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Retail Therapy by Sunday Scaries

Sunday Scarieswww.sunday-scaries.com
Hosted by Will deFries and Barrett Dudley, Retail Therapy covers the ever-changing landscape of online trends, aesthetics, style, shopping, and (of course) shifting vibes. What's in, what's out, and what everyone might be talking about at your next group dinner. Also Airing: The Sunday Scaries Podcast — a wellness and self-care podcast for those with blurry Friday and Saturday nights. Hosted by Will deFries, The Sunday Scaries Podcast is your cure for the Sunday blues.

Episodes

Stop Killing Your House Plants with Kate Ferguson, Co-Founder of Flourish

From fiddle-leaf figs to money trees to snake plants, it's probably safe to say that we've all killed a house plant at some point in our lives. This Sunday, we're joined by Kate Ferguson, the co-founder of Flourish , whose mission is to make sure your house plants are absolutely thriving. She answers several pressing house plant questions including the best low-maintenance plants, common mistakes to avoid, which indoor plants are subtle flexes, over or under-watering your plants, repotting, and ...

Mar 27, 202233 min

Swedish Fika, White Noise, and A Heartfelt Thank You

In the 200th episode of The Sunday Scaries Podcast, we discuss the Swedish practice of 'Fika' that revolves around regular coffee breaks, the benefits of using a white noise machine to sleep, and a very heartfelt thank you to anyone who has supported the brand and podcast along the way. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Shop Sunday Scaries Merch: www.sunday-scaries.shop Support This Week's Sponsors...

Mar 20, 202221 min

Retail Therapy 005: Chanel Bags x Night Luxe Aesthetic

Ever wanted two dudes to talk you into buying a medium Chanel flap bag? Well, you've come to the right place as Barrett and Will do their best to convince a group of listeners to splurge for an expensive handbag. They also discuss the rise of The ‘Night Luxe’ Aesthetic where martinis and steaks are replacing smoothies and yoga on Instagram and TikTok. Episode Companion + Wishlists: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Shop Sunday Sc...

Mar 16, 202250 min

Spring Scented Candles, The Early Flight, and The 'What To Watch' Meditation

Three high-end scented candle recommendations for spring, revisiting the reasons you need to consider the early flight home on Sunday, and a meditation to help you find something to watch on television tonight. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Shop Sunday Scaries Merch: www.sunday-scaries.shop Support This Week's Sponsors Lumineux: www.getlumineux.com/scaries (15% off!) Outgoing Without Going Out:...

Mar 13, 202221 min

Home Bar Staples, Job Resignation Guilt, Work-From-Home Essentials, and More Listener Questions

This month’s listener questions include (but are certainly not limited to) at-home bar essentials, iPhone photography tips, trendy food and beverages, “treat yourself” Sunday purchases, coffee table book recommendations, splurges for first-time apartment dwellers, the guilt of quitting your job, fitness trackers, work-from-home essentials, dealing with friends who go out more than you’d like, knowing when you’re financially stable, and the perfect Sunday evening movie spread. Subscribe to The Su...

Mar 06, 202228 min

Retail Therapy 004: Jazz Steak & London Fashion Week

Ever wondered how Kenny G cooks his steaks? How about the looks that dominated street style during London's Fashion Week? Or, perhaps you're trying to decide between Too Hot To Handle and Love Is Blind ? Answers to those questions and more as Barrett and Will dive in this week. They also add some things to their wishlists, discuss Will's 48-hour juice cleanse, and more. Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/washedmedia Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Subscribe...

Mar 02, 20221 hr 1 min

Negronis, Sick Day Guilt, and Law School with David Ruff

This week begins with a dissection of the guilt you always seem to feel during sick days before diving into a history of the classic Italian cocktail, the negroni. To round things out, David Ruff ( Circling Back , Too Much Dip ) joins the program to discuss all things law school — reasons for going, reasons for not going, good and bad law school habits, and more. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries S...

