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This week, Kate solo snorkels through a variety of topics, including but not limited to: Power ranking Ms. Rachel songs Calculating how much money she probs makes Hand-slapping campfire songs as millennial folklore 2000s songs with a maybe problematic cultural flair The Giving Tree is not the vibe Minor controversies with Ms. Rachel's troupe Olivia Rodrigo Concert People don't understand Plan B A Frito Pie/Traveling Nacho hangover Hero school cafeteria lunches Dodgeball as a torture mechanism Wondering if I'd get a boyfriend if I drove a stick And other riveting topics. Kate Middleton news Enjoy! SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Order Kate's NYT Bestselling book, One in a Millennial here! With ButcherBox, you don't have to worry about what's for dinner. ButcherBox is offering our listeners their choice of a weeknight meal essential—3 lbs of chicken thighs, 2 lbs of ground beef, or 1 lb of premium steak tips—for free in every order for a whole year. Plus, get $20 off your first order. Sign up today at butcherbox.com/BETHEREINFIVE and use code BETHEREINFIVE to choose your free offer and get $20 off. Take the first step to visibly thicker, healthier hair. For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month's subscription and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code BETHEREINFIVE. Find out why over 4,500 healthcare professionals and hair stylists recommend Nutrafol for healthier hair. The Fits Everybody collection is available in sizes XXS to 4X. You can shop now at SKIMS.com. Plus, get free shipping on orders over seventy five dollars! After you place your order, be sure to let them know I sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and be sure to select my show in the dropdown menu that follows. Listen to Stars and Stars with Isa wherever you listen to podcasts.

Kate is joined by comedian and TV host Michelle Collins to discuss this week's events and related tangents. They venture into topics such as royal conspiracy theories, Meghan Markle's new business venture, a brief spiral over the 5 hard R sounds in American Riviera Orchard, the Oscars, Cillian Murphy's height, British slang, hair yearbooks, Kate's mom life, and Love is Blind, among other topics. Enjoy! SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Order Kate's NYT Bestselling book, One in a Millennial here! Right now, BÉIS is offering our listeners 15% off your first purchase by visiting BEISTRAVEL.com/BETHEREINFIVE. Helix is offering 20% off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners! Go to HelixSleep.com/BeThereInFive and use code HELIXPARTNER20. This is their best offer yet and it won't last long! With Helix, better sleep starts now. However you hydrate, grab your Liquid I.V. Hydration Multiplier Sugar-Free in bulk nationwide at Costco or get 20% off your first order when you go to LIQUID-IV.COM and use code BETHEREINFIVE at checkout. That's 20% off your first order when you shop better hydration today using promo code BETHEREINFIVE at LIQUID-IV.COM. Visualize a fantastic new year with Pair Eyewear. Go to paireyewear.com and use code BTIF for 15% off your first pair. And support the show by mentioning that Be There in Five sent you in your post-checkout survey!

This week, we head back to Plathville because Kate has a very special guest on the podcast: Olivia Plath. Kate and Olivia talk more about her background and upbringing outside of the Plath family, deconstructing fundamentalist Christianity, more about the "courting" phase with Ethan, their political differences that weren't aired, and expands on the MLM/credit card story, among other topics related to the show and Olivia's personal faith journey. Kate also floats her theories about the Barry/Kim dynamic and Olivia reveals more context that happened off-screen that contributed to the tension with her in-laws. Enjoy! SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Order Kate's NYT Bestselling book, One in a Millennial here! Go to dreamlandbabyco.com and enter my code BETHEREINFIVE at checkout to receive 20% off sitewide + free shipping. This offer is for new and existing customers! Glow from the inside out with clean, vegan skin and body care from OSEA. Get 10% off your first order sitewide with code BETHEREINFIVE at OSEAMalibu.com. You'll get free samples with every order, and free shipping on orders over $60. HyaCera from Ritual is a clinically-proven skin supplement you can actually trust.* Get 25% off your first month for a limited time at ritual.com/BETHEREINFIVE. Start Ritual or add HyaCera to your subscription today.

