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Summer body trends have officially gone off the rails. Kelly & Don decode looksmaxxing, the Barbie Drug tan injection, belly button sunning, and protein in EVERYTHING — and then decide: max it or nix it?

Episode 68 of Two Awesome People takes on summer body culture — not the magazine version, but the 2026 internet version where people are injecting melanin peptides to get tan, chewing jawline gum to look sculpted, and putting their armpits through a detox. We don't get it either. Let's figure it out together.

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🕐 TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Cold Open: When Your Kid Roasts Your Body
1:00 – Accepting the Dad Bod (Well... Trying To)
3:10 – Fun Fact: How Long Is Summer Actually?
4:10 – Do We Even Need a "Summer Body"?
5:20 – What Is Looks Maxing? (The Healthy vs. Unhealthy Version)
7:50 – When Did Summer Body Culture Start?
8:40 – Soft Looks Maxing vs. Hard Maxing
10:00 – Tan Maxing, Tanfluencers & The Barbie Drug (Melanotan)
16:50 – Max It or Nix It 🎮 (Belly Button Sunning, Jawline Gum & More)
20:30 – Protein Maxing vs. Fiber Maxing: The Battle
22:20 – Real Summer Food Trend or Totally Fake?
24:30 – The Verdict: What's the Best Summer Body?
25:50 – Give It Time: Pickle Is the New Pumpkin Spice?
28:30 – One Last Thing: The Hugo Spritz


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Come be AWESOME with Kelly and Don.

Two Awesome People is a comedy and pop culture show where a married couple decodes the chaos of modern life. We are taking a look at the stuff our kids understand way too well, from viral TikTok trends and "Manosphere" deep dives to the bizarre world of speed puzzling and AI fruit dramas.

We are not here to give you parenting advice or marriage counseling; we are here to survive it with you. Join us every week as we break down the latest viral moments, share preschool teacher horror stories, and argue over whether "raw dogging" a flight is actually just meditation in disguise.

If you enjoy relatable laughs, middle-aged takes on weird internet subcultures, and honest conversations about life after 40, you have found your people.

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America 250 — what? We don't totally know what that means either. 

But we DO know what each state would bring to the birthday party (Wisconsin: cheese, obviously), what America should grow out of (being "assholes to other countries"), and exactly what kind of person America is at the world party (the fun divorced dad with candy and fireworks, obviously).

Kelly and Don break down the America 250 semiquincentennial — the ball drops, the tall ships, the mascot named George — and try to figure out what this country is actually about at 250 years old. Is it a midlife crisis? A birthday bash? Both?

From Ben Franklin's reluctant constitution consent to the "tuff vs. enough" American exports debate, this is Two Awesome People decoding America's 250th the only way they know how — with questions, laughs, and a whole lot of "wait, really?"

🎬 New episodes every Tuesday! Subscribe so you don't miss next week.

👉 We're Kelly and Don — two people decoding today's biggest cultural trends together. We don't have all the answers, but we're figuring it out alongside you.

Chapters: 

0:00 — Welcome to the America Episode
0:45 — Semi-Quincentennial Confusion
1:25 — What Would Every State Bring?
1:55 — John Adams & Thomas Jefferson’s Wild July 4th
4:40 — How America Is Celebrating 250
6:00 — Sail 250 & Tall Ships
7:20 — America 250 Mascot Talk
9:20 — What America Means to Us
11:35 — Top Quintessentially American Things
14:00 — Benjamin Franklin: “Good Enough”
15:10 — Kelly’s Historical Speed Round
16:20 — America’s National Midlife Crisis
18:10 — What America Should Grow Out Of
20:00 — American Exports: Tuff or Enough
21:05 — Gettysburg Address & Unfinished Work
22:15 — America at the World Party
23:35 — Is America 250 Worth Celebrating?
25:40 — Give It Time: “Niche”
27:20 — Recommendations: Hacks & The Tonys
28:40 — Happy Birthday, America

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Is soccer BORING... or is America just sleeping on the world's biggest sport? Kelly and Don break down the 2026 FIFA World Cup — 48 teams, 1.5 BILLION viewers expected, and the US men's team finally has something to prove. ⚽🇺🇸

In Episode 66 of Two Awesome People, Kelly is convinced soccer is a snoozefest (only two goals?!), and Don is armed with data to challenge everything she thinks she knows. Together they break down why soccer captivates 3.5 BILLION fans worldwide — while American fans still can't quite commit.

