.

[Amy]

Are those the only valid. Oh, I didn't do up first. I don't think I have ever listened to that. Okay, so up first, who do you think won?

[Kat]

Did Amy Fuller.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Kat]

Yay.

[Amy]

Which, like, okay, I love Amy Poehler. So, like, I always want her to win anything that she's nominated in, but Patrick pointed out, and I was like, oh, Amy Poehler won. I thought Call Her Daddy was gonna win because I think she.

[Kat]

She's so popular, and she had her documentary. Like, people learned more about her. She's had so many great guests lately.

[Amy]

She gets also, like, okay, so Patrick was like, oh, that's crazy. I wonder how. What's his name? Amy Poehler's ex is part of Smartless. What's his name? It's not Jason Bateman. It's. It's not Sean Hayes. It's the other guy.

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

So I don't know what their relationship is. I don't know, like, what they're, like.

[Kat]

Cookable.

[Amy]

Yeah. Because I'm pretty sure they have kids together, but they've had their podcast for a while, and it's been at the top for a while, and then she just started her podcast, and boom, out of nowhere is, like, top. And then won this award that has never been an award before. Like, she's gonna. She's made history.

[Kat]

That's awesome.

[Amy]

Like, I just wonder if Will's like, oh, dang it, or if he's like, she deserves it. I'm really happy for her.

[Kat]

I hope it's the latter.

[Amy]

Yeah. We'll never know because he has to say he's happy for her.

[Kat]

Yeah. Wait, so does this have to do with your feeling of the day?

[Amy]

Yes. That's why I was feeling proud. I don't Know, I feel proud for Amy. She's like my daughter.

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And excited because. Because I really like that podcast. So I was glad it won. And then I was feeling catty because I was like, take that, ex husband.

[Kat]

Yeah, well, they do co parent together. They have two kids, Archie and Abel. They maintain a close, respectful, and even weirdly friendly relationship.

[Amy]

Oh. So they. He probably was really happy.

[Kat]

I mean, that's just Google says, Right?

[Amy]

But let's hope Archie's a really cute name.

[Kat]

Archie and Abel. Yeah, like, they both are. Those at least go really cute together. Okay, so you had your feelings of the day about that. My excited times two. So first one was Weetabix. The second reason why I'm excited is I ordered four books. Did you finish Tis the Year of Reading? Yeah, but did you finish the Nightingale?

[Amy]

You finished it?

[Kat]

No, I'm still reading it.

[Amy]

Okay. Did you finish the one that you bought us? Family of Lies?

[Kat]

No, I can't. I guess it's just not. It's not working for me.

[Amy]

Dive into it.

[Kat]

Yeah, I try. And then I've moved on to the Nightingale.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Kat]

And I'm giving this period piece a try. And then I'm just moving on to the good old rom com category because I watched. You know what I'm about to say. Okay. I watch People We Meet on Vacation on Netflix. And as I'm watching it, I am pretty much smiling the entire time. I am obsessed with the storyline, the characters, everything. And I'm thinking, dang, I wish I would have read the book. Oh, but now I've already watched the movie, so it's too late. I can't go back. So I just look up Emily Henry, who is the author of that book, and there was a four pack on Amazon of four of her books, and you got them at a discount, like a deal. If you bought all four, which ones were they? I bought all four because Tis the year of reading. I bought Happy Place, Book Lovers Beach Read, and you'd. And Me on Vacation.

[Amy]

Oh, is that a sequel?

[Kat]

Don't know. I don't know. I don't know. All I know is they're Emily Henry. Supposed to be the same vibe. And I loved the movie so much, I give it a 5 out of 5. The movie was so Summer vacations. So.

[Amy]

Did you say summer vacations?

[Kat]

Yeah, because that's what they did. They. Summer vacations together. Yeah.

[Amy]

So Emily Henry, you'll like these books because all of her books are just, like, an easy read and they're, like, pretty upbeat. Yeah. Versus, like, the Nightingale, like, grab your tissues.

[Kat]

Right? Yeah. Like, right now her husband has gone off to war, and Hitler's taking over. And downhill from that, it's heavy. And so now I'm like, what? Why? Sure, there's a time and place for this, but I think right now I need Emily Henry vibes. I need Poppy and was it Alex? Yeah, Poppy. What a cute main character name. So, yeah, that's Poppy and Alex. Opposites who become best friends in college and take an annual summer vacation for, like, almost a decade.

[Amy]

So I read that book.

[Kat]

You did?

[Amy]

Well, anytime I say I read a book, I want everybody to know I.

[Kat]

Listen to it on audio. That's okay. The audible counts.

[Amy]

Yeah, it counts.

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

So interesting that you said you wish you read the book, because the book was like, I was shocked when I saw that they were making a movie out of it because the book was just like, meh. Like, it was an easy read. It would be a good book to, like, read on the beach.

[Kat]

So did I just order?

[Amy]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Kat]

Books that are like.

[Amy]

No, because her. Well, her books are, like, easy to read and they're entertaining, but they, like, you're gonna know what happens in the end kind of thing. They're feel good, I guess.

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

But what was interesting to me is this book that was, like, I think mid. As Stevenson would say or his friends would say or the kids would say, that movie top tier. Netflix movie top. Like, it was Netflix. And that could have been in the movie theaters, don't you think?

[Kat]

Oh, for sure.

[Amy]

It was really good.

[Kat]

The main character guy, who's Alex, who played Alex. Let's look him up.

[Amy]

So talking about how cute he was.

[Kat]

I know. And then get. And then he could dance. I was like, what?

[Amy]

Yeah, he.

