Have you ever walked into Target during back-to-school season, taken one look at the crowds, and immediately realized you had made a terrible mistake?

Yeah... us too.

This week’s Behind the Pod begins with Jessie and Kiki preparing for a completely chaotic August filled with beach trips, Chicago, Wrigley Field, dog-sitting, family obligations, and almost an entire month without recording together.

But before anyone leaves town, Jessie is facing a much more serious crisis: Does she want to dress like a carefree college student heading back to campus—or like a sophisticated woman carrying flowers through a farmers market in a Nancy Meyers movie?

Apparently, she would like to be both.

The sisters also unpack Gen Z’s newest movie obsession, fittingly titled Obsession, a deeply unsettling movie they watched immediately after Netflix’s A Toxic Love Story. What follows is a conversation about magical wishes, toxic relationships, one extremely disturbing cat shrine, people standing silently in dark corners, and a male lead so frustratingly helpless that Jessie and Kiki begin questioning the future of human reproduction.

Then they revisit their annual mistake of entering Target during back-to-school shopping season, investigate why toilet paper now costs approximately $35, and issue an important public-service announcement:

AUGUST IS NOT FALL!

It is still summer. It is still hot. The children may be back in school, but that does not mean anyone needs to start pretending it is sweater weather.

But, the real existential crisis begins when Jessie discovers a video on The Gram of younger people struggling to read cursive and tell time using an analog clock. As the owner of a stationery company that regularly uses handwritten script, Kiki is suddenly forced to reconsider her products, her TikTok graphics, and possibly her entire creative identity.

In this episode:

• The movie, Obsession
• The movie scene that made Kiki afraid of the dark
• Beach trips, Chicago, and Wrigley Field
• Back-to-campus fashion and midlife style crises
• Back-to-school shopping at Target
• Why August is still summer—not fall
• Gen Z and cursive handwriting
• Students using ChatGPT for school assignments
• The teacher who used hidden text to catch AI cheating

Whether you are avoiding Target until September, refusing to decorate for fall while it is still 90 degrees outside, or suddenly wondering whether anyone under 25 can read your handwriting, this conversation is for you.

Because the world may be changing… but August is still summer, cursive deserves to survive, and toilet paper should not require a payment plan.

New episodes every Wednesday with Behind the Pod every Friday! The conversation doesn’t stop here! Head over to our website for show notes, bonus content, recommendations, and all the links from today’s episode. Then join our growing community on social media @TwoGirlsOneHaircut for even more laughs, behind-the-scenes moments, and all the things we couldn’t fit into the podcast.

Have you ever watched a true-crime documentary, confidently decided who the villain was, and then realized you may have believed the wrong person entirely?

Yeah... us too.

This week, Jessie and Kiki are diving into Netflix’s A Toxic Love Story, the unbelievable case involving federal marshal Ian Diaz, his new wife, Angela Diaz, and his ex-fiancée, Michelle Hadley.

At first, the story appears straightforward.

Ian and Angela say they are being terrorized by a jealous ex who refuses to let go. The threatening emails escalate, strangers are allegedly contacted online, police are called repeatedly, and Michelle eventually finds herself accused of orchestrating a horrifying cyberstalking campaign.

But as the documentary unfolds, nearly everything about the story begins to change.

Who was actually sending the messages? How did Michelle spend 88 days in jail for crimes she did not commit? How much did Angela know? And what happens when the law-enforcement officer helping shape the investigation may also be the person investigators should be questioning?

Jessie and Kiki break down the fake pregnancies, forged evidence, false police reports, online impersonation, abuse of power, and layers of manipulation that make this one of Netflix’s most frustrating and twist-filled true-crime stories.

They also discuss how documentaries influence whom we believe, why women are so quickly dismissed as jealous or “crazy,” how controlling behavior can hide behind romance, and what this case reveals about credibility, police investigations, and the danger of hearing only one side of a story.

Before diving into the documentary, Professor Binkie tests Jessie and Kiki’s ability to recognize relationship warning signs with a round of Red Flag or Green Flag.

They debate whether a man who owns six pet snakes is an animal lover or someone you should immediately avoid, whether sending AAA when you have a flat tire counts as helping, and whether emergency snacks hidden throughout the house might be the greatest relationship green flag of all time.

In this episode:

• Cyberstalking, online impersonation, and threatening emails
• Michelle Hadley’s wrongful arrest and 88 days in jail
• Fake pregnancies, false police reports, and fabricated evidence
• Coercive control and manipulation in romantic relationships
• How law-enforcement authority can influence an investigation
• The warning signs investigators initially overlooked
• How true-crime documentaries shape our perception of victims and suspects
• Why women are so often dismissed as jealous, unstable, or “crazy”
• Pet snakes, overinvolved mothers, matching dog pajamas, Reddit accounts, and emergency snacks

Whether you have already watched A Toxic Love Story, love a true-crime case filled with shocking reversals, or simply want to hear Jessie and Kiki yell at the television every time another lie is revealed, this conversation is for you.

