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The End of an Era: Saying Goodbye to Coffee Social | S2 Ep33

Coffee Social · 2025-11-06 · 41 min

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Key moments - from our scoring

Substance score

11 / 100

Five dimensions, 20 points each

Insight Density2 / 20
Originality2 / 20
Guest Caliber3 / 20
Specificity & Evidence2 / 20
Conversational Craft2 / 20

The hosts reflect on milestones and transitions in their personal and professional lives while obliquely hinting at the podcast's ending. Jonathan Howard shares his new venture, The Story Lab, a short-form podcast (around 10 minutes per episode) designed to help business owners develop storytelling skills through actionable tips rather than overwhelming information dumps. He explains that his initial longer episodes wandered and lacked actionable takeaways, so he scrapped five episodes and rebuilt with a tighter format focused on one concrete skill per episode. Mimi Langley discusses her recent postpartum experience with her second child, a son, and reflects on the unique bond of being a boy mom. The conversation touches on Taylor Swift's engagement and new album release, along with personal updates about Jonathan's dog situation - the loss of his 14-year-old pug Ryder and his decision to adopt Maverick, a three-year-old pit bull rescue, which has helped his remaining dog Max recover from depression. This episode serves as a goodbye to the long-running show while celebrating the hosts' growth and life changes.

Key takeaways

  • →Jonathan's Story Lab podcast uses a 10-minute format to deliver single, actionable storytelling tips rather than comprehensive deep dives that overwhelm listeners.
  • →Shorter, more focused content encourages people to actually implement what they learn rather than feel buried by information.
  • →Adopting a companion dog helped Jonathan's grieving senior dog Max regain purpose and energy after his long-time companion's unexpected death.
  • →Personal milestones - having children, launching new projects, experiencing loss - naturally change creative priorities and energy allocation.
  • →Coffee Social is ending after years of episodes, with the hosts moving on to new chapters in their professional and personal lives.

Topics in this episode

Taylor SwiftThe Story Lab podcaststorytelling for business ownersshort-form podcast formatactionable content strategypet adoption and rescue dogsdog grief and losspodcast production and schedulingcontent strategy and information overloadMimi Langley's second child

Questions this episode answers

What is The Story Lab podcast and how long are episodes?

The Story Lab is Jonathan's new podcast focused on helping business owners develop storytelling skills through quick, actionable tips. Episodes are approximately 10-11 minutes long to ensure listeners can implement one concrete takeaway rather than feel overwhelmed by information.

Why did Jonathan shorten The Story Lab episodes?

His first five recorded episodes were longer but wandered without delivering actionable tips - listeners got great ideas but nothing they could take home and actually do. He scrapped those and rebuilt with a tight 10-minute format to deliver one implementable skill per episode.

How did Jonathan's dog Max respond to the death of his brother Ryder?

Max fell into depression and stopped getting out of bed. After adopting Maverick, a three-year-old pit bull rescue, Max regained purpose and energy, using his new brother as a motivation to get up and harass him throughout the day.

What happened to Jonathan's dog Ryder?

Ryder, who was 14 years old, got sick on a Monday and passed away unexpectedly by Wednesday. The sudden nature of his death made the loss particularly difficult for Jonathan.

Is Coffee Social ending?

Yes, this episode is the final episode of Coffee Social after several years of episodes with occasional breaks. The hosts reference this as 'the end of an era' and are moving on to new projects and life chapters.

What our scoring noted

Our reviewer’s read on each dimension, with quotes from the episode.

Insight Density

2 / 20

The episode is almost entirely personal catch-up chat, pet stories, Taylor Swift gossip, and sentimental farewells. The only fragments approaching insight - keeping podcast episodes short and actionable, training ChatGPT to mimic your voice - are mentioned in passing and never developed into anything a B2B operator couldn't already know.

I I found that they were wandering and they didn't really give people actionable tips. I gave really great ideas, but it wasn't something that you could take home and do.
I have trained my my Chat GPT to talk like me, to understand me, to not use like friggin' M-dashes and and words like skyrocket. I've trained it to not do that, but I still have to go back after I ask for it to create something and rewrite it.

Originality

2 / 20

There are no contrarian or first-principles arguments in this episode. The only take with any substance - that AI-generated content is bad unless you heavily edit and train the model - is a widely recycled opinion delivered without any fresh angle or evidence.

I still hate it when it comes to content because people still create the worst content with AI.
people don't do that extra step, so it makes me angry

Guest Caliber

3 / 20

There are no external guests; the episode is solely the two co-hosts. Both are small-scale content creators and podcast hobbyists - Jonathan coaches business storytelling and hosts a short-form podcast, Mimi is a social media personality. Neither has operated at meaningful scale or in a senior practitioner role relevant to B2B audiences.

I launched a new podcast called The Story Lab. It's really about helping business owners tell their story and get more comfortable telling their story.
I want to be known in my niche as the best person to go to.

Specificity & Evidence

2 / 20

The episode contains almost no useful data or concrete evidence. The handful of numbers that appear - roughly 60 episodes produced, 10-minute target episode length, a $300 cactus - are trivial and irrelevant to any B2B operator. No companies, campaigns, revenue figures, or operational metrics are cited.

Most podcasts never make it past 10 episodes. We did six times that.
It took me almost A year to train my ChatGPT.

Conversational Craft

2 / 20

There is no interviewing structure whatsoever - the episode is unscripted nostalgic banter between two friends. Questions are surface-level or purely social ('Jonathan, can I just say you look good?'), there are no follow-ups of substance, and no claim is ever challenged or probed.

Jonathan, can I just say you look good?
What is a moment that sticks out to you? Let's see if it's on my list. Café con leche.

Conversation analysis

Computed from the transcript - who did the talking, and the words that came up most.

Most-used words

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Episode notes

Answer this week's question... This is it… the final episode of Coffee Social. In this episode, Jonathan and I catch up on everything that’s happened since we last recorded: his dog passing away, my new baby boy, and the exciting new creative projects ahead (including a children’s book and a new storytelling podcast!). We revisit our favorite Coffee Social moments, the lessons we’ve learned, and what this show has meant to us - and to you. Make sure to stay till the end for special messages we recorded for each other. It’s not goodbye forever - it’s a “see you later.” And if you’ve missed any episodes, now’s the perfect time to catch up. There are over 50 conversations waiting for you. Grab a cup and enjoy! DID YOU LOVE THIS EPISODE A LATTE? Give the podcast 5 STARS & write an awesome review! It helps your hosts so much!

Full transcript

41 min

Transcribed and scored by The B2B Podcast Index.

1 - > SPEAKER_00: Hi everyone. 2 - > Hi, Jonathan Howard. 3 - > Hello, Mimi Langley. 4 - > Cheers!

Cheers, everybody. 5 - > What is that? 6 - > It looks very dark. 7 - > SPEAKER_01: It's not really.

8 - > It's um cold brew. 9 - > Of course. 10 - > Yep. 11 - > And I also got a new refrigerator, so I have fun in 12 - > ice cubes now.

13 - > Wait, does it talk to you? 14 - > Uh it's Wi-Fi connected and stuff. 15 - > I can knock on the door and it like bright opens it up and like 16 - > I can see through. 17 - > It's weird.

18 - > It's too much. 19 - > SPEAKER_00: How come you haven't made any content with the 20 - > refrigerator? 21 - > SPEAKER_01: I don't know, because I don't want people to 22 - > see inside my refrigerator. 23 - > It's like personal.

24 - > It is not. 25 - > I can tell you what's in it. 26 - > Nothing. 27 - > Right now, nothing at all.

28 - > SPEAKER_00: Jonathan, can I just say you look good? 29 - > SPEAKER_01: It's been like nine months. 30 - > I know. 31 - > It's been forever.