From the World Cup 2026 album featuring Shakira, Jelly Roll & IShowSpeed, to the first-ever halftime show in World Cup history, to the story of how the World Cup trophy was STOLEN and found by a dog named Pickles — this episode has everything. 

Plus: the three host nation mascots (Maple the Moose 🍁, Zeiu the Jaguar 🐆, and Clutch the Bald Eagle 🦅), Kelly's theory on why Americans physically cannot do "fancy footwork," and a heated soccer terminology quizfeaturing tiki-taka, clean sheets, and parking the bus.

We also make our World Cup 2026 predictions, debate whether America will FINALLY care this time, and share what ChatGPT had to say about it (it's not optimistic 😅).

And — it's our one-year podcast anniversary! 🎉 Thank you for being part of this community.

Chapters

0:00 — Cold Open: Is Soccer Really Boring?
1:14 — What's on the Clock: The 2026 FIFA World Cup Breakdown
2:35 — Why Soccer Rules the World (3.5 Billion Fans!)
3:47 — National Pride vs. Universal Love of the Game
4:58 — Decode This: Soccer Lingo 101 (Ted Lasso Edition 🎬)
7:11 — America's Problem: Can You Name ONE Famous US Soccer Star?
10:15 — Why Is It Called "Soccer"? The Etymology Debate
11:56 — The US Men's Team: A 40-Year Drought & Why It Matters
14:22 — Kelly's Theory: The Real Reason Americans Find Soccer Boring
18:25 — Fun Facts: Halftime Show, Mascots & the Stolen Trophy 🐶
22:53 — World Cup 2026 Predictions + Soccer Terminology Quiz
26:13 — Will America Actually Care in 2026?
28:13 — One Last Thing: 1-Year Anniversary + Recs

#WorldCup2026 #FIFA #Soccer #FootballVsSoccer #WorldCup #SoccerPodcast #PopCulturePodcast #CouplePodcast #twoawesomepeople

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Is your inner child dead — or just buried under your to-do list? #hustleculture  #softlife  #dopaminedecor

In this episode of Two Awesome People, Kelly and Don debate whether "whimsy" is the antidote to burnout culture or just a nicer word for immaturity. 

From silly maxing to soft life to dopamine decor — this episode unpacks the biggest lifestyle shift nobody's talking about.

• Ottolenghi Simple cookbook: https://ottolenghi.co.uk/books/simple
• Dopamine decor explained: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/dopamine-decor

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe and come be awesome with us.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 — Cold Open: What Is Whimsy?
02:19 — Silly Maxing & The Whimsy Summer Trend
06:15 — Dopamine Decor vs. Sad Beige Interiors
10:17 — The Soft Life Movement: Anti-Hustle Culture
15:13 — Why Adults Are Craving Whimsy Right Now
18:56 — Whimsy or Weird? (Quiz)
22:06 — The Verdict: Does Whimsy Actually Matter?
23:56 — Predictions: Matcha Out, Ube In & LARP Explained
26:10 — One Last Thing: Ottolenghi Simple

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Come be AWESOME with Kelly and Don.

Two Awesome People is a comedy and pop culture show where a married couple decodes the chaos of modern life. We are taking a look at the stuff our kids understand way too well, from viral TikTok trends and "Manosphere" deep dives to the bizarre world of speed puzzling and AI fruit dramas.

We are not here to give you parenting advice or marriage counseling; we are here to survive it with you. Join us every week as we break down the latest viral moments, share preschool teacher horror stories, and argue over whether "raw dogging" a flight is actually just meditation in disguise.

If you enjoy relatable laughs, middle-aged takes on weird internet subcultures, and honest conversations about life after 40, you have found your people.

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SpaceX is about to launch the biggest IPO in history — a $75 billion public offering that could value the company at nearly $2 trillion. But here's the thing: SpaceX has NEVER been profitable.