Because sometimes the person who looks guilty is innocent… and sometimes everyone involved is waving a red flag.

New episodes every Wednesday with Behind the Pod every Friday! The conversation doesn’t stop here! Head over to our website for show notes, bonus content, recommendations, and all the links from today’s episode. Then join our growing community on social media @TwoGirlsOneHaircut for even more laughs, behind-the-scenes moments, and all the things we couldn’t fit into the podcast.

Are we getting better at podcasting—or slowly planning all the fun out of it?

This week, Jessie and Kiki are behind the pod talking about the emotional crash that apparently follows every recording session. No matter how much we prepare, we inevitably finish an episode convinced we have lost the magic, ruined the podcast, and should probably never speak into a microphone again.

Then Binkie plays it back, and unfortunately…it is usually fine.

We also celebrate an important podcast milestone: our first TikTok troll! A mysterious teenage boy called one of our videos “AI slop,” and instead of feeling offended, Kiki was thrilled. We are legitimate content creators now! She briefly considered fighting with a child on the internet but responsibly decided to save that for Season Two.

Meanwhile, we discovered that our own father has listened to every regular episode but refuses to listen to Behind the Pod because he does not understand why anyone would want to hear us talk about something we already talked about. Once again, our number-one troll lives within the family.

The conversation gets more vulnerable when Jessie shares the anxiety she felt after the GLP-1 episode was released. Talking openly during the recording was one thing. Knowing that friends, coworkers, and strangers could actually hear it was something else entirely. We talk about body shame, oversharing, and why publicly discussing something positive can still leave you feeling deeply exposed.

We also get honest about the strange experience of launching something creative and discovering that the people you expected to support you are not always the ones who show up. Sometimes it is an old friend, an unexpected listener, or a stranger on the internet who takes the time to listen, share, and tell you exactly what made them laugh.

Thankfully, Mom is doing enough repeat listening to compensate for everyone else.

Also in this episode:

• Why planning more somehow makes us podcast worse
• The agreement that Jessie and Kiki can see the questions—but cannot discuss them
• Jonathan being psychologically haunted by the word “throbbing”
• The unexpected number of people who do not know what “heroin chic” means
• Whether Mom is single-handedly skewing our podcast analytics
• Why one thoughtful text from a listener means more than people realize
• A preview of our upcoming millennial career crisis episode—which we recently learned is apparently not just called “being alive”

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Have you ever watched a woman completely unravel and slowly realized… maybe she isn’t unraveling at all?

This week, Jessie and Kiki are talking about Netflix’s Vladimir, starring Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall—a literary, sexy, slightly unhinged slow burn about desire, ambition, marriage, and what happens when a middle-aged woman finally starts choosing herself.

At first, Rachel Weisz’s unnamed professor appears to be spiraling into a full-blown obsession with her hot younger colleague. She is fantasizing about him, following him around campus, questioning her marriage, and generally behaving like someone who may have completely lost the plot.

But what if she is actually writing it?

As the season unfolds, Vladimir becomes much more than a story about a thirsty professor having a midlife crisis. It becomes a story about female creativity, the double standard surrounding women’s desire, and the difference between losing control and finally taking ownership of your own life.

In this episode:

• Why Rachel Weisz’s character initially gave us secondhand embarrassment
• The hot professor, the open marriage, and a university run by offended students
• The literary Easter eggs Kiki noticed and Jessie completely missed
• That collected, Nancy Meyers-style house and the wardrobe we could not stop watching
• The slow-burn scene that was absolutely worth the seven-episode wait
• Why the final episode changes everything you thought you understood
• The ultimate feminist mic drop: choosing your own ambition over either man

Before we get there, we also discuss pets with extremely specific water preferences, cats demanding courtesy flushes, advice for our 22-year-old selves, childhood career dreams, and the movies that emotionally traumatized an entire generation.

This episode contains major spoilers for the full season of Vladimir.

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Ever wonder what happens after we stop recording the "real" episode?

Apparently... we keep talking.

This week on Behind the Pod, Jessie, Kiki, and Professor Binkie go down a rabbit hole of Jaws trivia, movies that permanently changed how we see the world, and whether Final Destination is the reason millennials refuse to drive behind logging trucks.

The sisters also debate which modern actors should star in a Jaws remake, revisit Blackfish, Twisters, Arachnophobia, Psycho, and Free Willy, discover that orcas aren't quite what they thought they were, and somehow end up discussing hornworms that projectile vomit, sea camp, oysters, produce recalls, and why peer pressure has never worked on either of them.

