Listen, Honey

Listen, Honey! We're back at the house for another catch-up episode of the podcast. Snowmageddon is over (can I get an "Amen!') and we're thawing out. We had one day that got into the 60s this week and, honey, I am ready for summer NOW!

All that anticipation got me looking at my calendar and y'all have been inviting me to some events. June 13 I'm heading to Wise, Va., for the Kentucky-Virginia District Fair. July 17-18 I'll be at the Master Musicians Festival in Somerset, Ky. And then in October, I can't wait to go to Pikeville, Ky., for the Mountain Grrl Experience.

Now all that thinking about events and travel has me hyper-fixated. Honey, I want a camper. Let me just tell you this, honey: I'm gettin' a damn camper. I have to have one. I hate staying at AirBnBs … y'all know I prefer KOA Campgrounds … but I just need a camper.

If I had one, we could stay at the campground this coming weekend at the Bulls, Bands and Barrells event at the Kentucky Horse Park I'll be going to in Lexington. (I'll be recording an episode there for the podcast, too, so stay tuned.)

This coming weekend (when I'm recording) will be Valentine's Day and that's mine and Dylan's anniversary, too. We're doing an AIrBnB Friday night since we're going up for the Bulls, Bands and Barrels event. If we had the camper, though, we could stay at the Horsepark campground.

I also want a puppy for Lucy, but with campers and puppies and Dylan's Hummer he wants, we're just going to give it all to the Lord.

Another thing I talk about on this episode is that when we get back from the weekend and shopping and such, I have got to get back on track with my GLP-1 journey. I've got a beach trip planned. Now, me and Dylan have been getting it together. We're doing to the gym together now which, praise God for Momma keeping Lucy a couple days a week so we can.

It's a blessing to have some time with just Dylan but I'm sore as all get out. Leg day wasn't good to me this week! But I'm getting reset with my Bluegrass Precision Wellness supplements and plan. You should definitely check them out if you're looking for help on your journey.

I"m going to get back on track because I'm going to have a fun summer. And, by gawd, Momma wants a camper. If you want me to help promote an event or something that will help pay for it, just email me! (lifeofkatieann - @ - gmail - dot - com).

I love yoins. Oh, and don't forget to Amble. They're helping me on my weight loss journey and y'all know I've lost a bunch of weight, right? Sign up and join the journey at joinamble.com.

Listen, Honey! Is produced by Jason Falls at Falls+Partners.

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Listen, Honey! The second of our recent Nashville episodes is live today and honey, we're visiting with the queen of Southern characters, actor and comedian Andi Marie Tillman. If you don't follow her on TikTok, we'll I'm not sure what rock you're livin' under, but it's heavy, honey.

We even had a little ad-lib gossip session during the episode just for y'all. It was so much fun!

Andi Marie does a lot of short-form character skits on the social media channels, but provides her fans and followers with longer form skits and hilarious routines on her Patreon. She grew up in East Tennessee, not too far from my neck of the woods. She calls Nashville home now.

I'm so glad she was able to come with her fabulous self, dressed to the nines, to record this episode. It was another one that kept everyone laughing while we were recording it, much like the Danae Hayes episode. So enjoy this one, Honey! We sure did.

And don't forget Amble. They're helping me on my weight loss journey and y'all know I've lost a bunch of weight, right? Sign up and join the journey at joinamble.com.

Big shout out to The Cast Collective in Nashville for their studio and production team's help pulling all this together. Listen, Honey! Is produced by Jason Falls at Falls+Partners.

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Listen, Honey! We are at the house for this episode. I'm telling y'all, I've done set up a home studio so we can do more podcast episodes. Now, I don't know what I'm doing, so these first few from my new home studio aren't going to win any awards for movie making, but honey, we're going to do some more catching up, more often now.

The worst part was I was trying to set all this up with a day or two left before Kentucky got struck by Snowmagedon 2026. Oh, we got snowed in, but it wasn't no 14-inches like they were calling for. Still, I had to go back and forth to Best Buy an hour away as the weather was threatening to start. (They're the closest store where I can get cords and equipment and such.)

