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Be There in Five
Be There in Five is a pop culture and millennial zeitgeist-focused podcast by Kate Kennedy (entrepreneur, author, pop culture commentator). Long-form and solo hosted, Be There in Five explores different facets of popular culture in a comedic, thoughtful, and analytical way, covering entertainment, social media, bloggers/influencers, and celebrities, in addition to focusing on the humor found in reexamining the 90s/00s as an adult (from AIM to Zenon). As one listener described it, "come for the…
Episodes
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Kate-lilah #7 (Answering Listener Voicemails)
Kate answers listener voicemail questions on a variety of topics, e.g. music videos, her mom, fading friendships, city living, Dixie D'Amelio, societal…
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Look Who's Tokking Now
It's been one year since Kate begged her listeners to start talking the 'Tok, and on this episode, Kate follows up on her original TikTok deep dive to update…
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149. Hun For The Money (MLM & Insta Coaching Deep Dive)
This week, Kate takes on the Venn diagram of Instagram "life coaches," self-help gurus, manifesting babes, and multi-level marketing #girlbosses that peddle…
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Somewhere Hungover the Rainbow
This week, Kate's feeling metaphorically hungover from 2020 and is providing you some hot takes on a cold January night for a distraction in an ever-chaotic…
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Beth of Both Worlds
A fireside heart to heart via a double episode to keep you company through the end of 2020! In this episode, Kate recorded a holiday heart to heart, asking…
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Evermore than you bargained for (bonus)
In this bonus episode, Kate was trying to do a "quick recap" of all of the discussion and mystery surrounding Taylor Swift's 9th studio album's surprise…
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2020 Recap with Comments by Celebs
This week, Kate is joined by Julie Kramer and Emma Diamond from Comments by Celebs to rapid fire recap some recent pop culture news, i.e. Olivia Jade's Red…
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Be Terrible in Five (with Nora McInerny)
This week, Kate is joined by Nora McInerny, best-selling author and host of the insanely successful podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking. On this episode, Nora…
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Destiny's Inner Child
In this nostalgic deep dive, Kate details her "main character" moments throughout life, AKA moments her hyper sensitive nature and her obsession with pop…
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Good Will (Bowery) Hunting: Folklore Studio Sessions Deep Dive
This week, Kate reports live from an unforeseen all-nighter following Taylor Swift's surprise Folklore Studio Sessions release on Disney+. This holiday season…
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Under The Influencer (with Carmen Myer)
First, Kate talks about being ghosted by her CPA and the Dixie/Charli drama. Then, she is delighted to have on Carmen Myer of @thegoodcarmablog, a…
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All Too Unwell
Join Kate & her friends Allie LeFevere and Lyndsay Rush (from Brandsplaining, Fangasm, Obedient agency) as they record live in Harbor Country and do a one-take…
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Are You There God? It's Me, at Target.
