SimplyPodLogical

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben look at posts on the popular subreddit r/amitheasshole and discuss riding ponies, stealing food from children, landlords, filming ducks in public, and singing on airplanes.

Transcribed - Published: 5 December 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben debate trolley problems and argue about besties, second cousins, robots, thrill-seeking behaviour and living on loop.

Transcribed - Published: 15 November 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben react to unpopular opinions (Halloween edition) about overrated candy, flexing with full-sized chocolate bars, children watching horror movies, and failing kids on halloween. Thanks to Shopify for sponsoring this episode! If you're looking for an all-in-one commerce platform to start, grow, and manage your business, check out http://shopify.com/simplynailogical

Transcribed - Published: 1 November 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Ben and Cristine talk about Ben’s favourite things and he’s not happy about it.

Transcribed - Published: 11 October 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben answer fan questions about anything: Oprah, dating shorter men, TikTok, aliens, Love Island, education, the nail art community and people who are still asking Cristine if she wants to have a baby.

Transcribed - Published: 19 September 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben debate trolley problems and argue about utilitarianism, good samaritan laws, shoplifting, judicial discretion, and ask you to consider the lobster.

Transcribed - Published: 29 August 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben look at posts on the popular subreddit r/amitheasshole and discuss bathroom monitoring, checking your partner's security footage, annoying family traditions, wearing designer, and breaking up with boys who didn't like Barbie.

Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben review the new films Barbie and Oppenheimer after an IRL movie theatre experience.

Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben talk about Holo Taco's four year anniversary and answer audience questions about bad business advice, mood boards, using data in decisions, customer feedback, and hints for our big upcoming anniversary launch.

Transcribed - Published: 20 July 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben talk about the Colleen Ballinger situation, how creators can develop inappropriate relationships with their fans, and if it’s possible for creators to be “friends” with their followers.

Transcribed - Published: 5 July 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben talk about their trip to Raleigh, North Carolina for the Holo Taco x Safiya truck event, and discuss icebreakers or how to start a conversation with somebody.

Transcribed - Published: 21 June 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben talk about seeing Taylor Swift live in concert for her Eras Tour at the MetLife Stadium in NJ on May 26, 2023.

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben look at vacation themed posts on the popular subreddit r/amitheasshole and discuss traveling alone, babies on planes, airport security, beach chair etiquette, and bringing your boyfriend on vacation.

Transcribed - Published: 23 May 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben play ‘Get a Million dollars but...’ and discuss hypothetical scenarios they would entertain in exchange for millions of dollars.

Transcribed - Published: 17 May 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben are back from vacation to the Dominican Republic and share stories (with a slideshow) from their trip, including: golf cart riding, private villas, Ben hustling an upgrade, island cats, and how people thought Ben was going to propose during dinner on the beach.

Transcribed - Published: 3 May 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben look at posts on the popular subreddit r/amitheasshole and discuss blowing your nose in public, inheritances, nepo-babies, private islands, ruining proposals, smelly lunches, and bad first impressions.

Transcribed - Published: 19 April 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben react to Ethan Klein of the H3 Podcast alleging that their Multi-Channel Network BBTV stole over $600,000 of revenue from their channel memberships. Ben and Cristine discuss poorly worded contracts, their own experience with MCN’s and creditor protection, and how this is basically the same plot as the recent Apple TV movie Tetris.

Transcribed - Published: 12 April 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben take an alignment quiz to find out whether they lean more Jock, Nerd, Prep or Goth, or fall smack in the middle as a Normie. They discuss traditional male gender roles, rejecting social norms, mental toughness and dressing to impress.

Transcribed - Published: 28 March 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben react to unpopular opinions on long concerts, fishing pictures in dating profiles, sleeping on the floor, dramatic introverts, being naked in front of your pets, spaghetti, and Ryan Reynolds.

Transcribed - Published: 22 March 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben discuss the first season of The Last Of Us, a show based on a fan-favourite video game of the same name. We talk how the show compares to the video game, who's protecting who, Joel's final act and consequence, and Pedro Pascal likes painted nails.

Transcribed - Published: 15 March 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben discuss the conclusion of the Alex Murdaugh criminal case and verdict, take a "juror attitudes" questionnaire designed to assess prosecution bias, and discuss the adversarial justice system more generally.

Transcribed - Published: 8 March 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben discuss the Netflix series "The Ultimatum" where one partner in a couple issues an ultimatum to get married or break-up. We consider the rationale behind marriage, emotional manipulation, social influences, and our own view on marriage.

Transcribed - Published: 8 February 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben administer a Cat IQ test for their two cats Menchie and Zyler to determine whether their fluffy children rank high in feline intelligence or score low like a lovable cuddly idiots.

