Keeping it Real with Nessie + Steph

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Welcome to Keeping It Real with Steph & Nessie, the podcast where nothing's off-limits. From relationships and careers to travel, workplace chaos, Reddit stories, pop culture and the everyday moments that somehow become disasters, we say what everyone else is thinking. Honest conversations, dark humour, questionable decisions and the occasional surprisingly good advice. No filters. No fake perfection. Just real life, real laughs and keeping it real.

  1. 14h ago

    013 – The Corporate Survival Guide: The Workplace Exorcism | Halloween Special Pt. 2

    The dead rest in peace. Your coworkers won't let you. 💀💼 Welcome to Part 2 of our two-part Halloween special, where we're trading haunted houses for fluorescent lighting, endless meetings, and the true horrors of corporate life. Because forget ghosts. Have you ever received an email that starts with "Just following up..."? 👀 In 013 – The Corporate Survival Guide: The Workplace Exorcism | Halloween Special Pt. 2, we're exploring the darkest corners of office life, where the scariest monsters aren't hiding under your bed. They're sitting across from you in a meeting. 😈 First up, we're playing The Corporate Horror Movie, where everyday workplace nightmares become actual horror scenarios. Would you survive, or would you be handing in your resignation before the opening credits? And then come the corporate horror stories… ⚰️ The Funeral That Wasn't an Excused Absence: Some managers have no boundaries. Others make you question whether they have a soul at all. 🧙‍♀️ The Work Bestie from Hell: You trust them with your secrets, your frustrations, and your career ambitions. But how well do you really know the person sitting next to you? 🐀 The Office Stink Scandal: One very uncomfortable situation, a questionable management decision, and an office incident nobody will be forgetting anytime soon. 💍 The Office Romance Nobody Saw Coming: Office gossip can get out of hand, but this particular workplace romance takes delusion to a whole new level. And because one game is never enough for Nessie & Steph, we're also playing Resign, Revenge or Resurrect and Corporate Red Flag or Full-Blown Demon. Because sometimes the only reasonable response to corporate culture is to call an exorcist. 😂 Along the way, we're sharing our own workplace experiences, questioning office friendships, debating terrible management, and laughing at situations that really shouldn't be funny. The scariest part? These are stories people have shared online about their workplaces. So grab your coffee, set your Teams status to Busy, and prepare for a corporate horror show that no employee handbook could ever prepare you for. 🎃 And that's a wrap on our two-part Halloween special! If you missed Part 1, The Reality Check: Forget Ghosts, People Are Scarier, make sure to catch up. 🎙️ New episodes every week. Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 - Welcome to The Workplace Exorcism 🎃 5:00 - The Corporate Horror Movie: Choose Your Fate 👻 8:09 - Horror Story #1: The Funeral That Wasn't an Excused Absence ⚰️ 17:50 - Horror Story #2: The Work Bestie from Hell 🧙‍♀️ 28:28 - Resign, Revenge or Resurrect? 💀  31:55 - Horror Story #3: Something Stinks in This Office 🐀 39:22 - Horror Story #4: The Office Romance Nobody Saw Coming 💍 47:41 - Corporate Red Flag or Full-Blown Demon? 😈 49:59 - The Halloween Finale: Stay Employed… or Not! 👻 💬 What's the most terrifying thing you've ever experienced at work? Slide into our DMs. We want the gossip! 📲 Follow Keeping It Real for clips, behind-the-scenes chaos, and conversations that probably should've stayed in the group chat. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wekeepitrealpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wekeepitrealpod Youtube: www.youtube.com/@wekeepitrealpod X: https://x.com/wekeepitrealpod  ⭐ Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and share! Stay fabulous, stay employed… or not. And for the love of God, stop replying all! 💀

  2. Oct 22

    012 – The Reality Check: Forget Ghosts, People Are Scarier | Halloween Special Pt. 1

