The Sip with Ryland Adams and Lizze Gordon

Episode: Tasting COSTCO’S Secret Menu with Shane and Spencer!!!

Date: October 8, 2025
Guests: Shane, Spencer

Overview:

This episode is a dynamic blend of the usual banter between Ryland, Lizzie, co-producer Chris, plus guests Shane and Spencer, centered around the duo's mission: trying viral "secret menu" food hacks from the Costco food court. In between taste tests, the hosts tackle deeply personal subjects—pregnancy struggles, friendship in adulthood, celebrity gossip (with a focus on Taylor Swift), food obsessions, and the realities of parenthood—while keeping their humor uncensored and their commentary sharp. Expect lots of laughter, chaos, and, as always, a no-topic-off-limits approach.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Banter, Life Updates, and Baby Drama

• Ryland jokes about arriving early for the first time, only for Elizabeth to not be ready ([02:05]).
• Lizzie’s pregnancy pains, baby shower planning chaos, and their complicated dynamic as friends and coworkers interweave throughout the conversation.
  • Quote: "I'm physically ruined because I talk about ugly babies." – Lizzie ([01:54])
• Discussion about karma, gate codes, trusting each other with keys, and sprout-related revenge burping.

2. Career Hustles and Hollywood Schemes

• Both are plotting unconventional ways to get noticed in Hollywood:
  • Lizzie’s attempts to get a literary manager by joining a book chain just to get his address and send pitches ([07:15]).
  • Ryland’s old-school auditions—dropping off a headshot and CD at Clevver, making persistent LinkedIn contacts ([06:39]).
  • Quote: "You've got to find the scrappy way in, period." – Ryland ([06:39])

3. Parenting, Boundaries, and Family Life

• Ryland describes his strict parenting style:
  • Quote: "If you do it again, we're going inside and they stop. Period." – Ryland ([11:48])
• Lizzie battlings late pregnancy symptoms (sore shoulders, contractions, hemorrhoids), commiserates humorously with Ryland about their mutual 'butthole pain' ([13:24]).

4. Friendship in Adulthood

• Deep dive into the difficulty of maintaining adult friendships, prioritizing nourishing connections, and letting go of "emotional vampires" ([46:35]).
  • Quote: "You have to leave it feeling good. You can't have adult friendships that detract from you." – Lizzie ([47:13])
• Accepting a shrinking friend circle as adult responsibilities grow heavy ([48:01]).

5. Podcast Celebrity Moment: The “Chit/Jay Renshaw” Revelation

• Ryland realizes he knows Chris’s comedy client “Chit” (Jay Renshaw), who used to book jobs Ryland wanted in his early days.
  • Ryland reminisces about not being out as gay, awkward encounters, and his jealousy of Chit’s success ([19:03]-[22:07]).
  • The group jokes about networking, acting, and who deserves what roles.
  • Quote: "Chris, you tell Chit right now, I'm a talented actress too. I can do hard things." – Ryland ([22:15])

6. Pop Culture Corner – Taylor Swift Movie & Album Review

Timestamps: [25:15]–[41:15]

• Ryland and Lizzie go to see Taylor Swift’s new film at the theater, then critique the concept of charging for content that’s mostly released for free.
• Analysis of Taylor’s album rollout, the pressure of stardom, and response to online criticism. Debate: Did the album bring enough bangers?
  • “If you're at the pinnacle of success, it's impossible to please the masses... Anyone that has had an ax to grind with Taylor, this is their time.” – Ryland ([31:40])
  • “There's power in saying, okay, so a troll does a troll and doesn't like me. Okay, bye.” – Lizzie ([40:10])
• Touch on fan/critic hypocrisy and “haters who are ugly AND mean.”
  • “You don’t get to be ugly and mean.” – Lizzie ([38:30])

The Main Event: Costco Secret Menu Hacks

Begins [57:58]

1. The Mission

• The crew hits Costco to try:
  1. The viral "Pumpkin Pie Milkshake" (pumpkin pie mixed into a vanilla sundae)
  2. Chicken bake stuffed with a hot dog (the “Chicken Glizzy”)
  3. Ice cream sandwich using Costco cookies and soft serve
  4. Brownie sundae

2. The Costco Experience

• Rants about how much they hate navigating a busy Costco ([61:31]).
• Persnickety debates about which cakes to buy and why Costco sheet cakes are suspiciously cheap.

