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This week’s episode introduced/continued a couple of their newer segments. Since this is the Chrisley sub, I’m focusing mostly on Lindsie, but Kail’s sustainability discussion was actually interesting enough that I included it too.

Kail’s celiac adjustment
The episode began with a brief update from Kail about how difficult adjusting to celiac disease has been, especially when eating out whole touring and the restaurants don’t have a love of celiac-friendly options.

New segment: “Is It Just Me?”
This segment took up almost the entire first hour. I don’t think the segment needed to be this long and should have been capped at what they can include in 15-20 minutes. They’re given different scenarios and decide whether it’s “just me,” “just us,” or “also you.”

Since this was the bulk of the episode, I’m giving a high level summary of all of the questions/topics.

1. Silence or background noise to sleep?
   Lindsie already talked a lot this on The Southern Tea this week with Hunter. Lindsie likes fans/white noise but said she stopped sleeping with the TV on after learning it can interfere with REM sleep.

2. Morning shower or night shower?
   Both chose night because they want to be clean before getting into bed.

3. Re-reading a text five times before sending it?
   Lindsie re-reads and edits as she writes, but she drafts directly in Messages rather than writing it in Notes first. Kail said she finds drafting a long message in the actual message app is risky because you can accidentally send the text before you’re done.

4. Having your own mug/cup/spot on the couch?
   Kail has a designated spot. Lindsie doesn’t.

5. Talking to yourself when you’re home alone?
   Lindsie: absolutely. Kail does too.

6. Googling symptoms and immediately assuming the worst?
   Lindsie used to do this but said she doesn’t anymore because it isn’t helpful. I think we all remember how much of a hypochondriac she used to be when Jackson was younger.

7. Enjoying small talk with strangers?
   Neither one is particularly interested.

8. Texting over calling, even with close friends?
   This is where they differ. Kail doesn’t want to sit on the phone unless there’s a reason for the call. Lindsie actually loves talking to people on the phone just because.

9. Caring if you miss the show/movie everyone is talking about?
   Lindsie doesn’t care unless it’s a true-crime documentary. This might be why she feels the need to do Lindsay Clancy case updates on The Southern Tea even though none of us are asking for it.

10. Gifts being more stressful to receive than give?
    Kail doesn’t like receiving gifts but enjoys giving them. Lindsie said she hates both giving AND receiving gifts, which we knew because of the podcast intro.

11. Judging someone based on their phone wallpaper/lockscreen?
    Neither cares.

12. Needing someone to text “on my way” even if they’re five minutes away?
    Both said yes, it’s basic courtesy.

13. Getting annoyed when someone doesn’t text back quickly?
    Both mainly care if it’s something work-related. Otherwise, Lindsie doesn’t care if people take their time to text back unless she’s texting Jackson. She wants him to respond right away and will ping his Life360 if he doesn’t respond in a timely manner.

14. A friendship breakup hurting more than a romantic breakup?
    This one was more interesting. Lindsie said she has had friendship breakups, but they don’t really devastate her because by the time she ends a friendship, she is DONE. Kail brought up Kristen and said losing that friendship was harder on her than Elijah cheating.

15. Feeling awkward when someone compliments you and immediately deflecting?
    Both said yes. Kail wondered whether hers came from not receiving compliments from her mom growing up. Lindsie said that explanation doesn’t really fit her because Todd used to compliment her all the time growing up. Even though Lindsie feels awkward receiving compliments, she said she needs words of affirmation in romantic relationships.

This conversation led to Kail explaining how she compliments her kids and her daughter every morning, and how she’s raising her boys to know how to court and respect a girl. This led to Lindsie saying she doesn’t think she’d be a very good “girl mom” because she doesn’t consider herself girly. She hates getting her nails done and doesn’t like shopping.

Kail’s reducing-carbon-footprint era
This was the last 20-ish minutes of the episode and I’m including it because I think Kail making these changes is a good thing.

Kail said that around three months ago she started becoming much more conscious of how much waste her household produces. There are apparently around 12 people in the house a lot of the time, once you include the extended family members who are regularly there.

She’s started making some pretty practical changes.
• They give appropriate food scraps to the pigs and compost what doesn’t go to them. Kail had avoided composting because she assumed it would stink, but said it actually doesn’t.

• She also realized they weren’t recycling and bought recycling bins after seeing how much of their garbage could have been recycled. I’m not sure if she wasn’t recycling because of where she lives - she said she didn’t have recycling bins and I thought that was just basic for every municipality, but last week she did mention that where she lives has a population of 73 (including the 9 from her household).