32 - > You look skinnier. 33 - > Come on. 34 - > The last time you were on camera, you had a baby and you 35 - > were nine months pregnant. 36 - > That's like the best compliment any girl can.

37 - > SPEAKER_00: Oh my gosh. 38 - > I'm going to hell. 39 - > No, you're not. 40 - > But no, honestly, like, no, you're going to heaven for that 41 - > compliment.

42 - > I'm like the top bottoms off. 43 - > SPEAKER_01: I'm like, but like, yes, I had a baby. 44 - > You did. 45 - > You did your second one, so it's not as shocking, but you know.

46 - > It's a boy though, not a girl. 47 - > Yeah. 48 - > How's how's it going with the boy? 49 - > SPEAKER_00: Honestly, I will say this.

50 - > This is a little um sentimental, but uh, he's the love of my 51 - > life. 52 - > He really is. 53 - > There's something special about being a boy mom. 54 - > Now I get it.

55 - > You get it now. 56 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah. 57 - > SPEAKER_00: So you should go and give your mom a hug. 58 - > Just saying.

59 - > Yeah. 60 - > Because boys are awesome. 61 - > Well, so far he is. 62 - > We'll see about teenage years.

63 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah, he'll be terrible for teenagers, but 64 - > you're not as worried about them as you are your teenage girls, 65 - > so it's easier. 66 - > SPEAKER_00: I hope that's the case. 67 - > SPEAKER_01: So, what's been going on for you? 68 - > Uh, nothing.

69 - > I work and I work and I work and I work. 70 - > I launched a new podcast. 71 - > Can we talk about it? 72 - > We can if you want.

73 - > SPEAKER_00: Tell people what it is. 74 - > And by the way, you guys, we're not trying to like delay what 75 - > the title tells you. 76 - > Because I don't even know what the title is. 77 - > Just we have no idea what we're talking about.

78 - > It's not clear at all. 79 - > We will be talking about the elephant in the room. 80 - > But Jonathan, what about this new podcast? 81 - > SPEAKER_01: So I launched a new podcast called The Story Lab.

82 - > It's really about helping business owners tell their story 83 - > and get more comfortable telling their story. 84 - > So I'm giving tips and tricks. 85 - > It's a really quick 10-minute episode. 86 - > So you can take one thing from it and actually do that one 87 - > thing so that you're making progress on telling your story, 88 - > getting comfortable telling your story, maybe even showing up 89 - > online.

90 - > And I keep them really, really short. 91 - > SPEAKER_00: Now, did you decide that? 92 - > Like, did you went into it? 93 - > I mean, obviously learning from this podcast, but every podcast 94 - > is different because we have our three-hour podcast episodes.

95 - > But like, were you like, I don't want to talk, talk longer than 96 - > 10 minutes about this, or what? 97 - > SPEAKER_01: So I went into it. 98 - > My first five episodes I recorded were longer, and I 99 - > found that they were wandering and they didn't really give 100 - > people actionable tips. 101 - > I gave really great ideas, but it wasn't something that you 102 - > could take home and do.

103 - > So I scrapped those five episodes and went back to the 104 - > drawing board and re-recorded it. 105 - > And I said, you know what? 106 - > Let me do because I can wander. 107 - > I know.

108 - > And I can give you everything. 109 - > Yeah. 110 - > And I can give you everything about one topic, and it'll be 111 - > like, holy crap, I'm you feel like you're being buried. 112 - > Something I'm learning about in my mastermind currently, that I 113 - > should not do that with my membership.

114 - > So I said, look, okay, let me break this down. 115 - > Let me give you, like, if you're wanting to learn how to write 116 - > out your story, I have an episode where in like 11 minutes 117 - > I tell you how to write out your story and all the different 118 - > steps you take so that you can actually do it and come back and 119 - > then do the next thing. 120 - > SPEAKER_00: And you know what I really love? 121 - > Because I am a fan.

122 - > I do get it downloaded. 123 - > I'm just saying, not because I know you, but because what 124 - > Jonathan shares is always like it always just like lights, 125 - > turns on a light bulb in my head. 126 - > And I was thinking like, it's not even just applying your 127 - > storytelling to creating content, but it's it even works 128 - > when you're talking to people, whether it's on podcasts or in 129 - > person, like it helps you be more communicative. 130 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.

131 - > And I tried, I try to make it a little bit broader than just for 132 - > business owners because I want other people to be able to take 133 - > value from it, but obviously focusing on that one ideal 134 - > client. 135 - > SPEAKER_00: Okay, well, we'll put the link. 136 - > We have been putting the link if you haven't noticed, it's there. 137 - > We'll make sure to go back to all the other episodes too and 138 - > have our most recent links for you guys.

139 - > Because how long have we been doing this podcast for? 140 - > SPEAKER_01: I mean, we've been doing this podcast for, well, 141 - > you we took a year off. 142 - > I mean, for all intents and purposes, for all intents and 143 - > purposes, this is gonna air in November. 144 - > And the last episode that we recorded prior to this was in 145 - > January.

146 - > SPEAKER_00: It's so wild, but you know what? 147 - > It's not like we took it off, we just planned ahead. 148 - > SPEAKER_01: Right, right. 149 - > Because everybody was getting down.

150 - > I mean, we had every other week there was an episode up. 151 - > SPEAKER_00: There really was. 152 - > I mean, I mean, first of all, Jonathan's the mastermind behind 153 - > that productivity right there, because I would have, I would 154 - > have been like, you know what, they'll see us when they see us. 155 - > Like my LinkedIn people, they're probably like, where did Mimi 156 - > go?

157 - > But yeah, so yeah, we were we were definitely ahead of the 158 - > game, which is yeah. 159 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah. 160 - > And we we had episodes that we recorded that, and we probably 161 - > still have episodes hidden in our recordings that we haven't 162 - > aired that we don't know about that after we, you know, we'll 163 - > throw them up there and people be like, wait, they're back. 164 - > No, we're not.

165 - > Sorry. 166 - > SPEAKER_00: We'll talk about that. 167 - > Okay, we'll get there. 168 - > Hold up, we have to talk about like all the other biggest 169 - > thing, other than my baby and other than your podcast, like a 170 - > happy big thing that happened was our girl Taylor.

171 - > She fell out of the colour. 172 - > SPEAKER_01: I know people have heard me talk about it though. 173 - > They're bored with that already. 174 - > Come on, it's not new.

175 - > No, but you didn't really did you talk about the engagement 176 - > because you're talking about. 177 - > I didn't talk about the engagement. 178 - > I talked about the album and I talked about the podcast. 179 - > Yeah, I didn't talk about the engagement.

180 - > So we can talk about the engagement. 181 - > Hello. 182 - > Have you seen the ring? 183 - > It's really beautiful.

184 - > Yeah. 185 - > SPEAKER_00: But would you expect less from somebody who makes 186 - > like over a hundred million? 187 - > SPEAKER_01: Well but but he got the ring and he custom made the 188 - > ring. 189 - > Like, hello you're screwed, man.

190 - > You're really screwed. 191 - > So he didn't go to K Jewelers. 192 - > No, he didn't go to K Jewelers. 193 - > He had custom made for her a while ago.

194 - > Like, men, you're screwed. 195 - > He ruined it for all of you. 196 - > SPEAKER_00: Listen, I'm happy with mine. 197 - > Thanks, babe.

198 - > SPEAKER_01: No, but seriously, it's like it's really did did he 199 - > convert his entire garden in the back to a secret garden for you 200 - > to get engaged in? 201 - > No. 202 - > SPEAKER_00: You know, you know it for you. 203 - > He proposed when we were hiking.

