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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie are back with a cozy, chaotic, post-Thanksgiving breakdown — and we’re starting with a simple, universal truth:

Some foods look incredible… until you eat them.
Yep. We’re talking about the biggest food disappointments of all time — the ones that tricked us with their golden crusts, perfect grill marks, and Instagram lighting, only to betray us on the first bite.

Then we jump into a Harry Potter deep dive:
What were the most awkward or uncomfortable moments in the movies?
You guys submitted your top contenders, and honestly… you nailed it.

Including:

• Harry’s bath scene with Moaning Myrtle (WHY was this approved?)
• Ginny tying Harry’s shoelaces like a Victorian caretaker
• Voldemort’s limp-noodle hug for Draco
• Ron just… inserting himself between Harry and Ginny like a confused camp counselor

We also crack open this week’s That Happened Today?! — December 5 Edition, featuring:
🛳️ The Ghost Ship Mary Celeste — the original unsolved mystery
🍔 The Mariah Carey x McDonald’s Collab — the most diva holiday promo ever
☃️ Frosty the Snowman’s first appearance
🍻 The wild end of Prohibition
✈️ Flight 19 vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle
😷 The Great Smog of London
🪂 A man survives a 10,000-foot fall WITHOUT a parachute
🎉 Walt Disney, Little Richard & Frankie Muniz birthdays

Then in Stories, the week gets even more unhinged:

• Oxford’s Word of the Year: “Rage-bait” (the most accurate term of 2025)
• Zootopia 2 dominates Thanksgiving box office
• Wicked: For Good pulls in another $92M
• Stranger Things 5 sets Netflix records with 59.6 million views
• The series finale will be 2 hours and 5 minutes, playing in AMC theaters
• Martha Stewart replaces Sydney Sweeney in the controversial American Eagle denim campaign
• iPhone Foldable rumors heat up — supposedly creaseless… for $2,400

It’s a wild week, and yes — SP gives a strong speech about the foldable iPhone that nobody asked for.

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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie kick off the holiday season with two very special guests — Kellie’s brothers, Shawn and Ryan!
It’s a full sibling takeover episode, which means absolute chaos, zero filter, and way too much laughing.
We start with the big story that split the room immediately:
🎥 AMC’s New “Popcorn Pass”
For $30 a year you get half-off popcorn and soda.
Is it worth it?
Kellie says no.
Ryan says maybe.
Shawn says he wants nachos.
SP is just happy to be invited to the movies.
Then we jump into some record-breaking collectible news:
💥 A New World Record for a Comic Book
A first-edition Superman comic from 1939 just sold for…
$9.1 MILLION.
That makes it the most expensive comic ever sold.
(For comparison, Action Comics #1 from 1938 — the first appearance of Superman — sold for $6 million.)
The siblings spend a shocking amount of time deciding which one of them would make the worst superhero.
From there, we go from superpowers to super nostalgia:
🕹️ Remember Burt Meyer?
Maybe not his name — but definitely his work.
This week the toy and game creator passed away, leaving behind an iconic childhood résumé:
• Lite-Brite
• Gooey Louie
• Mouse Trap
• Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots
• Catch Phrase (SP’s personal favorite — and the siblings immediately start arguing over who cheats the most.)
And in more wholesome news:
🎨 John Oliver Raises Over $1 Million for Public TV
After Bob Ross paintings sold for $600K a few weeks ago, John Oliver hosted “John Oliver’s Stuff” — selling a single Ross painting (“Cabin at Sunset”) for $1,044,000 to support public broadcasting.
Imagine spending a million dollars and not even getting a “happy little tree” in the deal.
Finally… it wouldn’t be a family episode without the most sibling-specific segment ever:
🔥 UNPOPULAR OPINIONS (SIBLING EDITION)
Specifically curated for SP, Kellie, Shawn & Ryan:
The oldest sibling is not the “natural leader,” they’re just tired.
Middle children actually have the best personalities — because they HAD to.
Youngest siblings aren’t “spoiled,” they’re strategic.
Siblings absolutely DO keep score… even when they swear they don’t.
You can love your siblings and still hide your best snacks from them.
Group texts with siblings are elite — unless one of them sends 40 voice notes.
Every family has one sibling who thinks they’re the funny one... and one who actually IS.
Borrowing clothes without asking is not theft — it’s tradition.
At least one sibling will retell childhood stories completely wrong on purpose.
There is ALWAYS a “parent favorite,” and everyone knows who it is.
It’s a warm, chaotic, holiday-season sibling episode — and we had way too much fun making it.

