
An Acquired Taste Podcast
The podcast for curious weirdos! Bethany Watson and Kathleen Heaney are longtime friends and polar opposites. Every week they get together to chat about their lives, what's weird in the world, and topics they’re curious about, and they invite you to join them!
Latest episodes

Jun 27, 2018 • 49min
S1 Ep125: A Hatchet Behind the Back
If you could design your perfect universe, what would it look like? Kathleen, Bethany and Sam describe their perfect worlds to each other (including travel by slides, horse-sized Labradoodles, and limitless espadrilles). Grab your tiny top hats! It’s time for a podcast!

Jun 20, 2018 • 42min
S1 Ep124: I’ll Be Damned If A Russian Turns Invisible Before Me!
It’s Debate Team time! Sam and Bethany get into it over whether or not they’d go invisible, and then Kathleen and Bethany’s friendship is challenged over their views on tater tots vs. curly fries. Grab your powdered wig and your garlic press gavel! It’s time to debate!

Jun 13, 2018 • 55min
S1 Ep123: A Fun Fact About Barbershop Quartets
The women briefly talk about the recent high-profile suicides and how to look at self-care and caring for others when it comes to mental heath. Then, it’s time for relationship drama advice with two listener emails

Jun 6, 2018 • 42min
S1 Ep122: Like the Turducken of Tiny Homes
How would your best friends describe you? Would you like the result? Kathleen, Sam and Bethany all wrote bios for each other for their website and unveil them on the podcast! Plus, we dig in to the Tiny Home movement, and Kathleen teaches us how to react to a public bathroom crisis. Plus, TWITTER UPDATE: We’re back! Follow our now-unsuspended account @acquiredpodcast!

Jun 1, 2018 • 25min
S1: Where’d You See Keanu? - Bonus 7
It’s a Bonus episode! Sam tells us about her epic response to seeing America’s boyfriend, Keanu Reeves. Plus, Kathleen explains why our Twitter account got suspended, Bethany has feelings about the sea, and we talk to a very special Acquired Taste family member!

May 30, 2018 • 43min
S1 Ep121: Past Due Bill
Now that the women are an official small business, it’s time for some learnin’! Who’s the navigator? Who’s the jackhammer? Who’s the anchor forcing this whole thing down? Plus, Kathleen needs to come clean about a big issue. A big, old, see-through issue.

May 23, 2018 • 48min
S1 Ep120: ...Do I Have To?
Listener “Tammy” has one of those friends who needs all the attention, all the time, and is looking for advice. Plus, the fun of text message fights!

May 16, 2018 • 46min
S1 Ep119: Half Jewish, Half Catholic, Full Party
Two-thirds of the podcast just went to a gorgeous, perfect wedding. This led them to wonder, “What wedding tradition do you HATE and need to disappear forever?” Plus, Sam tells us what happened in Italy when her pocket got picked!

May 9, 2018 • 47min
S1 Ep118: Never Let Kanye Shame You
Live (ish) from Kitchen Studio NYC, the ladies take a deep dive into dream decoding! Why was Sam dreaming of Kathleen? Why was Kathleen dreaming of Skeery? Why was Bethany such a bummer as a little kid? Plus, what we learned this week!

May 3, 2018 • 32min
S1 Ep117: The New Sorority: Kappa Gets Detated
We asked, you delivered! If you were a sitcom character from the ‘90s, what would your catchphrase be? The women share their own answers as well as the ones you sent in! Then, Bethany shares a fun decapitation fact that she learned from the Internet.