bestie approved
Travis and Emma made a podcast. No one asked for it, but here we are. We're two best friends who just won't shut up.bestie approved is what happens when two unfiltered best friends talk into microphones and invite you into the beautiful chaos of their friendship. Hosted by Travis and Emma (former finance bros turned content creators and certified messes), this weekly podcast is a love letter to pop culture, authentic friendship, complaining, and all the things we don’t understand (like health insurance, the ocean, and why superglue doesn’t work the way you would expect).We overshare. We s...
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REALITY ROUNUP WITH OUR PODCAST FRIENDS!
Travis is hanging out with the bestie approved returning champions, Scott and Geoff from Husbands Watching Housewives, to unpack the season 15 premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills!
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WE FINALLY HAVE A WEBSITE! bestieapproved.com All of our social medi...toxic news and twitter fights with Dave & Lisa
🚨 A quick heads up: This week’s episode is way more political than usual. 🚨
Emma literally just had her baby and she’s home hanging out with that perfect little baby angel. 🥹👶🏼 Travis is trying to navigate the world without Emma while she’s on her maternity break, so he’s hanging out with two of his new podcast friends, David and Lisa Beckemeyer, from This Week in Outrage. We dive into why everything feels so loud, angry, and broken right now, and why there’s actually way more middle ground (and exhausted, reasonable humans) than the internet wants you to bel...
Travis and Emma want to have Lisa Barlow's resilience.
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.
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remember when Lady Gaga investigated January 6th?
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.
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Linktree: bestie approvedEmail: hello@bestieapproved.comreality roundup: RHOP season premier with Husbands Watching Housewives.
🎙️ 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!
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Linktree: bestie approvedEmail: hello@bestieapproved.comCheck out Husbands Watching Housewives (friends of the pod)
website: Husbands Watching HousewivesApple Podcasts: Husbands Watching HousewivesTikTok: @husbandswatchinYouTube: @HusbandsWatchingHousewivesLinktree: Husbands Watching Housewivespodcast friends: The Girls Room is bestie approved!
🎙️ BONUS EPISODE WITH OUR NEW PODCAST FRIEND! 🎧
hey besties! Travis and Emma got to hang out in with their new podcast friend, Brittany in The Girls Room, and they had an absolute time! From raging Gaylors to actually gay cookie company CEOs, this was a really fun show.
Brittany is so much fun, and it was so cool of her to have us on. Do us a favor and tell your messiest friend about The Girls Room because it’s definitely bestie approved! We can’t wait to do this again! ❤️
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Valter is very upset right now.
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 (Lisa Barlow never disappoints 🔥)Karen Huger’s post-DUI “free woman” moment.RHOSLC S1E5 recap.They also shout out listener reviews, ta...
reality roundup: RHOSLC season 6 premier with Husbands Watching Housewives
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!
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Linktree: bestie approvedEmail: hello@bestieapproved.comCheck out Husbands Watching Housewives (friends of the pod)
website: Husbands Watching HousewivesApple Podcasts: Husbands Watching HousewivesTikTok: @husbandswatchinYouTube: @HusbandsWatchingHousewivesLinktree: Husbands Watching Housewivesand just like that, we missed our connecting flight.
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 ThatBehind the scenes at Podcast Movement and Travis’s chaotic journey back homeThe 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 with your messiest friend!
Emma's rage and Travis's Raisinets.
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 FaceTimeTravis’ horrific first trip to Dollar GeneralWould you ever buy a ticket to someone’s wedding?How much money is too much money to still be miserableThe death of fall & springThe return of the tandem bikersReality Roundup: Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 1, Episode 3stop 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 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 folding laundry should be automated or savored with gratitude.
In Reality Roundup: Jen Shah...
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 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 Australia!),The wild new prison roommate for Jen Shah and Elizabeth Holmes,School supplies discourse and how...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 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 heading solo to Podcast Movement 2025, so if you’ll be...
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 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, and what it means to be “woke” in the year of our Lord 2025. Spoiler: they are not impressed.
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babies, baking, breakdowns & betrayal
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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-fashioned. Bless Nancy.
Emma’s dreams are weird, her baby’s kicking, and her sl...
baby onions, Vogue (DJ Meredith Marks remix), and a #MomTok hostile takeover attempt.
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.
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...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 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 ring email spirals into a deep dive on wedding cultu...
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, 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 4AM Club conspiracy theorists on TikTok, your...
Smurf hormones, billionaire breakups, AI therapy, and wagon wheel watusi.
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 expensive notebooks, AI addiction, and the uncanny valley o...
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 side of friendship goals.
Current status: 32 listeners and growing (we're basically famous)
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Email: hello@bestieapproved.comTwitter: @bestieapprovedpodInstagram: @bestieapprovedpodcastFacebook: Travis & EmmaWebsite: travisandemma | LinktreeBethenny 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 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:
a horrifying pregnancy update with a happy ending.the rise and fall of Tom Girardi.Tra...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 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 invite a pregnant woman to join a dodgeball league...
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) friendship experiment in human history. We cover the origin story of bestie approved, why stay-at-home dads are treated like saints, how to identify your suburban mom era through hot glue gun purchases, and why Travis once asked if he needed to take off his shoes at a hospital metal detector.
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