Bachelor Happy Hour - Back on Land | Golden Hour

Episode Date: July 30, 2025

Today on “Golden Hour,” Kathy and Susan are back from vacation and are here to answer your questions! We kick things off with a chat about their cruise besties, who they’ll be seeing next summer. Then, we dive into our advice portion, starting with the question of the day: How did you handle arguing with a partner and realizing midway that you’re wrong? Next, we get into our fan questions. We’re discussing babysitting grandkids in a messy house and dating a yes man — is that a red flag? Plus, we do another Golden Spotlight where we talk all about empty nesting. Tune in now to hear all this and more and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, luckily, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend's been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone.

Hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That seems inappropriate. Maybe find out how it ends by listening to the OK Storytime Podcasts and the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, West West, Prop here from Hood Politics with Prop Podcasts. You know I get down. You come from the urban areas. You understand politics more than you giving credit for it. Between Jerry out here, Mandarin all over the place, hop-out boys snatching up family members

and two wars that was supposed to be done in 24 hours. Not to mention Epstein, we had to reach out to the homie Jamil Hill because she going to keep it a century. The American public is used to be. being entertained. We're a consumption society. So what Trump figured out is entertain them and they'll never question you. Listen to the hood politics with prop podcasts on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, my name is Enya Yumanzoor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you.

But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble. Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeartRadio app. Search Emergency Intercom and listen now. Hi, I'm Jennifer Lopez and in the new season of the Overcomfit podcast,

I'm even more honest, more vulnerable, and more real than ever. Am I ready to enter this new part of my life? Like, am I ready to be in a relationship? am I ready to have kids and to really just devote myself and my time? Join me for conversations about healing and growth, all from one of my favorite spaces, The Kitchen. Listen to the new season of the Overcombered podcast on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

I'm Jamel Hill, host of the Sports and Politics Podcasts, Spolitics. And on the latest episode of Spolitics, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins me for a candid conversation about the state of the Democratic Party. What do Republicans say to you privately that they won't say publicly? Many of them are in fear of their political lives. We continue to say to them, you were elected to defend your constituents. And there's life after Congress.

Make sure to listen to this episode of Politics on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back, everybody, to Bachelor Happy Hour's goals. Golden Hour. Thanks again for joining us and we are so excited to be back. Kathy, how about it? We've got to share so much with them. So we just got back from our cruise. We're going to, we're not only going to answer fan questions today, but we're going to tell you some of the great things we did on our cruise. But in the meantime, make sure you're submitting all of your questions to us and your comments. We love reading them. All you got to do is go to bachelornation.com slash golden hour and send us everything

you got. Yes, send us everything. Your questions, your updates, all of it. And questions for us about our journeys that we've been on recently. Boy, do we have a lot to tell? You know what to do. You can also DM us on Instagram at Bachelor Happy Hour. Okay, Susan, I don't even know where to begin on the cruise. We have to talk about our Holland husbands. These two guys are gay. They've been together 14 years. They are Dutch. They speak impeccable English. We sat next to them at dinner one night and we got chatting and we just hung out with them for the rest of the cruise. We went off the ship with them. We ate meals with them. We had cocktails with them. We took photos with them. We had such a blast. They are the best guys. And in fact, Susan, I have another trip coming up. Next spring,

where are we going, Susan? We're going to stay in their house. They have actually a guest house on their property, and they live right on the river, and they want us to come when it's warm because they have a boat. These guys were like our best friends. We met them night one, like you said, at dinner, and we were inseparable ever since. They were great people. They made the cruise for me. One other thing made the cruise for me.

Well, thanks, Dad. I didn't do anything for you, really? Then I took you to the mosques and you had to wear a potato stack. Yet to come, people. Yet to come. we go to Istanbul our first stop we started in Athens Susan was sleeping and so Kathy got up and went to the Acropolis found my way to the Acropolis they were sold out of tickets

where there's a will there's a way I got a ticket I went walked the Acropolis did the whole thing anyway we have so much more to tell but right now we gotta get into our question of the day we do you ready here we got I still I want to talk more about the trip we'll do it another time you our fans you wait we have so many stories for you okay here's the question of the day susan when was a time

you realized you were wrong in an argument with your significant other and how did you handle it i hate it when i'm wrong first of all are you ever wrong yes i am you know what kathy i know like boom i go oh my god i'm so sorry oh my god i'm so sorry i had no i'm wrong i'm wrong forgive me Like, I immediately apologize, but don't try to hide it. Oh, it's significant another. Not me. Not me. She says, I'm never wrong.

