You, Me & Mike – Ep. 202: "Want Me To Be Real Honest??" Podcast by Thirteen Media | Hosts: Jenn & Mike Todryk | Date: September 4, 2025

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In this lively and candid episode, Jenn and Mike Todryk catch up after a two-year podcast pause, offering an unfiltered look into their life updates, family journey, entrepreneurial ventures, personal growth, and health challenges. The couple shares behind-the-scenes insights into their businesses (notably Armor Brewing and their coffee shops), personal health journeys (including Jenn’s battle with Hashimoto’s), the impact of public attention on their family, and the joys and risks of diving into multiple careers and creative endeavors—all while maintaining their signature humor, authenticity, and openness.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Returning After a Two-Year Hiatus

• The episode opens with playful banter about Mike's "daddy shirt" (00:00–01:22) and a humorous look back at their show's format evolution.
• Both reflect on the challenge of jumping back into podcasting and what’s changed since 2023 (01:23–02:04).

2. Updates on Family and Work Life

• Jenn recounts her struggle explaining her multifaceted career to other moms, feeling “weird” about the influencer/entrepreneur label (03:56–06:05).
• Mike frames their careers as creative entrepreneurship, noting how content creation has become mainstream (04:38–05:06).

Notable Quote:
"I walked away from that conversation. I was like, I have a weird job. Like I'm on. I have a platform on social media that just kind of accidentally created and it’s... a full time career." — Jenn (04:00)

3. Owning a Business: Armor Brewing & Coffee Shops

• They detail opening Armor Brewing and two coffee shop locations, highlighting the five-year journey from side project to full-scale operation (07:14–08:12).
• Mike discusses leaving the security of his 17-year career in medical devices to pursue entrepreneurship, citing Jenn’s support and his desire for purpose beyond financial stability (08:12–12:08).

Notable Quote:
"You get in this like, you do too well to have the risk to do something else... I think it's your handcuffed by the money." — Mike (08:43–09:04)

• Honest conversations on ego, corporate “rat race,” being passed up for promotions, identity tied to career, and the challenge of jumping ship (09:23–18:30).
• Reflections on taking risks, switching family roles, and their complementary personalities: Mike as the risk-taker, Jenn as goal-oriented and content but not risk-driven (13:12–13:44).

Memorable Exchange:
Jenn: "That's where we're different. Right, Mike. Risk taker. No risk. No gang, gang." (13:12)
Mike: "Gang gain... Not gonna get the game unless you risk." (13:21)

4. Managing and Building Teams

• The importance of hiring experts, trusting employees, and fostering collaborative culture in both hospitality and TV production (19:04–20:45).
• Humorous and cringe-worthy anecdotes from Jenn’s experience with TV crews, including a crew member who “hated kids” (21:02–21:29).

5. Real Talk on the Brewery Business

• Jenn voices anxieties about bar/restaurant risks, employee theft, and the emotional toll of betrayal but ultimately loves the community impact (22:19–23:40).

Notable Quote:
"I told this man I would never own a restaurant or a bar, and now we essentially own both." — Jenn (22:21)

• Both express pride in cultivating a space that’s a “part of people’s stories” with weddings, first dates, and community anchoring (23:42–24:52).

Notable Quote:
"What are you most proud of about what we built? ...I love the community aspect. I love that it's like a fun place where people can gather and it can be part of people's stories." — Jenn (23:42)

6. Slower, Intentional Growth Over “Instant Success”

• Discussion of resisting the influencer temptation to cash in with fast online product sales; instead, building true community businesses (24:52–26:57).
• Decision to avoid outside investors and grow carefully to safeguard quality and mission (26:36–27:10).

7. Jenn’s New Ventures: Supplements and Health

• Jenn shares her collaboration with Beam to create “Glow” – a women’s hormone supplement—rooted in her daily struggle with Hashimoto’s disease (27:10–28:18).
• Candid exploration of Jenn’s symptoms (fatigue, brain fog, cold sensitivity, hair/eyelash loss) and shared advice for listeners to seek comprehensive thyroid panels (28:18–33:19).