Feb 27, 202228 min

Retail Therapy 003: Skincare Routines & Shifting Vibes

A lot has changed since the last episode of Retail Therapy — both Will and Barrett got sidelined for health reasons, everyone’s now putting Vaseline on their faces before bed, and the vibes have totally shifted. Today, we talk skincare routines, the “slugging” process, The Cut’s article titled ‘A Vibe Shift Is Coming,’ wishlist additions, and more. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Shop Sunday Scar...

Feb 23, 202252 min

Weekend Paralysis, The Five Stages of Texting A New Friend, and Calming Work Playlists

Some reasons why you may not be as active or social on weekends when you have free time, the anguish you go through when trying to text a 'new' friend for the first time, and four relaxing Spotify playlists that are perfect to work to. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Shop Sunday Scaries Merch: www.sunday-scaries.shop Support This Week's Sponsors Firstleaf: www.tryfirstleaf.com/scaries (6 bottles ...

Feb 20, 202219 min

Hungover Car Rides, Intentional Screen Time, and The Productivity Meditation

This Sunday, the thought process of a miserably hungover car ride, why you shouldn't always avoid a little extra screen time, and the productivity meditation. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Shop Sunday Scaries Merch: www.sunday-scaries.shop Support This Week's Sponsors Ten Thousand: www.tenthousand.cc/scaries (15% off!) Manscaped: www.manscaped.com (SCARIES for 20% off + free shipping) Follow Al...

Feb 13, 202222 min

Meditation Tips, Career Change Hesitations, Pasta Talk, and More Listener Questions

This month's listener questions include meditation tips for beginners, approaching your significant other about a career change, the world of incense, ranking pasta shapes, whether or not cacio e pepe is overrated, my “Ego-at-the-end-of-Ratatouille” moment, hungover coffee orders, Wordle and other word games, the ideal Sunday sandwich, and a rapid-fire round ranging from Sunday Scaries totes to group dinner apps to reusing old candle containers. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willdefries.su...

Feb 06, 202224 min

Retail Therapy 002: Low Bowls, Brand Pronunciations, and Tom Holland's Mug

Is there anything better than eating out of a low bowl? How do you pronounce brands like Loewe, Aime Leon Dore, and Givenchy? Why are we obsessed with the recent pap photos of Tom Holland and Zendaya in London? Answers to those questions and more in this week’s edition of Retail Therapy. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Theragun: www.therabody.com/scaries Follow Along ...

Feb 02, 202247 min

The Importance of Alone Time, Building A Fire, and Sunday Movies To Cry To

This week's episode discusses the therapeutic feeling of building a fire, why you need to take more advantage of your alone time, and four Sunday movies to cry to when you simply need to feel something. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop Sunday Scaries Merch: www.sunday-scaries.shop Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Framebridge: www.framebridge.com (SCARIES for 15% off) Earlybird CBD: www.earlybirdc...

Jan 30, 202220 min

Imposter Syndrome, Hotel Bars, and Winter Scented Candle Recommendations

Three high-end scented candles to burn while you hunker down this winter, the beauty and mystique of hotel bars, and the self-diagnosis we all give ourselves of Imposter Syndrome. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Lumineux: www.getlumineux.com/scaries (15% off!) Follow Along Sunday Scaries on Twitter: www.twitter.com/sundayscaries Sunday Scaries on Instagram: www.instag...

Jan 23, 202219 min

Retail Therapy 001: Nannacore & Cigarettes

The first edition of Retail Therapy with Will deFries and Barrett Dudley, a bi-weekly podcast that will (normally) drop midweek on The Sunday Scaries Podcast feed. This week, we discuss the rise of the Nannacore aesthetic, why cigarettes are making a comeback in Bushwick, Dry January's demise, and some additions to our ongoing wishlist. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors...