You know what? I got to be honest here. I think when my husband was alive, what is it? I'd rather be right than happy or something. There's some expressions. Yeah, there's an expression. Do you want to be right or happy? I think I focused a lot on wanting to be right.

But now I've learned. that when I'm wrong, I am so quick to say, I am so sorry, I can't, you know, I apologize quickly. But back when you were happily married, the way back, when you were wrong, you wouldn't admit it? You just learned that now. I'm telling you, I was rarely wrong in my brain. You heard it from her mouth herself. No, I'm saying, that's what I'm telling you.

In my brain, I wanted, I was right. And so now I would rather be happy than right. And so, you know what, you know, you're wearing a beautiful pink shirt today. If I say it's a blue shirt, you say it's an orange shirt, whatever color you want makes me happy. I just don't care. One thing that comes to mind, I remember griping to my ex-husband, Dickey, like when they play golf, what takes you so long if you were done until I started playing when I started playing the game. I'll never forget calling them up and said, Dickie, I owe you an apology.

He said, for what? I said, I get it. It's, you're done the 18th hole. It's long before you get home and I understood why. And I apologize for all those times. Oh, I wish I was home with three kids while he had a day off, you know, just saying. I wish I'd only been wrong about golf games. I just think that, you know, I think little things, it's easy sometimes to say I'm wrong.

My bad. Yeah, my bad. But I think on some of those. bigger things. I just, indignant. You know, it was like, I wanted to be right. I think, again, Susan, how often do you and I talk about, you have to get to a certain age where, you know what, it's okay. In your head, be right in your head and just give the apology and move on with life. As well as sometimes when you're accused of something that you did not do or did not say or whatever the case may be. And I am a stickler. Like, I will fight to the end when I know I am correct.

I don't anymore. I used to. Yeah, well, now it's not worth it. That's what I'm saying to. Now at my age, I'd rather be happy than right. And so sometimes I know I'm right and I let it go. Sometimes, you know, I'm wrong. And when I'm wrong now, I'm jumped to say I'm sorry. So I think, again, it's one of these things with age comes maturity. It comes discerning whether something is worth going to the mat and fighting about. Absolutely. How about you guys out there? Anybody else still feel like we do at this point? Like, it's, it's okay to be wrong and you just accept it and apologize, whatever the case may be. Or do you guys still insist your right? Do your kids, do your kids admit when they're wrong? No, definitely not. They're not there yet. Yeah, mine are good.

I figure you and I are going to be six feet under the ground, you know, be manure for somebody's plants by the time our kids are ready to admit they're wrong. Oh, got it. Oh, whatever. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly. and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam, maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot.

He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out

if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. All right, West West, Prop here from Hood Politics with Prop Podcasts. You already know our get-down. If you grew up in our urban areas of comforted struggle, you understand politics much more than you giving credit for. Feds taking over American cities, government hop-out boys, hopping out the van, snatching up your theo in them,

two wars that was supposed to be solved in 24 hours. Jerry just out here mandering all over the place. The turfs! And of course the Epstein of it all. Well, this week we decided to shoot our shot and boy did we pull up from the logo to see if we could get somebody to come tap in

with us. And the one and only Jamil Hill pulled up from the Spolitics podcast to keep it a whole century. The American public is used to being entertained. We're a consumption society. So what Trump figured out is entertain them and they'll never question you. Listen to the hood politics with prop podcasts on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, my name is Anya Yumanzoor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD,

oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psycho babble. Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeartRadio app. Search Emergency Intercom and listen now. Hey, sis, what if I could promise you you never had to listen to a condescending finance bro? Tell you how to manage your money again. Welcome to Brown Ambition. This is a part when you pay down those credit cards. If you haven't gotten to the bottom of why you were racking up credit or turning to credit cards, you may just recreate the same problem a year from now. When you do feel like you are bleeding from these high interest rates, I would start shopping for a debt consolidation loan, starting with your local credit union, shopping around online, looking for some