204 - > And I was sweating that it wasn't a fairy tale. 205 - > SPEAKER_01: Well, I mean, they had just recorded a three-hour 206 - > podcast, so that's when they got engaged. 207 - > It's right after the podcast recording. 208 - > SPEAKER_00: Yes, I know, but they're like in luxury, okay?

209 - > Come on. 210 - > She looked gorgeous. 211 - > And she, do you feel like she kind of suspected? 212 - > Because like just when you're walking out there, I mean, what 213 - > do you think's gonna happen?

214 - > Come on. 215 - > SPEAKER_01: Well, I don't know, because he had all like all the 216 - > windows like blacked off and everything while they were doing 217 - > it while they were recording the episode. 218 - > Like, but she thought it was because he was protecting the 219 - > privacy of the album and all the stuff they were gonna be talking 220 - > about because that wasn't done out. 221 - > So I guess you know, I think he pulled it one over on her.

222 - > I think he did. 223 - > Good for him. 224 - > SPEAKER_00: I've got for him. 225 - > I've I think him and Taylor will probably last, honestly.

226 - > SPEAKER_01: I hope they do. 227 - > I mean, uh, she deserves it, but who knows what'll happen. 228 - > I think we never know what's gonna happen. 229 - > SPEAKER_00: That's why you have to take a chance.

230 - > That's what life's about. 231 - > It's just taking chances. 232 - > SPEAKER_01: And her new album seems she seems very, very happy 233 - > in her new album. 234 - > It is the antithesis of Tortured Poets, so hey.

235 - > Antithesis? 236 - > Oh, there's another word we'll have to define for Mimi in the 237 - > show notes. 238 - > Oh my gosh. 239 - > It wouldn't be an episode if we didn't have to define a word.

240 - > SPEAKER_00: My dictionary is like in my head, it's just 241 - > expanding. 242 - > It's like the opposite of I don't really remember the other 243 - > words, though, honestly. 244 - > If we if you we should have done an episode where you test me. 245 - > My gosh, that would have been embarrassing.

246 - > Alright, so Taylor's engaged, everybody. 247 - > I had a baby. 248 - > Jonathan launched a podcast about storytelling. 249 - > SPEAKER_01: I've had some other things.

250 - > Well, I yeah. 251 - > I mean, I did, I lost one of my puggles. 252 - > So not the one that was sick, so it was a little bit of a 253 - > surprise. 254 - > But the one that was sick is doing much, he's much healthier 255 - > now.

256 - > He's doing well. 257 - > Yeah. 258 - > After after I adopted, he was he was in depressed mode. 259 - > I will tell you, nothing prepares you for handling the 260 - > grief that a dog feels, and you can't do anything about it.

261 - > Like that was a whole other world for me that I was not 262 - > expecting. 263 - > But I do have a new pup. 264 - > So Max is 14. 265 - > His brother was 14 when he passed, Ryder.

266 - > Um, and I was worried about getting a puppy because Max is 267 - > 14. 268 - > And um, yeah. 269 - > So I ended up, I accidentally I'm gonna say I accidentally 270 - > adopted a three-year-old pit bull. 271 - > Um, because you accidentally fall in love with you, you were 272 - > looking and you're going, oh, I'm looking for this type of 273 - > dog, and then you see a dog and you're like, oh my god, that's 274 - > my dog.

275 - > And so I was, you know, we went through the shelter. 276 - > It's a little hard to get dogs up here in New York because of 277 - > some of the laws that exist, toughest breeding laws, and 278 - > really lax kind of shelter laws. 279 - > So I ended up going to a place in South Carolina that literally 280 - > works with getting dogs adopted up in this area. 281 - > And I fell in love with Maverick, and Maverick is laying 282 - > right next to me.

283 - > I wish I could move my camera. 284 - > Um, let me see. 285 - > SPEAKER_00: You have like 20 cameras. 286 - > Can't you just pick one off the wall?

287 - > SPEAKER_01: No, I could, but so Maverick is laying next to me. 288 - > He's a three-year-old pit bull. 289 - > He is the sweetest dog. 290 - > Um, just big and dopey and sweet, but yeah, so I 291 - > accidentally adopted a three-year-old pit bull.

292 - > Max was not getting out of bed. 293 - > He was he was really depressed. 294 - > And I was like, okay, well, I've got to try something. 295 - > So I was looking, I found a three-year-old.

296 - > I was like, okay, not a puppy. 297 - > This is a good thing. 298 - > Let's kind of see if this works. 299 - > Um now Max has a purpose in life.

300 - > He gets out of bed to make his brother miserable. 301 - > SPEAKER_00: Actually, that's so sweet because usually it's the 302 - > little ones that are irritating the older ones. 303 - > Right. 304 - > You know, the little the older ones don't want to be bothered.

305 - > So I think that's cute. 306 - > SPEAKER_01: So it gets him out of bed, he gets to harass his 307 - > brother. 308 - > And for the most part, there haven't been any major fights or 309 - > anything, so we're good. 310 - > And do you feel like it's healing your heart a little bit 311 - > more?

312 - > A little bit. 313 - > It's still really hard. 314 - > Like there, I had to go to the vet with Maverick the first 315 - > time, and like going there was Ryder happened very quick, 316 - > unexpected. 317 - > You know, he got sick on a Monday, and by Wednesday he was 318 - > gone.

319 - > So it was hard to go. 320 - > Um I because I was I was laying on the floor crying with Ryder. 321 - > My parents got there and then they had to losing a dog is 322 - > hard. 323 - > Yeah.

324 - > SPEAKER_00: Is this your first one? 325 - > SPEAKER_01: Or my sister, I I was there when my sister had to 326 - > put one of her dogs to sleep. 327 - > Okay. 328 - > Because he had a seizure disorder that he wasn't able to 329 - > so I was there for that, which I knew was hard, but it wasn't my 330 - > dog that'd been with me for 14 years.

331 - > That was yeah. 332 - > SPEAKER_00: Yeah. 333 - > I remember I lost my my uh I had a Boston terrier. 334 - > Um it's just like it's weird.

335 - > Yeah, it is. 336 - > Death is just weird, period. 337 - > I think to try to like console myself, I just pretend that 338 - > they're on like a long vacation. 339 - > SPEAKER_01: You know?

340 - > I just feel bad because Ryder never wanted like Ryder was 341 - > never alone. 342 - > He had his brother and me, and he and he hated being alone. 343 - > Like if I left him for anything, he would cry his entire time. 344 - > So I I feel like Well, he's not alone anymore.

345 - > SPEAKER_00: I mean, he's in the best place he could possibly be, 346 - > honestly. 347 - > I guess so. 348 - > Even though your place was amazing, but with your West Elm 349 - > furniture, but you know. 350 - > SPEAKER_01: Anyway, let's move on to happier things so I don't 351 - > cry this episode.

352 - > SPEAKER_00: I know you're gonna cry editing it. 353 - > SPEAKER_01: I know. 354 - > I know. 355 - > SPEAKER_00: You want a tissue?

356 - > I brought tissues. 357 - > Look, it's the real brand too, because I know you passed. 358 - > Oh, look, you you got fancy brand, not Kmart. 359 - > Really?

360 - > There's like no Kmart's left in the world. 361 - > Things probably. 362 - > Oh my goodness. 363 - > At least pick a couple of things.

364 - > Could have said Kaldor. 365 - > That would have been a good one. 366 - > I could tell he does not uh go shopping at our places, people. 367 - > SPEAKER_01: I'm bougie, I'm not relatable.

368 - > SPEAKER_00: Kmart goes to Kmart. 369 - > SPEAKER_01: Kmart doesn't exist anymore. 370 - > I'm sorry. 371 - > This shirt is a rental.

