How many friendships were ended over the Myspace top eight? This week Annemarie looks at the rise of social media in the early aughts. Meanwhile, we may not be able to imagine the food scene without bacon or Food Network, but Alyssa looks back

Dateable Australian Doctors

Feb 10th, 2020 32m 8s

In a totally normal sounding event, Alyssa gets into a shower-sized room to sweat under some infrared lights while dreaming of that one possibly hot Australian doctor who got away. Annemarie has a run in with a witch and looks at some Post-It N

First Times: Bad Dates and Performing with Emma

Feb 3rd, 2020 25m 42s

This week Alyssa sits down with her coworker and friend Emma. She's sharing a few dating stories, an embarrassing story involving her parents and a nightmare, and the time she got to perform with a show with a singer she liked thanks to a few c

A Gentleman in Nike Shox

Jan 27th, 2020 34m 47s

Alyssa might be dying in this week’s episode, but that doesn’t stop her from telling us about her experience using ClassPass. Annemarie attends a pasta cooking class (is this the new bread episode?) and is now basically a chef. Don’t judge the

That's What She Said

Jan 20th, 2020 40m 57s

It's our first episode where we take a look a random topic! Annemarie delves into the history of workplace sitcoms and wonders how they'll evolve. Yes, she does talk about THE OFFICE. Meanwhile, Alyssa took this opportunity to research white c

A Cat Is Not a Dog

Jan 13th, 2020 45m 45s

Alyssa goes to the theater to see Cats – a spectacle so trippy, confusing, and downright awful that she declares it a must see. You’ll probably walk out of the theater wondering about normal cat anatomy and feeling vaguely threatened by Dame J

Kicking Off 2020

Jan 6th, 2020 15m 58s

We're making plans this week. There are some exciting changes coming to Overenthusiastic Underprepared, and we can't wait. We're also setting some personal intentions for 2020 and sending some positive energy into the world.

First Times: Music Festivals and Bodily Fluids with Ana

Dec 30th, 2019 30m 10s

The hosts sit down in Alyssa’s childhood bedroom with their long-time good friend, Ana, to talk about a few of Ana’s first times. The conversation quickly derails as they pass one microphone back and forth between all three of them, and they en

Time Is a Construct

Dec 23rd, 2019 59m 35s

You can have a little decade-in-review content, as a treat. Alyssa and Annemarie have ten completely unrelated questions they're answering to reminisce about the last ten years. Memes, obsessions, funny memories of each other, and much more.

It Be Like That Sometimes

Dec 16th, 2019 32m 41s

After a bit of time away from recording, Alyssa and Annemarie are back and better than ever (read: so exhausted from life that they’re one bad joke away from a mental breakdown)! Alyssa attends a Steelers football game with her family and conse

Dirtbikes and Dickinson

Nov 18th, 2019 33m

Annemarie accidentally attends her first EDM concert this week, featuring flaming drumsticks and unexplained dirtbikes. Alyssa goes to an advanced screening of the tv show DICKINSON and gets a taste of the VIP treatment, which she really recomm

First Times: Emilie and Jayne Skydive

Nov 11th, 2019 23m 4s

This week’s episode is a special one! Annemarie met up with two of her friends to listen to them tell a story of one of their First Times – their first time jumping out of a plane thousands of feet in the air, to be exact. You know, just your c

The Paul Blart of Segues

Nov 4th, 2019 50m 35s

After a week in Alabama, Alyssa shares the mistakes she made on vacation. (She tried to go on a date for the podcast, and let's just say it didn't go to plan.) Fresh off jury duty, Annemarie talks about Pod-ception, when she, a podcaster, went

A Field of Spooky Horses

Oct 28th, 2019 38m 52s

The hosts are comin’ at you this week with a special Halloween episode in celebration of Annemarie’s favorite holiday. Annemarie visits the City Market Catacombs in Indianapolis and tells herself that it is not haunted (but it’s probably haunte

Not Another Birthday Episode

Oct 14th, 2019 42m 21s

Alyssa gets dressed up for cocktails where the "real adults" go for drinks (listen after three weeks of birthdays, she's pretty poor and had to work with what she had. Let's give her a break). Annemarie goes to Dinosaur World. But even though d

A Metronome of Bitch Slaps

Oct 7th, 2019 46m 35s

Alyssa rings in her 26th birthday with a hangover (cured by a magical breakfast sandwich) and a fun, surprise-filled day planned by her amazing friends. Annemarie considers buying a house and attends a super informative, ultra interesting, defi

Who the Hell is Terry?

Sep 30th, 2019 46m 26s

Alyssa will forever be haunted by the mystery of a wrong number text this weekend. She'll also be haunted by some of the weird food she ate at a sustainability food festival. Meanwhile, Annemarie has some fun in the sun, featuring poisonous teq

Wiener Dog Race Enthusiast

Sep 23rd, 2019 33m 3s

This week, Annemarie attends a Pet Festival with her dog, Hagrid, and considers traveling the world to become a Dachshund race journalist. To be continued whether or not she makes this major career change. Alyssa opens up to a complete strange

Dwayne the Rock Johnsons

Sep 16th, 2019 53m 24s

This week, Annemarie participates in perhaps the most random activity yet: a Rock Paper Scissors Tournament. Going against her better judgment, Alyssa skips a party with her friends and goes on a second date to some pond. The night quickly take

Annemarie Went to Italy and All She Got Were These Ghosts

Sep 9th, 2019 58m 6s

This week, Alyssa is on a boat, cruising down a river. Well, on a kayak. And she's paddling. And we aren't sure whether it was actually a river. But close enough. Annemarie recaps her trip to Italy with a new segment called "The Top Six Things

The Star Wars of Transitions

Sep 2nd, 2019 36m 27s

After a few weeks off, Alyssa and Annemarie are back in the recording studio (read: their bedrooms). This time the hosts are together in Indianapolis, fulfilling their lifelong, YA dreams of shooting some arrows from some bows at Sasquatch. Whi

Rewind: Episode One

Aug 5th, 2019 32m 1s

Annemarie is still pretending to be Lizzie McGuire in Rome, so this week we're revisiting our very first. Safe to say we've learned a lot about podcasting since then. We talk about how we became friends, how we stayed friends despite living in

Totally Not a Cult

Jul 22nd, 2019 44m 58s

Annemarie tries to calm her mind and find inner peace this week with a new type of meditation. The class is totally not a cult recruitment thing. For anyone who doesn't like Shakespeare, Alyssa's activity this week is for you.

A Sunburn to Rule Them All

Jul 15th, 2019 32m 44s

It’s summer. It’s hot. And the sun is out to get us all. Alyssa goes to the Singing Beach, avoids Casey Affleck, and gets beat up by the ocean. But she didn’t get a sunburn, so basically it’s a success. Annemarie also fights with some salt wate

Magic Mike and a Silk Cocoon

Jul 8th, 2019 37m 57s

Annemarie gets a lot more than she signed up for when she goes to a Magic Mike-type show (but also a lot less than she signed up for, if you know what we mean). It takes about thirty seconds for Alyssa to decide aerial yoga is not for her, but