Two Awesome People
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We are Kelly and Don, two awesome people who luckily married each other. We're navigating family, marriage, friendships, work, and all of the aches and pains that come with being in your 40s, and we're doing it in the podcast-verse for your listening pleasure. Come hang out with two awesome people.
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Episodes
55 episodes
Raw Dog Boredom, Toxic People Literally Aging You, & Banksy Unmasked!?
Welcome to Episode 55 of Two Awesome People — your middle-aged take on pop culture (keeping us “old people” informed).This Episode dives into the hilarious confusion around the phrase "rawdogging." Toxic people who may actually a...
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What Is a Therian? New Emojis, Leprechaun Pee, and the Manosphere | Ep. 54
St. Patrick’s Day in your 40s is less about green beer and more about dyeing the toilet water green so your kids think a leprechaun peed in it. The Manosphere is targeting young boys — and we have thoughts. 😤In this episode ...
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Weirdest Wellness Trend of 2026 + Oscars Chaos | Ep. 53
Welcome to Two Awesome People Episode 53, a funny pop culture podcast with Kelly and Don covering the Oscars 2026, Dusking (Wellness Trend), parenting fails, weird food, and middle-aged reactions to modern life.In this epis...
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Started With Lent…Ended With Gambling | Ep. 52
Welcome back to Two Awesome People — where medium people talk about new things and pretend we know what we’re doing.This episode starts with an IKEA orangutan sponsorship (as one does), then spirals into a religio...
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The “Finger Princess” Term Is Brutal 😭 | Ep. 51
Welcome to Episode 51 of Two Awesome People — your middle-aged take on pop culture (keeping us “old people” informed).Episode 51 is a full-spectrum ride: Kelly introduces the most savage group chat term we’ve heard in a whi...
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Eating Crow at the Olympics (And in Marriage) | Ep. #50
Welcome to Episode 50 of Two Awesome People — your middle-aged take on pop culture (keeping us “old people” informed).This week we break down Olympic drama, viral desserts, the self-proclaimed “Quad God,” and whether it’s finally ...
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Midlife Energy, Testosterone Just Aging, Soft No’s & Valentine’s Day | Two Awesome People
Welcome to Episode 49 of Two Awesome People — your middle-aged take on pop culture (keeping us “old people” informed).This week, Don wonders where his testosterone went (and whether goat weed from Amazon can save him...
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Episode 49
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Good Enough Parenting, Gen Z Ghosting, Super Bowl vs Olympics
Welcome to Episode 48 of Two Awesome People — your middle-aged take on pop culture (keeping us “old people” informed).We kick off with Tap Back: Week in Review (aka “slap or stomp”): a Netflix live free-climb, a vira...
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Episode 48
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Are You Dead? • Family Canceling • Being Annoyed With Your Spouse
Welcome to Episode 47 of Two Awesome People — your middle-aged take on pop culture (keeping us “old people” informed).Today’s episode covers everything from forgotten math skills to one of the darkest apps on the inte...
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What’s Old is New : Memes, Peace-Walk Monks & the Aging Cliff
Welcome to Episode 46 of Two Awesome People — your middle-aged take on pop culture (keeping us “old people” informed).Today we get into:The rise of “grandma hobbies” (a.k.a. analog activities)...
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Toxic Mom Groups, Business in Your 40s, & Why Exclusion Hurts
On today’s episode of Two Awesome People, we cover three extremely important adult topics:Business in your 40s (spoiler: you’re not late — you’re right on time). Research suggests the average age of successful entrepre...
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Episode 45
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New Year, New Season… Same Mid-Life Chaos
Season 2 is here — and we kick it off with a truly painful knock-knock joke, a bright red “birthday/Christmas” sweater debate (including: do mustache + cable knit go together?), and a surprisingly deep dive into New Year’s resolutions....
