The Ranting Podcast

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Welcome back to The Ranting Podcast! In Episode 165, Nick and Miranda are going back and forth with four wild Reddit AITA and advice stories, relationship drama, family conflicts, questionable decisions, and plenty of unfiltered opinions!

We're also sharing a little story about us being a couple (yes, apparently that needs clarification 🤣), jumping into another round of "Let's Talk About It," and ranting about everything in betwee...

In Episode 164 Nick and Miranda react to FIVE stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AIO: Looking for Mr. Right

- AITA for Feeling Uncomfortable Visiting My Friend After Finding Out They Timed Me On Their Nanny Cam?

- AIO: Being Upset That My Fiance Is Treating A Work Conference Trip As A Vacation

- AITA for Firing My Best Man After He Made A Deeply Inappropriate Joke About My Ex During...

In Episode 163 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Telling My Coworkers Exactly How Much I Make After My Manager Told Us Not To Discuss Salaries?

- AITA for Protecting My Peace At Thanksgiving Even If It Hurts My Niece ?

- AITA for Trading My Car For One My Roommate Can’t Drive?

- AITA for Screaming At My Dad And Kicking Him Ou...

In Episode 162, Nick and Miranda are tossing it back and forth while talking about AITA stories, Lets Talk About Fall, What Should I Do, and a feel good story titled "Nonprofit Brings Free Music Education to More Than 20,000 Miami Students in 131 Schools" to get your week started on a positive note 😁

AITA Stories:

- AITA for Bringing the Baby to the Mom Instead of Looking After It Myself?

- AITA for Asking “Why Should I?” When My Sister Learned She Wasn’t Invited?

🎙️ Expect drama, awkward situat...

In Episode 161 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Ruining My Childhood Best Friend’s Wedding After I Was Disinvited?

- AITA for Keeping Something I Was Giving Away After My Friend Already Listed It For Sale?

- AITA for Taking Away My Air Fryer and Microwave After My Roommates Won't Let Me Use Their New TV?

- AITA for Refusing to Tell My Par...

In Episode 160 Nick and Miranda react to four stories (entirely made up of listener submissions/suggestions 🤣), break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Wanting to End My 10 Year Relationship Because I’m Tired of Feeling Like an Outsider?

- AITA for Refusing to Give Up on Having a Relationship With My Son After My Ex Falsely Accused Me of Abusing Him ?

- AITA for Expecting My Husband to be Home Every Night That...

In Episode 159, Nick and Miranda are tossing it back and forth while talking about the update to the HVAC Chronicles story, the VMAs, What Should I Do, two AITA stories & end with a feel good story titled "12-yo’s Annual ‘Diaper Drive’ Delivers 30,000 Diapers Off at Arizona Food Bank".

AITA Stories:

- AITA for refusing to talk to my mother while she's drunk?

- AITA for Refusing to Pay $800 for a Hotel Room I Was Told Was Being Paid for?

🎙️ Expect drama, awkward situations, family conflict, r...

In Episode 158 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Writing a Beware of HVAC Installations from Wirenut Review?

- AITA for Washing Dog Bowls in the Dishwasher?

- AITA for Leaving My Friend Out Of a Group Gift After She Never Paid Her Share of the Last One?

- AITA for Moving Out of My Parent’s Duplex and Quitting as Their Airbnb M...

In Episode 157 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Cutting Everyone Out of My Life?

- AITA for Not Taking Equal Sports Photos?

- AITA for Wanting to Leave Him?

- AITA for Asking My Boyfriend to Stop Telling His Mom the Details of Our Arguments?

- AITA for Not Wanting My Girlfriend’s Mom to be Heavily Involved in Our Lives?<...

⚠️ We accept no responsibility for arguments caused by this episode ⚠️

🎧NSFW🎧 (You've been warned 🤣)

Ep 156: The Ticket Trap, Current Events, Would You Rather, What's the Buzz & The Table Auditor

In Episode 156, Nick and Miranda are switching things up. If you’re familiar with the Rant Files episodes, you know that Miranda goes into it completely blind, and Nick surprises her with topics. They're changing it up though. Now, they're surprising each other, and using the AITA Files format where they throw it back and forth. They're also...

