Hello everybody. Welcome to weekly trash, the safe place to cleanse your mind, body, and soul of all that trash you consume this week so you can consume some more tomorrow.

I'm your host, Josie Van Dyke, and I am sitting next to a New York Times bestseller, the hottest mom ever.

Macy Neely, everybody.

Thank you, guys.

Welcome back to Weekly Trash. The last time you were here was forever ago. Literally. What was that? Three years ago. Almost three years ago. That's crazy. And you have a completely different life. Like, not really. Like, you still live in the same house. Yeah. You're still chill, but you're so famous.

Oh my gosh.

Not even. You're so famous.

And we always joke how the title of your last podcast episode was you should write a book. Yeah. And then you did. You wrote a book. And it's a New York Times bestseller. Insane. You should be so proud of yourself. I am. I was just telling you how I'm almost finished with it.

And you were like, is it still interesting?

Because you like know what happens.

And I was. I was just telling you how I'm almost finished with it. And you were like, is it still interesting because you like know what happens? And I was saying it was. And I want to talk a lot about the book. Obviously I want to talk about the show too. But before we get there, I do want to say there are a lot of parts of the book that I was like, oh my gosh, I didn't know that actually. Really? Like, I didn't know the bleeding story.

Oh my gosh. Yeah. Like when you were bleeding when you guys were having sex, I didn't know that.

I also didn't know that your bishop was the worst. Yes. So there were parts that I didn't know that I was like, okay, this is really intriguing. I also didn't realize how much your parents wanted to keep it a secret, your pregnancy. Like, I knew that that wasn't something they were really proud of. Yeah. But I didn't know the extent of like, no, we like don't want you to tell people. Yeah. So I'm loving it. I'm like, I have like an hour left on audiobook because I don't read. I get it.

I was listening to an audiobook on the way over. But it's so fun because it's your voice. Yeah. So I feel like I'm just in the room with you just chatting. I know. It's actually interesting to listening to it back because I listened to it back. Yeah. And I don't want to say I was disappointed in myself, but like a little bit. Wait, why? This is why it's because like I had to record that.

I think I was three weeks postpartum.

Yes. disappointed to myself, but like a little bit. Wait, why? This is why. It's because like I had to record that. I think I was three weeks postpartum, maybe two and a half. And I had to record it because of the deadline when the book was coming out. And so I feel like I had to, I just like I was like a little bit monotone. And I say that because it's like I've never done that before. And like you have a producer in your ears. And it's like you almost like overthinking and you're reading the most vulnerable stuff of your life with people listening. And it just felt like it was hard. And I also was like if I show more emotion, like I won't be able to read it. I won't be able to make it through. Like I had to almost like remove myself from the story. So part of me told my husband, I was like, I wonder if I could like reread it at some point, you know? Really? Interesting. It's not like bad. It's just like. Well, I'm listening to it on 1.5 speeds. So I can't tell. Yeah. I can't tell. It's likeina and yeah and it's so funny because even recording it

i guess i talk naturally kind of fast because i had to read it so slow it was so hard it was so hard

like and like little words where you naturally will fill in slang with your personality and stuff

it's like oh no like it's not a it's anne like it's like things like that or it's like it has to be

perfect to match the book.

That's hard. It was hard. I almost want to like reread it and like this tone that I'm talking to you in and like, I don't know. Give it more emotion. Because yeah, there was definitely parts where I was like, is she about to cry? And then like you don't because you're reading it. you're not like into it the way that I am.

And so I'm like, oh, that is interesting.

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