Honest To Pete

After a whirlwind holiday season and their first-ever live show, Katy and Carol catch up on everything that happened once the guests arrived and after they all left. From post-holiday malaise and family traditions to hosting highs, emotional comedowns, and honest reflections on slowing down, this episode is a cozy, unfiltered reset to start the new year.

Recorded live at the NAADAM store, this special episode of Honest to Pete brings the podcast off the mic and into a room full of listeners. Katy and Carol reflect on three years of honest conversations, Midwest roots, motherhood, creativity, and finding your voice at every stage of life, with warmth, humor, and audience Q and A woven throughout.

Carol and Katy gear up for their first ever live show while juggling nerves, holiday prep, family stories, and a full dose of their signature mother daughter banter. From outfit debates to blue ornament emergencies, lost iPads, stolen boots, gift bag secrets, menu planning, and manifesting their way through the chaos, the two move between New York energy and Milwaukee coziness as they catch up on everything happening behind the scenes.

A holiday-season whirlwind hits both coasts as Katy and Carol break down travel disasters, cough-syrup survival, laser-face anxieties, toddler meltdowns, QVC chaos, celebrity cameos, and a Thanksgiving spent serving New Yorkers in every sense.

A classic Katy and Carol catch-up spanning airport mishaps, lost iPads, Valentino sale chaos, Christmas in New York, family memories, eye-doctor mayhem, and a heartfelt reflection on growing through every season.

This episode follows a full week of mother daughter life in New York where nonstop schedules, photo shoots, shopping adventures, and city chaos collide. Carol recounts her month long stay in Manhattan from facials and Fifth Avenue errands to an accidental Cartier consultation and an unexpected deep dive through Saks. Katie shares a Brooklyn garage sale story that turns into a fashion hunt while the two talk about parenting decisions, raising children in the city, and the contrast between Midwest calm and New York intensity. They wrap with dinner adventures, holiday plans, and strong opinions on Dancing with the Stars.

Live from New York! The girls dive into parenting across generations, comparing 90s TV rules to today’s screen-time debates, and laughing about everything from mukbang cravings to mosquito bites.

Katy and Carol catch up after Carol’s big anniversary night in New York, chatting about cocktails, butter, and the reality of health checkups, hangovers, and everything in between

Carol drops breaking news about her upcoming pilgrimage through Europe, Katy plots a five-star French finale, and the duo weave in toddlers, Halloween candy, and healing old wounds — a classic mix of laughs and heartfelt honesty on Honest to Pete.

From spray tans and sourdough to Louvre heists and life lessons, Katy and Carol are in rare form. This week, the mother–daughter duo dives into shopping therapy, pop-culture absurdities, and why you should never host houseguests on a Sunday night.