Trash Tuesday w/ Esther Povitsky & Khalyla Kuhn

Episode: Ali Macofsky & Jenna Jiménez's WILD Car Crash
Date: November 18, 2025
Guests: Ali Macofsky, Jenna Jiménez

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This episode is peak Trash Tuesday chaos: Esther, Khalyla, Jenna, and guest Ali Macofsky share wild family stories, talk about the realities of discipline (or lack thereof), swap medical drama, and – living up to the title – dive into vivid, hilarious accounts of car accidents and concussions. The vibe is unfiltered, fast-paced, with lots of grouped riffing, quick asides, and personal storytelling.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Friendship Dynamics, Possessiveness, and Double Standards

• The group opens by joking about being territorial over friendships and Instagram “betrayal” photos.
  • Ali: “I'm territorial about my friendships.” (01:54)
  • Jenna: “I like watching my friends become friends.” (01:59)
  • Ali: “No, it's okay if they're friends, but I need to know everything and don't hang out without me!” (02:03)
• Ongoing banter about being “S.L.U.G.S” (Sexy Little Ugly Girls), inside jokes, and double standards about who is "allowed" to say sexual things.
  • Esther: “Oh my God, yes, Daddy. Like me harder.” (08:03)
  • Khalyla: “If I said that. If I said that… Esther has this double standard where I’m not allowed to say anything sexual because she thinks it’s gross.” (08:08)

2. Food Hot Takes & Disgusting Delights

• Soggy food talk (cereal, sandwiches), gross combos, and childhood eating habits.
  • Kalila: “When I was younger, my mom… would the night before make me a bowl of cereal, let it sit in the fridge so that when I… wake up in the morning, I could have soggy cereal.” (06:28)
  • Orange juice in cereal, ketchup on eggs, and the revelation that neither sogginess nor ketchup can gross them out more than each other.
  • Esther: “The thought to me—ketchup in a place where it doesn’t belong—suddenly I see ketchup in this different light.…” (07:44)

3. Medical Updates, Health Woes, and Body/Egg Chat

• Jenna describes her “pernuvo” MRI scan and the wild results – including her “intact” reproductive system and the potential for early cognitive decline from childhood concussions.
  • Jenna: “He [the doctor] was like, your pussy’s intact.… I could see the little follicles everywhere.” (11:02)
  • Major sidetrack into discussions on PCOS, breast density, and the various lumps and weirdness everyone has, with Esther joking, “All the pretty girls have tight titties. Hard titties.” (13:51)
• The group also discusses chronic migraines and the cognitive effects of concussions.

4. Dysfunctional Family & Absurd Ancestry

• Esther shares a jaw-dropping story about her grandma’s near-death, a suspicious “neck licking” incident that lands her uncle in jail, and the aftermath when grandma suddenly recovers but discovers her entire house has been cleared out.
  • Esther: “We got a call from the police that my uncle… was kissing and licking her neck. And then he basically had to go to jail.” (16:37)
  • Esther: “My mom gets rid of everything… and then the next day, the doctor’s like, things are looking… better for grandma. And she’s starting to eat and she’s starting to drink, and she’s asking where is her stuff?” (20:31)
• All the hosts and guests trade stories of wild relatives:
  • Esther: “I have an uncle who shot himself in the penis.” (26:56)
  • Jenna: “Let’s go tit for tat: you say uncle shot, I’ll give you my murderous uncle who killed his brother.” (27:02)
  • Jenna: “My uncle is ‘community Jesus.’ He gets crucified once a year…” (27:19)

5. Childhood Discipline (Or Lack Thereof)

• Discussion about how their parents handled discipline—or didn’t—and its effect on adulthood.
  • Esther: “My parents really did not discipline me—and when I was, it was by a different adult who was not a safe person and it felt really scary.” (39:24)
  • Jenna: “I was over-disciplined. And I think it’s one of the reasons why I let him [my son] have everything.” (40:03)
  • Ali: “No, I wasn’t disciplined either. I wish I was—it was stressful not being disciplined. There were no consequences for anything.” (39:50)

6. School, ADHD, and Medications

• Stories of being the classroom entertainer/freak, dealing with ADHD, being (mis)diagnosed, and the comedy and tragedy of psychiatric medication.
  • Ali: “Every day [at school], I just keep going up to him [the student teacher] and entertaining him… Turns out, he was just observing me to see if I had ADD.” (48:53)
  • Ali: “I was on Vyvanse for like, 12 years. The doctor kept raising the dose… it dulled my personality… As a kid, just be crazy, is school really the most important thing?” (49:39)
  • Jenna: “I was on an antipsychotic called Zyprexa… I got so fat one time I raged out at my mom because she brought home just two entree [from Panda Express]…” (50:28)

7. Wild Car Crashes & Near-Death Mishaps

Khalyla’s First Big Car Accident – The Main Event

• Khalyla recounts her first-ever car accident, how she was way more concerned for the elderly woman who hit her than for herself, and how she ended up arranging a tow and even offering to take the other driver to lunch.
  • Kalila: “This woman hits me… starts pushing me into oncoming traffic and is just looking at me like this.… I get out, I’m like trembling, and just, Are you okay, ma’am?” (53:25-54:30)
  • Khalyla: “I call AAA to order myself a tow and I order her a tow.” (54:35)
  • The group laughs at her inability to handle her own trauma in the moment.
  • Esther: “Can I hire you to be my assistant caregiver?” (55:39)
• The insurance drama, aftermath, and realization that injuries can be sneaky after the fact.

