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Stacy and Carol open episode 14 of “Start a List,” thanking listeners for feedback, and announce one more episode before a short break ending season one. They recap a two-day Pigeon Forge trip, including stopping at Buc-ee’s, staying in a cozy place, and repeatedly encountering “ridiculous” people. They watch a nighttime “karaoke guy” performing near a trolley stop, visit The Island (shopping, key lime cookies, and a tram ride policed by strict “tram patrol”), and shop at Tanger Outlets where an overstimulating Michael Kors visit features a showy “purse lady.” At a winery patio, a close-talking Dollywood tram driver touches their cracker container lid, asks for relationship “vibes,” offers free Dollywood tickets, and her date later hugs them after learning they’re teachers; They also describe a driver who stops on a green arrow and end by asking, “what is wrong with people?”

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Stacy and Carol record their “Start a List” episode from a hotel room at the Inn at Christmas Place in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, on their first mini trip together since retiring, noting travel fatigue and improvised tech. They interview each other with random questions: both would time travel to the past (Carol to the late 1940s–50s; Stacy to revisit childhood and grandparents), neither can fold a fitted sheet, and they share best and worst jobs (Stacy's worst: briefly waitressing at O’Charley’s; best: working at Opryland; Carol's daycare job cleaning bathrooms as a needed tradeoff, and her current specialty-cheese grocery job). Pet peeves include unpreparedness, loud phone use in restaurants, bad driving, and lateness. Carol coins “chap shadow” after a student used menthol Chapstick as eyeshadow. Stacy recounts a bizarre teacher gift: a lace-and-ribbon Bible hot-glued to a small podium. They discuss lifetime supplies (popcorn, chips and queso, sleep/health, money) and propose Olympic sports like cooking dinner or dancing, then recommend the hotel and wrap up.

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Stacy and Carol chat about their busy week, including spring cleaning, a sick dog, and plans to clean out a closet before an upcoming out-of-town shopping trip, teasing a special episode next week. They share “childhood memories” part two, focusing on school and food: homemade cafeteria bread, grilled cheese with chili, square pizza, milk break with classroom milk crates, and lunch tickets, plus lunchboxes with thermoses. They recall odd cafeteria sides like corn with pizza, Friday ice cream cups with wooden spoons, and field day events such as the three-legged race and Frisbee throw. They reminisce about school carnivals and cakewalks, the school bookstore, student jobs (attendance collection, raising the flag, filmstrips), old playground equipment, music class instruments, field trips to local factories, and neighborhood ice cream trucks, ending by encouraging listeners to like, comment, and share.