This week, Kate covers a large spectrum of 90s, pop culture, and personal topics, but stick with it towards the end, where she announces something she wants to try doing with listeners to feature their stories instead of getting a Blue Apron sponsorship. Too much chopping. Before that, there are some '90s musings as usual, from Zenon to the Scholastic Book Fair, to the ice at Pizza Hut, to more serious ones about how to know if the person you're dating is "the one," and some thoughts on the empty inspiration of instagram quotes but lack of follow through in how we support women. But then she contradicts herself as usual, talking through confusion regarding Kylie's $1M tea ad, jealousy her and Tugboat feel toward Dug the Pug's meteoric rise to fame, beauty gurus' lack of self-awareness (and overstated concept of how much we all care about pigmentation), and general boredom with instagram stories feeling like one big QVC Lisa Rinna duster episode. She also reveals the names of her make believe eye shadow palette with Morphe, shows off even more of her super accurate Australian accent, and walks through a Catfish-internet-sleuthing case she (thinks) she cracked in a Facebook group that solves crimes by dinnertime.

Feeling somewhat uninspired by pop culture this week, Kate takes to Instagram and Facebook to get questions from Podcast listeners. However, she still manages to discuss other topics for the first half hour, covering gold diggers in a feminist era, her days on the bev cart at a golf course, influencers at #Revolve's exclusive crop top bonanza, and Astrology, among other topics. Listener Q&A starts around minute 35, covering Bachelor/Bachelorette from years past (when it was good), Karlie Kloss' engagement, Demi Lovato, celeb crushes, small business advice, RHOC, RHONY, etc. Enjoy!

This week, Kate tackles Kylie Jenner's "self-made" billionaire status, both giving her the credit she deserves while also exploring how it makes her feel as somebody who started a business with nothing. She then dives into the weird world of ASMR YouTube videos, then somehow pivots into wondering if some people solely write lyrics based off of old AIM Buddy Info quotes, while simultaneously musing about why Boogie Boarding is wasted on the young, her beef with Brad Paisley, why she's now a health goddess after making one green juice, thoughts on the movie I Feel Pretty/focusing on our outward appearances, then moving onto what she's learned watching other people be way more successful than her at something she created.

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I woke up with a list of things in my head I had to talk about, so I recorded them. Monday morning musings on the past week's pop culture events, i.e. Justin Bieber & Hailey Baldwin's engagement, Joyce Bonelli (and other Kardashian fallouts), Becca Tilley's rumored romance (according to the internet), I still can't believe I used to hate Below Deck, Very Cavallari first impressions, some Real Housewives as always, followed by my hopes and dreams in the form of beverage services, all bookended by a very important King and a most energetic Queen. Enjoy!

This week is a bit of a hodge podge, toward the end I go through an iPhone note of all the celebrities I've seen or met in person, but not before I go through some thoughts on social media's depiction of the 4th of July, a brief analysis of the poetry written by one Edwin McCain, my strategy if I would have been selected for the Toys R Us Super Toy Run, what life would have been like with a Power Wheel, concerns for Toby Keith's America / my burning desire to people watch at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar, a brief analysis on the poetry written by one Edwin McCain, the passive aggressive messages I send to my sister's exes, even if my only access to them is through Venmo, some of my favorite music moments in TV history, among other topics. Enjoy!