The Unmade Podcast - Special: A Civilian Wedding

Episode Date: June 6, 2026

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Håvard and Uliana.See the video of all this over at our YouTube channel - https://youtu.be/g5hvxDk-gkISupport us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/unmad...eFMJoin the discussion of this episode on our subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/Unmade_Podcast/The wedding idea was floated in episode 172 (not 177 as started in the podcast) - https://www.unmade.fm/episodes/episode172Music by Alan StewartPlus Two Piece Feed performing Wind Beneath My Wings by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Big day, big day today. Massive day, man. Very special. I'm going to explain. Nervous even? No, no, I'm under control. I've got it under control. It's all right.
Starting point is 00:00:09 It's going to be all right. Before we start, this is a really good episode to watch as a video on our YouTube channel, if you so choose. You don't have to, but I think a lot of people halfway through are going to go, all right, I'm switching to video. Yeah. Don't say I didn't warn you. But if you want to just keep listening, that's fine too. And I'll also say this is a bit of a slow burn. Like, you know, we build up to the finale.
Starting point is 00:00:33 So stick with us. There's a couple of pretty special things coming towards the end. I think it'll be worth your time. So this episode actually starts in episode 177 that we recorded a while ago. Tim, you'd be totally across all that, wouldn't you? Like, you know, I know you have a photographic memory for our episodes. I was just checking 177. Yep, no, that's right, my mental file.
Starting point is 00:00:56 I knew you'd know. Yep. In episode 177, numerous things happened, but one of them was I pitched an idea of the wedding podcast, where you would have a podcast where weddings are hosted each week. You do all the things associated with a wedding, but in a podcasty kind of way, you could have interviews with all the participants and build up to it. And you and I thrashed it out and talked about the pros and cons, as we like to do here on the Admade podcast. And I think we decided it was a decent idea. and that was probably left it at that, didn't we? Well, for my end, that was the end of it, that's right.
Starting point is 00:01:31 You probably checked out about 10 minutes before I finished, to be honest. But anyway. But then I secretly received an email from someone named Horvah. He wrote, Dear Brady and Tim, my name is Horvah, and my fiancé and I are getting married on June 6. I'm a big fan of your podcast, and my friend. Fiance, Uliana, is a big fan of anything that makes me happy. I heard the most recent episode and your idea for the wedding podcast.
Starting point is 00:02:02 I just want to let you know that if you want guinea pigs for a trial run, we are more than happy to take part, where both English speakers and our families are also fluent. And then almost presciently, Horvah adds, and I'm sure they would love to share embarrassing childhood stories. Anyway, just give me a shout if you decide you want to go through with it. How can we resist? I mean, really. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:27 Young love bursting forth. Very keen, a little bit like the, oh, mom, now don't bring out the baby photos. Oh, mom, you've got the baby photos. You know what I mean? A little bit of the... A bit of that, yeah. So Horvier and I had a bit of communication. I showed some interest, but life kind of got in the way and that.
Starting point is 00:02:46 And then a few weeks before the actual wedding, I remembered and I got in touch and I said, I guess we're not going to have time to do it. And then I said, actually, no, we're doing it. It was all hands to the pump. And what you are about to experience now, either through audio or hopefully with a bit of audio and video, is the podcast wedding of Horvah and Ulliana. And we've pulled out all the stops. Maybe not all the stops, but a lot of stops. We've pulled out a medium number of stops.
Starting point is 00:03:17 There were fewer stops pulled out than an actual wedding, for instance, you know. I've been to some weddings with fewer stops. Oh, right. You wouldn't know fair enough. We've composed original music. You'll find out I traveled overseas to go to a bachelor party. Like, like, there are stops being pulled. Yes.
Starting point is 00:03:36 Don't diminish my stops. Everybody got dressed up. That doesn't happen in every wedding. This is going to be a journey. And the journey is going to start with a bit of a get-to-know-you with Horvah and his fiancé at this point, Ulliana. So here's some interviews with them that you can enjoy. This will come out in the interviews, but just to give you the full context, Hova is Norwegian, Ulliana is Russian,
Starting point is 00:04:03 the two of them met at a university in Bulgaria, and that's where love blossomed, etc., etc. Horva is now back in Norway, as is Ulliana briefly, but after the wedding, Juliana has to finish her studies in Bulgaria. But that will all come out. But that's just to give you sort of the geography of things. Let's hear from Hova and Ulliana.
