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This week on Super Familiar with the Wilsons, we record in the wild (nature: loud, unpredictable, vaguely threatening) and spiral into a conversation that includes, but is not limited to, youth sports, parenting philosophy, public behavior, small plastic instruments, and the general question of how any of us became adults.

Somewhere in here a child learns something important about the human condition.

We also explore parenting and resilience (how much is enough, how much is too much, and who decides?), marriage dynamics in real time (a live demonstration, no rehearsal, minimal supervision), The sociology of public spaces (featuring license plates)

If you’ve ever wondered how kids become functional humans, questioned your reactions while you’re having them or found yourself thinking, “This feels like a metaphor, but I don’t know for what”…you’re in the right place.

🎧 Super Familiar with the Wilsons: a podcast about marriage 2.0, parenting, relationships, and all the side quests, told in real time, slightly off-center, and with just enough self awareness to make it interesting.

Go outside. Or don’t. We tried it. Results are mixed.

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It's Josh'a Birthday. And ADHD takes control of the show.

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We're had a rough week so in lieu of a new episode, here is an episode of  theUnscrew It Up Podcast, where Josh and Amanda try to solve a big problem with a tiny tool: a shared set of words that could help people communicate across borders. We pitch two competing “universal language” systems, test them out loud, and realize how fast meaning breaks when context disappears.

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Easter weekend chaos and a last-minute Walmart run, the psychology of self check out while avoiding human interaction, honesty, loyalty, and why kids snitch, why dogs “mark” everything, a Gainesville restaurant review for Bingo Deli and Pub at South Main Station, Flashbacks timeline game, and listener feedback. 

Subscribe for more marriage 2.0 with kids, share this with a friend who hates self-checkout, and leave a review if you want to help more people find us. 

Music by Ricky Kendall, Chris Barron, AJCW, and Josh Wilson

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In this episode, we spin through a series of completely normal conversations that somehow include fashion critiques no one asked for, identifying your spouse by their sneeze, and the weaponization of the phrase “my love.”

Winthrop is back on the field after a long break, and it turns out youth sports are not just about winning (although… there was some winning).

Also:

• Preventing beverage-related disasters
• Amanda continues to live like it’s 1989
• Listener emails
• Being a tourist in your own town

It’s marriage, parenting, minor arguments, and the ongoing process of raising children while also raising ourselves.

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Spring Break 2026: board game chaos, disappointing zoo visit, the Game of Life, the “dog hair” verdict, the trampoline park fire, a bad haircut, a miniature anxiety village, “possess me”, quitting Amazon and other shenanigans.

Write us at familiarwilsons at gmail.com.

Thanks to Ricky Kendall for our music!

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 Sometimes your side quests take you straight into the heart of your city.

In this episode of Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Josh and Amanda sit down at one of their favorite Gainesville pubs, The Bull, to talk with the man currently blowing up across town, local rapper Fie Scoobie, better known around here as “Mr. Gainesville.”

What started as a hometown anthem suddenly caught fire when the Florida Gators basketball championship celebration sent his song echoing through downtown. One minute he was working at a club trying to get DJs to play the track…the next minute crowds were rushing him on the street yelling, “You’re our guy!”

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This week, Madison joins us to talk about her time working in a funeral home, what death teaches the living, and why grief, absurdity, and dignity all seem to sit at the same table. Also: farmer’s market people-watching, Aldi dresses with pockets, and somehow, Fallout.

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This week on Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Amanda and Josh are joined by Collin Whitlock for a chaotic chat about storytelling, community, and why a room full of grown adults collectively moaning can be the most emotionally responsible thing you do all month. 

Along the way: we test our extremely questionable knowledge of English cities, wander into the sacred territory of awkward silence, and remember that being uncomfortable in a safe place is… weirdly kind of the point? 

Plus: a fresh round of “What the F**k Is John Saying?” (Game time: Scottish edition), and the return of anonymous internet confessions that will make you laugh, cringe, and possibly never trust your own nostrils again. 

Marriage 2.0, side quests, and kids.

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Relationships are the story. And this week on Super Familiar with the Wilsons, that story includes Olympic drama, jalapeño eye trauma, Gen X sex education trauma, and one extremely inconvenient question from a nine-year-old.

We dive into Winter Olympics chaos (cheating scandals, flying survivalists, and medals that can’t hang), flash back to how we learned about “the birds and the bees” (spoiler: not well), and wrestle with modern parenting in a world where YouTube exists and woods no longer hide questionable magazines.

There’s also:

• A surprisingly intense olive oil investigation
• A New York Times history game gone sideways
• Listener emails from Ohio to Germany
• Random ear hairs (why?)
• Screen time struggles
• Thrift store fashion wins
• And one heartfelt reminder to say the thing before it’s too late

It’s marriage 2.0. With kids. And side quests.
Always the side quests.

Subscribe, listen, and please… don’t punch a puppy.

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