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Welcome back to This Is My Mini Circus... the not so mini, mini episode with a full-blown documentary deep dive because Woodstock ’99 because it was too chaotic not to discuss.

This week, Stefanie and Meredith break down Netflix’s Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99, and whew… this one had everything: 90s nostalgia, MTV chaos, overheated crowds, overpriced water, questionable planning, angry music, rave hangars, and a festival that went from “peace, love, and music” to full-on destruction.

What was supposed to be a modern version of the original Woodstock turned into one of the most infamous music festival disasters of all time.

We discuss how bad decisions stacked on top of each other:

• Too many people
• Not enough water
• Not enough security
• No shade
• Poor sanitation
• Overpriced essentials
• Angry music paired with an angry crowd
• A total lack of crowd control

And honestly? Looking back as adults and parents made this documentary hit completely differently.

🎧 90s Nostalgia Meets Absolute Disaster

If you grew up with MTV, Carson Daly, TRL, Limp Bizkit, Korn, DMX, Kid Rock, and wallet chains, this episode will throw you right back into the late 90s.

But it also raises a lot of questions, like:

Who thought putting hundreds of thousands of overheated people on asphalt with no affordable water was a good idea?

Why were candles handed out to an already angry crowd?

And how did anyone think this was going to end peacefully?

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We’ll be back with our regular chaos, conversations, and whatever rabbit hole we fall into next.

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Welcome back to This Is My Circus — where one of us is being psychologically terrorized by a deer, the other is raising a puppy with no concept of personal space, and somehow we end up deep-diving into squatters, sovereign citizens, reincarnation, and wedding drama.

This week we're talking bizarre neighborhood wildlife, viral international visitors falling in love with America, the absolutely rage-inducing Squatters: Get the F Out of My House docuseries, and a thriller that had us questioning everything we thought we knew about life, death, and family secrets.

🎙️ In This Episode

🦌 Meredith vs. The Deer

• The mysterious deer that refuses to leave the yard
• Why the dogs think they've made a new best friend
• Midnight standoffs and disappearing hostas
• White woman suburbia problems at their finest

🐶 Clifford's First Park Adventure

• Why treats suddenly became irrelevant
• The challenge of training a social butterfly puppy
• The struggle of teaching a dog that not everyone wants to be his friend

🇺🇸 The Internet's Favorite Tourist

• The German traveler whose love for America has gone viral
• Waffle House, Buc-ee's, college football, NASA, and celebrity meetups
• How one visitor ended up living a better American vacation than most Americans
• Why the world is suddenly falling in love with the United States again

🍻 World Cup Culture & International Visitors

• Why Americans are embracing global soccer fans
• Scottish fans drinking breweries dry
• Hospitality competitions between countries
• The unexpected power of Southern food and American culture

Squatters: Get the F Out of My House (Hulu)

This documentary series had us angry, stressed, and questioning reality.

We discuss:

• Homeowners being arrested while squatters stay in their homes
• Serial squatters exploiting legal loopholes
• Fake leases, fake paperwork, and unbelievable scams
• Millions of dollars in property damage
• Sovereign citizen movements and bizarre legal claims
• SWAT team standoffs over stolen homes
• The emotional and financial devastation faced by homeowners

If you're looking for a documentary that will make your blood pressure spike, this is the one.

⭐ Our Rating:

Highly Recommended
(But maybe don't binge all six episodes in one sitting unless you enjoy rage.)

🐊 Child Thrown Into Crocodile Enclosure

A shocking story out of the UK involving:

• A stranger throwing a three-year-old into a crocodile exhibit
• A heroic zoo employee jumping in to save the child
• Questions about mental health, justice, and humanity

🦫 Beaver Watch 2026

• Local baby beaver sightings
• Why they're adorable but problematic
• The unexpected wildlife takeover of the neighborhood

"Am I the A-Hole for Dropping Out of My Sister's Wedding?"

After paying over $5,500 toward her sister's engagement party, a woman overhears the bride admitting she was only chosen as Maid of Honor because she was easy to manipulate and willing to spend money.