Starting point is 00:04:27 And I started by asking Hova about the Unmade podcast, of course, because, you know, it's all about us, isn't it? So I've been listening for a number of years. I started actually the first podcast I started listening to was Hello Internet. And then the Unmade podcast came and I have been listening. basically at the beginning. No, it's just the lightheartedness and the jokes. Like your friendship, you and Tim, I can tell that you're not just doing it for the podcast. You are good friends and you are funny, both of you as well. So I would say that. And yeah, it's interesting,
Starting point is 00:05:19 too. It makes me think as well, like if I have any ideas for podcasters, just the concept of discussing something like big plans but not actually having to go through with them but just yeah for the fun of it what do you know about this crazy podcast that hovard listens to and you've been roped into have you ever heard it do you know what even is going on yes i have listened some number of episodes of course not all and not as many as hovar but yeah i know that about the spoons, of course, Hover told me. It's like collections and everything.
Starting point is 00:05:59 Oh, you're holding one there, yeah. Yeah, it's the Hovers ones. Have you started helping him collect spoons? I just, every time I go somewhere, I find a nice spoon and I bring it. That's my part of helping. I've been traveling a bunch with my parents, and I've made them listen to in car rides and stuff.
Starting point is 00:06:21 And then a number of years ago, we were in Germany, and I saw a souvenir spoon in the shop, and I figured I must have that. And the collection has grown now. It's over 30, 40 spoons or something. Very nice. Where do you keep them? What happens here? So I, in the kitchen, where we used to live, I just moved now two days ago. But in the kitchen, we had like a glass cabinet, and an entire shelf of that was dedicated to my spoons.
Starting point is 00:06:51 Lovely. Currently, I don't know what I'm going to do with them in the new place, but they will definitely be on display. Have you got any Spoon of the Week collector cards yet? No, I don't, unfortunately. Wow, I think I know what to get you for a wedding gift. I'm Juliana. I'm from Russia. I immigrated with my brother to study in Bulgarian University. That's where I'm at Hovart.
Starting point is 00:07:18 I'm getting my second degree now. First, I was studying economics. Now I'm studying mathematics and computers as science slash information system. It doesn't matter, but yeah, a little bit of that. And, yeah, I'm working. I'm a business analyst at the company. How come we're doing this? How come we're having fun with this little wedding project?
Starting point is 00:07:42 You heard the episode? Tell me about listening to the episode and what it made you think. Yeah, so the episode came out right around the time where, me and Juliana were planning our actual wedding and that was going through my head at all times and then I listened to the podcast and you were talking about the idea of having a podcast wedding and I was like well I'm planning a wedding so let me see if something can be done with it yes I think it took a little bit of persuading because I felt like Hova knows more about the podcast and I will feel, I don't know, left out or something.
Starting point is 00:08:23 But honestly, I think that it didn't take too much time for me to understand that having something recorded like this can be very, very valuable. So, yeah, I'm all for it. Tell me how you met your bride to be. Yeah, so we both study in Bulgaria at the American University in Bulgaria. And a friend of mine, Brazelda, she was moving out of the student accommodation. And as a good friend, I decided to come and help her. And her at that time roommate was Ulliana.
Starting point is 00:09:03 And we got to talking and I mentioned that I had to go soon because I was heading to choir. He mentioned that he's going to go to choir. And I have been going to choir like my whole childhood. so I thought that it might be nice for me in a new place to sing. And I asked him if I can join. And we just started going to choir together. Two times a week we would go back and forth to the rehearsal and talk. And yeah, we grew, the friendship grew closer and closer.
Starting point is 00:09:38 I think I started liking him before he started liking me in that sense. And I don't know, we started getting. closer and closer and we started spending time together. And then at one point I told her that I know this is a bit awkward but I'm scared that you are like that you will develop feelings for me. I don't want to lead you on or anything. I think one day he told me I hope you're not falling in love because I'm not looking for that. I was like okay
Starting point is 00:10:11 I got a bit sad but I think we talked and I said okay let's try being friends I mean why not I like you and yeah we can be there for each other at the university you know it's
Starting point is 00:10:29 nice to not be alone I didn't want to be in love with the guy who doesn't love my back so I thought that's that's fine I misinterpreted the signs and I like him as a person anyway and I would like to be friends with him
Starting point is 00:10:45 so I just kind of stopped thinking about him in romantic way. I told her that and then a couple of weeks later I came back to her and you know how I told you I was here of you feelings for me? Well funny things! I have feelings for you now and she needed a couple of hours to just go away and take her off over and and I took her off over and I took her a day to think about it and so yeah that's uh I I knew that I like I just didn't want to react too quickly because I didn't know what to do I wasn't completely like I didn't expect that at all so it was a very happy day for me yeah then we we got together and that's been two years since now it's amazing so it obviously wasn't love at first sight
Starting point is 00:11:40 because it was a point where you were like saying hang on you know this isn't this isn't what I'm thinking and then suddenly like something switched. Yeah, I think I was content with having a friendship because we were very close as friends and cuddling and watching movies together. And I think that taking it to the next step was Gary for me because I didn't want to lose her. But then I spoke to some friends about it and they made me realize that I'm the one who has feelings for her and that I should do something.
