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Welcome back to This Is My Circus — where we embrace the chaos, keep it real about parenting, pop culture, true crime, and the books, shows, and internet rabbit holes we can’t stop talking about.
Stefanie and Meredith are officially back, and this episode is full of life updates, feral puppy energy, senior-year mom feelings, dating fears, wedding vendor chaos, Netflix true crime, suspicious dolphins, and one very unhinged “Am I the A-Hole?” wedding story.
Buckle up. We missed you.
✨ Inside This Episode:
• 🐶 Clifford the chaos puppy has joined the family, and Rex is not emotionally prepared.
• 🎓 Dylan graduated, Jackson survived another school year, and the senior-year mom emotions are already hitting hard.
• 🎣 Beach trips, deep sea fishing, teenage boys, and why sitting still sounds peaceful until your brain gets involved.
• 💘 Stefanie considers dating again, immediately regrets it, and realizes background checks may need to be part of the process.
• 💸 The ladies discuss rich husband applications, NBA ticket prices, yacht outfits,
• 🧠 Meredith shares a chaotic wedding-day story involving a car accident, Jackson’s broken collarbone, and a suspiciously timed TikTok mental health check.
• 💍 Wedding business updates, missing vendors, emergency makeup saves, and why wedding pros deserve more credit.
• 🚗 A deep dive into The Crash on Netflix, including reckless driving, complicated grief, questionable parenting, jailhouse behavior, and the sentencing debate.
• 🗳️ A hilarious political name mix-up involving two men named Dan Sullivan running against each other.
• 🐋 A lonely killer whale becomes a town mascot, and honestly, we support him.
• 🐬 Gerald the dolphin kidnapping people for unpaid underwater labor...but is he really a dolphin or is it an alien?
• 🧳 Vacation planning paralysis, Florida fears, Raccoon Island dreams, and the never-ending list of unfinished projects.
🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”
A bride kicks a young server out of her wedding because she thinks the server is too distracting.
And the update made it even better!
📺 What We’re Watching:
The Crash on Netflix
Stefanie and Meredith break down the documentary, the case, the parents, the interviews, the jail behavior, and why this story is every parent’s nightmare when it comes to teenagers, driving, drugs, emotions, and getting into the wrong car.
📢 Final Thoughts
This episode has everything: puppies, graduation feelings, dating trauma, wedding chaos, Netflix true crime, suspicious ocean animals, and one bride who owes every server in America an apology.
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Welcome back to This Is My Circus — where parenting is wild, hot tubs are overcrowded, and mermaids might just be real. In this final episode (for now), we’re going out with chaos, conspiracies, cringe, and a little cry. Buckle up — it’s a ride.
✨ Inside This Episode:
🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”
A wedding guest performs the entire Catholic ceremony (organ, vocals, the whole thing)… then finds out he was never invited as a guest. So he sues the couple — and wins.
Verdict: Everyone’s the a-hole. Including the groom, who said “I’ll talk to her” and never did.
📚 Book Chat: Zodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham
Twin sisters with all four elemental powers are thrown into a magical school full of bullying, betrayal, and elite fae chaos. It's giving Harry Potter meets Vampire Diaries with a splash of Gossip Girl and a whole lot of hot underwear.
⭐️ Rating: 8/10
🌶️ Spice: 2 chili peppers for Book 1, but it definitely heats up in future books
🎧 Audiobook: Distracting sound effects + identical twin POVs = mild confusion
💬 Our verdict: Confusing but addictive. We’re already three books deep.
📖 Next Book Pick (For Those Continuing Along):
All This and More by Peyton Shepherd
A twisty “choose your path” novel about big life decisions and multiple realities. Perfect for fans of Sliding Doors, The Midnight Library, and interactive fiction.
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: Taking a Break
Between new businesses, football seasons, and our senior-year mom feels, we’re taking a pause from regular podcasting to soak up every second. This isn’t goodbye forever — it’s just a break.
We love you. We’ll miss you. And we might just randomly drop back into your feed.
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It’s a mini episode, but we’re still bringing the chaos. This week’s snack-size episode is packed with bizarre headlines, dark history, and weird facts you didn’t ask for — because we know you’d miss us. No books this week, bookies — take a breather and read something wild.
✨ Inside This Mini Episode:
💡 Mini But Mighty Topics:
❌ No Book Chat This Week
Bookies, enjoy the break! We’re resetting the A-Z challenge next week with “A” — get ready to start fresh.
🛑 Friendly Reminder:
If your neighbors have surveillance and your spouse has life insurance… don’t clean their toothbrushes with potassium chloride.