This week, Kate asked listeners what they'd like to be distracted by on election day and listeners submitted a wide range of meaningless topics that are…
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Kate-lilah #6 (Answering Listener Voicemails, feat. Kelly Kennedy)
Kate and her sister Kelly answer listener voicemails. First, Kate reminisces her attempted rebrand to a Manic Pixie Dream Girl after seeing Garden State in…
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BONUS: Reality TV + Docuseries Roundup (with Kate Casey)
For this bonus episode, Kate is joined by Kate Casey (from the popular podcast Reality Life with Kate Casey) to discuss the future of reality TV, what it's…
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136. Deep Dive: Cults, NXIVM, and HBO's The Vow
This week, Kate has two slightly different episodes that discuss topics related to HBO Max's hit series about the NXIVM "celebrity sex cult," The Vow. In this…
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Childless Millennial (Part II)
Part 2 of a 2-part series. This week, Kate follows up on last week's episode by sharing more of her childless millennial thoughts as she talks through…
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Childless Millennial (Part I)
This week, Kate gets vulnerable and discusses what no one wants from a childless millennial: opinions about the prospect of parenting, pregnancy, and…
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PER MY LAST EMAIL
This week, per last Friday's Instagram story, Kate takes on the realities of women in the workforce and the [at times] hilarities of being in the corporate…
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Bonus: Harry & Meghan (Finding Freedom Book Review with Merritt Beck)
This week's bonus episode is a conversation with BTI5 royal correspondent Merritt Beck (@merrittbeck, The Style Scribe) about Omid Scobie's book that details…
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Mormoney, Less Problems
This week, Kate resurrects her Mormon Mommy Blogger series to discuss a few recent obsessions she has in this space. After some reflection on last year's…
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Six Pence None The Poorer
A lighthearted, fast-paced snorkel Kate recorded after going through her high school memorabilia on very little sleep. This episode snorkels through: Amenities…
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Have you met Jackie? (with The Bitch Bible's Jackie Schimmel)
This week, Kate is joined by fellow podcaster Jackie Schimmel of the incredibly popular podcast The Bitch Bible to talk solo podcasting, TikTok, content…
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Contagious Laughter
A compilation of some of Be There in Five's best moments designed for contagious laughter. In the spirit of Kate's obsession with having "rainy day" content…
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Kate-lilah #5 (Answering Listener Voicemails)
This week we have the fifth edition of Kate-lilah, Kate's [poorly named] series that answers listener voicemails, named after the iconic radio advice-giver…
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Fingertip Lengthy
This week, Kate takes on all different types of dress codes. After seeing a meme about how nothing brings women together quite like an unclear dress code, she…
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Taylore
This week, Kate deep dives into Taylor Swift's surprise 8th studio album: Folklore. This album has everything; cardigans, soothing somber melodies, indie-rock…
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Bonus: Indian Matchmaking (with Aparna Shewakramani)
This week, Kate sits down with Aparna Shewakramani, the breakout star of Netflix's hit show Indian Matchmaking, to discuss all things reality tv, matchmaking…
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It's Britney, Beth (Side B)
Kate discusses the #FreeBritney movement with Rebecca Grant, a licensed probate attorney who is a subject matter expert on conservatorships. Kate aims to…
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It's Britney, Beth (Side A)
A #FreeBritney deep dive covering the career and conservatorship of the inimitable Britney Jean Spears. This week, Kate takes on a highly requested and…
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Crack an egg on your head, let the yolk run down
This week, you're invited to a virtual bridal shower where Kate reads listeners' funny and cringy stories from our favorite parties where we watch people act…
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Housewives & Hollywood (with Garcelle Beauvais)
This week, Kate is lucky enough to be joined by actress, model, host, author, and new Real Housewife of Beverly Hills Garcelle Beauvais to talk all things…
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Who Ls, Who Ds, Who Ts Your S?! (New Hamilton Deep Dive)
This week (in a different version of her deep dive than the one that is on Patreon), Kate decided she wanted to contribute further to the hype of the pop…
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The (Gen) Zequel
This week, Kate dives into the recent 180 people have done in terms of their opinion of Gen Z. Now being labeled as activists, heroes, and vigilantes, it's…
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Kate-lilah #4 (Answering Listener Voicemails)
This week, Kate starts with a few pop culture tangents and then ventures into her Delilah-inspired series where she answers random listener voicemails. This…
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Influence in the Time of Social Injustice (with Jessie Bernhardt)
