The Mugly Truth Podcast

Today in our continued celebration of the spirit of gratitude for November, we highlight two very important foundations: The Second Harvest Food Bank and Patriotic Service Dog Foundation. If your provider supports enhanced podcasts, keep an eye out for some images we've included.

It's November, so discussion turns to gratitude, obviously. Today we cover 30 days of thankfulness topics in under an hour. The prompts range from people, places, aromas, and experiences to shoes, restaurants, and clothes. As usual, we found it pretty difficult to come up with some answers whilst under pressure, but the good news is we have coined a new species: Snowmanimal.

We needed to take a recording hiatus for the month of October, but we're back with lots of talk about what it's like to go through a spiritual awakening. Think it's all butterflies and rainbows? Nah, it's more like chaos and insanity – like Mario Brothers jumping to the next level through a tear in the fabric of the Universe. Too heavy? Ok we also talk about other stuff, like Karl the goldendoodle being the best part of our 5K Pumpkin Run in Fullerton, California. This is conversations over coffee you know.

Welcome to an EXTRA special episode of The Mugly Truth. Not only is this episode packed full of Orange County, CA history and great cemetery creepiness...this is the first time we've provided an enhanced show so as you listen you can also see photos about what you're hearing. So join us as we meet Robert, a descendent of Geronimo, and our tour guides Melanie and Ann who are engaging, fun, and über-knowledgable and passionate about the history of Yorba Cemetery (including the fabled Pink Lady Ghost).

This week we cover another AMAZING ghost walk tour from hauntedoc.com! We were lucky enough to get Charles, our tour guide from last year's "Haunted Orange" episode. Charles knocks it out of the park again, this time teaching us the eerie history of one of California's oldest cities, San Juan Capistrano. You know, the town with the Mission and the Swallows. We've got murdering bandits, faceless monks, and ghostly mission bells and TONS of photos on our blog to follow along with at www.themuglytruth.com!

As true as "all things fall" may be in terms of gravity, let us be very clear: we aren't talking about science but EVERYTHING AUTUMNAL! Today we tackle fun Fall facts, pumpkin trivia, and even how to make your own pumpkin spice coffee syrup for those light spring or summer days with no PSL to be found, because, duh...spring and summer. All hail the first day of Fall! Celebrate with us by listening to "All Things Fall" and ring in the start of our favorite time of year!

Today we dive into the (rather questionable) history of how Friday the 13th became a thing, stumble over yet another set of official words, and were actually surprised by the fun facts we dug up! So this coming Friday you have to ask yourself: do I feel lucky or is every black cat, ladder, cracked mirror, spilled salt cellar, and open umbrella in my house gonna break my stride?

Today we discuss the American national holiday Labor Day, including facts, the true meaning behind its origins, and some fun events you shouldn't miss in 2020. We originally called this Labor Day Pains as a way to poke fun at everyone waking up Tuesday morning with a hangover. Now it's Labor DOOR Pains, but you'll just have to listen to find out why. We discuss other topics too but as always it just sort of fits. Fill your mug, get your pumpkin spice creamer and enjoy today's conversation over coffee!

There's a lot going on in today's episode. We started off with a great topic (the end of summer) but what we ended up with was a LOT of unanswered questions! We are baffled by the status of watermelon (fruit or vegetable?) and the meaning of crepuscular, shed light on the dog days and cat nights of summer, enjoy goats swaggering to the Bee Gee's "Stayin' Alive" and reminisce about Chewbacca Mom. Proves we literally have no clue about summertime. Is anyone really surprised?

Well, we aren't getting to know YOU, but we are getting to know each other and in turn you get to know a bit more about us because it's 30 questions time!! Or 20? 18? We lost count – and truth be told the original list was a whopping 100 questions, so you're welcome – but we do know we ran out of time because some of the "getting to know you" questions were real stumpers. Link to the source questions in our website blog at www.themuglytruth.com