This week, Kate's solo and back to answering listener voicemails, and each tangent makes less sense than the next. From useless things we learned in school, to mute models and mouth tape, to Wilma Flintstone pioneering statement jewelry, to her journey with tummy time, to an ethical dilemma about using other people's numbers at the grocery store for discounts, to TS album leaks, some midcentury litterbug lore, and more, this episode is a weird one. She had a great time. Enjoy! Call 312.379.9676 to be featured on a future Katelilah. SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Order Kate's NYT Bestselling book, One in a Millennial here! Right now, Chomps is offering our listeners 20% off your first order and free shipping when you go to Chomps.com/BETHEREINFIVE. Go to Chomps.com/BETHEREINFIVE, to see all the delicious flavors and get 20% off your first order and free shipping. Don't forget to use our link so they know we sent you! Take the first step to visibly thicker, healthier hair. For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month's subscription and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code BETHEREINFIVE. Find out why over 4,500 healthcare professionals and hair stylists recommend Nutrafol for healthier hair. That's Nutrafol.com, promo code BETHEREINFIVE. Prose is so confident that you'll bring out your best hair and skin that they're offering an exclusive trial offer of FIFTY percent off your first subscription order at PROSE.com/bethereinfive. So you get your FREE consultation, then FIFTY percent off at PROSE.com/bethereinfive.

Three hours, two legal pads of notes, and one millennial whose mom read her book and is now ready to talk about it. After six years, Kate's mom finally graces us with her presence on the Be There in Five podcast main feed. Listen to the third hour on Patreon if you'd like at patreon.com/bethereinfive in the coming days. Enjoy! SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Order Kate's NYT Bestselling book, One in a Millennial here! Right now, BÉIS (base) is offering our listeners 15% off your first purchase by visiting BEISTRAVEL.com/BETHEREINFIVE. Visualize a fantastic new year with Pair Eyewear. Go to paireyewear.com and use code BTIF for 15% off your first pair. And support the show by mentioning that Be There in Five sent you in your post-checkout survey! Start HyaCera to help minimize wrinkles without compromising on clean science. HyaCera from Ritual is a clinically-proven skin supplement you can actually trust.* Get 20% off your first month for a limited time at ritual.com/BETHEREINFIVE. Start Ritual or add HyaCera to your subscription today.

This week, Kate is joined by Katie Gatti Tassin from the podcast beloved by many Beths, @moneywithkatie. This isn't a money episode in terms of how you spend or invest it, but a broader conversation about the weirdness of money, our fascination with it, Kate's personal anxiety about it, the conflicting ways they both feel about capitalism, the ways they've evolved since Girlbossing too close to the sun, while also acknowledging that the way we all were too delighted to watch the Girlboss burn was a problem. Kate airs her grievances about how exploitative online financial content can be or how out of touch the Dave Ramseys of the world can be with their audience, and Katie explains the "hot girl hamster wheel," aka the immense cost of ongoing maintenance to uphold beauty standards, among other things. Enjoy! SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Order Kate's NYT Bestselling book, One in a Millennial here! And come see Kate in Chicago on her last book tour stop 2/22 in Chicago at Thalia Hall. See more info and tix here. With ButcherBox, you don't have to worry about what's for dinner. ButcherBox is offering our listeners their choice of a weeknight meal essential— 3 lbs of chicken thighs, 2 lbs of ground beef, or 1 lb of premium steak tips— for free in every order for a whole year. Plus, get $20 off your first order. Sign up today at butcherbox.com/bethereinfive and use code BETHEREINFIVE to choose your free offer and get $20 off. Weekends are for going wild. Have a game plan for Monday with Liquid I.V. Grab your Liquid I.V. Hydration Multiplier Sugar-Free in bulk nationwide at Costco or get 20% off your first order when you go to LIQUID-IV.COM and use code BETHEREINFIVE at checkout. Helix is offering 20% off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners! Go to HelixSleep.com/BeThereInFive and use code HELIXPARTNER20. This is their best offer yet and it won't last long! With Helix, better sleep starts now.

This week, Kate has pop cultural commentator Lex Niko (@lexniko) on the pod to catch her up on the past couple of weeks' pop cultural events. They talk about the Grammy's, Celine Dion and Taylor, Super Bowl week & WAGS, their ideal Usher setlists, and what's going on with the royal family, among other topics. Enjoy! SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Order Kate's book, One in a Millennial here! And come see Kate on her book tour in 2024. See cities and tix here. Right now, Chomps is offering our listeners 20% off your first order and free shipping when you go to Chomps.com/BETHEREINFIVE. Go to Chomps.com/BETHEREINFIVE, to see all the delicious flavors and get 20% off your first order and free shipping. Don't forget to use our link so they know we sent you! Right now we have a special discount just for our listeners. Get 10% off your first order sitewide with code BETHEREINFIVE at OSEAMalibu.com. You'll get free samples with every order, and free shipping on orders over $60. Go to Zocdoc.com/BETHEREINFIVE and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today.