Starting point is 00:12:13 Just so I'm clear. You were just friends and you would watch movies together, but you would cuddle. Yeah. Yeah. And on my birthday, like, spent a night in my room, like, sharing a bed. I was, I did not sleep much that night. I was trying to not invade hers. Moving as part to the wall as possible.
Starting point is 00:12:39 But, yeah, I was talking to friends about it. And they were like, are you sure you're just friends? Yeah, we did that and that's why I was completely sure that he likes me and he's just being, you know, shy or something and I'm not saying anything, but like I decided that I understand why he wanted to embrace me anyway because maybe, you know, he's also far away from home like me and everything. So I decided that maybe I will go with it or roll with it and I like tagging too and you know so I thought it's fine for some reason. In that two
Starting point is 00:13:23 week period where you sort of said okay I just want to be friends and then you changed your mind did something happen or was it more just your friends talking to you and like you seeing the light or did something switch like did she walk in one day in some beautiful dress and you suddenly were like in the movies and you were like oh my goodness
Starting point is 00:13:38 I didn't realize like I would say that at that point I probably had feelings for her already. I just didn't want to admit that to myself. And then talking to friends, they made me realize what if she goes off and finds someone else and starts aiding them and that will be like we cannot be friends that same way as we had been and made me realize that she is too important for me to risk losing her. How long were you dating for before you decided that you wanted to get married? I would say, so we started dating on April 22nd, two years ago, so that's 24.
Starting point is 00:14:22 And then I would say that the next summer, we started discussing it. It wasn't like the proposal and everything, it wasn't, didn't come as a surprise to any of us. We had kind of decided beforehand. But yeah, we discussed it and talking about our future and the plan is that she will come to Norway, after she graduates. And it's not, we're not getting married for the visa or anything, but it definitely makes the process a whole lot easier. And we do, we know that we want to spend our futures together.
Starting point is 00:15:03 So I would say that the situation makes it so that we are getting married earlier than we would otherwise, but it's not the reason we're getting married. I think that you're going to make a proposal to me, right? And he said, of course. But I said that maybe you would like me to propose to and make a surprise out of it. And he said, yes, of course, like, I would love that. And I thought so. I always imagined this kind of both side proposal.
Starting point is 00:15:35 I don't know. So, yeah, I was happy that we were on board with that. And I was carrying the ring in my pocket for a while and waiting for a nice moment. And then when we went up to Briggs-Dalin, where we're going to have the ceremony, where we're choosing the place where it's going to be. And then I think we also had a little fight on the way there. So I just felt emotional in that moment. And I felt like we can really make it work in a very long time.
Starting point is 00:16:11 and like be there for each other for a long time. So I thought that it was a great moment and yeah, I just popped the question. Why is she the woman for you? What is it about her that sets her apart? That's a good question. I would say that she lights up my day. When we, when I have a bad day, I know that I have someone to come talk to and who will make all of those worries go away.
Starting point is 00:16:44 And we, she is a very smart woman and she has big ambitions. And I think that's an important thing for me to not just settle in and be happy with what we currently have, but to want to grow together and build a future together. And of course, she is a very beautiful person, both her looks but also her personality. and she gives my life purpose, I would say. What would she say if I asked her that question? Why does she want to marry you? Probably my Norwegian passport?
Starting point is 00:17:21 No, I think she feels partially the same way with our goals being aligned, that we want to achieve big things in life. And that I am a very patient person. It's not like our relationship is without its fights, but we listen to each other when that happens, and we work as a team, not against each other. And I think that is important for our relationship. And where do you see your future? If I come back in five years, ten years and talk to you guys, what do you want me to be saying?
