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This week join Courtney while she talks with Frank Muir President and CEO of The Idaho Potato Commission all about the number one thing that comes to peoples minds when they think of Idaho. The Potato. We talk about what exactly the Idaho Potato Commission does, how Idaho Potatoes website is the coolest food website Courtney has ever been on and how they have a quiz to find out what kind of potato you are. Courtney asks about how Kobe Bryant saved the Idaho Potato Truck and learns about The Big Idaho Potato Hotel. Spoiler alert Courtney can not wait to go stay in the potato hotel and pet Dolly. We talk about how you really can't eat a meal with out potatoes because they are the star of the show and why Frank knows Idaho should win the state with the coolest stereotype. It wouldn't be an interview if Courtney didn't ask about food so ya know we found out Franks favorite way to eat a potato and of course how he eats his Oreos. Don't blame us if you decide you need more potatoes in your life after listening to this episode! 

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Join Courtney this week while she talks with Brandon (aka Chops) all about Minnesota and the stereotypes of the state. We talk about Northface and of course the Vikings. Courtney admits that the closest she's ever been to being a Viking plan was when Laquon Treadwell went to play there and how disappointed she was that he never really got to play. We talk about The Shane Company, Delilah, and Bobbys World. Courtney learns all about Minnesota goodbyes and the great walleye scandal that happened a few years back. We talk about The Mall of America and Charlie Berens and catch phrases in the state. While talking about food Courtney learns about Caribou Coffee, hot dish, desert bars, and the Jucy Lucy. Courtney decides she is going to have to go with her food bff Chops and be #teamMattsbar 

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This week Official Dietitian Amanda joins Courtney to talk all about Massachusetts stereotypes with guest Nick Barry. This weeks episode is marked explicit because of several mentions of the work "Masshole" and maybe a cuss word or two. Nothing crazy, we promise. We talk all about Massachusetts food and what color their clam chowder is as well as Nick's opinions of the other color clam chowders that were discussed in our Rhode Island episode. Courtney finally gets to ask someone about the need to honk the very first second the light turns green and Amanda worries for Courtney when she tells a Boston man that Dunkin Donuts doesn't even have that great of coffee. We find another type to add to our Oreo project as Nick doesn't quite fit in any of the previous categories but he does agree Jay eats Oreos like a psychopath. Listen to find out all the other cool things we talk about this week. Courtney would also like to note this episode artwork is the ONLY TIME you will see her in Patriots attire. 

This week Courtney talks to Heather all about Iowa stereotypes and foods. Yes, Jay is missing again this week but he is alive and well and wants to assure his loyal defenders of Jay he will be back and just as annoying as ever very soon. Courtney was surprised to learn Iowa and Indiana are "siblings" as she called them because of the similarities. 

This episode is marked explicit for a couple of low level cuss words and two f bombs. And no Grandma I'm wasn't the one that said them. Seriously. We aren't talking about anything too crazy in Iowa... actually we do mention a certain google search from Iowa that might be shocking. Maybe don't listen to this episode with little kids that ask a lot of questions. If you do however then just turn the sound down for about a minute  after Courtney talks about data is beautiful and thinking her friends were messing with her. 

This week we talk to Eric from Villains On Vacation all about Rhode Island Stereotypes. This may be the ultimate #letcourtneyeat episode because we get in depth with Rhode Island foods like clam chowder and it's proper color, coffee milk, pizza strips, Del's Lemonade, and lots of other funny sounding foods that made us almost mark this episode as 'explicit' because even though they are names of foods our favorite hater likes to report us for stupid things. We talk about Lizzy Borden, the conjuring, and the craigslist killer (who was actually in Boston). Courtney learns about Polo matches, bubblers, and the big blue bug. So for everyone living in the 401 have a listen and laugh at your states stereotype and for everyone else learn something about this little state. Be sure to keep your eye out for when we start voting in June when Rhode Island is up against Pennsylvania. 

Season 2 starts off with one of the states with the more well known stereotypes. Join Courtney and Jay while they talk to Taryn, a life long Hawaii resident and Courtneys good friend, about Hawaii and why it should win the state with the coolest stereotype in America. Spoiler Alert * It's not because of pineapple pizza and Jay talking about wearing a coconut bra comes up more than once. 

To find out more see our extended show notes at coiesquestions.com and click on Hawaii. Make sure to check out the blog on Thursday to see Amandas food recommendations for the week. Join the search for the state with the coolest stereotype in America here.

How awesome is our new podcast artwork? Keep an eye out to see how it changes throughout the week. We are so glad we found Lopez Lab Designs to work with to make this season better than ever. 

Jay wants to make sure there is a **WARNING** at the beginning of the show notes letting everyone know we are talking about food for an hour so if you are hungry you should get something to eat. 

This week we bring back the official dietitian of Coie's Questions  to talk all about eating healthy during the holidays and how to go about getting back on track if you don't eat quite so healthily. Any conversation about food would not be complete with out mentioning Courtneys new bff Eric and how he taught us about the Oreo Challenge. Listen to that episode here. We are still waiting on Jay to post him doing the challenge and something tells us we are going to be waiting for quite awhile. Amanda is back to talk with us all about mindful eating, holiday foods and smells, and how food is a social thing more than we realize. Don't worry y'all, she isn't going to make you give up all the good things in the name of being healthy. Amanda wants everyone to know there is always room for everyones favorite food. Spoiler Alert she is going to remind y'all to focus on those veggies, healthy carbs, lean protein, and portion sizes. Jay wants everyone to know he wants plates full of steak. What else is new? 

Amanda talks again about how there isn't really "bad foods" there are energy dense foods and slowing down while eating helps a lot. Jay struggles with that concept while Courtney shares about how she doesn't like her food to touch. Yes really, and she totally would be down to use a divider plate so if you know where to get one let us know! We talk about mindful eating, how to outsmart the buffet, and a dietitians super sneaky tip for all meals. If you take one thing away from this episode Amanda wants you to know not to skip meals. That isn't going to help anything. 

We have a discussion about dark chocolate and Jay says no men keep that in the house it's for girls only so if you're a man that keeps dark chocolate in the house please let us know, and if you don't want to be like jay you can get some dark chocolate here and we will be giving some away in our ultimate Christmas guest giveaway. 

Jay says he feels like he is having 'food confession' and even starts it with forgive me dietitian. We talk about substituting in holiday baking and Jay points out a banana will never taste like a steak. For anyone who thought it might. Amanda tells us about a 5 ingredient banana pancake we need to try and that leads us to finding out Jay has no idea who Jack Johnson is and really needs to listen to Banana Pancakes. 

Join us this week as "Producer Jay" makes another appearance. We talk the best ways to eat candy or not... We talk Halloween safety and trunk or treats. Courtney talks candy and how she ended up in an Instagram argument. Jay struggles to produce and defends haunted houses. This episode is a wild ride you will want see through, even if it spooky.

This week Jordan Lloyd joins us to tell us all about being a visual historian and what exactly that is and how he ended up in this career field. Check out our extended show notes at coiesquestions.com/history to see more of what was talked about in this episode. 

Join us this week while we talk to special guests Jordan Blashek and Chris Hough authors of Union: A Democrat, a Republican, and a Search for Common Ground. We talk about what made them want to write a book, what the most impactful thing they learned during this journey was, and of course Courtney asks them the burning questions from the book like if they figured out what coolant is for, if they stoped and ate at the big Texan, and of course how they eat Oreos.