🎙 Welcome back to The Third Degree — where chaos is inevitable and perfection is... complicated.

☀️ Cold Open Chaos: We allegedly talk about perfectionism, but first:

A heated debate if 10:30 AM is brunch or breakfast (it’s brunch, obviously 🍳)

Muddy dogs ruining everything 🐾

At least one (okay, maybe all) of us crying over Canvas assignments 😵‍💫

Oh, and someone fell down a spiral staircase in high school theater and kept going.

Because the show must go on, baby 🎭

💥 The Perfectionism Spiral: We dive deep into what perfectionism really looks like:

The paralysis of being too afraid to even star

Interpreting every bit of feedback as a personal attack

Constant self-criticism, unrealistic expectations, and the need to be the best — even when it's ruining your mental health 💀✨

🩰 Perfectionism in Dance: Here’s where things get painfully specific:

Neurotic perfectionism takes center stage — aka the "if I’m not winning, I’m failing" mindset

Comparing yourself to teammates until your brain is soup

Harsh feedback, internalized pressure, and the fear of asking questions (because questions = weakness)

The emotional breakdowns 24 hours before every competition (relatable, right?)

🌱 What Actually Helps: We also explore ways to cope, recover, and reframe:

The good ol’ critique sandwich (3 compliments, 1 correction)

Dance teachers who adapt their teaching styles (angels, truly)

Learning when to walk away from the turn you're forcing

And remembering your worth ≠ your pirouette count 🩰🥲

🌮 Final Thoughts (and a Goose?): Somehow, a goose steals a Taco Bell logo, and we’re still confused. But honestly, if you’ve ever:

Procrastinated yourself into paralysis

Cried before a performance

Or confused your self-worth with how well you did that combo…

This one’s for you. 💖🥞

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🎙️ Up to the Third Degree – where chaos has three voices.

📱💬 Ever get a random FaceTime and immediately assume someone’s dead? Yeah, same. We’re diving deep into the chaotic world of unannounced video calls, the sacred rules of answering (or not answering), and why if you don’t text after you call, you might actually be a menace to society. Give us a sign of life, please.

☠️📲 Then there's ✈️ clapping when the plane lands. Why? Just dap the pilot up (or is it dab? We Googled it so you don’t have to) and exit the aircraft like a civilized human.

🛬👊 We’re also taking a stand against movie theater clapping — Spielberg can’t hear you from Row D in Ohio.

🎥🙄 Meanwhile, we’re ghosting therapists 👻, ruining surprise parties before they happen 🎂, and folding laundry just for the ✨emotional stability✨. Honestly, laundry might be the only thing holding some of us together at this point. 🧺💔

Of course, we had to tackle the age-old debate: is astrology legit or just sparkly homework for adults? 🔮 Turns out, being born under a full moon in Bethlehem, PA doesn’t explain your commitment issues — but it might explain why your joints hurt when it rains. 🌕🦴 And just when you thought it couldn’t get deeper — surprise! We’re unpacking school hat bans (no really, it’s a whole thing), how Sandy Hook changed dress code policies forever 🧢😳, and the criminalization of beanies.

At the end of the day, being kind isn’t cringe, writing love letters is adorable 💌, and simp culture is just the bare minimum, babe. Toxic is out. Emotional vulnerability is in. So let’s keep being our weird, neurospicy selves and stop clapping when the plane lands.

💅💖🧠 Three unfiltered friends. Zero chill. Unlimited side quests. Join Lizzie, Lexie, and Natalie every week as they spiral from true crime tales into roasts, rants, and ridiculous rabbit holes. Whether they’re breaking down baffling murders, roasting each other’s childhood traumas, or taking wild detours into pop culture and petty drama, nothing is off limits and no one is safe (especially each other).

Drop a comment! Let us know what you think—do you agree, disagree, or have even hotter takes than us? We love hearing from you!

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🧠👶 THIRD DEGREE: ARE YOU SMARTER THAN AN 8-YEAR-OLD?

We let a third grader loose on the pod... and things immediately went off the rails. 🚂✨

👧 Lizzie vs 👦 Braden in an epic battle of ✨brains, riddles, and feral energy✨. Questions were asked. Answers were wrong. Knees were injured. Also? Someone tried to eat soup with a fork. 🍲🍴 WHY.

🔥 Highlights include:

• A child destroying us in trivia
• A rogue guacamole moment 🥑
• “THE ANSWER IS DARKNESS” 🕶️
• Someone yelling “SHUT THE FLIP UP” mid-spelling lesson
• And a shocking twist involving roosters and eggs 🐓🥚

💀 10/10 chaos. Zero math skills. 🎧 Listen now to hear Lizzie get outsmarted by a literal child.

#ThirdDegreePod #PodcastChaos #SiblingRivalry #NotSmarterThanAThirdGrader

🎉 Game Night Gone Off the Rails | Incoherent, Trivia & Too Much Chaos 🤯

In this episode, we play a chaotic round of Incoherent, where nobody knows what’s being said, but somehow we all pretend we do 😂 We struggle through phrases like “Ace Tray Taste Who Didn’t” (???), scream-laugh our way through gibberish, and prove that none of us should be allowed near a third-grade math test.