online lenders because they tend to have fewer fees and be more affordable. Listen, I am not here to judge. It is so expensive in these streets. I 100% can see how in just a few months you can have this much credit card debt when it weighs on you. It's really easy to just like stick your head in the sand. It's nice and dark in the sand. Even if it's scary, it's not going to go away just because you're avoiding it. And in fact, it may get even worse. For more judgment-free money advice, listen to Brown Ambition on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Jamil Hill, host of the Sports and Politics. And on the latest episode, politics, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins me for a candid conversation about

the state of the Democratic Party. What do Republicans say to you privately that they won't say publicly? Many of them are in fear of their political lives. And that's been part of the challenge. But we continue to say to them, you were elected to defend your constituents, to stand up for your constituents. And there's life after Congress. And you should be willing to actually want to be able to look back on your time in the House of Representatives. knowing that you can keep your head held high because you did the right thing. Donald Trump is gone in three and a half years, but their legacy or their failure to stand up to the extremism and the unprecedented assault on America as we know it will be with them forever.

Make sure to listen to Spolitics on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. All right. We're going to start our fan questions. My favorite part. Okay. I'll start a minute. Wait, excuse me. Yes. Mm-hmm. I thought your favorite part was playing games. Oh, geez. She loves that. As long as it's not the one game. Although the last few episodes, we did play some cool games. Moral quandary. I'm time. We're bringing that back, Susan. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. All right, this is from Laura. Hi, Kathy and Susan. My husband is very nonchalant and doesn't have many opinions about things. Where was he when I was looking? I think in general that's probably good, but it's hard for me when we are discussing future plans and goals.

He says he just wants to do whatever makes me happy and that he'll be happy with that. And she's wondering, okay, am I just lucky in that way? Because sometimes I feel like with important decisions like where we live or what jobs we have or whether we have kids, etc., are things that are someone should be opinionated about. So it makes it hard for me because I feel like I have to be the end-all decision-maker in the relationship, which causes me a lot of stress.

Oh, God. Susan Singer, say, where do I sign up? I was wondering what your thoughts are. Am I just lucky and should just take it on the chin? Or do you think it's something I should be concerned about? Thanks for your help. Well, first and foremost, I do think I would need an opinion about having children. You want to know if the man is interested in having a family.

I don't care. I don't care. I think that's a good point. It's funny, in my marriage, we, Daryl and I used to joke that I made the big decisions in life, like what we were going to have for dinner or what restaurant were. Yeah, I made those big decisions. He made the little decisions like where we were going to live, what city, what jobs, where we were going to invest our money. Like, you know, I think in some ways people have evolved.

There used to be a division of labor where women did the housework and the kids and the husband. You know, I think that's a time gone by. I think you don't think it's time gone by? No, I think women have jobs as well and they still take care of those house. Oh, people I know who are young. They really divided equally. Yeah, a lot of them do now. But I'm with you, Susan.

I would be concerned. I mean, on the one hand, geez, you know, a guy just wants to make me happy. Let me sign up. Does he have an older brother or father? That's all I needed to read. Laura, send me his name. He just wants to make me happy. Whatever makes me happy, you're looking at a gift horse there.

Shut your mouth. But think about it. But, I mean, on the one hand, yes, it seems that way. But let's look at it another way. Maybe she thinks he doesn't really care, you know, that kind of... I'm saying maybe, you know, whether they're in bed, whatever you want, where do you want to live, where do you want to go to dinner? I don't care what you want to name the kids.

I don't care. If the first thing out of his mouth is, I don't care, that doesn't bode well, I don't think, for an integrated marriage where we have equal parts. But damn, I'd like to try it for a year or two. That's really. But look again, Lord. and think about it. He just wants to make you happy.

