66: Horsing Around pt.3: Listener Episode

Grant & Maia
Aug 14, 2024
2 min read

Updated: Jul 21, 2025

This week’s listener episode finds Grant and Maia christening their brand-new studio, complete with glitchy Wi-Fi, Denver heat, and a hilariously ill-timed breakup mid-opening credits, before diving into six wild listener stories. Stacy shares two painfully familiar dating disasters; Mimi flashes back to the infamous Lee episode “Falsely Imprisoned”; Jessica narrowly escapes being named “Frock”; and Gina’s horse-girl deep dive proves Panera-era obsessions run deep. Classroom chaos arrives courtesy of Kayla’s paper-clip fireball and an anonymous teacher whose super-helpful volunteer dad turns out to be a mafia kingpin. Toss in a queer-fiction book hunt that detours into grandma-approved erotica, a liquor-trunk prom fiasco, and an ROTC suitor who leaves his “heart” behind, and you’ve got another gloriously unhinged week on Well, I Laughed!

00:37:57 Stories start

Key takeaways to listen for

[00:00:00] Studio debut: Grant and Maia reveal the money pit mic upgrade and the bare-bones décor plan
[00:01:51] Moving meltdown: No AC, no Wi-Fi, lots of “Romeo-and-Juliet but hotter” threats
[00:07:09] 97-degree book quest: Grant sweats through Denver seeking queer fiction and meets the most enthusiastic octogenarian booksellers alive
[00:17:25] Rising Strong purchase: Why Brene Brown is the emergency exit from accidental erotica
[00:25:50] Staff-meeting snark: Teachers roast mandatory PD while plotting Chick-fil-A lunch logistics
[00:41:28] Stories Begin
[00:48:02] Five-minute relationship: Grant accepts “official” status only to get friend-zoned before the popcorn is buttered
[01:05:45] Horse-girl rabbit hole: Listener email sends Maia deep on Arabians and Panera-pandemic pets
[01:41:50] Mafia PTA dad: Kindergarten teacher learns her 5:30 a.m. furniture-moving volunteer was on the FBI’s gang roundup list
[02:06:35] Name game finale: Meet “Frock,” the baby girl almost christened after a dress

Quotes:

“As Brene Brown would say, shame can only exist in the shadows.” - Grant Thomas
“Everything we want that's good in life, that's like worth having is on the other side of vulnerability.” - Grant Thomas

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