Jan 16, 202251 min

Dry January, Long Winters, Journaling, and More Listener Questions

This month's listener questions include Dry January vs. Damp January, finding motivation at work after the holidays, alarm clock methods, enduring long winters in northern states, listeners approaching in public, ranking the months, how music taste changes through the seasons, the perfect Sunday recipe, the value of journaling, work-life balance after having your first child, reducing screentime when you can't simply disconnect, and takeaways from 2021. Subscribe to The Sunday Digest: www.willde...

Jan 09, 202227 min

2021 Year-in-Review, Sunday Resolutions, and At-Home New Year's Eve

A look back at some of Will's favorite moments on the podcast in 2021, some Sunday-esque New Year's resolutions for anyone looking to not fully commit to something, and a case for the at-home New Year's Eve celebration. Sign up for the upcoming Sunday newsletter on Substack: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Firstleaf: www.tryfirstleaf.com/scaries (6 bottles of wine for $29.95 and free shipping) Bespo...

Dec 19, 202121 min

The Ideal New Year's Eve, Long-Distance Friendship, Holiday Traditions, and More Listener Questions

This month's listener questions include (but are not limited to) packing for trips, the ideal New Year's Eve, favorite holiday traditions, favorite cashmere sweaters, go-to at-home Sunday brunch, ranking the best types of showers, knowing when it's time for a change, being ready to propose or get married, staying connected with friends when you move away, which holiday causes the worst anxiety when returning to work, and New Year's Resolutions. Shop Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.c...

Dec 12, 202125 min

The 2021 Sunday Scaries Holiday Gift Guide with Barrett Dudley

After the success of last year's holiday gift guide, we've brought Barrett Dudley back to the program to discuss everything holiday gift-giving this year — for him, for her, for the home, and even some splurge items that no one has any business buying. Links to everything we discussed during the episode: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Ettitude: www.ettitude.com/scaries (SCARIES for free shipping and 20...

Dec 05, 20211 hr 10 min

How To Use Holiday PTO, 2022 Health Food Trends, and How Will's Mom Spends Her Sundays

A very special episode that closes with Will's mom joining the program to take us through her ideal Sunday. Will also discusses Whole Foods' health food forecast for 2022 and ruminates on working around the holidays and how to use that precious personal time off. Sign up for the Sunday Scaries weekly (well, sometimes bi-weekly) newsletter: www.willdefries.substack.com Shop Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Trade Coffee: www.drinktrade.com...

Nov 28, 202122 min

A Very Sally Thanksgiving

Will's wife, Sally, joins the show to talk all things Thanksgiving — where Thanksgiving ranks in her favorite holidays, favorite Thanksgiving traditions, her ideal Thanksgiving day, the best Thanksgiving-themed shows and movies, alternative sides for the big meal, and some rapid-fire listener-submitted questions. Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Firstleaf: www.tryfirstleaf.com/scaries (6 bottles of wine for $29.95 and free shipp...

Nov 21, 202148 min

Spa Treatment Benefits, Goop's Ridiculous Gift Guide, and The Lost Crebit Card Meditation

An explanation of why "spa circuits" are so relaxing, breaking down the most ridiculous items from Goop's Holiday Gift Guide, and a meditation for anyone who has left their credit or debit card at the bar the night before. Shop Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Ettitude: www.ettitude.com/scaries (code SCARIES for 20% off + free shipping) Theragun: www.therabody.com/scaries Follow Along Sunday Scaries on Twitter: www.twitter.com/sundayscar...

Nov 14, 202126 min

Inexpensive Apartment Upgrades, Ranking Thanksgiving Dishes, Starting A Podcast, and More Listener Questions

This week's listener questions include inexpensive ways to upgrade your apartment, 9-to-5 work culture, ranking traditional Thanksgiving dishes, favorite comfort holiday movies, go-to albums and playlists for relaxing at home, growing apart from college friends, the best grocery store pre-mades, Will's home office setup, getting snobbier with age, favorite holiday cocktails, the moment when you finally feel "grown-up," and how to start a podcast. Shop Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox...