[Kat]

He's like, funny, cute.

[Amy]

So cute.

[Kat]

I know that you're married and I.

[Amy]

Have a boyfriend, but he's only 32.

[Kat]

He's only 30. I mean, well, there's no. Nothing. There's no chance for anything anyway. But I'm like, oh, yeah. Like, I want to be Poppy now.

[Amy]

Poppy was so annoying. What?

[Kat]

I liked her.

[Amy]

Well, she became endearing through the movie. But at the beginning, I was like, with the burrito.

[Kat]

Oh, I thought that that was so funny. And I was like, I love her personality. I would love to be more like her. Just like, she is who she is. You have to show up as she is. And that was part of the storyline is for a lot of people. She was, quote, too much.

[Amy]

Shoot. I'm sorry, Poppy. I will say, as you get to know her. I don't want to say too much. Anyway, my point is, you did not miss out on anything by not reading the book.

[Kat]

Okay, well, I have four books coming my way from Emily that I'm kind of sad.

[Amy]

The one Emily Henry book I would have recommended isn't in your four pack.

[Kat]

Oh, which one is it?

[Amy]

Funny story.

[Kat]

Okay, I came across that one. But you're right, it wasn't in the four pack. But I'll order another one.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Kat]

I need a little library.

[Amy]

Yeah, you color code your books.

[Kat]

Because her artwork is very fun and cute.

[Amy]

Every book cover is, so. Yeah.

[Kat]

So Tom Blythe played Alex and Emily Bader played Poppy.

[Amy]

Have they like, been in stuff before?

[Kat]

They didn't look familiar to me, but I was like, they are really good breakout roles. And maybe also too. I've been watching a lot of holiday Christmas movies. I mean, granted, I know we're in January, but I spent much of November and December watching cheesy Christmas Hallmark type movies. And when I was watching this, I was like, okay, yeah, the acting is.

[Amy]

This is.

[Kat]

We've. We've gone up a few notches. Like, they are killing it.

[Amy]

Speaking of good acting, I've seen like a. Weirdly, a lot of movies in theaters recently. Or just movies that are in theaters. You know, you can rent movies at your house that are still in the theaters.

[Kat]

Yeah, but you have to pay premium price, like 20 something bucks.

[Amy]

Yeah, I learned that. But it's cheaper than going to the movie theater.

[Kat]

Well, if you're going by yourself, it's not.

[Amy]

Oh, that's true. What? True good acting. The Housemaid, which is also a book. Did you read that?

[Kat]

No.

[Amy]

Oh, read that book. You need to read that book before you see the movie. Amanda Seyfried. Is that how you say her name or Seyfried?

[Kat]

I say both. Seyfried. Seyfried.

[Amy]

Okay. Incredible. Usually when I love a book, the movie disappoints. Doesn't I have a movie that I want to warn people about watching? Like maybe don't watch it?

[Kat]

Okay. What is it?

[Amy]

Have you heard of Begonia?

[Kat]

Never. Okay. Is it in theaters?

[Amy]

It's might be still in theaters. We watched it on like some streaming service, but it's been recently in theaters. It's the one where Emma Stone's head gets shaved off.

[Kat]

Oh, I do know about that, but I didn't know the title.

[Amy]

Okay, I got duped because speaking of armchair expert, I was listening to an episode of that with Alicia Silverstone.

[Kat]

Are you familiar with the Episode or Alicia Silverstone.

[Amy]

Alicia.

[Kat]

Okay. Of course she was Alicia.

[Amy]

Or Alicia.

[Kat]

I say Alicia, but Alicia. Alicia. Alicia. Okay, maybe it's Alicia. Anyway, I'm not saying I'm right. I'm just telling you what I say. But also, she was in Clueless. Okay. And she was in that Netflix Christmas movie.

[Amy]

Yes. That was so cute. Yes.

[Kat]

Yes. Yeah.

[Amy]

Okay, so in this interview, she was talking about how, like, she loves talking about Clueless, but she gets kind of sad because people don't, like, ever want to talk about the things that she's in now, and she's doing, like, really cool things now, and she wants to talk about those things. One of those things was this movie Begonia. So they were talking about that, and I was like, oh, I want to support her. And, like, the new stuff she's doing. I didn't even know Emma Stone, and I think Jesse Palmer or some. Another really famous actor that I guess is really good act. He's very good actor. So I'm like, patrick, I really want to watch Begonia. And he's like, what? Like, this doesn't seem like you. It's about somebody who is a conspiracy theorist who thinks that Emma Stone is an alien. That's the premise of the does. Do you want to watch that when I say that?

[Kat]

No.

[Amy]

Okay. But I was like, but Alicia or Alicia or whatever her name is.

[Kat]

Okay, well, Shannon fat checked how to say her name, and it is Alicia.

[Amy]

Oh, okay.

[Kat]

So you were right. I was wrong.

[Amy]

So I was like, I want to support her and, like, good for her. And I loved her in that Christmas movie. Also, fun fact, you know how she's, like, very environmental friendly in that Christmas movie. That's her real life.

[Kat]

I was about to say. Yeah, she's crunchy.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Kat]

Or granola. Yeah. Because she. I remember we had a story about her on the Bobby Bone Show. It was like, a big thing in the news when she was, like, bird feeding her children, like, where you would like your food and then you put it in your kid's mouth, and it's called be a baby bird.

[Amy]

No. Yeah, she didn't talk about that on this podcast.

[Kat]

Well, so the Alien movie is not good. You're not.