We discuss:

• Family manipulation
• Financial boundaries
• Toxic sibling relationships
• Why "No" is a complete sentence

📚 Book Club Review

The Lake House Children by Greg Dunnett

A psychological thriller with:

• Reincarnation mysteries
• Family secrets
• Childhood trauma
• Suspenseful twists
• A shocking ending we didn't see coming

What We Loved:

• Unique premise
• Strong emotional storytelling
• Multiple unexpected twists
• Kept us guessing until the end

Our Rating:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
9.5–10/10

One of our favorite reads in recent months.

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Welcome back to This Is My Circus — where beach trips turn into shark anxiety, dogs fall into pools, childhood TV icons get exposed, and we somehow end up debating aliens, furries, and goose fights.

In this episode, we cover:

• 🌊 Charleston, Folly Beach, Teddy Swims, and grown-up dinners
• 🎣 Deep sea fishing, baby sharks, and why seafood is a hard no
• 🐶 Clifford’s accidental pool dive and muddy crime scene bath
• 📺 Dirty Rotten Scandals on Hulu: Dr. Phil, America’s Next Top Model, and The Price Is Right exposed
• ⚽ World Cup chaos, international fans in America, and why Waffle House is basically cultural diplomacy
• 🐊 A Florida alligator assists with an arrest, because of course it did
• 👽 Government alien files, lizard people, praying mantis aliens, and why O-negative blood suddenly feels suspicious

🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”

A roommate comes home early to find strangers sleeping in his trashed room… so he swaps bedrooms while his roommate is away.

Verdict: Not the A-hole. George deserved the ants.

📚 Next Week:

We’re doing both:

• Docuseries: Squatters: Get the F Out of My House on Hulu
• Book: The Lake House Children by Greg Dunnett

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Welcome back to This Is My Circus — where we embrace the chaos, keep it real about parenting, pop culture, true crime, and the books, shows, and internet rabbit holes we can’t stop talking about.

Stefanie and Meredith are officially back, and this episode is full of life updates, feral puppy energy, senior-year mom feelings, dating fears, wedding vendor chaos, Netflix true crime, suspicious dolphins, and one very unhinged “Am I the A-Hole?” wedding story.

Buckle up. We missed you.

✨ Inside This Episode:

• 🐶 Clifford the chaos puppy has joined the family, and Rex is not emotionally prepared.

• 🎓 Dylan graduated, Jackson survived another school year, and the senior-year mom emotions are already hitting hard.

• 🎣 Beach trips, deep sea fishing, teenage boys, and why sitting still sounds peaceful until your brain gets involved.

• 💘 Stefanie considers dating again, immediately regrets it, and realizes background checks may need to be part of the process.

• 💸 The ladies discuss rich husband applications, NBA ticket prices, yacht outfits,

• 🧠 Meredith shares a chaotic wedding-day story involving a car accident, Jackson’s broken collarbone, and a suspiciously timed TikTok mental health check.

• 💍 Wedding business updates, missing vendors, emergency makeup saves, and why wedding pros deserve more credit.

• 🚗 A deep dive into The Crash on Netflix, including reckless driving, complicated grief, questionable parenting, jailhouse behavior, and the sentencing debate.

• 🗳️ A hilarious political name mix-up involving two men named Dan Sullivan running against each other.

• 🐋 A lonely killer whale becomes a town mascot, and honestly, we support him.

• 🐬 Gerald the dolphin kidnapping people for unpaid underwater labor...but is he really a dolphin or is it an alien?

• 🧳 Vacation planning paralysis, Florida fears, Raccoon Island dreams, and the never-ending list of unfinished projects.

🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”

A bride kicks a young server out of her wedding because she thinks the server is too distracting.

And the update made it even better!

📺 What We’re Watching:

The Crash on Netflix

Stefanie and Meredith break down the documentary, the case, the parents, the interviews, the jail behavior, and why this story is every parent’s nightmare when it comes to teenagers, driving, drugs, emotions, and getting into the wrong car.

📢 Final Thoughts

This episode has everything: puppies, graduation feelings, dating trauma, wedding chaos, Netflix true crime, suspicious ocean animals, and one bride who owes every server in America an apology.

