Ep. 38: Is Technology Ruining Your Marriage?

Ep. 46: Broken Healthcare, the Mandela Effect, Giants, Aliens, and Questioning Reality

Does Chick-fil-A really have a K—and has it always been there? After catching up on Caroline’s mom, healthcare frustrations, and a blown tire in the South Carolina heat, we somehow end up deep in a conversation about the Mandela Effect. We compare memories about Pikachu, Fruit of the Loom, the Berenstain Bears, Shazam, and more—then wander into bigger questions about consciousness, faith, aliens, and why reality sometimes feels a little weird. Are our memories just bad, or do you remember it differently too? --- 🎙️ New episodes every week 📺 Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get podcasts *💬 SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS:* Got a topic or question for us? Submit anonymously here: https://shanewhatley.com/wife-approved-podcast/ --- *📱 CONNECT WITH US* 📸 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/wifeapprovedpodcast 🏠 Shane's Smart Home YouTube:  https://youtube.com/@ShaneCreates --- *⭐ If you're enjoying the podcast, leave us a 5-star review – it helps us a lot! Thanks for listening.* #WifeApprovedPodcast #MarriagePodcast  #RealTalk #SmartHome CHAPTERS 00:00 — Intro - What Is This Podcast Actually About? 02:30 — “How Are You?” and the Problem With Fake Small Talk 05:05 — American Food, Healthcare, and Caroline’s Hospital Rant 11:00 — Buying Local and Knowing What’s in Your Food 12:00 — A Blown Tire During a South Carolina Heat Wave 15:03 — Wait… Chick-fil-A Has a K? 20:00 — Is the Mandela Effect More Than Bad Memory? 21:06 — DMT, Hidden Code, and Different Realms 27:00 — Testing Our Mandela Effect Memories 33:00 — Pikachu, Queen, Shazam, and the Cornucopia 36:34 — Why More People Are Questioning Everything 39:00 — Aliens, Government Tech, or Something Spiritual? 42:00 — Lost Knowledge, Ancient Civilizations, and the Bible 45:35 — Why the Rabbit Holes Keep Leading Back to God 48:00 — Are They Bad at Hiding It—or Just More Brazen? 54:00 — Finding Courage When Everything Feels Dark 58:00 — Staying Grounded While Going Down Rabbit Holes 1:02:24 — Tell Us What You Remember

Ep. 45: The Weirdest Sponsorship Offers Shane Has Ever Gotten

This week, Shane and Caroline pull back the curtain on the weird, funny, and sometimes very questionable world of YouTube sponsorships. Shane shares some of the wildest brand emails he’s received over the years. Naturally, Caroline has thoughts. A lot of thoughts. They also talk about what actually makes a sponsorship a good fit, why Shane turns down so many offers, how some creators handle brand deals very differently, and why bad PR emails are way more entertaining than they should be. And because this is Wife Approved, the conversation somehow turns into a full review of their smart toilet, heated seats, bidets, separate bedrooms, robot vacuums, ruined floors, and Caroline’s birthday trip indecision. It’s behind-the-scenes creator talk, marriage banter, and bathroom technology all in one episode. Somehow, it works. Link for the smart toilet we discussed in the episode: https://horow.com/discount/SHANE?ref=fruinhlt (Get 20% off with this link!) NOTE: This description contains affiliate links that allow you to find the items mentioned in this video at no cost to you. As an affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases.  --- 🎙️ New episodes every week 📺 Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get podcasts *💬 SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS:* Got a topic or question for us? Submit anonymously here: https://shanewhatley.com/wife-approved-podcast/ --- *📱 CONNECT WITH US* 📸 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/wifeapprovedpodcast 🏠 Shane's Smart Home YouTube:  https://youtube.com/@ShaneCreates --- *⭐ If you're enjoying the podcast, leave us a 5-star review – it helps us a lot! Thanks for listening.* #WifeApprovedPodcast #MarriagePodcast  #RealTalk #SmartHome CHAPTERS 0:00 — Intro 0:57 — Welcome Back + Summer Is Almost Over 2:48 — Caroline’s Night Out  10:19 — The Flashlight Check-In Marriage Moment 11:21 — Behind the Scenes of Brand Deals 13:17 — The Craziest Sponsorship Emails 14:00 — ED Ads, Sperm Microscopes & Audience Fit 18:04 — How Shane Decides What Sponsors Make Sense 20:40 — Humanoid Robots in the House?  22:04 — Bad PR Emails & Influencer Reply-All Chaos 25:43 — Why Shane Turns Down So Many Sponsorships 27:23 — Magnetic Eyelashes, Baby Bottles & Floral Comforters 32:41 — The Anti-Snoring Tongue Trainer 34:42 — The Smart Toilet That Actually Won Them Over 38:12 — Heated Seats, Bidets & “Car Wash for Your Ass” 43:33 — Should Shane Say Yes to Every Weird Brand Deal? 44:55 — Birthday Trip Indecision 45:36 — Final Thoughts