Starting point is 00:18:01 Yeah, so I just graduated two days ago, and so I'm starting my master's in Oslo, in CyberSy, security and she has one year left at the university and after that she will also be moving to Oslo and studying data science. At first maybe it will be more difficult and in five, ten years I think the things will be much more smoother and because as you I don't know if you know but we will have to leave apart for two years after the wedding or around two years because I'm finishing my education in Bulgaria and he's starting here. But yeah, I think in five years it's already going to be quite smooth for us. I mean, we're a good team. We match well in terms of living and building a life together. Isn't it wonderful to see young love blossoming a wonderful context for a new
Starting point is 00:19:05 spoon collection and all sorts of other possibilities? It's really special. And what a cuddly guy he must be, if even his friends just cuddle him when they're watching movies and stuff. That level of spooning, before the relationship is really official, is unprecedented. I mean, he's a confident guy, isn't he? Gosh. He's got the moves. He's got the moves. Comfortable guy.
Starting point is 00:19:26 Anyway, very nice to hear from them both. So now we'll move on to the next part of our journey, Tim. And that is two more interviews. This time we'll be hearing from Brouselda, Brie, who is the friend that introduced them on that, on that moving day. So she's kind of the matchmaker and has remained good friends with both of them. So she's kind of one of their friends that knows them the best. So I tracked her down. She's actually in America at the moment, but I tracked her down and spoke to her. And the other person you'll be hearing from his Horvah's brother,
Starting point is 00:19:58 whose name is odd. And he happens to be in Oslo. Now, Horva and Ulliana are sort of out in sort of rural Norway. They're actually getting married like on this glacier out in the middle of nowhere, a small town. But Odd is in Oslo. He's going out to the wedding, but for now he's in Oslo. And by some amazing coincidence, I had to travel to Oslo a week before the wedding because I had other work to do there. So I contacted Od and said, hey man, it's time for the bachelor party. So the two of us had a two-man bachelor party in the morning in a hotel bar, but, you know, we were just drinking waters, sparkling waters, you know, only the best. Yeah. Oh, yeah, of course. And I did put little bits of lemon in them because, you know, that's what you do when it's like posh.
Starting point is 00:20:46 So I spoke to both of them and I also was really pushing odd to deliver some like, you know, embarrassing goods on Horvah, because that's like the job of, because he's also the best man and I feel like that's his job to deliver some dirt. So I was pushing him for a bit of dirt. So I was pushing him for a bit of dirt and you'll see I eventually got some. And I think it's that dirt that may drive some of our audio listeners to go and check out the video because they're going to want to see this. But anyway, here's Bree and Odd. I'm excited.
Starting point is 00:21:15 I won't be attending, unfortunately, but I'm so excited for them. I don't wait to see the pictures. As I said, I cannot wrap my head around the fact that they're married. I think it's just all fiction until I see the pictures. And how do you feel about the podcast wedding? Oh, when they told me, I was like, that is so cool. And it's so on brand for them, because Hobart is always doing these random stuff. Like, he comes up with some fun stuff. He's like, yeah, we're, I don't know, like, we're climbing this thing and we're doing a podcast.
Starting point is 00:21:46 Like, that's cool. Yeah, I'm totally up for it. Welcome to the bachelor party. Thank you. It's amazing to be here. It's wild, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. It's the most wild bachelor party I've ever been to. Yeah, it's just us too, having water in the morning in a library. Um, tell me about your brother first. That's part of the, part of the best manny type role, isn't it? What's your brother like as a man? Wow, that's a, a deep question, I feel like. Um, he's a very, I would describe him as very intelligent and, uh, caring for the people around him as well. Um, and, um, what should I say? Very, very curious.
Starting point is 00:22:30 about all kinds of stuff. Like, when he has an interest in something, he just obtains all the information and just delves into it, I feel like. So that's some of the qualities in him that I really admire, yeah. Tell me about the first time they met. Did you instantly, because I know you were responsible for this,
Starting point is 00:22:52 did you instantly see the connection and think there's something here? Not really. I mean, I found out that they were dating pretty late on. And they, they, I like to take responsibility in the fact that they met, but to be real, I just happened to be there. I, I was also just meeting withiana as well. I just like, put them in the same, I guess, place, but I just didn't know Uli as well as I knew Hubert and I just like brought him with me and that's how we meant. But no, honestly, I couldn't tell.
Starting point is 00:23:26 Very later on, like a few months later that I saw them hanging out, I was like, okay, there's something going on. I'm happy for them, yeah. It's been really cool to see the effect Ulliana has had on Hovar or really like the effect moving to Bulgaria and getting a new circle of friends, finding Ulliana, what that has done to him. It's like, I feel like he has opened up and he has, let's say, become more himself after moving there and meeting her. You know, coming from a small, small town like we do, it's not usually easy to find yourself. Like, there's not many people, so you are confided to these boxes to kind of fit in. and as soon as he moved away, he found his people, and Juliana being one of them.
