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**Be There in Five**

Be There in Five is a pop culture and millennial zeitgeist-focused podcast by Kate Kennedy (entrepreneur, author, pop culture commentator). Long-form and solo hosted, Be There in Five explores different facets of popular culture in a comedic, thoughtful, and analytical way, covering entertainment, social media, bloggers/influencers, and celebrities, in addition to focusing on the humor found in reexamining the 90s/00s as an adult (from AIM to Zenon). As one listener described it, “come for the relatable humor and lighthearted topics, stay for the surprising levels of depth and thoughtfulness injected into them.”

Latest Episodes:

The Losses We Share Jun 30, 2021

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A personal update from Kate, your resident Childless Millennial.

TW: infertility, miscarriage.

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Part 2: If you can't tone it, tangent! (Summer Stories) Jun 25, 2021

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In this second installment, Kate reads hilarious, heartbreaking, and sometimes traumatizing stories from listeners' most memorable summers at Church camps, suburban pools, and more. Enjoy!

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If you can't tone it, tangent! (Summer Stories) Jun 18, 2021

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This week, Kate shares her own musings along with listener stories about all things nostalgic summertime. Primarily focused on suburban pool culture and summer camp tales, these stories made her laugh, cry, gasp, and long for simpler times when her only agenda was to eat snack bar chicken tenders, scope for megahotties, and wait for a hot summer's day to melt into a thunderstormy afternoon complete with sandwiches, dry clothes, and the Disney channel. Fair warning, a lot of the camp stories are quite religious and intense, but would you expect a Beth's version of a hot girl summer from yesteryear to be any different? Enjoy!

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Be There in 40 Ounces (with my sister Kelly!) Jun 11, 2021

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This week, Kate's sister is live for the first time from her new place in sunny California and they have a fun, lighthearted convo about nostalgia and pop culture that covers the following topics:

90s bedroom decor, Spencer Gifts couture

The coolest cars as a teenager

Storm chasing career ambitions inspired by tornado movies

Influencers & tumbler/adult sippy cups sweeping the nation

A questionable segment going through the notes app in our phones

Kelly's drafts of Bumble replies

The phenomenon of "Dirty Sodas" in Utah

Going undercover to an Herbalife loaded tea nutrition shop

Ghost Kitchens

Going through our search history

Bethenny's HBO show

Friends Reunion

KUWTK

Making Kelly guess if lyrics are country or written by Kate

Kelly's advice on life & career as a type A gal on a type Be show

And so much more! Enjoy!

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Source for Stanley cup segment: https://shopthebuyguide.com/blog//the-story-of-the-cup

KATE-LILAH #9 (Answering Listener Voicemails) Part 2 Jun 05, 2021

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In part 2 of this quarter's series where Kate answers listener voicemails, she covers a lot of ground with a wide range of topical depth. This episode covers:

-A discussion of the 'Troubled Teen' industry and the under the radar abuse of boot camps/wilderness therapy camps/conversion therapy programs that con parents into thinking that legitimate therapeutic treatment is being provided to their children. -An overview of what happened with Chrissy Teigen & Courtney Stoddard and a diatribe about the complexities and propaganda of cancel culture vs. general accountability -A nostalgic detour through official hot girl shoes at different points in Kate's life (remember when Sambas were like Loubs?) -Lauren Conrad: Mob boss or BFF? A thinkpiece on the term 'loyalty' on reality television -True Life: A listener called into the real Delilah. This is her story. -Then, an answer that is so long, half is (already recorded) and needs to be put on Patreon, where Kate responds to a 2 part voicemail from a listener struggling with purpose, contentment, comparison, job satisfaction, and ongoing disappointment due to deviating from their original goals in life. Enjoy!

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WORKS CITED:

https://www.youthrights.org/issues/medical-autonomy/the-troubled-teen-industry/

https://www.hrc.org/resources/the-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapy

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-involved/trevor-advocacy/50-bills-50-states/about-conversion-therapy/

https://www.thecut.com/2021/05/courtney-stodden-chrissy-teigen-told-me-to-kill-myself.html

https://www.fastcompany.com/3057545/why-millennial-women-are-burning-out

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work

Kate-lilah #8 (Answering Listener Voicemails) PART 1 May 29, 2021

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A two part episode! This week, Kate had so many interesting voicemails, she broke it up into two parts. In part 1, she answers some of the lighter fare, such as:

How would she define a Hot Girl Summer? and other musings about the pursuit of hotness in our youth, feat. yet another country music tangent.