372 - > Shut up. 373 - > Is it a rental from Red of Monroe? 374 - > No, it's a different place. 375 - > I actually had to stop renting from Express because they were 376 - > sending me crap.

377 - > And I found a new place, but it's really it's a little 378 - > expensive. 379 - > I hope that you gave them feedback. 380 - > SPEAKER_00: Like you're not whoever's styling me is not 381 - > doing it right. 382 - > Not doing a good job.

383 - > You failed. 384 - > SPEAKER_01: I got new glasses too. 385 - > So I got a new desk. 386 - > I have a new cactus addiction.

387 - > What else do we have to talk about? 388 - > Are they Warby Parker? 389 - > Yeah, the glasses are Warby Parker. 390 - > Cacti are not Warby Parker.

391 - > Show it, show it. 392 - > Well, this is this is called Flowerfield, is the name of this 393 - > one. 394 - > It's pretty. 395 - > unknown: Yeah.

396 - > SPEAKER_00: He has a cacti obsession. 397 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I do. 398 - > This this little cacti here. 399 - > Um is it worth more than my microphone?

400 - > Do you want to know the price? 401 - > This one would sell. 402 - > This one would sell for like $300. 403 - > Whoa.

404 - > SPEAKER_00: Where are they getting these from? 405 - > SPEAKER_01: Like a different country? 406 - > Yep. 407 - > And import export is uh a little expensive lately.

408 - > Yeah. 409 - > You're just like, I just feel like a$300 cacti. 410 - > I did not pay, I am have grown that one from a much smaller pup 411 - > that I did not pay$300 for, but now because of its size, it 412 - > would go for like$300. 413 - > So you could sell it on eBay?

414 - > I could. 415 - > Except I'd have to ship it. 416 - > SPEAKER_00: I love this for you, though. 417 - > I feel like you're in a whole new era in your life.

418 - > Like, you know, I always talk about 2025 being TBD, like for 419 - > me, which has honestly been one of the best years of my life. 420 - > Like, just growth. 421 - > Like, I don't know. 422 - > Like, I've always like pictured myself as someone who just like, 423 - > I don't know, like a Kenny Chesney, like a female version 424 - > of Kenny Chesney, like someone who just lounges on the island, 425 - > you know what I mean?

426 - > Like lives like like lives life, like I'm not all about hustle 427 - > and bustle anymore. 428 - > Like, I'm just not. 429 - > That was like a previous life for me when I lived in LA and 430 - > all that stuff. 431 - > Like now I'm just like, I like going with the flow.

432 - > SPEAKER_01: You're happy, you have a husband, you have two 433 - > kids, everyone's healthy. 434 - > Everybody's healthy. 435 - > That's a good thing. 436 - > SPEAKER_00: I mean, I still have my dreams and my aspirations, 437 - > but it's just all it doesn't like consume me anymore.

438 - > Like it, like it, it's you know, and I maybe it's comes with age. 439 - > I don't know. 440 - > And maybe not even age. 441 - > I don't know, really know what it is, but like I always felt 442 - > like I had to like do this by this this point.

443 - > Do you know what I mean? 444 - > Like there's always been a timeline. 445 - > SPEAKER_01: There's always been expectations. 446 - > You've held yourself to somebody else's expectations, and you 447 - > never got to set your own life, and now you're setting your own 448 - > life.

449 - > You're happy with what you've got. 450 - > You want more, right? 451 - > But you're happy with where you are. 452 - > And that takes a lot.

453 - > It is age, and I mean you're a lot younger than I am. 454 - > A lot. 455 - > Like a lot, but yes, there is a certain point in life where you 456 - > realize that you can't live up to what everybody else's 457 - > expectations of your life was, and you can be happy with the 458 - > things that you have. 459 - > And as long as people are happy, healthy, and you know, you're 460 - > good.

461 - > SPEAKER_00: Honestly, isn't that wild? 462 - > But yeah, I think the older I get, it's my prior like the 463 - > things are the most important shift. 464 - > Cause now I'm just like, it's about to get, you know, it's 465 - > time to get healthy, it's time to focus on family time. 466 - > And do you know what I'm saying?

467 - > Like, I don't know. 468 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah. 469 - > And I mean, your reading today, you that did tell you you need 470 - > to take action though. 471 - > SPEAKER_00: Right.

472 - > But like, it's like, well, okay, well, what kind of action? 473 - > Because like, in what area of my life do I take action? 474 - > Because I feel like I'm taking action, like I'm planting seeds, 475 - > which is like the first step. 476 - > Plant the seed.

477 - > So I know what action you want me to take. 478 - > It's time to take action. 479 - > I am going to be writing a New York Times best-selling 480 - > children's book, author Mimi Langley. 481 - > So be on the lookout for that.

482 - > SPEAKER_01: Yep. 483 - > You better take action on that damn book. 484 - > SPEAKER_00: Oh, I will. 485 - > I'm gonna go on the story lab.

486 - > I already told um everybody while you were away getting your 487 - > coffee that I'm gonna be a guest on the story lab and we're gonna 488 - > talk about it. 489 - > SPEAKER_01: Okay. 490 - > All right. 491 - > Just be able to frame it in a way that can help other people.

492 - > We're good. 493 - > SPEAKER_00: And you want me to talk in 10 minutes or less? 494 - > Because that's not possible. 495 - > SPEAKER_01: 10 minutes or less.

496 - > That's it. 497 - > That's all you get. 498 - > No, we I give my guests 15 minutes, but I usually write it 499 - > down. 500 - > Usually edit it down from there.

501 - > Yeah. 502 - > SPEAKER_00: Okay. 503 - > Should we talk about it? 504 - > SPEAKER_01: I guess we should talk about it.

505 - > I we don't know what the title is right now. 506 - > It's just called finale episode. 507 - > SPEAKER_00: It could be like TBD, to be deterred. 508 - > No, it's more like um a see you later.

509 - > SPEAKER_01: Is it? 510 - > SPEAKER_00: It's not a goodbye. 511 - > I don't think. 512 - > SPEAKER_01: Are we gonna ever come back to the Coffee Social 513 - > podcast?

514 - > SPEAKER_00: Who knows what the brand Coffee Social is gonna do 515 - > in the future? 516 - > It might not be a podcast necessarily. 517 - > I was like really thinking a lot about this. 518 - > So, you guys, we are gonna stop recording new episodes for 519 - > Coffee Social.

520 - > SPEAKER_01: Because Mimi hates me. 521 - > SPEAKER_00: At this point in our lives, right? 522 - > Like, but and it's not there's no hate. 523 - > Like everything is like very what happens like when people 524 - > get divorced, what's that word that they use?

525 - > Amicable. 526 - > Amicable? 527 - > We're getting divorced now? 528 - > What the hell?

529 - > SPEAKER_01: I can't believe you're divorcing me on air. 530 - > Spread the rumors. 531 - > Spread You're divorcing me on air. 532 - > What the hell is that about?

533 - > SPEAKER_00: I was just thinking of a movie lyric, a movie line 534 - > that I love. 535 - > I divorce you, I divorce you, I divorce you. 536 - > unknown: Okay. 537 - > SPEAKER_01: I'm leaving.

538 - > I'm leaving this episode, and then you don't have to edit it 539 - > yourself. 540 - > SPEAKER_00: No, honestly, no, you know, we've been talking, 541 - > it's not like we take this that decision lightly. 542 - > We've been talking about this for a while. 543 - > And we are both kind of in, I don't know if you've noticed 544 - > this, but I've noticed this about you.

545 - > I feel like you're in a different era in your life. 546 - > Like you are in the I'm shining, I'm Jonathan Howard, and I'm 547 - > glowing era. 548 - > And like you are taking, you are doing your thing. 549 - > And I'm not saying coffee social would hold you up.

