Katie and Dana are FINALLY back! They apologize for ghosting you but they have officially returned.

This week they yap about:

• What the hell happened in August
• Getting back to school and a routine
• Their VERY different end-of- summer vacations
• Impact of private equity of youth sports
• Katie's IUD removal and why she just will have to stick to her heavy-ass periods
• The horrors of the Lindsay Clancy trial and the uproar of women everywhere
• And of course Dana has a million books to review from the summer

Also sharing everything they are lovin' on. (Dana's phone is bricked but still managing to purchase some cuties.)

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Katie and Dana are back with summertime vibes and surf lesson stories this week. Their cutting edge commentary includes some:

Fact Checks & Feedback from Last Time:

• Ladies are loving the book reviews
• "Hanky panky" thongs are the best and gross men are the worst
• Thongs to bed — yay or nay?
• We need your feedback: Dana's Mallen streak or skunk streak - should she grow it out or keep dyeing her grays?

In Life Updates, they have:

• No camp this week - Dana would never
• Regional baseball game - Katie attended one
• Summer-ending anxiety is real, for Katie, not for Dana, how about you?
• Back at Mike's gym - Dana's mistake lead to Katie bracing herself on the toilet
• Surf lessons for the whole family
• Dana's flight from hell + single parenting on vacation
• They're "Bricking" their phones, how about you?

And in Weekend Recaps:

• They had girls night at The Clubhouse
• Katie's family ran for like 127 miles

In Hot Goss this week:

• Nancy Guthrie — the TMZ story and the ransom note timeline
• Ariana Grande's health and the world's scrutiny of women's bodies
• Practical Magic 2 — hitting theaters September 11th!
• Taylor & Travis's dog is named Wendy Peffercorn?!

One Spicy Bloom Update:

• Michigan primary showdown for Senate, will Schumer and the establishment get a good ROI or will the Sanders progressives eek another one out despite being outspent 11 to 1?

What they're loving this week:

• Dana is horny for a white, Chrysler Pacifica minivan
• Katies loving an eye mask that does it all
• Plus a cutie pah-tewtie shirt from Target
• And fisherman sandals from Quince

They're Also Watching:

• Katie's rewatching Landman

Dana's Reading:

• Helpless by Jessica Knoll, holy shit!
• Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves, devastating and beautiful
• Empire of AI by Karen Hao, disturbing yet important

What's They're Excited for:

• Chelsea Handler standup on Friday night
• And Mumford & Sons at MSG next week!

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This week Katie and Dana are just coming back from their vacations and trying very hard to get their shit together. So lots of yapping on this one.

This week they yap about:

• Feeling very official with their new merch, thanks to Katie's sissy
• World Cup and those beautiful players, especially Erling Halaand
• What was that halftime show?
• Shakira and all her hotness
• Andrew Tate and his pretty lil capris
• Summer of diarrhea parasites and wildfires
• Phoebe Gates and her cookie stuffing scandal

And of course sharing all the things they are loving on this week!

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Katie and Dana are back this week with life updates including:

• an impending puppy acquisition
• a scheduled upper bleph consultation
• a doorbell dilemma left unsolved
• and some body image issues, period woes and an IUD decisions

This week's convo also covers:

• AI-generated images of Taylor's wedding
• the Empire State Building scalers
• Neil the Seal's summer antics
• World Cup gossip
• And political scandals and cheating stories from Maine and beyond

Plus, Dana's on the quest for the perfect going out top and Katie snagged a bathing suit from TikTok.

They'll share book recommendations, vacation plans, a horrendous documentary review, and exciting future plans involving Paris.

Chapters

• 00:00 Life Updates and Feedback
• 02:11 The Doorbell Dilemma
• 03:21 Body Image and Fitness
• 09:44 Getting a Dog
• 18:12 Period Woes and IUD Discussion
• 19:09 Medical Procedure Preparation
• 19:38 Hormonal IUD and Its Benefits
• 20:08 Progesterone and Its Role
• 20:33 IUD and Its Impact on Anxiety
• 20:51 IUD and Its Impact on Menstrual Symptoms
• 21:32 Severe Menstrual Cramps
• 22:10 Menstrual Cramps and Daily Activities
• 23:17 Hemoglobin Levels and Menstruation
• 24:11 Consultation for a Medical Procedure
• 25:09 Cosmetic Surgery Consultation
• 27:02 Weekend Updates
• 41:17 The AI Wedding
• 42:17 Empire State Building Scalers
• 44:13 Neil the Seal Summer
• 47:06 World Cup Gossip
• 53:10 Political Scandal and Cheating Stories
• 01:02:17 Fashion Frustrations
• 01:03:00 Dressing for Confidence
• 01:03:47 The Quest for the Perfect Top
• 01:05:04 Bathing Suit Dilemmas
• 01:05:33 Book Recommendations and Vacation Plans
• 01:06:23 Documentary Review: Maternal Instinct
• 01:08:03 Exciting Future Plans
• 01:20:08 Closing Remarks

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This week, Katie and Dana and prep for the 4th by cancelling America's birthday party because its been poorly behaved this year.

They also discuss:

• The Supreme Court decisions that make them want to scream
• Taylor Swift wedding rumors
• A friend's new obsession with the King of Pop
• Katie's anniversary dinner
• And Dana's horniness for The World Cup and Daemon Targaryen

And as always they'll share what they're loving, reading and watching this week.

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This week, on Gimme the Goss, Katie and Dana dive deep into the inner dialogue surrounding their middle-aged suburban asses in bathing suits, because chasing kids around the pool all summer ain't for the feint of heart.

They'll also be discussing the hottest goss from the past week like team algae joining the resistance, Taylor Swift getting hitched at MSG and Katie kinda-sorta hoping she was pre-diabetic.

Other topics of note:

• Tulsi Gabbard and her cult leader
• Belmont Camelli and his kidney
• Teacher assignment and the gossip
• And Dana's first trip to the American Dream Mall

They're packing lots of heat into this little episode that could. Don't forget to leave them a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Substack, friends!

In a special episode this week your hosts Katie and Dana interview their trainer, Mike from Ridge Strength Co. They discuss exactly why everyone keeps blathering on about how middle-aged women need to strength train. And how best way to get started.

Mike shares:

• Exactly why strength training is so important for holding it all together as we age
• The a specific type of weight lifting and cycle that makes all the difference
• Why tossing around 10 lb dumbbells all willy nilly might be a waste of your time
• And the biggest challenge to just simply getting started

You'll also learn what Dana is bench pressing these days and the trick Katie used to do her first ever pull-up.

Tune in now and learn how you can blast your delts and get those swolled glutes too.

Oh and definitely book a class starting July 8th in the new space and come work out with them!

Mike can be found at RidgeStrengthCo.com and @ridgestrengthco on Instagram. None of us are really on TikTok cause we're old.

This week, Katie and Dana are back and leading you on an emotional roller coaster of an episode that includes everything from a racist, 80-year-old falling asleep at his tacky ass, birthday party to the abject horror of watching your own kid pitch in travel a baseball game.

They'll also discuss the biggest headlines of the week over here like:

“Knicks in Five!”

“Elder Millennial Woman Pulls Off Center Part”

“Stunning Upset! Middle Age Couple Oust Grads from Beer Pong Table”

“NJ Woman Sexually Attracted to New Refrigerator”

And “Nice Guy!? XL, NJ, 3-Month-Old Could Give a Shit About His Sip ‘n See”

And many more.

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