    Forget ghosts. The real monsters are sitting at your dinner table. 🎃💀 Welcome to Part 1 of our two-part Halloween special, where The Reality Check is getting a little darker, a lot creepier, and just as judgmental as ever. Because haunted houses? Creepy dolls? Things that go bump in the night? Please. Have you MET people? 👀 This week, we're diving into stories that prove you don't need a supernatural encounter to experience a real-life horror show. But first, we're testing our survival instincts with Creep or Keep. Secret photo albums, locked bedrooms, voodoo dolls, and questionable nighttime habits. Are these harmless little quirks, or are we changing our names and fleeing the country? And then come the real nightmares… 📹 The Camera Hidden in a Sock: A seemingly normal living arrangement takes a disturbing turn when one tiny discovery changes everything. Suddenly, home doesn't feel quite so safe anymore. ⚱️ The Aunt Who Stole a Dead Woman's Ashes: Some family secrets are better left buried. But when a final wish is ignored, the fallout reveals just how far certain relatives are willing to go. 💍 The Best Friend Who Became a Wedding Nightmare: Planning a wedding is stressful enough without wondering whether someone in your bridal party is secretly your biggest threat. 🍝 The Family Dinner from Hell: Sunday dinners are supposed to bring families together. But what happens when one person's seat at the table comes with a very disturbing pattern? Along the way, we're sharing our own roommate nightmares, debating how far family loyalty should go, and asking whether some friendships are better left buried. And because it's us, there are still plenty of laughs, questionable opinions, and confessions that probably should've stayed in the group chat. 😂 The scariest part? These stories were shared by real people online. So grab your drink, check your locks, and maybe reconsider who you've given a spare key to. 👻 And don't get too comfortable. This is only Part 1. Next week, we're going even darker. 🎙️ New episodes every week. Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 - Halloween Special Pt. 1: Forget Ghosts, People Are Scarier 🎃 2:11 - Creep or Keep: Red Flags or Run for Your Life? 👀 6:46 - Horror Story #1: The Camera Hidden in a Sock 📹 16:14 - Horror Story #2: Some Secrets Should Stay Buried ⚱️Plate?  27:25 - Horror Story #3: The Maid of Honor from Hell 💍  36:50 - Horror Story #4: A Recipe for Disaster 🍝 46:31 - The Real Monsters Walk Among Us: Part 2 Is Coming 👻 💬 Which story disturbed you the most? Tell us…  we have QUESTIONS. 📲 Follow Keeping It Real for clips, behind-the-scenes chaos, and conversations that probably should've stayed in the group chat. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wekeepitrealpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wekeepitrealpod Youtube: www.youtube.com/@wekeepitrealpod X: https://x.com/wekeepitrealpod  ⭐ Like, follow, rate, and share because surviving spooky season is better with friends. Stay spooky, stay fabulous, and keep it real. 🖤

