The Check-In with Bethany Watson & Dennis Cahlo

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Check in twice a month with hosts Bethany Watson & Dennis Cahlo about the ups and downs of living together, working together, and how they stay sane through it all! 

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The Check-In with Bethany Watson & Dennis Cahlo episodes:

05.03.2024
Your REAL Love Language (is it snacks?) + Would YOU Trust These A.I. Tech Nightmares?
Maybe our favorite episode ever
04.19.2024
Bethany's Scary, Exciting Revelation: Could You Learn From Her Missteps?
First things first: Bebe and Dennis had their friends over. Why did the children leave freaked out? Then, Bethany opens up about a massive realization she had about her life. Are you struggling with the same thing? This conversation may...
04.05.2024
Lonely? The Surprising Way You Can Get Human Connection TODAY + Dirty Birthday MadLibs!
Have you been feeling disconnected lately? Like you haven't been hanging out with friends as much as you did pre-pandemic? You're not alone! Dennis has a fascinating segment about why so many of us are more isolated than ever (it's...
03.22.2024
Grief & Other Funny Topics: Having a Ball Remembering Minerva
This was truly one of the most fun episodes we've ever recorded! After our beloved cat Minerva crossed the Rainbow Bridge earlier this month, we were obviously devastated. So, to help others who may be processing grief, we talk about...
03.08.2024
Exciting "No Buy" Updates + Who is Bethany LIVID At?
NOTE: Since the recording of this episode, our beloved Minerva passed away. Thank you to everyone who has sent their love and well wishes. Those of you who attend our live recordings know what a huge part she played in...
02.23.2024
Could YOU Pass This Couples' Test? Guess That Song!...
Since the last episode was more serious, it's time for games! After some enlightening listener emails, Dennis gives Bebe a challenge: guess the lyrics (and melodies) of some of his favorite songs. Since the Venn diagram of their musical tastes...
02.16.2024
Checking In With John Brennan
This episode is also available on YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/TlHV5Ri2mX0?si=gnJCHIVMkevQ5sxv John Brennan is a Composer, Production Manager, Music Supervisor & Actor on the hit TV series "The Last Drive with Joe Bob Briggs". He's also a filmmaker and all around awesome human who...
02.09.2024
Declutter Your Home and Conquer Your Finances: A Fun Conversation!
Bethany and Dennis have embarked, hand-in-hand, on a journey toward FINDING ALL THE CRAP THEY DON’T USE AND GETTING IT OUT OF THE HOUSE. (Did you know that having a cluttered house can actually affect *all* of your relationships??) And...
01.26.2024
She Took a Nap, He Had a Revelation? + A Food Quiz Leads to Chaos!
Bethany and Dennis had a huge revelation thanks to talking about....Bethany's naps? Seriously, being willing to pull feelings apart can lead to massive epiphanies! And have you taken the Food Disgust Test? Who scored worse? (And soup lovers, brace yourself.)...
01.12.2024
A "Man Purse" to Die For & Can You Guess These Hallmark Movie Plots?
Freshly back from their holiday road trip, Bethany and Dennis go through the highlights of their vacation. This includes a very exciting new addition to Dennis' accessories that will come in *clutch*. Then, after seeing an ad for a Hallmark...
12.22.2023
BONUS: When Bethany Met Dennis in 2018
Hey all! Here is the no longer available "origin story" of our relationship!! Dennis had a podcast called The Cary Allen Picture Show where he talked to filmmakers and creatives and this was the episode Bethany appeared on. Hope you enjoy...
12.15.2023
A Hilarious Pants Emergency for Dennis & Little Bethany's Christmas Recipes!
Looking back on the last year, Bebe and Dennis reflect on how they've grown. They lament their mutual bad hair decisions and discuss their reasons for leaving Twitch. And then things get REAL when Dennis reveals the fashion emergency that...
12.08.2023
Checking In With Scarlet Moreno & Josh Stifter
You can also watch this interview on YOUTUBE at: https://youtu.be/42sR1hyqGXs Scarlet Moreno & Josh Stifter are the masterminds behind the short film that we all worked on LITTLE LUCHA & THE BIG DEAL. We talk to them about their origin story...
11.23.2023
Patreon/HeroHero Sample: The Lost Tapes Thanksgiving Special 2022
Hello Checkmates! We didn't want to leave everyone in the dark until we get back in December so here is a little sample of what we offer on HeroHero & Patreon, our bonus podcast THE LOST TAPES! This is part 1...
11.17.2023
Are You Emotionally Attached to Bizarre Objects? + We Play Dirty Mad Libs!
Thanksgiving vacation is imminent and we're loopy. Using radical candor here: the show is low-effort (and seems to be...better? Should we stop trying?) Speaking of radical candor, it's time for a new Radical Candor Corner because Dennis needs to talk...
11.10.2023
Checking In With Dutch Marich
This interview is also available to watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KfHGlrkCsfk Dutch Marich is a director, cinematographer, and editor best known for his fantastic and highly underrated documentary style horror series HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT. We got a chance to sit...
11.03.2023
5 Funny Tips for Holiday Travel with Your Partner + Bethany Believes WHAT?