Starting point is 00:24:26 And I told so many of my friends, whenever I've had them over here in Oslo visiting, I said, they're so cute, it's annoying. It's like, come on, guys. Yeah, so I'm so thrilled for them. It's amazing. Is it a good match? Is it a match made in heaven? Yes.
Starting point is 00:24:48 Yes. oh my god i'm so happy they found each other yeah it's it's a great match uli it's so um like she likes things her way and then hobart is such a tolerable person and he also likes it things his way they're both very organized and i think like they found each other pretty well i'm so happy to see them build a life together honestly and to be like the third will because since the beginning of their relationship i've been the third wheel and i just want to continue doing that forever i've I feel like I have a double set of parents now to take care for me. What do you see the future for these guys?
Starting point is 00:25:24 What do you think, what path do you imagine they're going to take? Where, if we come back in five years, ten years, what do you think the future holds for these two? That is a very good question. For sure, I think they're still going to be annoyingly cute together. Like, that's not going to change. It's, yeah, it's frustrating. Annoingly cute. What do you mean?
Starting point is 00:25:47 Is it in they're all lovey-dovey? Yeah, they're lovi-dovey. And you feel like when you see a couple and you're like, oh, I want that sort of feeling. They're them with the way they interact with each other. They like have this small moments with themselves, even though they're in like a big room with lots of people. It feels like it's just them. Oh, that does sound annoying. I know, right?
Starting point is 00:26:10 Yeah. Like, come on. Rub it in a little bit more, please. Have you seen the Spoon Collection? Have you seen... I have and I've contributed to it. I'm very proud of the spoon. It's not mine, but I've contributed a lot to it. And I take a lot of pride in the spoon collection. Are you going to send them a wedding spoon? Definitely. Yeah, wherever I go, I make it, I take it upon myself to get a spoon. And whenever they don't have it, like, recently I was in Poland and I was looking everywhere. I was like, do you guys have the souvenir spoons? And no one had it. And I came back to feed it. But yeah, I'm definitely gonna bring them some more spoons. I'm planning on traveling a bit.
Starting point is 00:26:53 So yeah, I'm gonna collect so many spoons for Hoverd and Ouli. I'm still trying to come up with dirt about Hauvard. No dirt. Oh no, no, no thing. Yeah, he's always been very careful. Like, I could show you a couple pictures of him when he was very young. Yes? I've got some amazing pictures.
Starting point is 00:27:11 Can we put those on the screen now or the other video? For sure. Okay. Let's do that. Embarrassing. story but we will show some embarrassing pictures oh yes you got okay so i can tell the story of one of the pictures though so it comes to my mind now growing up when he went to kindergarten um there was kind of like a dresser party so like uh yeah everyone dressed up in different costumes and can i just say let the
Starting point is 00:27:40 picture speak for itself okay okay well for the have a look either on the screen or in the links people and this is a picture of Horvard dressed up for kindergarten, like at a party, dress-up party. That's it, yes. All right. This is our chance to embarrass him, so we'll put that on the screen now. There was one thing, Horvard told me that I found unusual, and I don't know if this is a cultural thing, but he did tell me about it.
Starting point is 00:28:10 When they were still friends and not romantically involved, they would, like, watch movies together and things like that, and they would, like, cuddle while they were watching movies. like even though they weren't like dating and stuff like is that normal i i said that was amazing to me it's such a it's such a hobert thing yeah in the beginning i also kind of found it weird because we we were friends with hovart and me and a bunch of girls and we would watch like movies together because we all love to watch movies and they would cuddle for me i guess it's also a cultural thing i i'm very like limited when it comes to like touch even with people close to me but for hovart that's such a natural thing and he doesn't associate it with anything romantic unless they've had
Starting point is 00:28:56 the whole conversation. So yeah, for me, I also don't really understand it, but I know what he means because I've seen him be in that situation with people that he doesn't date. Okay. Well, maybe if I ever meet him and watch a movie with him, he'll give me a cuddle too. He might. All right. Well, the scene is set. The scene is set for the ceremony now, uh, which we'll, will come to in just a moment and it's going to be spectacular so hold on to your hats people it's not quite a royal wedding i i think it'd be an overreach to say that man but what's what's the what's the sort of level before a royal wedding you think well well surely this is a civilian wedding a civilian wedding indeed that's right yes that's right they are civilians and amongst civilians it's a
Starting point is 00:29:47 very um high level one by the way you've probably been hearing a little bit of music already you're going to be here some more including a very personalized and style wedding march in just a moment. They, of course, have been composed by the maestro, Alan Stewart, and hang around for the very, very, very end of this recording for another little something special from the maestro. It's going to be worth the wait. But there's plenty more to come before that, including the ceremony.
