Family secrets, DNA surprises, pet loss, shocking stories and supernatural encounters collide in one conversation. In this episode, Aimee sits down with her mom Becky and uncle Kelly Harwood — artist and owner of Gallery 202 in Franklin, Tennessee — for one of the funniest, most emotional, and wildest family conversations yet.

A DNA test blows the lid off a decades-old secret — their childhood neighbor who lived two doors down their entire lives was actually a secret half-sister. Aimee shares the terrifying night their family stumbled into pure evil in Mississippi.

Aimee describes seeing a glowing angel as a toddler after a near-death experience. Kelly recounts the dream he had the night before his mother died — the moment she spread her wings and said goodbye. Plus embarrassing moments that will make you cry laughing, pet grief, growing up gay in a small Southern town, and why mothers always know.

This episode is funny, heartbreaking, nostalgic, shocking, and deeply human all at once. Follow the show and please leave a review if it moved you.

In this chaotic solo episode of WAIT. WHAT?! with Aimee Mayo, hit songwriter and bestselling author Aimee Mayo dives into AI obsession, ChatGPT, Airbnb horror stories, ancestry.com family secrets, surprise siblings, dog grief, Reddit rabbit holes, ketamine therapy, ibogaine, podcast struggles, celebrity songwriting stories, and the emotional story of losing her soulmate dog.

This episode covers:
Airbnb nightmares and crazy guest stories
ChatGPT, Claude, AI obsession, and YouTube algorithms
The ancestry DNA discovery that shocked an entire family
Dog grief, pet loss, and emotional healing
Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and comedy podcast inspiration
Ryan Tedder and Adam Lambert songwriting stories
Funny Southern storytelling and dark comedy
Reddit rabbit holes and viral internet stories
Ketamine therapy, ibogaine, psychedelics, and mental health
Podcasting struggles, fame, family secrets, and chaos

If you love podcasts like Theo Von, Joe Rogan Experience, Diary of a CEO, SmartLess, Armchair Expert, comedy podcasts, storytelling podcasts, conspiracy rabbit holes, emotional real-life stories, Nashville music stories, celebrity interviews, and hilarious chaos — this episode is for you.

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What Denzel Washington, Billy Bob Thornton and Sandra Bullock Are Really Like On Set | John Lee Hancock

How movies are made, what it’s really like working with actors like Denzel Washington and Sandra Bullock, and the truth about screenwriting and directing in Hollywood.

Oscar winning films. A list actors. Real Hollywood behind the scenes.

Hollywood director and screenwriter John Lee Hancock, known for The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks, and The Rookie, sits down with Aimee Mayo to talk about filmmaking, the screenwriting process, and what actually happens on a movie set.

From Sandra Bullock’s Academy Award winning performance in The Blind Side to directing multiple Oscar winning actors like Denzel Washington, Jared Leto, and Rami Malek, John Lee shares how movies are made, how actors really work on set, and why some of the best scenes come from unexpected mistakes.

They break down the filmmaking process, working with actors, Hollywood storytelling, and how scripts turn into movies people connect with.

In this episode you’ll hear

How movies are made and what directors actually do on set
What it’s like working with Denzel Washington, Sandra Bullock, and Billy Bob Thornton
Screenwriting tips and how to write a screenplay that gets made
The truth about directing actors with different styles
Why most movies never get made and what separates great scripts
Behind the scenes stories from The Blind Side and Saving Mr. Banks
The impact of AI and algorithms on Hollywood and creativity

If you’re interested in filmmaking, screenwriting, Hollywood behind the scenes, or the movie making process, this episode gives you a real look inside the industry.

Wait. What?! with Aimee Mayo is a podcast featuring real conversations about music, movies, storytelling, and the creative process.

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Ketamine therapy. Magic mushrooms. Psychedelics. Treatment resistant depression. Matthew Perry. And a mushroom that naturally produces ketamine. This episode covers all of it.

Dr. Amy Price Neff is a Nashville physician, founder of MindStream Integrative Medicine, trained at the University of Virginia and University of Arizona, and certified in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

We go deep on what ketamine therapy actually feels like, how it rewires the brain, why it works two to three times better than antidepressants for most people, and how psilocybin mushrooms compare. We also cover what really happened to Matthew Perry, whether mushrooms can help with grief, why cannabis is Schedule 1 while opioids are Schedule 2, and what to say when someone you love makes comments about not wanting to be here.