  3. Oct 15

    011 - Checked In, Checked Out: Served with a Side of Audacity

    The customer is always right. Yeah… we'd like to have a word about that. 💀🍽️ Welcome back to Checked In, Checked Out, where we're trading hotel complaints for restaurant disasters, and discovering that some people really should've just stayed home and made themselves a grilled cheese sandwich. This week, we're talking one-star reviews, five-star entitlement, and restaurant staff who have officially run out of patience. But first, we're putting our own dining behavior under the microscope with Complain or Shut Up? Overcooked steaks, hair in your food, influencers asking for freebies, and customers showing up five minutes before closing. Where do you draw the line between a legitimate complaint and being a full-blown Karen? And trust us, the stories only get worse. ☕ Five people. One coffee. A family walks into a Scottish café, orders a single coffee, takes up a table for five, and is outraged when the staff wants them to leave. There's also an ongoing battle over the bathroom. Because why wouldn't there be? 🍽️ The meal was disgusting… so why did you lick the plate? A customer demolishes an entire meal, demands a refund, and leaves a scathing one-star review. Unfortunately for them, the restaurant has CCTV. And they're not afraid to use it. ⏰ Four minutes to closing, and everyone's losing their minds. A customer demands service from a closed kitchen, insists on speaking to the manager, and leaves a nasty review. But the real villain might just be the restaurant owner who ordered the early closure in the first place. 📱 Five years of blogging and still can't pay for lunch? A food blogger requests a complimentary meal, gets publicly called out by the restaurant owner, and retaliates with a one-star review. One tiny problem: she's never actually eaten there. And because Steph loves a good game, we're wrapping things up with Would You Rather: Restaurant Hell. Hair in your food or a dead fly? Accidentally calling your waiter "Daddy" or letting one rip in a silent fine-dining restaurant? Terrible food with amazing service or amazing food with terrible service? The choices are awful. Our answers might be worse. 😂 Along the way, we're sharing a few hospitality horror stories of our own, debating whether influencers deserve free meals, and uncovering a very important fact about Steph: STEPH DOES NOT SHARE FOOD. 🍟 So grab your favorite cocktail, pull up a chair, and prepare to question humanity one restaurant review at a time. And to everyone working in hospitality: we see you, we appreciate you, and you deserve hazard pay. 🫶 🎙️ New episodes every week. Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 - Welcome to Checked In, Checked Out: Restaurant Edition 🍽️   2:47 - Complain or Shut Up? The Ultimate Karen Test  13:18 - One-Star Review #1: Five People, One Coffee & a Toilet Scandal ☕ 20:12 - One-Star Review #2: The Meal Was Disgusting… So Why Did You Lick the Plate?  25:26 - One-Star Review #3: Four Minutes to Closing & the Manager Meltdown   37:48 - One-Star Review #4: Five Years of Blogging & Still Can't Pay for Lunch  46:47 - Would You Rather: Restaurant Hell 💀 55:05 - The Customer Isn't Always Right: Final Thoughts 💬 What's the most ridiculous restaurant complaint you've ever witnessed? Send us your stories… we want the gossip! 📲 Follow Keeping It Real for clips, behind-the-scenes chaos, and conversations that probably should've stayed in the group chat. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wekeepitrealpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wekeepitrealpodYoutube: www.youtube.com/@wekeepitrealpod X: https://x.com/wekeepitrealpod  ⭐ If we made you laugh, question your dining etiquette, or remember that one customer, please follow, rate, review, and share the episode. And remember: if you've eaten the evidence, please don't report the crime. 💀

  4. Oct 8

    010 - The Chaos Drawer: Ten Down, Plenty of Chaos to Go

    TEN EPISODES, BABYYYY! 🎉🎙️ 10 episodes. 1,000+ followers. And approximately 700 questionable life decisions that weren't even ours. We've miraculously made it to double digits, and to celebrate, we're opening The Chaos Drawer for a very special Episode 10! Because obviously, we couldn't just celebrate like normal people. We had to make absolutely everything about the number 10. 😂 First, we're taking a little trip back to 2016. Questionable fashion choices, questionable exes, the songs we had on repeat, and a few things we'd love to tell our younger selves. Spoiler alert: neither of us knew how to stop working. Then it's time for 10 Seconds to Judge, where we're making snap decisions on relationship red flags, questionable friendships, work wives, cheating partners and everything in between. No sitting on the fence. No overthinking. And choosing violence? A perfectly acceptable answer. And then, of course, there's the chaos. A woman asks her coworker for $10,000 to help an internet boyfriend she's never met, who conveniently works on an offshore oil rig. An employee pretends to love running to impress her boss, ends up running an entire 21km half marathon, and STILL doesn't get the promotion. And a man manages to juggle two girlfriends for almost two years, complete with matching messages, suspicious work trips and a romantic calendar that eventually comes crashing down. Somewhere in between, we're spilling a little too much during our 10-Minute Confessional, before putting each other through The Final 10: rapid-fire questions that reveal more about us than anyone needed to know. But beyond the stories, games and questionable opinions, this episode is also a little celebration of you. Whether you've been listening since Episode 1, shared our reels, sent us stories, or were personally bullied into following us by a friend or family member (you know who you are 👀), THANK YOU. What started as two friends with microphones has turned into something we genuinely love doing, and we couldn't be happier to have you along for the ride. Ten down. Plenty of chaos to go. 💕 🎙️ New episodes every week. Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 - We Made It to 10! 🎉  2:22 - Back to 2016: Ten Years, Many Memories 6:22 - 10 Seconds to Judge: No Sitting on the Fence  12:49 - 10/10 Money: The $10,000 Internet Boyfriend 🚩 19:21 - The 10-Minute Confessional: Things We Probably Shouldn't Admit  23:13 - 10/10 Work: 21KM and Still No Promotion 🏃‍♀️ 29:17 - The Final 10: No Filter, No Explanations  33:25 - 10/10 Love: Two Girlfriends, One Very Busy Calendar 💔  39:46 - Ten Down, Plenty of Chaos to Go 💕 📲 Follow Keeping It Real for clips, behind-the-scenes chaos and conversations that probably should've stayed in the group chat. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wekeepitrealpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wekeepitrealpod Youtube: www.youtube.com/@wekeepitrealpod X: https://x.com/wekeepitrealpod  ⭐ If you've laughed with us, judged with us, or questioned why anyone sold us microphones in the first place, leave us a rating, share the episode and help us make the next 10 even bigger.