Starting point is 00:30:14 Also, there are some outtakes from the ceremony and the recording, some little special extra bits that we like to provide for our Patreon supporters. So keep an eye at for those if you happen to be a Patreon. supporter. That's the stuff you weren't supposed to say. But anyway, enough about that. We are now going to go to the ceremony. The ceremony will be officiated, of course, by Tim. I'm sure most of you know Tim is an ordained minister and does weddings as part of his work quite often. And we hasten to add, though, this is not an official wedding. They are having an official wedding. Today, the day this is released, June 6, they're having their official wedding out near a glacier in
Starting point is 00:30:55 Horvah's hometown. And this is just Tim performing. He's not doing this in his capacity as a minister. This is, this is obviously not official anyway. It's, it's just for fun. But I'm sure Tim will draw upon his wealth of experience and his, and his knowledge to bring something special to it. That's right. My marriage powers will be drawn upon to create. Create the illusion. The illusion of a marriage. That's right. right, yes, that's right. A real wedding is happening. Oh, no, that's right. There's no legal paperwork that's been involved. And I've taken out some of the formal language that I'm
Starting point is 00:31:33 supposed to use, which goes on a little bit. And, and, but I've used some of it. I've used some important, beautiful bits. So this is, um, so I think, I think we've, I think we've put enough caveats in there. The real, so amazingly, the real wedding is probably happening, possibly as you listen to this or has happened, but what you're about to hear is not Tim acting like, you know, for his church or in any legal capacity. But, you know, you can tell this isn't his first radio. That's right. I'm doing it.
Starting point is 00:32:00 Normally I would do it under the power of God. This time I do it under the power of Brady, which is, some would say even more awesome and powerful and scary. Some would say. But still, some would say. But it's a great pleasure. The only thing I hope is that they don't find their real actual wedding, but their non-podcast wedding,
Starting point is 00:32:19 underwhelming, having experienced this one. There is a danger. That is a danger. But that was a risk they were willing to take. So I'm sure the scenery of a glacier overlooking their actual wedding will probably make up for our bookshelves. But, yeah. That's right. The photos are going to be better.
Starting point is 00:32:36 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Let's do it. Cue the music maestro, Alan Stewart. Let's do this. Listeners and stakeholders, we are here to celebrate the podcast nuptials of Horvah and Ulliana.
Starting point is 00:33:40 We gather in the presence of Brady, the worldwide. web, the Tommy Ball faithful, and all who share in their joy. Today, as Horvah and Uliana make this audio commitment of love for each other, let's commit ourselves to love and support them, preferably via patreon.com slash unmade FM. This is the day that the Lord and Brady has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it, especially as it doesn't feature a moon of the week segment. Marriage is a way of life that all people should honour. Like a big rocking horse, it's not to be entered into lightly or selfishly, but
Starting point is 00:34:25 responsibly. Also, like the request room, only the faithful may enter, and there are never-ending questions. Horvah and Uliah are now to begin this way of life, and therefore, on this their podcast wedding day, we pray that they may fulfil God. God's purpose for the whole of their lives. I am now going to invite Brady, who is going to give a special reading. Brady.
Starting point is 00:34:53 Thank you very much. It's a real honour to be allowed to do this. In many ways, love is like a spoon. It does not cut and wound like a knife, nor does it pierce and possess like a fork. Instead, it cradles. It carries warmth and nourishment in the hollow, of its gentle curve, offering solace with quiet grace. For the spoon, nothing is conquered,
Starting point is 00:35:20 nothing is attacked, what it holds is welcomed softly, gathered in an open hand, an embrace that does not harm. A good spoon is always near, simple, steadfast, faithful in its purpose. It bears weight with such ease that we scarcely notice its strength, whether carrying medicine in times of sorrow or sweetness in times of joy, it remains humble, dependable and ever-present, asking nothing for itself. So, Hova and Ulliana, may your love be like a good spoon. May it nourish and sustain you both through all the seasons of your lives. May it shoulder the weight of difficult days with quiet strength and hold close the small sweetnesses that make life together beautiful. May your marriage be gentle.
Starting point is 00:36:13 without weakness, steady without pride, and full of the kind of care that asks not how much it can take, but how much it can give. And may you always find in one another a safe, scoopy bit in which to rest to be held and to be home. Well, hang on, no, we're not at the kiss bit yet. No. Take it back. That's an emotional moment. It's an emotional moment. Now we have to start again. Well, thank you for that powerful reading. And I'm not even joking. That was a powerful reading about spoons.
