Brilliant Observations

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From bad parenting to friendship mishaps and back again, Missy and Amy chat up what it means to dive into "the Real." You know, kinda like we do with you every week. 

Old rivalries die hard as Missy and Amy recall their NHL loving childhoods growing up in the mid-Atlantic coast. Spoiler alert — only one of these ladies chose the right team.  Find us on all the socials at @ListenBrilliant, or visit Patreon and search Brilliant Observations to show us a token of your support.  Have a topic idea, question for the hosts or general feedback? Give us a shout at BrilliantObservations@gmail.com. 

There are no right answers anymore…especially when it comes to developmentally immature brains. (I’m looking at you, Brian.) Follow the bouncing eyeball as we navigate teens losing phone privileges, teens losing college privileges, and Amy losing marital privileges (hey now!). All that, plus Missy loses her P…iano, and briefly considers pooping in the kitchen sink.    Support Brilliant Observations Podcast Join our Facebook group BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad), or connect with us on all the socials @ListenBrilliant. Donate to support us on Patreon here, or buy and wear your own swag to support us on TeePublic here. Ways to subscribe to Brilliant Observations Podcast Click here to subscribe via Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe via RSS You can also subscribe via Stitcher   Help Us Be More Brilliant Stars are our favorite. To give us 5 stars, visit Apple Podcasts, find Brilliant Observations Podcast, click Ratings and Reviews, and slide to rate us 5 stars. You can even write us a glowing review!   Conn

Missy bemoans the hardships of an unwanted grand piano. Plus lackluster beach vacation memories. All this and moooooooorre! Join us on Facebook at BrillObs Squad for insider jokes, links, conversation and connection.  Find us on Twitter, Insta and everywhere at @ListenBrilliant or @AmyFugazi . 

Melissa samples some peanut butter flavored whiskey, then inexplicably wonders why no one will join her for family dinner. (Hint: it’s the peanut whiskey.) Amy puts the final nail in the grease-lined “hair training” coffin, and Missy and team Brilliant prepare snacks for the long slow road to the beach. Then, at minute 47:06, it's the moment you've been waiting for, when Missy and Amy discuss in graphic detail Cardi B's latest Ode to Healthy Vaginal Juices. Plugin the headphones, kids. This one is definitely NSFW.  Join our Facebook group BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad), or connect with us on all the socials @ListenBrilliant. Support us with a one-time Tip on Patreon at https://bit.ly/3eSfu3F, or buy some swag at TeePublic. Help Us Be More Brilliant Stars are our favorite. To give us 5 stars, visit Apple Podcasts, find Brilliant Observations Podcast, click Ratings and Reviews, and slide to rate us 5 stars. You can even write us a glowing review! Support Brilliant Observations Podcast We’re on Patreon here, if

Earthquakes, college essays and pooping in the house. It's enough to make you throw out your topsheet. (Pigs.)  Pull up your favorite recovery chair and give us a listen.  Join our Facebook group BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad), or connect with us on all the socials @ListenBrilliant. Support us with a one-time Tip on Patreon at https://bit.ly/3eSfu3F, or buy some swag at TeePublic. Help Us Be More Brilliant Stars are our favorite. To give us 5 stars, visit Apple Podcasts, find Brilliant Observations Podcast, click Ratings and Reviews, and slide to rate us 5 stars. You can even write us a glowing review! Support Brilliant Observations Podcast We’re on Patreon here, if you’d like to donate.  We’re on TeePublic here, if you’d like to buy some swag. Connect with Brilliant Observations Podcast Facebook Group: /BrillObsSquad Facebook:  @ListenBrilliant  Instagram:  @ListenBrilliant  Twitter: @ListenBrilliant  Email: BrilliantObservations@gmail.com Web Site: BrilliantObservations.com Ways to subscribe to Brilliant