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Episode 44
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#43: Holly Jolly Exhausted 🎄😴 | Birthdays, Babies vs Teens, Weird Christmas Songs + Timothy Chalamet
It's our last episode of 2025!Ho ho ho, awesome people! In this holiday episode we unpack the very real condition of holly jolly exhausted (Kelly’s official diagnosis). Then we bounce through birthday feelings, whether it’s...
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Episode 43
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Ep #42: Rage Bait, Christmas Trees, Drunk Raccoons & Holiday Travel Rants 😂🎄
In this episode of Two Awesome People, Don and Kelly go full holiday-brain in the best way:Oxford’s Word of the Year: “rage bait” – and how their clips accidentally trigger Gen Z 💀Being called “old” on the i...
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Episode 42
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Post-Thanksgiving: Taco Bell Regrets, Gray Rocking Relatives & Gen Z Not Reading 😅📚
It’s the post-Thanksgiving aftermath episode you didn’t know you needed.Kelly & Don break down their chaotic Thanksgiving — adult wrestling, people in the pool with their clothes on, and yes… Taco Bell delivered at 9PM...
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Episode 41
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Turkey Talk: Weird Traditions, Leftover Gravy & Kids’ Table Drama
Turkey Talk time. 🦃 Don and Kelly dive into all things Thanksgiving: favorite foods (stuffing vs pie), cursed new products like Heinz “Leftover Gravy,” the Target-only Starbucks drink, and whether turkey is ever actually good… o...
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Episode 40
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Thigh Apology, Wedding Rings, Fedora Man & Penny Drama
Kelly & Don cover a little bit of everything this week — starting with a viewer comment about Don’s “too much thigh”apology (yep, that happened) and how even the most mundane stuff gets politicized online. Then it’s a rapid-fire tour...
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Episode 39
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How Are You Doing, Feeling Frumpy, and Seasonal Fast-Food Finds
Kelly & Don check in on life, laugh at trends, and get real about middle-age vibes. From joining social media at 40 to the grind of job hunting after years at home, they cover it all—plus food fads like Taco Bell’s Baja Bla...
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Episode 38
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Well-Rounded vs. Specialized: Multi-Hyphenate Hustle & Candy Trends 🍫🤖
Is it better to be well-rounded or deeply specialized? 360 Ready or Specialist Energy?Don & Kelly debate the multi-hyphenate hustle, “craft-maxing,” and how to guide kids toward college apps (hello Star...
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Episode 37
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Kelly & Don Talk Teen Interviews, Interview Tips, and Moms Returning to Work
In this episode, Don and Kelly tackle two very real stages of life — helping your teen prep for interviews (College interviews anyone?), Interview Tips, and re-entering the workforce after years of parenting — with the usual Two Awesome People ...
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Episode 36
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Start a Hobby That Makes You Happy + Gen Z Emojis Explained
Fran Lebowitz says “read before you think.” Don and Kelly…mostly don’t—then dive into Gen Z emoji meanings (yes, 🍝 = “nudes”), the fairy ✨ sarcasm combo, and that dizzy face 😵💫 you’re probably misusing. Next up: wh...
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Episode 35
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Make Your Bedrooms Awesome
Kelly opens with “Welcome to our OnlyFans—JK, a podcast,” and it only gets spicier from there. This week, Don and Kelly are in the same room (finally) talking bedrooms: how to design kids’ rooms that reflect personality (stri...
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Episode 34
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Stop Asking Your Kids ‘How Was Your Day?’ — Here’s What Actually Works.
Every parent has been there — you pick your kid up from school, lean over with your best loving face, and ask, “How was your day?” only to get…“Fine.” “I dunno.” “Nothing happened.” 🙃In this episode, Don and Kelly break down why that que...
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Unrealistic Expectations That Will Kill Your Relationship 💀
Think your partner should read your mind? Always make you happy? Stay forever young and endlessly attractive? 💀In this episode, Don and Kelly pull apart all the ridiculous demands we pile onto our partners: expecting them to read our min...
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Episode 32
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