[Amy]

I don't want to say it's not good, but please do not be duped. Like, I was. Alicia was in it for 30 seconds. I'm not even kidding. 30 seconds is like, maybe 30 seconds. Now, that scene she did, she did a impeccable job. She hit her character correctly. But if you're watching it for her, watch clueless. I don't know if maybe she like edited it or like was a producer but like she was not like a huge part of that movie and I hated it.

[Kat]

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[Kat]

Speaking of actresses from back in the day that I think it's like the same time. When was who's the Boss out? Probably before Clueless. Probably before your time. Did you ever watch who's the Boss Growing up? Okay, so Alicia Silverstone. And now I'm like, is that how you say her name? Alicia or Alicia?

[Amy]

Alicia.

[Kat]

No, not Alicia Silverstone. No, that's who we're talking about now. No, my brain. Alyssa Milano.

[Amy]

Oh, I know who that is.

[Kat]

That's what I'm talking about. Yeah, from who's the Boss? She is executive producer on a new documentary coming out about perimenopause called beyond. And I cannot wait for that.

[Amy]

Executive producer. So she in it or she just.

[Kat]

I think she's also in it. And then there's like doctors and other experts, people sharing their real life experience. But it's like a deep dive into what is really happening with perimenopause and what we know today that like the generation before us just had no info. So I'm very excited about that. And that's coming out I think on January 30th or something. Shannon, if you could find out where people can watch that. Yeah. So who's the Boss was on ABC in 1984-1990. 2.

[Amy]

I was a little baby.

[Kat]

So do you know Tony Danza? And he was the housekeeper.

[Amy]

I've never watched that show, so I know who Tony Danza is. Like, his name is familiar to me, but if I saw him, I don't know that I would know that's him. Tony Danza. Is that, like, a thing?

[Kat]

I don't know. I just feel like just such a huge part of my childhood. Okay. And now what is going to be a part of a lot of people's childhood is, like, fast forward 20 years and be like, remember, Courtney cooks. Remember Courtney cooks. And remember, his mom was eating those sweet potatoes and stuffing them with cheese.

[Amy]

Yeah. That weird juice. And she eats the skin of the sweet potato.

[Kat]

Ooh, I love the skin of a sweet potato. What you got to do before you bake it is. You got to oil it down and put some salt and pepper on it. It is so yummy.

[Amy]

I love the skin of a baked potato. The sweet potato.

[Kat]

What's the difference?

[Amy]

It's different.

[Kat]

It's not different. It's not different. I mean, the inside is different.

[Amy]

It's more earthy.

[Kat]

Are you washing it? You're supposed to wash it.

[Amy]

Yes, I. That's not what I mean. Like, it tastes like dirt. I mean, it's like, more like bark to me.

[Kat]

Interesting. I'm gonna have to make you one.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Kat]

But you need to, like, rub it down with.

[Amy]

I don't usually do that. Olive oil issue.

[Kat]

And then put some salt and pepper, and it is so yummy. Okay. Balance is coming out. I know it's January 30th, I think. Apple TV and Amazon Prime. Shannon, I don't know what you looked up, but it says early 2025. Aren't we in 2026?

[Amy]

Yep.

[Kat]

Yeah. January 30th. Apple TV and Amazon Prime. So are we gonna have to pay for it? Probably, but that's okay.

[Amy]

Wait, Apple tv?

[Kat]

Well, sometimes on Apple and Amazon, you have to buy or rent, even if you have.

[Amy]

Okay, what is the deal with. I'm sorry. This really is grinding my gears. What is the deal with. You pay. You're looking at. Like you're scared.

[Kat]

No, I get what you're gonna say is you're already paying for a streaming service, and then you have to pay on top of that.

[Amy]

Well, and you pay for streaming services, and now there's commercials.

[Kat]

Now you have different. Pat.

[Amy]

Yeah, like, yeah, but if I'm paying at least 15 or more for something, why.

[Kat]

No, not, not. Not in today's day and age, cat. Cuz 15 is going to get you the commercials. You're going to need to up it to 20 something if you want. No commercials.

[Amy]

That to me is just. Isn't that wild, though?

[Kat]

Well, I think it's inflation.

[Amy]

You are just standing up for, like.

[Kat]

No, I'm not, but I pay it, too, and I get it, and I. I opt for the commercials.

[Amy]

So are you making money off these commercials or something? What's going on here?

[Kat]

No, but I opt for the commercials. I guess I just understand if it's free. Like, I don't want to get worked up about it, because I get it.

[Amy]

I get it, too. Money. We have, like, businesses, whatever. If I'm watching TV and it's free, I understand the commercial. Or if, like, I'm listening to a podcast, they're free. And then you listen to commercial, and then you can. There's people that you can buy something and then you have the commercial free version. That's the point is, like, if you pay the money, then you should get a reward.

[Kat]

Yeah, but depends on which level you want to pay.

[Amy]

You're the wrong audience for me to talk about this. He was trying to speak reason into my brain, and I just want to be upset.

[Kat]

You don't have time for that. Okay, well, then let's shift gears to Courtney. And I want to teach you about her.

[Amy]

That'll make me happy.

[Kat]

And who is Courtney? If you're like, what? I still don't understand who this girl is. What is she about? And why are people obsessed? So Courtney Cook Bales is a high school English teacher and mom of four from. Do you know what state?

[Amy]

Somewhere in the South.

[Kat]

Georgia.

[Amy]

I was gonna say West Virginia. That's not really the south, is it? Is West Virginia the South?

[Kat]

I don't know.

[Amy]

It's the West.

[Kat]

It's not the north, that's for sure. Is it, like, its own thing? It's definitely not the West. Did you just say. Is it wet?

