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Ep 77 - Passenger Princess, Driver Douche, and Nobody in This Marriage Is Innocent | The Radke Show

SHOW NOTES Car accidents, driving records, Melissa’s full history of vehicular incidents, and the definitive marriage debate over who is the Passenger Princess and who is the Driver Douche. EP 77 covers a lot of ground, and all of it is moving. Melissa was in a serious car accident when a woman ran a stop sign and hit David’s truck. Shep was in the vehicle and flew across to the door. Melissa was taken by ambulance. Remi texted from home to ask what really happened because she knows her mother’s track record. That track record gets its full airing this episode: the first day of tenth grade, when she plowed into a truck while reaching for her lipstick, dragging a large black dog the entire length of Timberland Drive on a Friday night drag, and running over a full-size console television that fell off the back of a truck and sent sparks everywhere. David then presents his own list. The Passenger Princess segment covers everything from sleeping between driveways to refusing gas-station food to asking David to put her in the car like Kevin Costner did Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard, which he obliged at the Piggly Wiggly. The sketch closes with accident-report phrases that also sound like marriage milestones. QUOTES WORTH HIGHLIGHTING “You might be a Passenger Princess if you are asleep between home and the church. You might be a Driver Douche if you listen to a business audiobook on 1.75x speed while your wife is trying to sleep.” Melissa and David, presenting both sides of the argument “David would put his hand on top of my head and push me into the car like Kevin Costner did with Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard. It doesn’t have the same luster when you ask him to do it at the Piggly Wiggly.” Melissa, on the celebrity car entry ritual that did not survive the suburbs LINKS MENTIONED 📝 Subscribe to Stretch Marks on Substack: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack ✨ Beautiful Yu Health Supplements: bit.ly/beautifulyu 📖 Melissa’s Book - Chicken-Fried Women: bit.ly/ChickenFriedWomen WATCH OR LISTEN EVERYWHERE 📺 YouTube: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowYouTube 🎧 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowApple 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowSpotify FOLLOW & SUBSCRIBE 📱 Instagram - @TheRadkeShow: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowInstagram 📘 Facebook - The Radkes: bit.ly/TheRadkesFacebook 📝 Subscribe to Stretch Marks on Substack: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack ARE YOU READY TO BECOME AN INSIDER? Become a paid subscriber to Stretch Marks and get: • Weekday POV Audio Messages • Twice-monthly We’re Here for You Wednesday advice podcasts • Monthly paid-only posts • Community access for real conversation Subscribe for $9/month or $90/year: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melissaradke.substack.com/subscribe [https://melissaradke.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Ep 76 - GLP-1 Users Are Getting Addicted to Perfume and Melissa Is Exhibit A | The Radke Show

SHOW NOTES Remi in Washington, DC, GLP-1 perfume addiction, a viral TikTok about homely children, and Melissa asking her Aunt Melba on a packed MD Anderson elevator if they were still going to shower together when they got back to the hotel. Welcome to the Plethora Episode.Remi has been accepted into a National Security seminar in Washington, DC, alongside attorneys, former law enforcement officers, and Ivy League students. Gene's instructions were specific: if Trump asks you to be his intern, say no sir, and walk off. A woman on GLP-1 told her doctor she had become addicted to perfume, and he said she was his fifth patient to say that. Melissa then listed every scented product currently in her bathtub, bedroom, and laundry room. Melissa's 4.5 million-view TikTok about whether parents know if their child is homely reached what David now calls the Cuckoo Ring, the outermost layer of viewers who arrive just to be angry. A fan named Gracie left Pixel Perfect photo magnets in Melissa's green room after a speaking event in Katy, Texas. David set up the joke so well that Melissa did not notice it for two full minutes. The episode closes with a collection of social bits you can use in awkward situations, including elevator button etiquette and the art of the completely unrelated, speaking of which. QUOTES WORTH HIGHLIGHTING “Poppy told me that if I happen to bump into Trump and he asks me to be his intern, I’m supposed to say, no sir, and turn around and walk off.” Remi, relaying Gene’s very specific Washington, D.C. instructions “She goes to her doctor and says, I’ve actually recently become addicted to perfume. And he says, yeah, that happens a lot. She says, wait, what? And he says, “ You’re probably my fifth patient to tell me that.” Melissa, on the GLP-1 perfume addiction story that described her life perfectly LINKS MENTIONED 🎵 Melissa's Viral TikTok - Do Parents Know If Their Child Is Homely?: bit.ly/HomelyKids 📝 Subscribe to Stretch Marks on Substack: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack ✨ Beautiful Yu Health Supplements: bit.ly/beautifulyu 📖 Melissa’s Book - Chicken-Fried Women: bit.ly/ChickenFriedWomen Also Mentioned This Episode 🧲 Pixel Perfect Magnets by Gracie (custom photo magnets): pixelperfectmagnets.com 📺 The Chestnut Man on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81039388 WATCH OR LISTEN EVERYWHERE 📺 YouTube: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowYouTube 🎧 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowApple 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowSpotify FOLLOW & SUBSCRIBE 📱 Instagram - @TheRadkeShow: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowInstagram 📘 Facebook - The Radkes: bit.ly/TheRadkesFacebook 📝 Subscribe to Stretch Marks on Substack: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack ARE YOU READY TO BECOME AN INSIDER? Become a paid subscriber to Stretch Marks and get: • Weekday POV Audio Messages • Twice-monthly We’re Here for You Wednesday advice podcasts • Monthly paid-only posts • Community access for real conversation Subscribe for $9/month or $90/year: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melissaradke.substack.com/subscribe [https://melissaradke.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Ep 75 - Corn Juice Down Her Chin at Grandy's, Fired by Her Own Dad, and Six Other Jobs She Was Let Go From | The Radke Show

