What’s up, Almost Experts?! This week is a full-spectrum yap session — from trying (and failing) to learn the “I Love Miami” dance like we were born to be cheerleaders… to deep-diving pop star glow-ups, Lisa Frank nostalgia, and why being in full regalia means do not test me.

We get into Zara Larsson’s aesthetic era, celebrity competition, the Golden Globes, wigs, recession-blonde discourse, and why some male actors should’ve left their faces completely alone. Then we spiral (naturally) into Fast & Furious men, Pirates of the Caribbean supremacy, Disney adults, and the Ashley Tisdale celebrity mom-group drama featuring Hillary Duff, Mandy Moore, and Meghan Trainor — plus why we’re always pro-husbands chiming in.

It’s messy, it’s niche, it’s hilarious, it’s weirdly therapeutic — and somehow an hour disappears in five minutes.

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In this episode, we fully embrace the truth: we are not winter people, and we are no longer pretending to be. What starts with a wig being thrown away mid-event (along with a family heirloom, RIP) spirals quickly into lemon drop shots, champagne aesthetics, barefoot breakdowns, and a sledding trip that absolutely took us out for five business days.

We cover:

Wearing wigs, losing wigs, and regretting lemon drop shots

Snow sledding for the first time in your 30s (and why Florida people shouldn’t try it)

Why winter hurts our skin, our souls, and our will to live

Dating hot takes: mama’s boys, exes, and situational ethics

Emily in Paris discourse nobody asked for (but you’re getting anyway)

Facebook prayer requests, relationship whiplash, and being unapologetically nosy

Fuck, Kill, Marry: Landman edition

Football victories, emotional moments, and chaotic celebrations

Comfort stalking your friends on Instagram

Motherhood expectations, PTA realities, and sneaking drinks (or not)

This episode is feral, opinionated, heartfelt, ridiculous, and exactly what you’d expect when two people talk long enough without stopping themselves.

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🎉 Happy New Year’s Eve, besties! Welcome back to The Almost Experts — aka the group chat for women building full lives (and businesses) in real time.

In this episode, we’re doing the most chaotic NYE catch-up: talking resolutions we might keep, spiraling over an Oura Ring score like it’s a final exam, dreaming of being “book club women” (but also… when??), and debating whether we’re officially entering our recession blonde era.

Also: Renata took her cat out on the town in a clear pink backpack (icon behavior), we’re flirting with the idea of getting a bird, and we revisit the most traumatic household moment of all time: Roomba vs. dog poop. (RIP.)

Plus we get into:

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Talk to us: What’s one thing you’re leaving in 2025 — and what are you looking forward to in 2026?

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We are The Almost Experts — and this episode is… exactly what you’d expect from us: unhinged, oddly heartfelt, and somehow productive.

We start with technical difficulties (because of course), then immediately pivot into: dead mom jacket lore (with a tissue in the pocket that will never be removed), being sick AGAIN, and our very serious TV take of the week: we do not want to watch ugly people have sex. Respectfully.

From there we get into:

Who the hottest actors are (14-year-old us vs current us)

American Horror Story trauma (pointy… chrome… thing included)

Germany travel countdown + nail salon chaos

The internet’s obsession with the Jon Hamm trend

Bonnie Blue getting arrested (and our complicated feminist thoughts)

Taylor Swift surprise-dropping Rep TV like the billionaire menace she is

Zach Brown Band at the Sphere doing… demonic underworld visuals?? (Chicken Fried?? hello??)

Anxiety mornings, flight turbulence, and saving Xanax for the flights that get weird

Why cats are better than dogs (and why Whiskey is basically a soulmate)

High-person thoughts without being high (aka: do we all see colors the same?)

Being an NPC, time-traveling, and the MC Hammer concert lore we didn’t know we needed

Holding your nail tech’s hand by accident (because it’s intimate, okay??)