This week, Kate has Jessie Bernhardt on the podcast to discuss influence in the time of social injustice. Not only the response of influencers and the…
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Snorkeling
In this episode, Kate draws from a hat that contains topics listeners submitted as deep dive requests. Instead of going deep, she "snorkels" through each…
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A Stream of Social Consciousness
Comprehensive site of ways to help: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# Chicago small business relief fund: https://www.formyblock.org/ Places to donate…
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Suitman's afraid to leave his suit (CHD Part 2)
Go to helixsleep.com/bethereinfive for up to $200 off all mattresses! Seriously, she's going to talk about this for two more hours? Yes, yes she is. This is a…
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Call Her Daddy Issues
This week, Kate discusses the layers of a major story involving a wildly popular podcast, Call Her Daddy. In this episode, she first discusses the show's…
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Influencer Deep Dive, Part III
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BONUS: King, Icon, Legend: Danny Pellegrino
In between the influencer series episodes, please enjoy this bonus intermission with one of BTI5 listeners' favorite guests: comedian, author, and host of the…
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Influence in the time of COVID-19 Part II (The Survey)
Join Patreon for bonus episodes, powerpoint parties, and more at patreon.com/bethereinfive The charts, list of names of people you love, etc. will be up on the…
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Influence in the time of COVID-19 Part I (with BuzzFeed's Stephanie McNeal)
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109. I Saw The Signs (Part II)
If you're in the mood for a deep talk about the inexplicable things that happen to us, this is the episode for you. Kate crowdsources and reads aloud listener…
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BONUS: Jessica Simpson's Memoir Review (with Hitha Palepu)
A bonus episode surrounding Kate's new (albeit delayed) obsession with Jessica Simpson's impeccable memoir, Open Book. Kate is lucky enough to be joined by…
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108. I Saw The Signs (Part I)
Kate crowdsources listener stories of signs, coincidences, synchronicities, and examples of passed loved ones possibly communicating. In the first installment…
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107. Phone a Friend (with Heather McMahan)
This week, to keep things exciting amidst the Groundhog Day of it all, Kate phoned a friend of the podcast you all know and love. Like an episodic format of a…
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105. Marshall's Law
A classic BTI5 monologue episode packed with highly specific analyses of modern topics paired with an assortment of nostalgic pop culture thoughts that are…
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104. Don't Tell Mom, The Babysitter's Ten (Part 1)
This week, have a well-deserved laugh with us as we read stories from listeners about babysitting's heyday in the 90's, when we all thought we were like Kristy…
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The Aioli Spirit (BONUS)
This is a listener requested episode designed to distract you through trying times. It is about dipping sauces. I am not kidding. butcherbox.com/bethereinfive…
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103. Southern Belles and Royal Farewells (with Merritt Beck)
Talking debutante balls, high society, sororities, high school, royals, and more on this super fun episode with Merritt Beck (show regular) from The Style…
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102. Love is Patient, Love is Blind (with Mark Cuevas)
This week, Kate has the privilege of being joined by Mark Cuevas from Netflix's hit reality show Love is Blind. They talk about a variety of things related to…
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101. Bar Carte Blanche
Diving into 2010s home decor to discuss the Greigest generation. Following a dissection of all things bar carts, blogger vignettes, Craigslist, Ikea, farmhouse…
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100. Millenniold
Talking about Kate's experience as a millennial, woman, and podcaster (and as well as a millennial woman podcaster) for Be There in Five's 100th Episode. A…
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99. BRIDE TRIBE (Part 2)
Reading Be There in Five listeners' horror stories about being a bridesmaid. Enjoy! Support our sponsors! Go to loveamarie.com and follow @loveamarie for…
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98: BRIDE TRIBE (Part 1)
Reading Be There in Five listener's horror stories about being a bridesmaid. Enjoy! NASHVILLE! come to Be There in Five LIVE! on 2/15! bethereinfive.com/live…
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BONUS: Miss Americana (Taylor Swift Documentary Review)
*TRIGGER WARNING* Sexual assault is discussed as a part of this episode. BONUS EPISODE! Regular episode Thursday. This is an in-depth review of the content &…
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97: We Need To Tok
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96: Stuck in a Kayak with Hannah Berner (from Bravo's Summer House)
This week, Kate starts by stating her peace about Jen & Brad (Jad? Bren? Did we not brand them as a couple?) and a few other current events. Then, she had the…