We made it back in time to get snowed in which about drove me crazy. Isn't that how it always is? Two or three days and cabin fever sets in.

But we made it out, got our crispy Coke Zero and McDonalds and survived.

I'm so excited the Danae Hays episode is out there and honey, we've got some more doozies from our Nashville trip coming up, too. Make sure you are subscribed to the podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you can so you don't miss 'em. We've got Andi Marie Tillman and Hannah Taylor coming up and both of those conversations were so much fun.

I'm going to do my best to get you weekly episodes now that I can film these shorter, solo ones at home. I'm sure my producer is thrilled to have twice the work, right Jason?

I love yoins. Oh, and don't forget to Amble. They're helping me on my weight loss journey and y'all know I've lost a bunch of weight, right? Sign up and join the journey at joinamble.com.

Listen, Honey! Is produced by Jason Falls at Falls+Partners.

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Listen, Honey! I told you all I had some good episodes coming for you from our visit to Nashville recently. Well, strap yourself in for the first of them because in this episode of Listen, Honey! I go deep with the hysterically funny Danae Hays.

She is a side-splitting comedian who is going out on tour again this year. She's playing the Ryman Auditorium in March and I may have to reschedule my birthday beach vacation to go. Why? Because if this conversation was any judge, I'm going to have to see how many people will actually pee themselves in Ryman pews listening to her stories.

Danae and I talked about everything from trucks to titties and snake churches to scripture. She just recently had a bad experience with mold in a rental home and reconnected with her mom and sister after not speaking to them for seven years. SEVEN YEARS, y'all!

So we dug into a lot more than just funny stories. Still, Danae brings a sense of humor to everything so even the reality of life is funny coming from her. She also brings a smile everyone's face which is why you're going to love this episode.

And if you listen close enough, you can again hear Landon Mauk (@landon.mauk) and Riley Mitchell (@rileygmitchell) in the background. I'm so excited for them. Their new podcast cracked the Apple Top 100 right out of the gate and my episode there is coming soon. (We'll make sure to share it on this YouTube channel. Don't worry. You'll see it.) It's called Bloodline Banter (@bloodlinebanterofficial).

But buckle up for this conversation with Danae Hays. You can find her, tickets to her shows and a lot more at danaehays.com. She's on TikTok at @danaehays.

Don't forget to Amble. They're helping me on my weight loss journey and y'all know I've lost a bunch of weight, right? Sign up and join the journey at joinamble.com.

Big shout out to The Cast Collective in Nashville for their studio and production team's help pulling all this together. Listen, Honey! Is produced by Jason Falls at Falls+Partners.

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Listen, Honey! I have arrived, y'all! I recently spent several days in Nashville experiencing Music City for the first time. As y'all probably saw on TikTok and Instagram and other places, I was recording future episodes of Listen, Honey!, as well as one other surprise episode of a brand new podcast I'll tell y'all about in a second.

But first, let me tell you, I loved Nashville! Now, I don't think I could live there. Too many streets. Too many cars. Too many lights.

But y'all, I got to hang out with so many creative and fun people it just gave me all kinds of ideas and energy and inspiration. I can tell you one thing: I will be going back on the regular.

So, I can't wait for y'all to see the next few episodes of the podcast. We interviewed my pal Hannah Taylor (a/k/a @lilyloutay), Appalachian character goddess Andi Marie Tillman (@andimarie) and the hysterical Denae Hays (@denaehays). We laughed so hard we all probably pulled something, y'all. Those episodes are coming up in the next few weeks here.

But I also hung with my besties Landon Mauk (@landon.mauk) and Riley Mitchell (@rileygmitchell) who had me as a guest on their brand new podcast (just announced last week and premiering later this month). It's called Bloodline Banter (@bloodlinebanterofficial) and you have to go subscribe! My episode was fun, but those two are pieces of work and funny as all get out. It's a must-watch.