[Amy]

Why is it called West Virginia? Because it's the west of Virginia. It's.

[Kat]

There's Virginia.

[Amy]

Is it the west of Virginia?

[Kat]

Yeah, but they're both east.

[Amy]

Okay, so it's the west in some regards.

[Kat]

Exactly. Okay.

[Amy]

It's the South.

[Kat]

Yeah. Because. Well, I always think in terms of, like, the war, the Civil War. Like, I divide it like, North, South.

[Amy]

What's Virginia considered? Because that's northern to me.

[Kat]

Virgin.

[Amy]

Really?

[Kat]

Even Virginia.

[Amy]

But they. But they're not Southern. Right? Because West Virginia I wouldn't consider southern. I would consider them country. I can say that because my family's from There.

[Kat]

Yeah. You're like, I'm not.

[Amy]

Yeah, I'm not hating on them.

[Kat]

Yeah, I'm from there. Okay. She is 36 years old and she's gone viral on Tick tock and Instagram for her very specific teacher lunches which now she also.

[Amy]

And she's expanded.

[Kat]

She's expanded and maybe she already had those videos anyway. But the, her lunches at school are what put her on the map and then she has dinners at home.

[Amy]

I gotta say the lunches are what started me because yeah, she would have like a hunk of bread, a like whole carrot, not a baby carrot, a full on carrot. Then all these weird. I say that in endearing way, I guess, sauces and spreads and then like a random hunk of a random piece of cheese. And then like sometimes. Oh my gosh. Did you see the one where she ate Brussels sprouts on the vine? What is it called?

[Kat]

The stock? I've always like corn on the. Jokingly called those like bone in brussels sprouts because you know like when you. There's meat on the bone, it's like Brussels.

[Amy]

It was like ribs.

[Kat]

Yeah, yeah. Her lunches often include baked sweet potatoes with cheese, whole green onions, onion cups which are sweet onions where she just cuts in half and then takes the little onion cup and she fill it with stuff and eat it in one bite. Marinated eggs, lots of mayonnaise and weed. A mix. People are addicted to her content. Like they can't get enough of it. She realized her taste buds were different back in college when she shocked her roommates by eating ham with apricot jelly.

[Amy]

That actually doesn't sound that crazy now.

[Kat]

The inside of her lunchbox has become daily comfort viewing for people online. Her food philosophy is simple. Your meals need to hit four needs. Sweet, savory, crunchy and creamy.

[Amy]

Mm, she's doing that.

[Kat]

So that's what she abides by. And she keeps her lunches quick and uncomplicated because she's juggling a full time job and four kids. When grocery shopping she grabs whatever looks good and she trusts herself to just make it work. One example is she saw a macaroni salad at the deli and immediately knew that it belonged inside an onion cup. Again, it's a raw sweet onion and it's got to be sweet onion. I saw people in the comments one time being like, I tried this with just like a white onion. Yeah, no, it's got to be the sweet onion. And you use that. Yeah, it's the spoon basically. And you bite into it her favorite foods include bread and butter, spicy ramen, raisins, sweet potatoes, and basically every cheese ever.

[Amy]

One of her favorite foods is raisins?

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I don't know. I've never heard that.

[Kat]

I did.

[Amy]

She.

[Kat]

You know, pomegranate seeds are so yummy, but they're so expensive. Or if you buy the pomegranate, you have to take the time to, like, soak it in water and, like, do all the things to get the seeds out. But then if you buy them in the refrigerated section, they're pricey. Well, I saw she gets some frozen in a bag at Walmart for, like, four bucks.

[Amy]

Here's my question about the pomegranate seeds. The seed is still in there with the, like. It's a seed. It's like eating a grape with a seed in it.

[Kat]

Yeah, but you eat the seeds, but.

[Amy]

Yeah, you don't spit out the hard part.

[Kat]

No.

[Amy]

Right?

[Kat]

No, you just eat it.

[Amy]

You're looking like I'm.

[Kat]

Well, I don't know where you're going, and I don't know if I'm gonna be.

[Amy]

I've never been able to.

[Kat]

No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm not looking at you like you're Goku. I. Sometimes when I'm looking at you, I'm thinking, like, where is she gonna go? So maybe if I know the answer. Well, no, because I'm like, have all. Then I'm also thinking, like, am I eating pomegranate seeds wrong or.

[Amy]

No, I think you're supposed to eat the seed. But I've never been a fan of pomegranates because I'm like, well, this is like eating a grape and eating the seed with it. Like, it's just like. That's interesting.

[Kat]

The only thing I eat of a pomegranate is the seeds.

[Amy]

I think that's the only thing anybody eats.

[Kat]

Yeah, but see, with a grape, you eat. You don't just, like, eat the seeds of a grape. Like, the pomegranate, that's the part you eat.

[Amy]

I know that's confusing. I just don't. I wish it was just. I wish it was just the fruity part and the seed was not there. I just, like. Because it's crunchy and it's like, kind of like, again, like, bark, I guess I have a thing with, like, bark tasting foods.

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Like, I wish we could remove the seed and it just be like the red.

[Kat]

You mean the little teeny, teeny, tiny hard part that's barely noticeable?

[Amy]

Yes.

[Kat]

I don't like I had a dinner the other night where there was couscous. So it's a savory couscous dish. And they threw in pomegranate seeds, and it was so delicious. Perfect combo of. I mean, Courtney, I should DM her and be like, have you ever tried pomegranate seeds in couscous? Because it was so. That would do sweet, savory, crunchy. And then if she puts some mayonnaise on top, creamy.