  5. Oct 1

    009 - The Corporate Survival Guide: Coworkers from Hell

    Welcome back to The Corporate Survival Guide, where HR is exhausted, IT is traumatized, and your biggest workplace threat might just be the person sitting next to you. This week, we’re talking Coworkers from Hell. Not Susan who replies all. Not Kevin microwaving fish in the office kitchen. We’re talking about the coworkers who make you sit in your car before work and seriously ask yourself: “Do I really need money?” But first, HR is officially open for business with a game of Fire or Final Warning? Stealing someone’s lunch? Fired. Taking credit for someone else’s work? Fired. Microwaving fish in the office? According to Nessie, security escort. Apparently, job security is looking a little shaky today. 😂 And that’s only the warm-up. We’ve got an employee who accidentally shares some very questionable adult content during a client presentation and another who allegedly spends seven hours a day watching it on his company laptop. A jealous coworker who decides to resign on someone else’s behalf. An office lunch thief who discovers the hard way why you should never steal food from a chef who owns a hot sauce company. And a woman who fakes an entire pregnancy using an ultrasound she found on Google… only for everyone to later discover that the imaginary baby may not even be the wildest part of her story.  Then there’s Eric: the coworker who somehow manages to look incredibly busy while accomplishing absolutely nothing, or as Steph calls it, BDN: Busy Doing Nothing. He takes credit for someone else’s work, throws them under the bus when things go wrong and then miraculously discovers how to do his own job once nobody is covering for him anymore. Funny how that works. And finally, we meet a brand-new employee who hears that the office provides free coffee and apparently interprets that as: take both giant bags of Starbucks beans home. She lasted one day. Grand theft latte. ☕️ Honestly, this episode taught us some very important corporate survival lessons: label your lunch, hide the coffee, lock your computer, never let anyone resign on your behalf, and if your coworker tells you their premature baby is arriving a month later… Just call HR. 🎙️ New episodes every week. Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 - Welcome to The Corporate Survival Guide: Coworkers from Hell 1:37 - Week’s Catch-up 4:35 - Fire or Final Warning? 6:54 - Coworker from Hell #1: Seven Hours of WHAT on the Company Laptop?! 16:38 - Coworker from Hell #2: He Resigned on My Behalf 28:36 - Coworker from Hell #3: The Lunch Thief & the Hot Sauce Revenge 40:49 - Coworker from Hell #4: She Downloaded Her Baby From Google  48:28 - Coworker from Hell #5: BDN — Busy Doing Nothing 55:15 - Coworker from Hell #6: Grand Theft Latte 1:02:54 - Corporate Survival Lessons: Hide Your Lunch, Coffee & Laptop Got a coworker from hell who belongs in The Corporate Survival Guide? Send us your story, anonymously if necessary. We promise HR doesn’t need to know. 📲 Follow Keeping It Real for clips, behind-the-scenes chaos and conversations that probably should’ve stayed in the group chat. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wekeepitrealpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wekeepitrealpod Youtube: www.youtube.com/@wekeepitrealpod X: https://x.com/wekeepitrealpod  ⭐ If we made you laugh, question your coworkers, or immediately think of that one person in your office, follow the show, leave us a rating and send this episode to your favorite work bestie.

