Personal Journals Episodes

This week, Travis is hanging out with his new podcast friend, Wade, for a chaotic, hilarious, and unexpectedly heartfelt journey that covers reckless walkers from New York to Indy, rapid-fire hypotheticals, and Wade’s real story about coming out while navigating a closeted relationship and what he learned about love, boundaries, and healing. 🚨 content note: This episode includes discussion of coming out, closeted relationships, toxic relationship dynamics, and references to narcissistic abuse. 🚨...

Travis is hanging out with his cousin, Taylor, again this week for more tales from the hell that is being a teacher in 2025 and a full reality roundup where we unpack Taylor’s first experience with the Real Housewives ever! this week, we get into: Taylor looking for deeper meaning literally anywhere and everywhere Taylor’s leadership experience in the most unlikely organization updates from this week in teaching Travis’s week from hell a very special reality roundup where Taylor shares her thoug...

This week, Travis is hanging out with Amy Dickens to talk about why adults desperately need more play, more aliveness, and more FUN. We dig into burnout, healing, nervous system regulation, and the tiny habits that can change everything. Grab your copy of Amy’s book, 101 Ways to Spread Joy , and let’s get to work and spread some joy! connect with Amy Click here to order your copy of 101 Ways to Spread Joy ! Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube: @theamydickens Amy’s website: livejoyfullyou.com Listen t...

Emma is officially on baby-watch, so Travis’ cousin Taylor jumps in for a collab episode that turns into a chaotic-but-wholesome catch-up: current hyperfixations, teacher life in 2025, AI in the classroom, and a group rant about men…in public spaces. Share bestie approved with your messiest friend. Rate and review the pod wherever you listen to podcasts. From Indy to wherever you are, we love you! ❤️ Connect with us WE FINALLY HAVE A WEBSITE! bestieapproved.com All of our social media: bestie ap...

This week, Emma shares a pregnancy update, Travis tries to take down a pyramid scheme on TikTok Live, and they both spiral over seed oils. For reality roundup, we get into a full breakdown of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 1, Episode 8 (Hot Tub Confessions). Share bestie approved with your messiest friend. Rate and review the pod wherever you listen to podcasts. From Indy to wherever you are, we love you! ❤️ Connect with us WE FINALLY HAVE A WEBSITE! bestieapproved.com All of our socia...

Happy Jen Shah Prison Release Day to all those who celebrate! Emma’s having an amazing time with her perfect baby. This week, Travis is hanging out with comedian, podcast host, and pop culture connoisseur, Jolenta Greenberg. In honor of Jen Shah’s prison sentence ending early, Travis and Jolenta are taking it back to where this journey started and unpacking one of the most iconic two-part episodes of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City- I Was Driving Carpool! (Season 2 Episode 9) and Highway t...

Sorry it’s been a chaotic couple weeks for us and we took an accidental break from the show! This week we get into a Mandela Effect from Travis’s middle school years (the Beyonce remix of In Da Club), we also lean into being an AI-first podcast (spiraling over AI psychosis and AI in general), and Travis makes a pitch for the besties to be bartenders on Watch What Happens Live. For reality roundup, Travis and Emma unpack season 1 episode 7 of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Share bestie approv...

This week, we dive into Gavin Newsom dragging his political opponents to hell on Twitter, Lady Gaga investigating January 6th, people believing Helen Keller wasn't a real person, and a chaotic reality roundup with season 1 episode 6 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Share bestie approved with your messiest friend. Rate and review the show wherever you listen to podcasts. We love you! ❤️ Connect with us Linktree: bestie approved Email: hello@bestieapproved.com

🎙️ MORE PODCAST FRIENDS! 🎧 Don't call it a comeback...call it a takeover! Scott and Geoff from Husbands Watching Housewives are back for another collab with Travis and Emma to unpack the season premier of The Real Housewives of Potomac! Share bestie approved with your messiest friend. Rate and review the show wherever you listen to podcasts. We love you! ❤️ Connect with us Linktree: bestie approved Email: hello@bestieapproved.com Check out Husbands Watching Housewives (friends of the pod) websit...

This week, Travis and Emma are recording remotely (practice for future guests 👀) but they're still bringing the same chaos and laughs. Emma’s pregnancy update (little August is now the size of spaghetti squash). The DUDEROBE solution to fragile masculinity in robes. Natural vs. clinical deodorant. Pet-parent struggles: from pulling rope out of Boomer’s butt to shaving Max’s. Fast-food sauce tragedies (Burger King and Taco Bell, we’re looking at you). reality roundup: RHOSLC Season 6 trailer (Lis...

Travis and Emma are joined by Scott and Geoff from Husbands Watching Housewives to unpack the season 6 premier of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City! Share bestie approved with your messiest friend. Rate and review the show wherever you listen to podcasts. We love you! ❤️ Connect with us Linktree: bestie approved Email: hello@bestieapproved.com Check out Husbands Watching Housewives (friends of the pod) website: Husbands Watching Housewives Apple Podcasts: Husbands Watching Housewives TikTok:...

Travis is back from Podcast Movement 2025, Emma’s fighting pregnancy pains, and the besties have so much to catch up on. This week, we get into: Emma’s pregnancy update (he’s huge and likes to party in her uterus) A scathing review of And Just Like That Behind the scenes at Podcast Movement and Travis’s chaotic journey back home The girl who refused to check her bag and made Travis miss his connecting flight. As always, follow us everywhere , rate & review the pod to help us grow, and share us w...

