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In this jam-packed episode of bestie approved, Travis and Emma are catching you up on everything, from vivid pregnancy dreams and baby August’s current produce comparison (spoiler: he’s a cucumber) to Carnival Cruise chaos and an absolutely unhinged house fire story that has everything: a heart attack, a deaf daughter with long COVID, and a smoky old-fashioned. Bless Nancy.

Emma’s dreams are weird, her baby’s kicking, and her sleep is a mess, but nothing compares to the real-world drama on their TV screens. The duo dives deep into The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives episodes 6, 7, and 8, covering everything from Whitney’s polarizing apology attempts to Demi’s villain arc, Layla’s neutral zone failures, and Taylor’s descent into winged retaliation.

The Mormon Bake Off is a hit and the hot chocolate is a miss. Plus, Jessi gets the heartbreak edit after Demi’s betrayal, and the girls try to keep their halos in place at a Saints & Sinners party that ends with raised voices and fallen friendships.

Also in this episode:

• Travis goes off about racism on Carnival Cruises
• Emma defends Keith Sweat karaoke moments on viral cruises
• Everyone needs an Etsy witch or a priest after the house fire saga
• Jesse deserves better (again)
• Demi, please stop talking about other people’s money
• Taylor’s wings defy physics (and taste)

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This week, Travis and Emma unpack their feelings about the Diddy verdict, Anna Wintour's exit from Vogue, and why Love Island contestants need to learn basic human communication. The besties have complaints and grievances (as always). Plus, Emma's onion-sized baby is developing ears (and fat!) and Travis relives the trauma from his pool encounter with the world's most annoying stranger before we get into MomTok on Reality Roundup.

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Highlights

• Emma’s 17 weeks into her pregnancy and Baby August is the size of an onion! He’s also starting to hear Travis’s filthy mouth, among other voices.
• Travis is a little fired up over the verdicts in the Diddy trial.
• 2025 will be Anna Wintour’s last September Issue at Vogue, which feels like it’s marking the end of an era.
• We look back on the wonderful memory from Gigi Hadid’s birthday party where her mom allowed her to indulge in the tiniest piece of her own birthday cake.
• DJ Meredith Marks is absolutely bestie approved and continues to prove that she is endlessly talented as she headlines Prides across the country.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: “The Book of Divisions” (season 2, episode 5)

In this week’s Reality Roundup, we open up the truth box with MomTok as we unpack the bunnies at Whitney’s baby shower, Mikayla’s never-ending hatred for Whitney, and Jen’s complicated relationship with the truth. Jessi continues to be a perfect, beautiful angel while demon monster Demi lays the groundwork for a hostile takeover attempt. Will MomTok survive?

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This week on Bestie Approved, Travis and Emma are feeling the love and the drama. Emma shares a pregnancy update (hello, baby avocado! 🥑), but also gets candid about body image struggles and the weird early bump zone where everyone thinks you just went to a buffet. Meanwhile, Travis has a bone to pick with tandem bikes and Valentine’s Day (spoiler: he hates both). The besties lovingly argue their way through the chaos, of course.

Then things get juicy.

A viral TikTok meltdown over an engagement ring email spirals into a deep dive on wedding culture, toxic planning, and why “my honey, my sweetheart” is a red flag.

In this week’s Secret Lives of Mormon Wives recap, the Halloween party explodes, the Chippendales cause tension, and someone definitely didn’t tell the truth (Jen, we’re looking at you 👀).

Plus, we shout out our favorite sponsor-in-our-heads, Arby’s (sponsor us, please) and reminisce about vape punch cards (ew).

Whether you’re here for the mess, the friendship, or the fertility updates, we’ve got you. Now hit play and ride that tandem bike straight into the chaos.

This week’s episode is pure chaos in the best way possible. Travis and Emma are back with your favorite combo of pop culture commentary, deeply unserious opinions, and a little moral outrage.

First up: CupcakKe’s new track, It’s iconic. It’s unhinged. It’s art. Travis and Emma break down their favorite (insane) lyrics and give CupcakKe her flowers as the lyrical genius she is.

Then it’s time to complain, obviously. From waiting behind a soda-fueled van-load of children at Swig to the rise of the 4AM Club conspiracy theorists on TikTok, your besties spiral through cultural nonsense like only they can.