  6. Sep 24

    008 - The Reality Check: Cheaters, Liars & Trust Issues

    Welcome to The Reality Check: Cheaters Edition… and fair warning, our faith in humanity is slightly lower than usual this week. 😂 Apparently, spending an entire episode talking about cheaters will do that to you. We’re talking secret phones, fake work trips, dating apps, suspicious “friends” and people who somehow think deleting a message means the evidence has disappeared. Because nothing says healthy relationship quite like screenshots, timestamps, hotel receipts and a secret WhatsApp account. But first, we’re playing Cheater or Innocent? Phone suddenly face down? Suspicious. New underwear? Apparently up for debate. Calling you crazy every time you ask a question? Babe… we have concerns. And with our trust issues officially activated, it’s time to get into this week’s stories. We’ve got a husband cheating while his wife is pregnant, TWICE, before declaring that “all men are like this.” A husband who calls his wife’s male best friend for marriage advice and accidentally starts a whole debate about emotional boundaries. A woman who catches her best friend of 35 years in bed with her husband… and responds by sleeping with her husband. And finally, one wife discovers her husband’s six-month affair and delivers the other husband an entire FBI evidence submission: messages, dates, hotel receipts and all. Honestly, we came into this episode with trust issues and somehow left with a restraining order against relationships. Because apparently some people have more commitment to their lies than they do to their partners. 🎙️ New episodes every week. Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 - Welcome to The Reality Check: Cheaters Edition 1:26 - Cheater or Innocent? 5:50 - Cheater #1: Pregnant, Cheated On… and “All Men Are Like This” 13:39 - Cheater #2: He Called His Wife’s Best Friend for Marriage Advice 19:15 - Cheater #3: My Best Friend Slept With My Husband… So I Slept With Hers 29:00 - Cheater #4: She Brought RECEIPTS - The FBI-Level Affair Exposure 41:14 - Final Verdicts: Our Faith in Relationships Has Left the Chat Got a relationship disaster that needs The Reality Check? Send it our way, anonymously if necessary. We have questions, opinions and apparently very little faith left. 📲 Follow Keeping It Real for clips, behind-the-scenes chaos and conversations that probably should’ve stayed in the group chat. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wekeepitrealpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wekeepitrealpod Youtube: www.youtube.com/@wekeepitrealpod X: https://x.com/wekeepitrealpod  ⭐ If we made you laugh, question humanity, or suddenly feel the urge to investigate someone’s “work trip,” follow the show, leave us a rating and send this episode to the friend who always says, “I would NEVER forgive cheating.”

