Hello Bes-tea!
Hello Bes-tea! is a podcast centered around two friends having candid conversations on the couch. Reddit stories are shared along with personal experiences involving parenting, relationships, home organization, and life in general. Kick back and get cozy on the couch with us to think, laugh, or cry. It’s friend therapy, bes-tea style!
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Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Hey bes-teas! The holidays are quickly approaching and we want this season to be as stress free as possible for you. So, this week your girls are sharing a holiday checklist for you to start working on now (like, right now) along with some things we each do to make our holidays run smoothly. It’s been a while, so we’re busting out a game of Bad Opinions to wrap up - you won’t want to miss it! Are you feeling prepared for the holidays? Let us know at hellobesteas@gmail.com.
Find the holiday checklist here: 🔗 The Ultimate 2024 Christmas Checklist & Holiday Planning Guide https://www.minted.com/lp/christmas-preparation-checklist
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:05 How to plan for a smooth holiday
1:38 8 weeks
6:06 7 weeks
7:20 6 weeks
11:17 5 weeks
13:23 4 weeks
16:45 3 weeks
17:42 2 weeks
20:34 1 weeks
26:08 Bad Opinions
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#happyholidays #christmaslist #winter #friends #advise #holidayparty #podcast #femalepodcast #hellobesteapodcast #family #discussion #christmas #list #todolist #checklist #planning #budget #opinion #laugh #games #jokes
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Happy Tuesday Bes-teas! It is finally starting to feel like Fall in Florida, so today we are chatting a little about some of our favorite fall foods for the season. Speaking of fall foods, we have a few Reddit readings about Thanksgiving meals with family. Stay tuned for an always interesting round of It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Do you host holiday meals or go to someone else’s home? Do you go to a restaurant or do something low key? Let us know at hellobesteas@gmail.com. Catch you on the couch next week!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:16 Guests have to pay for Thanksgiving dinner
4:18 Wife leaves over Thanksgiving dinner drama
9:42 Thanksgiving dinner tantrum
15:39 What is Fall ya'll?
26:51 It's kind of a funny story
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Reddit Threads:
AITA for Making My Thanksgiving Guests Pay?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/yw913m/aita_for_making_my_thanksgiving_guests_pay/
AITA for Telling My Wife That She Can Stay Home This Thanksgiving?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/yt750d/aita_for_telling_my_wife_that_she_can_stay_home/
AITA for Making My Family Start Thanksgiving Dinner Without My Sister?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/z6z2sh/aita_for_making_my_family_start_thanksgiving/
#happyholidays #thanksgiving #fall #friends #advise #aita
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Hey Bes-teas! If you’ve been keeping up, you know that your girls live in Florida and have gone through Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton recently. Since our hurricane season lasts from June 1 through November 30, we thought it would be an ideal time to share our experience going through back to back hurricanes, and how we prep for these natural disasters. Sharing is caring, links below for a few of the products that we discussed. What is in your hurricane prep kit? Let us know at hellobesteas@gmail.com
Portable Handheld Fan
https://a.co/d/4eGPnPP
Battery Operated AM/FM Radio
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Hand Crank Radio
https://a.co/d/axUUo6q
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:50 Hurricane Prep
8:45 Surviving Hurricane Milton
16:30 Getting Ready For The Storm
26:40 During The Eye
29:09 The One That Got Away
29:29 ASMR
31:00 Turning Into Your Parents
38:00 Owning The Apology
43:34 Thank You Besteas!
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#ASMR #HurricanMilton #femalepodcast #florida #friends #laugh
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
@HelloBesteaPodcast Do you know what today is? It’s our anniversary! Fix yourself a glass of Witches Brew (recipe below) and toast it up with us to one year of podcasting! In true bes-tea fashion, we are having our annual Halloween Carnival and chatting a bit about what we’ve learned in our first year of podcasting. For our book club bes-teas, this month’s book selection was Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie so you know we are spilling the tea on that. Did you read it? Let us know your thoughts at hellobesteas@gmail.com. Cheers to one year bes-teas, and have a very safe and Happy Halloween!
*Witches Brew Recipe: https://becentsational.com/witches-brew/
For a kid friendly version, mix the alcohol and replace with Polar Blast Hawaiian Punch. It won’t come out quite as purple, but the color is still fun and the kids will love it!
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🛋️ Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:44 Thank You Besteas!