So check out this episode as I not only preview a tease out a little of what's coming, but I talk about Nashville and you can even hear Landon and Riley asking me questions and stuff in the background.

Oh, and I mentioned joining Amble. They're helping me on my weight loss journey and y'all know I've lost a bunch of weight, right? Sign up and join the journey at joinamble.com.

Big shout out to The Cast Collective in Nashville for their studio and production team's help pulling all this together. They produce Bloodline Banter and are now my Nashville home away from home for the podcast. Their founder and CEO Erin is a badass boss with a cute-ass dog (Stewart) who makes an appearance in the episode, too!

Listen, Honey! Is produced by Jason Falls at Falls+Partners.

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Listen, Honey! Y'all know one of my favorite things this past year was going to hear my buddies The Creekers play live! If you don't know, The Creekers are a country and bluegrass band from just over the hill in Leslie County, Kentucky. They blew up this summer on TikTok when their song "Tennessee" took off as a viral sound clip. And it led them all the way to a big-time record deal with Warner Records.

I met Tanner Horton, Allen Hacker, Ashton and Jagger Bowling, Scott Sutton and the fabulous Anna Blanton first at Manchester Music Hall in Lexington, but then followed them around to a half dozen or so shows. Hell, they even came and played for my Daddy at his house.

Needless to say, they're the biggest thing to come out of Eastern Kentucky since coal, and I'm here for it.

I talked Tanner Horton, one of the band's founders, songwriters, singers and guitar pickers, to join me for an episode of the podcast the day he and the band were playing two shows at The Burl, a legendary live music joint in Lexington, Kentucky, back in late December.

And listen honey! We talked about everything! The band, the record deal, our favorite Appalachian artists, guitars, mules, dogs, Lynyrd Skynyrd, building fences, planting taters, our mutual fear of flying, soup beans versus chicken dumplings. Y'all are going to come out on the other side of this episode in overalls and needin' a bath.

The Creekers may have blown up in 2025, but you just wait for 2026. That first big record with Warner Records is due to come out and Tanner told me they won't be doing many shows in Kentucky because they're basically going to be touring everywhere else. I can't wait to see how big they get and how much they accomplish. I'm so proud of my hillbilly besties.

Give this a listen. Y'all will love it as much as I love y'all!

Listen, Honey! Is produced by Jason Falls at Falls+Partners. Our studio is at BT Digital Marketing in Lexington, Ky.

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Listen, Honey! There's no person closer to Appalachian Royalty these days than author Silas House. From his award-winning novels to writing Grammy-nominated music video screenplays, he stands out as one of the more accomplished intellectuals from our neck of the woods.

Honestly, y'all, when he said he'd join me for the podcast, I had to have a sit down. Y'all don't know how exciting this was.

Silas was the Poet Lauret of Kentucky from 2023-2025. He was recently named Appalachian of the Year in a poll conducted by the folks at the Appodlachia podcast.

We talked about his novels, (Clay's Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves, The Coal Tattoo … there's seven of them, honey.) Lark Ascending was a Booklist Editor's Choice and won the 2023 Book Price and 2023 Nautilus Book Award. His newest books are a poetry collection called All These Ghosts and a murder-mystery called Dead Man Blues he's released under the pseudonym S.D. House.

All that is to say, I was a little intimidated to talk to him, but that soon fell away. We're just two good ole mountain folks talkin' about mommas and corn bread and bookstores and writing.

You can find all of Silas's work and links at silas-house.com.

Listen, Honey! Is produced by Jason Falls at Falls+Partners. Our studio is at BT Digital Marketing in Lexington, Ky.

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Listen, Honey! It's Christmas time and there's no time of the year that's more fun and festive, but also more busy and stressful. Instead of having a guest this episode, I thought I'd just share some things I'm thinking about as the holidays get closer. I touch on everything from my favorite Christmas music to telling my parents if they're buying toys for my daughter, they'd better be intending on keeping them at their house!