Transcribed - Published: 31 January 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben react to unpopular opinions on sleeping, vinyl music, McDonalds, toxicity in online gaming, animals over humans and business hotels. It is what it is.

Transcribed - Published: 24 January 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben play Guess The Recipe, where one of us shares only the ingredients to a recipe and the other person has to guess which food or dish it makes.

Transcribed - Published: 17 January 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben review & answer magazine quizzes written for teenage girls in the late 1990's to early 2000's.

Transcribed - Published: 10 January 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben share their picks for the best music, series, movie, online content, video games, and nail polish of 2022.

Transcribed - Published: 3 January 2023

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben look at C(h)ristmas themed posts on the popular subreddit r/amitheasshole and discuss Cristmas cookies, banning alcohol, Cristmas cards from babies, and suing family members. Happy Holodays!

Transcribed - Published: 20 December 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben look at some unread e-mails in Cristine’s inbox and talk about unsolicited business offers, Established Titles, cryptocurrency, industry jargon, and shoppable online content.

Transcribed - Published: 13 December 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben present the SimplyPodLogical 2022 Holoday gift guide and give you some gift giving ideas for the types of people in your lives.

Transcribed - Published: 6 December 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben react to unpopular opinions on soup, the death penalty, bbq chicken pizza, Taylor Swift, graveyards, and hating children.

Transcribed - Published: 22 November 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben discuss what the heck is happening with twitter, Elon Musk’s takeover, social media, verification, and monetizing tweets.

Transcribed - Published: 16 November 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben review the new film ‘Don’t Worry Darling’, Directed by Olivia Wilde starring Florence Pugh & Harry Styles, and discuss feminism, plot holes, and Ben reveals his favourite bad movie.

Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben talk about Taylor Swift’s new album ‘Midnights’, the controversy over “fat-phobia” in her music video for Anti-Hero, and the stay-at-home girlfriend trend on TikTok.

Transcribed - Published: 1 November 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben look at posts on the popular subreddit r/amitheasshole and discuss halloween, candy, scaring people, holding babies, and finish the episode with a Halloween candy fantasy draft.

Transcribed - Published: 25 October 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine has turned 30 years old for the 4th time, and Cristine and Ben answer questions from the audience about birthdays, sharing celebrations, swapping gifts, lavish parties and ranking birthday cakes.

Transcribed - Published: 18 October 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Ben and Cristine’s sister Jen review five horror movies: Midsommar, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Witch, Men, and Cube.

Transcribed - Published: 4 October 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben talk about gambling influencers, Twitch paying top creators less, big streamers moving from Twitch to YouTube, Taylor Swift, cheating in chess, and Drake.

Transcribed - Published: 27 September 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben play a game of would you rather (this or that) and talk about their celebrity crush, cleaning ladies, grey’s anatomy, the monarch, and how long human beings have been on Earth.

Transcribed - Published: 20 September 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben review school themed r/amitheasshole posts and give their hot takes about bragging about getting into college, cheating on an exam, failing a course and sneezing in class.

Transcribed - Published: 14 September 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben answers audience submitted questions about how YouTube has changed, travelling to the US, Holo Taco, sociology, working together as a couple and more.

Transcribed - Published: 6 September 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben are joined by Safiya and Tyler and they talk about how they met, YouTube, social media, Ottawa, and cats.

Transcribed - Published: 30 August 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben react to unpopular opinions on texting etiquette, warm toilet seats, gun safety and children, bragging about having and not having kids, and garbage bowl superiority.

Transcribed - Published: 17 August 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben take turns describing television shows and guessing if the show is real or if the other person made it up.

Transcribed - Published: 9 August 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben talk about Cristine being bad at video games, comments she's received, bad criticism versus constructive criticism, and gatekeeping gaming.

Transcribed - Published: 2 August 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben look at posts on the popular subreddit r/amitheasshole and discuss sharing drinks, strangers in wedding photos, waking up your spouse, garden gnomes, slurping spaghetti, and puppet themed weddings.

Transcribed - Published: 26 July 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben celebrate three years of Holo Taco and answer questions from the audience about Cristine’s nail polish brand.

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben react to weird Canadian laws about scaring children, skinny dipping, noise complaints, witchcraft, and falsely advertising maple syrup.

Transcribed - Published: 13 July 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben react to audience-submitted comments on what feeling "old" is like if you're over 30, and what you wish you knew when you were in your twenties.

Transcribed - Published: 5 July 2022

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben see if they can guess the YouTube creator based on the title of their first video, title of their most viewed video, and a random fun fact.

Transcribed - Published: 28 June 2022