550 - > I'm just saying, you guys, life goes on, and this is not a sad 551 - > goodbye. 552 - > This is, I think we did really well with what we created. 553 - > SPEAKER_01: I think so too. 554 - > And I think we had a lot of fun on the episodes, and you know, 555 - > even just recording, like to get this date down was a lot because 556 - > you've got two kids now.

557 - > I've got two kids now in the form of dogs, and potentially a 558 - > third, which is actually harder to get a hold of Jonathan than 559 - > it is me, but yeah. 560 - > It it is hard to get a hold of me. 561 - > Um, and I I feel like I'm going nonstop. 562 - > I I did join the mastermind that I'm working on, which is 90 days 563 - > of hell.

564 - > Um that's gonna pay off, I'm hoping. 565 - > Um, and yeah, I've got I got a lot going on. 566 - > Mimi's got a lot going on. 567 - > Another season would have been hard to figure out.

568 - > And we and we don't want to half do it for you. 569 - > So we do have two seasons, like almost 60 episodes. 570 - > Maybe it'll be 60. 571 - > Who knows where we land?

572 - > It won't be 58, that's for sure. 573 - > It won't be 58 according to Mimi. 574 - > So, you know, we'll we'll see what happens. 575 - > But yeah, this is our last freaking episode.

576 - > SPEAKER_00: Well, I think like when we individually like make 577 - > it really big. 578 - > What? 579 - > SPEAKER_01: What the f how is this our last episode? 580 - > SPEAKER_00: Well, hold on, don't go there yet.

581 - > I'm I'm seeing when we both make it individually big, right? 582 - > Like household names. 583 - > SPEAKER_01: I mean, I don't know. 584 - > SPEAKER_00: I think that's what you want too.

585 - > I mean, not like crazy big. 586 - > SPEAKER_01: Well, I want to be well known. 587 - > Yeah, I know you do. 588 - > I want to be known in my niche as the best person to go to.

589 - > Okay, well. 590 - > Mimi wants to be like Hollywood, like Taylor Swift level. 591 - > Crazy. 592 - > SPEAKER_00: No, not that big.

593 - > I want to still be able to go to the mall without having to wear 594 - > a wig. 595 - > Okay. 596 - > Who goes to the mall? 597 - > What is happening here?

598 - > But I'm thinking, you know, when we both have like our individual 599 - > successes, I think we should still come back together and do 600 - > that coffee social tour that we always wanted to, where I wear 601 - > the ball gown and you wear the text. 602 - > SPEAKER_01: Mimi's always wanted a ball gown. 603 - > She keeps sending me ball gown pictures. 604 - > Even if it's one night only.

605 - > And I'm like, what, Mimi? 606 - > You're leaving the podcast and you're never gonna get to wear 607 - > the ball gown. 608 - > So we could do it at Radio City Music Hall. 609 - > You're never gonna get to wear the ballgown.

610 - > You're welcome. 611 - > SPEAKER_00: You guys, can someone back me up here, please? 612 - > SPEAKER_01: There's nobody in your studio. 613 - > SPEAKER_00: I'm already envisioning it.

614 - > I don't need anybody else. 615 - > I have like 25 personalities. 616 - > SPEAKER_01: Of course you do. 617 - > Oh, this episode's already 32 minutes long.

618 - > We haven't even got into like the core of the episode. 619 - > I know. 620 - > SPEAKER_00: But we we just wanted to thank you guys for 621 - > like sticking around with us, and we really appreciate you 622 - > guys listening in and out. 623 - > And let me tell you, I would go back and like re-listen to 624 - > episodes.

625 - > We have been doing this for so long. 626 - > Yeah, we have. 627 - > SPEAKER_01: There's I mean, honestly, there's 60 episodes, 628 - > and you know what? 629 - > Most podcasts never make it past 10 episodes.

630 - > We did six times that. 631 - > So we did like six podcasts. 632 - > Yeah, we did. 633 - > And I mean, like hell, I just hit 10 episodes with Story Lab.

634 - > So, you know, a lot of podcasts don't make it past that. 635 - > We made it way past that. 636 - > We had some great episodes. 637 - > We had some fun.

638 - > We went to a podcast um conference. 639 - > I spoke at a podcast conference this year. 640 - > Like you did. 641 - > I applied to speak at Podfest in January.

642 - > Wait, is that the one in Florida? 643 - > Orlando, yeah. 644 - > I might just have to go down. 645 - > Yeah, you there you go.

646 - > So a lot has happened. 647 - > We've come a long way since the first episode. 648 - > I mean, Mimi's back to her basic, like, not system, but she 649 - > has the mic stand at least. 650 - > SPEAKER_00: I have the mic stand, which I'm gonna throw 651 - > away after this.

652 - > Thanks, Mark. 653 - > Thanks, Jonathan, for recommending a mic stand. 654 - > You can throw it away because if we come back and I have to deal 655 - > with you banging on the mic, when I come back, when I'm doing 656 - > anything on video, I'm just gonna be holding my mic. 657 - > SPEAKER_01: Great.

658 - > SPEAKER_00: Because I'm gonna be authentic to myself. 659 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah. 660 - > So when you ever see her on video again, she'll be batting 661 - > around the mic like a cat. 662 - > Hard to hear.

663 - > And whoever is editing it is gonna have a miserable time. 664 - > SPEAKER_00: See you guys. 665 - > This is why we did not laugh. 666 - > No.

667 - > Um, let's talk about some favorite moments. 668 - > Because I was thinking about episode one. 669 - > Remember when my microphone wasn't on? 670 - > Yeah.

671 - > SPEAKER_01: I remember that one when you're which we didn't air 672 - > as episode one because we weren't at that point where we 673 - > could even because people would be like, what the frig is this? 674 - > So we aired it like as the 20-something episode in in 675 - > season one. 676 - > So you can find that one. 677 - > We'll find the number for you.

678 - > That was that was. 679 - > SPEAKER_00: I can't believe like you are being the producer 680 - > allowed that to happen. 681 - > SPEAKER_01: So I was also new to this and was not aware of how I 682 - > could check during the episode whether you were plugged in or 683 - > not. 684 - > We couldn't hear anything.

685 - > It was it was terrible. 686 - > unknown: Terrible. 687 - > SPEAKER_00: Okay, well, what is a moment that sticks out to you? 688 - > Let's see if it's on my list.

689 - > Café con leche. 690 - > Yes, it is on my list. 691 - > It still sounds French to me. 692 - > I'm sorry.

693 - > It's not French. 694 - > I know, and I and I and I, you know, it's Spanish. 695 - > Mm-hmm. 696 - > There you go.

697 - > You learned. 698 - > And I appreciate the Spanish language. 699 - > I love the Spanish culture. 700 - > Like, let me tell you, Selena, that's my movie, okay?

701 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah. 702 - > She Selena probably had cafe con leche. 703 - > SPEAKER_00: She probably did. 704 - > And she has a documentary coming out.

705 - > It's probably out by the time you guys are listening to this. 706 - > I know. 707 - > You're looking at your time. 708 - > You gotta go in 30 minutes.

709 - > I told you I only hit Johnathan for like a little window. 710 - > SPEAKER_01: I know. 711 - > This window is we're good. 712 - > We're good.

713 - > It's all good. 714 - > Okay, another moment was when we don't even get to see. 715 - > So cafe con leche was when I said I was I like my coffee 716 - > light, like cafe con leche. 717 - > And Mimi literally goes, You're speaking French to me.

718 - > And I was like, What the no? 719 - > I'm speaking Spanish. 720 - > That was not a broad moment. 721 - > Yeah, it happened for real.