And if you're in, maybe she's not a type A, Kathy. Maybe she's not like us because we could control the world. You know, we can control our lives and our partners. Well, wait a minute. She has to be a type A. He's the one that's not the type A

if she's making all the decisions. But she's saying, I feel like it's end all decision maker in the relationship, which causes her stress. Hey, Laura, I've got the answer for you. Call Susan and me. List your questions.

list your concerns you know we'll tell you Susan will tell you how to decorate your house what to buy I'll tell you where to travel yeah oh I will not tell her what to cook I'll tell you where to make a reservation I think though I can see it

I think you should just chill and let him be if you're not concerned that he cares you know he's really doing it because he loves you and he wants you happy then roll with it however I think she definitely should talk about kids part yeah force that one Laura you don't want to end up with

three kids and he wakes up one day and says you know what laura i never wanted any kids you wanted him so you know have that conversation usually you already have jobs you don't say what kind of job we're going to have and where we're going to live you're going to live where you work no but like with my husband's case um you know he had he was an investment banker and so he had opportunities to move to other cities and work in other places and i never you know i figured he was one in that career so i didn't really you know you know Would you be okay if he came to you and just said, Kathy, I'm going to take this job here and we're moving?

Let me tell you, Susan, funny you ask. My husband was old enough that he was at the tail end of the Vietnam War. So he was an officer in the Navy, United States Navy. I loved it. I wanted him to stay in the Navy. I loved meeting people. I loved moving all the time. I loved traveling.

That's where I got the travel bug. So, yeah, I would have been. Every time he said we were going to move, I remember when he finished grader, graduate school and we moved to Houston for his first job out of business school, we were going to stay there five years. 22 years later, I was like, when are we leaving? When are we leaving?

And then we moved to Austin. And now I've been here, what, 23 years? I'm so ready to go live. You know where I'm going? I'm going to live with the Holland husbands in Holland. I'm telling you, they have a nice life. All right. They were the best girlfriends we hadn't.

Oh, my God. They were the best. They are the best. All right. Okay. Okay, the next one is from Anonymous. Okay, here we go. I watch my daughter's two little ones, four days a week, full time at my daughter's house.

I arrive in the morning very early and immediately I get angry. The house is a disaster. There are dishes in the sink, clothes all over, overflowing garbage cans, et cetera. I can't stand it. I wish all could see Susan's face. Her eyes are bugging out of her face. Susan lives like a neat, Nick. Anonymous, you do not want to be anywhere near Susan. Okay. So everything's overflowing garbage. I can't stand it, says Anonymous. I start cleaning up right away. But I'm

resentful that I have to stay in that environment all day. It would be hard to take them to my house as my one grandchild has to go to school nearby and be picked up, plus all their inside and outside toys are there. My daughter and I end up fighting every time. She has a very busy life, as does her husband. They both work long hours, and I get there is limited time to clean. But when the weekends come, they go out all weekend and do nothing. Do I just stay quiet and suck it up? It's the only thing we fight about. Susan, I got to jump in here. This is the easiest, easiest thing to answer. Anonymous, you have two choices. one is keep doing what you've been doing you're going to keep getting what you've been getting

the other option is to say lovely daughter who I adore I can't do this it causes me stress I love my grandchildren but you either have to hire a housekeeper or something because I can't come there anymore so I'm giving you a month's notice that you either have to find other child care or get somebody here to clean this house. Because while you're working all day in a sterile, clean environment, I'm here trying to clean up the mess that is your house. And if you don't think I would say it, Susan, you know I would. Oh, I know you would.

I don't doubt it for a second. And I'm a little bit feeling the same way. I would definitely hire somebody. When I read that she watches them four days a week, it occurs to me that maybe because of finances, they can't hire a professional. They want mom to do it. And if that's the case, maybe they can't afford a housekeeper.

Because when the weekends come, they're out all weekend. At spending time with their family. You know what I mean? Maybe that's why I get what she's, trust me, you know me. Kathy, I was having issues from the first sentence. I get it. I'm saying if they're out partying all weekend, stay home one night and hire a housekeeper. I know, but we can't tell them what to do.

