The Maxi Pod

It's not Summer without a Tyra Mail episode! Thank you to all of the Maxxinistas for submitting questions/topics! If you don't like our advice you can ROT IN HELL <3  Episode Guide: 1:30 Our stake in America as Childless Cat Ladies 5:38 Olympics! And Patriotism 12:23 Mixing friend groups 15:40 Strippers for hire 20:08 Ryan Reynolds is annoying?/Deadpool/Blake Lively 23:47 Inside out 2 analysis/Using our imagination against ourselves 27:50 People pleasing at work/tips for work motivation during summer 35:45 Dating someone with different interests, changing interests in relationships 39:45 Burnout vs. Rotting/How to make time for hobbies 45:17 ACOTAR final thoughts, our Mount Rushmore 50:14 Maggie's Sunday Routine and Rachel's updated Morning Routines 57:46 Sundress Season/Shout out to the perverts 1:00:00 Guilt Trip Friendships Use code MaxiPod20 at https://tropicaux.com/ for 20% off your next purchase! 

The Girls have gone wild and are letting their unqualified and slightly controversial opinions fly. We are just trying to cope with the heat and the state of the union. Enjoy this summer break from responsibilities!  Episode Guide: 0:00 Intro: It's Hot, Tik tok cleanse, Wedding & a best friends weekend 5:00 Can you be a "pick me" at your own wedding? (Olivia Culpo/Christian McCaffrey) 13:00 Chris Brown 11:11 Concert Experience, Better than Eras?  22:50 Janet Jackson and Nelly Concert Review that you've all been waiting for   27:50 Politics Corner!!! Trump and Biden are down bad, The future of the Democratic Party and our suggestions, performative social media shaming 43:25 The victim mindset (Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders) 44:40 Snake Oil  47:40 Book the first flight out 49:30 Hannah Berner and Camila Cabello (Sloppy Freakshow Babies) 53:00 Keep your eyes on your own paper 53:45 Summer Break Share the Maxi Pod with a friend or a political archnemisis! 

Enjoy the Maxi Pod's unfiltered reaction to Netflix's "America's Sweethearts" Documentary! Including an analysis of the quality of Dance Team women, praise for the Mental fortitude of a dance team girl at practice, and our thoughts on cutting a vet, getting paid as a Pro Dancer, judging/making cuts based on physical appearance, Victoria, being "Captain material", "Yes ma'am"culture, and so much more! 

Episode Guide: 1:00 Platonic Coffee Dates 4:55 Justin Timberlake DWI  9:03 Connecting with the youth/Inside Out 2/Women helping women in the workplace  17.45 Plus One Culture  29:03 The Challenge All Stars 4 Finale Reaction 32:24 Reading Books!  ACOTAR!  33:45 The Challenge: Eras Season 40 Cast Announcement 40:50 Travis Kelce on stage at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour 43:50 Danielle leaving Summer House  44:54 Our opinions on sliding into DMs  48:30 Have a Ho Day!  

Episode Guide: 0:00 Catching up with the Girl's Girls of all Girls: Traveling to Dewey Beach and the Hamptons, Group houses, Birthday month! 10:15 The News!!!!!!!!  11:10 Summer House Season 8 Finale and Reunion part 1 (Carl and Lindsay, West and Ciara) 26:00  Vanderpump Reunion Wrap Up (Ariana and Lala POVs) 28:40 The Valley: Faves and Least Faves 32:40 Is anyone on earth watching the Kardashians? 37:00 The Challenge All Stars 4 38:30 J Lo Tour Cancelled 46:30 Destiny's Challenge: Being Conflict Averse, Inconsiderate DJs, Pop Girlies of Today, Road Trips, Shooting your Shot, The Upside

Maggie and Rachel settled their blood feud to return for their May Episode because unlike certain pop stars and reality stars, they have work ethic! Get ready for a lot of baseless opinions on Drake vs. Kendrick, being in Happy Relationships, and Science. Episode Guide: 0: 00 Squashing our beef, Birthdays, How to be a good guest at a wedding or bachelorette, planning tips 10:30 Drake vs Kendrick Lamar, who's the #1 guy in the group? 17:50 Justin Bieber and Hailey expecting a child! 20:00 The Eclipse 21:00 Vanderpump Rules Finale: Breaking of the 4th Wall, the Friendship Square that keeps on giving, Villains are always in 26:30 The Valley is the funniest show on TV 27:10 Summer House: Carl & Lindsay highlight their cringe-worthy communication; Kyle & Amanda warn against working for a spouse;  West and Ciara highlight what sucks about dating, Gabby as the Single Girl Charity Case 42:10 The Challenge All Stars 4 44:00 Destiny's Challenge! Favor-less Friendships, Receipts, Rascal Flatts, WWE & ending ick culture, Message Delivery, No Spoilers/Ready for summer