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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie dive into the weirdest, wildest, and most wonderfully unhinged mix of news, questions, and unpopular opinions the internet has to offer.

We kick things off with your questions:

✨ Questions of the Week
• What’s something you didn’t realize was optional in life until someone just… didn’t do it?
• What’s the girl code you absolutely will NOT break?

From there, we jump into a That Happened Today?! — November 21 Edition, featuring:
• 1942 – Tweety Bird’s on-screen debut in A Tale of Two Kitties
• 1976 – Rocky premieres in New York
• 1983 – Michael Jackson’s Thriller (the 14-minute short film!) premieres
• 1997 – Anastasia arrives in theaters
• 1931 – Universal’s Frankenstein first hits the big screen

Then we get into the stories lighting up the week:

🎬 Wicked is taking over our lives.
Someone jumped the barricade at the Wicked premiere to get to Ariana Grande… and he’s officially spending 9 days in jail for it.

🧙 Harry Potter News
Daniel Radcliffe wrote a heartfelt letter to the new Harry Potter, Dominic McLaughlin, wishing him an even better experience than his own. A clip surfaced of Dominic reading part of the letter, and it’s ridiculously wholesome.

👻 AI App Lets You Talk to Dead Relatives
A new app called 2Wai lets you upload a 3-minute video to create a digital version of a deceased loved one.
Yes, it’s basically Black Mirror.
No, we’re not ready.

🖤 Wakanda Forever… Again
Black Panther 3 is officially moving into production!
Letitia Wright returns as Shuri.
Denzel Washington joins the cast.
Rumored title: Shadows of Wakanda.

🎥 Box Office Rollercoaster
• Now You See Me 3 pulls in $75M
• Glen Powell’s The Running Man makes just $17M domestically on a $110M budget (yikes)
We love Powell & Edgar Wright, but not even that combo is pulling everyone into a theater right now.

And of course…

🔥 Unpopular Opinions of the Week
• Men’s suits should be as varied as women’s dresses
• Cold water is overrated — room temp water supremacy
• Prince’s music hasn’t aged well (FIGHTING WORDS)
• Shaking hands should die as a tradition
• Carry-ons belong on the opposite side overhead
• Red onions should be called purple onions
• Wedding speeches? Cringe factories
• Green bean casserole & sweet potatoes-with-marshmallows? No thank you

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It’s the season of gratitude (and chaos), and SP and Kellie are giving thanks… in true Hardly Working fashion. 🦃 From kitchen slang gone wild to nude bowling in Pittsburgh, this episode has everything you didn’t know you needed.

SP tests Kellie on a round of “Kitchen Terms” — a game that proves ordering breakfast in diner slang should be an Olympic event:
☕ “Blonde with sand” = coffee with cream and sugar
🍳 “Wreck ’em” = scrambled eggs
🌭 “Paint a bow-wow red” = hot dog with ketchup
🥤 And “M.D.” = Dr. Pepper (because “Do you want a Sprite?” No, gimme an M.D.”)

In this week’s stories:
⭐ Chadwick Boseman is finally getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
💸 Funko might be done-zo by next year — the toy empire is on the brink.
🎨 Bob Ross saves PBS from funding cuts, as three of his paintings sell for $600,000 to support public broadcasting.
🪙 Farewell, penny. The U.S. just pressed its last one, saving taxpayers $56 million a year — but say goodbye to those souvenir coin machines.
🎳 And of course… “Balls Out Bowling” is back in Pittsburgh. Yep, an all-nude, body-positive bowling night for adults where you’re encouraged to bring a towel, not pants.