Starting point is 00:36:56 Thank you, Brady. All right, now we move to some formal part of the ceremony. Hova and Ulliana. Do you believe that God and Brady has called you to be joined on this podcast today? I do. I do. You do? Oh, good, good.
Starting point is 00:37:18 Wonderful. Then we can proceed. The answer to this next question is, I will, okay? Hova, will you give yourself to Ulliana to be her husband, to live together in the covenant of marriage on Halifax Street, or elsewhere? Will you love her, comfort her, honour and protect her, and forsaking all others, be faithful to her and to the unmade podcast, as long as you both shall live? I do.
Starting point is 00:37:49 I will. No, no. I will. I will. He does and he will. This is for you, Oliana, and I know you know the answer. Olliana, will you give yourself to Horvart to be his wife, to live together in the covenant of marriage on Halifax Street or elsewhere? Will you love him, comfort him, honour and protect him?
Starting point is 00:38:17 him, let him keep listening to the Unmade podcast, and forsaking all others be faithful to him as long as you both shall live. I will. Wow, wonderful. Okay, good. That's great, particularly the bit about the podcast. So now I would like to invite you both to, I know you have prepared some special messages to share with one another as we come to the time of vows.
Starting point is 00:38:43 Orva, would you like to go first? I will. I see what you did there I see what you did there Liana I choose you and I always will not like a Pokemon has chosen to fight for its owner
Starting point is 00:39:02 but rather I choose you to fight with me in good days and bad days they say but I also choose you for the normal days the day spent buying groceries at little or just scrolling Instagram for a horrifying amount of time
Starting point is 00:39:16 Ulliana, you are my only stop for whatever I need. And I promise to be that for you as well, to treat our relationship with passion and patience, unless I'm hungry. But even then, I will still love you with all my heart. I don't want to do a thing until I marry you. So let's do it. Powerful, beautiful again, even more than the spoon recollection, I think. Just incredible. Now, Ulliana, would you like to share what you have prepared for Hova?
Starting point is 00:39:50 Yes. My Hovar, my love. Before we started dating, you told me that you love me. It was said as a friend, but I still told you not to say that. I think I had a healthy dose of fear of an incoming heartbreak for both of us. Now, two years later, they're among my favorite sets of words. I promise that I will keep on giving you a reason to say those words as a friend and as a partner. Every day that we get to spend together.
Starting point is 00:40:25 I promise to be your favorite as long as you promise to be mine. To the best of men and the best of husbands. Lovely. Wow, yeah. And that was even better than yours. So well done. That was fantastic. magnificent. Okay, we come now to the more traditional vows, which are very beautiful. And so,
Starting point is 00:40:49 would you be able to take Ulliana's hand over? We have been holding the hands all this time. You're not supposed to be holding hands yet. No, we have to start all over. So we have to do it again. I've not declared that you're one yet. You shouldn't have kissed. You shouldn't have held hands. Nothing of this is supposed to go going on. No funny business. Tim frowns upon handholding before marriage. All right, here we go. Here are the vows, Hova.
Starting point is 00:41:21 So you repeat after me. I hover in the presence of Tim and Brady. I hover in the presence of Tim and Brady. Take you, Ulliana, to be my wife. Take you, Ulliana, to be my wife. To have and to hold. To have and to hold. From this day,
Starting point is 00:41:40 forward. From this day forward. For richer, for poorer. For richer for poorer. Just one second. Tim, did you skip for better for worse? Yes. Yes. No, I didn't do it on purpose. No, no. Yeah, Ulliana asked me to skip that bit. In case things get worse. For better, for worse. For better, for worse. For richer, for poorer. For richer for poorer. In sickness and in health. In sickness and in health. To love and to cherish. To love and to cherish.
Starting point is 00:42:19 As long as we both shall live. As long as we both shall live. This is my solemn vow. This is my solemn vow. Oh, beautiful. Strong words, aren't they? Now, Ulliana, you take his hand. That's it.
Starting point is 00:42:37 Lovely work, yes, and squeeze it really hard. And repeat after me, I, Ulliana in the presence of Tim and Brady. I, Ulliana, in the presence of Tim and Brady. Take you, Ovar, to be my husband. Take you, Ovar, to be my husband. To have and to hold. To have and to hold. From this day forward.
Starting point is 00:43:01 From this day forward. For better, for worse. For better, for worse. For richer, for poorer. For richer, for poorer. In sickness and in health. In sickness and in health. To love and to cherish.
