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We Have Thoughts With Emily & Katie

Katie Higgins

A Podcast With Emily and Katie.

Two friends. Two millennial perspectives. Approximately a million thoughts.

We Have Thoughts is your weekly cocktail catch-up with Emily and Katie, where we pour a drink and unpack everything we can’t stop talking about—from pop culture and fashion to friendship, turning 40, life’s plot twists, and whatever has taken over the group chat that week.

It’s smart-ish, unfiltered, occasionally deep, and never that serious. Basically, cocktails with your girlfriends… except someone remembered to hit record.

We have opinions. We have questions. We have thoughts.

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  • 9 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 1 hr 25 min
  • English

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  • October 30 · 1 hr 27 min· Video

    Episode 9: Acupuncture, Jeep Shopping, Japan Dreams & Petty Betty

    We're back for Episode 9! This week we catch up on family baking and a possible getaway to Ireland. We also talk about stress, low-energy days and how acupuncture is helping. Then it's Halloween freezer cooking, the never-ending dinner dilemma, and using AI for advice while shopping for a family Jeep. Petty Betty takes on car design complaints and drivers who won't yield to emergency vehicles. We take a geography detour to Japan for its sights, food and drinks, plus some Geography Bee memories. We also cover furniture hunting and Marketplace finds, cardboard theater and handmade Christmas decorations, going gray, champagne and women's history, and a tattoo idea. We wrap up with AI etiquette (yes, we named our chat assistant), the Texas Senate race, and a preview of election week.

  • #8
    October 18 · 1 hr 10 min· Video

    Episode 8 – Standby to Paris: Travel Chaos, a Scary Street Encounter & Packing Hacks

    Emily is back from Paris, and she brought stories. The trip started with standby chaos: a reroute through Chicago, and the strategy behind getting on a flight to Europe when you're flying non-rev. Once the family settled in Paris, they planned a different kind of trip, with skate culture, shopping and small highlights along the way. Then comes the scariest part: a frightening encounter where someone pulled a gun on her family, plus what it taught her about staying safe and street-smart in the city. We also talk about the flight home and the unrest in France, then move on to AI, misinformation and online influence. We wrap up with recommendations, travel wardrobe hacks and clothing-care tips, some sister stories and advice on texting about politics.

  • #7
    October 12 · 1 hr 13 min· Video

    Episode 7: Good China, Petty Betty & Pocketless Pants

    An easy, chatty week with plenty of tangents. After some backstage banter and a concert called off by a storm, the conversation turns to friendship in midlife, weekend homemaking (sewing projects, Lillet Blanc and basil experiments) and the case for actually using the good china, plus Michael's elaborate table-setting story. From there it's home-design rabbit holes and why the details get so expensive, then this week's Petty Betty: selling clutter online and the spiritual case for purging. We also cover perimenopause, travel hacks, women's clothes with no pockets, fall-break negotiations and the flood of campaign texts. We wrap up with listener questions: what do you unfairly judge people for (wedding registries, apparently), and if your husband could anonymously submit one complaint about you, what would it be?

  • October 2 · 1 hr 23 min· Video

    Episode 6: LA Weekends, the Troubadour, and the Cases We Can't Stop Talking About

    We open with mic chaos and beauty-product tangents before diving into a Los Angeles trip recap — airport disasters, a Beverly Hills weekend, a Waymo ride to the legendary Troubadour, and a surreal Belle Frantz night that spilled into music-industry encounters. From there the conversation widens to music, travel, and American cultural power, then takes a heavier turn: the Lindsay Clancy hearing and shifting perceptions of accountability, the Cornell case and how systems keep privileging men over women, why women choose the bear, and the fraternity-culture fallout parents are grappling with. We close with a Fat Bear Week palate cleanser and some final reflections.

  • September 25 · 1 hr 19 min· Video

    Episode 5: Hoof Shoes, Pilot Perks & Apparently We're Hat People Now

    Katie and Emily are back for another cocktail catch-up, and the thoughts are THOUGHTING. 😂 Katie recaps Michael's birthday trip to DC, a six-hour Southwest adventure, and the trading card that saved the day. Then somehow we end up discussing pilot culture, Emily in Paris, our complicated relationships with boots and hats, Katie's deeply questionable hoof shoes, and Emily's upcoming LA adventure. Plus, we head into Court TV Corner to unpack the 60 Minutes interview that left us with… even more thoughts. Basically: travel, fashion, true crime, politics, petty grievances, and absolutely no ability to stay on topic. Exactly as intended.

  • #4
    September 18 · 1 hr 50 min· Video

    Episode 4: New York, Knot Bags & Menopause Truths

    We're back after a whirlwind stretch of travel — Katie catches us up on her New York sourcing trip for Electric Kittens, the creative reset she found there, and the standby-flight chaos that came with it. Along the way we get into perimenopause and the sorry state of women's healthcare, hidden bars and the case for more olives in your martini, Sophie's first Coach bag and knot-bag designs from Mood, viral political clips and a full-throated defense of New York's diversity, the Lindsay Clancy case and postpartum mental health, life in chronic fight-or-flight, and whether AI is more K-pop homework hack or WALL-E cautionary tale. We close with petty complaints, political disillusionment, and a plea for a little more compassion.

  • September 4 · 1 hr 25 min· Video

    Episode 2: Enneagram Bingo - Type Fours, Type Sevens, and Cocktail Catch Up

    Pour a martini and pull up a chair — this episode is a long, loose conversation about the Enneagram, using Deidre's bingo sheets to figure out which type actually fits. We claim Type Four (individuality, contrarian taste, creative self-recovery, and the emotional weather that comes with it), unpack Type Seven energy (travel, novelty, and stress-driven escape fantasies), and talk about how those patterns show up in therapy, in parenting, and in the way we shop, plan, and feel known by the people we love. Along the way: helping a child understand grief through Coco, big questions about the afterlife and God's love, Sophie's kid-built sewing venture, Irish family roots, and a hard conversation about the Lindsay Clancy verdict — maternal mental health, systemic failures, privilege, and where compassion has to sit alongside justice. Equal parts playful and tender, like friends at the table who don't want to leave.

  • August 28 · 1 hr 32 min· Video

    Episode 1: Meet Emily & Katie

    In this introductory episode, Emily and Katie finally step up to the mic and tell the story of how they got here — and why now. They dig into the friendship that expanded their worldviews, the politics and family backgrounds that shaped them, and the therapy, EMDR, and slow work of healing that carried Katie through her hospitalization and back to her boutique. Along the way: enneagram chaos, travel personalities, the charm of Richmond, parenting through conflict, and the origin (and closing) of The Guild — Harvey, community relief, grief, and the doors that became a lasting symbol of a shared dream. Equal parts unfiltered conversation and love letter to the friendships that hold us together, this is the show they've been waiting to make.

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