The second installment of our 'What's Your Job' series features Em Schulz, one-half of the award-winning podcast “And That’s Why We Drink,” (and former prop creator for TV and film!), and Megan, a food scientist based in the Midwest. Before Em was sharing spooky ghost stories on their wildly successful pod, they worked at a prop warehouse in LA, creating props for shows like “New Girl,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” and “Stranger Things.” What does that job entail, and how did they get in...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Season 3Ep. 293
Bethany is finally airing out her grievances against a certain family of clean butt-obsessed animated bears. Is anyone else grossed out by the Charmin Bears?? Then, Kathleen is feeling unprepared for class today so she’s pulling out her handy dandy Cosmo magazine. Want some choice tips on how to flirt via text? You’re in the right spot! Plus, forging in fire, Kathleen’s theoretical “Camp Taste” in the Catskills, that pesky mysterious monolith in Utah (#TheGovmint), and the ladies get gently corr...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 292
Happy Thanksgiving! If you’re wondering how you’re going to navigate a massive meal this holiday season, don’t fret! Registered Dietitian Vanessa Rissetto is talking with Kathleen and Bethany about how to keep a healthy and sane attitude around food, why you shouldn’t starve yourself all day before the big Thanksgiving meal, and the most amazing mantra to make you realize how easy it can be to eat well for your body! Then, the show just devolves into chaos: there is singing, bad Turkey jokes, st...
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Season 3Ep. 291
It’s a loosey-goosey bonus! Kathleen and Bethany respond to a listener who had a bone to pick with the “About Time” movie conversation. Also, just like royal families used to intermarry for things like access to trade routes, what would your partner’s family get from a marriage to YOU? (Awesome dogs? An inherited stamp collection? Crippling genetic mental illness?) Plus, Kathleen gouaches her face! -------- Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired-taste-podcast ...
Nov 23, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 290
Bethany made a poor choice. Kathleen pulled no punches about hating this week’s assigned movie, the 1984 cult classic “Clue.” Have you seen it? Do you love it? Or does it make you so mad, like flames….. on the side of your face……? Kathleen lists the dozens of ways this movie’s interior decor disgusted her, while Bethany gets increasingly defensive. Plus, a discussion on skincare while mispronouncing “Niacinamide” and Bethany premieres the dumbest game she’s ever invented. Check out our merch! —&...
Nov 19, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 289
In the inaugural edition of having one host make the other host watch a movie they don’t want to watch, Kathleen made Bethany watch one of Rachel McAdams' time travel romcoms “About Time.” Did Bethany enjoy it? Did it give Kathleen tingles? Does it have sad movie cancer? (You’ll be about ready to be about through with About Time by the time they're about finished!) Plus, an homage to Alex Trebek and lessons learned from Pop Up Video. ---------- Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 3Ep. 288
Kathleen took an emergency trip to her brother’s house and let’s just say, it’s not going well. #ProjectileVomit #NoTowels #FlipFlops? Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired-taste-podcast Please support the companies that support us! Kitty Poo Club - Every month Kitty Poo Club delivers an affordable, high-quality, recyclable litter box that's pre-filled with the litter of your choice. And right now, Kitty Poo Club is offering you 20% off your first order when ...
Nov 10, 2020•25 min•Season 3Ep. 287
So? How ya doing? On this week’s episode, Bethany and Kathleen are only talking about things that will distract you, make you laugh, or provide a solid way to change the subject when you’re around your family this holiday season. Plus, a passionate discussion about tiny spoons and old timey sayings that need to come back. -------- Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired-taste-podcast --------- Watch Bethany’s short film, “Lonely Hearts!” (And tell a friend!) —&...
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 286
It’s time! As is the annual tradition, this week Kathleen and Bethany read YOUR scary stories, plus a few of their own favorites. There are creepy kids, horrifying whistles, and the perils of being a defense attorneyyyyyyyy mwaaa aaaa aaaaaaah! (Oh, and Bethany is learning how to set a broken leg in a cabin emergency because Christmas is coming.) --------- Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired-taste-podcast --------- Please support the companies that support ...
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Season 3Ep. 284
We talked about Listener Sydney a few episodes ago because Sydney's boss told her to take her pronouns out of her email signature, calling it “inappropriate” to have them there. We learned afterward that Sydney brought the issue to HR. We wanted to find out what that process was like, how it turned out, and whether or not her boss was being mature about the whole thing. Plus, what do you say to people who don’t see the importance of using someone’s preferred pronouns? --------- Check out our mer...