Spooky season is (technically) over so Dennis and Bethany are looking forward to their annual holiday road trips! After 3 years of being trapped in a car together for 2 days at a time, they have some tips for surviving...
10.20.2023
Your Crazy Haunted Stories for Spooky Season! (Part Two)
We asked for more and you didn't disappoint! After a "How Did We Do This Week?" (New weird friends! A music video! Litter boxes in cars!) Bethany and Dennis read a bunch of your real-life scary stories. As the brilliant...
10.13.2023
Checking In With Liz & Brandon Layne
This episode is also available to watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/v73TTdMIh9Q?si=GWdiFui-4AvSM6hB Happy Spooky Season! Today we chat with Liz & Brandon Layne, the masterminds behind the horror podcast FRIGHTCAP. We chat about how they balance their crazy schedules as a creative couple,...
10.06.2023
Your Crazy Haunted Stories for Spooky Season! (Part One)
It's tiiiiiiiime! Spooky Season is upon us and you heeded the call! After discussing their Halloween-themed "How'd We Do This Week," Bebe and Dennis whip out the spooky, weird, utterly haunted stories from your fellow CheckMates. And if you have...
09.22.2023
"Bad" Movies That Are Actually Awesome & When Parents Get Honest
Not even a mysterious cold can keep Bethany and Dennis from enjoying their sexy new podcast table! Does someone in your relationship start doing busy work at 11:30 at night? Why?? Then, the two discuss amazing movies Bethany introduced Dennis...
09.08.2023
A Funny Chat About Technology We Miss + Summer Vacation Mad Libs!
It was a fun week, CheckMates! Dennis has several surprises for Bethany on "How We Did This Week," then it's a conversation about old tech and entertainment we miss. (Thanks, T-Mobile.) And since Bebe and Dennis didn't do anything on...
08.25.2023
Radical Candor Corner + Bethany Turns Dennis into a Musical Theatre Winner
Do you work with your partner? Or do you have to treat them differently in different situations like at family events or church? Bethany and Dennis have added a new twist to their relationship and are outlining ways they keep...
08.18.2023
Checking In With Steve Gonsalves
Paranormal investigator Steve Gonsalves best known for his role on Ghost Hunters checks in with us to discuss ghosts, cats, paranormal tech, and his new book A Life With Ghosts (available everywhere 08-22-2023). This episode is also available on YouTube: Checking...
08.11.2023
Our Week Apart: Surprising Late Nights, Cringey Exes & 5 Sweet Love Letters Devolve into Chaos
Bethany and Dennis were apart last week, leaving Dennis stranded in their house and up to his own devices. (How he spent his time may surprise you.) Bethany shares how some of her previous relationships fared when she traveled. There's...
07.31.2023
BONUS: Checking In With Robbie Banfitch
Introducing our brand new bonus podcast Checking In With where we check in with fellow creatives to talk about their work, life, and how they balance it all. This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LUh2QmeVrRw Robbie Banfitch is the multi hyphenate...
07.28.2023
Who's Scared There's a Warrant Out for Their Arrest? + Messy Eaters: Unite!
Is there a movie your partner wants you to watch that you're just not interested in? Bebe FINALLY watched Dennis' "you gotta watch this to understand me better" movie. What does she think about it? (You may be surprised...) Then,...
07.14.2023
Learn This One Crucial Tip Before Your Next Important Convo! + Bethany's Hilarious Tech Fails
If you're living with someone, there's something huge that you may not have in common and it can seriously affect the way you communicate about big issues! Dennis and Bebe learned that they're polar opposites about this one thing. What...
06.30.2023
A Useful Trick for Nailing Tough Convos & Why Old People Are Secretly Living Your Best Life
What a great week! Bethany and Dennis figured out a nice trick to make sure important conversations go the way you want them to. Maybe it can help with your relationships! Then, a 2nd installment of "In the Field:" Bethany...
06.16.2023
The Best Advice About Fighting You'll Get All Year & Our Dumb Relationship "Must Haves"
Dennis & Bebe had an impromptu Couples Therapy session and they learned 3 amazing things to do when you're having a disagreement with your partner that will change the way your brain is reacting! Plus, they both share mortifying traits...
05.26.2023
Chaos Reigns! Our Cat Owns Us & Embarrassing Topics Had Us in Stitches
Radical Candor Corner is back! This time, Minerva the One-Eyed Cat is involved and no one can argue with her. And Bethany needs Dennis' help figuring out how to talk about....things which shall not be named. *blush* Also a vehement...
05.12.2023
A Hotel Room Disaster & Why Is Bethany Becoming an Old Woman Already?
Dennis and Bethany go over their huge month, including another road trip to Minneapolis. (What did they learn from Ohio THIS time?) Then, Dennis needs to talk to Bebe about a change he's noticing in her (but not before putting...
04.28.2023
Can Dennis Save This Roadtrip? + More of Little Bethany's Recipes!
Dennis and Bethany are getting ready to take a road trip to Minneapolis to shoot a film, which means they’re loading their car with all of Dennis’ equipment. Dennis is concerned that perhaps Bethany won’t be able to pack as...
