Seasonal Snacking and Going Alcohol-Free
Older & Wilder
GGW Media
4.8 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Unpacking Holiday Traditions, Sustainable Candle Tips, and Life Post-Pandemic
In this episode of 'Older and Wilder with Joy and Claire,' the hosts delve into a lively discussion about their favorite holiday products from Trader Joe's, particularly the sought-after peppermint chocolate Jojo's. They also touch on candle warmers and recycling tips. A significant part of the conversation centers around their evolving relationship with alcohol, influenced by health considerations and personal well-being. Lastly, they reflect on the lasting impacts of the pandemic on social behaviors and mental health, and the collective experience of navigating life post-lockdown.
00:19 Trader Joe's Fall and Christmas Products
02:18 Candle Warmers and Recycling
03:22 Podcast Chat and Scheduling
05:32 Gift Guide and Cold Foam Obsession
06:07 Nighttime Beverage Routine
08:16 Alcohol and Lifestyle Changes
19:44 Personal Experiences with Alcohol
23:07 San Diego Memories and Grad School
23:30 Reflections on Alcohol and Mental Health
24:50 Hormonal Health and Alcohol
28:21 Social Dynamics of Not Drinking
30:44 Hair Thinning and Testosterone
33:42 Celebrity Beauty Standards
42:51 Pandemic Isolation and Social Changes
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | live in real time live in real time welcome back to older and wilder with joy and |
| 0:07.6 | Claire we have to get going right away because we got into this very important discussion about |
| 0:11.1 | candle warmers that i did not want to miss on the actual podcast so hi everybody here we are uh we were |
| 0:17.9 | talking before we hit record about candles and lind in the chat was like, hey, do you get excited about the Christmas, like, holiday products as much as you get excited about the full products? Because as we all know, I get very excited. It's like Caspar Turquile era when we had that episode where he was talking about traditions |
| 0:39.3 | and rituals. And I was like, wow, my ritual is going to Trader Joe's every fall when they have |
| 0:45.5 | the fall products. It makes me so happy. It's around my birthday, like that whole thing. Anyway, |
| 0:49.4 | then we got into going to the fall products versus the Christmas products because I buy all of my neighbors |
| 0:55.3 | and anyone that I need like just like a very inexpensive gift because you don't want to give a |
| 1:00.6 | gift to someone who's an acquaintance where they feel uncomfortable. They're like, wow, you spent like |
| 1:05.1 | $50 on this. So I always give acquaintances like work colleagues or people that are just like they |
| 1:10.7 | don't feel obligated to give you a gift in return. That's what I always want to kind like work colleagues or people that are just like they don't feel |
| 1:11.1 | obligated to give you a gift in return. That's what I always want to kind of come out with gifts |
| 1:14.9 | for people that are acquaintances is the Trader Joe's chocolate covered jojos with like the peppermint |
| 1:21.6 | pieces mixed in. It is such a good gift because they only sell it once a year. They fly off the shelves so it's not easy to find. I always go stock up. So I get these Jojo's. It's a smaller box. So again, they don't feel obligated to like give you this grand gesture in return. Everyone loves them. Anyone who I have purchased these cookies for like, tell me every year. They're like, now you got me hooked on these now I have to |
| 1:44.3 | go buy them every year so it's a blessing in a cruise because they are pretty addictive so |
| 1:48.0 | anyway then I was like then we got into the conversation this was a whole this is a whole like |
| 1:54.0 | not even five minutes of really deep dialogue about Trader Joe's and the jingle jangle jangle |
| 1:58.7 | is a great gift I just love the name jingle jingle. |
| 2:04.1 | Okay, so then Lindsay's like, I love the candles. I'm like, I stopped buying the candles because |
| 2:10.5 | they don't last very long and I get into this weird thing of like waste where the tins, of course, |
| 2:15.3 | like you can recycle them and reuse them but I get real |
| 2:18.6 | weird about candles and waste because they come in these beautiful containers what do you do with |
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