Starting point is 00:43:17 To love and to cherish. As long as we both shall live. As long as we both shall live. This is my solemn vow. This is my solemn vow. Wonderful. Wonderful. Nice.
Starting point is 00:43:31 Nice. Nice. Yes. So now we move to the giving and receiving of rings, which are a sign that they These vows have been made today. Well, you go first there, and I wonder if you could pull out the ring. Remember that you will be giving Ulliana the ring that she will be wearing. So that's it.
Starting point is 00:43:53 It gets confusing at ring time. That's right. And now, this might be something that culturally is different, but it should go on your left hand. But I don't know if you want to put it on a different hand. In Norway, it's right. And in Russia, it's right. So we're doing hands. All right.
Starting point is 00:44:08 Okay, okay. And online on a podcast. it's we don't know so we'll go with right online it's on the toe on the top it's very good all right let's go right so place it on your wedding finger is it the right finger is it the correct finger the wedding finger the wedding finger yes of course it would be called the wedding finger whichever finger it was for you guys but if it was like thumbs then that would be inconvenient when it comes to guitar playing okay ulliana as a sign of our marriage
Starting point is 00:44:40 Ulliana as a sign of our marriage. And of the vows that we have made today. And of the vows that we have made today. I give you this ring. I give you this ring. And this limited edition spoon of the week collector card. And this limited edition, spoon of the week collector card. All right.
Starting point is 00:45:03 That's wonderful. It's always a big moment when you save up and buy a limited edition spoon of the week collector card for you. field. What percentage of one's annual salary should one spend on spoon of the way collector cards? We should discuss. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:45:19 Okay, Uliana, if you could grab Hova's thumb and Toe. Place it on, okay. Repeat after me, please. Ovar, as a sign of our marriage. Ovar, as a sign of our marriage. And of the vows we have made today.
Starting point is 00:45:44 And of the vows that we have made today. I give you this ring. I give you this ring. And this limited edition spoon of the week collector card. And this limited edition spoon of the week collector card. She's holding onto that ring pretty tight there, I think. Oh, there you go. It's been passed over.
Starting point is 00:46:04 I was worried I'm going to say that wrong. Limited edition. Oh, no, that's the important part of the whole ceremony. You got to get that. You got it. You nailed it. So hold hands again now. I know you're probably already doing that. There we go. Okay. So before God and more importantly, Brady, and in the presence of us all, Hover and Uliana have made their solemn vows. They have confirmed their marriage by the joining of hands and by the giving and receiving of rings and limited edition, spoon of the week, collector cards. And therefore, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I therefore proclaim
Starting point is 00:46:40 that they are now husband and wife or relationship stakeholders. You may now kiss the bride. Hooray! Brilliant. We're married, huh? Podcast married, wow. So now I need to pray a blessing upon you. Can I pray a short prayer, a blessing?
Starting point is 00:47:07 Yes. All right. Close your eyes. you can hold hands for this bit. You're allowed to pray and hold hands. Dear God and Brady, you have designed Horvah and Ulliana and have matched them together like a sofa and curtains too.
Starting point is 00:47:23 Let their love never cheapen like Berkowitz furniture. Amen. Amen. Open your eyes. Okay. Okay, so then, now listeners and viewers on YouTube, I now present you Horvah and Uliana.
Starting point is 00:47:42 Please release the chickens! Yay! And now as Tim slips away, I will say, we have one more special surprise for the couple, and that is Tim's famous wedding band, two-piece feed, that has not played for many, many years now, and only occasionally appears at weddings,
Starting point is 00:48:06 has reunited today especially, and we will now hear from Tim and Colonel Katrina to see us out. Ladies and gentlemen, two-piece feed. It must have been called there in my shan. To never have sunlight on your bed. We're content to let me shine. That's your way.
Starting point is 00:48:49 Always walk to step behind. A stress without her name for so long. A beautiful smile to hide the bed. One, two, three, four. I kind of stuff the ending up there a bit, didn't I? No, it was good. Does it sound alright? I think so.
Starting point is 00:51:30 Let's listen on the soap and so calm as cozy can be. They say the sofa's the only stop for the sofa you need. They say they've got the perfect sweet. They'll match the color of you. Baby, you know I'm certain please. I'll couch my feelings clearly. I'll be right beside Put on
Starting point is 00:53:24 Let's listen on the sofa And so come As cozy can be Un chilled out tunes Grab a tub of ice cream And my favorite spoon Let our cares melt away Cozy as cozy
Starting point is 00:54:42 Just

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