The Big Boo Cast, Episode 499
The Big Boo Cast
Melanie Shankle & Sophie Hudson
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
This week Melanie and I talk about how (and why) we love to pack for a trip; I share some observations about the Men's College World Series; and Melanie tells a sad-but-true tale involving a plumbing issue and a very unfortunate skunk. It feels like a lot has happened over the last week.
We also discuss what we're enjoying about the World Cup, and it's my turn for Five Favorites.
Enjoy, everybody!
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- mosquito repellent bracelets
- Calpak backpack we both love
- packing cubes
- the Spurs had a bit of a melt down
- Men's College World Series
- Ben McDonald
- Kyle Peterson
- Dip - garlic & herb Boursin cheese, fig preserves, hot honey, pistachio nuts
- cracked black pepper Triscuits
- Cord Rager
- Joey Volchko
- Freddy and the World Cup
- Lawrence, Kansas and the Algerian soccer team
- the Japanese tourist in the Mexican restaurant
- The Four Seasons on Netflix
- Braden Montgomery's walk-off for the White Sox
- Costco blueberry sourdough bread
- cotton tablecloths for mahjong
- HoneyLove CrossFlex activity bra
- Free Assembly set (shirt and ruffle shorts)
- SkinnyDipped dark chocolate peanut butter cups
- Patreon Book Club with The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett on June 30th
- Mint Mobile - use this link for their special offer
- Laundry Sauce - use code BIGBOO for 20% off your order
- Drink LMNT - use this link for a free sample pack with any purchase
- Boll and Branch - get 20% off sitewide with code BIGBOO
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, this is Sophie, and welcome to episode 499 of the Big Boo cast. |
| 0:22.5 | On this episode, Melanie and I are going to talk about her helping Caroline get ready for a big trip she's on right now. |
| 0:30.3 | We're going to talk about things we're loving about the World Cup as well as things were loving about the men's college world series. We would love for you |
| 0:38.9 | to join us on Patreon. If you haven't done that, it's at patreon.com slash big boo. We have a new episode |
| 0:43.9 | coming up later this week that's all about our hard nose of summer. We have some thoughts. |
| 0:49.4 | And we also have book club coming up at the end of this month where we're going to talk about |
| 0:53.3 | Catherine Stockett's new book, The Calamity Club. As always, our Amazon shop is there for you to see |
| 0:59.3 | some of the things we love and love to use. That's at Amazon.com slash shop slash big V. |
| 1:04.7 | And finally, we have a live show in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, November the 5th. It's going to be |
| 1:10.2 | so much more fun if you're there. |
| 1:11.9 | There are just a few tickets left. We have a very special guest who's going to be joining us. |
| 1:17.4 | So check out the link in the show notes and come on to Dallas if you can. |
| 1:23.1 | Alrighty, everybody, here we go with episode 499. |
| 1:26.6 | Thank you. Alrighty, everybody, here we go with episode 499. |
| 1:45.1 | Hey, everybody. This is Sophie. This is Big Mama. |
| 1:46.7 | Hey, it's Melanie. It's Big Mama. |
| 1:50.4 | This is episode 499, which means next week is 500. |
| 1:56.5 | 500 episodes. It only took us 20 years to get here, which is really phenomenal. Some people walk and some people run. |
| 1:59.1 | That's right. We have been in a light a light walk really |
| 2:06.0 | over the course of a couple of decades but somebody asked me last week are y'all going to |
| 2:11.3 | celebrate the 500th episode and i said oh i don't. I mean, I don't think we are. |
| 2:19.0 | Yeah. |
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