A tart holiday margarita set the tone, but the real kick comes from candor: a chaotic building alarm test, an unplanned two-week break, and a reset that chooses grace over guilt. From there, we tap into the heart of this show, community, curiosity, and the courage to say the quiet part out loud.
We start with your requests: more true crime, more ghost stories, and a promise to build an episode around your scariest submissions. Then we laugh (and side-eye) our way through a list of icks, from public speakerphone theatrics to performative thirst traps that turn baking into a spectacle. It’s humor with boundaries, a reminder to curate what we consume and how we show up.
Is Los Angeles scary? As a native, I share the practical answer: it depends where you are, how aware you stay, and how you feel about driverless Waymo cars navigating real city chaos. Between the Citizen app’s constant pings and a recent police-standoff incident, tech optimism meets everyday safety. To balance the adrenaline, we dive into TV: early-season Vanderpump Rules highlights, The Valley with content cautions, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, competition staples like Survivor and The Amazing Race, and comfort rewatches that hold you through long days. Horror fans get a nudge toward It: Welcome to Derry, if you’re able to handle extreme horror.
The heart of the episode lands with Gremlin Guidance. First: a two-year situationship with a guy seeing someone else and the hope to “make him see” you’re the one. My take is blunt: stop auditioning. If he can’t choose you without a campaign, he already has. Second: a four-year relationship, holiday proposal expectations, and the temptation to set an ultimatum. I argue for patience and clarity, want a partner who’s excited to propose, not a passenger who felt cornered.
Share your true crime and ghost stories, send your dilemmas for Gremlin Guidance, and help shape what comes next. If this resonated, follow, rate five stars, and pass it to a friend who needs a loving but direct nudge. Your stories are the show! What should we tackle next?
To submit your own Gremlin Story and Gremlin Gossip or if you need Gremlin Guidance email the pod at EMILYTOGREMILYPOD@GMAIL.COM