[Amy]

And that's the other thing about her is I don't like mayonnaise. And for some reason, I can watch her eat this. It's. It's a little bit. I wish she would do a little bit less mayonnaise, but it makes her happy. So, like, go for it. She loads those when she does the soup. Dumpling cups.

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Here's another fact.

[Kat]

It's more than a tablespoon per bite.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah. It's so much mayonnaise. But she puts the whole. When you said she does these onion cups, she puts the whole thing in her mouth at once. Like, that's the other thing that I love about her is she does not care what she looks like when she's eating.

[Kat]

Like, she looks, like, so cute eating, though. I don't look cute eating.

[Amy]

She. Yeah, she does. You look cute.

[Kat]

Well, thank you, but I do not think so.

[Amy]

She. She can just, like, enjoy. I just, like, love her. What is her, like, energy around it, but she puts the whole thing in her mouth. She's not taking a bite. She's going for it.

[Kat]

Yeah, she goes for it. The onions, the mayonnaise, the green onions. I've never eaten a green onion that way. Should we try? No. What if she's onto something? And then I need to know her dental hygiene situation when she's at school and she's eating all these onions and then she has to go teach kids. What does she do? Do we brush her teeth after?

[Amy]

You know, she also has a really good attitude around, like, her just sense stuff in general because she'll talk about her outfits and she'll talk about how her students make fun of her and, like, say that she looks like. Whatever.

[Kat]

Yeah. Like, at Christmas time, she was like, one of my students just told me I look like a nutcracker. And I'm like, okay, yes.

[Amy]

Does it say what grade she teaches?

[Kat]

I know that it's high school, but, yeah, it's high school. English? British.

[Amy]

I thought it was British history.

[Kat]

I know. This is from People magazine. Don't blame me.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Kat]

They featured her in December, but then I saw buzzfeed just had an article about her too. Dude, she's taken off.

[Amy]

Stop being a teacher and just be a tick tock eater.

[Kat]

I don't think so. I think she really enjoys her job. But who knows?

[Amy]

Maybe she's too big and she's like, going all these interviews. Maybe like when she flies to come sit here and do an interview with us.

[Kat]

Yeah, Cat's big plan. Yeah, I did see something which. Speaking of Instagram, there's an account Human school official. And speaking of perspectives, because she seems to have, like, a whimsical one. You know what she is? She's whimsical. Oh, my God. That's something we have tried from time to time. You know, like when we're taking off, like when we're cooking with garlic and we smash it and we're like, time to take your coat off.

[Amy]

Mm.

[Kat]

She's so whimsical.

[Amy]

She's like, naturally. She's not trying.

[Kat]

She, like, is that way, like so. But who knows? Maybe she had to. There was a point where she was like, I'm just gonna live life with whimsy. There was the time she was doing the egg thing you were talking about where she puts the hard boiled eggs marinated in the soy sauce. Soy sauce. And she pulled it out, and there was two eggs stuck together. And she pulled it out and she goes, oh, they were hugging. And she pulled them apart. She was like, so cute. And that is it. That's probably also too, why she's so people can't stop watching her.

[Amy]

She's just like. And she gives you, like, I feel like a emotional hug that you need, especially on the Internet right now.

[Kat]

Yeah. An emotional hug.

[Amy]

You just said. Yeah, like she does. And she's like, yeah, yeah.

[Kat]

Okay.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Kat]

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So this is stuff that is guaranteed to change your perspective. Okay. So what a privilege to be tired from the work you once begged the universe for. Which I needed that reminder the other day because I was just not in a good headspace about some stuff. And I'm like, we're not going to have that attitude. Would I have had that early on in my days? No, because I was just so stinking excited to do what I do. But it's just a little way to. I mean, of course you're gonna have good days and bad days, but I like that perspective. To feel overwhelmed by the growth you used to dream about. What a privilege to be challenged by a life you created on purpose. And then what a privilege to outgrow things you used to settle for.

[Amy]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Kat]

The last one hits.

[Amy]

Yeah. Wait, say that again. What a.

[Kat]

What a privilege to outgrow things you used to settle for instead of being.

[Amy]

Like, mad at yourself, too. Like, I can't believe it's like, oh, what a privilege that I grew. And I. Yeah. Like it.

[Kat]

And that. Yeah. You had the awareness to not stay stuck.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Kat]

There's a lot of ways you could look back on something and pick at it, but just to have that perspective shift of, wow, what a privilege. What a privilege. Yeah.

[Amy]

Sounds like something Courtney Cook would say.

[Kat]

I know. Ah, Courtney. I mean, she only came into our lives, like, a month ago.

[Amy]

I wonder when she started posting.

[Kat]

Good questions.

[Amy]

Because I started seeing it, and I think, like, a week after I started seeing her videos. You posted one on Instagram. And I was like, oh, my gosh. I thought I was in, like, a corner of the Internet people didn't know about because it seems so, like, what's the word? Specific?

[Kat]

Niche.

[Amy]

It seems so niche that. Like, this.

[Kat]

Well, she's growing at a rapid rate. For example, I pulled up her Instagram a few hours ago when I was prepping this stuff to do a little fun facts about Courtney for you. And since I pulled it up a few hours ago to now, she's already gone up 4,000 followers. So. Wow, that's pretty quick. Let's see. I see a post. Oh, June 2025. June 13, 2025. At least that's on Instagram.

[Amy]

So she started posting then. But I wonder when, like, she started going viral and, like, how quick from that moment to now.