Plus, they hand out Shark Week awards, decide which sister would get bitten first, who would stop for a selfie during a shark sighting, and who would absolutely chase a seagull down the beach after stealing their lunch.

If you came for shark facts but stayed for the completely unhinged tangents... welcome home.

In this episode:

• Jaws trivia with Professor Binkie
• The movies that changed how we see the world
• Recasting Jaws with today's actors
• Orcas, Blackfish & Free Willy
• Sea Camp memories
• Shark Week Awards
• Gardening disasters & projectile-vomiting hornworms
• The produce parasite outbreak
• Kiki's very passionate message for podcast listeners

New episodes every Wednesday with Behind the Pod every Friday! The conversation doesn't stop here! Head over to our website for bonus content, recommendations, and everything we couldn't fit into the show. Then come hang out with us on social @TwoGirlsOneHaircut for even more sister chaos.

Have you ever been swimming in the ocean, thought about what might be underneath you, and immediately heard the Jaws theme in your head?

Yeah... us too.

This week, Jessie and Kiki are celebrating Shark Week by diving into Netflix’s Shark Whisperer, the legacy of Jaws, shark conservation, and why sharks may be the victims of one of the most successful smear campaigns in history.

After watching Ocean Ramsey swim alongside tiger sharks, great whites, and the unforgettable Roxy, the sisters ask an important question:

Are sharks really the terrifying villains we have been taught to fear... or have movies, headlines, and decades of bad publicity completely distorted the truth?

Along the way, Jessie shares stories from her years of scuba diving in Florida, including encounters with bull sharks, hammerheads, shipwrecks, and enormous schools of fish. The sisters also talk about growing up near the ocean, collecting shark teeth, swimming with stingrays, and why being underwater can feel so peaceful.

Of course, the conversation does not stay on sharks for long.

They also wander through escaped cobras, snakes in Florida toilets, alligator survival techniques, Taylor Swift wedding gossip, mosquito bites, whale sharks, shark-tracking apps, and why neither sister will ever willingly swim in a lake.

Plus, Professor Binkie puts them through a shark-themed round of Would You Rather, forcing them to choose between swimming with a great white or holding a tarantula, fighting one shark or 100 angry seagulls, and hearing the Jaws theme while swimming—or hearing absolutely nothing at all.

In this episode:

• Netflix’s Shark Whisperer
• Ocean Ramsey and shark conservation
• How Jaws changed the way we see sharks
• Scuba diving with sharks
• Shark myths and surprising statistics
• Shark-tracking technology
• Florida snakes and alligators
• Shark-themed Would You Rather

Whether you are a lifelong Shark Week fan, terrified of what might be swimming beneath you, or simply wondering whether 100 angry seagulls are worse than one shark, this conversation is for you.

Because maybe sharks are not the villains of the ocean...

Maybe they just need better publicity.

New episodes every Wednesday with Behind the Pod every Friday! The conversation doesn't stop here! Head over to our website for show notes, bonus content, recommendations, and all the links from today's episode. Then join our growing community on social media @TwoGirlsOneHaircut for even more laughs, behind-the-scenes moments, and all the things we couldn't fit into the podcast.

If you thought our Martha Stewart conversation ended with beautiful gardens and linen napkins... think again.

This week's Behind the Pod takes a sharp turn into one of the wildest celebrity stories of the last twenty-five years: Martha Stewart's insider trading case, her time in federal prison, and the comeback that somehow led to an iconic friendship with Snoop Dogg.

Jessie and Kiki unpack what actually happened during the investigation, why they think Martha became the face of corporate accountability while countless others escaped scrutiny, and whether her punishment ever truly fit the crime.

Along the way, they spiral into conversations about celebrity justice, loyalty, prison rehabilitation, lie detector tests, famous journals we'd love to read, Orange Is the New Black, the Menendez brothers, and why Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart might just be one of the greatest celebrity friendships of all time.

As always, there's plenty of laughing, a few wildly unpopular opinions, and at least one tangent that absolutely nobody saw coming.

In this episode:

• Martha Stewart's insider trading case explained
• Did Martha Stewart deserve prison?
• The FBI investigation and celebrity trials
• The friendship between Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg
• Life after prison and the ultimate celebrity comeback
• The documentaries everyone should watch
• Our hottest Martha Stewart takes
• Sister chaos, conspiracy theories, and rabbit holes

Whether you're a longtime Martha fan or just know her as Snoop Dogg's bestie, this Behind the Pod dives into the story behind one of pop culture's most fascinating reinventions.

Because sometimes the best comeback story starts with the most unexpected chapter.