I've got some good shop local recommendations for y'all close by, but even if you're not, please shop local for the holidays, y'all. Those local businesses need you a lot more than the big chain stores do.

I hope you and your family have the most amazing Christmas, spend time with each other and celebrating the Lord, or whatever it is that you celebrate.

I love youins. Merry Christmas!

Listen, Honey! Is produced by Jason Falls. Our studio is at BT Digital Marketing in Lexington, Ky.

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Listen, Honey! When you put three strong mountain women who like to talk in the same room with microphones, you get a podcast episode that never ends. I sit down this week with two women who are near and dear to my heart, y'all. Crystal Booth, who is @missfizz_ on TikTok, and Brandis Bradley, who is @makeupartistatlaw there, came by the Listen, Honey! Studio to talk about everything. And I mean Every. Thing.

Before I try to remember all the things we covered, let me brag on my girls for a minute. Crystal is a licensed esthetician and founder of Fizz Facial Bar, which is a multi-million dollar company with locations in five states. Brandis went from being a lawyer to empowering women of all shapes and sizes on QVC with her Dress Out Loud fashion advice. Both of them have big followings online and are social media influencers, too.

But none of that matters when we get in a room together because we're all three proud Eastern Kentucky women.

Now, what did we talk about. Let's see:

• Parenting and the anxiety that goes with it

• Success as working women

• Giving each other support as mothers, friends and professionals

• Getting out of the holler and experiencing the world

• Relationships and marriage

• The importance of self-care

• Skin-care, Botox, face lifts and other plastic surgery

• Managing money, both personally and professionally

• Credit card debt and how banks lured college students into it years ago

• Breast reduction and enhancement

• Weight loss and wellness journeys

• Coping with grief

• Richard Marx and Daisy Fuentez

I told you … Every. Thing.

On a more serious note, toward the end of the conversation, Brandis bravely shared her own story of suicidal thoughts and how Crystal helped her work through them. For anyone who might be having those types of thoughts, please talk to someone. You can dial 9-8-8 free of charge to be connected to someone right away.

To say the least, this episode was an emotional roller coaster, but so full of amazing stories, advice, laughter and more. I'm so glad to share Crystal and Brandis with y'all.

Here's some links to the people, places and things we mentioned in the show:

• Fizz Skincare

• Fizz Facial Bar

• QVC's Dress Out Loud

• Listen, Honey! Episode One with Dr. Curtis Koons

Listen, Honey! Is produced by Jason Falls. Our studio is at BT Digital Marketing in Lexington, Ky.

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Listen, Honey! We might be just three episodes in here on the podcast, but this special Thanksgiving week episode is something special. I sit down with my good friend Nicholas Jamerson, the lead singer of Sundy Best and successful solo artist who has become the voice of a generation for mountain folk.

His new album The Narrow Way is amazing. He told us about the long process to make it and talked about how it was a dark journey but a catharsis in dealing with loss, adulthood … just life.

But we had just a good conversation about everything from why Sundy Best faded out of the limelight to the dangers of social media. And from having children to the good grace of God.

And we had some fun sharing made-up mountain words and phrases we both have from growing up in Eastern Kentucky.

This was so much fun and exactly what I wanted this podcast to be about: Introducing special people like Nicholas Jamerson to all of you to show you how special they are.

And I have a feeling no one has ever seen an interview with Nicholas quite like this one. We could have gone on and on for hours. This was so much fun!

Please drop your feedback in the comments. Tell me what you think of the show and who else I should be talking to here. As I've said a couple of times, I don't know what I'm doing but we're going to figure it out together.

Here's some links to the people, places and things we mentioned in the show:

Nicholas Jamerson

Sundy Best

The Narrow Way on Spotify

The Creekers

Listen, Honey! Is produced by Jason Falls. Our studio is at BT Digital Marketing in Lexington, Ky.

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