Neighborhood Watch, Knitting, and Happiness in 2026
Older & Wilder
GGW Media
4.8 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of 'Older and Wilder with Joy and Claire,' the hosts kick off the new year by discussing their New Year's Eve celebrations. They share personal anecdotes, including Joy's dinner at a new seafood restaurant and funny neighborhood stories like a false bomb scare. They discuss their goals for the year, the stress of staying informed via social media, and their thoughts on celebrity influence and societal changes. The episode wraps up with Claire's updates on her health and new primary care experiences, as well as a reflection on the strange world of influencer diets and detox myths.
02:40 Social Media and Safety Concerns
04:50 Hilarious Neighborhood Incident
15:20 Neighborhood Watch and Safety
24:15 Crafting and Crocheting Enthusiasm
25:45 Knitting Needles and Crafting Tools
28:11 Funny Moments and Lava Lamps
29:02 Book Discussions and Reviews
33:19 Running Races and Personal Goals
35:22 Mindfulness and Sleep Practices
45:19 Current Events and Celebrity Influence
48:53 Dieticians and Influencers
49:34 Supplement Skepticism and Final Thoughts
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Happy New Year, everybody. Welcome back to Older and Wilder with Joy and Claire. We hope that you had a safe and festive New Year's Eve. I put up a poll on our Instagram stories that was like if you're going to be sitting at home with your pets versus going out. And like 99% of the people were like, yes, I'm going to be sitting at home with my pets. |
| 0:25.5 | Or if you don't have a pet, they're going to be sitting at home. |
| 0:27.3 | So you know what? |
| 0:28.4 | The pressure to like go out on New Year's Eve really is probably only when you're a youth, you know, like doing the New Year's Eve in New York City |
| 0:39.8 | or like going out with your friends or whatever. I ended up going out to a restaurant. Like we went |
| 0:47.5 | to a restaurant that we haven't tried here in Castorak before. We like, we really haven't ventured out |
| 0:52.7 | much as far as like restaurants. i don't know why we just |
| 0:56.3 | like haven't and so we're like okay let's let's book a place that we know is really good and like |
| 1:01.5 | all of our neighbors have recommended it so we went to this place called trestles which is like a |
| 1:05.8 | seafood specialty restaurant and it was really fun and it was really good and like our waiter was adorable and |
| 1:12.3 | there was like it was funny though because we went at like five because they you know we kind of like |
| 1:17.2 | planned last minute and they just didn't have any reservations later of course and so we got there |
| 1:22.5 | and it was like all old people and it was so cute we were sitting to, like people you could tell just come here very often. |
| 1:31.0 | Like they go to this restaurant all the time. |
| 1:32.3 | Like they knew the waiter and I was just, it was adorable. |
| 1:34.9 | It was like, it was like, it was perfect because that's the crowd I want to be around really. |
| 1:41.0 | Totally. |
| 1:41.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:42.4 | We didn't really. |
| 1:47.2 | Well, we did a little bit of something, but I was getting my eyebrows waxed like the Eve Christmas, not Christmas, New Year's Eve day. And even my |
| 1:53.2 | aesthetician who was like 23 was like, yeah, no, we're not doing anything tonight. I'm over it. |
| 1:59.2 | It's just so crowded and so expensive. Everything is up, oops, sorry, everything is upcharged. Everything is so packed. Did you see that horrible thing that happened in the Alps with that part, right? Yeah. Like, makes you never want to go into a crowded Oh, so sad. And it it was like they think that the fire started from sparklers. |
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