722 - > For real. 723 - > SPEAKER_00: Jonathan's met me multiple times. 724 - > He knows this is my personality at this point. 725 - > Yep.

726 - > Yep, yep. 727 - > Um it wasn't my proudest moment, but it really was what I was 728 - > thinking at the time. 729 - > There you go. 730 - > It's what was on her mind, and it popped out.

731 - > By the way, I'm going to France next year. 732 - > Well, there you go. 733 - > No, not next year, in 2027. 734 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah.

735 - > So that's awesome, and I'm glad you're planning ahead. 736 - > Jesus. 737 - > Then again, I planned, I planned Spain was way in advance. 738 - > I was a year and a half out when I planned Spain.

739 - > So there you go. 740 - > I can't talk about it. 741 - > For real. 742 - > But yeah, that's Mimi.

743 - > Things just pop out of her mouth, and you're like, wait a 744 - > minute. 745 - > Is that right? 746 - > SPEAKER_00: Are you sick about that? 747 - > I miss you.

748 - > Okay, we'll see each other soon. 749 - > Yes. 750 - > Um okay. 751 - > We were interviewing.

752 - > The other moment I had was we were interviewing Lalo. 753 - > He was our first guest ever. 754 - > And my background fell down. 755 - > SPEAKER_01: That's right.

756 - > We're gonna have to, I'm gonna have to go back and find these 757 - > clips in all the previous episodes so we can play them to 758 - > people because yeah, your background fell down then. 759 - > SPEAKER_00: He was so funny. 760 - > And thankfully we know Lalo, so it's like he was like, I think 761 - > he was like, what's going on? 762 - > Because I don't think he saw it full, but yeah, yeah.

763 - > SPEAKER_01: That was that was that was one, yes. 764 - > SPEAKER_00: Um and I mean like I put so much tape on that thing. 765 - > SPEAKER_01: You did put so much tape on that thing for yeah. 766 - > She was always she had like the party background going on for a 767 - > while.

768 - > SPEAKER_00: And this, if they're seeing video, this I was saying 769 - > this while you were getting your coffee. 770 - > This is not dirt or dust, this is a Halloween decoration. 771 - > SPEAKER_01: Okay, because it looks like there's dust hanging 772 - > from that picture. 773 - > I was going to be like, what is going on with that?

774 - > I'm gonna have to edit that out, but it's a Halloween decoration. 775 - > Okay, all right. 776 - > Now I'll know when I hear the uh the explanation at the 777 - > beginning. 778 - > Another one of my favorites was when I called you young lady.

779 - > SPEAKER_00: Oh my gosh. 780 - > You were really stern about it too, young lady. 781 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah, well, you wouldn't let me finish. 782 - > SPEAKER_00: I forgot.

783 - > I was not happy. 784 - > Well, we that was like our thing though. 785 - > You know, we're gonna go down in history as we just talk over 786 - > each other. 787 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah, Mimi just talks over me constantly.

788 - > We talk over each other because it was you. 789 - > And I was like, if you don't let me finish this point, I'm gonna 790 - > lose my mind with you. 791 - > SPEAKER_00: Um, another moment that just popped up. 792 - > It wasn't in the episode, but it was like, are you two married?

793 - > Who said that? 794 - > SPEAKER_01: I don't remember, but it wasn't in an episode. 795 - > It was was it when we met the second time? 796 - > Was it then?

797 - > No. 798 - > SPEAKER_00: It could have been. 799 - > It could have been a good thing. 800 - > SPEAKER_01: I'm like, are you two married?

801 - > SPEAKER_00: No, we're not. 802 - > But we do bicker like American. 803 - > SPEAKER_01: No, it was podcast movement. 804 - > Oh, really?

805 - > Yes, somebody thought we were married. 806 - > Because people thought we were doing a husband and wife podcast 807 - > thing. 808 - > Yeah. 809 - > SPEAKER_00: That's hilarious.

810 - > Well, you are my work husband, so there we go. 811 - > SPEAKER_01: Makes sense. 812 - > I'm trying to think if there's anything else. 813 - > So I particularly loved, and it was actually at a rough time for 814 - > us.

815 - > We'll let people in on that, but I particularly loved the breakup 816 - > episode, which actually almost was the break, the end of the 817 - > podcast. 818 - > Oddly enough. 819 - > The day after that, we had a fight and we're almost ended the 820 - > podcast over YouTube covers. 821 - > SPEAKER_00: We're two creatives.

822 - > You have to remember this, you know, and like, and it's just we 823 - > both have visions, and so I mean, that is not like we I will 824 - > tell you the breakup episode was probably by far our best piece 825 - > of material. 826 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah. 827 - > Oh, it was so it was so good. 828 - > It was still good.

829 - > But after that episode, we had a disagreement over YouTube 830 - > covers, which we've had since the beginning of this podcast. 831 - > We do not agree on the YouTube covers. 832 - > SPEAKER_00: Well, now I could do whatever I want, and so can 833 - > Jonathan. 834 - > SPEAKER_01: Yes, you can.

835 - > I haven't posted on YouTube since you stopped. 836 - > Yeah, they haven't been on YouTube since you stopped 837 - > putting them. 838 - > SPEAKER_00: Well, no, I'm saying, like, now every time I 839 - > put up a big thumbnail, I'm just gonna send it to Jonathan and 840 - > haunt him. 841 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah.

842 - > Uh, there'll be that. 843 - > So, but I loved that episode. 844 - > It's funny how it kind of fell in line. 845 - > Like, Mimi and I didn't talk for like two days.

846 - > It was that's a lot for us. 847 - > Yeah, it is. 848 - > But but yeah, that was such a good episode. 849 - > SPEAKER_00: Anyway, any others?

850 - > SPEAKER_01: Oh my god. 851 - > SPEAKER_00: I mean, we just have like such a like uh, I mean, 852 - > there's been so many times where I've just like laugh. 853 - > Like I'm always laughing with you. 854 - > Like, I think that's why like I've always enjoyed doing the 855 - > podcast.

856 - > It's because aside from business stuff, it yeah, you're just so 857 - > fun. 858 - > Like, I know you're gonna be my friend for like ever because we 859 - > just have like that kind of personality where we understand 860 - > what each other's thinking. 861 - > Like, I don't know. 862 - > Yeah, no, I think it's hard to find people like that.

863 - > SPEAKER_01: I agree. 864 - > And I think, and I tell people all the time, like, this podcast 865 - > would not have worked if it wasn't for Mimi, like at all. 866 - > Thanks. 867 - > SPEAKER_00: Well, I am the star.

868 - > I am the funny one. 869 - > SPEAKER_01: No, you're not the funny one. 870 - > I'm the funny one. 871 - > You have this all planned out, like the episodes, you've got 872 - > notes for the episodes.

873 - > I just have to go in before the episode starts and write out all 874 - > the things that I say, no, we're not talking about. 875 - > No, no, no, no, no. 876 - > SPEAKER_00: Okay. 877 - > Let's talk about that for a second.

878 - > SPEAKER_01: Okay. 879 - > But I would wake up to your notes for my notes. 880 - > She would write notes for the episode, and I would follow 881 - > those notes. 882 - > I would just make additions to those notes, or maybe X 883 - > something out completely, and I saw it at the top.

884 - > SPEAKER_00: Like my AI. 885 - > Let's talk about AI. 886 - > Oh my gosh. 887 - > Guys, I literally had to send him money.

888 - > No, I didn't. 889 - > Like, it was so hard to get. 890 - > This was kind of like, I mean, AI was mainstream, but it wasn't 891 - > like what it is right now in this moment. 892 - > I think AI has like really taken over.

893 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah. 894 - > And and yeah, it's taken over, and I hate it. 895 - > You still hate it? 896 - > I still hate it when it comes to content because people still 897 - > create the worst content with AI.

