Guilty Pleasure

On today's episode of Guilty Pleasure, Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel reflect on some of their favorite moments of 2017. From Burning Man to Keanu Reeves to Celine Dion, this medley episode will make you laugh, contemplate your life decisions, and shop at Target. Enjoy!

On this very special episode of the Guilty Pleasure podcast, hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel talk about Christmas, holiday traditions, and Jesus (not in a preachy way, but in a ‘huh, so that’s what people think’ kind of way). If you love eggnog, Christmas carols, and opening presents under the tree, then this episode is for you!

*Fun drinking game for this episode - take a shot every time we say ‘Mike Trout’! Do you know the difference between Mike Trout and Aaron Judge? Did your Dad enter your bat mitzvah to the tune of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”? Do you also low key love musical theater? Then dear listener, this episode is for you!

Are you a fan of Gwyneth Paltrow and her lifestyle brand? Do you start your morning with a healthy dose of adaptogens? Are you like, so fucking fancy? Well then goopies, this episode is for you! On today’s episode of Guilty Pleasure hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel chat with Zack Peter, the host of the #NoFilter podcast and PopSugar contributor.

Do you funnel all of your disposable income into flower crowns and sparkle tattoos? Have you ever started your day with a sunrise set? Do you ever look at a pile of NASA space junk and say, “I should burn this while dancing to music”? Well then dear music lover, this episode is for you! On today’s episode of Guilty Pleasure hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel chat with Vitamin G, a Los Angeles-based DJ and good friend of Jackie.

Do you proofread your friend’s emails or papers just for funsies? Are you a self-proclaimed grammar snob? Have you ever thought to yourself, “man, the world would be so much better if there were more puns”? Well then dear english snob, this podcast is for you! On today’s episode of Guilty Pleasure hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel chat with Molly Joy Wixon, a Los Angeles-based actress, writer, and improviser and one of Amanda and Jackie’s favorite people of all time.

Do you find the origin of your food fascinating? Do you think the first “American Thanksgiving” is really a bunch of BS? Have you ever thought to yourself, “Gee, I wonder whatever happened to passenger pigeons?” Well then dear budding food researcher, this podcast is for you! On today’s episode of Guilty Pleasure hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel chat with Dan Kohler, a food scientist and culinary producer based in Los Angeles.

Are you more of a Monica or a Rachel? How about a Chandler or a Joey? Do you and your friends like to do impromptu photo shoots in water fountains? Then guess what friend, this podcast is for you! On today’s episode of Guilty Pleasure hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel chat with Max Spitulnik, an LA-based writer who Amanda is casually dating.

Do you geek out on history? Did you do a DNA test and find out that you’re secretly to one of the most famous and vicious oligarchs of all time? Do you enjoy learning more about festering wounds?! Then guess what bud, this podcast is for you! On today’s episode of Guilty Pleasure hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel chat with Amey Goerlich, arguably one of the best improvisers of all time, about the history of The Tudors and Henry VIII!

Do you love to dish? Spill the tea? Chit chat at the water cooler? Well then, this episode is for you fellow rumor lover! On today’s episode of Guilty Pleasure hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel chat with the hilarious and affable Maggie Marion about the joy of gossiping.

Are you a closeted homemaker? Do you spend most of your down time pinning slow cooker recipes? Do you love kitchen chit chat? Then put on your apron and buckle in, this episode is for you! On today’s episode of Guilty Pleasure hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel chat with Alex Rose Wiesel, an LA-based actress and improvisor, all about the joy of crockpot cooking.

Do you love crime and murder? How about small town demographics? Better yet, are you interested in the wonderful world of podcasting? Well then this hyper-niche, but fantastic episode is for you! On today’s very special episode of Guilty Pleasure, hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel chat with James Pietragallo and Jimmie Whisman, two super funny standup comics and the hosts of two wonderful podcasts, Crime in Sports and Small Town Murder!

Do you love a good love story? Have you spent many a hungover morning watching Jennifer Lopez in The Wedding Planner on TBS? Do the Twilight movies ‘do something to your downstairs’? Then this episode is for you! On today’s episode hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel talk with LA-based comedians Jackie Viscusi and Rosie Guarino about the wonderful world of romantic comedies!

Do you enjoy judging strangers on television? Have you spent many a sick day snuggled up on the couch guessing who is the father? Do you receive all of your mental health advice from a middle aged southerner at 3pm? Then this episode is for you. On today’s episode hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel talk with LA-based comedian Michael Longfellow about everyone’s guiltiest guilty pleasure, daytime television!

Do you like to procrastinate by shopping for all your home good needs at Target? Have you lost minutes, even hours, searching for deals at Bullseye’s playground? Are you currently wearing clothes by ‘Mossimo’ or ‘A New Day’? Then buckle in fellow garbage person because this podcast is for you!

Do aliens really exist? Are human beings alone in this expansive universe? When in the ‘H’ ‘E’ double hockey sticks are Scully and Mulder gonna bone? Explore these questions and more on this supernatural episode of the Guilty Pleasure Podcast! Speculate on the existence of extraterrestrials with Amanda and Jackie as they talk with LA-based playwright, screenwriter, podcast host, and investigative journalist Ryan Sprague about his love of The X-Files and his personal passion for the paranormal.

Whenever you make a playlist on iTunes or Spotify, is there at least one song from a Broadway musical thrown in there? Do you like a good, solo hike through the woods as you gently hum “Waving Through a Window” from Dear Evan Hansen? Then this episode, dear theater nerd, is for you!

Ever find yourself scrolling through your Netflix feed debating whether or not you should watch ‘The Office’ for the 16th time or ‘30 Rock’ for the 12th time? Well, for some of us avid Netflix subscribers, desperation for new content oftentimes takes us deep into the depth of our Netflix recommended list until we find a totally unknown, totally random, and (most likely) totally terrible Netflix Original.

On today’s episode of the Guilty Pleasure Podcast, hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel talk with LA-based actor and comedian Skyler Stone about the one, the only Keanu Reeves. Did you know that there are 3 phases to Keanu Reeves career? Jackie and Amanda didn’t.

Are you mentally exhausted and physically drained from the whirlwind of news and politics from the past week (or the last 8 months)? Then this episode is for you! On this week’s episode of the Guilty Pleasure podcast hosts Amanda Salvatore and Jackie Rae Aubel sit down with spiritual life coach, international yoga instructor and host of the SoulFeed podcast, Shannon Algeo! Shannon’s guilty pleasure is taking a nice, relaxing sound bath.