  7. Sep 17

    007 - Checked In, Checked Out: One-Star Reviews & Five-Star Audacity

    Welcome back to Checked In, Checked Out… where five-star stays somehow turn into one-star reviews, hotel managers bring receipts, and apparently one extra egg can push a guest completely over the edge. This week, we're entering the world of hotel review warfare. But first, Nessie puts Steph's hospitality experience to the test with a game of Real Review or Complete Fiction? Bad weather? The hotel's fault. Terrible coffee at the gas station next door? Also the hotel's fault. Water being… too wet? You already know where this is going. Then we're diving into some truly wild one-star reviews. We've got a couple who paid for an exclusive club experience only to discover the club was basically… closed. A guest whose five-star breakfast experience was ruined by being charged for egg number three. A man ready to escalate to the General Manager because he had to take an elevator downstairs to collect his own pizza. And finally, a guest who trashed a hotel room, left behind broken furniture, blood and more than $1,000 in damages, then decided the real crime was the hotel's one suspicious cigarette butt. Some complaints? Completely justified. Others? Giving very strong “I want to speak to the manager” energy. And as two former hoteliers, naturally we have opinions. Because before you leave that one-star review, there's really only one question you need to ask yourself: Were you genuinely wronged… or are you just hungry? 🎙️ New episodes every week. Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 - Welcome Back to Checked In, Checked Out 1:43 - Real Review or Complete Fiction? 6:21 - One-Star Review #1: You Sold Me a Club Experience… Where’s the Club? 21:35 - One-Star Review #2: Egg-Gate — One Egg, Five Stars & A Lot of Audacity 32:38 - One-Star Review #3: I Had to Get My Own Pizza 44:02 - One-Star Review #4: Blood, Broken TVs & a Destroyed Hotel Room 57:52 - Final Verdicts: Guests vs. Hotels Got a hotel horror story, ridiculous review or hospitality confession that belongs on Checked In, Checked Out? Send it our way. Guest or hotelier – we want the tea. 📲 Follow Keeping It Real for clips, behind-the-scenes chaos and conversations that probably should've stayed in the group chat. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wekeepitrealpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wekeepitrealpod Youtube: www.youtube.com/@wekeepitrealpod X: https://x.com/wekeepitrealpod  ⭐ If we made you laugh, question your last hotel review, or suddenly feel very strongly about the acceptable number of breakfast eggs, follow the show, leave us a rating and send this episode to your favourite travel buddy.

  8. Sep 10

    006 - The Reality Check: Bad Friends, Big Audacity & Zero Boundaries

    Welcome to The Reality Check: Horrible Friends Edition… where the friendships are questionable, the group chats are dangerous, and apparently some people never learned the difference between a best friend and a personal assistant. This week, we are entering the friendship courtroom to decide when being a supportive bestie crosses the line into being completely taken advantage of. But first, we're putting our own friendship standards to the test with a round of Would You Rather: Friendship Edition. From brutally honest friends and chronic cancellers to dating your ex, stealing your personality and the friendship red flags we simply can't forgive. We also give ourselves some very official new titles within the extremely lean Keeping It Real team. Apparently, we're not just podcast hosts anymore, we're now C-suite executives. LinkedIn updates pending. Then Reddit enters the chat. We've got a destination bride who sends her guests an $800 bill, a best friend who refuses to attend a sleepover without her boyfriend, a Bali vacation that somehow turns into an argument about drinking, babysitting and being a "girls' girl", and a childhood friend who casually charges $500 of birthday catering to someone else's credit card. Because there's supporting your friends… and then there's apparently financing their entire lifestyle. 🎙️ New episodes every week. Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 - Welcome to The Reality Check: Horrible Friends Edition 1:20 - Would You Rather: Friendship Edition 12:36 - Horrible Friend #1: The $800 Destination Wedding Invoice 19:20 - Horrible Friend #2: My Boyfriend Is Coming Whether You Like It or Not 28:34 - Horrible Friend #3: Did She Really Ruin the Bali Vacation? 43:02 - Horrible Friend #4: She Put $500 on My Credit Card 54:42 - Friendship Red Flags: Who Actually Belongs in the Inner Circle? Got a friendship story that needs The Reality Check? Send it our way, anonymously if necessary. We promise your bestie doesn't need to know. 📲 Follow Keeping It Real for clips, behind-the-scenes chaos and conversations that probably should've stayed in the group chat. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wekeepitrealpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wekeepitrealpod Youtube: www.youtube.com/@wekeepitrealpod X: https://x.com/wekeepitrealpod  ⭐ If we made you laugh, question your friendships, or mentally start auditing your entire inner circle, follow the show, leave us a rating, and send this episode to the friend who would absolutely judge these people with you.

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Welcome to Keeping It Real with Steph & Nessie, the podcast where nothing's off-limits. From relationships and careers to travel, workplace chaos, Reddit stories, pop culture and the everyday moments that somehow become disasters, we say what everyone else is thinking. Honest conversations, dark humour, questionable decisions and the occasional surprisingly good advice. No filters. No fake perfection. Just real life, real laughs and keeping it real.

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