Aimee also shares something she has never said publicly before. That she attempted suicide at 19 while on antidepressants that were later pulled from the market because of exactly what they did to her.

This episode is for anyone who has tried everything and still feels hopeless. For anyone who lost someone to mental illness. For anyone who is just trying to feel better and keeps hitting a wall.

Not medical advice. Always talk to your own doctor. But this conversation might change how you think about what healing actually looks like.

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Parkinson's disease. Taylor Swift. Nashville hit songs. Shocking true story. The night we found my dad dead at his own birthday party.

Nashville songwriter. Country music. Songwriting deal. Music Row. Grief. Keith Urban. Tim McGraw. Reba McEntire. Garth Brooks. Ashley Gorley. Taylor Swift changed Nashville forever.

Bob Regan joins Aimee Mayo on Wait. What?! — the Nashville country music podcast. Bob was Danny Mayo's best friend. He was there that night. They are talking about it together for the very first time.

New episodes every Thursday at 5AM ET.

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If you’ve ever had to leave the house you grew up in or say goodbye to the home where you raised your children, this emotional episode with Pam Tillis and Aimee Mayo will hit you right in the heart.

Pam Tillis returns to her Nashville childhood home, the same legendary house where Mel Tillis made country music history and where family memories still live in the walls.

For 25 years, this Brentwood home became Aimee Mayo’s world. It’s where she raised her kids, built her marriage, and wrote songs. Long before she ever saw it, Aimee had drawn this exact dream house in sixth grade. Years later, she walked through the front door, got down on her knees, and prayed it would become hers.

It did.

Now, both women are facing the bittersweet grief of letting go of the house that shaped their lives.

This unforgettable conversation explores childhood home memories, leaving the house you raised your kids in, grief after moving, motherhood, marriage, Nashville songwriting, country music legacy, dream homes, and the ache of saying goodbye after 25 years.

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Plastic surgery, Botox, fillers, face lifts, laser skin resurfacing, body dysmorphia, beauty standards, and social media insecurity — what does a top plastic surgeon actually see when they look at your face?

In this episode of Wait. What?!, Aimee Mayo sits down with Dr. Brian Biesman, one of Nashville's most respected cosmetic surgeons and a Botox and filler specialist. This is really about identity, reinvention, heartbreak, aging, confidence, and how women can separate real self-worth from social media-created insecurity.

What we cover:

• How social media made women hate things they never noticed before
• Why divorce and major life transitions send so many women to a plastic surgeon's office
• The Kardashian effect, Instagram filters, and the beauty standard that broke an entire generation
• The heartbreaking signs of body dysmorphia — and when a good doctor says NO
• A teenage girl's acne scar transformation that will make you cry
• The difference between enhancing who you are vs. chasing someone else's face

Whether you've ever thought about getting work done — or you just want to understand why beauty culture feels so out of control right now — this episode goes way deeper than surgery. It's about why criticism sticks, why reinvention feels urgent after loss, and how women can get their groove back.

Dr. Brian Biesman | Nashville, TN | Named one of America's Best Doctors every year since 2004, Dr. Biesman has over 30 years of experience in cosmetic eyelid and facial surgery, injectables, laser skin resurfacing, and noninvasive body contouring.

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Jerry Bostleman co-founded Vaco from zero, built it into a $1 billion company, made over 100 millionaires, and has invested in nearly 100 companies across industries. He also got pushed out of the company he built — and what he learned from that is the most valuable part of this conversation.

In this episode Aimee and Jerry get into the real truth about how to raise money when you have nothing, what investors actually want to see before they write a check, why "Yeah But" is quietly killing every great idea in your life, why being a control freak is the fastest way to stay broke, the explosive growth of the THC beverage industry and why it isn't federally legal yet, how to build a team that wins without you, what he'd do with $1,000 and a laptop in 2026, and how childhood trauma can make you unstoppable in business while wrecking everything else.

Raw, funny, unfiltered, and genuinely useful. No fluff. No corporate speak. Just the real stuff.

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