In Episode 155 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Creating a Second Group Chat to Plan a Family Vacation?

- AITA for Telling My Fiancé I Feel Completely Betrayed After Finding Out He Got A Vasectomy Without Telling Me First?

- AITA for Refusing To Pay 70% Of Our Wedding Because I Earn More?

- AITA for Being Told I Was Being Really Rude a...

In Episode 154 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Picking Up My Grandkid and Putting Him in Time-out in Front of My Daughter-in-law?

- AITA for Making My Brother-in-law Move Out After Realizing My Mother-in-law Basically Pushed Us to Buy This House so She Wouldn’t House Him?

- AITA for Leaving My Adult Toys Out on my Bed?

- AITA for Not Lettin...

In Episode 153, Nick and Miranda are talking about being spoiled by convenience, AITA stories, Would You Rather (spoiled by convenience edition), and end with a feel good story (because it's important to know that there is still good sh*t happening in the world) 😁

⏱️ Episode Timestamps:

00:00:34 - How We Are Spoiled By Convenience

00:05:42 - Spoiled by Convenience Reddit Stories

00:34:25:12 - AITA #1: Changing the Wifi Password After My Landlord Kept Coming Into My Apartment

00:52:13 - Would You Rather?

01:20:29 AITA #2: Telling My Neighbor to Get Off My Prop...

In Episode 152 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Not Giving My Daughter Compensation for a Flight I Paid For?

- AITA for Telling a Friend Why We Don’t Invite Her Out Anymore?

- AITA for Filing for Joint Custody Even Though Going to Court Could Expose My Ex’s Living Situation and Unpaid Taxes?

- AITA for Buying My Son a Replacemen...

In Episode 151 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- UPDATE - AITA for Telling My Daughter-in-Law and Son That If They Plan to Do the Whole Stay-at-Home-Parent Thing, They Can Start Paying Us Rent

- AITA for Refusing to Give a Facebook Marketplace Buyer a Refund After She Broke the Mirror in My Driveway

- AITA for Snapping at People Who Keep Giving Me Unsolicited Advice about...

In Episode 150, Nick and Miranda are talking about Vacations gone wrong, vacation disasters, "Would You Rather" (vacation edition) & AITA stories 😁

AITA stories:

• AITA for Ruining my Friend’s Vacation ?

• AITA for Indirectly Telling My Friend I Didn’t Want Her on Our Yearly Vacation with Our Group of Friends ?

⏱️ Episode Timestamps:

00:01:53 - Let’s Talk About It: 5 Vacation Nightmare Stories

00:44:39 - AITA #1: Ruining my Friend’s Vacation

01:00:36 - Would You Rather?

01:11:13 - AITA #2: Indirectly Telling My Friend I Didn’t Want Her o...

In episode 149 of Rants on the Rocks, Miranda covers the Netflix documentary, "Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea". The story of a luxury cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Italy in 2012 after a series of reckless decisions and gross negligence

#podcast #documentary #netflix #disaster #therantingpodcast

In Episode 148 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Refusing to Lie to My Sister About Why I Didn’t Invite Her Boyfriend ?

- AITA for Backing Out of a Camping Trip with My Friends, Causing Their Cost to Go Up After They Decided to Bring Their Girlfriends Along with Them?

- AITA for Telling Someone Not to Come Over to My Haunted House?

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In Episode 147 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Not Telling My Sister Her Underage Son Got Drunk at a Party?

- AITA for Leaving My Brother’s Wedding Because of What His Wife Said?

- AITA for Not Wanting My Fiancé’s Best Friend to Be His Best Man Because He Doesn’t Like Me?

- AITA for Telling My Daughter-in-Law and...

In Episode 146, Nick and Miranda are talking about AITA stories, Rant or Rave, Maybe It's Not That Bad, and end with a Feel Good Story for the week 😁

AITA stories:

• AITA for Telling My Sister She Picked the Addicts When She had Good Parents Right There?

