Episodes

  • S2 Ep76: Pop-up Podcast!

    S2 Ep76: Pop-up Podcast!
    May 10 2023
    Show Notes:
    00:00 Which will be out first: WC Podcast #76 or TikTok Push-in-the-pool #76?
    01:24 Wholesome Chaos drinking cups with fun-house faces!
    02:24 Mags traumatizing California dentist experience.
    08:50 Mags gets a callback while we are all on airplanes!
    11:09 “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” on Broadway rocks!
    12:24 Recapping Maggie’s 13th birthday trip to New York.
    18:00 Maggie’s upcoming trip to NY.
    19:27 Dad noticing Maggie maturity growing.
    20:43 Legitimate card game ending in multiple winners!
    22:02 Dan’s new book “Positive Chaos.” Pre-order for bonuses! www.danthurmon.com/positive-chaos/
    25:21 Team Maggie.
    26:55 Movies we know nothing about (and some we’ve seen).
    31:53 Is Maggie actually getting better at pickleball … or just playing a lot?
    33:15 Mags sees “Hunger Games” star Josh Hutcherson in LA.
    35:52 Maggie’s roommate, Jenna Raines, concert in Atlanta with Joshua Bassett and Lindsey Lomas.
    37:51 More pop-up podcasts to come?
    38:23 Mags and Jenna Ortega?
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    48 mins
  • S2 Ep75: So long for now…

    S2 Ep75: So long for now…
    Feb 15 2023
    Show Notes:
    01:45 Shay at the Austin REVOLUTION Film Festival (not Austin Film Festival as stated in the podcast).
    03:27 Going off air for a bit, but catch us on other social media, and at wholesomechaos.com.
    04:38 Maggie's epic, 120 mile jet ski adventure!
    07:43 Dan recounts jet skiing on Lake Powell.
    09:30 Listener question from Leah: Tips for waking up early for flights?
    14:40 Listener question from Nick: What’s the Atlanta airport like?
    17:10 Listener follow up from Izzy on her final exams.
    17:40 Listener question from Catherine on how to be confidence when giving a speech.
    19:10 Maggie’s High School Debate Club story.
    24:15 When Mags was in “13 the Musical.”
    26:02 Listener question from Emily on parenting tactics – spanking specifically. (BTW, Shay was spanked until her parents discovered grounding her was more painful and successful.)
    39:54 Listener question from Mary about Dan’s weekly videos on LinkedIn and Facebook.
    44:55 Pickleball courts closed due to an “altercation.”
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    45 mins
  • S2 Ep74: Our Koi Fish Ran Away

    S2 Ep74: Our Koi Fish Ran Away
    Feb 8 2023
    Show Notes:
    00:00 Mags reading Hunger Games trilogy. And how Jennifer Lawrence was SO GOOD in the third book!
    02:45 Our Koi fish “ran away.”
    05:54 Dan arrived less than an hour ago after crisscrossing the country for speeches – but he’s awake!
    07:30 Luggage lost and found. Dan remembers to get his checked baggage – days after the trip!
    12:53 Mags sees Harry Styles again in LA from the pit. So, so fun!
    15:23 Seeing Jvke in concert. Mags was in his music video.
    17:05 Dan reading about sheep and hearing stories from strangers.
    23:03 A restaurant in Alaska where the servers join you for dinner?
    23:52 In Greece they won’t talk with you.
    25:05 Ocean City, MD past experience and snowy video making.
    26:44 Listener question from Irene: How did you get the idea for the “push in the pool” TikToks?
    28:52 Amazing in-person comment from Jackson: How our TikTok content helped his sister and dad get closer.
    30:20 Listener question from Jess: How do you have such a close relationship?
    35:05 Having hard conversations with friends.
    41:29 Building Shay’s dream library!

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    42 mins
  • S2 Ep73: Dan’s Eyebrows Meet Their Match!