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Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 49 Mins
Theme: 4th Of July recaps, Car Scams, Weird land Marks, CIA Projects, AITA, Book Club Review
Welcome back to This Is My Circus — where suburban parenting meets petty rage, true crime tangents, and a garden full of zucchini no one asked for. This episode is giving chaos, conspiracy, and cult classic vibes.
In this episode, we cover:
🔍 True Crime + Government Files You Didn’t Ask For:
🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”
A gardener hoses down trespassers stealing tomatoes from his yard after a neighbor sets up a community pantry.
Verdict: Not the A-hole. We stand with petty horticulture warfare.
📚 Book Chat: You by Charles Benoit
Told in second-person narration, this dark YA tale about teen Kyle’s downward spiral didn’t land for us. Harsh parents, bad influences, and a twist that fizzled. We wanted more redemption, less monotone.
⭐️ Rating: 3/10
💬 “Zach was a manipulative psychopath, the parents were trash, and the ending? Meh.”
📖 Next Read: Zodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham
Mystical mean girls, elemental magic, twin heirs, and fae drama? We’re in. This series is about to be our new obsession.
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Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 49 Mins
Theme: Baby goats, Hero dads, Bronzer Dupe Win, New Obsessions, Diddy Case, Real life Dexter, AITA, Book Club Review
Welcome back to This Is My Circus — the podcast where parenting meets pop culture chaos, and goat cuddling is cheaper than therapy. This week, we’re bringing stories that range from adorable to unhinged, including TikTok trolls, cruise ship heroes, and a real-life Dexter you won’t believe.
In this episode, we cover:
🧼 Real Talk + Life Lately:
🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”
A hospital social worker gets a nurse fired for spreading gossip that she’s having an affair with...her dad.
Verdict: Not the A-hole. But also...what’s going on in that hallway?
🧠 Deep Dives + Weird News:
📚 Book Chat: What She Left by H.K. Christie
We wanted to love this one — the mystery, the flawed PI mom, the buried secrets — but the robotic narration and stiff dialogue took us out of it.
⭐️ Rating: 2.5/10
💬 Strong premise, poor execution. The addiction arc was solid, but the pacing dragged and the delivery was dry.
📖 Next Read: You by Charles Benoit
A dark YA thriller told in second person. It’s short, intense, and under 4 hours — let’s see if it redeems our reading week.
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Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 39 Mins
Theme: VIP Treatment at World Cup Playoff Game, WNBA on court drama, British VS Americans, Petty Bluetooth payback, AITA, Book Club Review!
Welcome back to This Is My Circus — the show where parenting chaos meets true crime tangents, accidental glam, goat cuddling, and next-level laundry reviews. In this episode, we’re giving small-town energy with international flair.
We cover:
🧼 Clean Laundry & Clean Chaos:
🐊 Florida Is At It Again:
🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”
A neighbor leaves donuts and snowballs with a sarcastic note after a Tuesday 3 a.m. party.
📚 Book Chat: The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass
We had high hopes for the premise — secretive husband, suspicious death, eccentric neighbors — but the plot wandered and lost us.
⭐️ Rating: 4/10
💬 Best parts? The quirky residents and the fixer-chick named Cass. Worst? Everything else.
📖 Next Read:
What She Left by H.K. Christie
A disgraced PI returns home to solve a mystery tied to her own past. Cold cases, detective drama, and a lot to prove — we’ll see if it delivers.
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Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 47 Mins
Theme: Domestic Chaos, Sean Diddy Combs Court Case Updates with Jay-Z allegations, Killer Kangaroos, AITA, Book Club Review!
Welcome back to This Is My Circus — where the chaos is real, the animals are escaping, and the only peace you’ll get is in the bathroom with a burrito.
This week, Stephanie and Meredith break down:
🐾 Animal Drama Rundown:
📱 In Pop Culture + News:
📚 Book Chat: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
A swoony and laugh-out-loud rom-com that hit all the right notes. We LOVED it.
⭐️ Rating: 10/10
💬 Enemies-to-lovers, seafood poisoning, fake honeymoon, real feelings.
🧴 Heat level: One chili pepper (light sizzle, lots of feels)
It’s the perfect palate cleanser after a string of intense reads — a must-read beach book if you love a slow burn with heart.
🎙️ Segment Highlights:
📖 Next Week’s Read:
The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass
A twisty mystery with murder, motel weirdness, and a missing husband who may not be who he said he was. Buckle up.
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Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 50 Mins
Theme: Domestic Chaos, Sean Diddy Combs Court Case Updates, Trump VS Must, Crazy animal antics, AITA, Book Club Review!
Welcome back to This Is My Circus — the podcast where parenting is chaotic, pets are weird, and the true crime tea is scalding hot.