• A TikTok showing piles of practically new school supplies at Goodwill also made her rethink the whole “new school year = buy everything brand new” thing.
This year she wants the kids to reuse backpacks that are still perfectly good or trade bags/items between siblings where it makes sense. She did mention Goodwill in last week’s episode but ICYMI, she’s taking inventory what they already own before buying anything, and checking places like Goodwill for what they still need before automatically buying new.

• She already sells the kids’ outgrown clothing on Poshmark and said she’ll sometimes make grab bags/bundles of several shirts and bottoms in one size.
She’s also started thinking: if she’s willing to sell secondhand clothes on Poshmark, why shouldn’t she also buy clothes there?

• They already do a lot of hand-me-downs between the kids. Kail said she doesn’t mind buying something new for one child when she knows the younger siblings have similar styles and will eventually wear it too.

Overall, Kail said making these changes has been much easier than she expected.

Lindsie’s sustainability contribution was a little smaller: she said when she orders from Amazon, she has gotten better about choosing the option with the least amount of packaging.

New-ish segment: “Small Town Drama”
They kind of introduced this segment last week but I think this week was the first time they had content for it. They shared a Reddit story about homeowners who had Van Gogh’s Starry Night painted on their fence. The reason was actually sweet: their autistic son could identify his house if he ever got lost by telling someone he lived at the “Van Gogh house.”

Apparently the city decided the fence qualified as some type of advertising because it didn’t match the house and tried to fine them. So the homeowners responded by hiring the artist again and painting the entire house to match the fence. Eventually the mayor had to publicly apologize.

This somehow opened the door for Lindsie to discuss HOAs, even though this particular story wasn’t actually about an HOA. Lindsie has a love-hate relationship with HOAs. She hates how they fine people over petty things but she likes that they force people to maintain their properties and thinks that helps preserve property values.

To me, this segment didn’t really add anything. It was a sweet sorry but I don’t care for this segment, kind of like how I don’t care about foul play or her devotional. So maybe it’s just me.

And since the story came from Reddit…
Lindsie made a point of saying that she does not go on Reddit. According to her, Madison and Hunter are the ones who check Reddit and keep tabs on things, and if she knows something people are saying about her online, it’s because one of them has told her.
So, hello Madison and Hunter if you’re doing your rounds.

This week Hunter joined Lindsie as co-host, which makes me think we may be getting a rotation of people from her team in the co-host chair going forward.

Airport alarms + 4 AM Ubers
Lindsie started by talking about flying home from New York and being paranoid that she was going to sleep through her alarm. Apparently she doesn’t fully trust the iPhone alarm situation after some of the recent updates.

She also talked about being able to request a female Uber driver for her 4 AM ride to the airport, which made her feel safer. We don’t have that option where I live, but as a woman who travels alone, I can absolutely understand why that would make someone feel more comfortable getting into a stranger’s car at four in the morning.

A new parenting schedule for Jackson
Lindsie shared that she and Will have been using a 2-2-5 parenting schedule with Jackson, but as he gets older, they’ve noticed the constant switching between houses seems to be getting harder on him.
They’re going to try week-on, week-off instead and see whether having fewer transitions helps with his behaviour.

This actually makes a lot of sense to me. A 2-2-5 schedule means you’re moving back and forth pretty frequently, and I can see how that could start feeling more disruptive as a child gets older and has more school, activities, belongings and routines to keep track of.

College football is back…
And Lindsie is thrilled. She talked about college football season, which is apparently once again going to become part of her entire personality.

I personally could not care less about college football, but I’m also Canadian, so perhaps this is one of those cultural things I simply do not understand.

Someone mailed Lindsie poop?!
They moved into an “unhinged texts” segment and somehow we learned that someone mailed poop to Lindsie’s house as a prank. She initially thought the package contained chocolate bars with nuts before realizing what she was actually looking at. She sent pictures to Hunter and Madison and apparently discovered that there are actual companies where you can pay to have poop anonymously mailed to someone.

My first question: who did this?!

And, naturally, Lindsie called the police.

This week’s crashout: the email inbox
It must be nice to have a life that is so unchaotic that your biggest issue is a disorganized inbox.

Lindsie was trying to find old emails that she needed to forward to her attorney. Her inbox apparently looked organized because there were tons of folders, but according to Lindsie, the system was actually incredibly disorganized and made things difficult to find.

Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but this felt like there may have been a tiny jab at Kristen buried in there.

At one point Lindsie started spiraling and wondering whether people had been deleting emails/“evidence.”

Is Pinterest Mom Lindsie returning?
Lindsie and Hunter have both gotten into pressure cooking, and Lindsie is officially ready for fall: sweaters, soups, dips, cozy food… the whole thing. Are we re-entering the Pinterest Mom Lindsie era?

“Controversial” opinions… respectfully
They played a game where they had to give their opinions “respectfully” on supposedly controversial topics.

