Be There in Five

This week, Kate interviews Sara Petersen, author of Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture, and they discuss all sorts of topics regarding the performanc…

This week, Kate continues the bridesmaid series by reading and reviewing listener-submitted stories about the joy and obligation of participating in wedding parties (and their related events), but fo…

This week, Kate resurrects the Bride Tribe series to offer her updated perspective (and updated listener stories) about participating in weddings and/or being a bridesmaid, just in time for wedding s…

Kate reflects on her Mormon Mommy Blogger series 4 years later and laughs/cringes at a full circle moment she experienced this week while sober on a party bus en route to a Taylor Swift concert. Enjo…

This week, Kate discusses a topic adjacent to her newly released book cover: early 2000s burned CDs, where a generation of baby pirates took on the music industry with a stack of CD-Rs, a sharpie, an…

This week, Kate muses aloud about several topics adjacent to studying abroad and crowdsources stories from fellow millennials’ good, bad, and cringy “cultural” experiences. Recently an article went v…

Maj spoiler alert - this week, Kate recaps the Eras tour in Vegas (night 1) with her sister Kelly and college BFF Hannah. They may be half asleep, but they are wholly satisfied by an amazing show and…

This week, Kate watched M3gan and then was served content about AI making podcasters obsolete, so she tries to figure out if she should care about chatGPT and then competes with it to see who does a …

This week, Kate shares her hopes and dreams for the Eras tour before it's spoiled this week, e.g., some thoughts she has on theme/structure/flow, her favorite F bombs she hopes to sing, plays a sampl…

This week, Kate begins by addressing the Scandoval of it all, doing a 20 min or so snorkel through the current Vanderpump Rules drama between Tom/Tom/Rachel/Raquel/Ariana, trying to contextualize it …

This week, Kate breaks her silence on the 1999 “historical” American Girl dolls that dropped this week and talks through their accuracy regarding millennial iconography. She also discusses 90s twin t…

TW: pregnancy, miscarriage, fertility talk, mentions of Breaking Dawn

Much to her surprise, Kate’s now in her Gestation Era. Hear how it all went down and more on this episode that’s a personal detour…

This week, Kate talks about the controversial list of 141 rules The Cut/NY Mag came out with that were positioned as a revised etiquette guide for modern society. First, she dives into some of the hi…

This week, Kate starts by sharing the shows she’s been watching (Bad Sisters, Shrinking, Pamela: A Love Story, discusses her enthusiasm toward the redemption of victims of 90s misogyny, then reviews …

This week, Kate talks about Madi Prew & her husband’s purity culture-tastic video, then she feels the need to snorkel her issues with golf culture, talks about her affinity for “Dad Stuff,” then, she…

This week, Kate’s snorkeling (AKA mini deep dives) the week’s pressing pop culture topics, according to her IG Q&A box that keeps her in the know while she’s still slightly off the grid, like discuss…

This week, Kate is solo (and has the plague!) as we kick off 2023 with a Katelilah episode where she answers listener voicemails and is thrilled to have someone to talk to in isolation. Topics includ…

This week, Kate has Carmen James (@thegoodcarmablog) on the podcast to talk about the 6-part reality docu-series Harry & Meghan. Enjoy!

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This week, Kate goes back to the beginning. Back to where (the earth, the stars, the sun all aligned, yes) but also back to the beginning of her fascination with southern California beach culture, th…

This week, Kate starts with a high level first impression of the Harry & Meghan documentary (she’ll cover in full once all eps come out), then she is joined by Caroline Moss (from Gee Thanks Just Bou…