Questions this week explore gratitude and modern nonsense:
💭 What’s a luxury that’s only impressive to people who don’t have it?
🧗 What are you glad you tried once but will never do again?
📱 What’s the biggest “we all just accepted this nonsense” thing in modern life?

🔥 Unpopular Opinions
🦃 If turkey’s so great, why do we only eat it once or twice a year?
🚗 Special parking spots have gotten out of hand.
🧠 Emotional intelligence > IQ — and it’s still underrated.
🪙 The worst part of losing pennies is losing the souvenir machines.
🧁 Cupcakes are an ineffectual, dissatisfying dessert.
🥨 The rye chips in Chex Mix? Overrated.

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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie are back from another wild week — full of movie news, fast food confessions, and one very important announcement: the Dodgers baby has arrived! ⚾️💙

Elizabeth Olsen says becoming a Dodgers superfan helped her finally understand Marvel fans (“I wasn’t judging it… but now I get it”).
Meanwhile, People Magazine just revealed their Sexiest Man Alive — and yes, Kellie’s pick, Jonathan Bailey, officially took the crown. SP runs through the list of winners from the last 25 years (from Chris Evans to The Rock to Ryan Reynolds) and they debate who really deserved it.

🎬 Movie Headlines:
– A new Mummy movie has been confirmed — starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
– Kpop Demon Hunters 2 officially announced for 2029.
– Sydney Sweeney (28) is dating Scooter Braun (44)… after meeting at Jeff Bezos’ wedding. Yikes.
– France bans Shein, citing the sale of “Class A weapons” and illegal adult items found on the app.
– Tom Brady’s dog is a clone — seriously. His new dog Junie is cloned from his late dog Lua.

⚡ Plus, SP and Kellie ask the big questions:
– What’s your favorite fast food sandwich of all time?
(SP votes Firehouse’s Italian. Fight him.)
– Would you ever clone your pet if you could?

🗓️ That Happened Today?! (November 7)
📜 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt wins a historic fourth presidential term.
📜 1989 – L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected Black governor in U.S. history.
🎬 Elf (2003) premieres — officially kicking off Christmas movie season.
🎂 Birthdays: Joni Mitchell (82), David Petraeus (73), Christopher Knight (68), Lorde (29), Johnny Rivers (83)
🕯️ Deaths: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)

🔥 Unpopular Opinions
💍 Both partners should propose.
☕ “Paying it Forward” is passive-aggressive — stop forcing strangers to spend money.
🎃 Halloween isn’t dying — your neighborhood is.
🚲 Bikes belong on the sidewalk, not the road.
🍔 McDonald’s would be elite if it were served on airplanes.

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It’s the Hardly Working Podcast Halloween Special! 🎃
SP and Kellie are diving headfirst into spooky season with a Trader Joe’s Fall Taste Test, hot takes on Halloween traditions, and a look back at the weirdest, wildest moments from Halloween throughout history.

💀 Halloween Unpopular Opinions:
From pumpkin spice slander to the tragedy of sexy Shrek — SP and Kellie share and debate the most controversial takes of spooky season:

1. Pumpkin spice doesn’t actually taste good — we just like the nostalgia.
2. Trick-or-treating should be for all ages — adults deserve candy too.
3. Haunted houses aren’t scary, they’re just loud and sweaty.
4. Candy corn is better than people admit (especially with peanuts).
5. Hocus Pocus 2 wasn’t that bad — childhood nostalgia just hits different.
6. Horror movie fans forgive anything if the kills are creative.
7. Costume contests? More popularity than creativity.
8. Halloween should always fall on the last Saturday of October.
9. Apple bobbing is one of the worst party games ever invented.
10. “Sexy” versions of literally everything have gone too far.