Nov 07, 202136 min

The Best Two-Month Stretch of the Year, The Worst Group Dinner Conversations, and Aging Out of Cheap Cocktails

The shame you feel when you realize you never drink vodka-sodas anymore, the five worst conversation starters to avoid at any group dinner, and a tribute to the best two-month stretch of the year — November 1st to January 1st. Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Trade: www.drinktrade.com/scaries (SCARIES for first bag free and $5 off your bundle at checkout) Uncommon Goods:  www.uncommongoods.com/scaries (15% off!) Follow Alon...

Oct 31, 202121 min

New York In The Fall, The Anatomy of a Sleepless Night, and Hot Cold-Weather Drinks

The creative process behind the new Sunday Scaries scented candle New York In The Fall, the anxiety of waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to sleep, and some of Will's favorite hot cocktails when the temperature begins to dip. Shop the 'New York in the Fall' Scented Candle: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Firstleaf: www.tryfirstleaf.com/scaries (6 bottles of wine for $29.95) Talkspace: www.talkspace.com (SCARIES for $100 off!)   Follow Along S...

Oct 24, 202118 min

Murder Your Anxiety with Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell (Murder Book, The New Yorker)

Why do we love true crime as entertainment? What is it like to be a full-time cartoonist and author? Is there actually a "best" episode of Frasier? This week, cartoonist and author Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell joins will to discuss all things murder — her book coming out on November 9th, what goes into creating a graphic novel, the ups and downs of being a creative in New York City, and so much more. Pre-Order Murder Book : www.hilarysmurderbook.com Shop Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabo...

Oct 17, 202138 min

The Dreaded Quarter-Life Crisis, Ten Commandments of Dinner Parties, and Styling Crewneck Sweatshirts

Ranking the best (and worst) ways to wear a classic crewneck sweatshirt, rules for hosts and guests of dinner parties, and a look at something we all inevitably go through in our 20s — the quarter-life crisis. Shop Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Trade Coffee: www.drinktrade.com/scaries (first bag free + $5 off!) Honey: www.joinhoney.com/scaries (easily save on all your favorite sites!)  Follow Along Sunday Scaries on Twitter: www....

Oct 10, 202123 min

Fall Activities, First Date Drink Orders, Soup Season, and More Listener Questions

This monther's listener questions include (but are not limited to) a survey of the best soups, favorite styles of fall beer, the best fall fabrics, the perfect fall Sunday food menu, top-five fall activities, the most important elements of Will's morning routine, revisiting the "take the early flight home" mantra, go-to first date drink orders, how Will knew he was ready for kids, his cures for seasonal depression, and his least favorite part of creating content for a living. Shop Sunday Scaries...

Oct 03, 202128 min

Craft Beer Shopping, Fall Movie Wine Pairings, and Worth The Splurge: Black T-Shirts

The thought process you go through while trying to shop for a fall craft beer, which high-end plain black t-shirts are worth your money, and pairing red wines with all the fall movies we know and love. Shop Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Ladder: www.ladderlife.com/scaries Firstleaf: www.tryfirstleaf.com/scaries (6 bottles of wine for $29.95)   Follow Along Sunday Scaries on Twitter: www.twitter.com/sundayscaries Sunday Scaries on ...

Sep 26, 202122 min

Fall Scented Candles, Waxed Jackets, and Breaking Routine

Scented candle recommendations that will pair perfectly with your fall, a how-to on how to rewax your waxed jacket, and the benefits and anxiety of breaking your routine. Shop Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Vizzy: www.vizzyhardseltzer.com/washed   Bespoke Post: www.boxofawesome.com (SCARIES for 20% off) Follow Along Sunday Scaries on Twitter: www.twitter.com/sundayscaries Sunday Scaries on Instagram: www.instagram.com/sunday.scari...

Sep 19, 202119 min