Buzzed and Baffled

In this episode, our hosts sip wine and sail into the baffling, buzzed waters of one man’s extreme missionary zeal. Meet John Chau—a guy who thought sneaking onto a remote island full of spear-wielding, uncontacted people was a solid plan. Kyla wonders if he read any history, and Nicole can’t stop shouting “NOPE” into her wine glass. There’s God, Google Maps, and a whole lot of bad decision-making. Grab a drink and ...

In this episode, the ladies dive into the strange case of Rodney Grubbs—a man whose name screams “neighborly BBQ” but whose story takes a dark turn. But before the scam gets unpacked, Lisa steps in with a paddle and a purpose: to coach our confused hosts through the wild world of pickleball. There are buzzers. There is chaos. And yes, someone still thinks the kitchen is for snacks. Grab your wine, your whistle, and your wiffle ball...

This week on Buzzed and Baffled, we are in the snowy stillness of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. No one suspected the quiet man at the Social Security office hide a dangerous secret. David Goodreau was polite, professional—and hiding something monstrous. In this episode, the wine is chilled and the story turns cold-blooded, as your hosts unravel the shocking crimes of a seemingly mild-mannered bureaucrat who brutally m...

This week on Buzzed and Baffled, we crack open a bold bottle of red and dive headfirst into one of the wildest rampages you've probably never heard of — the infamous Killdozer.

Join us as one of us tells the jaw-dropping true story of Marvin Heemeyer, a disgruntled welder who turned a bulldozer into a homemade tank and unleashed mechanical mayhem on a Colorado town — while the other hears it all for the very first time, wine glass ...

In this episode of Buzzed and Baffled, your favorite wine-sipping sleuths uncork a bold bottle and dive into the blazing controversy of the Kids on Fire School of Ministry—the Pentecostal summer camp made infamous by the documentary Jesus Camp. One host has the facts, the other has no clue what’s coming.

Expect speaking in tongues, tearful altar calls, and one very intense cardboard cutout of George ...

In this glass-clinking episode of Buzzed and Baffled, the wine flows as one of our hosts dives into the baffling true story of the Quaker Universal Friend—once known as Jemima Wilkinson.

Our other host is totally blind to what’s coming and reacts in real time as the tale spirals from colonial revival meetings to full-on utopian cult vibes. Was the Universal Friend a divine disruptor, a feminist trail...

“Wine, Lies, and Fraud: The Rudy Kurniawan Story”

Grab a glass (or two) and join us for a juicy conversation about the wild world of wine fraud. In this episode, we dive into the shocking story of Rudy Kurniawan, the infamous wine conman who duped the world’s elite into drinking counterfeit bottles worth millions. We’re two women, a bottle of wine, and all the juicy details on how Kurniawan managed to pull off one of the biggest sc...