Quite possibly our funniest—and sharpest—episode yet. Comedian Katherine Blanford joins Alicia for a wild ride that starts with a sidestepped Dune II review and spirals into an unfiltered deep dive on boomer culture, Southern family dynamics, and the generational silence around mental health. Katherine’s stories—like her mom “napping” in the woods (spoiler: she wasn’t napping) and the unspoken rules of her father’s house—are laugh-out-loud funny, but also crack open conversations about toxic positivity, generational trauma, and why some careers are really just reactions to childhood chaos.

They cover everything from the “grieving dopamine hit” of posting loss online, to comedy’s shift from diced-ham observational bits to raw memoir-style storytelling. Expect riffs on stepmothers, the wish for a gay dad, reincarnation, and why no amount of podcasts or cold plunges can manufacture the drive born in childhood. By the end, it’s clear Katherine carries her late mother’s bold, magnetic energy—and she’s using it to turn family history into fearless comedy.

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