This week, we’re raising butterflies (sort of), rescuing frogs who refuse to stay rescued, fixing toilets like certified DIY queens, and confessing to powdering our boobs in a heatwave. Nothing is off-limits in this household.
We’re also diving into the messiest headlines:
🐾 Also this week:
📚 Book Chat: That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally
We’re OBSESSED. This twisty emotional thriller gave us all the feels — suspense, heartbreak, and ugly crying on the floor. If you love dual POVs, slow-burn reveals, and a book boyfriend who will wreck you emotionally, this one’s for you.
🛑 Spoilers ahead. (And bring tissues.)
Rating: 9.5/10
⭐️ Themes: Identity, survival, trauma, redemption
💔 Side effects: Uncontrollable sobbing, book hangover
🎙️ Segment Highlights:
🧼 Laundry Detergent Deep Dive:
Tell us your laundry detergent loves. Do the scents actually last? Do we care if we smell like fruity pebbles? The answer may surprise you.
📖 Next Week’s Read: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
It’s giving fake marriage, tropical chaos, and enemies-to-lovers — aka the beachy palate cleanser we all need after this week’s emotional rollercoaster.
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Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 46 Mins
Theme: Domestic Chaos, Sean Diddy Combs Court Case Updates, Puppy Yoga, AITA, Book Club Review!
🎧 In This Episode:
Welcome back to This Is My Circus — the podcast that celebrates parenting misadventures, pop culture meltdowns, questionable home repairs, and our undying obsession with true crime and spicy books.
In this episode, Stephanie and Meredith dive headfirst into the weekly chaos, starting with bird skeletons in the dryer vent (yes, you read that right), mechanic mishaps, and pool-cleaning shenanigans that involved zip-tying a Magic Eraser to a mop. Just normal stuff over here. 😂
But we don't stop there...
We dish the latest on the Diddy courtroom drama, from Secret Service Sam’s live updates to 50 Cent's savage AI memes and why “Itty Bitty Diddy” might be the new nickname you never knew you needed. Plus: who got kicked out of the courtroom, why Kid Cudi's car exploded, and what Cassie’s terrifying connection reveals about the bigger case.
Also this week:
📚 Book Chat:
We review She Was the Quiet One by Michele Campbell, which had all the right ingredients — twin sisters, elite boarding school, mysterious death — but somehow still underdelivered. It was giving “Lifetime movie with no budget.” 😬
👀 Next Week’s Read:
That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally – a TikTok fave that promises suspense, memory loss, and maybe a murder. Let’s hope it redeems this week’s flop!
🎙️ Segment Highlights:
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osts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: ~60 min
Theme: Real Talk on depression and anxiety, Sean Diddy Combs Court Case Updates, TV we are loving, AITA, Book Club Review!
🎧 In This Episode:
Stefanie and Meredith are back with tales of unhinged AITA Wedding drama, Diddy case updates, , and a book club pick that had them both yelling WHAT IS HAPPENING?! This week’s AITA features a husband who thinks getting drunk and trying on the wedding dress the night before the wedding is 'funny'...but not when he has an accident...They also dive into The Quiet Girl by S.F. Kosa, a layered psychological thriller packed with trauma, secrets, and plot twists that keep coming.
💬 Topics Covered:
💇♀️ Real Life Talk:
– Stefanie talks about depression and anxiety
– Meredith discuss the loss of her dog and new driver in the house
👰 Diddy Updates
– Court updates
–Steve Harvy on Tapes and getting roasted in the comments on social media
📦 AITA: Groom Tries On Dress And...Has An Accident
– A Reddit user wants to know is she the A-Hole for cancelling wedding
📚 Book Club – The Quiet Girl by S.F. Kosa
– When a new wife vanishes without a trace, her husband discovers he may not have known her at all.
– Dual timelines, therapy secrets, childhood trauma, and a character named Layla you’ll never forget.
– Final verdict: Fast-paced, emotionally complex, and twisty. 9/10.
📖 Next Week’s Read:
What Have We Done by Alex Finlay – Childhood friends, buried secrets, and a reunion that turns deadly.
📢 Announcements:
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🎪 Until next time, keep the snacks secret, the vampires outside, and the kids only mildly feral.
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Welcome to This Is My Circus—the podcast for everyone who is pop culture junkies, true crime lovers, and bookworms who thrive in chaos. 🎪🎙️
Hosted by Stefanie…
If you've ever:
✅ Hidden in the bathroom just to get some peace ✨
✅ Spent way too much time on true crime Reddit threads 🔍
✅ Had a book hangover from binge-reading all night 📚
✅ Screamed at reality TV like the drama is your personal business 🍿
…then congratulations, you’ve found your people!
🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday – Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen!
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