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what gives

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Frequency: 1 episode/12d. Total Eps: 17

An Australian (@katiebesgrove) and a Texan (@junew) tell you what gives

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - hobbies
19/08/2025
#96
🇬🇧 Great Britain - hobbies
18/08/2025
#67
🇬🇧 Great Britain - hobbies
17/08/2025
#41
🇬🇧 Great Britain - hobbies
07/03/2025
#95
🇬🇧 Great Britain - hobbies
06/03/2025
#83
🇬🇧 Great Britain - hobbies
05/03/2025
#55
🇨🇦 Canada - hobbies
15/02/2025
#91
🇨🇦 Canada - hobbies
14/02/2025
#58
🇨🇦 Canada - hobbies
13/02/2025
#32

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what gives 1

Season 1 · Episode 1

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 • Duration 38:55

Today on the pod we discuss January 2025, our ins and outs for the year, and a bunch of new stuff we've been trying. Includes musings on martinis, meta, teeth, Emilia Perez, pasta, and cringe Facebook statuses.

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17: what gives: summer of nothing, not talking about Sydney Sweeney, Ozzy Osbourne AI tributes, Hurricane Harbor, and Mark Maron

Season 1 · Episode 17

Friday, August 15, 2025 • Duration 43:43

In this weeks episode, Katie loses her panties and Julia learns that Australians need pen licenses, wear budgie smugglers, and love a centurion. In what's topical, Katie does not want to talk about Sydney Sweeney, but Julia DOES want to talk about Ozzy Osbourne’s AI deep fake in heaven. After deciding that this is the summer of nothing, Julia channels her inner child at Hurricane Harbor and Katie reflects on her love for Marc Maron, podcasts and dark satire. Bonus segment features crepey skin, face Spanx, and nasal tanning spray.

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Watch Marc Maron: Panicked

AI Ozzy in Heaven with Selfie Stick

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16: what gives: South Park, Tarantino, moving house, overalls, and epic book lists

Season 1 · Episode 13

Thursday, July 31, 2025 • Duration 42:20

In this episode, Julia prepares to move house…closer to Katie. She celebrates a fake birthday, a real birthday and tells us what it’s like to be a bona fide Leo. In what’s topical, the local neighbourhood braces itself for a Tarantino takeover, and the pair discuss Colbert and the new episode of South Park feat. Trump’s tiny deep fake penis. In what’s giving, Julia attends a funk show, envies a public make-out sesh and hangs out with even more Australians, whilst Katie peruses what-dan-read.com and riffs on how she would want to be remembered. Listen to the end for reasons you shouldn't date your fuck buddies.

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what-dan-read.com

South Park Season 27

Kendrick Deep Fake Video

CBS Cancels Colbert

Surprise Chef

Oasis Tour Dates

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what gives: confetti eggs, octogenarians, Joshua Tree, and giant puppets

Season 1 · Episode 8

Saturday, April 26, 2025 • Duration 48:23

In this week’s episode, Katie and Julia discuss what Easter and the Easter Bunny mean to them (TL;DR — not much) and whether hot streetwear looks can actually make you run faster. They share some summer music trend forecasts and test out a new bonus segment called “wild-stuff-our-moms-said-this-week.”

In what was giving, Katie shows her parents the sights and sounds of Joshua Tree and is tempted to order a $1,000 omelette in Palm Springs. Julia contemplates communal living after visiting the Schindler House, and her contempt for group hate is tested as Blue Origin takes Katy Perry into space.

Featuring octogenarians, wind turbines, giant puppets, and a strong aversion to steampunk.

An aside: Katie realizes that space tourism — while controversial — may be the ultimate “what gives…”

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Imagine - Celebrity Covid Montage

Adrianne Lenker

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what gives: rude fingers, Stifler's mom, White Lotus, brat, and bucee's

Season 1 · Episode 7

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 • Duration 45:55

This episode, Katie regales Julia of her week of road rage and torturous gum surgery. Julia discovers a soft-jazz life hack and realizes that she likes being a girl (even if it can be…so confusing sometimes). Giving this week is time, friendships and the meaning they make for us (via White Lotus), trips to Malibu and girls-who-rock. Julia preemptively judges her sister’s new man for a truck he doesn’t own and Katie tries her first Buc-ee's candy - stitches and all.