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Welcome back to This Is My Circus — where parenting is wild, hot tubs are overcrowded, and mermaids might just be real. In this final episode (for now), we’re going out with chaos, conspiracies, cringe, and a little cry. Buckle up — it’s a ride.

✨ Inside This Episode:

• 🛁 Vacation recap: 5 teenage boys + 1 tiny Airbnb hot tub + double-fisting honey buns = chaos we did not plan for
• 🚪 Wrong door + stolen Oreos = peak awkward
• 🦙 Capybara obsessions, otter encounters & a Charlotte-area zoo with a sketchy website that needs a Honey Drop glow-up
• 🐬 Area 51’s on fire (literally), mermaids may be locked in Nevada, and dolphins might be telepathic
• 👀 Public cheating caught at Coldplay and a credit union office. It’s giving main character energy (but not in a good way)
• 🛏️ Creepy bunk bed request for 36 kids leads to a registry check and a police arrest — thank you, Texas furniture guy
• 🎤 And… we’re officially hitting pause on the podcast. (For now!) We love y’all and explain why we’re stepping back.

🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”

A wedding guest performs the entire Catholic ceremony (organ, vocals, the whole thing)… then finds out he was never invited as a guest. So he sues the couple — and wins.
Verdict: Everyone’s the a-hole. Including the groom, who said “I’ll talk to her” and never did.

📚 Book Chat: Zodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham

Twin sisters with all four elemental powers are thrown into a magical school full of bullying, betrayal, and elite fae chaos. It's giving Harry Potter meets Vampire Diaries with a splash of Gossip Girl and a whole lot of hot underwear.

⭐️ Rating: 8/10
🌶️ Spice: 2 chili peppers for Book 1, but it definitely heats up in future books
🎧 Audiobook: Distracting sound effects + identical twin POVs = mild confusion
💬 Our verdict: Confusing but addictive. We’re already three books deep.

📖 Next Book Pick (For Those Continuing Along):

All This and More by Peyton Shepherd
A twisty “choose your path” novel about big life decisions and multiple realities. Perfect for fans of Sliding Doors, The Midnight Library, and interactive fiction.

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: Taking a Break

Between new businesses, football seasons, and our senior-year mom feels, we’re taking a pause from regular podcasting to soak up every second. This isn’t goodbye forever — it’s just a break.

We love you. We’ll miss you. And we might just randomly drop back into your feed.

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It’s a mini episode, but we’re still bringing the chaos. This week’s snack-size episode is packed with bizarre headlines, dark history, and weird facts you didn’t ask for — because we know you’d miss us. No books this week, bookies — take a breather and read something wild.

✨ Inside This Mini Episode:

• 🦷 The Toothbrush Murder: California dentist poisons husband via $25,000 gold-plated toothbrush. You read that right.
• 🇪🇨 Real Life Purge in Ecuador: Cartels, military curfews, motorcycle executions — it’s giving Hunger Games meets The Purge.
• 🐜 Weaponized Mosquitos & Exploding Cigars?: CIA Project MK Naomi files exposed. Bio-weapons, anthrax, and rat delivery systems… nothing weird here.
• 🐱 $20 Million Cat Spy Fail: The CIA put microphones in cats. You can guess how that ended.

💡 Mini But Mighty Topics:

• Why gold toothbrushes = murder weapons
• How South America’s cartel violence looks eerily like a dystopian film
• More shady CIA projects you didn’t learn about in history class
• The cost of bad government decisions (spoiler: millions wasted on cats)
• Why Inspector Gadget might be more fact than fiction

❌ No Book Chat This Week

Bookies, enjoy the break! We’re resetting the A-Z challenge next week with “A” — get ready to start fresh.

🛑 Friendly Reminder:

If your neighbors have surveillance and your spouse has life insurance… don’t clean their toothbrushes with potassium chloride.