Welcome to Episode #64 of Two Awesome People — this week, Don and Kelly head to Wall Street with zero financial expertise and a lot of questions about the rumored SpaceX IPO. 

What even is an IPO? Why would SpaceX go public? Is Starlink the money machine? Is Elon Musk the reason to invest — or the reason to run away?

We break down SpaceX from a “normal person” perspective: rockets, Mars, asteroid mining, Starlink, space data centers, exploding valuations, and whether this whole thing is a brilliant bet on the future or just the most expensive sci-fi movie ticket ever sold.

Plus: Kelly decides whether she’d go to space, Don explains bulls and bears badly, and we play Crazy Billionaire Acting Crazy or Crazy Brilliant Idea?

Disclaimer: We are not financial advisors. This is entertainment, not investment advice. Please do not make financial decisions based on two people saying “Flavortown” whenever they don’t know something.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 — Come on down to Wall Street
00:25 — What is an IPO?
01:05 — Why the SpaceX IPO feels massive
03:16 — What is Starlink?
04:40 — SpaceX, xAI, rockets, and money pits
05:36 — Are we SpaceX fans?
08:56 — Would Kelly go to space?
11:28 — Is this a cultural moment?
13:12 — SpaceX investor vs. crypto guy
16:07 — The core investor bet: Starlink funds Starship
17:35 — Is Elon the reason to buy or run away?
23:49 — Could SpaceX stock lose?
24:47 — Quiz: Crazy Billionaire or Crazy Brilliant?
27:31 — Final verdict: would we invest?
30:32 — Give It Time: Maycember is over
31:35 — Recommendations: dead time and TV
32:36 — Closing thoughts

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Channel About: 

Come be AWESOME with Kelly and Don.

Two Awesome People is a comedy and pop culture show where a married couple decodes the chaos of modern life. We are taking a look at the stuff our kids understand way too well, from viral TikTok trends and "Manosphere" deep dives to the bizarre world of speed puzzling and AI fruit dramas.

We are not here to give you parenting advice or marriage counseling; we are here to survive it with you. Join us every week as we break down the latest viral moments, share preschool teacher horror stories, and argue over whether "raw dogging" a flight is actually just meditation in disguise.

If you enjoy relatable laughs, middle-aged takes on weird internet subcultures, and honest conversations about life after 40, you have found your people.

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Welcome to Episode 63 of Two Awesome People — your middle-aged take on pop culture, keeping us “old people” informed.

This week, Kelly uses ChatGPT and Claude for the first time. Don uses AI all the time. Kelly has never used it once. So naturally, her first question is about how to nicely ask a neighbor to move their giant car.

We compare ChatGPT vs. Claude, ask if cereal is soup, find out which leg should go into pants first, talk about AI hallucinations, and debate whether you should say please and thank you to a chatbot.

But things also get a little real: should people use AI for medical questions? Relationship advice? Love letters? And at what point does a helpful tool start replacing your own opinions, instincts, and personality?

The final verdict: AI can be useful, but don’t use a machine to replace your personality.

Subscribe for more middle-aged takes on pop culture, tech, marriage, parenting, and whatever weird thing we’re trying to understand this week.

Chapters: 

00:00 Kelly Tries AI for the First Time
02:17 Kelly’s First ChatGPT Question
03:12 ChatGPT vs. Claude
06:07 Is AI the New Google?
07:03 Asking AI Dumb Questions
12:15 AI Hallucinations and Data Centers
15:14 AI Invents New Words
17:14 Should You Treat AI Like a Person?
20:48 When ChatGPT Gives Relationship Advice
25:53 ChatGPT or Be a Functioning Adult?
27:20 The Verdict: Is AI Good?
30:41 Give It Time: Tarps Off
32:16 Anniversary Recommendation

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Welcome to Episode 62 of Two Awesome People — your middle-aged take on pop culture, internet trends, and the strange ways the world keeps getting weirder.

This week, Don and Kelly dive into OnlyFans, but not just the obvious version of OnlyFans. After seeing celebrities, creators, bloggers, musicians, and everyday people selling more direct access to themselves online, we ask: are we all becoming subscription services?  