Reality Roundup:

• Love Island USA has lost the plot. It’s supposed to be about being hot and making out, not finding your “forever person.”
• The Traitors season 4 cast announcement drops, and the besties give their hilarious (and surprisingly insightful) commentary. Candace Dillard, Lisa Rinna, Dorinda, and more? We’re IN.
• Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: The first two episodes are out, and the tea is piping hot. Taylor vs. Dakota. Jen is lying. Miranda might be telling the truth? Taylor’s mom wants to be Taylor? There’s a lot to unpack.

Bonus: A very special guest joins the pod this week. Emma’s son, Jack, drops by to give listeners a special message.

This week, Travis and Emma are diving deep into the weird, the wild, and the wildly unhinged- from pregnancy side effects turning toilet seats blue to Elon Musk’s chaotic spiral into MAGA meltdown territory.

Emma shares a hilariously alarming pregnancy symptom that leads to an unexpected ChatGPT diagnosis.

Travis unpacks the unravelling bromance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump…and he couldn’t help but wonder, was the Tesla titan’s political gamble worth it?

The besties commiserate over expensive notebooks, AI addiction, and the uncanny valley of our tech-obsessed world. Are we losing our ability to think for ourselves?

They rant about HOA lawn tyranny, the environmental crimes of grass, and dream of clover-covered fairy lawns.

Finally, they drag the plot holes in Burlesque and question why Cher needed to scream “wagon wheel watusi” to carry the plot.

Whether you’re here for laughs, late-stage capitalism takedowns, or just a little bestie wisdom, this one’s for you.

✨ Highlights:

• A toilet seat pregnancy reveal?!

• Elon vs. Donnie: The billion-dollar feud

• The $105 notebook no one asked for (but Travis needs)

• AI girlfriends, grocery lists, and the ChatGPT therapy dilemma

• A passionate plea to dethrone HOA-mandated grass

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🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month, besties! This week we’re talking about why changing your own oil is hot but not for us and how yoga teachers can read your soul. From Bethenny Frankel’s Sports Illustrated moment (and her immaculate honey brown hair) to Target’s depressing DEI backslide, we’re spiraling in every direction. Travis shares his first (and possibly last) yoga class, we dissect the Moana in-flight entertainment, and Emma educates us on the wild world of $7,000 Labubu dolls.

Also in this episode:

• a horrifying pregnancy update with a happy ending.
• the rise and fall of Tom Girardi.
• Travis defends his hero.
• we find ourselves asking for sponsorships from Bravo and/or Andy Cohen.
• we unpack our feelings about Target and their 2025 Pride collection.
• why J.W. Marriott is an ally to the LGBTQ+ community.
• when you need to tell your kids to sit the hell down.
• and we finally find out what a labubu is.

It’s unfiltered. It’s chaotic. It’s everything you didn’t ask for, but needed anyway.

A huge shout out to @eessavibe for letting us use his hilarious audio in this week’s episode.

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Welcome back, besties! In this week’s episode, Travis and Emma dive headfirst into the chaos of adulthood, pregnancy updates, first jobs, and the baffling scam that is American healthcare.

We ask the big questions:

• Why does health insurance feel like a trap?
• When did we realize adulthood was a scam?
• Do babies think… and what is thinking anyway?
• Why is the Titanic still in the news?
• And are old wives’ tales just misogyny in disguise?

Emma updates us on week 11 of her pregnancy (yes, Travis did invite a pregnant woman to join a dodgeball league) and we find out the truly cursed way Travis found out she was expecting. We reminisce about our first jobs (Hollister perfume clouds and pizza shop gang members included), talk about what makes us feel unhinged, and try to make sense of weird pregnancy myths. Plus: ✨ spatial awareness rants, ✨ compulsive cuticle clipping, ✨ the trauma of listening to people eat, ✨ and a romantic cruise ship Celine Dion moment Travis will never forget.✨

We wrap it up with things we don’t understand (brains!) and some very important public pleas:

• If you’re a brain surgeon, please email us.
• If you know why babies remember the womb, PLEASE email us.
• And if you just don’t understand something either — we want to hear it!

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In our very first episode, we attempt to soft launch this podcast with all the professionalism of a cardboard car held together by super glue. Join us at the beginning of a journey that might be the greatest (or most unhinged) friendship experiment in human history. We cover the origin story of bestie approved, why stay-at-home dads are treated like saints, how to identify your suburban mom era through hot glue gun purchases, and why Travis once asked if he needed to take off his shoes at a hospital metal detector.

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