SHOW NOTES Summer jobs, work ethic, first job horror stories, and the moment Rocco called into the podcast live from his pressure washing route. EP 75 is equal parts proud parent moment and Melissa cataloging every job she has ever lost. Rocco started a business called Dirty Work. He door-knocked his neighborhood after school, built a client list, and is washing trash cans, power washing driveways, cleaning gutters, removing junk, and flipping anything he thinks has a second life on Facebook Marketplace. He called in live mid-episode from the road. Meanwhile Melissa walks through her own career history: babysitting until the parents found her asleep on the couch, Grandy’s Fried Chicken where cold corn juice ran down her chin from lilting trash can, the Belmont computer lab where she had to report a man looking at something she had never seen before on a screen, working for her own father until he kicked her awake under his desk and fired her at lunch, and a stretch at the YMCA that ended when she advised a member to just go try Jenny Craig next door instead. This is the only job she has not been let go from. David confirms this. QUOTES WORTH HIGHLIGHTING “I lifted that trash can and I did not have the upper body strength and it started tilting and corn juice and cold gravy ran out, down my chin and into my shirt. I asked my parents that night if I could quit and my mother said absolutely not.” Melissa, on her first real job at Grandy’s Fried Chicken “This is the only job Melissa has ever had that she has not been fired from. So don’t miss out. That’s because my name’s on the side.” David and Melissa, closing out EP 75 LINKS MENTIONED 💧 Dirty Work - Trash Bin Cleaning, Pressure Washing and More: DirtyWork.Services [http://DirtyWork.Services] 📝 Subscribe to Stretch Marks on Substack: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack ✨ Beautiful Yu Health Supplements: bit.ly/beautifulyu 📖 Melissa’s Book - Chicken-Fried Women: bit.ly/ChickenFriedWomen WATCH OR LISTEN EVERYWHERE 📺 YouTube: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowYouTube 🎧 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowApple 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowSpotify FOLLOW & SUBSCRIBE 📱 Instagram - @TheRadkeShow: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowInstagram 📘 Facebook - The Radkes: bit.ly/TheRadkesFacebook 📝 Subscribe to Stretch Marks on Substack: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack ARE YOU READY TO BECOME AN INSIDER? Become a paid subscriber to Stretch Marks and get: • Weekday POV Audio Messages • Twice-monthly We’re Here for You Wednesday advice podcasts • Monthly paid-only posts • Community access for real conversation Subscribe for $9/month or $90/year: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melissaradke.substack.com/subscribe [https://melissaradke.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Ep 74 - Tony the Hotel Security Guy Knew Exactly Where the Jewelry Was and Said Nothing for an Hour | The Radke Show