A full decoding of the lyrics and lore behind all 31 songs of Taylor Swift's new album "The Tortured Poets Department"!  @So_Grool is allegedly the guest co-host or it's just Rachel talking to herself. Someone forgot to pick her up for the looney bin.   

Is anyone else in a bad mood? You've come to the right place because this episode will cure your misery or your money back.  Episode Guide:  0:00 Cheer me up! Updated Morning Routine, Defense of Tik Tok, Scared to put on a bathing suit 10:45 The News 11:20 Beyonce ACT II Cowboy Carter Review! Our faves and least faves,  Is Miley Cyrus a good singer, Beyonce historian speculations 23:00 Summer House! Ranking the couples, Kyle as a flower boy, Jesse Solomon hot takes 34:10 Vanderpump Rules! Scheana for DWTS campaign, trying to get an invite to Sandoval's next pool party, Ariana opinions, Jax/The Valley 44:30 Diddy Ruins Everything 50:00 Destiny's Challenge, Treating Maggie as a Google Search Engine, Comparison to the Almighty, 4th Wing/Iron Flame, Direct Eye Contact, Honorable Men, Beyonce! Glee!  

Everything bad is good and nothing is that bad. Enjoy this friendly, nuanced, nostalgic episode from two millennials who will never give up on their dedications to seasonality. Episode Guide: 0:00 Spring! The Warm Up! Be Your Own Cookie 4:45 Friendship! The Friend Zone: How to Approach Adult Friendships THE NEWS! 20:35 Ariana Grande and Justin Timberlake New Music! 28:30 J Lo Documentary and a little J Lo & Ben history lesson 34:38 Summer House! 39:10 Vanderpump Rules! Ranking the Girls 43:15 Traitors 2 Full Season Reaction! 46:15 Destiny's Challenge Group Projects Marrying a Stranger Taking an Emotional Lap Being the Villain in your own story Life has Nuance The Wanderer

The Maxi Pod has returned for their flop episode to flip flop on their decision to dip their long toes back into dating. Both teams played hard and made 3 pointers. Speaking of sports, the only qualified white girls in the business provide their expert opinion on Usher's Superbowl Halftime Performance and you will not want "more." Please share this episode with a fellow icon and be brave for your ugliest self.  Episode Guide:  0:00 Valentines Day recap 2:45 Dating Yourself 7:15 Dipping our toes into dating our community 31:45 The News Usher Superbowl Halftime Review Re-Ranking the Top 10 Superbowl Halftimes Taylor and Travis New Music News! Beyonce and Taylor 55:00 What we are Consuming Vanderpump Rules The Challenge JLo Movie "This is me then" 62:03 Destiny's Challenge When Delusion Goes too Far, Corporate Laughter, Justin Bieber, Non Wedding-Related Events, Icons, Being Ugly

Season 9 Premiere Episode is a Quintessential Maxi Pod Production, despite this no longer being a Reality TV podcast. Valentine's Day is our Superbowl, so allow us to Usher you from Hibernation to the most hopeful made up holiday of the year.  Episode Notes/Guide 0:00 Transition from January Hibernation to February/Valentines Day 5:00 The End of Death Day?  11:15 Make Valentine's Day Your Bitch! (Tips & Tricks)  28:15 The News! Taylor, Selena, Kylie, Timothee at the Golden Globes Ariana Grande… YES! AND???!?!? UDA Nationals  Challenge Champs Are Embarrassing Us (Season 39)  Life Lessons from the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Winter House's Sam and Kory Breakup: A cautionary tale for pick me's Yet Another Justin Timberlake Rant (Rating his comeback)  Nicki Minaj Playing Chess while y'all are playing checkers 1:02 Destiny's Challenge: So casually cruel in the name of being honest, Half Hearted Haters, The Kellys of the World, Men Written by Women, 2024 Happiness Intentions, YOU. CAN. LEAVE. If you have been waiting for the perfect time to share this podcast with a friend, NOW IS THAT TIME. Spread the love this Valentine's Day through long-form conversation. 

