Super Familiar with The Wilsons

Send us a text Across the alley, a neighbor becomes a character and the neighborhood turns into a stage: speeding cars, a beloved Nemo pumpkin, and grudges with no names. Meanwhile, a small boy puts on glasses and the world snaps into HD. He starts speaking in riddles, announcing new powers, and requesting a meeting about budgets like a tiny haunted accountant. We also open one email, avoid several emotions, and briefly question whether realism has gone too far. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text In this episode of Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Amanda and Josh stumble into one of those conversations that starts with a normal errand and quietly escalates into an existential audit. We talk about the unsettling moment you realize time has been moving faster than you thought, the kinds of questions kids ask right before sleep that absolutely should come with a warning label, and what it looks like to show up for people when comfort is no longer guaranteed. There’s discussion of aging bodies doing deeply unnecessary things, the difference between “helpful advice” and “internet nonsense,” and the small, oddly specific comforts that start to matter more than they reasonably should. Along the way, listener stories take us into memory lapses, long grudges, and decisions that made sense at the time. As always, this is a Marriage 2.0 conversation: less about having it figured out, more about laughing while you realize you don’t. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text A pointless bedtime food count mutates into a conversation about memory, influence, ADHD, perimenopause, barking dogs, and the ongoing group project known as Marriage 2.0. Gen X exhaustion meets Gen Alpha chaos. One brain is Jeopardy-ready, the other is a busted library. We talk recall triggers, who actually influences us now, grounding strategies for anxious brains, and how love holds when everyone is overstimulated and the dog refuses peace. Listener emails derail things (steak juice, yearbook trauma, cult names), a history quiz resets the room, and we land with sports nerves, gratitude, and affection. Familiar, unhinged and accidentally useful. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text What happens when the person talking sounds confident but the body has other plans? We notice the glitch. We don’t fix it. We build around it. This episode wanders through identity slippage, energy math that no longer adds up, and the quiet renegotiation of how we show up for each other when the old rhythms stop working. There are new rules (gentler ones), abandoned expectations, and a few experimental side paths involving rooms, routines, and people gathering for reasons that are… intentionally unclear. Somewhere in here: a reframe of support, a resistance to forcing vibes, and a belief that ritual still matters—even if the instructions got lost. There’s parenting in the margins, health as a relationship instead of a checklist, and the radical idea that small, kind habits might be enough. No answers. No hustle. Just a slightly surreal conversation about building a life that fits better than the one you were handed. Listen. Or don’t. But if you do, bring a friend and your weirdest tiny habit. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text How not to litigate your marriage like it’s a podcast court. Memory misfires. Sleep disappears. Someone says “circle back” and a soul leaves a body. Embarrassment is declared a lifestyle. Cringe becomes courage in a novelty hat. No onions are harmed. Art appears. Strangers clap. Wellness culture smells like fish and asks too many questions. Listener messages arrive carrying thermostat wars, sacred mugs, and mysteries best left unsolved. If you enjoy funny relationship podcasts, surreal self-help, and watching adults cope in real time—this is for you. Follow. Share. Protect your intention like a raccoon guarding trash at midnight. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text We head to Amelia Island for our eleventh anniversary, skewer the copy-paste beach-town vibe, and find a real story in American Beach’s history. Back home, a candid relationship quiz surfaces our habits, frictions, and the small routines that keep us close. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text It’s almost Christmas, and the Wilsons are doing what the holidays demand: attending suspiciously fancy work parties, negotiating drink-ticket economics, and discovering that nothing says “festive” like a giant Bluetooth speaker that could absolutely summon woodland cryptids on command. Then the neighborhood stages a rare, beautiful moment of HOA solidarity (the kind that can only happen at 9:00 a.m. on a Sunday when everyone is fueled by spite and cold coffee). From there, Josh & Amanda take a wholesome detour into a cozy writers’ open mic where poetry is alive, weird, and somehow both comforting and alarming. The episode also debuts a new segment that immediately proves why some segments should be left on the curb with the recycle truck (don’t microwave anything you respect). And finally: holiday music rankings, a “translate-the-song-title-into-a-science-paper” quiz, and a special guest who delivers Christmas takes and casually strolls into Stranger Things prediction territory like it’s a public park. Cozy, chaotic, jolly mess. Exactly as intended. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text Barbecue-sauce “arson,” a stadium that literally farts during fireworks, and a coffee order that could break up a marriage, welcome to another perfectly unhinged conversation with our friend Gavin. We compare UK and US chaos, ride the annual “Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays” outrage carousel, and BBQ sauce. Gavin walks us through award winning pub bathrooms and a cursed KFC restroom, we investigate why the London Velodrome whoops like a cartoon character during fireworks, and we palate cleanse with cheese rolling, dog dancing, and a beautifully sloppy Rod Stewart clip. Our AITA segment features the domestic battle of the season: a simple offer of coffee turns into a barista-level demand with foam and syrups. Hospitality or entitlement? You decide. Gavin also gives a quick field guide to British masculinity: lad, bloke, chap, geezer, and a music rec you’ll want in your playlist. If you laughed, cringed, or yelled “Emily, make your own coffee,” follow, review, and tell us: lad, bloke, chap, or geezer? Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text Amanda is beefing with a nine-year-old “lawyer of parenting,” Josh is emotionally held hostage by the phrase “I need to talk to you” via text, and Alexa has decided she also deserves hot cocoa. We wander through Target pillow trials, Disney Springs escapism, Publix yoga-pant anthropology, open carry at the bookstore, HOA roller disco villains, and one surprisingly practical tip for calming anxiety and getting your body out of fight-or-flight without having to run a 5K. Along the way, we talk marriage after divorce, blended family chaos, parenting tweens and almost-teens, holiday stress, American gun nonsense, and why our kid has been officially prophesied to grow up into “a really good complainer” (the HOA guy said so, and honestly… fair). If you like funny couple podcasts, real-talk marriage conversations, relatable parenting fails, neurotic anxiety hacks, and suburban HOA drama with a side of Irish beans and French Christmas movies, this episode is absolutely for you. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text In this episode, we save someone from an unnecessary tow truck, confront a smart speaker that suddenly thinks it’s our equal and honor a true hero of the public restroom. We also test-drive a switch from coffee to matcha (spoiler: fewer jitters, more smugness), debate whether dogs are tiny furry theologians while cats are morally neutral agents of chaos, and accidentally summon K-pop Demon Hunters. Plus, a shockingly hard history game, and your listener letters take us everywhere from roadside emus to tree-dwelling snakes to the humble beginnings of the Smart car. You’ve got an episode that contains exactly the life skills school should have taught you. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text We wander into the strange promises of tech: an “anti-gaslighting” app. Winter makes a cameo, Florida-style. Bowling humility. Plus, a cryptic song riddle gets solved, our Scottish friend is deciphered, and movies are backward. Pull up a chair. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s juggling kids and chaos, and listen up. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text Marriage 2.0 with kids means romance, mustaches, and emergency key fob batteries.  In this installment of Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Josh discovers something surprising at a KPop Demon Hunter sing-along, we give a PSA about cars that die but really don't, a neighborhood HOA saga update, and a pink-slippers-on-a-scooter sighting that redefines road safety.  Listener stories bring tumbling couches, runaway cows, and Freaknik folklore.  Plus: the cryptic Song Quiz, “What the (Heck) John Say?” in Scottish, birthdays for Muffy & Winthrop, and a surprising KPop fan.  It's family, community, and chaos, in Gainesville and beyond, served with humor, heart, and just enough woo to make you sing along. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text Halloween candy mountain, party “forced fun,” and the eternal mystery of Why Every Kid Owns a 128 oz Water Bottle. In this comedy chat from Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Amanda and Josh rant about trick-or-treat overload, hosting a house full of costumed grown-ups, and building community without losing your mind (or your Kit Kats). We swap idiom-costume ideas for school (“piece of cake,” anyone?), give a tiny HOA update and play a cross-century slang game (Victorian “bumbershoot” to Gen Z “Shreking”). Plus, there’s a Fesshole segment. If you like marriage banter, parenting honesty, Gainesville gossip, and delightfully unscientific life advice, this one’s for you. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text Marriage 2.0 with side quests and kids. Amanda and Josh tackle the mysterious “six seven” meme, a KPop Demon Hunters obsession, and why Topgolf isn’t putt-putt (or dueling pianos actually dueling). DoorDash diplomacy, an alarm titled “Play with me, Daddy,” HRT patch wins, and a backyard Baby Saja rap battle. Listener mail checks rapture rumors; The Birdcage is your homework. Also: the family dog’s dental drama. Funny, warm, a little chaotic—Super Familiar with the Wilsons is parenting humor, marriage chats, and Gainesville life in one. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text Seep-deprived, off the rails, and somehow leading straight into parental panic, moral victories, and one bed date. It’s a ride through a weekend that began with peace, steak, and football glory, and ended with a 2 A.M. call that tested their parenting nerves and their Wi-Fi connection. There’s a police car involved, a Disney detour, cosmic messages about fantasy football, and a suspiciously prophetic name. Meanwhile, Amanda rediscovers her sparkle thanks to modern medicine (and maybe Trader Joe’s), and Refined Gay Jeff makes a triumphant, spooky-season return to restore balance and taste to the universe. Somewhere between church bells and turtles, chaos and calm, the Wilsons manage to find the humor, humanity, and gluten-free pumpkin bread that make married life: Version 2.0 worth every ding, ding, detour, and Dobbins. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text We wrestle with how to handle swearing around kids and admit our own hypocrisy plus: the matcha shortage, Publix marathons and the Uncrustables saga from vegetarian to steak plus K‑pop Demon Hunters. FamiliarWilsons at gmail.com. Do you let your kids swear at home? Let us know. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text Marriage 2.0, an eight-year-old’s gelato grift, HOA espionage at the pool, PE squats vs. aging knees, Talk Like a Pirate Day, a lovingly irreverent “Seven Things To Do Before The Rapture,” rapture panic history, Amanda’s Flashbackst imeline quiz (Josh gets humbled), and a cozy equinox call to touch grass, maybe before the hurricane. Ends with a gloriously absurd “rapture roll call” in the credits. Content note Mild language, rapture satire, HOA chatter. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text Josh napalms his throat with Fire Hot Fritos and then explains how he let AI draft his fantasy team… to an F. Amanda declares it the Season of All The Germs and the Microsoft Planner of Doom (167 “due today” tasks!), while the Wilsons unpack kid boredom, screen-time rage-quits, and transitions that need a landing strip. Then it’s Gainesville game-day anthropological fieldwork: “Team Mario Brothers,” vanished shorts, white cowboy boots, and bleachers hot enough to sear a memoir. Recommendations include Halloween book-nook kits and the cinematic perfection of Paddington 2. Plus: shout-outs to Chicken Tom, Refined Gay Jeff, and the end-credits football roster you didn’t know you needed. Talking points AI-drafted fantasy team: how to earn an F without trying Household plague, deadlines, and why 95 overdue tasks is progress Kid boredom vs. screens: dopamine, coding, and the art of stopping Midtown safari: Mario mustaches, micro-shorts, and molten bleachers Recs: Michael’s book-nook kits & Paddington 2 (Wes-ish wonder) End-credits football thank-yous to the Super Familiar fam. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text What happens when your kid finally leaves for college…but only moves 15 minutes down the road? Josh is still sick, Amanda is still emotional, and Muffy is using communal bathrooms. From hamster-ball personal protection systems to grandmas with flying sandals, the Wilsons unscrew the chaos of dorm move-in day. Equal parts parenting therapy session and ridiculous invention pitch meeting...Danny DeVito may or may not be involved. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production

Send us a text A mini-episode amoungst many changes... Talking Points: • Josh recovering  • Post-pandemic shift • Historical terminology • Wind Your Neck In • Goblin Tools  Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! familiarwilsons@gmail.com A Familiar Wilsons Production