This week, SP and Kellie brought NBC’s new show The Paper to life with a full-blown photo activation experience. And now that the exclusive is out in People Magazine, they can finally talk about BMBL capturing unforgettable memories at the wedding of Dancing With The Stars pro Britt Stewart and actor Daniel Durant.

We also unpack:

• What grocery items don’t need refrigeration but most people chill anyway
• The world’s most overrated cities
• McDonald’s Extra Value Meals returning
• A first birthday present from Rian Johnson: Knives Out 3 in December
• The Welcome to Derry series terrifying HBO in reverse
• Scrubs revival bringing back Carla
• Warwick Davis returning as Professor Flitwick in the new Harry Potter series

Plus our takes on:

• Butterfly releases at weddings
• Why we don’t call countries by their native names
• Small talk with strangers (and why you might be the problem)

🎤 Unpopular opinions are back and strong this week. Let’s get into it.

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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie are back from not one but TWO influencer events—one for Love Island and another for a Hot Topic x celebrity wedding collab. From chaotic premieres to unexpected moments of affirmation, they’ve got a lot to talk about.

Also this week:

💥 That Happened Today?! – August 27 Edition
• A volcano literally exploded with the force of a nuke—Krakatoa (1883)
• The world’s first jet plane took flight (1939)
• The first Guinness Book of Records was published (1955)
• Iconic movie drops: Mary Poppins, Roman Holiday, Candyman, He’s All That, Hamlet 2, and Super Buddies

🎥 In Entertainment News:
 • Taylor Swift is engaged—and the internet can’t stop screaming
• Millie Bobby Brown is a mom now, and yes, we all feel 147 years old
• Kpop Demon Hunters broke records and the internet—despite being misunderstood as a kids’ movie

🧠 Reddit Questions This Week:
 • What was supposed to be the next big thing... and flopped hard?
• What’s a weird fact about the human body most people don’t know?
• What’s the most unforgettable compliment you’ve ever received?

🍳 Unpopular Opinion of the Week:
“Most grandma cooking isn’t actually that good…”
💬 Wait, what? Let’s talk about it.

🎉 Plus: Just Because Day is real, and we’re celebrating it just because.

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This week on HWP, SP dives into a week full of nostalgic comebacks, sweet surprises, and a few hard truths:

• Harry Potter overload! From a new Butterscotch ICEE at Regal to a Krispy Kreme x Hogwarts donut collab—are we falling under a snack-based spell?
• Bones turns 20 and the cast reunites for a retrospective—plus we break down David Boreanaz’s absolutely unhinged 27-year run on primetime TV.
• Taylor Swift’s viral “We match so well” moment gives the Kelce podcast a boost...but did Spotify’s new album countdown just give us the most Gen Z Billboard replacement ever?
• YouTube’s new AI age detection tool might mistake you for a kid (again), and SP has thoughts.
• Reddit delivers again with answers to:
  → What RomCom could you watch forever?
  → What’s the most underrated fat loss tip?
  → What old-school computer game lives in your head rent-free?
  → What screams “I’m pretending to be rich”?

All that, plus:
🎬 Paw Patrol, Garden State, and The Switch dropped on this day
🎂 Birthdays galore—Amy Adams, Andrew Garfield, Demi Lovato, Robert Plant
🪦 We remember Jerry Lewis and Phyllis Diller
🥧 And yes, it’s Chocolate Pecan Pie Day

It’s weird, it’s nostalgic, it’s slightly frosted with golden shimmer sugar. Welcome to Episode 721.

📌 Featured Links:

Reddit Threads:
• RomComs Rewatchable Forever: r/RomComs

• Memorable Computer Games: r/AskReddit

• Fat Loss Tips: r/AskReddit

• Pretending to Be Rich: r/ProductivityCafe

• Bones Reunion: r/PopCultureChat

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This week on Hardly Working, we’re celebrating two years of podcasting and our very first episode in the new studio! SP and Kellie recap their Orlando adventure (Disney World and Universal), seeing Ben Schwartz live, and then dive headfirst into chaos with stories that include…

• A $7,000 Labubu heist in LA (what even is a Labubu?)
• Disney fully absorbing Hulu (RIP separate streaming apps)
• A new Buffy reboot pilot at Hulu—with Sarah Michelle Gellar involved 👀
• The return of Moviefone after 10 years—with Peter Dinklage as the new voice?!
• AOL officially shutting down dial-up internet—let’s play the connection noise in full
• Whales saving seals from orcas like real-life ocean vigilantes
• Florida fighting pythons with solar-powered robo-bunnies
• Plus: Kellie’s take on why coffee breath is worse than nicotine 😬

We also play a round of “Weird YouTube Trends We’re Actually Into” and dive into Unpopular Opinions, including the shocking case for the Big Mac with no meat.