3. Food Tasting Reactions & Ratings:

• Calzone: "I like this more than their pizza, maybe." – Ryland ([71:51])
• Chicken Bake + Hot Dog ("Glizzy"):
  • Assembly is chaotic and hilarious, involving “surgically injecting” hot dogs into chicken bakes.
  • "Listen, I'm not trying to be this girl, but I don't know if it'll fit." – Lizzie ([73:05]), and lots of suggestive banter.
  • Verdict: The classic hot dog on its own is better, but the hack is entertaining.
• Soft Serve Cookie Sandwich:
  • Unanimous hit.
    • "I'm so glad we didn't buy that sheet cake now." – Lizzie ([79:42])
    • “That is…like wedding cake good.” – Elizabeth ([79:35]).
• Brownie Sundae:
  • Surprisingly moist brownies. “The brownies hold the texture well,” notes Lizzie ([81:16]).
  • Another crowd-pleaser, but everyone is getting full.

4. The Main Attraction—Pumpkin Pie Milkshake

• Assembly is a mess ("It's way wetter than I thought"), but the presentation is Instagram-worthy ([87:16]).
• Split on the flavor: Spencer and Chris like it, Ryland finds it too “canned” and prefers the classic cookie sundae ([89:53]).
• Outtake banter about showers, cleaning feet, and shower loofah "techniques" ([84:24]).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “If you want something different for your life... you’ve got to find the scrappy way in, period.” – Ryland ([06:39])
• “I think my problem with the chicken bake... It tastes like tuna fish with a lot of salt.” – Ryland ([75:26])
• “Eating a hot dog takes some time off your life and I’m just like, then I don’t want the time. Take it.” – Lizzie ([77:25])
• [Re: Taylor Swift’s critics] “You can be ugly and super fucking polite, but you don’t get to be ugly and mean.” – Lizzie ([38:30])
• “This whole episode is so sexy.” – Ryland ([78:15]) (after multiple food/innuendo moments)

Top Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:00-03:20: Opening banter, sprout drama, pregnancy update
• 06:39-07:07: Hollywood hustle advice, DIY networking
• 11:41: Parenting boundaries
• 13:05-14:20: Pregnancy pains and hemorrhoid banter
• 19:00-22:15: Ryland’s “Chit/Jay Renshaw” revelation, old-school acting rivalries
• 25:15-41:15: Taylor Swift movie/album hot takes—charging for content, banger debate, social media hate
• 46:35-49:55: Friendship in adulthood: emotional vampires and keeping your circle small
• 57:58–68:20: Costco adventure begins—debates, food, and chaos
• 70:06-73:30: Taste testing, assembling secret menu hacks (Chicken Bake + Hot Dog chaos)
• 78:03-79:50: Cookie ice cream sandwich—unanimous winner
• 82:55-89:53: Pumpkin pie milkshake assembly and reactions (mixed reviews)

Podcast Tone

• Fast-paced, irreverent, ultra-candid, sometimes crass, and always relatable. Ryland and Lizzie riff naturally, alternating between sarcastic teasing, heartfelt advice, and oversharing about family and digestive health. The tone veers from mock-drama (“I was ready to walk out on. On the way in.”) to touching (“If you have a friend that's constantly bitching... not worth it.”) and back to the chaos of a group taste test (involving surgical hot dog insertions into chicken bakes).

Final Takeaways

• The Costco food hack challenge is a hilarious, slightly messy journey—of the hacks, the ice-cream-cookie sandwich is the definite must-try.
• Personal updates include impending babies, friendship advice, and humorous TMI about pregnancy and buttholes.
• The group debates Taylor Swift’s newest album, the music industry’s demands, and the irrationality of online hate.
• This episode is classic "The Sip": over-the-top, intimate, loaded with honest takes and unpredictable laughter.

If you want to laugh, learn about secret menu foods you (maybe) shouldn’t try, and hear real talk about friendship, parenting, and pop culture, this is the episode to cue up next.