• AITA for Taking My Sister’s Ashes to Honor Her Wishes Because Her Husband Wasn’t Going to?

Rant or Rave:

Showing Up Empty-Handed

Showing Up Right Before Closing

Talking During Movies

Using a S...

In Episode 145 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Taking Off My Daughter-in-law’s Door When She Broke Everyone’s Privacy?

- AITA for Yelling at My Dad’s Girlfriend and Insulting their Daughter?

- AITA for Putting Conditions on How Much I Will Pay for My Daughter’s College Depending on What She Majors In?

- AITA for Offering Guests Food at a Party I Wa...

In Episode 144 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Refusing to Change My Wife’s Birthday Food Plan After Her Sister Got Mad About Her Fiancé’s Nut Allergy?

- AITA for Telling My Brother Why Our Family Did Not Attend His Wife’s Funeral?

- AITA for Refusing to be Silent on a Hike?

- AITA for Refusing to Get My Daughter the Sam...

In Episode 143, Nick and Miranda are talking about AITA stories, Rant or Rave, Maybe It's Not That Bad, and end with a Feel Good Story for the week 😁

AITA stories:

• AITA for cutting my mom's allowance to pay for daycare when she couldn't babysit for me?

• AITA if I lied to my husband during a game of Mafia?

Choose Your Hill:

Summer vs. Fall

Summer BBQs vs. Fall Crockpot Meals

Longer Days vs. Earlier Nights

Fireworks vs. Bonfire...

In Episode 142 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Refusing to Cancel My Plans Because My Sister Suddenly Needed a Favor?

- AITA for Telling My Friend Never to Bring Their Dog Back to My House?

- AITA for Uninviting Someone From a Weekend Cabin Trip After Multiple People Said They Would Drop Out If She Came?

- AITA for Telling a Manager Th...

In Episode 141 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Kicking Kids Off the Skate Ramp and Arguing with Their Parents?

- AITA for Voicing Disappointment When I Only Receive Gifts for My Unborn Baby on my 30th Birthday?

- AITA for Told My Mother-in-Law I Don’t Want Her Moving to Our Dream Town?

- AITA for Wanting to Eat Meat in My Own Hous...

In Episode 140, Nick and Miranda are talking about AITA stories, Rant or Rave, Maybe It's Not That Bad, and end with a Feel Good Story for the week 😁

AITA stories:

• AITA for Banning My Friend’s Kids From Our Lake House After She Dropped Them Off Unsupervised, They Almost Drowned and Lost All My Husband’s Gear?

• AITA for Asking the Person in Front of Me Not to Lean Forward in the Theatre?

Rant or Rave:

Food Trucks

Door Dash / Uber Eats

...

In Episode 139 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Going Back to College to Stay Away from Two Family Members?

- AITA for Refusing to Participate in My Roommate’s Chore Chart?

- AITA for Asking That My Fiancé’s Family Rotates Who Hosts Thanksgiving?

- AITA for Telling My Coworker to Come Pick Her Child Up Early?

🎙️ Expect dr...

In Episode 138 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Not Paying My Brother Since My Dog Knocked Over His Laptop?

- AITA for Not Going to My Friend’s Birthday Dinner Because it’s Going to be Expensive?

- AITA for Reporting My Coworkers Fake Sick Days After He Covered for Me Once?

- AITA for Refusing to Buy Food for a Mother After I...

In episode 137, Nick and Miranda are talking about AITA stories, Choose Your Hill, Take it or Leave it, and end with a Feel Good Story for the week 😁

AITA stories:

• AITA for deliberately giving my chronically late friend the wrong time?

• AITA for publicly humiliating my future sister in law after she mocked my middle class mother at a café?

Choose Your Hill:

Rewatch an Old Favorite vs. Watch Something New

Always 10 Minutes Early vs. Always 10 Minutes Late

Know When You...

In Episode 136 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Not Letting My Mother-in-law Have More Control during Her Son’s Milestone Birthday?

- AITA for Leaving a Wedding Reception After Driving to Four Different Locations Over 30 Miles Through L.A. Traffic in 100 Degree Heat?