Enjoy a recap of all things pop culture as 2 best friends make fun of each other's interests and babble about how much they love each other.  Episode Guide:  0:00 - Holiday Ho update 3:30 - Why we love the end of the year 4:15 - Best and Worst in Music (Top Artists, Songs, Albums) and our Destiny's Challenge of Music 18:35 -  Best and Worst in TV (Best Reality Show, Reality Star of the Year, Best Scripted Show of the Year, Favorite Re-watch of the Year) 25:50 - Best Movies of the Year  28:45 - Other Made-up Categories (Best Break-up and Best New Couple, Best and Worst Trends, Kardashian/Jenner of the Year, Favorite Trip, Favorite Night Out, Best Wedding Ideas) 37:40 - 2023 Destiny's Challenge of the Year!!!!  1:08:40-  Maxi Pod Season 8 Highlights and Sign off  Hot Popular Girls, hold your space. Can't wait to pop everything together in 2024.

Tis the season to take headed of the Maxi Pod's advice as they revamp their angelic Rules for being a Ho for the Holidays! Get your note-taking apparatus ready and listen on .5x speed to grasp every detail of this guide to stop wasting time, get wasted and have the time of your lives. 0:00 - 3:40 Rachel has 3 pages of typed notes 3:40 - 38:00 How to Be a Ho For the Holidays (All Jazzed Up!) #1 If Not You Cindy Lou Hoo, Who? #2 The "Once Upon a December Rule" #3 BYOM! ( Bring Your Own Mistletoe) #4 The Cold never Bothered You Anyway (Not all ice needs to be broken) #5 Put Your Devices Away in a Manger 38:00 Destiny's Challenge Fashion at BravoCon Letting life live you (and trusting men) Low impact workouts The New Class (The Challenge, Winter House, Loki) & Death to Southern Charm Gratitude (anti-Jacob Elordi) Building a house out of the stones they threw (House of Villains) Our time has come Maxxinistas! Pop off in the name of Christmas. You will want to listen to the entire episode... Peace be with you! 

Episode Guide: 0:00 Boot Girl updates/Thotumn check in 6:00 We are Community Builders!  10:00 Taylor Swift inspiring us all, how she made Travis Kelce famous, dating outside of your type, Eras concert movie 18:40 The Thotumn Witch Trials 20:00 Justin Timberlake 23:15 Jada Pinkett Smith 27:30 Joe Jonas (Jonas Brothers Concert Review) 30:30 Austen Kroll/Taylor Southern Charm 35:00 Khloe Kardashian 39:00 Usher selected as Halftime Super Bowl Performer (featuring Black Eyed Peas) 43:15 Dancing with the Stars 45:25 Destiny's Challenge (THE MOST IMPORTANT SEGMENT)  Back-handed compliments FOFA! (fear of feeling awkward) Break ups Working and networking as a bit Refueling/ protecting your social battery Being your own star player

If you're in good spirits right now, you're ugly. Enjoy our September episode as we work through our trauma by judging people we have never met, yet refer to as our close friends. THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY A BANGER!!!  Episode Guide:  0:00 Boot Bound Babe 10:50 Yucking People's Yums (Taylor Swift) 14:45 Transition from Summer into Thotumn 18:00 Giving feedback to couples, sunk cost of cancelling a wedding (Carl and Lindsay) 33:30 Southern Charm Episode 1 Reaction  38:20 Is It a Banger? 39:00 NSYNC reunion 40:15 Cardi B & Meg Thee Stallion: Bongos 41:00 Olivia Rodrigo GUTS Album 42:00 Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato 42:40 Selena Gomez's new single (Single Soon) 43:30 DWTS Season 32 Cast 46:00 Couples! Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, Kylie and Timothy Chalamet, Nelly and Ashanti, Justin and Hailey, Nany and Kaycee, Iman Shumpert and Teyana Taylor 47:45 Mila and Ashton apology 49:00 Fake freckles and ballet flats 51:30 Destiny's Challenge (Awards show reactions, Being here for the wrong reasons, Late summer drops of the musical variety, Restoring Reputations, Kathy Griffin, Nickelback, Chris Brown, Comedy its harder than drama (RHONY), THOTUMN