AJ and AJ start off hot with a very serious debate: what is the best soda? (This is important journalism.) From there, they pivot into baby shower planning for Baby A—because nothing says “welcome to the world” like a root beer taste test.

But in honor of Baby A, the gals take a turn into… daddy issues. Buckle up.

“J” shares about losing a close friend and how, in an effort to cope, she and her husband put on Field of Dreams for a low-key movie night. Unfortunately (or maybe fatefully), what was supposed to be a comforting distraction turned into an emotional ambush—because surprise! it’s a movie about dads. After a deeply unexpected, almost spiritual-feeling moment, she found herself crying it out the next day—grieving her friend, reflecting on her dad, and sending a very heartfelt (and slightly tear-stained) Happy Father’s Day text.

“A” dives into her own experience growing up with a dad who perfected the art of emotional stonewalling. She connects the dots between that and her life as a performer—because what is comedy if not a lifelong audition for love and validation? She opens up about the hurt of her parents not showing up for her shows, and how that’s shaping her promise to her own child: “I will be your biggest fan, even if you’re objectively bad at something.”

She also reflects on an emotional moment watching The Masked Singer, where a performer receives maternal support and it moved her to tears—highlighting everything she hopes to give her own child. "A" also shares a formative high school experience of discovering her father’s infidelity, the emotional weight of carrying that secret, and the moment it all came to a head when she had to tell her mom.

This episode has everything: soda takes, baby prep, grief, generational healing, and two comedians processing trauma in the only way they know how—by talking about it on a podcast and making it just funny enough to survive.