    S2 Ep73: Dan’s Eyebrows Meet Their Match!
    Feb 1 2023
    Show Notes:
    00:00 Words from a 1940’s comedy dictionary.
    02:23 Dan’s eyebrows meet their match.
    06:20 Maggie’s Lasek update.
    09:03 New Orleans past and present – Mardi Gras is coming!
    15:14 Reflecting on our own performance verses other people’s perception.
    20:45 Listener question from Issy: How do you get motivated to study (or a tackle a project) when you don’t want to?
    29:17 The kids childhood home finally closes.
    34:26 Mags and her cousins’ artwork puzzle finished… but missing one piece!
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    35 mins
  • S2 Ep72: Maggie’s Lasek and Valium Experience

    S2 Ep72: Maggie’s Lasek and Valium Experience
    Jan 25 2023
    Show Notes:
    00:00 Mags post-lasek eye surgery.
    03:17 The valium debate.
    06:06 The, kind of, gory details of Lasek.
    15:19 Dan and Shay’s RK surgeries.
    19:31 Lunch after surgery.
    20:54 Mitch is a wonderful human!
    24:44 Spontaneity of life is easier to embrace without contacts.
    27:16 Braces on “baby teeth.” Necessary, or a racket?
    29:02 Is it weird to Thera Gun and Kombucha in the parking lot?
    30:06 Dan fell in the river… again.
    31:31 We are dog people.
    34:45 Shay housetrained her cats!
    39:20 Listener question from Emily: Advice on how to handle the rejection that comes with being an actor or dancer in the entertainment field.
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    49 mins
  • S2 Ep71: A Flexible World is a Happier World

    S2 Ep71: A Flexible World is a Happier World
    Jan 18 2023
    Show Notes:
    00:00 If dogs can stretch in public, so should humans!
    04:16 Crazy rain in California and eating Chipotle.
    05:51 Mag scores BIG at the Rose Bowl Flea Market.
    11:06 Unintended repercussions of Dan’s comment response.
    12:58 Dan and Shay learn about Chat GPT at Speakers Roundtable.
    20:00 Maggie’s stress about upcoming Lasix.
    22:48 The cool new sweater that looks like a bathmat.
    24:10 Pre-recording a speech.
    25:16 Falling asleep during conversations.
    27:34 Maggie’s technique for stretching at a stop light.
    31:00 Dan’s technique for adjusting your back with a sneeze.
    32:00 Shay watching “Emily in Paris” to deal with Europe withdrawal.
    33:39 Writing in the style of Play Dough.
    35:27 Obligatory pickleball shoutout.
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    36 mins
  • S2 Ep70: Finding a Bag of Fingers

    S2 Ep70: Finding a Bag of Fingers
    Jan 11 2023
    Show Notes:
    00:00 Drum circle jam sessions.
    03:16 Eddie’s last podcast before leaving Georgia.
    03:31 Maggie’s puzzling new year activities.
    10:55 Raised in a musical house.
    18:59 Surf n’ turf New Year’s Eve and epic fail countdown.
    20:58 Maggie ducks the countdown.
    22:09 No hangover is the best.
    24:44 Dan’s classical reading plan.
    27:25 Reading commitment without goals.
    29:51 Finding a bag of fingers.
    32:41 Movies over 3 hours and still epic.
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    34 mins
  • S2 Ep69: We Almost Did Amazing Race!

    S2 Ep69: We Almost Did Amazing Race!
    Jan 4 2023
    Show Notes:
    00:00 Maggie’s accent medley.
    02:28 The Amazing Race consideration.
    05:35 Shay accidentally reveals Eddie’s Christmas present.
    09:13 Meeting new people.
    12:50 How we’ve changed since 2022.
    14:00 The “Great Conversation” and great books.
    19:00 Bad acting in a book?
    28:00 Reading books of potential future movies – casting actors as you read.
    29:30 5 Sphere Intentions for 2023 (from Off Balance On Purpose book)
    31:40 Listener question from Jasmine: Tips and advice on traveling alone?
    40:50 “Knives Out” rewind.
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    41 mins