Bottom Ramen  |  Brilliant Observations Podcast 153 What’s worse than Top Ramen? Bottom ramen. Prepare yourself.   Join our Facebook group BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad), or connect with us on all the socials @ListenBrilliant. Support us with a one-time Tip on Patreon at https://bit.ly/3eSfu3F, or buy some swag at TeePublic. Help Us Be More Brilliant Stars are our favorite. To give us 5 stars, visit Apple Podcasts, find Brilliant Observations Podcast, click Ratings and Reviews, and slide to rate us 5 stars. You can even write us a glowing review! Support Brilliant Observations Podcast We’re on Patreon here, if you’d like to donate.  We’re on TeePublic here, if you’d like to buy some swag. Connect with Brilliant Observations Podcast Facebook Group: /BrillObsSquad Facebook:  @ListenBrilliant  Instagram:  @ListenBrilliant  Twitter: @ListenBrilliant  Email: BrilliantObservations@gmail.com Web Site: BrilliantObservations.com Ways to subscribe to Brilliant Observations Podcast Click here to subscribe via Apple

Amy struggles with doubt, while Stuart struggles with gravity. Join our Facebook group BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad), or connect with us on all the socials @ListenBrilliant. Support us with a one-time Tip on Patreon at https://bit.ly/3eSfu3F, or buy some swag at TeePublic. Help Us Be More Brilliant Stars are our favorite. To give us 5 stars, visit Apple Podcasts, find Brilliant Observations Podcast, click Ratings and Reviews, and slide to rate us 5 stars. You can even write us a glowing review! Support Brilliant Observations Podcast We’re on Patreon here, if you’d like to donate.  We’re on TeePublic here, if you’d like to buy some swag. Connect with Brilliant Observations Podcast Facebook Group: /BrillObsSquad Facebook:  @ListenBrilliant  Instagram:  @ListenBrilliant  Twitter: @ListenBrilliant  Email: BrilliantObservations@gmail.com Web Site: BrilliantObservations.com Ways to subscribe to Brilliant Observations Podcast Click here to subscribe via Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe via RSS You can al

And you thought drinking bleach was bad news. Try scrubbing yer pud with it. Laugh aghast as Amy regales us with the latest loofah nightmare… plus the birthday wrap up, college essays, Listener Let Downs, the Nap Ministry and the worst year ever with kids. (HINT — every year is the worst.) Join our Facebook group Brill Obs Squad (#BrillObsSquad), or connect with us on all the socials @ListenBrilliant. Or, support us with a one-time tip in any amount on Patreon at https://bit.ly/3eSfu3F.   Help Us Be More Brilliant Stars are our favorite. To give us 5 stars, visit Apple Podcasts, find Brilliant Observations Podcast, click Ratings and Reviews, and slide to rate us 5 stars. You can even write us a glowing review!   Support Brilliant Observations Podcast We’re on Patreon here, if you’d like to donate.  We’re on TeePublic here, if you’d like to buy some swag.   Connect with Brilliant Observations Podcast Facebook Group: /BrillObsSquad Facebook:  @ListenBrilliant  Instagram:  @ListenBrilliant  Twitter: @ListenBrill

When your own husband looks your child dead in the face and calls you an a-hole, its time to reevaluate your parenting skills. Listen as Missy tries to make sense of the latest of her mother’s, um, feedback? Then we tackle the topic of how to better parent ourselves if we had been there to offer some friendly advice at age 15. Join our Facebook group BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad), or connect with us on all the socials @ListenBrilliant. If you’re so moved, you can even share your love of Brilliant Observations Podcast with a friend. It’s a comedy friendship conversation that keeps it real, laughs at life and always finds the sunny side.   Support Brilliant Observations Podcast We’re on Patreon here, if you’d like to donate.  We’re on TeePublic here, if you’d like to buy some swag.   Connect with Brilliant Observations Podcast Facebook Group: /BrillObsSquad Facebook:  @ListenBrilliant  Instagram:  @ListenBrilliant  Twitter: @ListenBrilliant  Email: BrilliantObservations@gmail.com Web Site: BrilliantObservat