That's what I just said. She has two choices. one you give them a month to get their act together get the house clean and say it's got to be kept clean or you tell them to hire someone what you the third choice is not a choice you you keep living in that mess i wouldn't do it you wouldn't either for me she says all their toys inside and out are there and the child goes to school when the child's at school that's when you're cleaning up i think that's part of it i would do the same exact thing or get some toys for your house inside and out. How far does she live from them to go pick them up or have your children,

your daughter, drop her kids off to you in the morning? I mean, and that could be the reason when she explains, I can't live like that. I can't stay in your house. It's a total disaster. I'm not telling you how to live, but I don't approve and it makes me crazy. Well, I agree with all that. But when here, you know, I don't know, maybe I had too much vacation in Greece. But I feel like this is not your daughter's problem. This is your problem anonymous. Don't make her problems, your problems. If the house is. And she says they fight every time. You're fighting over the same thing. It's not going to change. That's what I said. If you keep doing what you've been doing, you keep getting what you've been getting. Isn't that the definition of

insanity they say if you keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. Okay. So I know anonymous when you hear this, you're going to say, easy for you guys to say oh i can assure you both susan and i have said no to our children on babysitting and i got to be honest with you i love my grandchildren anonymous i wouldn't do it four days a week that that tells me you need to get yourself a life and i realize that's maybe unfair but you know you can't complain about something you're doing you're choosing to do you can't be resentful if you're choosing is that right do you agree yes if you're choosing to do it you can't be resentful make a different choice anonymous and have a sit down with your daughter don't fight with

her every week because it'll strain the relationship but when you say have a sit down what's the sit down say honey i can't live like this i can't come here and clean your house i bet you the daughter turns and says i'm not expecting you to clean it i'm not expecting you to tidy it's not comfortable being in it yes it's it's her compared to that's why it's anonymous's problem anonymous you need to say i love you but I can't do this anymore. I'll have the kids one day at my house or you need to hire a housekeeper. Something has

to change, Anonymous, I guess is Susan's in my point here. Would you agree? Yes, I do. Good luck, though. It's a touch and one. And if nothing else works, I'll give you Susan's phone number. She cleans like no other. That place will be spick and span in about, oh, give her two hours. Did I ever tell you the story? I went over to my son's house and his wife and the baby.

and I thought I'd be helpful. The piles of laundry up in their room, it was like I started at 7.30 in the morning. I must have did nine loads of laundry. Fold it, ready to be put away. Wait, wait, wait, back up. Where was the laundry, dirty or cleaned? No, it looked like piles of dirty laundry in their bedroom.

And Stella and I were upstairs and we got her mommy's blow dryer when I gave her a bath, blah, blah, blah, blah. Anyhow, I go, let me help them because they both work full-time. It's long hours. Right. I do all this laundry.

They come home and she was like, oh, my God, I can't believe you did all that for me. Oh, my God, I really. And the baby was young. It was the first time mommy. You know, I get it. And Christopher says, Mom, those three piles right there, they're clean. I got. Susan, I knew where you were going.

When Kyle, who, if you all forgot, Susan officiated his wedding a year and a half ago. so Susan knows Kyle Kyle. Kyle when before he was married he lived in an apartment and he was moving and my sister from Canada Susan, my sister is also Susan Susan came to visit and we went over to Kyle's apartment to drop off

some boxes because he was moving and we walked in I swear to God I said was there a robber in here like everything closed on the kitchen table under the kitchen table my sister was like holy God does he live here I said I'm not sure he may have been robbed so i call him up and sure enough that's how we lived and i said

kyle there are clothes in the laundry basket on the table under the table because mom it's easy i said what's easy he goes the clothes you're going to die you should give kyle a hard time about this the clothes on the kitchen table you understand pile you couldn't see the table are all clean the ones under the table are dirty so when i wear them i just throw them under the table I swear to God Now he is married now His house It looks like your house

His wife has got his act together Is that hysterical I could never Oh I could And my boys when they were growing up I would teach my children I'd do the laundry for them of course Yeah

And I'd say all you have to do is put it away Mom it's so easy I could just grab it out of the basket No That's a thing Do you know there are people That don't mind doing laundry and folding But they don't want to put it away

I'm like, that's the easiest part. It's the sorting, the laundry, putting in the bleach, putting in the... If you ask me for something, I could tell you exactly, go to the third drawer on the right side. I can detest to this. I literally will say to Susan when I'm at our house, hey,

can I borrow a pair of running shorts to go out and walk? Yes, go in the guest room, go into the third drawer on the right, behind the black box are three pairs. I swear to God, she's not lying. It's frightening. Same with the eyeliner. Somebody needs. Top drawer, center. Not on the other side, third row back.

