Dear Albie

***LIVE Manzo Family Christmas live podcast video stream on Dec. 22 at 8 p.m.! Only at MomentHouse.com/DearAlbie! Special guests, Venmo raffles for charity, drinking, merriment, your Qs answered live and more!***

This week, we make history as we bring in our first member of the community for a live, in-studio follow-up show, as Albie and Urbano (and a pop-in from Caroline and Chris) welcome Lauren from STAPLES, who was exiled from her group of mean girl friends for making out with one of their brothers. We get deep into the story, the fallout, and what the lay of the land is now. And Chris even compliments her oysters!

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We brought in an expert! Scott Chesney is here to answer your questions and talk how to make the most out of life. It's a good one!

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Don't miss the Dear Albie LIVE holiday video extravaganza on Monday Dec 6 at 8pm. More info coming next week!!

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***LIVE Very Special Video Event of a super-sized Dear Albie on December 15! MomentHouse.com/DearAlbie to grab your tickets! Special guests, Venmo raffles for charity, drinking, merriment, your Qs answered live and more!***

Chris meets a community member in Staples, who had just written into the show the day before. So Chris promised her they'd answer her question on the show -- and we do. So join us as we work our way through Lauren and her star-crossed love for her friend's brother (or is it ex-friend?).

Plus: Natalie gets a make-up show, Chris and Albie fight over texts and calls, and more!

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***LIVE Very Special Video Event of a super-sized Dear Albie on December 15! MomentHouse.com/DearAlbie to grab your tickets! Special guests, Venmo raffles for charity, drinking, merriment, your Qs answered live and more!***

This episode is just Albie and mom tackling mailbag questions, including:

-What do you buy your new boyfriend's parents for the holidays? ("I don't think you need to go out and get me yoaur scarf or sweater or anything like that... bake cookies!")

-Caroline and Markie's trip to Disney

-We learn what a Dermoid Cyst is!

-What to do when a Greek priest is being a dick to you about your wedding date

-AND MORE!!

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Kathy from the Asbury Paranormal Museum comes in to break down all things haunted and we get into some crazy stuff — a malevolent spirit who was pulling on someone's legs as he slept, a ghost who may have a crush on Urbano, weird stuff happening at the hotel... and more!

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The community is fractured over the Great Markie Cheer Debate — who was right last episode? Does it matter? Because we did the impossible "We made Lauren likable" — and Lauren seems to be the clear winner, according to Albie, Caroline, and Candice. But was she? We have a million replies, from Instagram, email, and everywhere in between... AND THERE'S MORE DRAMA!!! Accusations of Candice voting on the Instagram polls from several accounts and even Venmoing people to vote for her.

We go over the responses and replies. Blood boils. Cheer moms chime. Who wants this smoke?? We all do!!!

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It's war. Family drama. Cheer drama. Candice vs. Caroline. A crying Markie. And we turned the mics on for it. This might be our best episode yet.

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We spend a lot of time — with Albie, Carolline, Al and Jules — talking about what happens when someone buys you a drink at a bar. Are you obliged to chat? Do you have to acknowledge it? Jules says it ends when the conversation gets boring. Caroline? "Buy your own damn drink" And there's more. A lot more!

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Albie's life is chaos as he preps for a big Halloween event at the hotel... We get an update on Markie the Cheerleader and a glimpse inside Candice's cheer coaching style and motivation. And we answer a letter from a listener who is having trouble connecting with friends in an increasingly digital world.

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Chris has decided to only wear concert t-shirts (mom points out he had an only-jerseys phase a few years ago), Al is obsessed with pimple popping videos, a listener discovered the vibrator section at Rite-Aid (and Al wonders if people know what Rite-Aid is), another listener's mother-in-law discovered her stash of nudes on her cell phone...and that's just the first 20 minutes!

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