Send us a text Did Kerry Suffer? Well, the “perfect” Christmas took a nosedive—three times. We brought home a gorgeous live tree, filled the stand with sugared water, and watched the branches settle like a promise… until gravity introduced itself to our slanted old floors. What followed was equal parts comedy and gut-punch: sticky wood, late-night triage, and heirloom ornaments that didn’t survive the third fall. We walk through the mess with humor and honesty, then ask a bigger questio...
Send us a text Holiday chaos feels different when the gift list is short, shipping is smarter, and the advent calendar has whiskey. Listen to this week's episode, come for the laughs, leave with real gift ideas and cookie strategy. Which cookie must make the tray this year? #adventcalendars #holidaybaking #christmascookies #lettersbylanternlight #kolachi #dysfunctionjunkiespodcast Support the show Thank you for listening. Be sure to check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for additional co...
Send us a text The holidays promise wonder, but the calendar creep can quietly turn December into a performance. Remember when holidays felt simple? We break down how Elf on the Shelf and early decor timelines hijack our brains, budgets, and sleep. Listen now and tell us: keep the elf or call it quits? #dysfunctionjunkiespodcast #elfonashelf #menschonabench #dwarfinadrawer #christmasdysfunction #podcast #comdey #holidays Support the show Thank you for listening. Be sure to check o...
Send us a text We open the month by focusing on the Akron Canton Regional Food Bank, a regional engine that turns dollars into fresh produce, pantry staples, and lifelines for neighbors across northeast Ohio. With more than 600 partner pantries and programs, 11,000 volunteers, and a facility that runs like a clean, efficient warehouse built for care, this team moves over 40 million pounds of food a year and keeps dignity at the center. Learn more about this months Dysfunction Junkies CA...
Send us a text Stuffing or dressing, real tree or fake, canned cranberry or homemade—choose your fighter. We share fails, fixes, and a must‑watch holiday list. Listen and weigh in: which hill are you dying on this Thanksgiving? #dysfunctionjunkiespodcast #holidays #thanksgiving #familydysfunction Support the show Thank you for listening. Be sure to check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for additional content. We often post polls and other questions for your feedback. We would love to h...
Send us a text It's Thankful Sunday! Gratitude meets chaos: we shout out listeners in 15 countries, plot Thanksgiving sanity, and invent a “farmtini.” Hear the sauerkraut love story and a hilarious city‑name struggle. Support the show Thank you for listening. Be sure to check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for additional content. We often post polls and other questions for your feedback. We would love to hear from you, and if you like our show please take a moment to give us a F...
Send us a text Ever doomscroll social media at 3 a.m.? We confess our favorite reels: chaotic fart pranks, baby hippos, Gen X anthems, and cooking roasts. See what we binge then tell us what you binge and what we should make next. Dance? Pets? Pranks? Listen to this week's episode and weigh in—what’s your guilty scroll? #marsthepygmyhippo #rhettandlink #holdernessfamily #gerrybrooks #EZSMB #tanganyikawildlifepark #dognamedstella #grannyspills #jimmyonrelationships Support the show Thank you f...
Send us a text Think you’re the only “dysfunctional” one? Think again. This Flashback Friday episode takes you back to where it started. High school besties to grown women with no filter. We talk trauma, boundaries, and why humor keeps us sane. #dysfunctionjunkiespodcast Support the show Thank you for listening. Be sure to check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for additional content. We often post polls and other questions for your feedback. We would love to hear from you, and if you lik...
Send us a text Ever open a dusty box and feel the wave of guilt wash over you before you even see what’s inside? We’re knee-deep in a household purge and a family inheritance tangle—moving cross-country while sorting funeral guestbooks, memorial cards, crocheted doilies, baptism outfits, and a stack of mystery paperwork that somehow still has Social Security numbers on it. The question running through the whole episode: what do we owe the dead, and what do we keep for the living? Support the ...
Send us a text Ever notice how the youngest child can read a room faster than anyone else? We dive into that last-born radar—why being the baby can feel like a front-row seat to family cracks no one wants to name, and how age gaps turn one address into multiple childhoods. With three youngest voices at the table, we compare tight-sibling clusters to 12-year spreads, swap stories about old-lady babysitters and marathon TV nights, and unpack the odd mix of freedom, invisibility, and attention t...