Travis wakes up in full chaos mode and Emma is in no mood to deal with his nonsense, but that doesn’t stop the besties from diving into everything from trash bagels to driving lessons with the Barlows. This week, we get into: The emotional rollercoaster of a morning FaceTime Travis’ horrific first trip to Dollar General Would you ever buy a ticket to someone’s wedding? How much money is too much money to still be miserable The death of fall & spring The return of the tandem bikers Reality Roundu...

Travis and Emma dive headfirst into the chaos of their shared notes app and bring you a mix of hot takes, rants, and reality TV breakdowns. They start with Nelly Furtado’s comeback performance and the unhinged internet discourse around her looks, leading into a bigger conversation about Ozempic culture, compounding pharmacies, and America’s broken healthcare system. From there, Emma gives a pregnancy update, Travis rants about stores getting rid of baskets, and the two of them debate whether fol...

After a short break, Travis and Emma are back, and today’s episode is stacked. Emma shares a pregnancy update and gets real about scoliosis, overheated classrooms, and why her hearing is suddenly failing. Travis details a hilarious (and infuriating) saga with Fabletics customer service, and they both dive deep into the chaotic mess of ICE expansion in Indiana, immigration policy, and why they’re not here for fascist Barbie governors. Later, they talk about: Listener shoutouts (hey Argentina and ...

In this milestone 10th episode, Travis and Emma are embracing the chaos, from hospital visits to pop culture commentary. Get in for the joyride. Emma kicks things off with a pregnancy update that includes an ER scare, an extra-large baby (hi, little papaya!), and new ways her son is keeping her on her toes. Meanwhile, Travis details his own unexpected trip to the ER after mysteriously passing out on campus. They discuss Travis’s life-changing Kesha concert experience, and announce that he’s head...

This week, chaos reigns and sweat is abundant. Travis and Emma kick off with a pregnancy update that includes mango-sized milestones, nasal congestion, and a deeply personal couch groove. Emma’s car still isn’t fixed, which means you’ll be hearing about that for weeks. Meanwhile, Travis accidentally signs up for umbilical cord storage emails and regrets everything. The besties dive headfirst into Republicans fighting with AI robots on Twitter (excuse us, X), Elon Musk’s imaginary America Party, ...

mama let’s research! help us decide what our next deep dive should be by completing this quick survey: mama let's research some legal drama In this jam-packed episode of bestie approved, Travis and Emma are catching you up on everything, from vivid pregnancy dreams and baby August’s current produce comparison (spoiler: he’s a cucumber) to Carnival Cruise chaos and an absolutely unhinged house fire story that has everything: a heart attack, a deaf daughter with long COVID, and a smoky old-fashion...

This week, Travis and Emma unpack their feelings about the Diddy verdict, Anna Wintour's exit from Vogue, and why Love Island contestants need to learn basic human communication. The besties have complaints and grievances (as always). Plus, Emma's onion-sized baby is developing ears (and fat!) and Travis relives the trauma from his pool encounter with the world's most annoying stranger before we get into MomTok on Reality Roundup. mama let’s research! help us decide what our next deep dive shoul...

This week on Bestie Approved , Travis and Emma are feeling the love and the drama. Emma shares a pregnancy update (hello, baby avocado! 🥑), but also gets candid about body image struggles and the weird early bump zone where everyone thinks you just went to a buffet. Meanwhile, Travis has a bone to pick with tandem bikes and Valentine’s Day (spoiler: he hates both). The besties lovingly argue their way through the chaos, of course. Then things get juicy. A viral TikTok meltdown over an engagement...

This week’s episode is pure chaos in the best way possible. Travis and Emma are back with your favorite combo of pop culture commentary, deeply unserious opinions, and a little moral outrage. First up: CupcakKe’s new track, It’s iconic. It’s unhinged. It’s art. Travis and Emma break down their favorite (insane) lyrics and give CupcakKe her flowers as the lyrical genius she is. Then it’s time to complain, obviously. From waiting behind a soda-fueled van-load of children at Swig to the rise of the...

This week, Travis and Emma are diving deep into the weird, the wild, and the wildly unhinged- from pregnancy side effects turning toilet seats blue to Elon Musk’s chaotic spiral into MAGA meltdown territory. Emma shares a hilariously alarming pregnancy symptom that leads to an unexpected ChatGPT diagnosis. Travis unpacks the unravelling bromance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump…and he couldn’t help but wonder, was the Tesla titan’s political gamble worth it? The besties commiserate over expens...

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month, besties! This week we’re talking about why changing your own oil is hot but not for us and how yoga teachers can read your soul. From Bethenny Frankel’s Sports Illustrated moment (and her immaculate honey brown hair) to Target’s depressing DEI backslide, we’re spiraling in every direction. Travis shares his first (and possibly last) yoga class, we dissect the Moana in-flight entertainment, and Emma educates us on the wild world of $7,000 Labubu dolls. Also in this episode...

Welcome back, besties! In this week’s episode, Travis and Emma dive headfirst into the chaos of adulthood, pregnancy updates, first jobs, and the baffling scam that is American healthcare. We ask the big questions: Why does health insurance feel like a trap? When did we realize adulthood was a scam? Do babies think… and what is thinking anyway? Why is the Titanic still in the news? And are old wives’ tales just misogyny in disguise? Emma updates us on week 11 of her pregnancy (yes, Travis did in...