Oct 26, 2020•34 min•Season 3Ep. 283
Is it magic? Is it physics? Bethany is looking at the first written instance of kids playing the classic sleepover game, “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board.” (Play it with your colleagues as a team-building exercise!) Then, Kathleen’s Thanksgiving dinner plans are driving straight into Potato Bar Town, population: all potatoes. She looks at the history of our subterranean spud friend and plans out an array of potato options that would make any starch-lover weep with joy. Plus, NASA has come u...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 282
Bethany has been busy researching all the local, spooky folklore from your hometown and it’s terrifying! An abandoned house in the woods? Check! A crazy lady living in a cave? Check! This is the stuff Halloween dreams are made out of. Then, Kathleen is inspired by Netflix’s ‘Emily In Paris’ to open up about her ridiculous (but also kind of valid) relationship deal breakers. Please don’t clap when the plane lands. Bethany even has a few about Dennis too! PLUS, one of the ladies applied for a job ...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 3Ep. 281
Happy Monday! On this loosey-goosey bonus episode, Bethany gives Kathleen a free sommelier test (it’s really, really hard!), and they discuss what to do in the very real nightmare scenario of showing up for your big presentation only to find that all of your clothes have been raptured away. ---------- Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired-taste-podcast ---------- Please support the companies that support us! FightCamp - FightCamp is the grand slam of at-home ...
Oct 12, 2020•30 min•Season 3Ep. 280
Hello, Gentle Listener! Would you like a cuppa? Kathleen classes this joint up by teaching the basics on tea and why those Brits love it so damn much. Then, Bethany crawls out of her bunker long enough to connect the red strings on Artificial Superintelligence and explains why you should be freaking out. Plus, it’s SPOOOOOOKY season, so the ladies read the first listener scary story AND the first “Why I’m Voting” submission, and Bethany yells at a bird. ________ Check out our merch! —> https:...
Oct 08, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Season 3Ep. 279
Bethany is ready to creep you out this spooky season with some disconcerting AI. We all remember when Alexa was randomly laughing at people, but did you hear about the Twitter bot that tells horror stories? What about the self-driving car that didn’t hit the brakes during a brake test? Or the robot who knows a little too much about nuclear bases around the world? Then, Kathleen is frying up some truth about MSG, that food additive that everyone thinks makes them sick. ----------- Check out our m...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Season 3Ep. 278
“Lily” has a big decision ahead of her: to apply for a big job (and potentially move across the country) or to stay where she is and where her family and friends are. How do you know if moving far away is the right decision? If you’re an only child, do you ever get to move away or are you beholden to your parents? Will Apolo Anton Ohno ever live up to Kathleen’s expectations? Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired-taste-podcast Please support the companies tha...
Sep 29, 2020•26 min•Season 3Ep. 277
Quick! How do you get blood out of clothes? It’s been a hectic week and both Kathleen and Bethany are on the verge of complete meltdowns. Hooray! So Bethany is falling back on a topic she knows very well: how to raise cats that don’t hate you. Then, Kathleen is spying on our Facebook fan group chats and sharing what SFW and NSFW conversations you’re having. (Drinking coconut oil before……what??) ------------ Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired-taste-podcast ...
Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 276
Bethany is opening up our world to the weird and rare disease that causes frightening hallucinations: Charles Bonnet Syndrome. Specifically, she covers one really fascinating case where a man kept seeing the creepy girl from 'The Ring!' Then, Kathleen covers the topic of “invisible labor”: all of the work you do to hold life together, even though it doesn’t pay you a cent. How can you make sure you’re getting recognized, and that you’re recognizing the other people in your life in turn? Ya gotta...
Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Season 3Ep. 275
It’s a new week with a clean slate! Is it time for you to make a big life decision? Our Tastebud “Archduke Von Vaughn” is wondering if he should end his 5-year relationship with his very nice, very chill boyfriend. Is Archduke projecting his own dissatisfaction onto the relationship, or is it time to move on? How do you know when you’ve really fallen out of love? ------ Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired-taste-podcast ------ Please support the companies th...
Sep 15, 2020•22 min•Season 3Ep. 274
Deepest, bluest, our hat is like a shark fin. Last week, Kathleen and Bethany assigned each other’s topics, which is why Victorian goth Bethany is discussing the PSL and why self-labeled “Basic Bitch” Kathleen is delving into the conspiracy theory about Eisenhower meeting (twice!) with aliens. Plus, play a rousing game of “Candle Scent or Obnoxious Vegan Recipe” with your coworkers as a team-building exercise! --------------- Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acqu...