Send us a text What if the softest place you know—your bed—didn’t exist? We explore that gut-check and introduce Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nationwide nonprofit that builds and delivers complete beds so no kid sleeps on the floor in our town. From a single garage project to 311,000+ beds across the United States, this is a story of practical compassion powered by volunteers, lumber, and a clear mission. #DysfunctionjunkiesCARE #sleepinheavenlypeace #dysfunctionjunkiespodcast Support the show ...
Send us a text Welcome to Season Two of the Dysfunction Junkies Podcast. Here is our Trailer for Season Two. Share with your friends and sit back and relax for another great year! #dysfunctionjunkiespodcast #podcast #usa #brazil #russianfederation #unitedkingdom #pakistan #singapore #jamaica #bahamas #ireland #india #bermuda #kenya #canada #sweden #comdey #familydysfunction #friends Support the show Thank you for listening. Be sure to check out our Facebook and I...
Send us a text A single text turned into 70 episodes, a coast-to-coast map of new friends, and a global community we never saw coming. We close out season one with open hearts and full notebooks: the origin story, the surprises, and the bold shift that sets up what comes next. Growth surprised us. We expected midlife women to make up the core audience because those are our stories, yet the download map and messages told another tale. Young listeners arrived, men tuned in, families playe...
Send us a text Craving Halloween vibes without the gore? We share the good stuff: themed yard wins, vintage TV specials, and psychological chillers that last. Plus: adult costume chaos, storage nightmares, and the best cozy-fear films. Be sure to tune in to this Halloween episode! #dysfunctionjunkiespodcast #halloweendecor #thehalloweenthatalmostwasnt Support the show Thank you for listening. Be sure to check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for additional content. We often post polls and...
Send us a text Holiday season used to feel like a slow build. Now it’s a sprint: Halloween launches in July, Thanksgiving gets squeezed, and December arrives with a storage bin avalanche. We get honest about how that pace numbs the joy—and what to do when the yard turns into a plastic parade. From HOAs setting limits on tree lawns to cities asking neighbors to dial it back, boundaries can actually make celebrations better. But the real reset starts at home: we lay out a practical “use-it-or-l...
Send us a text Gratitude doesn’t have to be grand to be real. We open our Thankful Sunday by naming the people who make this show possible—Chrissy’s quick wit, DJ Nick’s sharp edits, Kerry's ongoing laugh trac, and Farm Boy Jim’s steady support that keeps our energy up even off-mic. From first test recordings to our 67th episode, we trace how a small idea became a growing community across 12 countries and 196 cities, and why the numbers matter only because the people behind them do. Support...
Send us a text What do you do when the wildest stories in your life are the ones you didn’t cause—you just watched? We dive into the hilarious and heartfelt mess of secondhand dysfunction: a sibling clinging to a car hood to save neighborhood kittens, a dad proudly returning from the pound with “our” collie that was definitely a Labrador, and a mysterious 70s women’s gathering where a legally blind grandmother briefly claimed clear sight. It’s a tour through the moments we’ve normalized, the ...
Send us a text It's Flashback Friday, we are going back to Episode 12 Dysfunctional Superstitions and Idiosyncrasies. Ever follow a rule you can’t explain—like never putting a hat on the bed or refusing to go straight home after a funeral—and feel a jolt if someone breaks it? We revisit the strange superstitions and sticky family quirks that still tug at our choices, especially in spooky season, and trace how they became part of our daily scripts. Support the show Thank you for listening. Be ...
Send us a text The Dysfunciton of Phobias and Fears is on the list this episode. If you can stand on a mountain ledge but freeze on a glass walkway, this one’s for you. We also scan a Halloween‑flavored list of phobias (arachnophobia, coulrophobia, nyctophobia, and more), laughing at the labels without dismissing the lived reality behind them. Under the humor sits a practical core: fear becomes dysfunctional when it narrows your life. Support the show Thank you for listening. Be sure to...
Send us a text Fall shows up like a guest who brings both flowers and a suitcase of trouble, and we spend this episode unpacking the contradictions. On one hand, there’s the slow-fire beauty of leaves, warm days paired with crisp nights, and that comforting hush when the air thins out. On the other hand, we feel the quiet grief of summer ending, the looming dread of snow or its slushy cousins, and the way the calendar tips us toward holidays, expectations, and endless errands. Join as we dive...