✨ Highlights include:

• Dramatic emphasis fails
• "Don't do drugs" becomes "Dawn Dude Rugs"
• An emotional breakdown over the word "joey"
• Learning (incorrectly) that Beethoven was blind
• Discovering a new color??! (we swear it's real… maybe)
• The Rizz sound effect makes its entrance
• Minecraft chicken songs and Sigma energy 🐔
• Deep questions like: what is 7 x 6? (answer: "your mom")

If you're into unfiltered chaos, questionable facts, and vibes that teeter between genius and meltdown, this one’s for you 🎧🔥

Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more absurdly funny moments each week!

#IncoherentGame #TriviaFails #YourMomJokes #SigmaFight #PodcastEnergy #GameNightVibes #OhioIsntReal

🧠👶 THIRD DEGREE: ARE YOU SMARTER THAN AN 8-YEAR-OLD? (Feat. Chaos, Gibberish & Guacamole)

We let a third grader loose on the pod… and everything fell apart immediately. 😭🚂 👧 Lizzie vs 👦 Bradyn in a high-stakes showdown full of ✨trivia, nonsense, and unhinged energy✨.

We tried to play Incoherent. We tried to do basic math. We tried to spell “puppies.” We failed. Spectacularly.

🍲 Someone tried to eat soup with a fork. 🕶️ “THE ANSWER IS DARKNESS” was screamed unprovoked. 🐓 A rooster-related betrayal took place. 🥑 A rogue guacamole moment occurred. 🤯 And “Don’t do drugs” somehow became “Dawn Dude Rugs.”

Other crimes against logic and language:

• Bradyn thought Beethoven was blind
• Lizzie got outsmarted by a literal child
• The Rizz sound effect entered the chat
• And 7 x 6 = “your mom” happened.

💀 10/10 chaos. 0/10 math skills. Infinite laughter. 🎧 Tap in now if you want to feel better about your own intelligence. Or worse. Probably worse.

#ThirdDegreePod #SiblingRivalry #NotSmarterThanAThirdGrader #IncoherentGame #TriviaFails #PodcastMeltdown #SigmaFight #OhioIsntReal #YourMomJokes

Welcome back to Third Degree, where the 🍓 are rock hard, the nipples are tiny 😳, and absolutely no one is qualified to be talking about the “pee system” 💦—but we do anyway.

In this episode:

• A heated debate about whether “yay” sounds like “gay” 🌈
• Someone threatens violence over honey mustard 🥴
• We dive into “Am I the Asshole?” and immediately realize: yes, yes we are 🫢
• A husband takes a paternity test… and it breaks the internet. The twist? It’s not even her baby. Yeah. We’re in full telenovela territory, people. Somewhere between Maury and Grey’s Anatomy with a dash of CSI: Maternity Ward.

Meanwhile, we ask the real questions:

😤 Am I the asshole for being mad about how my boyfriend makes my noodles? 💅 And how do you move on after being betrayed by tomatoes?

It features emotional whiplash, accidental comedy, and an ice cream truck appearance at mid-crisis. Stick around Robert. You’ll understand when you get there. 👀

Also, someone is sick 🤧, someone’s flaring 😫, and someone’s shaking the table.

If you came here for structure, professionalism, or maturity… yikes. 🚩

🎙️ Hit play. Regret nothing.

✨ LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE ✨ (And tag a friend who still doesn’t understand Punnett squares.)

#DNAgate #SwitchedAtBirth #SpaghettiWars #ThirdDegreePodcast #FamilyDrama #WifeNotCheating #NoodleTrauma #RobertCameo #ButterNoodlesRights #EyeColorLies

🎙️ Up to the Third Degree – where chaos has three voices. Three unfiltered friends. Zero chill. Unlimited side quests. Join Lizzie, Lexie, and Natalie every week as they spiral from true crime tales into roasts, rants, and ridiculous rabbit holes. Whether they’re breaking down baffling murders, roasting each other’s childhood traumas, or taking wild detours into pop culture and petty drama, nothing is off limits and no one is safe (especially each other).

Welcome to Third Degree — where intros are never easy, awkwardness is off the charts, and chaos reigns supreme. In this episode, we throw caution to the wind, dive into the mess with absolutely zero plan (who needs one, anyway?), and somehow, we make it through... kinda.

😅 Things kick off with a 9-minute struggle to get the podcast rolling, followed by an intense debate on whether we should even be saying the things we’re saying. Spoiler: we probably shouldn’t, but hey, who cares?

😂 Here’s a sneak peek of what’s in store: Weird date stories that involve a tricycle, zero chemistry, and a waiter who just wasn’t feeling the vibes. (Seriously, you won’t unsee it.) -The worst gifts we've pretended to love — from fuzzy pink Minnie Mouse slippers to "artisanal" craft fair gems that have us questioning life choices. -The horror of MLMs — guess who might get sucked into one (it’s probably Natalie 😏). - Hostage situation fantasies — would we survive? Probably not. Lizzie’s got bail money, but Natalie’s just laughing at us.

