Send us a text On this week’s Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Amanda and Podcast Jesus return to Sunday-morning recording to unpack holiday work parties, questionable parenting moments, mysterious car trouble, and the strange comfort of niche pillows, Hallmark-adjacent movies, and loyal listeners. It’s marriage 2.0 with kids, hormones, neighborhood nonsense, and a little Gainesville holiday magic, exactly the kind of chaos you can put in your ears while pretending to be productive. Super Fam...
Send us a text Barbecue-sauce “arson,” a stadium that literally farts during fireworks, and a coffee order that could break up a marriage, welcome to another perfectly unhinged conversation with our friend Gavin. We compare UK and US chaos, ride the annual “Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays” outrage carousel, and BBQ sauce. Gavin walks us through award winning pub bathrooms and a cursed KFC restroom, we investigate why the London Velodrome whoops like a cartoon character during fireworks, and...
Send us a text Amanda is beefing with a nine-year-old “lawyer of parenting,” Josh is emotionally held hostage by the phrase “I need to talk to you” via text, and Alexa has decided she also deserves hot cocoa. We wander through Target pillow trials, Disney Springs escapism, Publix yoga-pant anthropology, open carry at the bookstore, HOA roller disco villains, and one surprisingly practical tip for calming anxiety and getting your body out of fight-or-flight without having to run a 5K. Along th...
Send us a text In this episode, we save someone from an unnecessary tow truck, confront a smart speaker that suddenly thinks it’s our equal and honor a true hero of the public restroom. We also test-drive a switch from coffee to matcha (spoiler: fewer jitters, more smugness), debate whether dogs are tiny furry theologians while cats are morally neutral agents of chaos, and accidentally summon K-pop Demon Hunters. Plus, a shockingly hard history game, and your listener letters take us everywhe...
Send us a text We wander into the strange promises of tech: an “anti-gaslighting” app. Winter makes a cameo, Florida-style. Bowling humility. Plus, a cryptic song riddle gets solved, our Scottish friend is deciphered, and movies are backward. Pull up a chair. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s juggling kids and chaos, and listen up. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A ...
Send us a text Marriage 2.0 with kids means romance, mustaches, and emergency key fob batteries. In this installment of Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Josh discovers something surprising at a KPop Demon Hunter sing-along, we give a PSA about cars that die but really don't, a neighborhood HOA saga update, and a pink-slippers-on-a-scooter sighting that redefines road safety. Listener stories bring tumbling couches, runaway cows, and Freaknik folklore. Plus: the cryptic Song ...
Send us a text Halloween candy mountain, party “forced fun,” and the eternal mystery of Why Every Kid Owns a 128 oz Water Bottle. In this comedy chat from Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Amanda and Josh rant about trick-or-treat overload, hosting a house full of costumed grown-ups, and building community without losing your mind (or your Kit Kats). We swap idiom-costume ideas for school (“piece of cake,” anyone?), give a tiny HOA update and play a cross-century slang game (Victorian “bumbers...
Send us a text Marriage 2.0 with side quests and kids. Amanda and Josh tackle the mysterious “six seven” meme, a KPop Demon Hunters obsession, and why Topgolf isn’t putt-putt (or dueling pianos actually dueling). DoorDash diplomacy, an alarm titled “Play with me, Daddy,” HRT patch wins, and a backyard Baby Saja rap battle. Listener mail checks rapture rumors; The Birdcage is your homework. Also: the family dog’s dental drama. Funny, warm, a little chaotic—Super Familiar with the Wilsons is pa...
Send us a text Sleep-deprived, off the rails, and somehow leading straight into parental panic, moral victories, and one bed date. It’s a ride through a weekend that began with peace, steak, and football glory, and ended with a 2 A.M. call that tested their parenting nerves and their Wi-Fi connection. There’s a police car involved, a Disney detour, cosmic messages about fantasy football, and a suspiciously prophetic name. Meanwhile, Amanda rediscovers her sparkle thanks to modern medicine (an...
