"Pull up a hay bale and join Shelby, Ridge, Joan, and Rita for a no-holds-barred (and zero-shame) confession session on guilty pleasures—the little indulgences we love but probably shouldn't admit to out loud. We start with the present-day stuff: those late-night snacks, trashy shows, questionable music playlists, and habits we'd never post about. Then the conversation rolls back in time to our younger years—think childhood obsessions, teenage crushes on ridiculous trends, awkward phases we still secretly revisit, and the things that made us feel alive before life got complicated. Expect plenty of laughs, surprising admissions (Rita and Joan bring the heat on this one), and a few moments of real reflection: Why do we feel 'guilty' about harmless joys? What do our old pleasures say about who we've become? And is there anything more freeing than owning them without apology? Raw, ridiculous, reverent, and real—just like always. New episodes drop biweekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Podbean, iHeart, and wherever you get your podcasts. Come think (and confess) with us!"

This week on The Barn Philosopher, Ridge, Logan, and Shelby dive headfirst into the bizarre world of rage-triggering nonsense — and discover that humans might actually enjoy being cranky as a hobby. We’re talking social media shouting matches, neighborhood drama that absolutely does not matter, and the eternal battle between “the internet says” versus “reality says”—spoiler: reality is losing.

Logan shows up with enough pent-up frustration to power a small city, Ridge attempts to facilitate something resembling a structured dialogue, and Shelby derails every five minutes with existential questions like, “Why are we like this?” and “Is it possible to fight an algorithm physically?”

By the end, we haven’t cured anger, but we’ve successfully roasted it, measured it, psychoanalyzed it, and possibly offered it a snack.

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In this episode, Shelby sits down with Rita to talk about cabin fever — and why winter turns us all into slightly restless houseplants in need of sunlight. The conversation drifts (as the best ones do) into Rita’s tropical upbringing, where there was no winter to hunker down through, just a constant fight against the jungle reclaiming everything that didn’t move. We compare that to the Midwest’s seasonal reset, where frost does the pruning for you and boredom creeps in around February.

Thankfully, the grandkids are a built-in cure for winter monotony. Between their projects, imaginations, and general chaos, cabin fever doesn’t stand much of a chance. A cozy chat about seasons, sanity, and how different landscapes shape different rhythms of life.

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