Ep. 44: 25 Things I Love About You... 15 Years Later

This week, we dug through the relationship archives and found the old “things we love about each other” lists that we wrote each other from way back when we were young, broke, and a bit dramatic… and immediately realized a few of them were sweet, some were still true, and several absolutely could not be read on the podcast.  We talk about early dating, being broke, Valentine’s Day confusion, Hooters, flowers at 4 a.m., cooking, tattoos, old cards, iPad drawings, and the weird little things that somehow turn into 20 years of being together. It gets cringey, funny, a little sentimental, and probably too honest at times. Thanks for listening and watching the Wife Approved Podcast. --- 🎙️ New episodes every week 📺 Watch on YouTube, Apple Podcast, or Spotify! *💬 SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS:* Got a topic or question for us? Submit anonymously here: https://shanewhatley.com/wife-approved-podcast/ --- *📱 CONNECT WITH US* 📸 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/wifeapprovedpodcast 🏠 Shane's Smart Home YouTube:  https://youtube.com/@ShaneCreates --- *⭐ If you're enjoying the podcast, leave us a 5-star review – it helps us a lot! Thanks for listening.* #WifeApprovedPodcast #MarriagePodcast  #RealTalk #SmartHome CHAPTERS 0:00 — Intro 1:02 — THC Drinks, Anxiety, and Forgetting to Breathe 8:44 — The Old Love Lists Come Out 12:38 — Young, Cringey, and Still Married 15:08 — Nose Strips, Cooking, and Early Relationship Standards 20:06 — Tattoos, Flowers, and Things We Can’t Read Out Loud 25:08 — Being Broke, Ambitious, and Dropping the L-Word 30:25 — Getting Valentine's Day Wrong 35:06 — Shopping, Farting, and Couple Boundaries 40:15 — “Every Woman’s Got a Little Crazy” 45:23 — The Hooters Notepad Love List 50:05 — Old Cards, iPad Drawings, and Lunchbox Notes 54:54 — How We Actually Got Together 59:45 — The Early Relationship Roller Coaster 1:04:45 — The Secret to 55 Years of Marriage

Ep. 43: Our Texas Hangover

Back from Austin, Texas — with a second-day hangover, plane anxiety, and a new fear of driverless taxis. This week we’re recapping our first trip to Texas — Shane’s smart home conference, Caroline surviving the flight with carefully measured meds, great food, questionable drink choices, and one very aggressive autonomous taxi. Plus, video episodes are now on Apple Podcasts, and we may or may not be launching “Marriage Court.” 💬 Thanks for listening, thanks for sending in your questions. Got a topic or question for us? Submit anonymously here: https://shanewhatley.com/wife-approved-podcast/ ⭐ If you're enjoying the podcast, leave us a 5-star review – it helps us a lot! Thanks for listening. 🎙️ New episodes every Tuesday 📺 Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get podcasts https://www.youtube.com/@wifeapprovedpodcast 📲 Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wifeapprovedpodcast https://instagram.com/shanecreates https://instagram.com/mzwhatley ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Texas, Travel Hangovers, and Plane Anxiety 5:00 — Shane’s Smart Home Conference Recap 9:45 — Austin Food, Speakeasies, and Dirty 6th 14:35 — Drinking Like We’re in Our 20s 20:35 — Comedy Shows, Crowd Work, and Caroline’s “OnlyFans” Answer 25:00 — Weird Bars, Nice Bartenders, and Austin Vibes 30:20 — Our First Driverless Taxi Ride 36:00 — Favorite Austin Stops 38:30 — Hugo Spritz Rants and Bartender Trauma 42:35 — Would We Go Back to Austin? 44:30 — Scooters, Airport Dogs, and Finally Getting Home 47:40 — Video Podcasts, Reviews, and “Marriage Court”

Ep. 42: Post WWDC Thoughts, Prime Day, and Breathing Too Loud

This week on the Wife Approved Podcast, Shane and Caroline are back with Prime Day stress, Apple WWDC reactions, and a very honest debate about whether AI belongs anywhere near their home cameras. They also talk about an Austin meetup, why some people love shopping on Amazon and Caroline absolutely does not, and the “wife approval factor” in buying new smart home gadgets. Then things take a turn into real marriage territory: PMS, sleep talking, breathing too loud, Shane being “a big baby,” Caroline crying over animals on TV, and the possibility of digging up their old “things we love about each other” lists from when they were young and cringey. Marriage, parenting, tech, smart home stuff, hormones, hamburgers, and humidity. You know, normal stuff. 💬 Thanks for listening, thanks for sending in your questions. Got a topic or question for us? Submit anonymously here: https://shanewhatley.com/wife-approved-podcast/ ⭐ If you're enjoying the podcast, leave us a 5-star review – it helps us a lot! Thanks for listening. 🎙️ New episodes every Tuesday 📺 Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get podcasts https://www.youtube.com/@wifeapprovedpodcast 📲 Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wifeapprovedpodcast https://instagram.com/shanecreates https://instagram.com/mzwhatley ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Intro 3:03 — Prime Day Stress and Smart Home Deals 4:38 — Planning an Austin Meetup 5:29 — Amazon Shoppers vs. Influencer Shoppers 7:18 — The Wife Approval Factor 11:10 — WWDC, Apple Home Cameras & 4K Finally 13:25 — AI in Home Cameras: Cool or Creepy? 19:22 — Why No Apple TV News? 21:27 — Could Apple Be Planning a Smart Home OS? 21:58 — Caroline vs. The Apple TV Remote 24:50 — PMS, Marriage, and Breathing Too Loud 31:00 — Dutton Ranch, Sad Animals & Being “Dramatic” 33:45 — The Cringey Love List 38:17 — Buying From Local Farmers 40:03 — Austin Plans and Southern Heat 43:06 — Shane’s Heat Exhaustion Story (Smart Lighting Install) 46:29 — Should We Read Our Old Love Lists?