Informative Segment:
"If you're cold all the time... fingers are really cold to the touch... a lot of women experience weight gain with it as well... Don't just ask for the general ones... They just have to put in that you have some symptoms associated." — Jenn & Mike (32:16–33:19)

8. Diet Experimentation & Fitness Updates

• Jenn adopts a carnivore diet; Mike teases a future deep-dive into this controversial topic (34:15–34:47).
• Both emphasize ongoing pivots for well-being: Mike talks about reduced alcohol, healthier routines, and Jenn’s adaptation to rigorous exercise and diet tweaks (34:51–36:22).

Notable Quote:
Mike: "Drink less but drink better. That means drink armor." (36:22)

9. Parenting, Public Attention & Privacy Challenges

• Update on their three kids: each at different school levels, involved in multiple activities (37:07–37:38).
• Addressing the kids’ interest (and obliviousness) to fame, and why the Todryks limit sharing about their family online (37:51–39:16).

Memorable Moment:
Jenn: "Berkeley, we were talking about something. She was like, I mean, I wouldn't be mad if I was famous one day." (38:27)

• Setting boundaries with fans (especially about photographing the kids) and how they navigate privacy with empathy for “A-list” parents (39:13–40:15).

10. Audience Engagement & Lighthearted Closing

• The “Jar of Weird Questions” returns with silly queries about dreams and would-they-eat-each-others-spit-out-food-for-money scenarios (41:45–45:45).
  • Jenn shares a recurring dream about Mike being faceless and dreams of him cheating (“Dream Mike is a dick. I don’t like that guy.” — Jenn, 43:10).
  • Both answer “yes” to eating each other’s chewed food for the right price (“Give me those beans!” — Jenn, 44:53).

11. Looking Ahead

• Teasing a major, emotional upcoming topic for next week (45:51–46:13).
• Inviting listeners to submit questions, topic ideas, or add questions to the “Jar of Weird Questions.” (46:28–46:59)

Notable Quotes & Moments (With Timestamps)

• On career identity: "You get in this like, you do too well to have the risk to do something else... I think it's your handcuffed by the money." (Mike, 08:43)
• On taking risks: "That's where we're different. Right, Mike. Risk taker. No risk. No gang, gang." (Jenn, 13:12)
• On staff trust: "My passion isn't just a single product. My passion is in building the brand and the culture team." (Mike, 19:18)
• On the slow build: "Ours is a slow burn of a company because we're brick and mortar... The slow burn also lasts longer." (Jenn, 24:52)
• On health advocacy: "If you're cold all the time... don't just ask for the general ones... They just have to put in that you have some symptoms associated." (Jenn, 32:16)
• On being recognized: "Berkeley, we were talking about something. She was like... I wouldn't be mad if I was famous one day." (Jenn, 38:27)
• On boundaries: "Please don't take... pictures of our kids. And then our kids learn to smile at a stranger taking their photo. That opens up a lot of [issues]." (Jenn, 39:37)

Important Timestamps (Segment Highlights)

• 00:00–01:22: Playful start, “daddy shirt”
• 03:56–06:05: Jenn’s career identity crisis
• 07:27–08:12: Armor Brewing’s origin & coffee shop expansion
• 08:12–18:30: Mike’s exit from corporate America; risk vs. stability
• 19:18–20:45: Philosophy of business management; TV show dynamics
• 22:19–23:40: Truth about bar/restaurant owner anxieties
• 27:10–33:19: Jenn’s Hashimoto’s journey, Glow supplement launch, advice to listeners
• 34:15–34:47: Jenn’s carnivore diet experiment
• 37:07–39:16: Kids’ updates, handling attention, privacy policy
• 41:45–45:45: “Jar of Weird Questions”—funny answers, dream confessions
• 45:51–46:13: Tease for big next episode (emotional/suspenseful topic)
• 46:28– end: Calls for listener interaction and feedback

Tone & Takeaways

Warm, witty, and unflinchingly real, this episode offers listeners both a catch-up and a masterclass in balancing business, family, health, and the oddities of public life. Jenn and Mike’s back-and-forth is both entertaining and profoundly human, showing the joys, doubts, frustrations, and triumphs of modern entrepreneurship and partnership. They peer behind the curtain on "success," delivering advice, laughs, and meaningful reflections—all in a way that feels like catching up with close friends.