Sep 10, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 273
In this Labor Day special, Kathleen and Bethany talk to two people with very different jobs in the television industry! Stephanie Mulka, a former intern of ours, is serving up some truth about the heart-wrenching and scary details on what it's like being a true-crime reporter for Oxygen Network. How does she sleep at night?! Then, Kristin Brutout, a friend from Kathleen's book club, tells us what it's like to develop reality television shows from the ground up! Have you ever wanted to be a reali...
Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 272
Who’s losing their mind from home? *raises hand* If you feel like you’ve officially gone insane during this pandemic, Bethany is right there with you. She’s brought along some really helpful suggestions on how to ground yourself and get your brain to stop spinning into Anxiety Town, population: You. Then, Kathleen is doing another installment of Weird News Roundup! Get caught up on the UFO news you missed. ---------- Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired-tast...
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 271
Happy new week, friends! This week’s bonus is a listener email from “Persephone” aka “Adele” aka “Not her real name” who has been in a committed relationship for four years. The problem? She very much wants to get married, whereas her boyfriend is much less enthusiastic about the idea. His excuse? He doesn’t want the financial entanglements, and he’s also against the “traditional” expectations of society (aka college, dating, marriage, kids). Should Adele stay in an otherwise happy relationship,...
Aug 25, 2020•28 min•Season 3Ep. 270
Food and exercise are touchy subjects, especially when you’re trying to help your partner get healthier. But how do you talk to someone about this stuff when they have already a history of disordered eating and low self-esteem? Kathleen’s beloved Peloton has recently become the center of a big disagreement in her home, but it goes much deeper than just an exercise bike. Then, you know that prickly feeling you get when you just KNOW someone is looking at you? It’s not in your head! (Or, rather, i...
Aug 20, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 269
Did you know that chewing tobacco served a purpose beyond injecting cowboys with that sweet sweet nicotine? And how often DID people in the Wild West shower, anyway? Kathleen is feeling some hygiene kinship with our frontier ancestors, so she fills everyone in on the real grooming habits from the Wild West. Then, Bethany has been struggling for awhile with a very specific kind of hangup: the fear of what life will look like if she’s actually successful at her current goals. Have you struggled wi...
Aug 13, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 3Ep. 268
Both Kathleen and Bethany are firmly seated on the Struggle Bus today, but they left room for you! Hop on as they help a Tastebud figure out how to (or even if she SHOULD) flirt with her dream guy on Instagram. Did we mention that he’s a famous news anchor? Then, the name “Karen” has become a meme in the most unflattering way. How do real Karens feel about this? Bethany and Kathleen talk with a Karen who has some thoughts... -------- Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections...
Aug 11, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 267
Money is tight and conversations about money are stressful (and confusing)! But as Bethany and Kathleen have both figured out, ignoring money conversations doesn’t make anything easier. If you’ve always wanted to learn more about putting away for retirement, how to start investing money, or just how to start tackling your student loan debt, Shannon McLay has you covered. Shannon answers your money questions, explains confusing financial terms, and plays a rousing game of “How’d These Celebrities...
Aug 06, 2020•1 hr 48 min•Season 3Ep. 266
Have you ever had a loved one totally call you out for being a jerk? Kathleen’s husband just did this and she's is actually glad he did it! What was the issue? Plus, Bethany is inspired by a new podcast to fall back into the rabbit hole that is Ghost Adventures, and she’s teaching the class Zak Bagans 101. ALSO, watermelon juice is coming out of someone's rear-end! Wanna know who? Here's a hint: She has two cats. -------- Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired...
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 265
It’s Bethany’s turn to lay out all of the big and hilariously small things that are happening in her life right now. (Did anyone else trip UP the stairs this weekend?) Then, Kathleen’s been spending a lot of time on “life hack” accounts like 5 Minute Crafts, and she’s brought along a ton of ingenious ideas and shady shortcuts. Who knew there was so much demand for cooking a hot dog with nothing but a Pringles can?? ------ Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired...
Jul 23, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 264
Have you ever felt like so much is happening at once, your brain can’t get anything done? Kathleen is having that kind of week, so she’s laying out all of the big (and hilariously small) things that are going on in her life right now. (For example, she’s accidentally getting an old Texas woman’s grocery receipts…) Then, Bethany digs into the mysterious story of a handful of American and Canadian diplomats who suffered brain damage after hearing strange noises in Havana, Cuba! Plus, the ladies ha...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 263