How does she feel about Swifties calling Olivia Rodrigo a snake because she sent a PR package to Kim K?

Where the hell do you make real friends as an adult? How does she feel about shopping dates? feat. an unsolicited dressing room soliloquy

What's her dream fictional tv/movie location for a dinner party and the corresponding dream fictional cast? feat. an inevitable Gilmore Girls tangent

What's the deal with women who with public platforms being accused of attention-seeking behavior?

Does Kate know she's perpetuated Country Apple erasure in the context of B&BW scents?

Tune in for part 2 as she tackles heavier topics, e.g. the troubled teen industry, MOH drama, feelings of failure, Chrissy Teigen, managing parental expectations, and more!

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Sexy, Cana? May 22, 2021

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This week, Kate discusses a topic that combines her interests in both weddings and purity culture by reading listener-submitted stories about church-mandated pre-marital counseling, something she had a particularly interesting experience doing. This counseling is often done not by clergy members but by random married couples at the church. Without curriculum regulation, married couples teach engaged couples how to be married based on their personal anecdotal best practices, and the results range from quite troubling to absolutely hilarious, depending on who you get. Not meant to be offensive, just to share experiences about something that is mandatory for many couples, and has potential, but often underdelivers with archaic recommendations for gender roles, birth control, finances, etc. Enjoy!

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WORKS CITED

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/10/premarital-cohabitation-divorce/573817/

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2019/11/06/marriage-and-cohabitation-in-the-u-s/

Fearless (Taylor's Version) May 13, 2021

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This week, Kate reviews Taylor Swift's Grammy-winning, iconic sophomore album, Fearless. She examines it both from the lens of nostalgia for when it first came out and also details her reaction to the new version released April 9th. From her favorite songs, to opinions on improved re-records, to favorite vault songs, to [shocking] emotional reflections on when she first heard these songs, Kate dives into the album like it's brand new. Beyond that, she hopes to tie it back to the poetry that lies within choosing this title for her first re-record; perhaps the most Fearless act of all- TS going out of her way to re-record all of her music and take back what's rightfully hers. Enjoy!

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Bonus: Share Your Stuff. We'll Go First. (with Laura Tremaine) May 09, 2021

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Today's episode is a really fun bonus interview featuring Laura Tremaine (host of 10 Things To Tell You, author of "Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First.") Laura recently wrote a 'guidebook to life-giving conversations for deeper relationships' that is designed to help you identify unique details and anecdotes from your own life and cultivate genuine connections with others. These connections, of course, can only be made if you do one thing first: share your stuff. Kate and Laura talk about a variety of things, from her upbringing, to her time in the mom blogging world, to why people aren't comfortable sharing, ot the importance of going deeper with friendships, to church camps, magical moments, examples from her book, Troop Beverly Hills, and more! Enjoy!

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Cheugy School Dropout May 07, 2021

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This week, Kate takes on a new term, "cheugy," a made-up word from Tiktok that, via aggressive media coverage, has been thrust into the social lexicon. This episode examines the struggle between being lighthearted/letting comedy exist and the diversity that lies within financial security of millennials that is often forgotten when slinging semi-classist tropes. She dives into the definition of cheugy, attempting to validate the concept of being 'off-trend' by examining which items named were actual trends, and if this legitimately is a term that would be fairly applied across genders and social classes. Fearing the reincarnation of society's love for terms like 'basic,' Kate argues why there is millennial sensitivity to the early 2010s trends, and what Pinterest, bloggers, early influencers, etc. did for women. And as a result, the ways in which their entrepreneurial efforts are often dismissed in favor of mocking their hobbies. TLDR, it's cheugy as hell.

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WORKS CITED

Kiera Breaugh: Tiktok; Instagram; YouTube

Original Cheugy Tiktok: User deleted

https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/poor-millennials/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/style/cheugy.html

https://www.thecut.com/2014/10/what-do-you-really-mean-by-basic-bitch.html

https://www.thecut.com/2021/05/cheugy-is-hard-to-define-but-easy-to-identify.html