This week, Kate's on the road for her book tour and her recording technology is lacking (and her episode posting is lagging) but she figured she'd tell you what she's up to! This episode is a hodgepodge of Kate & friends reporting live from various moments on the road, from backstage at House of Blues with Caroline Moss talking about Jett & Pookie to an after-show with her sister Kelly to a rainy poolside gab session with her sisters in law in Orange County. Deeply sorry again for sound quality; Kate is going to invest in travel tech going forward, but we didn't want to skip another week, so better something than nothing? Tbd. Loveya SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Kate's book is out-out!, Order One in a Millennial here! And come see Kate on her book tour! See cities and tix here. Right now, BÉIS (base) is offering our listeners 15% off your first purchase by visiting BEISTRAVEL.com/BETHEREINFIVE. Go to BEISTRAVEL.com/BETHEREINFIVE for 15% off your first purchase Custom, made-to-order haircare from Prose has your name all over it. Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 50% off your first subscription order today PLUS 15% off and free shipping every subscription order after that! Go to Prose.com/bethereinfive. You can now fully customize your Wildgrain box, so you can get any combination of breads, pastas, and pastries you like. If you want a box of all bread, all pasta, or all pastries, you can have it! Plus, for a limited time, you can get $30 off the first box - PLUS free Croissants in every box - when you go to Wildgrain.com/BETHEREINFIVE to start your subscription. You heard me - free Croissants in every box -and $30 off your first box when you go to Wildgrain.com/BETHEREINFIVE.

This week, Kate's sharing a full chapter from her book coming out Tuesday (1.23!), One in a Millennial. This is an excerpt from the audiobook, chapter 3: You've Got Male, which details Kate's first experiences developing an online identity in the 90s via AIM, and discusses the lore of dial-up, the art of building a screenname, finding a vacation boyfriend, mastering the art of going idle, and the realization that boys who wouldn't talk to her in person seemed to really like her behind a screen. But first, Kate also talks about getting the opportunity to go on GMA and talks about some of the book's core themes. After the audiobook clip, she shares some thoughts about how this is a book the Beths built and shares some high-level summaries of what you can expect before you read it! Thanks for being patient with the promo; this week has been years in the making, and Kate is excited for it to be out in the world :) Enjoy and if you want basically a 9.5 hour podcast, listen to the full audiobook Tuesday when it comes out! https://amzn.to/47BS7GJ SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pre-order Kate's book, One in a Millennial, here! And come see Kate on her book tour in 2024. See cities and tix here. Right now, Chomps is offering our listeners 20% off your first order and free shipping when you go to Chomps.com/BETHEREINFIVE. Go to Chomps.com/BETHEREINFIVE, to see all the delicious flavors and get 20% off your first order and free shipping. Don't forget to use our link so they know we sent you! Rehydrate yourself for the New Year. Get 20% off your first order when you go to LIQUID-IV.COM and use code BETHEREINFIVE at checkout. That's 20% off your first order when you shop better hydration today using promo code BETHEREINFIVE at LIQUID-IV.COM. Go to paireyewear.com and use code BETHEREINFIVE for 15% off your first pair. And support the show by mentioning that Be There in Five sent you in your post-checkout survey!

A discussion about tweens, the modern history of the teenager, tween third places of yesterday and today, makeup counters, growing up too fast, and finger-pointing at the parents, influencers, and brands allegedly responsible for behavior that, in Kate's opinion, is less aligned with being subjected to oppressive beauty standards and more related to what kids do best: play and explore. Enjoy! SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pre order Kate's book, One in a Millennial here! And come see Kate on her book tour in 2024. See cities and tix here. New members get 2 lbs of ground beef, 3 lbs of chicken breasts, or 2 lbs of salmon—for free in every order for a whole year! Plus, get $20 off your first order. Sign up today at butcherbox.com/bethereinfive and use code BETHEREINFIVE to choose your free offer and get $20 off. Helix is offering 20% off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners! Go to HelixSleep.com/BeThereInFive and use code HELIXPARTNER20. This is their best offer yet and it won't last long! With Helix, better sleep starts now. Right now we have a special discount just for our listeners. Get 10% off your first order sitewide with code BETHEREINFIVE at OSEAMalibu.com. You'll get free samples with every order, and free shipping on orders over $60. HyaCera from Ritual is a skin supplement you can actually trust. Get 40% off your first month for a limited time at ritual.com/BETHEREINFIVE. This offer is only available through January 31st. Start Ritual or add HyaCera to your subscription today.