From Shannon Elizabeth making headlines, to OnlyFans vs. Patreon, Substack, Cameo, celebrity access, private newsletters, and the idea of paying $5.99 to help Don find his glasses, this episode gets into the rise of the “access economy” — where fame used to mean being unreachable, and now fame means you can subscribe.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Would Don Join OnlyFans?
01:48 What OnlyFans Actually Is
03:46 The Money Behind OnlyFans
05:10 Help Don Find His Glasses
07:05 The Hustle Economy
09:14 Are We Selling Our Privacy?
12:18 The Access Economy
14:39 Paying for Connection
17:39 Would Kelly Ever Join?
19:29 Would You Subscribe?
24:07 Why It’s Blowing Up
27:39 The Future of Subscriptions
28:54 Kelly’s Recommendation
29:44 Wrap-Up

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We are not here to give you parenting advice or marriage counseling; we are here to survive it with you. Join us every week as we break down the latest viral moments, share preschool teacher horror stories, and argue over whether "raw dogging" a flight is actually just meditation in disguise.

If you enjoy relatable laughs, middle-aged takes on weird internet subcultures, and honest conversations about life after 40, you have found your people.

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Remember when our bodies were nice and tight? 

That's nostalgia. 

Kelly and Don dig into Nostalgia psychology & why everyone is obsessed with the 90s and 2000s right now, whether nostalgia is genuinely good for you, or a trap keeping you stuck in the past.

From Don's deeply embarrassing bowl cut confession to Kelly's 21-person landline group call that went completely silent, we cover the nostalgia trend hitting Gen Z and Millennials hard right now — including why Gen Z is nostalgic for eras they never even lived through.

Plus: Hollywood's nostalgia obsession (lazy or brilliant?), the rise of the Luddite Boyfriend, and we play Peak, Mid, or Cringe with 90s and Y2K culture. Scholastic Book Fair. 

You've been warned.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Cold Open — Nostalgia for the Good Old Days
0:46 What Are We Actually Nostalgic For?
1:41 What We Found This Week — Nostalgic Food & Drinks
5:17 The Study: 47% Would Rather Live in a Different Era
6:08 Why Nostalgia Is Exploding Right Now
7:25 Luddite Boyfriends & Rejecting Modern Tech
10:45 Old Tech We Actually Miss
13:02 Nostalgic Fashion — Bowl Cut Confessions 😬
14:19 Too Many Choices: Streaming vs. the DVD Era
15:22 Hollywood's Nostalgia Obsession: Lazy or Brilliant?
16:42 Using Nostalgia to Connect With Your Kids
17:21 Un-PC Movies & Major League
18:44 Mario Kart & Making Memories With Your Kids
19:52 Quiz: Peak, Mid, or Cringe — 90s & Y2K Edition
23:07 Gen Z vs. Millennial Nostalgia (This Is Wild)
24:15 When Does Nostalgia Become Unhealthy?
27:34 The Verdict
29:52 Give It Time — Will Movie Theaters Make a Comeback?
31:52 Recommendations

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Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-awesome-people/id1820808395 
Website: https://twoawesomepeople.buzzsprout.com/ 

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Channel About: 

Come be AWESOME with Kelly and Don.

Two Awesome People is a comedy and pop culture show where a married couple decodes the chaos of modern life. We are taking a look at the stuff our kids understand way too well, from viral TikTok trends and "Manosphere" deep dives to the bizarre world of speed puzzling and AI fruit dramas.

We are not here to give you parenting advice or marriage counseling; we are here to survive it with you. Join us every week as we break down the latest viral moments, share preschool teacher horror stories, and argue over whether "raw dogging" a flight is actually just meditation in disguise.

If you enjoy relatable laughs, middle-aged takes on weird internet subcultures, and honest conversations about life after 40, you have found your people.

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Respect. Not love. RESPECT. 💀 Kelly just wants her teenager to acknowledge her existence this Mother's Day — is that too much to ask?

Kelly and Don are breaking down why Mother's Day has turned into the "mother of all gift-giving holidays" — and whether the whole thing has gone completely off the rails. 