[Kat]

So if I go back. Well, I mean, I'm sure people have gone back to watch all of your videos from the beginning, but I would say. Okay, in. This is her voice. Best night of the week. Cauliflower cheese mash. She loves cauliflower cheese. So that's. This is her first reel, and it has 167,000 views.

[Amy]

I'm sorry, wait, you lost me at cauliflower cheese.

[Kat]

It's a cauliflower dish where there's. She's baked it in with cheese. I saw.

[Amy]

I thought it was like, a type of cheese. Something weirdly. Okay.

[Kat]

It's like a cauliflower, which is. That's the one where I was telling you that I couldn't think of what food it was. But this is a video she posted just, I think, like, yesterday. And she was like, if you don't like cauliflower cheese, she's like, well, then I don't like you. And then she's so sweet. Like she couldn't even handled that. She said that. She's like, just kidding, just kidding. I like you, I like you, I like you. She's so sweet. So I would say she's got about on average these early videos, like 170 to 200,000 views and then anything after that. One million, two million. One million. One million, 800,000. 700,000. One million.

[Amy]

I wonder what her first brand spot sponsorship is going to be like. Is it going to be Weetabix?

[Kat]

Well, what I think is so cute and what she's been doing is people are sending her stuff that have small businesses and in her video she'll be like, oh, these are some, you know, pickled celery from. And she's like, oh, so cute. And so she's just shouting out these brands. I don't know. Good question.

[Amy]

Weetabix surely has reached out to her. You know what is really weird is this is my own assumption because I ordered them off of Amazon.

[Kat]

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[Kat]

I mean yeah, think. Okay, here we go. At Walmart a 14 ounce box might be anywhere from 11 to 19, so maybe you paid. Okay. Weetabix prices vary by retailer. A small pack might be like 4 bucks, but larger boxes are gonna be over $10. And it says here in the UK you can find them for cheap. They're from. Right?

[Amy]

We talked about this.

[Kat]

They're from the uk, right? So we're paying because it's Weeda Bix. W E E T A B I X not like wheat like W H.

[Amy]

E A T. What do you think that stands for then?

[Kat]

I just figured it was some European thing.

[Amy]

But she also said that they have them in like there's South African or there's Australian Weetabix too. Also somebody told me that they dip theirs in eggnog.

[Kat]

Okay, I don't like eggnog but I don't hate the idea of that.

[Amy]

I don't either.

[Kat]

I think sounds kind of good.

[Amy]

Well, it's like another milk based thing.

[Kat]

But it's Like a thick milk. That's why I think the half and half might be good. Although I will say I dipped mine in coffee creamer vanilla and it just like, wasn't that great.

[Amy]

Yeah, that didn't look like a good option.

[Kat]

Well, so, yeah, I don't. To your point, I don't know that Amazon price gouged you on.

[Amy]

No, what I was going to say is I. Well, I just think that, yeah, it's expensive, but I think that Amazon is on top of the trend that she's making Weetabix popular. Because when I searched it, this might not mean anything. When I searched it, right next to Weetabix was. This might just be because of similar names. The. What's it called? Like, it's like not Wheaties and it's not. What are the little ones that frosted Mini Wheats. It's like, could you look this up, Shannon? They were like, just look up Weetabix on Amazon and there's one that's like, she did a video on this that was like, compared this sweet thing to Weetabix. And then when I searched Amazon, those are the first two things that showed up.

[Kat]

But wheat Bix.

[Amy]

No, I did see.

[Kat]

There's Weetabix, there's Wheat Bix, Quaker. There's.

[Amy]

There's not like an American like, Shredded Wheat. Shredded Wheat.

[Kat]

I was thinking something like, way more.

[Amy]

Okay. Actually, I'm rethinking this thought because I was thinking Amazon was like, oh, Courtney Cook did a video with Shredded Wheat and Weetabix. So we're going to make them both pop up. But I bet people were looking for Weetabix. We're seeing Shredded Wheat. And then. So she did a video comparing them.

[Kat]

Okay, maybe. I think before Courtney came on the scene a long time ago, like, maybe before June 2025, if you would have searched Weetabix, you would get Shredded Wheat. Shredded Wheat might pop up because they're both like Shredded Wheat.

[Amy]

Yeah. She did say in a biscuit form. She said it's not. She said it's not the same.

[Kat]

I get that they're not the same, but, like, they have.

[Amy]

Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

[Kat]

You know, like, Like a red grape and a green grape. They're not the same. Trust me, my kids will tell you.

[Amy]

Wow.

[Kat]

Like.

[Amy]

Yeah. Which one do they like?

[Kat]

Red. Red. If I buy green.

[Amy]

Really?

[Kat]

They're like, why didn't you get the red grapes? And I'm like, well, red are crunchy. They are. Sometimes they just taste different.

[Amy]

Do they like cotton candy? Grapes Those are green.

[Kat]

They're not huge fans. I bought those, too. But sometimes grapes can vary in price drastically. So I'm like, okay, fine, I'll just get the green ones because they're less than the red today. And then. No, they don't want anything to do with that. I do have a parasocial email from one of our listeners, Michelle. Okay, so obviously, you know we're about to talk about Beth's dead.

[Amy]

Wait, are we having a parasocial relationship with Courtney?

[Kat]

Yes, we are, 100%.

[Amy]

I haven't interacted with her. I haven't, like, commented on anything or messaged her. But, like, I'm not saying I won't.

[Kat]

Right. Well, you said you were going to reach out to her to see if she wanted to come over.

[Amy]

Then that would be a real relationship eventually. Okay, carry on.

[Kat]

Hey, Amy, Cat. And Cat. She's addressing cryo Cat, who's doing our video. So she's very parasocial.