😬 - The timeless question: Do we need to shave our legs in 80-degree heat? (Spoiler: we say no, and we’re not sorry.) - Underwear dilemmas — is it on or off today? (It’s complicated, just roll with it.) - And of course, horror movie tropes — like, why does the girl always die first in the creepy cemetery?

By the end of this episode, you’ll be wondering how we even made it through without completely embarrassing ourselves (though we probably did). We manage to get it together just in time for a bombshell new season, and trust us, the chaos never stops. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the pure, unfiltered chaos. And when you’re done, we dare you not to ask yourself: "Why am I still listening to these people?"

Welcome to Third Degree. We wouldn’t have it any other way.

😎 🎧 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and follow us on Instagram for more chaos!

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🎙 Welcome to We'll be the Judges – New Episodes Every Wednesday!

🎙 Can something as small as a butterfly flapping its wings really cause a tornado on the other side of the world? 🤔 Today, we dive deep into The Butterfly Effect—a wild concept from chaos theory that suggests small actions can have massive, unpredictable consequences.

🌍💨 💡 In this episode, we break down:

🔹 What the Butterfly Effect actually is (and no, it’s not just a cool movie)

🔹 How Edward Lorenz basically ruined weather predictions forever

🔹 Why rounding a decimal point could send the world into chaos (math is evil)

🔹 Real-life examples that prove this theory in action

🔹 How the Butterfly Effect applies to science, business, and even your daily life And, of course, the big question… Can a butterfly REALLY cause a tornado?

🌀 (Spoiler: Probably not, but wouldn’t it be hilarious if it could?)

🤣 Funny moments in this episode:

👉 “Poor butterflies. They didn’t ask for this.”

👉 “Math is stupid. Confirmed.”

👉 “Meteorologists get paid to be wrong, and I respect that.”

👉 “So what you’re telling me is… I can blame a butterfly for my bad life choices?”

👉 “If I never went on that trip, I wouldn’t be here. So technically, this podcast is the Butterfly Effect in action.”

🔥 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment—what’s one tiny decision you made that changed EVERYTHING?

🎧 Listen to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! #ButterflyEffect #ChaosTheory #MindBlown #ScienceExplained #FunnyPodcast #WeAreTheJudges

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The Twisted Mind of Ted Bundy | True Crime Deep Dive with Lex & Liv

🚨 Warning: This episode contains discussions of disturbing content, including violence and crime. Viewer discretion is advised.

🚨 Hey everyone, welcome back! It’s been two whole weeks since we last filmed, and we’ve missed you! Today, we’re diving into a topic that’s as dark as it is fascinating: Ted Bundy—one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. Before we get into the true crime madness, we kick things off with some life updates. We chat about what’s been annoying us lately (like the absolute pain of signing up for classes) and what’s been keeping us sane.

Spoiler alert: swimming, diving boards, and not having a bad week for once. Then, we get straight into the case. Ted Bundy’s story isn’t just about his horrifying crimes—it’s about manipulation, deception, and the chilling psychology of a man who many described as "charming" on the outside but completely cold-blooded underneath.

🔍 What We Cover in This Episode: 🗣️ Life updates & minor annoyances 🧐 Ted Bundy’s childhood—was he born evil or made that way? 🔪 His gruesome crimes and the terrifying details of his methods 🧠 The psychology behind his actions—what made him tick? 🕵️ How he was finally caught and the legacy he left behind From his disturbing early behaviors (stealing knives, peeping into windows, and harming animals) to his terrifying spree of kidnapping, assault, and murder,

Bundy’s story is as unsettling as it is shocking. He managed to escape police custody twice, manipulated people into believing he was harmless, and even defended himself in court. We also discuss how his background—his complicated family history, lies about his parents, and his obsession with control—may have shaped him into the killer he became. Was he always destined to be a monster, or did his environment push him over the edge?

💬 What do YOU think? Why do some people become serial killers? Do you believe Bundy was born this way, or did his upbringing turn him into a murderer? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

🔥 If you love true crime, mystery, and weird history, make sure to LIKE, COMMENT, & SUBSCRIBE!

We’ve got more dark and twisted stories coming your way. Thanks for watching, and we’ll see you in the next one! Stay safe & stay curious.

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Hey guys! In today’s episode, we’re diving into the most random, hilarious, and mind-boggling questions—everything from wild conspiracy theories to deep philosophical debates. Are we living in a simulation? Is time even real? Did NASA stop exploring the ocean because they found something? And most importantly... does pineapple belong on pizza?! 🍍🍕

Join us as we spiral into deep thoughts, crack jokes, and argue about life’s biggest (and weirdest) mysteries. This episode is full of laughs, chaos, and some surprisingly insightful moments.

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