Ali’s Double Car Totaling & Youthful Chaos

• Ali tells an insane story about totaling two cars in one month at 19—one while making an ill-advised U-turn to meet some Australians with coke and mustaches.
  • Ali: "[I] bought a brand new car...then four days after...I'm driving to meet these Australians with coke and mustaches… As I flip, this car fully hits me… my car spins out in the middle of Fairfax, the airbags all go off. I just hear loud ringing in my ears." (58:08)
  • She totals a second “safer” white car less than a month later due to drunk driving, but escapes legal trouble.
  • Kalila: “And then you got a DUI?”
    Ali: “No, I got really lucky.” (61:04)

Jenna’s Boating Accident & Life-Threatening Concussions

• Jenna recounts a harrowing story of being thrown from an inner tube due to a drunk boater, blacking out for hours, and developing lasting brain micro-intensities.
  • “We were being dragged on a tube by a drunk… He whipped us unnecessarily...I launched up in the air and collided head to head with my boyfriend. I cannot account for six hours.” (64:02)

Esther on Car Accidents

• Esther: “I've had 400 [car accidents], I got to say… It’s mostly just me rear-ending people.” (56:57)

8. The Joy (and Drama) of Sleepovers & Morning Faces

• Group plans for a fort-filled sleepover devolve into jokes about morning ugliness.
  • Ali: “Can I have a sleepover?” (66:51)
  • Esther (about Kalila): “Legitimately, when she wakes up in the morning, she’s like, five points uglier. I’ve never seen it like that…” (67:22)
  • Medical asides about POTS and low blood pressure.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Family Scandal Climax:
  • Esther (re: uncle and grandma): “We got a call from the police that my uncle… was kissing and licking her neck. And then he basically had to go to jail.” (16:37)
• Friendship Possessiveness:
  • Ali: “No, it’s okay if they’re friends, but I need to know everything and don’t hang out without me!” (02:03)
• Car Crash Empathy:
  • Kalila: “I call AAA to order myself a tow, and I order her a tow… I just felt so bad and kept holding her hand… She was fine. I was the one in pain.” (54:35)
  • Esther: “Can I hire you to be my assistant caregiver?” (55:39)
• Self Awareness, ADHD, & School:
  • Ali: “He was in class observing me to see if I had ADD… I gave him the full show!” (48:53)
• On Discipline & Parents:
  • Jenna: “In fact, we have a ‘no’ jar in my house. Anytime [my mom] says no… she has to put [money in].” (40:03)
• Near-Miss Car Wrecks:
  • Ali: “28 days later, I did end up drink and drive, and I did crash my car… Luckily, no one was injured… For whatever reason, patrol let me go.” (60:47-61:04)
• Absurd Medical News:
  • Jenna (on MRI): “He was like, your pussy’s intact… My follicles were everywhere.” (11:02)
• Sleepover Joy/Drama:
  • Ali: “I want my friends to have sleepover… I want to stay up all night.” (66:55)
  • Esther (about Kalila): “Like, I’ve never seen it like that… their face is actually just really scary.” (67:22)

Segment Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamp | |-----------------------------------------------|--------------| | Friendship, jealousy, double standards | 01:43–03:07 | | Food sogginess, controversial combos | 04:07–07:44 | | Medical: MRI, PCOS, early cognitive decline | 10:27–13:17 | | Esther’s wild grandma/uncle “licking” story | 14:01–23:29 | | Weird relatives, family “one upping” | 26:54–28:27 | | Discipline, childhood, and “no” jar | 38:44–42:03 | | School, ADHD & funny diagnosis moments | 47:52–50:28 | | Medication & food, Ozempic, eating habits | 50:29–52:21 | | Kalila’s car accident | 53:03–55:56 | | Ali’s car crashes (two totals in a month!) | 57:43–61:28 | | Jenna’s boating accident, concussions | 63:59–65:38 | | Sleepover talk and “morning face” jokes | 66:47–68:42 | | Final friendship/sleepover reflections | 69:22–71:03 |

Tone & Style

True to the show's S.L.U.G.S. mantra, the conversation is wildly honest, self-deprecating, sometimes TMI, and deeply funny. The hosts share personal failures, family secrets, body quirks, and emotional vulnerabilities, all with zero shame and in a spirit of unruly girl–gang camaraderie.

For New Listeners

This episode is a glorious, meandering ride: messy family stories, reckless youth, medical overshares, and heart-stopping (then heartwarming) car crashes. You'll get a sense of the Trash Tuesday community—how trauma and chaos can be laugh-out-loud cathartic when shared amongst friends.

Standout If Short on Time:
Listen to 14:00–23:30 for Esther’s grandma/uncle jail story, 53:00–63:00 for the car accidents/concussions arc, and 38:45–42:03 for the discussion on discipline that touches both parenting and childhood baggage.