From Victoria's Secret targeting pregnant women with lingerie ads to $38 BILLION spent nationally, a card that just says "I am very appreciative," and the great breakfast-in-bed debate… we're covering ALL of it.

Plus: the rapid-fire "Good Gift, Shitty Gift, or Just Straight Jump?" game, a Reddit mom meltdown, the alone time debate, and we pit our takes against AI. (Spoiler: the AI kind of agrees with us.)

This week:
0:00 – Cold Open: "I Just Want His Respect"
0:30 – What's on the Clock: Mother's Day Is a Beast
1:34 – Whose Day Is It, Actually?
3:26 – The Cards: Good, Bad & Full Sigma
6:49 – The Gift Trap: How Mother's Day Got Commercialized
8:48 – Homemade Gifts vs. TikTok Expectations
16:20 – How Much Should You Actually Spend?
19:50 – Alone Time vs. Family Time: The Debate
21:59 – Stats That'll Shock You ($38 Billion?!)
25:09 – 🎮 Game: Good Gift, Shitty Gift, or Just Straight Jump?
26:11 – Has Mother's Day Gone Insane?
27:45 – Kelly & Don vs. AI — Who's Right?
28:52 – Give It Time: Our Predictions
30:40 – One Last Thing: This Week's Recommendations

💬 What does YOUR ideal Mother's Day look like — big celebration or keep it simple? Drop it below!

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This week on Two Awesome People:

Michael Jackson was a huge part of Don’s childhood. Kelly? Not so much.

In this episode of Two Awesome People, we debate Michael Jackson, the new movie, nostalgia, parenting, and the uncomfortable question of whether you can separate the artist from the person.

We get into:

• Kelly admits she is a total catastrophizer
• why Don still sees Michael Jackson as a once-in-a-generation performer
• why Kelly changes the channel when his music comes on
• what we tell our kids about famous but morally complicated people
• competitive jigsaw puzzling
• Don’s buttered toast cookies

This one gets messy, funny, dark, and very real.

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📌 Chapters: 

00:00 The long game on Michael Jackson
00:18 Don grew up with Michael Jackson
01:01 Kelly discovers she’s a catastrophizer
03:37 Why Michael Jackson still matters
05:39 Kelly’s first memory of Michael Jackson
06:02 Don’s circus story and MJ childhood nostalgia
07:31 The Super Bowl halftime show changed everything
08:30 Kelly only knew Michael Jackson through controversy
09:06 Do you keep the song on or change the channel?
10:36 Parenting and what we tell our kids
11:26 “Awesome dancer” vs “awesome person”
12:31 Kelly’s catastrophizing meets Michael Jackson
13:02 Will the movie do well?
14:20 Would you want this kind of fame for your kids?
18:00 Recommendation time
18:11 Competitive jigsaw puzzling is real
24:12 Don’s buttered toast cookies
26:46 Our Friday night plan

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🍪 Buttered toast cookies Recipe:

Toast Flakes:

3 slices toasted sourdough bread

1Tbl unsalted butter

Wet

3 1/2 T unsalted, cubed, cold butter

6 T unsalted butter, browned

1 tsp white miso paste (optional)

3/4 C. sugar

1/4 C. brown sugar

1 egg & 1 yolk

1tsp vanilla

Dry

2 C. all purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 C raspberry jam to swirl into the dough

1 C. White Chocolate Chips/Chunks (optional)

Pulse toasted and butter bread in food processor. Set aside 2/3 of the Toast Flakes for the dough and 1/3 to coat the outside of cookies before baking.

Brown the butter is a small saucepan and then remove from heat and cool for 30 minutes

• Mix the cubed butter with cooled browned butter, miso paste, sugar, and brown sugar.  Mix until creamy.
• Mix in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla.  
• Add dry ingredients into wet mixture.  Do not overmix
• Fold in 1/2 the toast flakes you set aside earlier
• Marble in the jam (don’t mix in)
• Portion the dough into 1/2 C. balls, roll each dough ball in the remaining toast flake.

Place cookies onto a parchment lined tray and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, up to 30 hour

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake for 10-12 minutes.  You should have visible browning.  Allow to cool on the tray for 5-10 minutes.

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