2:49 Episode Thirteen
16:36 Strange Sally Diamond
18:41 Lydia Deetz and Medusa
22:32 Spooky Story
23:56 The Phantom Pediatrician
25:56 Halloween Plans
27:50 HBP Anniversary Reflections
33:15 The Fury
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#booktube #bookclub #books #halloween2024 #lydiadeetz #beetlejuice #medusa #costume #thrillerbooks #scarystories #hellobesteapodcast #femalepodcast #podcast #anniversary #celebration #blackgirlpodcast
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
@HelloBesteaPodcast 🛋️
Welcome back bes-teas! We’re in the Halloween spirit and to get this episode kicked off, Tashima reads a scary short story (cue Dracula music). We then share a few fun facts about Halloween and conclude with a very enlightening discussion about nursery rhymes. You know, the ones we’ve heard since childhood and have sung to our own children. Well, you may be surprised to learn that many of them stem from very dark roots…find out which ones.
Did you know the history behind some of these children’s songs? Tell us about it at hellobesteas@gmail.com
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📋 Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:24 Spooky Story 3:29 Halloween Facts 10:05 Dark Nursery Rhymes 19:00 Dark Children's Songs ________________________
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Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
@HelloBesteaPodcast
Happy Tuesday bes-teas! We’re back on the couch this week chatting all about our recent trip to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL! Halloween Horror Nights 2024 boasts 10 haunted houses - 8 of which we got to go through. We share which ones scared us the most along with a valuable piece of advice if you are planning to attend. Stay tuned for a fun BuzzFeed quiz that determines which horror movie villain matches our personalities. Have you ever been to Halloween Horror Nights? If so please tell us all about your experience at hellobesteas@gmail.com
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Take the BuzzFeed quiz here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/mintychlo/which-horror-serial-killer-are-you-63s3kmtpoi
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Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:25 The Curse Of Bridge Hollow 2:35 Halloween Horror Nights Recap 26:20 Which Horror Movie Villain Are You? _____________
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Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
@HelloBesteaPodcast
Hey bes-teas! Unless you've been living under a rock, you probably know that Hurricane Milton is making its way toward Florida. As a result, your bes-teas are in full preparation mode and had to pause on getting this week’s original episode out. Never fear though, we are re-releasing our first ever episode about Halloween so if you haven’t already seen or listened to it, you are in for a treat! We’ve got some fun Halloween episodes planned for you all month, so please bear with us as we literally weather the storm. Enjoy, stay safe, and we’ll catch you next week!
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Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
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Happy Tuesday bes-teas! We’re back on the couch this week and getting kicked off with an interesting hypothetical question: If you had one minute to telepathically say anything to everyone in the world, what would it be? Spoiler: people had some hilarious responses to this!
Next, we share a thread from the Mildly Infuriating Reddit group about a man who left a 10% tip to a server for poor service and was called cheap. We also share a confession from a cashier who attempted to do a good deed by giving a customer an item for free. We then shift into a dating convo that poses two questions: do you think that people unconsciously block their own happiness when dating? And would you complete a pre-marriage program on a dating app?
We wrap up with a round of It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Let us know your thoughts at hellobesteas@gmail.com.
Catch you on the couch next week!
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Chapters: 0:00
Intro 0:15
Greetings 0:24
Hypothetical
Questions 5:34 Tipping Rumors 8:56 Confessions 12:25 Marriage Certificate for Dating? 12:06 It's Kind Of A funny Story
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https://www.reddit.com/r/datingoverthirty/comments/1evc9uj/what_you_think_of_this_theory/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
https://www.reddit.com/r/datingoverthirty/comments/1eu6dyl/would_you_enroll_in_a_marriage_readiness/
https://www.reddit.com/r/hypotheticalsituation/comments/1fj6czz/you_can_telepathically_say_one_thing_into_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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Meet Tashima
Living in the Sunshine State most of her life; Tashima is a mom of two wonderful crazy kids, while also working full-time in the healthcare industry for almost 20 years and counting. However, her passion is in creative writing, screenwriting, and whatever else the flavor of the week is. Never a dull moment and always keeping busy.
Meet Maggie
When she is not keeping up with her two rambunctious boys or working, Maggie can be found creating various things, crafting or reading. A lifelong Floridian, she enjoys spending her leisure time at the beach and revels in the year round sunny climate. Maggie is a hardcore goal setter and thoroughly enjoys checking items off of her constantly growing to-do list.