🧠 Rapid-Fire Round:
– Is carving pumpkins actually fun or just a huge mess?
– Do adults ruin Halloween or make it better?

🦇 That Happened Today?! (October 31 Through History)
From the Protestant Reformation to record-breaking zombies, here are the spookiest and strangest events ever to fall on Halloween:
📜 1517 – Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to a church door.
🧙 1926 – Harry Houdini dies after a stomach punch in Detroit.
⛰️ 1941 – Mount Rushmore is completed.
🪦 1961 – Stalin’s body removed from Lenin’s Mausoleum.
🏄 2003 – Bethany Hamilton survives her famous shark attack.

🍔 Fast Food History:
– 2018: Burger King’s “Nightmare King” green bun burger debuts.
– 2021: McDonald’s brings back the McRib for Halloween week.
– 2022: Chipotle’s “Boorito” $6 promo crashes the app.

🌍 World Records & Weird History:
– 1999: World’s largest pumpkin pie (3,699 lbs).
– 2004: Most Jack-O’-Lanterns carved in 24 hours (109).
– 2011: Largest gathering of zombies (15,458 in New Jersey).
– 2022: World’s largest inflatable pumpkin (118 ft tall).

📺 Pop Culture & TV Moments:
– 1993: The Nightmare Before Christmas releases.
– 2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone premieres in London.
– 2007: Saw IV hits theaters.
– 2010: The Walking Dead debuts on AMC.
– 2016: Stranger Things cast’s viral Ghostbusters costumes.

🎂 Born on October 31:
Vanilla Ice (1967) | Peter Jackson (1961) | Piper Perabo (1976) | Rob Schneider (1963) | Willow Smith (2000)

⚰️ Celebrity Deaths:
1926 – Harry Houdini
2020 – Sean Connery

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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, Kellie and SP taste their way through Trader Joe’s fall lineup — from pumpkin everything to snacks that should’ve stayed in summer.

Meanwhile, chaos reigns in the headlines:
💎 The Crown Jewels have been stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris! Thieves used a lift, broke through a window, smashed display cases, and escaped in seven minutes with €88 million worth of treasure — though one crown was later found dropped outside.
🪄 New leaked photos from the set of Harry Potter: Diagon Alley reveal the stunning magical marketplace in HBO’s upcoming series.
🚫 Sorry, Tom Holland fans — looks like he won’t be the next James Bond after all.
🎬 Stranger Things final season will get a theatrical release — a 2-hour finale playing in AMC Theaters on New Year’s Eve.
🚀 Jim Carrey is officially in talks to star in a live-action Jetsons movie, directed by Colin Trevorrow.
💉 Cameron Diaz opens up about regretting Botox, saying she “no longer recognized her reflection.”
🎥 Elizabeth Olsen says she’s done with studio movies that skip theaters: “I don’t want streaming to be the end-all.”
🎲 Netflix acquires the rights to Settlers of Catan, planning multiple film and TV adaptations.
🎢 Travis Kelce invests in Six Flags to help “make it special for the next generation.”

Plus, listener questions this week:

• What non-scary thing are you really scared of?
• What’s the most overrated food trend right now?
• For those who didn’t grow up privileged — what did you think was a luxury as a kid?

And of course, this week’s Unpopular Opinions:
🪪 Middle names should be chosen by ourselves at 18.
🐾 Putting “service dog” on untrained animals should be a felony.
🥣 Cereal at night > cereal in the morning.
🚿 Rainshower heads are overrated.
🥗 Most salads don’t need dressing.