Send us a text We wrestle with how to handle swearing around kids and admit our own hypocrisy plus: the matcha shortage, Publix marathons and the Uncrustables saga from vegetarian to steak plus K‑pop Demon Hunters. FamiliarWilsons at gmail.com. Do you let your kids swear at home? Let us know. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production
Send us a text Marriage 2.0, an eight-year-old’s gelato grift, HOA espionage at the pool, PE squats vs. aging knees, Talk Like a Pirate Day, a lovingly irreverent “Seven Things To Do Before The Rapture,” rapture panic history, Amanda’s Flashbackst imeline quiz (Josh gets humbled), and a cozy equinox call to touch grass, maybe before the hurricane. Ends with a gloriously absurd “rapture roll call” in the credits. Content note Mild language, rapture satire, HOA chatter. Super Familiar with The ...
Send us a text Josh declares himself a genius after inventing a shockingly effective fly-eviction method and surviving “new math” after a Negroni. Amanda breaks down acronyms vs. initialisms, we celebrate the Strongly Worded Email that moved a construction dumpster, unpack a social-anxiety misunderstanding, and confirm AI is terrible at fantasy football. Plus: spooky-season TV recs and neighborly shout-outs. Gainesville, marriage, chaos, and cozy...served warm. Super Familiar with The Wilsons...
Send us a text Josh napalms his throat with Fire Hot Fritos and then explains how he let AI draft his fantasy team… to an F. Amanda declares it the Season of All The Germs and the Microsoft Planner of Doom (167 “due today” tasks!), while the Wilsons unpack kid boredom, screen-time rage-quits, and transitions that need a landing strip. Then it’s Gainesville game-day anthropological fieldwork: “Team Mario Brothers,” vanished shorts, white cowboy boots, and bleachers hot enough to sear a memoir....
Send us a text What happens when your kid finally leaves for college…but only moves 15 minutes down the road? Josh is still sick, Amanda is still emotional, and Muffy is using communal bathrooms. From hamster-ball personal protection systems to grandmas with flying sandals, the Wilsons unscrew the chaos of dorm move-in day. Equal parts parenting therapy session and ridiculous invention pitch meeting...Danny DeVito may or may not be involved. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagr...
Send us a text A mini-episode amoungst many changes... Talking Points: • Josh recovering • Post-pandemic shift • Historical terminology • Wind Your Neck In • Goblin Tools Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production
Send us a text This week on Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Josh finds inner peace through matcha, Amanda recounts a terrifying ER visit and both hosts navigate existential dread, Also, HOA beef, pediatric sleep regression, and questionable doctor fashion choices. Plus: Josh wants a sundress, Amanda gets approached by a Navy man at Publix, and refined gay thoughts make a triumphant return. It's an episode about family, mortality, and whether your doctor should look like a f...
Send us a text While Amanda and Muffy are off on a girls' weekend, Josh sits down with his middle son Andrew (aka music producer AJCW) for a heartfelt deep dive into fatherhood, family crimes involving decorative sticks, and the surprising power of FOMO. They discuss bad parenting moments), the real reason Andrew started making music, and what it's like to accidentally go viral on the internet. Plus, a rousing round of the Flashbacks Quiz and a new appreciation for Chicken Tom. It's Marriage ...
Send us a text In this rambling episode, Josh and Amanda tackle the Coldplay concert scandal, Balloon Boy’s comeback, and why BuzzFeed has decided Josh's relationship status. Along the way, they review restaurants by a different metric (food is for cowards), invent two useful new words, and dissect why the “nuclear family” is more marketing myth than timeless tradition. Plus: listener emails, celebrity sightings, a poetic meltdown about a neurotic dog, and relationship revelations over scallo...
Send us a text In this episode of Super Familiar with the Wilsons, married podcasters Josh and Amanda dive into the real (and ridiculous) world of modern marriage, perimenopause, and parenting chaos. Amanda battles hot flashes and podcasts without pants. Plus: when is it appropriate to sprinkle parmesan on the dog, Josh has a deep concern about eating bugs, and a Flashbacks Quiz. Along the way, they explore who the real “main character” of their family is, reveal confessions from the internet...
Send us a text This week on Super Familiar with the Wilsons, we unpack the joys (and horrors) of family vacations, talk about Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell concert, forgotten shoes, haunted hotel rooms, near-death experiences, and a surprising number of lost pillows. Josh vents about sock piles and not being believed. Amanda relives two travel traumas that made her question ever leaving the house again. Plus: the Peace Pack™ (because family road trips require tactical snack deployment), a debate a...