04.14.2023
Could This Be Our Most Ridiculous "Radical Candor Corner" Yet?
It's a busy episode! Dennis is tasked with guessing the inane plots of late '90s music videos, all with a strange common theme. (Are the Backstreet Boys floating in a spaceship??) Radical Candor Corner pits Bethany's high expectations against Dennis'...
03.31.2023
Would This Gross Habit be a Dealbreaker for You? + a Winnie the Pooh Discovery
Dennis is bringing back a listener favorite: Radical Candor Corner! He needs Bethany to stop doing something that he finds absolutely unacceptable and disgusting. Then, Bethany has a hard-and-fast rule that she applies to all potential boyfriends…and she forgot to...
03.10.2023
A Embarrassing Quiz for Bethany & Could We Survive "The Outwaters?"
It's been a pretty chill week literally until the day of this recording, when a biiiiiig conversation happened. How do you handle mental health issues with love and understanding? Then, Dennis simply mortifies Bethany by quizzing her on Urban Dictionary...
02.24.2023
Did Bethany Dream the Best Disaster Movie Ever? + Real Love: Expectations Vs. Reality
Bethany had a dream. That dream was a fully-formed trailer for a disaster movie. That movie was called "HOOVER DAM." It is the best movie never made starring only Oscar winners. Plus, when you were younger, how did you picture...
02.10.2023
The Mortifying (and Hilarious) "Toilet Cappuccino Incident" of 2023
This episode tells a story about Bethany's greatest shame and the awful split-second decision she made, right before Dennis' family came over for Christmas. Plus, it's Dennis' turn for Radical Candor Corner! Put on your dark sunglasses.... Visit bewitchyourwardrobe.com and...
02.03.2023
What's Bethany Up to in the Kitchen? + Radical Candor Corner & Our New Favorite Movie Game
It's time for a new segment: Radical Candor Corner! Bethany needs to talk to Dennis about a certain kitchen habit he has that she wants to nip in the bud. Then, Dennis is CONFOUNDED by something Bethany "cooked" the other...
01.13.2023
Awful Couple's New Year's Resolutions & a Big Dumb Misunderstanding
Have you ever jumped to a conclusion based on a snippet of a conversation you overheard? Well, Dennis overheard Bethany talking to her family and has decided that she's in love with her cousin. They discuss. Plus, some awful New...
12.23.2022
Could We Be Gen Z Whisperers?
Hey, Young Ones! Do you feel like the grown-ups around you just don't understand your language? Don't worry. Your internet aunt and uncle are going through the Youth of Today Lexicon and teaching each other the most important phrases that...
12.09.2022
Hilarious A.I. Fails & How to Get Out of Bed in the Morning
This week, Dennis and Beebs discuss huge lessons they both learned about themselves over Thanksgiving, they read two incredible emails from you, and Bebe's eye are blasted wide open when Dennis explains how he wakes up in the morning. (Does...
11.25.2022
Money, Nuns & Meeting Each Other's Families
Hoo boy! What a crazy week it's beeeeen! Bethany reveals why she seemed pretty upset during a recent Twitch stream, Dennis learns a new version of Bebe's insanity (the Convent Edition), and the two discuss the differences between their two...
11.11.2022
Little Bethany's Recipes & Do You Feel Like Your Partner's Mom?
It's time again to check in, baby! Bethany and Dennis have a new segment that made them laugh harder than they've laughed in a long time. After going over how they did this week, they debut: Little Bethany's Recipes! Bethany...
10.28.2022
Creepy, Revealing Questions + Could You Survive a Scary Movie?
Dennis and Bethany had their very first houseguests, and Bebe has a strange reason for thinking they were subpar hosts. Then, Bethany asks Dennis to decide how he would handle different horror movie scenarios and whether or not he would...
10.14.2022
The Mysterious Man in the Woods & Is Cheating Forgivable?
On this week's episode, Bethany and Dennis discuss their must-watch movies for this spooky season because IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR. Then, they go over a super creepy encounter they had on their walkin' path and what...
09.23.2022
The Spider Fight, "Am I High Maintenance?" & A Letter from You!
Head's up: Segment 3 deals with talk of exercise, eating disorders, and calorie counting behavior. We give you a warning before we go into that convo, but we wanted to let you know here, too! If that subject isn't great...
09.09.2022
The Awful Smell Confrontation + A Murder Mystery!
[Just a heads up: There's some talk of calorie counting and some light eating disorder talk about 12 minutes in during the discussion about exercise, so if that's not great for you, hit that "forward 30 secs" button a few...
08.26.2022
Bethany Breaks a Promise & the Art of Reinvention
Bethany and Dennis discuss the Scare Heard 'Round the World from His and Her perspectives (Google "Nosferatu" now to get a good visual image for Dennis' side of the story). Plus, can you reinvent yourself while you're in a relationship?...
08.12.2022
Oh S*#t, We're Living Together! + Dennis' Turkey Body
The impossible happened: Bethany and Dennis have *moved in together*! After going over what worked (and all of the things that definitely didn't) during their move, the two play a listener-suggested game of "Would you still love me if....?" #TurkeyBody...