Everybody loves a good eye boogie story, right? Of COURSE not. We're not psychopaths. Well, this week we're making an exception based solely on the fact that the current eye boogie story gives us one more reason to laugh at Stuart.  You're welcome.  Support Brilliant Observations Podcast We’re on Patreon here, if you’d like to donate.  We’re on TeePublic here, if you’d like to buy some swag. Connect with Brilliant Observations Podcast Facebook Group: /BrillObsSquad Facebook:  @ListenBrilliant  Instagram:  @ListenBrilliant  Twitter: @ListenBrilliant  Email: BrilliantObservations@gmail.com Web Site: BrilliantObservations.com   Help Us Be More Brilliant Stars are our favorite. To give us 5 stars, visit Apple Podcasts, find Brilliant Observations Podcast, click Ratings and Reviews, and slide to rate us 5 stars. You can even write us a glowing review!   Ways to subscribe to Brilliant Observations Podcast Click here to subscribe via Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe via RSS You can also subscribe via Stitc

Missy heads to the beach with her family, which invariably leads her to ponder why her opinion on everything is so wildly out of step with everyone else. Other topics include Horror Hugs, Toilet Talk, Things We Know Nothing About, and our latest offering, Timing Is Everything. Join our Facebook group BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad), or connect with us on all the socials @ListenBrilliant. If you’re so moved, you can even share your love of Brilliant Observations Podcast with a friend. It’s a comedy friendship conversation that keeps it real, laughs at life and always finds the sunny side.   Help Us Be More Brilliant Stars are our favorite. To give us 5 stars, visit Apple Podcasts, find Brilliant Observations Podcast, click Ratings and Reviews, and slide the star icons to the right to rate us 5 stars. You can even click here to write us a glowing review!   Support Brilliant Observations Podcast We're on Patreon here, if you'd like to donate.  We're on TeePublic here, if you'd like to buy some swag.   Connect w

Well kids, she finally did it. Missy cracked. First, she bought a Peleton. Then she poked a Facebook Terrorist. All of which led to a nearly unfortunate incident involving a bird, a dog and a tennis racquet. Sounds like someone’s got Covid Fevah! Listen in amazement as we address the horrors of long hair in your ass crack, to beach or not to beach, and our latest best segment, Things We Know Nothing About. Join the conversation, connect with us online (on Facebook, our private group is called BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad) and share your love for the Brilliant Observations Podcast with a friend. It’s a comedy friendship conversation that keeps it real, laughs at life and always finds the sunny side. Our goal this month is to add one new subscriber each day. Will that be you Dear Listener? If you have an iPhone just ask Siri to “subscribe to Brilliant Observations podcast for free.” Or preserve the economy for human jobs and do it yourself. Visit Apple iTunes and search Podcasts for Brilliant Observations, th

Care for a run, anyone? Just follow the bouncing penis. Listen in as we chat through semi-nude neighborhood jogging (evidently, it’s a thing), calendar mix-ups, the endless stupidity of friends, and a not-so jokey pop-up psychiatric evaluation courtesy of Melissa. It’s all part of our weekly quest to stave off the inevitable dementia of what historians will call “uh, 2020.” Join us as we look back over quarantine days past (see also: last week) for a survey of “what would it take to get you on a plane?”, “do you actually know when Father’s Day is?”, and Amy’s favorite, “can you save a tree by injection?” Time to grab ahold of your pendulums, kids. This one’s swinging from one insane extreme to the other. Join the conversation, connect with us online (on Facebook, our private group is called BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad) and share your love for the Brilliant Observations Podcast with a friend. It’s a comedy friendship conversation that keeps it real, laughs at life and always finds the sunny side. Our goal t

Amy shares a troubling secret from the bedroom she and her husband have named... Cementy. Surprise! Melissa solves it in seconds. If only Amy will listen. Spoiler: She won't.  Fresh from that psychotherapy win, Missy turns her gaze to fixing the lifelong plight of Amy’s much-beloved kids, who find themselves enraged at her demand that they have a “good” relationship with her. Spoiler: They won’t. All that, plus liquor-filled pinatas, some-of-the-house generators and the secret DVR filled with Hallmark Channel trash. It's almost as if our brains have been in quarantine. From good ideas.  Heyoooooh!  Join the conversation, connect with us online (on Facebook, our private group is called BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad) and share your love for the Brilliant Observations Podcast with a friend. It’s a comedy friendship conversation that keeps it real, laughs at life and always finds the sunny side. Our goal this month is to add one new subscriber each day. Will that be you Dear Listener? If you have an iPhone just