SHOW NOTES Melissa’s mom broke her hip at her chemo appointment at MD Anderson. The safe in their Marriott hotel room was opened and her jewelry was taken. The Pottery Barn furniture delivery went to the wrong city. And somehow Gene and Annette handled all of it better than Melissa handles a bad hair day. This episode tells the full story: the surgery, the jewelry, and Tony the hotel security officer who spent the better part of an hour stalling and sending Melissa’s dad upstairs and back downstairs and to the lobby counter before walking over to a plain cardboard box in the corner of the office and producing everything. Tony had known the whole time. The Pottery Barn truck pulls up at the family home in Lufkin while the entire family is gathered at the house on the phone with various people about the hotel situation. Melissa’s dad, on the phone from Houston, somehow senses the truck before anyone says a word. The episode closes with a TikTok couple quiz and Melissa ordering herself a shirt that says First of all, Jesus thinks I’m a delight. QUOTES WORTH HIGHLIGHTING “My parents can handle a day like that ten times better than I can handle a Tuesday. If I wake up and my hair decides to go left when I wanted it to go right, somebody is going to know about it.” Melissa, on the gap between her parents’ grace and her own “I’m going to need someone who works for the Marriott Corporation to contact me. I mean it. Like, Melissa@MelissaRadke.com I want to hear from you.” Melissa, putting it on record LINKS MENTIONED 📝 Subscribe to Stretch Marks on Substack: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack ✨ Beautiful Yu Health Supplements: bit.ly/beautifulyu 📖 Melissa’s Book - Chicken-Fried Women: bit.ly/ChickenFriedWomen WATCH OR LISTEN EVERYWHERE 📺 YouTube: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowYouTube 🎧 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowApple 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowSpotify FOLLOW & SUBSCRIBE 📱 Instagram - @TheRadkeShow: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowInstagram 📘 Facebook - The Radkes: bit.ly/TheRadkesFacebook 📝 Subscribe to Stretch Marks on Substack: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack ARE YOU READY TO BECOME AN INSIDER? Become a paid subscriber to Stretch Marks and get: • Weekday POV Audio Messages • Twice-monthly We’re Here for You Wednesday advice podcasts • Monthly paid-only posts • Community access for real conversation Subscribe for $9/month or $90/year: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melissaradke.substack.com/subscribe [https://melissaradke.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Ep 73 - She Got in a Stranger's Car and Didn't Notice Until He Tapped Her on the Shoulder | The Radke Show

SHOW NOTES Car shopping, major purchase negotiations, and thirty years of evidence that Melissa and David approach money completely differently. EP 73 is one long case study in how two people who love each other can be on entirely different planets at a car lot. They have been to three dealerships. Melissa gets out and starts opening doors on every car she passes. David watches with the face of a man who has seen this before. Early in their marriage Melissa got into a stranger’s car at a Dallas lot and did not notice until the man tapped her on the shoulder from the back seat. This week a pastor from their church leaned into the test drive window and told her he doesn’t see her in a Kia. Three different people have now said this. Nobody will explain what it means. David wants to build an app to analyze the data. Melissa wants a Ford Expedition like Big Darla. The episode also covers the $100 purchase rule they made as newlyweds, the two Eddie Bauer bikes Melissa brought home from Target without warning, the LG refrigerator David bought alone that has never worked right, and a sketch segment where they try to hold water in their mouths and make each other laugh. QUOTES WORTH HIGHLIGHTING “I get out of the car and I am like a mosquito at a nude beach. I know what I want to do but I don’t know where to start.” Melissa, describing her approach to a car lot “He tapped me on the shoulder and said he “I have loved this car for many years. My wife is inside working out a deal on another one. I’m really happy with this one.” There was a man. In the back seat. With his child.” Melissa, on the 1995 Dallas car lot incident LINKS MENTIONED 📝 Subscribe to Stretch Marks on Substack: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack ✨ Beautiful Yu Health Supplements: bit.ly/beautifulyu 📖 Melissa’s Book - Chicken-Fried Women: bit.ly/ChickenFriedWomen WATCH OR LISTEN EVERYWHERE 📺 YouTube: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowYouTube 🎧 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowApple 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowSpotify FOLLOW & SUBSCRIBE 📱 Instagram - @TheRadkeShow: bit.ly/TheRadkeShowInstagram 📘 Facebook - The Radkes: bit.ly/TheRadkesFacebook 📝 Subscribe to Stretch Marks on Substack: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack ARE YOU READY TO BECOME AN INSIDER? Become a paid subscriber to Stretch Marks and get: • Weekday POV Audio Messages • Twice-monthly We’re Here for You Wednesday advice podcasts • Monthly paid-only posts • Community access for real conversation Subscribe for $9/month or $90/year: bit.ly/MelissaRadkeSubstack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melissaradke.substack.com/subscribe [https://melissaradke.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]