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The Check-In with Bethany Watson & Dennis Cahlo episodes:

Your REAL Love Language (is it snacks?) + Would YOU Trust These A.I. Tech Nightmares?

Bethany's Scary, Exciting Revelation: Could You Learn From Her Missteps?

Lonely? The Surprising Way You Can Get Human Connection TODAY + Dirty Birthday MadLibs!

Grief & Other Funny Topics: Having a Ball Remembering Minerva

Exciting "No Buy" Updates + Who is Bethany LIVID At?

Could YOU Pass This Couples' Test? Guess That Song!...

Checking In With John Brennan

Declutter Your Home and Conquer Your Finances: A Fun Conversation!

She Took a Nap, He Had a Revelation? + A Food Quiz Leads to Chaos!

A "Man Purse" to Die For & Can You Guess These Hallmark Movie Plots?

BONUS: When Bethany Met Dennis in 2018

A Hilarious Pants Emergency for Dennis & Little Bethany's Christmas Recipes!

Checking In With Scarlet Moreno & Josh Stifter

Patreon/HeroHero Sample: The Lost Tapes Thanksgiving Special 2022

Are You Emotionally Attached to Bizarre Objects? + We Play Dirty Mad Libs!

Checking In With Dutch Marich

5 Funny Tips for Holiday Travel with Your Partner + Bethany Believes WHAT?

Your Crazy Haunted Stories for Spooky Season! (Part Two)

Checking In With Liz & Brandon Layne

Your Crazy Haunted Stories for Spooky Season! (Part One)

"Bad" Movies That Are Actually Awesome & When Parents Get Honest

A Funny Chat About Technology We Miss + Summer Vacation Mad Libs!

Radical Candor Corner + Bethany Turns Dennis into a Musical Theatre Winner

Checking In With Steve Gonsalves

Our Week Apart: Surprising Late Nights, Cringey Exes & 5 Sweet Love Letters Devolve into Chaos

BONUS: Checking In With Robbie Banfitch

Who's Scared There's a Warrant Out for Their Arrest? + Messy Eaters: Unite!

Learn This One Crucial Tip Before Your Next Important Convo! + Bethany's Hilarious Tech Fails

A Useful Trick for Nailing Tough Convos & Why Old People Are Secretly Living Your Best Life

The Best Advice About Fighting You'll Get All Year & Our Dumb Relationship "Must Haves"

Chaos Reigns! Our Cat Owns Us & Embarrassing Topics Had Us in Stitches

A Hotel Room Disaster & Why Is Bethany Becoming an Old Woman Already?

Can Dennis Save This Roadtrip? + More of Little Bethany's Recipes!

Could This Be Our Most Ridiculous "Radical Candor Corner" Yet?

Would This Gross Habit be a Dealbreaker for You? + a Winnie the Pooh Discovery

A Embarrassing Quiz for Bethany & Could We Survive "The Outwaters?"

Did Bethany Dream the Best Disaster Movie Ever? + Real Love: Expectations Vs. Reality

The Mortifying (and Hilarious) "Toilet Cappuccino Incident" of 2023

What's Bethany Up to in the Kitchen? + Radical Candor Corner & Our New Favorite Movie Game

Awful Couple's New Year's Resolutions & a Big Dumb Misunderstanding

Could We Be Gen Z Whisperers?

Hilarious A.I. Fails & How to Get Out of Bed in the Morning

Money, Nuns & Meeting Each Other's Families

Little Bethany's Recipes & Do You Feel Like Your Partner's Mom?

Creepy, Revealing Questions + Could You Survive a Scary Movie?

The Mysterious Man in the Woods & Is Cheating Forgivable?

The Spider Fight, "Am I High Maintenance?" & A Letter from You!

The Awful Smell Confrontation + A Murder Mystery!

Bethany Breaks a Promise & the Art of Reinvention

Oh S*#t, We're Living Together! + Dennis' Turkey Body