898 - > I have trained my my Chat GPT to talk like me, to understand me, 899 - > to not use like friggin' M-dashes and and words like 900 - > skyrocket. 901 - > I've trained it to not do that, but I still have to go back 902 - > after I ask for it to create something and rewrite it. 903 - > But people don't do that extra step, so it makes me angry. 904 - > SPEAKER_00: People don't think anymore.

905 - > Because I wonder if anything's changed for you. 906 - > SPEAKER_01: I can't believe that it's aired. 907 - > Yeah, I use ChatGPT. 908 - > That's changed now.

909 - > I was hardcore against it. 910 - > And I still am hardcore against it if people are creating 911 - > content, but there is value in training it. 912 - > And I was also in that process. 913 - > It took me almost A year to train my ChatGPT.

914 - > I was still in that process of doing that and giving it 915 - > information so that it would sound like me. 916 - > SPEAKER_00: So how often do you use ChatGPT now? 917 - > Like for your content? 918 - > SPEAKER_01: Daily, I use it for at least brainstorming my 919 - > content and putting stuff together.

920 - > Yeah. 921 - > And finding like for my podcasting room that I'm doing 922 - > in a few minutes, like finding the right clip that does, like I 923 - > tell it like I'm looking for a clip that does all of these 924 - > things, and it'll find a clip from that podcast that does all 925 - > those things. 926 - > SPEAKER_00: Oh my gosh. 927 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah.

928 - > SPEAKER_00: That saves so much time. 929 - > Okay. 930 - > I won't tell anybody that you do that. 931 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah.

932 - > SPEAKER_00: Secret. 933 - > SPEAKER_01: I'll tell them in the uh room today. 934 - > unknown: Okay. 935 - > SPEAKER_00: I know you're gonna have a lot to edit, but anything 936 - > else as far as favorites or anything?

937 - > Yeah. 938 - > SPEAKER_01: I don't know, Mimi. 939 - > SPEAKER_00: We had almost 60 episodes. 940 - > It's a lot.

941 - > Well, Britney, I know we talked about Britney Spears a lot. 942 - > SPEAKER_01: We talked about Taylor a lot. 943 - > We did. 944 - > We had a Taylor Swift.

945 - > We had at least two Taylor Swift episodes. 946 - > That's where I started to talk about Taylor Swift in 947 - > mainstream. 948 - > Like, so a lot of my content since then has been thanks to 949 - > the podcast. 950 - > Any Taylor Swift stuff, which I've done.

951 - > I did a two-hour room on Taylor's new album and what you 952 - > can learn about storytelling from Taylor's new album. 953 - > SPEAKER_00: I think that you did not text me for that because 954 - > that was like the midnight release. 955 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah. 956 - > SPEAKER_00: And I was sleeping.

957 - > SPEAKER_01: You were sleeping, and I was like, whatever. 958 - > I did a release party. 959 - > I did a release party there. 960 - > Yep.

961 - > We listened to the the uh I think he's doing all of this 962 - > just so he can be like, I'm a real Swifty. 963 - > Mimi's not Mimi's not a real Swifty. 964 - > She's a fake Swifty. 965 - > I have a t-shirt.

966 - > When did you listen to the new album? 967 - > Yes, I did. 968 - > When? 969 - > Recently.

970 - > What do you mean? 971 - > Not a real Swifty. 972 - > You didn't wake up at midnight and listen to the new album. 973 - > Not a Swifty.

974 - > Okay, first of all. 975 - > I don't care about the babies. 976 - > No. 977 - > You should be playing it for the babies.

978 - > Did you go to the movies? 979 - > I was on vacation. 980 - > I was in Florida on vacation. 981 - > I at least did the midnight listen.

982 - > Do they not have movies in Florida? 983 - > Come on. 984 - > They didn't have any of that going on where I was. 985 - > SPEAKER_00: So there.

986 - > SPEAKER_01: Oh, Jonathan Howard. 987 - > SPEAKER_00: I mean, we can keep going because I'm I'm good for 988 - > doing a three-hour episode. 989 - > No, we're not doing a three-hour episode. 990 - > This week have we broken.

991 - > SPEAKER_01: We could come back in a year and do a 40-minute 992 - > one, yeah. 993 - > You know, we could take up three hours. 994 - > We really could. 995 - > We could take up three hours, but people would be bored.

996 - > It would be like, oh my god, is this podcast over with yet? 997 - > They said they were ending it. 998 - > They didn't say they were going on for three hours. 999 - > SPEAKER_00: Listen if there's a three-hour podcast, that means 1000 - > that they can walk for three hours and get like 25,000 steps.

1001 - > SPEAKER_01: Like it's a good thing. 1002 - > Who's who's walking for three hours? 1003 - > Who has three hours to spare on a podcast? 1004 - > I do.

1005 - > I listen to long podcasts. 1006 - > You and Leah. 1007 - > I don't get it. 1008 - > Hi Leah.

1009 - > People are like, who the fuck is Leah? 1010 - > What the hell is going on? 1011 - > And I've cursed so much in this goddamn episode, I'm gonna have 1012 - > to bleep everything the fuck out. 1013 - > SPEAKER_00: Oh my gosh.

1014 - > Yep. 1015 - > I think you should just leave the Fs in and we can put 1016 - > explicit on one episode. 1017 - > SPEAKER_01: Why not? 1018 - > Because then we people are gonna be like, oh fuck, I can't listen 1019 - > to this one.

1020 - > Oh goddammit, there's no fucking kids in it. 1021 - > Fucking fuck. 1022 - > We just cursed on this podcast. 1023 - > I can't believe it.

1024 - > I'm gonna tell your children. 1025 - > Mommy said fuck. 1026 - > Oh my gosh. 1027 - > I'm yelling that now.

1028 - > And it's being heard in the dance because you don't have 1029 - > your equipment set up right. 1030 - > It broke on me. 1031 - > Thanks, Apple. 1032 - > Yeah, fake broadcaster.

1033 - > SPEAKER_00: I know. 1034 - > I really like my Zoom. 1035 - > Do you think it's the Zoom or do you think it's my headphones? 1036 - > SPEAKER_01: I think it's your headphones, actually.

1037 - > SPEAKER_00: Yeah, they're Apple. 1038 - > SPEAKER_01: There's nothing wrong with Apple. 1039 - > Nothing wrong with Apple. 1040 - > I do love Apple.

1041 - > She was using old plug-in headphones, people. 1042 - > Apple was my previous employer. 1043 - > SPEAKER_00: So I can't pay anything about it. 1044 - > SPEAKER_01: Maybe 50.

1045 - > SPEAKER_00: I bought these for the podcast. 1046 - > Oh my gosh. 1047 - > You know what I'll do? 1048 - > I'll put it like in my little museum, and then when I become 1049 - > well known and a household name, I'll have a museum where they 1050 - > can go see the first headphones from Coffee Social.

1051 - > SPEAKER_01: There you go. 1052 - > Because that's what they're gonna want to see. 1053 - > SPEAKER_00: Is that earwax on them? 1054 - > I think there's earwax right there.

1055 - > SPEAKER_01: There's makeup god. 1056 - > SPEAKER_00: I didn't have to use these. 1057 - > I think it's because you know why we've been talking about 1058 - > this for so long. 1059 - > Um I've already had moments of crying.

1060 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah. 1061 - > I've had moments of like, I'm really like when I publish this 1062 - > episode, I think it's gonna when I edit this episode, I'll 1063 - > probably be crying because the dog and the episode, yeah. 1064 - > Um me. 1065 - > And Mimi.

