The Brandwagon

First Guest, Best Guest: How We Met & Hot Takes w/ My Wife

Episode 1: First Guest, Best Guest Description: Welcome to the Brandwagon! In this inaugural episode, host Brandon sits down with his wife Maddie for an honest conversation about marriage, meeting on TikTok, AI taking over everything, social media authenticity, and why our attention spans are completely cooked. They also tackle hot takes on work-life balance, Valentine's Day, and answer rapid-fire questions about each other. Guest: Madi - Hairstylist, Brandon's wife of almost 2 years Topics & Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction to The Brandwagon 01:30 - Meet Maddie: About the first guest 02:20 - How we met: The TikTok origin story 11:00 - What surprised us about each other 12:00 - Being married to someone in IT 16:00 - AI: Is it taking over everything? 20:00 - Social media authenticity crisis 29:00 - Death of attention spans - Are we cooked? 32:00 - Am I crazy for starting a podcast in 2025? 35:00 - Rapid fire questions 45:00 - Hot takes: Separate bedrooms, work besties, Valentine's Day 52:00 - Lightning round 56:00 - What's next & wrap up Key Moments: * The dad bod TikTok that started it all * Hospital accident that brought them back together * Why AI needs to be used as a tool, not as your brain * Teaching kids to use ChatGPT: Good or bad? * Social media oversharing and relationship drama online * The $10 million question Next Episode: Open carry in Florida + more hot takes Connect: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandwagonpodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/brandwagonpodcast/] * TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebrandwagon [https://www.tiktok.com/@thebrandwagon?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc] * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581124217960 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581124217960]