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Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 49 Mins

Theme: 4th Of July recaps, Car Scams, Weird land Marks, CIA Projects, AITA, Book Club Review

Welcome back to This Is My Circus — where suburban parenting meets petty rage, true crime tangents, and a garden full of zucchini no one asked for. This episode is giving chaos, conspiracy, and cult classic vibes.

In this episode, we cover:

• 🍅 Tomato thieves, garden hose justice & why community pantries aren’t always wholesome
• 🚙 Oil change scams, warranty games & dealership drama — car ownership is a scam
• 🧨 Viral Fourth of July TikTok drama that turned a potluck into a public dragging
• 🌱 The great zucchini takeover (and why our gardens are better than yours)
• 🐐 Weird small-town statues, creepy Marilyn Monroe legs, and our ongoing Hendersonville confusion

🔍 True Crime + Government Files You Didn’t Ask For:

• MK Ultra’s 149 subprojects revealed — and it only gets weirder
• Project MK Often: CIA-funded black magic, psychic warfare, and voodoo priest experiments
• Final Diddy Trial Update: Found guilty on two charges, facing up to 28 years in prison
• Real-life spiritual warfare? We’re not okay.

🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”

A gardener hoses down trespassers stealing tomatoes from his yard after a neighbor sets up a community pantry.
Verdict: Not the A-hole. We stand with petty horticulture warfare.

📚 Book Chat: You by Charles Benoit

Told in second-person narration, this dark YA tale about teen Kyle’s downward spiral didn’t land for us. Harsh parents, bad influences, and a twist that fizzled. We wanted more redemption, less monotone.

⭐️ Rating: 3/10
💬 “Zach was a manipulative psychopath, the parents were trash, and the ending? Meh.”

📖 Next Read: Zodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham

Mystical mean girls, elemental magic, twin heirs, and fae drama? We’re in. This series is about to be our new obsession.

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Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 49 Mins

Theme: Baby goats, Hero dads, Bronzer Dupe Win, New Obsessions, Diddy Case, Real life Dexter, AITA, Book Club Review

Welcome back to This Is My Circus — the podcast where parenting meets pop culture chaos, and goat cuddling is cheaper than therapy. This week, we’re bringing stories that range from adorable to unhinged, including TikTok trolls, cruise ship heroes, and a real-life Dexter you won’t believe.

In this episode, we cover:

• 🐐 Our literal goat cuddling experience (yes, we paid extra and yes, it was worth every penny)
• ⚠️ A Disney Cruise dad jumps overboard to save his daughter — and treads water for 20 minutes like a legend
• 🩺 A new nurse spreads affair rumors… about a daughter and her dad? Yikes.
• 🧴 Drugstore beauty wins: The $1.25 bronzing drops you need now
• ✈️ Meredith’s obsession with Emirates airline and why we were meant to fly first-class forever

🧼 Real Talk + Life Lately:

• Our chaotic Dollar Tree finds (thank you Nina Pool!)
• Tried the new local spot, The Cattle Car — rustic glam + great food? Yes please.
• Gas station pranks, and the weirdest storms of summer

🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”

A hospital social worker gets a nurse fired for spreading gossip that she’s having an affair with...her dad.
Verdict: Not the A-hole. But also...what’s going on in that hallway?

🧠 Deep Dives + Weird News:

• A real-life Dexter in Brazil: Pedro Rodriguez, aka “The Brazilian Vigilante,” claimed over 100 victims — but only the “bad guys”
• Four 5th-grade girls plot a classmate’s murder over cheating rumors. WHAT.
• A wind turbine blade falls into traffic — Final Destination flashbacks incoming
• Conspiracy TikTok alert: CIA files, Mandela effects, and the rabbit hole you’ll never crawl out of

📚 Book Chat: What She Left by H.K. Christie

We wanted to love this one — the mystery, the flawed PI mom, the buried secrets — but the robotic narration and stiff dialogue took us out of it.

⭐️ Rating: 2.5/10
💬 Strong premise, poor execution. The addiction arc was solid, but the pacing dragged and the delivery was dry.

📖 Next Read: You by Charles Benoit

A dark YA thriller told in second person. It’s short, intense, and under 4 hours — let’s see if it redeems our reading week.

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