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480: Please Advise 5
In this episode, we play life coach and solve real-life listener dilemmas in our fifth installment of Please Advise. If you’re stumped on anniversary gifts, want to give your dog or kid a questionable name, or always have the urge to drop a deuce at a bookstore, we’ve got you covered. Plus, a rare mutual green light!
MENTIONS
- Join us on Patreon for our While You Are Sleeping Cinema Sidepiece and to see Jamie have a medical emergency during our AUA. See: knoxandjamie.com/patreon
- Visit Erin’s Instagram to see her on the red carpet for the S3 premiere of The Chosen
- Wait? Who is Fabio? See also: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter + Fabio
- Speaking of butt stuff: Mariko Aoki phenomenon | Books A Million locations | Proctologist vs. Gastroenterologist | How long is too long on the toilet? | shoutout to Annie B. Jones, owner of The Bookshelf in Thomasville, Georgia our favorite indie bookstore (order by Dec. 9 for the holidays) | Poo-Pourri | Snake Draft ‘Splain | 69 Euphemisms for Pooping
- Wood: Traditional anniversary gifts | Broadway: Into the Woods tickets | Woody Harrelson date night: The People vs. Larry Flint and Indecent Proposal | Did Jamie say “Fancy Forks?”
- Future baby: Evan Williams bourbon | IMDb: Willem Defoe, Billy Dee Williams
- Virginity flexing: Virginity rocks | DIY reward ribbons
- Dog: UD entry for boner | True story: “My neighbour’s dog’s name is offensive”
- Rapid red light mentions: ughhhhhh– I’m so tired: this guy’s tweet & this guy’s podcast | John Mayer & Kiernan Shipka | Paramount+ Yellowstone | Nick Cannon | a question of etiquette | Pete Davidson & Emily Ratajowksi
BONUS SEGMENT
Our Patreon supporters can get full access to this week’s The More You Know news segment. Become a partner. This week we discussed our chaotic AUA, The Whale trailer, and Saucy Puds (our Great British Baking Show recap).
GREEN LIGHTS
- Jamie: movie - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | book- And Yet: Poems by Kate Baer
- Knox: movie - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | book- Now is Not The Time To Panic by Kevin Wilson
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