Welcome to Plathville, Saving our first kiss, and the tragedy that broke my family w/ Lydia (Plath)

The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

Matt & Abby

Society & Culture

4.8 • 16.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Lydia Plath Wyse and her husband Zac join Matt & Abby for an honest conversation about growing up on Welcome to Plathville, falling in love, and getting married on reality TV. Lydia shares what shaped her upbringing, how faith and family influenced her relationship, and the personal loss that deeply impacted her family. They also talk newlywed life, community, and what it’s really like living parts of your story in the public eye. This episode is sponsored by Esker, Rocket Money and Huel. Esker: Get up to 48% off sitewide at Ekster, plus an extra 20% off your order with code UNPLANNED—shop now at https://partner.ekster.com/unplannedpodcast Rocket Money: Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster—join at https://RocketMoney.com/unplanned Huel: Grab Huel today with our exclusive offer of 15% OFF online with my code UNPLANNED15 at https://huel.com/UNPLANNED15 Chapters: 00:00 - Lydia Plath 01:52 - Falling in love on Welcome to Plathville 04:40 - Growing up Plath 09:59 - Our family's religious beliefs 13:53 - Zac's upbringing 16:51 - Rumors that almost ruined our wedding 22:16 - Getting married on reality TV 22:50 - Sponsor: Ekster 24:20 - Why we got married so quickly 30:03 - Planning to grow our family 34:13 - The importance of community 35:29 - Our biggest fight before we got married 38:50 - What reality TV pays 40:34 - Newlywed life 45:19 - Sponsor: Rocket Money 47:17 - The blessing and curse of the public eye 53:46 - How my parent's divorce affected our marriage 57:05 - The loss of my baby brother 1:10:53 - Sponsor: Huel 1:12:25 - The family band that started it all 1:19:32 - How do you tailor your content for your audience? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why do growing businesses love working in Slack?
0:02.8	Let's ask Christia Ari Bikes.
0:04.6	Running things in Slack saves me so much time.
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0:10.4	What say you?
0:11.4	Rocks from Gosney.
0:12.4	Slack helps us build community.
0:13.9	It helps us build connection.
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0:18.3	Take us on home, Ashley from Carraway.
0:20.3	If we did have Slack tomorrow, I would explode.
0:23.4	Well, let's not let that happen.
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0:29.7	I was in the car when it happened.
0:32.8	I got out, I saw him, and I just, it's terrible.
0:57.9	And I just told Isaac, I was like, don't look. Just get out the other door. We got to go. You're a freaking four and have to tell your sibling like, hey, don't go out this door. Yeah. Just like, no four-year-old should have to experience that. The hardest part for me, as I've grown grown up was how little he was acknowledged.
1:03.5	Honestly, I think that has more to do with my parents' divorce than the show.
1:06.2	Not talking about the hardest thing in our childhood.
1:08.5	I can't imagine how that affected my parents.
1:14.1	Today on Unplanned, we sat down with Lydia Plathwise and her husband Zach from Welcome to Plathville,
1:19.3	the TLC series documenting two parents raising their nine kids on an isolated farm in Georgia.
1:25.2	They met, dated, engaged, and got married all within six months while saving their first kiss for marriage.
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