Episodes

stop optimizing, start writing to your prison penpal.
Aug. 21, 2025

stop optimizing, start writing to your prison penpal.

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 discou...

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crayons, communism, and hospital smells.
Aug. 17, 2025

crayons, communism, and hospital smells.

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 hil...

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Kesha changed Travis's life after three ER visits.
July 30, 2025

Kesha changed Travis's life after three ER visits.

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 extr...

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it’s hot and everyone is chewing
July 24, 2025

it’s hot and everyone is chewing

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 m...

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babies, baking, breakdowns & betrayal
July 17, 2025

babies, baking, breakdowns & betrayal

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...

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baby onions, Vogue (DJ Meredith Marks remix), and a #MomTok hostile takeover attempt.
July 5, 2025

baby onions, Vogue (DJ Meredith Marks remix), and a #MomTok hostile t…

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...

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ruined engagements and the secret life of Arby's coupons
June 26, 2025

ruined engagements and the secret life of Arby's coupons

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 e...

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one of the bedbugs ate my podcast title.
June 20, 2025

one of the bedbugs ate my podcast title.

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, I...

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Smurf hormones, billionaire breakups, AI therapy, and wagon wheel watusi.
June 12, 2025

Smurf hormones, billionaire breakups, AI therapy, and wagon wheel wat…

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 hil...

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bestie approved is HERE!
June 11, 2025

bestie approved is HERE!

Two former finance bros. Zero idea what we're doing. 100% commitment to complaining about everything. From Real Housewives takes to things we genuinely don't understand (wind, brains, the ocean), we're serving chaos with a si...

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Bethenny Frankel is Travis’s hero and Target betrayed us
June 6, 2025

Bethenny Frankel is Travis’s hero and Target betrayed us

🏳️‍🌈 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 ho...

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not our first rodeo
May 20, 2025

not our first rodeo

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 h...

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the soft launch no one asked for
May 13, 2025

the soft launch no one asked for

In our very first episode, we attempt to soft launch this podcast with all the professionalism of a cardboard car held together by super glue. Join us at the beginning of a journey that might be the greatest (or most unhinged...

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