[Amy]

I thought she were just, like, saying really loud and Cat. I didn't hear the.

[Kat]

Amy, Cat and Cat. Well, here I am sending my very first parasocial email about a parasocial relationship to my parasocial friends. Thank you, Cat, for making me feel a little less crazy. And please don't feel bad for your assessment of the outcome of Beth's debt. I had the same thoughts. One thing I haven't heard anyone address, the detective actually spoke with the dad in the initial investigation. The dad then told the detective that he had a troubled son, therefore the dad would have already been aware of the situation. The son said in the interview that he didn't want his dad to know about this and also said that it was him, the son that spoke to the detective. I might need to go back and listen to the episode where they addressed this, because who. Yeah, who did the detective originally talk to?

[Amy]

What?

[Kat]

Because you would think they would have put together that he originally talked to the dad.

[Amy]

So did this. Wait, I'm confused. Did the son say that he was the one that spoke to the detective, even though the detective said he spoke to the dad?

[Kat]

I believe the son said, yeah, I'm the one that talked to him. Okay, well, so here's my thoughts on that, and then I'll get back to the email. Now that I'm thinking about it, could the son have been acting like the dad when he called? Because the reason why it has to be the dad, whoever it was, whether it was the dad or the son acting as the dad, to say, I have a troubled son is now that you're on the phone with the dad, but then in the interview when they got on the voice changer with him, he's the one that talked to. Right. So I think it's valid point.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Kat]

Interesting, because she says here the son said in the interview that he didn't want his dad to know about this and also said that it was him, the son that spoke to the detective.

[Amy]

Huh.

[Kat]

So who did the detective actually speak to in the initial investigation? Was it both of them? Possibly. Is there a possibility they acted together? Like, not like sick, how we say sick, but like sick. That's weird. If they did that, I don't think.

[Amy]

Does she mean acting together as like, they made all these.

[Kat]

The whole thing. They're doing it together.

[Amy]

That is. That would. Okay. Huh.

[Kat]

Like they scheme the whole thing. Like, many have said something isn't adding up. Also, me, 41, a double spacer myself, because that is how we were taught in APA formatting. Wonders if the reply emails back from the sun about appearing on the podcast were double spaced. So many questions. Hope you all have the day you need to have. Michelle, your parasocial friend in Knoxville and Avid part two are of the Bobby Bone Show.

[Amy]

Okay. I'm just thinking to myself, there are so many ways, easy ways we could, like, one, poke holes in this. But it doesn't take an expert to, like, come up with ideas to figure this out. Why couldn't they just see whose phone number that was? Like, that's what's so confusing. The phone number that he was giving to them. The son says it was his. Why couldn't you just reverse look that up on the Internet and look at who that phone number belongs to.

[Kat]

The dad. But it might be under his dad's name.

[Amy]

Yeah, but, like, when I was on my mom's plan, it was on her plan, but it had my name on it. If you looked it up, Like, I.

[Kat]

Think that, yeah, we need. There's something afoot here.

[Amy]

Like, I just think that. Yeah. Thank you for your email because I like hearing that I was not being too judgmental, even though I also feel solid in my feelings.

[Kat]

No, every correspondence we got, which I think. No, I don't think I know 100 of them were on your side. So, you know, there's more, way more out there. Because I understand what it takes to call in an email. That's not lost on me. Like, it takes a lot to call in an email. So thank y' all so much for those of you that do want to interact, and I don't want the parasocial. Beth said stuff. I keep saying this, but I don't want us to change our relationship with our listeners for them to be like, ah, I don't want to be weird.

[Amy]

That's very different.

[Kat]

It's very, very different. Well, I know, but. Because we talk about having these relationships and we keep talking about parasocial, and it's like, yeah, you don't know these people. So then it's like, well, why would I interact? But don't ruin the fun. Like, we can still have great correspondence. And that's what we want this to be like. We're all talking as friends, and so that doesn't work. If y' all don't send stuff in as our friends and stuff that we can share with others, and then y' all can even connect in other ways. It does. It doesn't work.

[Amy]

And I was gonna say, sometimes when we get stories from people, especially, like, couch talks, questions, I like getting a update. An update. Oh, yeah, I like getting an update. And so that's not weird. I think the Beth's dead thing, that was just too much. Up it went from update to, like, that person was emailing every day, trying to, like, get connection every single day from them versus, like, you're just giving us an update on something that, like, we put energy into and we now know about and we care about. That's very different.

[Kat]

Yeah. So keep your comments. Yeah, keep them coming. Hey there at feeling things podcast.com. or you can call us 877-207-2077. We also have a newsletter, which is another way to get connected to us. And I have an email from Mary saying, hey, I signed up for the newsletter and I've only gotten one on November 19th. Kat mentions it from time to time on the podcast, but I have not received any new ones. I've checked my spam folder and nothing's in there either. Is there a way to see if I'm still on the list? Thanks, Mary.

[Amy]

Are you asking me that?

[Kat]

Well, it's just. I don't know. What if somebody else is like, oh, I've only gotten. I thought they only sent out one newsletter. They're going out every other week.

[Amy]

Well, we took a little bit of a break in December. There'll be one tomorrow. Okay, so Wednesday, This Wednesday. There'll be tomorrow. You don't get it.

[Kat]

1.

[Amy]

If you don't get one tomorrow, then send us something. I have to, like, move the emails from one sign up to another. There's probably an easier way to do it. But I'm learning as I go. But this is Mary. I'll check yours before I send the email. Sometimes when you also. If you've ever. Especially if you, like, ordered something from us, too. If you unsubscribe from, like, that, it might unsubscribe from, like, the newsletter, too. Does that make sense?