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🎬 Taylor Swift announces a new documentary releasing on Kellie’s birthday, while rumors swirl about Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau.
🪄 New leaked photos from the Harry Potter set show off scenes from Lustleigh — and we’re asking: was Halloween actually mentioned in the first book?
💔 Rough week for both Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman — separate breakups, shocking details, and a few “wait, what?” moments.
🍔 Wendy’s launches “Project Refresh” with former Taco Bell execs and a 52-week stock low… time for collabs!
🚗 The 25th Annual Drive-Thru Study crowns the champs: Chick-Fil-A and Dutch Bros for satisfaction, Taco Bell and Arby’s for speed (but not friendliness).
🥩 Speaking of Arby’s — they’ve introduced steak nuggets… with 27 grams of fat in 5 pieces.
🐸 A Chinese woman swallows eight live frogs to “cure back pain.” (Spoiler: it didn’t work.)
🎧 Netflix and Spotify team up — starting 2026, Spotify’s biggest video podcasts will stream exclusively on Netflix.

Plus this week’s questions:

• What can you not believe we still have to deal with in 2025?
• What’s something you thought was a luxury when you were a kid?

And this week’s Unpopular Opinions:
💍 If you’re married, you should generally want to bring your spouse everywhere.
🍗 Thick chicken sandwiches look better than they taste.
🍪 Half-stuffed OREOs > Double-stuffed.
🍨 Ice cream should be hard as ice.

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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie are back after a wild stretch — SP gave away $1 million in Las Vegas for Kia, while Kellie brought the ✈️ vibes to Seattle for a custom Delta Airlines postcard activation.
In the headlines this week:
🎥 For the first time in a decade, no superhero movie cracks the top 5 box office!
💃 Taylor Swift’s Release Party of a Showgirl opens with $33M, but she loses over 1 million Instagram followers after an AI-generated promo video backlash.
🪄 First on-set photos from HBO’s Harry Potter show John Lithgow as Dumbledore and the Dursleys prepping to hide at sea.
☕ Happy 25th Anniversary to Gilmore Girls! Congrats to Lauren Graham on her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
📺 California bans loud ads on streaming platforms like Netflix and YouTube.
🎮 Xbox Game Pass subscription jumps from $20 → $30 per month.
🚁 Flying taxis make their U.S. debut as two companies race toward commercial passenger service.
🌍 Remembering Jane Goodall, who passed away at 91 — and her iconic last words might be her most savage yet.
Plus this week’s listener questions:
What’s a common “fact” that science has already debunked — but people still believe?
Which word or phrase did you misunderstand as a kid?
Men in happy marriages: what skill would you teach others to have better relationships?
And of course, our Unpopular Opinions:
💰 Making money off real estate is unethical.
🪑 Everyone should sit on the floor once in a while.
🎃 “Halloween Adults” are just as cringey as “Disney Adults.”

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This week on Hardly Working Podcast, SP and Kellie cover the wild mix of headlines you didn’t know you needed:

🍟 McDonald’s Monopoly is officially BACK, with over $200M in prizes (and hopefully no scandals this time).
 ☕ Starbucks lays off 900 employees while trying to reinvent itself as a comfy “third space.”
 🎥 A brand-new Super Mario Galaxy movie is announced, and Harry Potter gets a full-cast audiobook makeover.
 💍 First look at Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco’s wedding.
 💚 Scooby-Doo teams up with Lush for a new collab.
 🎤 Theo Von’s Netflix special taping goes off the rails.
 🚽 China’s public toilets now make you watch ads before giving you toilet paper.

Plus, this week’s big questions:

• What’s a red flag you secretly find attractive?
• Men in happy marriages: what’s one skill you’d teach other men?

And in That Happened Today?! (October 3rd edition):
🎬 Movie anniversaries like School of Rock, Gone Girl, and Annabelle
🎂 Celebrity birthdays including Gwen Stefani, Ashlee Simpson, Tommy Lee, and Clive Owen
🎉 And yes, it’s officially Mean Girls Day — “It’s October 3rd.”

Finally, we close it out with some unpopular opinions:
👎 Meal prep ruins food.
👎 Wireless charging is overrated.
👎 Couples never fighting isn’t a red flag.
👎 Holidays start way too early in stores.
☔ Seattle actually has the best weather in the U.S.

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