This Is The Thing With Bev and Lindsay

Lindsay and Bev trade stories, true crime obsessions, pop culture rabbit holes, books, watchlists, midlife conundrums and the enduring power of POND'S cold cream.

Update on this episode: On Tuesday, Oren, Alon, and Tal Alexander (The Wolves of Real Estate) were sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. The brothers still have outstanding cases against them so they could face further prison time.

00:00 Meet the hosts and the idea behind This Is The Thing
01:51 Yes, we have a Yahoo email address and app fatigue
04:20 Refrigerator tracking and a sober wedding
08:22 Halloween costumes: from cuddly cows to bloody masks
10:26 A toddler mistakenly pronounced dead and taken to a morgue
13:26 Love Trapped and the Laura Owens court update
18:41 Lindsay's memoir rabbit hole and Bev's holiday reading series
22:22 A perimenopause conversation and hormone questions
27:16 Testosterone Suppositories
29:25 The Wolves of Real Estate documentary on Peacock
35:28 Cruel Summer and the Tiffany Valiante case
38:24 Christina Applegate, Selma Blair and the plane
42:06 Bev has a Spanish matador living in her nose
44:00 Provocative Question and Wrap Up

Two Old Friends. Too Much to Talk About.
This Is The Thing is hosted by Bev Weidner and Lindsay Bruno. Each week, we chat about all the things they've read, seen, heard, and got a little too obsessed with this week. Expect a high-energy chat from two girls consumed by pop culture, true crime, books, binges and everything taking over the internet.

Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe and Share the show with your friends!

Find Us on Instagram:
@bevcooks
@lindsayabruno
@thisisthethingshow

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Read Lindsay's Book on Amazon
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Original Music written by Bev and Aaron Weidner, produced by Noel Selders.

In this episode, Lindsay and Bev discuss this week's obsession, Elizabeth Holmes and the new documentary by Nathan Fielder, You Can See Everything. They jump into updates in the OJ Simpson and Scott Peterson case. Bev tells how she almost got scammed recently and, as always, the girls talk about what they are reading, watching and generally overthinking this week.

00:00
Introduction and Bev's fridge update

01:59
Elizabeth Holmes' story and Theranos fraud

08:04
Nathan Fielder's documentary, You Can See Everything

11:50
True crime stories: Scott Peterson and OJ Simpson. Did OJ have an accomplice?

20:04
What the girls are reading and listening to

33:04
Scams and frauds: deep fakes and more

Two Old Friends. Too Much to Talk About.
This Is The Thing is hosted by Bev Weidner and Lindsay Bruno. Each week, we chat about all the things they've read, seen, heard, and got a little too obsessed with this week. Expect a high-energy chat from two girls consumed by pop culture, true crime, books, binges and everything taking over the internet.

Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe and Share the show with your friends!

Find Us on Instagram:
@bevcooks
@lindsayabruno
@thisisthethingshow

Tiktok:
@thisisthethingpod

Read Lindsay's Book on Amazon
Find Bev's Music anywhere you listen and on Apple Music

Original Music written by Bev and Aaron Weidner, produced by Noel Selders.

In this episode, the girls chat about dated glam, horror movies, ghost stories, the American Idol Murder, Hilary Swank pregnant at 52. And as always, what they read, watched, listened to and got a little too obsessed with this week.

00:00 Introduction
02:24 Dated Glam and Murder She Wrote and 80s style
05:10 Celebrity pregnancies and Hilary Swank at 52
06:56 Old cases like Tupac Shakur's murder come back
09:31 Memoirs and true crime
12:41 The American Idol murder case and celebrity scandals
16:55 The Journey podcasts and crazy surrogacy stories
19:12 Is menopause a cliff?
23:26 Halloween costumes and horror movie favorites
26:31 Are ghosts real?
31:57 British crime series and favorite shows
37:32 Final thoughts and recommendations for viewers and readers

Two Old Friends. Too Much to Talk About.
This Is The Thing is hosted by Bev Weidner and Lindsay Bruno. Each week, we chat about all the things they've read, seen, heard, and got a little too obsessed with this week. Expect a high-energy chat from two girls consumed by pop culture, true crime, books, binges and everything taking over the internet.

Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe and Share the show with your friends!

Find Us on Instagram:
@bevcooks
@lindsayabruno
@thisisthethingshow

Tiktok:
@thisisthethingpod

Read Lindsay's Book on Amazon
Find Bev's Music anywhere you listen and on Apple Music

Original Music written by Bev and Aaron Weidner, produced by Noel Selders.

Welcome to This Is The Thing. Each week, your hosts Beverly Weidner and Lindsay Bruno chat about books, binge watching, pop culture and other obsessions that took over their brain this week.

In this Intro Episode, the girls tell you who they are, how they met and what to expect from upcoming shows.

Two Old Friends. Too Much to Talk About.
This Is The Thing is hosted by Bev Weidner and Lindsay Bruno. Each week, we chat about all the things they've read, seen, heard, and got a little too obsessed with this week. Expect a high-energy chat from two girls consumed by pop culture, true crime, books, binges and everything taking over the internet.

Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe and Share the show with your friends!

Find Us on Instagram:
@bevcooks
@lindsayabruno
@thisisthethingshow

Tiktok:
@thisisthethingpod

Read Lindsay's Book on Amazon
Find Bev's Music anywhere you listen and on Apple Music

Original Music written by Bev and Aaron Weidner, produced by Noel Selders.