Rug Cuddle (With Us)

In this episode, we get into the personality differences that cause most of our arguments—but also make us who we are. Kate opens up about what it’s like being a highly sensitive person, while Joey cannot wrap his head around why someone hasn’t invented a female urinal to fix long bathroom lines.We also give a shoutout to the Staples Baddie for fully embodying the creative weirdo spirit, and on our spring break trip, Joey decides to take Tess’s love life into his own hands—turning the podcast into a search for eligible bachelors to call in. 📞 1-844-RUG-CHATLadies—be honest… would you try Joey’s no-stall bathroom design? 👀 If you liked this episode please follow and rate it 5 stars. It really helps the show https://bit.ly/rugcuddle We want to hear from you! Call us. 1-844-RUG-CHAT Official instagram of the pod https://www.instagram.com/rugcuddle Watch Rug Cuddle (With Us) on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MrKate Follow Kate: https://www.instagram.com/mrkate Follow Joey: https://www.instagram.com/joeyzehr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we’re sharing what we’ve learned the hard way from our four-year renovationship with our dream home (that Joey admits he might have ruined)… including what we’ve learned about when DIYing makes sense vs when it’s worth calling in the pros. Plus we’re diving into matrescence—the wild identity shift that comes with becoming a parent—along with brand bibles and our packing habits. Talk Dirty with Tess gets unexpectedly wholesome as we dive into our love for the Plated Prisonerseries—and the best advice Kate’s ever given her. If you liked this episode please follow and rate it 5 stars. It really helps the show!  https://bit.ly/rugcuddle We want to hear from you! Call us.  1-844-RUG-CHAT Official instagram of the pod https://www.instagram.com/rugcuddle Watch Rug Cuddle (With Us) on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MrKate Follow Kate: https://www.instagram.com/mrkate Follow Joey: https://www.instagram.com/joeyzehr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we’re talking about what it means to be YouTubers raising kids in a screen-free home, the tensions of working online while limiting screens offline, and how we try to stay on the creating-not-consuming side of technology. Plus, a very special guest (MY DAD) with firsthand experience raising a screen-free kid (ME!!) weighs in. We also get into creative resilience - why getting better can sometimes feel like failing, and why pushing through that feeling matters if you want to make anything meaningful over time. Along the way, we question the shift away from a 13-month calendar, talk periods, share a few DIY ways to bring new life to the art you already own, and ask one very important question: do men actually spend more time on the toilet? If you liked this episode please follow and rate it 5 stars. It really helps the show!  https://bit.ly/rugcuddle We want to hear from you! Call us. 📞 1-844-RUG-CHAT Official instagram of the pod https://www.instagram.com/rugcuddle Watch Rug Cuddle (With Us) on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MrKate Follow Kate: https://www.instagram.com/mrkate Follow Joey: https://www.instagram.com/joeyzehr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, we’re romanticizing not sticking to traditional timelines and having kids later in life. We talk with Tess about freezing her eggs and why there’s no single right schedule for starting a family… though Kate did have to draw the line at Joey’s idea of having a surrogate baby at 60.Then we get into small ways to romanticize your everyday life, including an internet challenge that might make you blush that showcases men as a sensory experience… and how that somehow led to Kate saying she wishes she could be a gay man.If you liked this episode please rate it 5 stars on podcast platforms & like it on Youtube. It really helps the show!  https://bit.ly/rugcuddleWe want to hear from you! Call us. 📞 1-844-RUG-CHATOfficial instagram of the pod https://www.instagram.com/rugcuddleWatch Rug Cuddle (With Us) on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MrKateFollow Kate: https://www.instagram.com/mrkateFollow Joey: https://www.instagram.com/joeyzehr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Joey had a full girl-dad existential spiral after realizing he can’t actually protect our daughter from the male gaze, which turned into a larger parenting conversation about raising our kids to create systemic change. We also answer a listener question about Kate’s uncanny ability to design spaces that feel perfectly personal: design intuition, empathy, or maybe some inherited psychic abilities. Plus, we dive into the Fourth Wing series and other romantasy books Joey has read, and Kate shares the moment she channeled some serious Fire Horse energy to confront someone who crossed a boundary. Leave us a comment — yay or nay on ponytails for men? Give us a call and tell us what’s got you spiraling — whether it’s a question for us or something that's on your mind. 📞 1-844-RUG-CHAT If you like this podcast, it would mean the world to us if you gave it 5 stars: https://bit.ly/rugcuddleOfficial instagram of the pod: https://www.instagram.com/rugcuddleWatch Rug Cuddle (With Us) on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MrKateFollow Kate: https://www.instagram.com/mrkateFollow Joey: https://www.instagram.com/joeyzehr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we revisit the decisions that changed everything — from starting a YouTube channel when no one took it seriously to Tess walking away from her engagement (3 rings later!?) We unpack what sixteen years online has really meant: growing older on camera, deciding how much of our lives (and our kids’ lives) to share, facing imposter syndrome, and pushing back against algorithms and AI with creativity and real community. We’re also officially over boring bathrooms — and yes, Joey grabbed an Amelia Bedelia boxed set as his weapon of choice. If you’re navigating something — love, career, life — talk to us. 