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This week on Hardly Working, Kellie and Sean Patrick dive into what it means to grow up, grow wise, and grow suspicious of people pretending to be rich. They break down the newest trailer posters (👀 “Thursday Murder Club” coming to Netflix with Helen Mirren & Pierce Brosnan?!), reveal how turbulence is about to get way worse, and ask: Is Italian food just mid?

Plus:

• Justin Timberlake’s health update
• Panera’s bakery betrayal
• Peacemaker Season 2 dropping the same day as Thursday Murder Club?!
• New details about the Harry Potter HBO reboot
• A new stick bug gets discovered (Australia, never change)
• ChatGPT adds Study Mode to help kids learn better

🎬 Movie anniversaries, history deep-dives, and spicy unpopular opinions included (Arby’s defenders, rise up).

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This week on HWP, Sean Patrick and Kellie are still riding the Comic Con high and gearing up for their 2-year anniversary! They break down wild SDCC announcements, roast some overhyped tourist traps, and weigh in on the scams millennials keep falling for. Also in the mix: a Pink Panther reboot with Eddie Murphy, South Park’s uncancellable chaos, and Elvis Presley’s first-ever live performance.

And of course—it's not an HWP without some ✨heated✨ unpopular opinions. Tex-Mex vs. Mexican food? Multiple careers? Massages aren’t relaxing? LET’S GO.

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This week on Hardly Working, Kellie and SP recap some big (and bizarre) highlights from the week:
🎬 SP DJ’ed the World Premiere of Fantastic Four: First Steps and got to intro the cast and filmmakers on stage!
💪 Kellie started personal training (someone’s getting jacked).
🍽️ And we celebrated our friend Scott’s birthday at The Local Peasant. Fancy AND fun.

Then it's time to play:
🔥 What’s the actual superpower you wish you had—no boring answers allowed
🎥 What movie is so good, you’ll rewatch it every single time
💡 What life advice did you ignore for years, only to realize it was pure genius?
🫠 And of course: signs a couple isn’t going to last vs. signs they’re in it for the long haul.

🗓️ That Happened Today?! – July 23

🚗 1903 – Ford sold its first car: the Model A, for $850
☄️ 1995 – Comet Hale-Bopp was discovered
⚾ 1962 – Jackie Robinson became the first Black inductee in the National Baseball Hall of Fame
🎤 2010 – One Direction was formed on The X Factor auditions

📰 Stories

– CBS CANCELS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert amid Paramount’s merger drama
– Emma Watson banned from driving after speeding violations (she says it’s fine—she’ll ride Draco’s broom)
– New Harry Potter set photos show Nick Frost as Hagrid—fans are divided
– Ted Lasso Season 4: Some major cast shake-ups (goodbye, Jamie Tartt 😢)
– USA Today crowns Del Taco the #1 fast food chain in America 🥇
– Hollywood Auction chaos:
• Indiana Jones’ whip → $525K
• Citizen Kane’s sled “Rosebud” → $14.75 million
– The most cursed vintage food combos: Tuna Jell-O Pie, Ham & Banana Hollandaise, and Hot Dr. Pepper with Lemon
– But America still ships: PB&J, Chicken & Waffles, Chips & Salsa, and Mac & Cheese ❤️

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This week on Hardly Working, SP and Kellie recap the wildest bits from last week—including the Zombies 4 premiere, SP’s mom’s birthday (!!), and the dino-sized debut of Jurassic World Rebirth. 🧟‍♀️🦖

Game time kicks off with juicy questions like:
🎬 What movie is so good you’ll rewatch it every time it’s on?
💡 What life tip did you ignore for years… until it changed everything?
🐶 And couples—what’s the dead giveaway that they aren’t gonna last? Or that they’re actually built to go the distance?

PLUS:
– 🚀 Apollo 11 launched today in 1969!
– 🎲 Las Vegas now has a real casino UNO game
– 🧙 First look at HBO’s new Harry Potter series
– 🦫 Bear-sized giant beavers once roamed North America—and Minnesota just made them their official state fossil

Also… Will Ferrell turns 69 (nice), Hocus Pocus premiered today in ‘93, and someone on Reddit is mad about gift-giving holidays. Same, honestly.

And don’t forget the Unpopular Opinions this week:

1. “Work clothes are a scam.”
2. “Movies shouldn’t be longer than 3 hours.”
3. “It’s fine to dislike food you’ve never tasted.”
4. “Gift-giving holidays are all stress and no fun.”

It’s a cozy, chaotic, highly quotable week—so jump in!

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Kellie and SP are bringing the heat this week—literally and figuratively—with spicy fast food news, fiery unpopular opinions, and a full breakdown of relationships that scream “this won’t last.”

In this jam-packed episode, they cover:
🍗 Raising Cane’s dethroning KFC to become the #3 chicken chain
🌶️ McDonald’s launching spicy McMuffins for its 50th anniversary
🐔 Chick-Fil-A quietly testing two new sandwiches (and yes, SP has opinions)
🎮 Chuck E. Cheese’s bizarre new venture: adults-only arcades
🎥 AMC now warns about 30 minutes of trailers before movies (seriously?)
🦕 Jurassic World Rebirth and Scarlett Johansson becoming the highest-grossing actor of all time
👑 Anne Hathaway’s double comeback in The Princess Diaries 3 and Devil Wears Prada 2
🐶 The real downside of having a dog—no fluff spared
🧠 Bare minimum skills everyone should have
❤️ What couples therapists say actually makes a relationship work

PLUS:

• What Netflix show surprised you the most
• SP’s take on Buc-ee’s (spoiler: it’s not positive)
• Why banana bread should never be chocolatey
• What screams “this couple isn’t gonna make it”
• And a birthday shoutout to the one and only Tom Hanks (age 69 🎉)

🧩 Game/Questions This Week:

• What’s a “bare minimum” skill everyone should have—but surprisingly don’t?
• Be honest… what’s the real downside of having a dog?
• What Netflix show did you start with zero expectations but ended up loving?
• What screams "this couple isn’t going to last long"?
• Couple therapists: What’s a sure sign a relationship is going to work?

🎬 That Happened Today?! — July 9

• 🏛️ 1850: U.S. President Zachary Taylor died just five days into office
• 🎵 1955: Bill Haley’s Rock Around the Clock hit #1, launching rock & roll
• 🎶 1965: Sonny & Cher’s I Got You Babe released
• 🍿 Movie anniversaries: Despicable Me, Black Widow, Anchorman, Pirates of the Caribbean
• 🎂 Celebrity Birthday: Tom Hanks turns 69

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This week, we’ve officially hit the halfway point of 2025 — and Kellie and SP are here to help you re-center, reset, and maybe even rage a little. From practical mid-year goals (start therapy, drink more water than iced coffee ONCE) to totally unserious side quests (invent your own fake holiday?), this episode delivers both wisdom and chaos in equal measure.

They also dive into:

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s official breakup (and Orlando being spotted in Venice with Sydney Sweeney 👀)

James Bond casting rumors

Their takes on viral unpopular opinions (Are Oreos overrated? Is sleeping in jeans fine??)

What tourist spots actually deserve the hype

Millennial superpowers that Gen Z will never understand

The real adult problems no one warned you about

Plus: Celebrity birthdays (Happy 35th, Margot Robbie!), sad celeb deaths (RIP Ernest Hemingway), and mid-year encouragement to finally launch that thing you’ve been putting off. This episode has heart, heat, and at least one rant about wings.

🔥 Highlights from That Happened Today?! — July 2

🧠 Midpoint of the year — Six months down, six to go

🥹 Real Grown-Up Goals — Start therapy, pay off a credit card, launch the dang podcast

🎭 Pop Culture — ‘The Notebook,’ ‘Blade Runner,’ and ‘The Thing’ all released on this day

🎂 Birthdays — Ashley Tisdale, Lindsay Lohan, Margot Robbie

🕯️ Celebrity Deaths — Ernest Hemingway & U.S. President James Garfield (shot on this day)

💔 Breakup News — Katy Perry & Orlando Bloom are officially done

🎮 VR Crossover — Xbox-branded Meta Quest 3S leaks (with Game Pass!)

💬 Unpopular Opinions — Shower towels don’t need washing often, wings are overrated, and Oreo needs to chill

🏖️ Side Quests — Eat at the weird fast food joint, learn a TikTok dance from 2022, and quit a new hobby just for fun

🧩 Game/Questions This Week:

What tourist destination actually isn't overrated?

What pre-2000 skill do you still have that no one uses anymore?

What’s an adult problem no one warned you about?

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