How late is too late?
The general consensus seemed to be that being around 15–30 minutes late can sometimes be acceptable depending on the situation, but if it’s a work event, you should be early. Lindsie thinks showing up 30–60 minutes late is rude unless it’s specifically a drop-in event.

You can love someone and still outgrow the friendship.
Lindsie and Hunter both agreed. One of the points made was essentially: Are you really growing if you never outgrow any friendships?

They also talked about how a friendship changing or ending doesn’t automatically mean there was some huge toxic falling-out.

“I’m just being honest” is often an excuse to be rude.
Lindsie disagreed. Hunter thought it depended on the context.

You don’t owe everyone access to you just because they have good intentions.
Both agreed. I agree too.

My bigger question during this whole segment was: are any of these actually controversial?

Maybe I’m showing my age, but these feel less like provocative adult opinions and more like discussions you have while learning boundaries in your early twenties.

Searching each other’s camera rolls
They then did a segment where they searched the other person’s camera roll for different words. Things like “chicken,” “sunset” and “outfit.”

I found this boring as an audio-only segment. Maybe it works if you’re paying for Patreon and can actually see the screen and the photos they’re reacting to, but just listening to people search a camera roll doesn't really do anything for me.

E-bikes and e-scooters
The conversation around e-bikes and e-scooters was much more interesting.

Lindsie talked about a dad in her neighbourhood who was apparently involved in an e-bike accident and suffered a brain bleed. It led to a discussion about why there aren’t stronger regulations surrounding these things. This is something I actually agree with her on.

E-bikes and e-scooters have become a huge problem where I live too. I regularly see kids who look as young as 12 riding e-bikes capable of going around 50 km/h.
They're not legally supposed to be riding them at that age, but enforcement is another issue entirely. Then you have the question of where they're riding. If they’re on the road, you have kids operating something that can travel at significant speeds while often having very little awareness of traffic. If they’re on the sidewalk, now pedestrians are at risk. There have already been serious collisions between pedestrians and people riding e-bikes or e-scooters in my area. So while I don't agree with Lindsie on everything, I'm with her on this one: the technology has moved faster than a lot of the rules and enforcement surrounding it.

Red flag, green flag
🟢 Green Flag
• Double texting
• Sharing locations

🟡 Yellow Flag
• Sleeping with the TV on - Lindsie said she used to sleep with the TV on but stopped after learning that it could affect sleep quality and REM sleep. Hunter still sometimes turns it on if he can't fall asleep.

• Keeping gifts from an ex - this one depended on the gift. Lindsie specifically mentioned something like a tennis bracelet and said she thinks continuing to wear an expensive romantic gift like that after the relationship ends can feel tacky or like you haven’t fully moved on. I think context matters here. Keeping a useful item and keeping something deeply sentimental aren't necessarily the same thing.

🚩Red Flag
• Leaving the bed without making it
• Reading old text conversations - unless you're going back because you need receipts.

Another Lindsay Clancy update
Lindsie ended the episode with another update on the Lindsay Clancy case. Just like last time, I'm choosing not to recap that portion of the episode.

Overall thoughts
This episode felt like it had no structure and nothing was really prepared in advance except for the silly games. It was boring but I listened while I was working.

The parenting-plan conversation and the e-bike discussion were probably the two topics I found most interesting.

But my biggest lingering question: who mailed Lindsie the poop?

I am not listening to 90+ minutes of Lindsie and her yes-man. I also don’t care for her thoughts on the Lindsay Clancy case so I’m not recapping that part of the episode.

The only part that I wanted to listen to based on the episode description was the part about Kristen. Once again, Lindsie says the content that was removed from the Aug 5th Time for a Rebrand episode* *(the content where she’s clutching pieces of paper saying “I HAVE RECEIPTS”) was removed without her approval. She confirmed it was related to what Kail found in the emails between Kristen and the Chrisley camp. She hinted that Kristen “jumped ship and went to the other side” to consult with the Chrisley camp. The email that she referenced in the Time for a Rebrand episode, before it was removed, was sent to Lindsie by accident because it was sent to an email the Kristen used to use for work but that Lindsie retained access to. She’s saying the Kristen has been negotiating contracts for the Chrisley camp (presumably Savannah) since April according to the email thread but Lindsie believes it started earlier. Of course she blames legal for not being able to talk about it more explicitly - I’m the one who is saying it’s Kristen based on the obvious hints.

I was curious about the origins of The Southern Tea since I only started listening about a year ago and Kristen was always co-hosting. I didn’t realize The Southern Tea was supposed to essentially be like the southern Coffee Convos. Katy only lasted like 6 months as co-host and the reasoning for stepping away was to focus on her daughter.

I wonder what actually happened? I can’t imagine recording a one-hour podcast every week is a huge commitment.