1066 - > Well, I said the Yeah. 1067 - > I know. 1068 - > No, I think it's we've been talking about it for almost a 1069 - > year. 1070 - > Let's let's be honest.

1071 - > Since January, when we stopped recording, and then we didn't 1072 - > record anything until this, literally. 1073 - > It's wild. 1074 - > Yeah. 1075 - > So everything that you've seen is before January.

1076 - > And I think there's things that I'm sure have happened that 1077 - > we've just, yeah, we haven't even talked about here that is 1078 - > crazy. 1079 - > I mean, I know I got a new refrigerator, I got a new desk, 1080 - > I had to rewire my entire house. 1081 - > My front porch is finally done. 1082 - > I got a catchy.

1083 - > SPEAKER_00: That's crazy. 1084 - > SPEAKER_01: I mean, it should be. 1085 - > It's nine months after it was still before the blizzards come. 1086 - > Yeah, yeah.

1087 - > My goodness. 1088 - > Yeah, so things are things are different. 1089 - > I'm sure there's a lot that's different with Mimi. 1090 - > She's got a whole new life, new kids.

1091 - > SPEAKER_00: Same couch, same uh I need my West Elm eventually. 1092 - > Yeah. 1093 - > Well, if Facebook keeps feeding me those ads, it's gonna happen. 1094 - > SPEAKER_01: New dog.

1095 - > SPEAKER_00: Okay, okay, okay. 1096 - > You gotta go. 1097 - > SPEAKER_01: I know. 1098 - > I gotta go.

1099 - > Yeah, I do have like room starting in 20 minutes. 1100 - > So Mimi! You know what we gotta do? 1101 - > We gotta tell people to rate this same thing.

1102 - > What things to say? 1103 - > Oh yeah. 1104 - > They gotta go give Mimi five stars because Mimi loves stars 1105 - > more than anything in the world. 1106 - > Mimi loves stars.

1107 - > So you gotta go give it five stars, even though we can't tell 1108 - > you how many stars to give it. 1109 - > Who said that though? 1110 - > Well, you can't. 1111 - > You can't tell people how what to rate you, then that's not 1112 - > valid rating.

1113 - > We're not gifting them anything. 1114 - > You're forcing them to rate you with something. 1115 - > You can't force anyone to do anything. 1116 - > We are kindly asking that you give us a review.

1117 - > Give us five stars if you like. 1118 - > Only if you like. 1119 - > If you hate the episodes, then just send Mimi a message and let 1120 - > her know. 1121 - > SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we're not don't.

1122 - > You better not put a one star. 1123 - > I'm gonna have to take my hoops off. 1124 - > This is real New Yorker right here. 1125 - > SPEAKER_01: She almost killed somebody that gave us a 1126 - > four-star rating.

1127 - > She did. 1128 - > I had to hold it back. 1129 - > Oh my gosh. 1130 - > I hope you're happy, Jeff.

1131 - > Jeff, I'm hoping you're happy that you're still alive. 1132 - > Because Mimi was gonna kill you. 1133 - > This is all false. 1134 - > All the Jeffs listening to the podcast are gonna be like, what?

1135 - > What do we do after that? 1136 - > SPEAKER_00: Okay, we do um, oh yeah, make sure. 1137 - > Where can they find us? 1138 - > Okay, so we have some new places.

1139 - > So we do. 1140 - > We say follow us on our Instagrams, which are always 1141 - > linked below. 1142 - > And then Jonathan, I know you have an Instagram for Stor the 1143 - > Story Lab. 1144 - > SPEAKER_01: I do have an Instagram for the Story Lab, and 1145 - > you can also follow the Story Lab, like, follow, you know, do 1146 - > all the things you're gonna do on iTunes, wherever the hell you 1147 - > want to listen to podcasts.

1148 - > You can also go directly to my podcast page, which we'll list. 1149 - > Never did get coffee social on my website. 1150 - > Wait, what? 1151 - > Never did get coffee social on my website.

1152 - > Or we never put videos on on Spotify. 1153 - > SPEAKER_00: Yeah. 1154 - > SPEAKER_01: One of these days we'll get there. 1155 - > SPEAKER_00: Um, I was gonna say now it's time for the most 1156 - > important question of them all.

1157 - > SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and we have to go back to the original 1158 - > question. 1159 - > unknown: Yeah. 1160 - > SPEAKER_01: Are you team Jonathan? 1161 - > Which is the obvious answer.

1162 - > Wait, you have to go first. 1163 - > God damn it. 1164 - > Don't involve God in this. 1165 - > SPEAKER_00: Darn nebut.

1166 - > Are you team? 1167 - > Do I go first? 1168 - > No, you say your name. 1169 - > Jonathan.

1170 - > And then I said, or team me. 1171 - > SPEAKER_01: And Jonathan. 1172 - > There's no question about it. 1173 - > SPEAKER_00: I talk louder than you, so.

1174 - > SPEAKER_01: So I I can talk loud too. 1175 - > I can get really close to my mic. 1176 - > SPEAKER_00: You and your fake roadcaster. 1177 - > SPEAKER_01: Mine's not fake.

1178 - > SPEAKER_00: Mine's not fake either. 1179 - > I love you, Zoom. 1180 - > SPEAKER_01: Me, Jonathan. 1181 - > You gotta say goodbye, Jonathan Howard.

1182 - > SPEAKER_00: Well, we have to say bye, everyone. 1183 - > SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah. 1184 - > SPEAKER_00: Bye, Jonathan Howard. 1185 - > SPEAKER_01: Bye, Mimi Langley.

1186 - > SPEAKER_00: It's done. 1187 - > Bye. 1188 - > Bye. 1189 - > Someone get the fly swatter.

1190 - > SPEAKER_01: I hate you anyway. 1191 - > Bye. 1192 - > SPEAKER_00: This is a message to Jonathan. 1193 - > Don't include this in the video, but I just want to say love you 1194 - > and you're amazing.

1195 - > And I really enjoyed doing this podcast. 1196 - > Look, I'm gonna cry. 1197 - > I should probably save this, but it's really for you. 1198 - > I really enjoy doing this podcast and having you be like 1199 - > the person to introduce me to the world of podcasting.

1200 - > And so I love you, and all good things are about to unfold. 1201 - > I mean, all good things have already unfolded for you, but 1202 - > like you have no idea what's about to unfold. 1203 - > And I can tell you this because I have really good intuition. 1204 - > So, and I'm a Taylor Swift fan.

1205 - > I'm a Swiftie. 1206 - > Thank you. 1207 - > I have the mug. 1208 - > unknown: Thank you.

1209 - > SPEAKER_00: Should I been wearing my Taylor Swift shirt? 1210 - > Okay. 1211 - > SPEAKER_01: Mimi, most importantly, you're not a 1212 - > Swifty. 1213 - > You keep telling yourself you are, but you're not.

1214 - > And on a serious note, Mimi, I love you too. 1215 - > You made this podcast so much fun. 1216 - > So much of an experience I will never forget, from Cafe con 1217 - > leche to not knowing what antithesis meant. 1218 - > You have been an amazing partner in this.

1219 - > I wouldn't have been able to do this without you. 1220 - > And you opened my eyes to the world of podcasting, which I 1221 - > really enjoy. 1222 - > And that um is all because of you, because you kept telling me 1223 - > we're gonna do a podcast together. 1224 - > And we did, and it was a lot of fun, and hopefully it brightened 1225 - > up people's days, and I know it brightened up my day, but every 1226 - > single time I got to talk to you.

1227 - > We just had fun. 1228 - > And I'm gonna miss that, but I wish you all the best because 1229 - > you deserve that, you and your family, and every amazing person 1230 - > that you surround yourself with because you are really cool. 1231 - > And I'm gonna miss you. 1232 - > Thank you, Mimi.

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