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Have you ever looked around your house and thought, "If I just fixed this one room, I'd finally have my life together?"

Yeah... us too.

This week, Jessie and Kiki dive into the world of Martha Stewart, Meghan Markle, Nancy Meyers movies, beautiful homes, cozy living, and why so many of us are constantly chasing the feeling that life could be just a little more beautiful.

After watching the Martha Stewart documentaries and spending way too much time discussing perfectly curated kitchens, linen napkins, fresh flowers, and signature home scents, the sisters ask an important question:

Are these women creating impossible standards... or are they giving us hope?

Along the way, they talk about growing up in a home where holidays were celebrated with intention, why thoughtfully designed spaces have such a powerful impact on mental health, and the constant battle between wanting a lived-in home and wanting one that somehow always looks magazine-ready.

They also introduce a phenomenon they lovingly call "The Design Creeps"—that moment when replacing one rug somehow turns into redecorating your entire house.

The conversation wanders through everything from DIY projects, gardening, hosting traditions, decorating for the seasons, and bread makers to why Martha Stewart and Meghan Markle receive so much criticism despite inspiring millions of people to slow down and appreciate everyday life.

If you've ever dreamed of living inside a Nancy Meyers movie, rearranged your furniture at midnight, bought throw pillows you definitely didn't need, or convinced yourself that one candle from Target might solve all your problems... welcome home.

In this episode:

• Martha Stewart documentaries
• Meghan Markle and everyday luxury
• Romanticizing everyday life
• Gardening, baking & homemaking
• Signature home scents and hosting traditions
• Interior design psychology
• The "Design Creeps" phenomenon
• Nancy Meyers aesthetic
• Seasonal decorating traditions
• Why creating a beautiful home can be an act of self-care

Whether you're a Martha Stewart superfan, secretly building Pinterest boards at 2 a.m., or just trying to make your everyday life feel a little more intentional, this conversation is for you.

Because maybe the goal isn't perfection… Maybe it's simply learning to fall in love with living.

New episodes every Wednesday with Behind the Pod every Friday! The conversation doesn't stop here! Head over to our website for show notes, bonus content, recommendations, and all the links from today's episode. Then join our growing community on social media @TwoGirlsOneHaircut for even more laughs, behind-the-scenes moments, and all the things we couldn't fit into the podcast.

We are entering a new era of Two Girls, One Haircut: new microphones, a possible visual setup, and Kiki’s brand-new home-edit TikTok that's already doing suspiciously well...

But before any of that can happen, we have to settle the truly important questions: Is it GIF or JIF? Pecan (pee-can vs. puh-kahn)? Gala (gay-luh vs. gah-luh)? Vase (vayse vs. vahz)? And why does Georgia insist on pronouncing every town name in the most confusing way possible?

In this short Behind the Pod episode, Jessie and Kiki debate the pronunciation of ten words that have apparently been quietly dividing families, regions, and the English-speaking world for years. We also talk about going back to San Antonio, lazy-river childhood memories, listening to the third book in the ACOTAR series, A Court of Wings and Ruin, while cleaning the garage, and why some people may only listen to the Behind the Pod episodes—which is both confusing and a little concerning.

Come argue with us about grammar, regional accents, and whether the person who invented GIF gets to decide how it’s pronounced.

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It’s a summer catch-up episode, which means we are covering approximately seventeen unrelated topics with the confidence of people who absolutely should have had an outline.

This week, Jessie and Kiki are talking TikTok rabbit holes, sea turtle barnacle removal, horse-hoof cleaning, ghostly refrigerator behavior, and the deeply important question: if you were a ghost, what petty inconvenience would you cause people?

Then we get into the real summer chaos: bra shopping. After discovering that neither of us had been wearing the right bra size, we had to face the emotional, physical, and financial consequences of getting properly fitted. Turns out a bra that actually fits is both life-changing and, unfortunately, a little bit like breaking in a pair of Birkenstocks.

We also talk about shopping at American Eagle for the first time in our forties, navigating body dysmorphia while losing weight, realizing our clothes no longer fit, finding random cash in a parking lot, and deciding the universe clearly wanted us to buy more shorts.

Plus, we recap our Asheville trip, Summerween reading list, bookstore bathroom science, the terrifyingly drunk man we encountered in a hotel elevator, why we need women-only gas stations and hotel floors, and how Jessie is adjusting to a normal-person work schedule after starting her new job.

If you like sister catch-ups, chaotic conversations, nostalgic shopping trips, spooky summer books, and hearing two women process their lives in real time, this one is for you.

Follow, rate, and review Two Girls, One Haircut wherever you listen—and tell us online at @twogirlsonehaircut: what is the most random thing your TikTok algorithm has convinced you to become obsessed with?