The unsettling “hot Christian TikTok guy” and the fake baby doll moms of the internet

And yes… the return of sperm eyebrows + the camo puff vest/tank top combo (pray for us) (Picture of Morgan's Eyebrows on IG Highlights haha)

Also: shoutout to Fusion Home Loans — getting deals done, making it happen, and somehow still having a good time while doing it.

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Welcome back to another unhinged meeting of The Almost Experts — where we confidently give expert opinions on things no one asked us to weigh in on. 💅✨

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It’s chaotic. It’s unserious. It’s our favorite hour of the week.

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In this episode, we’re wrapping up our Thankful Series by looking at how much can change in a year — in our careers, friendships, motherhood, grief, and how we see ourselves.

We kick things off with a Friday night catch-up from the Fusion Home Loans office (shoutout to our people 🥂), talk about “money-producing activities,” PTA burnout, kids’ school events, and what it’s like to work nonstop from wake-up to 9–10 p.m. Then in The Scroll, we spiral into all things Wicked (we are firmly Team For Good), new Gen Z lingo like “flow state” and “alternative face,” and why a bob is apparently the ultimate baddie test.

From there, we get honest about growth:

Morgan shares what it was like to leave a structured program, find her own voice again, and feel more connected to herself than ever — without being held hostage by who she used to be.

Natasha shares where she was a year ago after losing her mom, leaving a relationship and corporate America, and how she’s finally in a season of truly liking herself.

We close out with a sweet listener text about being thankful to work from home (less road rage, less sickness, more peace 🙌) and announce our December “Favorite Things” giveaway: a fully loaded boxed treat of our current obsessions as a thank-you for riding with us.

If you’re not where you want to be yet, but you’re definitely not who you were a year ago, this one’s for you. 💛

This week’s cozy chaos edition is coming to you from Sunday night brain-fog, walking pneumonia energy, kids yelling at bedtime, and possible ghost orbs floating through Morgan’s house. We talk NPC neighbors, the Sue Dillon “Marlboro Reds” voice, white rabbit TikTok symbolism, Orlando real estate magic, pop-culture drama (hi Ariana, hi Katy Perry, hi Hair by Chrissy), and why some people feel a little bit… soulless. 👀

But the heart of this episode is Natasha sharing the most mortifying, painful chapter of her life: a rushed early-20s marriage to her personal trainer, finding out he’d been cheating with one of her bridesmaids for a year, the shocking abuse and car-chase incident that followed, and the moment her dad told her, “You are not my little girl.” She walks through the shame, the healing, and how she rebuilt her life into something secure, safe, and actually joyful.

We close out with our “Thankful Series,” sharing what we (and our friends) are grateful for—especially secure love that lets you roam free and still feel deeply chosen (and yes, digital calendars that keep everyone alive). We tease Morgan’s part two, plus a fun holiday series with prizes coming up.

TW: Domestic violence, infidelity, emotional abuse. Please listen with care and skip this one if you need to. 💛

In this episode:

Sunday night chaos, ghost orbs & NPC neighbors

Walking pneumonia, Epcot FOMO, and Orlando buyers flocking from up north

White rabbit symbolism & pop-culture scroll: Ariana, Katy Perry & Hair by Chrissy

Natasha’s 30-day marriage: cheating, violence, a car chase & a totaled car

The gut-punch of disappointing your parents—and repairing the relationship

Becoming thankful for the ugliest chapters because they shaped who we are

What a truly secure, grown-up relationship feels like

Listener “Thankful Series” entries and what we’re loving right now

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TW: addiction 

This week, Morgan opens up about the lowest season of her life — the one that broke her and built her. From a series of bad decisions and total rock bottom to a new life rooted in faith, family, and purpose.

Nine years ago, she walked into treatment and started the climb back to real life.

In this episode:

If addiction stories feel heavy, skip to the listener gratitude segment near the end — a reminder that healing is possible and peace is real.

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