Covid-blood stealing monkeys, murder hornets, race riots, and now, rogue posts to Teen Insta. Stop the world, I wanna get off. With both their cities on fire, Melissa and Amy look for bright spots that don't simultaneously scorch their keisters. We explore the joys of freshly prepared sushi, religious rites of passage, graduation under quarantine and connecting with friends at life's toughest touch-and-go moments.  Plus Steve Carrell in Space Force, Jason Bateman in Ozark and rogue visits to the Poconos.  Join the conversation, connect with us online (on Facebook, our private group is called BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad) and share your love for the Brilliant Observations Podcast with a friend. It’s a comedy friendship conversation that keeps it real, laughs at life and always finds the sunny side. Our goal this month is to add one new subscriber each day. Will that be you Dear Listener? If you have an iPhone just ask Siri to “subscribe to Brilliant Observations podcast for free.” Or preserve the economy for

Ever feel like slapping someone as hard as you can, right in the face? For Melissa, this feeling is aroused by the latest Netflix sensation, Stone Faces. For Amy, slapping is the byproduct of meeting any Hollywood celebrity woeful enough to be named “Jason.” We cover all this, plus recap our covid-19 flouting Memorial Day gathering, laugh along with a little Southern Lovin’ from Leslie Jordan, and decode the meaning of our personal favorite, “neck weight.” There’s even enough time left over to squabble over who belongs on the Favorite Bands Playlist. Good thing we’re the definitive experts. Join the conversation, connect with us online (on Facebook, our private group is called BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad) and share your love for the Brilliant Observations Podcast with a friend. It’s a comedy friendship conversation that keeps it real, laughs at life and always finds the sunny side. Our goal this month is to add one new subscriber each day. Will that be you Dear Listener? If you have an iPhone just ask Siri

Feeling a little sluggish? Disorganized? Demotivated? Join the club. It’s Part 2 of our promised discussion on What’s Holding You Back… this time with an actual discussion. We cover creative slumps, perfectionism, failure to launch, and our favorite, “lighten the fuck up.” And don’t worry. There’s lots of laughs, too. Join the conversation, connect with us online (on Facebook, our private group is called BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad) and share your love for the Brilliant Observations Podcast with a friend. It’s a comedy friendship conversation that keeps it real, laughs at life and always finds the sunny side. Our goal this month is to add one new subscriber each day. Will that be you Dear Listener? If you have an iPhone just ask Siri to “subscribe to Brilliant Observations podcast for free.” Or preserve the economy for human jobs and do it yourself. Visit Apple iTunes and search Podcasts for Brilliant Observations, then under the show graphic, click Subscribe. You can get the same job done on Spotify, if t

Stuart’s itching to visit the Florida house, and now he’s got the kids on Team Go. Missy says “Hell no, we won’t go.” Will they stay home? Will Stuart and the kids finally get their way? (You know the answer already, don’t cha kids…but do yourself a favor and listen anyway.) After a brief turn discussing the latest in Covid-19 related tomfoolery, we switch to more lighthearted topics. Missy investigates the travesty that is the “baby” carrot. Spoiler Alert: it’s not a baby. It’s just a carrot. And you’ve been peeling them wrong the whole time. It’s a whole thing. Finally, we run through a list of possible hobbies for Melissa to try in retirement. Tennis anyone? Join the conversation, connect with us online (on Facebook, our private group is called BrillObs Squad (#BrillObsSquad) and share your love for the Brilliant Observations Podcast with a friend. It’s a comedy friendship conversation that keeps it real, laughs at life and always finds the sunny side. Our goal this month is to add one new subscriber each