- AITA for Leaving a Dinner Early After My Friends Made a Joke About Me?

- AITA for Removing a...

In Episode 135 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Refusing to Let Someone Save a Parking Spot by Standing In It?

- AITA for Not Letting My Parents In After They Drove 4 Hours to See Me?

- AITA for Refusing to Let My Client Know About Other Clients in Her Building?

- AITA: Special Needs Kid Won’t Stop Bothering Me After I Told H...

In episode 134, Nick and Miranda are talking about topics AITA stories, and they introduce a brand new segment called "Choose Your Hill" with topics such as:

Books vs. Movies

Android vs. iPhone

City vs. Country

Pineapple vs. No Pineapple

Marvel vs. DC

Drive vs. Fly

Night Owl vs. Early Bird

Summer vs. Winter.

The episode also features two wild AITA stories:

• AITA for telling my 12-year-old daughter she did nothing wrong by inviting an...

In Episode 133 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Wanting to Impose Boundaries on My Neighbors?

- AITA for going after my own grandmother’s insurance, even though she wasn’t responsible for the accident?

- AITA for Saying “I Told You So” to My Girlfriend After She Ignored My Taxi Advice?

- AITA for Telling the Woman at the Gym That She Moans When...

In Episode 132 Nick and Miranda react to four stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for Refusing to Let My Sister Announce Her Pregnancy at My Wedding After She Already Told Everyone?

- AITA for Ruining Two Sisters’ Relationship?

- AITA for Skipping My Sister’s Bachelorette Party Because I Always Pay for Everything?

- AITA for Declining Both of Our Parents’ Anniversary Trips Because Milestones Shouldn’t Require $15K?

...

In Episode 131 Nick and Miranda react to five stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- Am I Overreacting: My Roommate Always Comes to the Kitchen When I’m There

- AITA for Refusing to Clean Up After a Wedding

- AITA for Getting my Sister a Doctor Kit

- AITA for Scolding a Four-Year-Old in Front of Her Mother

- AITA for Refusing to Write a Recommendation for My Former...

In Episode 130 of The AITA Files, Nick and Miranda react to four wild AITA stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for asking our wedding photographer to remove a family photo from our gallery after my MIL specifically asked for it?

- AITA for not going to the dress appointment?

- AITA for telling my friend I can't donate to her dad's benefit until she pays me back the $1,000+ she owes me?

In Episode 129 of The AITA Files, Nick and Miranda react to four wild AITA stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA if I make preparations to leave my husband, while also "working" on our marriage?

- Am I Overreacting: SIL is inappropriate, and I'm pissed

- AITA for thinking the hotel should share responsibility for my girlfriend going into the wrong room?

- AITA for still going to my mom's bir...

In episode 128 of The Rant Files, Nick and Miranda are talking about back to school activities for kids & adults to include mandatory early mornings, going back to school later in life, returning to dorms, brand new shoes for the first day, homework, strict teachers, online classes, and school uniforms.

The episode also features two wild AITA stories:

• AITA for telling my daughter she doesn’t have the right to mourn or go to her ex friends funeral after what she did?

• AITA for telling my kids that my wife isn’t going...

In Episode 127 of The AITA Files, Nick and Miranda react to four wild AITA stories, break down the drama, debate every side, and decide who—if anyone—is actually the a**hole 👀🎙️

Stories covered in this episode:

- AITA for smacking my mother-in laws hand at thanksgiving?

- AITA for refusing to send a baby shower gift?

- AITA for refusing to pay my “house sitter”?

- AITA for showing up my brother's girlfriend by getting him a better birthday gift and not warning her?

🎙️...

In episode 126 of the AITA Files, Nick and Miranda discuss calling out a cashier for adding a tip without permission, refusing to put my son in camp, refusing to give my late husband's dog to his daughter from another relationship, telling my son's ex that her not having a family is not my issue, and refusing to get a less chaotic nanny. As always, we break down the chaos and decide who—if anyone—is actually in the wrong 👀🎙️.

Stories covered in this episode:

- Am I Overreacting: Calling Out a Cashier for Adding a...