[Kat]

Yeah, I mean, I get it, but I don't know.

[Amy]

I don't know. I mean, we'll figure it out.

[Kat]

Have done that. So we'll. We'll work on that. Know that you can still sign up and we'll fix it. Fix it. And try to keep our newsletter coming and exciting. We include, like, fun little things, like links to stuff we're loving and nothing like, crazy or expensive. Like, it might be, like, my favorite Q tip. Like, it's not.

[Amy]

No, it literally was your favorite Q tip.

[Kat]

Yeah. Because it's, like, at a pointed end. And I was like, this is a game changer. I actually just ordered another box. Should be coming. Arriving today on the porch. Because I was out and I was like, once you go pointy one side, round tip the other, you can't go back. It can't go back to round round. It's got to be a pointy round.

[Amy]

Well, I haven't gone there yet, so I'm living in the olden days.

[Kat]

Yeah. I can give you some for my new box when it arrives, if you want.

[Amy]

Get my own.

[Kat]

Since you shared your Weetabix with me, I can trade you Q tips for Weetabix.

[Amy]

But if we ever talk about something on here, like your Q tips or something like that, if it's that week, I'm trying to link that thing in the newsletter so you can.

[Kat]

Or, like, what we're reading, what we're watching. Another encouraging note or things that some of it also, too, is completely separate from the podcast. Like, you won't hear it on the podcast, so it's like an extra little surprise. But it's also nothing crazy or overwhelming.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Kat]

Like, the little note at the beginning is nothing too. Sometimes. I've opened up a newsletter from some people, and while it's great, it's a lot. And then I'm like, oh, I don't have time to read that.

[Amy]

You'll always have time to read our blurb at the top because it's only gonna be a couple sentences.

[Kat]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you never know. Might be exactly what you need for the day.

[Amy]

Fabulous.

[Kat]

Fabulous. I kind of do want to try the macaroni salad in an onion cup.

[Amy]

I'M not. Again, mayonnaise. I can't be doing that. I. I might try the soup dumpling in the onion cup.

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Because I actually have those soup dumplings in my freezer right now. But I'm not going to put the mayonnaise on top.

[Kat]

Did you say Trader Joe's actually, like, put up a picture of Courtney at their store? Yes.

[Amy]

Yes. Okay, I saw. I must have saw that on Instagram, but I think near that. What's the cheese called in the potato?

[Kat]

Oh, butter casse. I don't. I don't. That's not how you say it. But that's how I say it. It's butter and then K A S E with an accent. Okay, well, with an accent or two dots or something.

[Amy]

Near. I think at that cheese, there's. You know how Trader Joe's, like, draws pictures and, like, they have cute things. They drew a picture of her at the cheese. How cool. If you walked into Trader Joe's and your face was next to your favorite Trader Joe's food, that'd be pretty cool. I wonder what my Trader Joe's cartoon would look like. We'll never know. Probably.

[Kat]

Well, if you want me to go. If you want me to go put you up at the Trader Joe's on.

[Amy]

The street, I will. You commission a Trader Joe's? Want me to put you by?

[Kat]

Oh, I can do a little cat character and put it by something, but what item are we. Would we put it by?

[Amy]

Okay, let me think. I love their soup dumplings. I love their soyaki teriyaki sauce. I love their frozen pad Thai. So good. I love their Everything but the elote.

[Kat]

That's where mine. I was going to say.

[Amy]

Are you taking that one?

[Kat]

Well, yeah, because you already have lots of others. I'll do the elote. They're the corn chips.

[Amy]

Yes, I know what I want. All of those things I'd be fine with. But this is what I really want. I want my face next to the cookie butter ice cream.

[Kat]

Okay.

[Amy]

Have you had it?

[Kat]

Yeah. It's so good. It's so good. I would choose the Elote chips over.

[Amy]

A five minute one. You want a savory? Okay, I want that. So if Trader Joe's. If you're listening, feel free to put my picture next to that ice cream. And I'd love, like, some kind of partnership where, like, I get a free supply for the rest of my life.

[Kat]

Okay, cool. They, in turn want you to. I don't think you post enough on your socials to garner people running to Trader Joe's to buy.

[Amy]

I could start. I see a little motivation, but sometimes I'm just like, who cares? I'm eating this.

[Kat]

You won't. Yeah, I don't think. That's not your vibe. You're, like, not that girly, which I. We're just not. It's okay. It's not our thing.

[Amy]

Okay, well, you're hurting my chances right now.

[Kat]

Sorry. We could devolve. You're right.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Kat]

I need to have a different perspective.

[Amy]

I have it in me for the right price.

[Kat]

But that's the thing. See, Courtney was doing it for nothing.

[Amy]

Because she's a good, better person than me. I really do think she is.

[Kat]

She is. No, I mean, not just you. I just mean she is, like, such a.

[Amy]

Like she's a better person than me.

[Kat]

That's not what I meant.

[Amy]

I'm not.

[Kat]

You know, she's just a ray of light. So are you.

[Amy]

It's okay.

[Kat]

I put me with you. Like, we're in the same category.

[Amy]

She's always. No, I'm sure she has her days, too, but, like, I'm not that positive. You know that I like to get upset.

[Kat]

Yeah.

[Amy]

All right.

[Kat]

But that's. That's what it is. It's because you have the day you need to have. Right?

[Amy]

That's true. That's my thing. Yeah.

[Kat]

So we'll close with that. Have the day you need to have. Bye.

[Amy]

Bye.

[Kat]

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