The third row back, because the first two rows are black and then brown. The third row back is the name for, yes. Okay, all right. Anyhow. Oh, my God, that was fun. Those are good. Hey, anonymous, good luck with your daughter. Yeah, you got to be real.

If it's really stressful, then some people can turn the other cheek. I admire people like this, Kathy. Some people can roll and not let it bother. It's not their problem. They just do what they do. I can't do. that I wasn't built that way. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly,

and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her.

Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them.

I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. All right, Wes West, West, Prop here from Hood Politics with Prop Podcasts. You already know our get-down. If you grew up in our urban areas of comfort of struggle, you understand politics much more than you giving credit for.

Feds taking over American cities, government hop-out boys, hopping out the van, snatching up your theo in them, two wars that was supposed to be solved in 24 hours. Jerry just out here mandering all over the place. The turfs! And of course, the Epstein of it all. Well, this week we decided to shoot our shot,

and boy, did we pull up from the logo, to see if we could get somebody to come tap in with us, And the one and only Jamil Hill pulled up from this politics podcast to keep it a whole century. The American public is used to being entertained. We're a consumption society. So what Trump figured out is entertain them. And they'll never question you. Listen to the hood politics with prop podcasts on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble. Yes, yes.

Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeartRadio app. Search Emergency Intercom and listen now. My name is Ed. Everyone say hello, Ed. Hello, Ed. I'm from a very rural background myself. My dad is a farmer.

and my mom is a cousin, so, like, it's not, like... What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago. I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. On stage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear. Well, 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family.

And then he came to my house. So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes center stage. Available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Jamil Hill, host to the Sports and Politics Podcast Politics.

And on the latest episode of Politics, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins me for a candid conversation about the state of the Democratic Party. What do Republicans say to you privately that they won't say publicly? Many of them are in fear of their political lives, and that's been part of the challenge. But we continue to say to them, you were elected to defend your constituents, to stand up for your constituents. And there's life after Congress. And you should be willing to actually want to be able to look back on your time in the House of Representatives, knowing, that you can keep your head held high because you did the right thing.

Donald Trump is gone in three and a half years. But their legacy or their failure to stand up to the extremism and the unprecedented assault on America as we know it will be with them forever. Make sure to listen to Spolitics on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I have one more quick story. before we move on to our last Golden Spotlight segment. When we were on the cruise, I swear to God, people, I'm not joking.

You walked into Susan's room. I was like, is anyone staying in this room? Every day, she said it. Every day. You'd walk into a room. There was nothing in sight. It was like, Susan, are you sleeping here? Like, everything is packed in neat, tidy bags, in drawers.

It was put away. Put it away. That's Susan. You know what? I won't better that way. Susan, I'm going to tell your children, Susan Knowles, she always put it away. Always put it away. Everything has a home. Oh, that's right. Everything has a home. All right. Let's move on here.

Okay, now we're going to be doing a golden spotlight where we discuss something that is impacting the golden community. Today's golden spotlight is all about life in an empty nest. what is the transition like going from having kids in the house and being a full-time parent to when your children have their own lives and families what are the pros and cons and how did you get through that transition oh my gosh most people have tears and it's really hard i was i did cry when the first day you know what i mean but i was like yes everything's going to be neat like i leave it when i come home It's exactly like I left it.

You do miss them. But when they come back and stay for a couple days, I go insane because as much as I want to spend time with them, it's stuff all over the place. So some people really, really have a hard time. And I personally think that they devoted their lives totally 100%, as we all do to our children, but I kept my own life. Do you see my hand up in the air? Yes. I kept things for me as well, and they didn't. They lost friends or hobbies or whatever.