📞 1-844-RUG-CHATIf you like this podcast, let the algorithm know by giving us five stars: https://bit.ly/rugcuddleOfficial instagram of the pod: https://www.instagram.com/rugcuddle Watch Rug Cuddle (With Us) on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MrKateFollow Kate: https://www.instagram.com/mrkateFollow Joey: https://www.instagram.com/joeyzehr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s rug ramblings jump from raising emotionally healthy boys to defending co-sleeping to discovering the internet is rating Joey’s feet. Kate flips through the “journal ecosystem” that keeps her productive, fuels her creativity, supports her mental health, and yes, includes cute charms. We also have a breakthrough moment when Joey finally understands why BookTok loves spicy romantasy novels, thanks to a study comparing romantasy fandom to professional sports fandom psychology.We want to hear from you. How would you answer the call-in question about defining color? What’s your journaling routine, and what advice would you give beginners trying to make it stick (@Joey)? Would you come to RomCon? Got a question? A hot take? A ramble you need to release into the world? Call us.📞 1-844-RUG-CHATFollow and give the podcast five stars so our rating can officially surpass the 4.94 stars Joey’s feet currently hold - https://bit.ly/rugcuddleOfficial instagram of the pod https://www.instagram.com/rugcuddleWatch Rug Cuddle (With Us) on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MrKateFollow Kate: https://www.instagram.com/mrkateFollow Joey: https://www.instagram.com/joeyzehr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we cuddle up and get chatty about how to stop your kid from swearing when, honestly, it’s kind of hilarious. Kate gets real about her creative crash outs, and we take your call-ins on Waldorf school and Taking Five — the movie we met filming that now feels like a total fever dream.Tess joins us to unpack her current dating strategy and the spicy books she and Kate are devouring… while Joey passionately defends his very “respectable” slow-burn reads.So tell us: are you more of a Joey reader or a Kate reader?Call in. Ask us anything. Overshare a little or a lot. We’re listening.📞 1-844-RUG-CHAT Follow along wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a five-star review: https://bit.ly/rugcuddle⁠⁠Instagram: @rugcuddleFollow Kate: @mrkateFollow Joey: @joeyzehr Watch Rug Cuddle (With Us) on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MrKate⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate and Joey like you’ve never heard them before! 18 years together, running Mr. Kate and two kids later, we still have so much to talk about including keeping the spark alive with what…choremance?!, comparing our wildly different algorithms and what’s in them and sharing what we’ve been dm’ing each other lately. Kate names her Creative Spark of the week, taking inspiration from the analogue bag trend but putting it on wheels. Creative Weirdos call in to our phone line, questions ensue (worst DIY? Biggest insecurity?), and Kate’s sister joins us to dive into the world of dark-romantasy books and we discuss our love of MM books (yes, including Heated Rivalry), Romantasy and well..other ahem, things like scaring Joey with the plot of Morning Glory Milking Farm.  Call in, ask us anything, overshare a little or a lot - we're listening: 1-844-RUG-CHAT and don’t forget to please follow along wherever you get your podcasts and leave a 5 star review! Watch Rug Cuddle (With Us) on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MrKate Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/rugcuddle  Official Instagram of the pod: https://www.instagram.com/rugcuddle Follow Kate: https://www.instagram.com/mrkate Follow Joey: https://www.instagram.com/joeyzehr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rug Cuddle (with Us) is a cozy, funny lifestyle podcast about living a creative life in the real world. Hosted by Mr. Kate (aka Kate Albrecht), known for helping millions tap into their inner creative weirdo, and her husband Joey Zehr, who brings the practical to the whimsical—keeping the glitter out of the engine—Rug Cuddle (with Us) explores creativity, relationships, parenting, wellness, and modern life through honest conversation, bite-sized segments, and a lot of laughter. Inspired by Kate and Joey’s real-life “Rug Cuddles” from their popular YouTube home makeover videos—intentional pauses to reflect, reset, and celebrate progress—each episode invites listeners to slow down, feel less alone, and reconnect with what makes life feel whimsical and fun. Expect listener Q&As, relationship real talk, creative inspiration, and unfiltered conversations—plus a recurring call with Kate’s little sister Tess for bookish chaos and single-life perspective. If you’re craving creativity without pressure, advice without judgment, and a podcast that feels like sitting on the rug with people who get it—this is your place. New episodes weekly. Come join us on the rug. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices