Be There in Five

This week, Kate welcomes back Sami Sage (co-founder of Betches) to the podcast to discuss a real grab bag of topics related to current and past pop culture events. They discuss lessons learned from a rewatch of early Southern Charm seasons, the shift in cultural conversation about age gaps, millennials dating to marry versus dating to date, Taylor Swift’s recent pap walks, RHONY’s new cast,...

This week, Kate starts with some classic BTIF tangents, namely the 8 Passengers/Ruby Franke/Jodi Hildebrandt arrests and their “mental health” organization/cult, then interviews two podcast listeners about topics of their choice. First, Shea opens up about her experience getting back an NPE (not parent expected) result from an Ancestry DNA kit and her search for the truth of her identity ev...

This week, Kate provides an update on life with a newborn, then answers listener voicemails about hot girl cars in high school, the full-circle nature of 90s mom fashion and their offspring’s current fashion, a dissertation in defense of “mom jeans,” and her thoughts/theories about what happened with the mass exodus of Scooter Braun’s client roster. Enjoy!

This week, Kate is joined by friends and talented writers/podcasters Caroline Moss and Nora McInerny to talk about literally nothing, as they meander through topics like harrowing sleepover tales, hamster cardiac arrest, the Lumineers/Edward Sharpe era of folksy pop music, Glee covers, high school cars, their group text thread history, the artistry of the song Fireflies, the perils of being...

This week, Kate starts with a quick personal update (but is still on mat leave) and is sharing a pre-recorded episode with Ashley Spivey, an incredible influencer and women’s advocate Kate has followed for over a decade ever since her stint on Brad Womack’s season of The Bachelor. They reminisce about the early days when Bachelor Nation Twitter was fun, how she’s maintained an audience ever...

This week, Kate’s on mat leave and invited Claire and Emma (from Love To See It podcast, formerly Here to Make Friends) to review one of Kate’s favorite semi-problematic romantic comedies: The Wedding Planner. They discuss the wedding romcom industrial complex, some of their favorite recent romantic recaps that did or didn’t stand the test of time, and then dive into one of J. Lo’s finest f...

This week, Kate interviews listeners for the debut of a series she’s calling “Beths in Show” where she interviews podcast listeners about random topics they feel strongly about. The majority of this series will air on Patreon but this is a preview of some of the fun/interesting convos to come! This week covers Mary-Kate & Ashley’s detective series, “The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashle...

This week, Kate reviews the Barbie movie and all the whimsy, fun, and complex nostalgia of this pop cultural fixture that has historically represented both opportunities and impossible standards for women. Warning, lots of spoilers - she reviews the plot high-level, talks about her favorite parts, Greta Gerwig’s religious parallels, the recognizable throwback clothes/vehicles/characters, an...

This week, Kate starts out by discussing her high-level thoughts about the Speak Now re-release, and then she is joined by Nikki Glaser (multi-hyphenate comedian, podcast host, TV host, mega Swiftie, among other things) to talk about Speak Now (TV) favorites and vault tracks, along with other related topics like You’re Losing Me/the Joe Breakup, addressing fans reaching out to her exes onli...

This week, Kate interviews Emily Henry (author of Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Book Lovers, Happy Place, and more!) about her wildly successful rom-com style novels and the many millennial-adjacent themes that are woven into her beloved characters. They discuss pressing topics, like if her banter is inspired by Gilmore Girls, the location of January and Gus’ houses in Beach Read,...

Two years after The Losses We Share, Kate shares some thoughts on pregnancy thus far to add to the Childless Millennial/Millennial with Child series and gives a status update about how she’s feeling in real time about being this far along (mostly so she can’t change the story later). Shorter than usual and kind of a random stream-of-consciousness personal life episode, but thanks for listen...