"Goodnight 2025, You are Loved"
The Maxi Pod
We’re wrapping up the year on The Maxi Pod with a full recap and a very special guest, Rachel Mauck from the "It’s Not About the Podsta" podcast. We’re breaking down the best of the year in music, TV, and movies, revisiting the Dancing With the Stars freestyles, and revealing our Destiny’s Challenge of the Year. Episode Guide: 0:00 Intro 1:07 Best in Music (Top Artists, Albums, Song of the Year) 7:22 Best and Worst Movies of 2025 11:22 Diddy Documentary Reaction 18:54 Taylor Swift End of an Era Documentary Reaction 22:24 Best TV of 2025 featuring Rachel Mauck (DWTS...
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The Challenge 41 Vets and New Threats Season Reaction!
The Maxi Pod
Enjoy our End of the Season Challenge 41 Vets and New Threats Recap and Analysis featuring the first loser of our Draft and returning Challenge correspondent CJ! The episode covers our reaction on winners and losers of the final, and our overall opinions on the final format and difficulty. We also re-visit Nany and Will, Aneesa vs Ashley, CT's performance, and the Mini-final cheating. We all give our Destiny’s Challenge of the Season!
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"HOLIDAY IT GIRLS"
The Maxi Pod
It’s tiiiiiiiiiime!!!!! We’re back with some whole ass holiday cheer- because if not you Cindy Loo Hoo… who? From there, we get into a Dancing With the Stars finale breakdown, including our reaction to Whitney and Mark’s elimination, our picks to win, a comment on the sexual tension this season, and yet another defense of the Judges. Then we talk about the WOW moments of this season of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, give our Peak and Pit of the Kardashians sisters, and report our lukewarm reactions to the Challenge 41 Vets and New Threats. You all should have to pay money for...
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"Thotumn Forever (Taylor's Version)
The Maxi Pod
For two tipsy girls podcasting outdoors this turned out pretty magical. Enjoy Thotumn and share with an enemy. Episode Guide: 0:00 Seasons Never Get Old- Thotumn is here! 2:00 Chris Brown Breezy Bowl Concert Review 11:02 Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl Album Review 37:39 Selena Gomez got married 38:29 Nicki Minaj and Cardi B beef 39:39 Dancing with the Stars Check -in (Week 3 & 4) 43:20 The Challenge 41 -Stake your claim twist 44:58 NFL Season Thots! SPORTS! BORTLES! 47:01 Bad Bunny is the next Superbowl Halftime Performer 50:27 Misguided Energy (Leave...
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"Mrs. Brightside"
The Maxi Pod
This episode will cure your depression. Something is in the air and everything's coming up Maxi Pod! We’re kicking things off with the brand-new season of Dancing with the Stars before diving into The Challenge: Vets and New Threats for a mid-season check-in. Maggie did some due diligence and was ready for our Real Housewives of Miami ranking and with a side of Salt Lake Mid Level Marketing. We also finally remarked on the Taylor and Travis engagement with a sprinkle of sports talk, issue a very necessary retraction on being a lazy bones, and unpack workplace anxiety. This is...
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"The Life of A Swamp Girl"
The Maxi Pod
In this episode, Rachel and Maggie crawl towards the end of their Shrek summer to give takes on the mean streets of DC, the Taylor interview that broke our brains, The Challenge: Vets and New Threats, Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad, and of course the Presidential Fitness Test. It's a swampy life but someone has to have a sense of humor about it! Episode Guide: 0:00 Rachel was sick, End of summer, Maxi Club update, Life in DC, Maggie’s work vendetta 7:43 Taylor Swift on New Heights, Takeaways and New Album Hopes 17:16 The Challenge Vets and New Threats Episodes 1-3 21:00 Just...
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The Challenge “War of the Worlds 2” (Season 34 in 34 minutes)
The Maxi Pod
The Challenge Recap episode 6 years after the fact that you didn’t know you needed! When we found out that War of the Worlds 2 had been removed from streaming due to the erasure of a problematic castmate, we knew it was our duty to memorialize this amazing piece of Challenge lore. This iconic season gave us Cara Maria in her Vampire era, losing her soul while her little Troll boyfriend Paulie milly rocked all over our faves. We discuss their spectacular fall from grace, as well as the peak of Jordan and Tori's love, CT's "Pops" persona, and Jordan in his GOAT season. Featuring Special...
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"Cowboy State of Mind"
The Maxi Pod
Pony up Maxxinistas it’s a real live hoedown and we have the Big 3 of the Summer all in one episode: This episode kicks off with a full breakdown of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour. **Disclaimer: If you are not a Beyoncé fan, you are not permitted to listen to Cowboy Carter Critiques. Please skip. Otherwise, enjoy our song-by-song, honest, possibly controversial reactions. Then we do a deep dive into Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (Season 2). We’re talking coaches, auditions, Dayton & her mom, THE HUSBANDS, Chandi’s crash out, Armani’s Beautiful Bald Head, and JADA....
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Dear Summer, Count Us In
The Maxi Pod
What a thrill to be absolutely terrified! In this Summer Kickoff episode, we celebrate Maggie living out her pop-punk dreams on the Warped Tour, double down on age fluidity and the importance of birthdays, and remind the Maxxinistas of the merits of risking it for the biscuit. We also dive into celebrity updates (Bieber, Diddy, Taylor, and Trump vs Elon), and wrap up Summer House Season 9 and Paige’s glorious run. Plus: a Glee rewatch, workplace gossip, and an encore for Jon Stewart (who was on crack?!). Welcome to your Slow Burn Summer. Stay hydrated out there. 0:00 Maggie on the Warped...
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Mother's Day Episode! (Featuring our Moms)
The Maxi Pod
In this special Mother’s Day episode, we turn the mic over to the women who raised us and interview our moms! We dive into conversations about motherhood, what it was like raising daughters, their careers in teaching, and the kind of guys they want for us. We also found out if they’re stressed that we’re still single. From lifelong friendships to their unfiltered advice, this episode is full of wisdom, warmth, and a few tears. <3 Happy Mother's Day!
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- 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