In the tradition of sharing our countries’ differences, Julia learns about rude fingers, chemists and what’s ‘on’ the weekend.

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what gives: this ain't no rodeo, co-dependency, tree torture, and mint slice biscuits

Season 1 · Episode 5

Friday, March 21, 2025 • Duration 50:25

In this week's episode, Katie rebuts co-dependency allegations and tackles unsolicited parenting advice from strangers. There's a discussion on the difference between Australian and American Target stores and a theory that pineapple "may" induce labor. Whilst dealing with a new daily commute, Julia discovers that being in a car gives you far too much time to be emotional. Giving this week is Katie's son's birthday, The Huntington Gardens, LA's non-rodeo and Sunday roasts. Watch out for the hot take on Bonsais and the shock discovery that Julia does not f*ck with Apple Pay. If you remain with us until the bonus segment (congrats), Katie treats Julia to a very special Australian biscuit.

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Huntington Gardens

The Los Angeles Equestrian Center

Mint Slice Biscuits

The Philosopher L.A. Paul Wants Us To Think About Ourselves

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what gives: celeb sightings, sad man syndrome, Texas bus routes, and jackets masquerading as tops

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 • Duration 46:01

In this week's episode, Julia has a top 5 celeb sighting and Katie feels an unexplainable urge to go to Vegas in a private jet after watching Anora. They also get stuck into naturopathy, neck lifts and whether the bus is actually the optimal mode of transport. Whilst contemplating a trip to the sphere, Katie and Julia also discover they suffer from the same affliction - sad man syndrome. It's no joke. If none of that interests you - tune in just to hear Katie try (and fail) to bring up her concerns around AGI. Ciao.

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Ezra Klein - The Government Knows AGI is Coming

Go Pure - Tighten and Lift Neck Cream

Texas Train - Vonlane

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what gives: green water, redwoods, diamond rings, and thin mints

Season 1 · Episode 3

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 • Duration 48:51

In this episode, Katie’s water filter saga continues as we discuss algae, whether or not it feels like we are dating, the joy of not being perceived and the magic of the California Redwoods. We get in to Britney vs Christina, cleanses, DMV nightmares and girl scout cookie lore.

Also feat. buffalo, beyonce tickets, SNL 50, “fact” checks and hot takes.

Today's episode requires a US translation key: kitchen bench means kitchen counter, Katie's book "Marta" is actually Martyr!, and the naughties refer to the nineties. Happy listening!

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Clean Cleanse

Mercado Gonzalez

LA Food Bank

Beyonce Perfume

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what gives: grammys, super bowl, pimple patches, and sexy red

Season 1 · Episode 2

Sunday, February 16, 2025 • Duration 45:33

Featuring Grammy and Super Bowl de-briefs, pimple patches, snow on the beach, and Sexy Red. In this episode Katie sings a lot, we realize no one knows what 'get out of dodge' means, and we talk way too much about Kendrick Lamar.

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15: what gives - going home, coldplay scandals, labubu smoothies, and dynasty tonight

Season 1 · Episode 15

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 • Duration 48:58

After refusing to celebrate America on the 4th of July, Julia and Katie took a little summer break. Katie flew to Australia and Julia did a mini Dallas pop-in, so the pair discuss what it’s like to physically and emotionally “go home”. In what’s topical, Julia brings Katie up to speed on pressing current events such as the Coldplay CEO scandal and Erewhon’s labubu smoothie collab. In what’s giving, Katie pines for seasonal weather and Julia hearts Dynasty Tonight. For their bonus segment, they debate what is and what is not “rock and roll”. Special mention goes to the guy at LAX customs who enthusiastically let Katie back into the United States.

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