Fake Calories and Real Adventures

Older & Wilder

GGW Media

Health & Fitness, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

State Fairs, Fried Foods, and Funny Family Sayings

In this episode of 'Older and Wilder with Joy and Claire,' Joy and Claire kick off the conversation discussing unusual state fair foods and their favorite fried treats, including corn dogs and fried Oreos. They humorously touch on quirky family sayings and inside jokes that have become part of their daily lexicon. The duo also answers listener questions about Red Rocks concert tips, board games, and whether they track their step counts. Joy reveals how she's navigating hormone therapy with progesterone and testosterone, while Claire shares her love for family-friendly versions of Cards Against Humanity. The episode wraps up with Joy and Claire’s take on the filter bubble around beauty standards, influenced by pop culture and social media trends.

00:19 Welcome to the Podcast

00:36 State Fair Memories and Fried Foods

08:15 Nostalgic Trends and Mall Memories

14:11 Kids and Cars

19:16 Facebook Marketplace Adventures

23:56 Kim Kardashian's Skims and Social Media Trends

27:20 Discussing Skims and Personal Experiences

29:04 Merino Wool Underwear: A Deep Dive

34:32 Red Rocks Concert Tips

48:19 Funny Family Sayings and Mistakes

53:30 Favorite Board and Card Games

57:32 Wrapping Up and Contact Information

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0:00.0	I'm talking out of two sides of my mouth because I just got Botox in my crow's feet now.
0:05.6	Like I stopped.
0:06.1	I've moved.
0:08.3	Welcome back, everybody to older and wilder with Joy and Claire.
0:12.0	Hello.
0:12.7	Hi, party people.
0:14.6	Ugh.
0:15.3	What is even happening except for everyone posting the Taylor Swift song, August, which is totally fine with me.
0:21.9	Which I accept. We are already off to the races talking in the podcast chat about the state fair.
0:28.9	Allison in the chat is going to the state fair this weekend, and she's going to get a gluten-free
0:33.0	corn dog. And Susan's favorite state fair food is fry Oreos. I've never been to a state fair.
0:38.1	Have you? What? A real one. Of course. The Arizona State Fair was the best part of my childhood. Like, what are you even talking about? You've never been to a state fair. That's all I know. I don't have one. I mean, I've been to the stock show. I feel like we have one going on right now in Castle Rock, by the way.
0:36.2	Like, there's a huge stave here going on.
0:38.1	Yeah. I mean, I've been to the stock show. I feel like we have one going on right now in Castle Rock, by the way. Like, there's a huge state fair going on. Boulder has like a county fair, which I'm sure probably it's not nearly the scope. And because it's Boulder, they don't have like the funnel cake situation. I've been to the stock show, which has some like state fair style food. But it's not the same. And I know that like there are state fairs out there where like it's, you know, the only place you can get like the bucket of cookies or like, whatever. I really want one day to try a fried pickle. I think I would love it. Yeah. I wonder what's the most interesting fried thing that someone could make. Oh, like I've seen like just straight up fried sticks of butter.
1:30.3	Oh, okay.
1:31.3	Fried Twinkies actually.
1:32.3	Oh, that sounds so good actually.
1:35.3	It sounds amazing.
1:37.3	Because like a Twinkie is I just, I feel like I'm having this Pavlovian response of just thinking about a Twinkie. I'm like, oh, I'm like drooling all over myself. Twinkies are the best. Did you used to eat Twinkies by like scooping out the frosting or did you just go all in? No, I just went all in. Yeah. I haven't had a Twinkie in so long and I bet they're probably not as good as I remember them.
2:01.0	I know.
2:01.4	You're probably like, oh, it tastes like chemicals. Right, but I would totally eat a deep fried twinkie. I just Googled some of the craziest fried things at the state fair. One of them is a deep fried uncrustable. That also sounds amazing. Oh, that sounds so good. Allison says, I think the Minnesota State Fair is super
2:18.4	well known for the quote unquote innovative freight items. Oh, apparently at the Arizona
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