Everything was about their children. So I'm in the middle there. I had hobbies and friends, and I worked on and off, but I raised my kids. And this is a very true story. We were living in Austin by the time Caitlin went to college. And we had bought a big family house. house and upstairs everyone there were three bedrooms three bathrooms and a playroom and then our bedroom and the rest of the living was downstairs and we had a pool and i remember when we bought

this house i said to darrell took my husband this is this is going to be our family home this is where everybody's going to come back and bring their grandchildren this is going to be like the family gathering place when kately went off to college i remember darrell came home from work every And I was sitting crying. He's like, what's wrong? I said, it's so lonely upstairs. They're all gone. I mean, I couldn't stand it.

I would go from room to room crying because they were gone. And I missed them so much. Can I tell you, we sold that house? Oh, I don't know, about three months later, he goes, I can't take it anymore. Because I realized they weren't going to come back. My oldest son was living in Michigan and then went to Germany. But your daughter only went to college. She was coming back.

No, Caitlin, when Caitlin graduated from high school, she went to college and California. Then she lived overseas for a while. Then she lived in San Francisco. Then she lived in New York. And I've told you this. When she called, then she went to grad school in Boston. And when she ever called us and said she was moving back to Austin, I almost fell over. Kyle came home. He came home after college. Douglas has never lived back in Austin. He hates the heat. And Caitlin took her like 15 years to come back. So for me, the transition, I will be very honest, was very difficult. I loved, I cried at the end of the summer when my kids went to school. My friends used to call me Captain Kangaroo. For those of you who are old enough to know who

Captain Kangaroo is, I loved being with my kids and taking them to the park and museums and reading to them. I just, I loved it. So for me, being an empty nester originally was very difficult. Now, fast forward because my youngest child is 38. I freaking love it. I love it. I love it. I I love that. When you moved, that it got better? Yeah. Oh, and in fact, I live in the same home now that Daryl and I move to when we sold that big house. And I love it.

So the kids never live there. They come and stay periodically. They come and stay. One of the rooms upstairs, I used to call it Caitlin's room because she did live in it for a while after college before she moved to Dallas and then back to San Francisco. But, yeah, no, I just think it's like anything else in life. transitions are just that they're transitions and it takes time to adapt to create new new arteries if you will for your life new interests because now you have the time you know to put yourself first and that is the biggest pro i think and redecorate the room and take over the closet

in susan's yeah i mean you get to do things for you and your spouse or your partner or your girlfriend or whoever it is you or yourself you get to do some things you haven't had time to. And then when grandchildren come along, you know, that's a whole other fabulous added layer. Don't you agree? Kathy, when the kids get their place, you're over there a lot and you're helping them decorate and you're helping them get new things for the bathroom and all that stuff. It's kind of exciting because they're starting a life. It's so funny you said that. When I had the big house, I love decorating it. I really did buying things for it. Now my daughter comes over and says, mom, I really like that.

Mirror, take it. It's your furnishings and things to my kids because they like it. They're in a building mode. You and I are in a, do we really need this anymore mode? I know. I'm going to throw it out mode. That's how it is for me anyway. Who wants this mode?

Yes, yes. Yeah. So I think that's the pros. You get to do things for yourself and your spouse or your partner. You get to create new interest, travel, do all the things you kind of put off. The cons are, it's a new statement. stage of life and you have to say goodbye, you know, to that stage of raising kids. And for some people, that's harder than it is for others. It is, it is. But it's all part of life. It's all part of life.

And now, you know, I wouldn't want to go back, would you? No. No. That's why young people have babies. That's why we have grandchildren so we can spoil them and send them all. Absolutely. I had a huge party here yesterday. And Stella, oh, gosh, the thing she says at her mouth. She's so funny. But they're fun. But, you know, it might not be, and we're jumping in the pool, and she's just having the time of her life. And when it was all over, there was a huge mess. We cooked on the grill. I don't care. You don't have to help me clean up. It's all good. And I guarantee you, folks, if soon's in, in Philly and I'm in Austin, but I will bet you the bottom dollar in my bank account

that if I went to Susan's house right now, you would never know that her family was there yesterday. You could have came last night and you would have never done. I don't go to bed with it. I was scrubbing the deck. Oh, God. All right, well, this has been so much fun.

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