Well, it’s our 300th episode – and our 15th podcast-i-versary – and Melanie and I are thrilled about both of these things. WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT. So, as you can imagine, we do a little reminiscing on this episode, but we also do a lot of talking about the here and now. That is because this is the week that Alex moves to college, and we have a lot to break down about that.
As always we recap our weekends, and it’s my turn for Five Favorites.
Hope y’all enjoy!
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Show Notes:
– SOURCE Nashville Hall of Fame
– Episode 195 with Phil Rosenthal
– Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix
– Episode 10, our first episode with Travis
– The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
– 3001 Questions book
– Enter our 15th anniversary giveaway on Melanie’s blog
– Enter our 15th anniversary giveaway on Sophie’s blog
(Giveaways from Parachute Home, Hummingbird Farms, Anthropologie, Sephora, and Amazon)
– Jones Road Miracle Balm in Dusty Rose
– Patagonia Capilene graphic tees
– Women’s Utility Chore jacket
– Pioneer Woman’s olive cheese bread
Sponsors:
– June’s Journey (download on the Apple App store or Google Play)
– Munk Pack (use promo code BIGBOO for 20% off your purchase)
– Thrive Causemetics (use this link for 15% off your first order)
– Rothy’s (use this link for $20 off your first purchase)
Cheers for this big accomplishment! Love you both and love this podcast! I’ve leaned so much… about football…yummy foods to make.. shopping I NEED TO DO and skin care!
Thank you!
You and Melanie are a hoot! Thanks for adding joy to my week. I love your books, devotionals and podcasts! Congratulations on 15 years and 300 episodes!
Congratulations on 300 episodes! Thank you for all the joy and laughter!
Congratulations on 15 & 300!
It’s been an absolute joy to be able to feel like I get to hang out with two girlfriends every week for these few years. Looking forward to many more as you both move into this new phase of life. Congratulations on 300!
I love your show so much!! Congratulations on 300 episodes!!!!
Listening to the podcast is definitely a highlight of my week! Y’all always keep me laughing, and that is truly a gift!
Amazing podcast! So relatable! I love listening.
Love you ladies and your podcast! Always look forward to listening. Congratulations on your 15th Anniversary and 300th Episode!!????????????
You know I’m a loyal fan when I’m listening to the podcast on my phone and my husband walks in and when he hears the talking says “Oh it’s Sofie, Boo Mama!” Congrats on 300 episodes. Hears to 300 more!
Sophie & Melanie- you both are a delight and one of the very best parts of the internet. I’ve been around since the dawn of the blog and have love, love, loved the window you’ve given to your lives. My kids have grown up just a bit ahead of yours and and proud to say my youngest is also a pod listener (you got her with your SEC football commentary! We are Georgia fans but always root for State and A&M as long as you aren’t playing us!!) Thank you for being an encouragement and a bright spot in the world. Congrats on 300 episodes!!
Congratulations and we’ll done! Thanks for bringing friendship and joy to my drives and my kitchen! You’re both such a gift.
Long time listener of the podcast. Congratulations on 300 episodes!
Congratulations on 300 episodes! I love laughing with you both!
Love the show! Congrats!
Congrats! Been listening for years…I was in San Antonio at the Living Proof Live where they had a sleepover and you all came…remember that? Congrats on your success!
I love y’all’s podcast- it’s my absolute favorite! So excited for you both – congratulations on 300 episodes and 15 years!
I’m a fairly new listener, but I have been going back and listening to old episodes! I love y’alls podcast! I’m a mom of 2 young kids & an Aggie (WHOOP!) and it is so wonderful to listen to two ladies who have walked this road already and who love Jesus and their husbands still!
Your podcast is the highlight of my week!
Thanks for all the laughs and encouragement over the years!! Congrats on 15 years and 300 episodes.
Happy 15th Podiversary! I have enjoyed walking through the same life stages while listening to you and Melanie! I look so forward to your podcast and Patreon episodes! All Hail Reetha for getting a set schedule! :)
I love listening to you and cannot tell you how many times I start a sentence with, “I heard on my podcast from my friends Melanie and Sophie…”
I sent my daughter your Grace Upon Grace devotional last year, her freshman year at A&M, and she LOVED it! She finally got a glimpse of one of my favorite podcast friends.
Both of you have a gift of being real, just sharing real life, being hilarious, and loving Jesus!
Congrats on 300 episodes!! I love spending time with the two of you every week! Thank you for being my friends that I have never met but know everything about!
I love the podcast!! I’ve heard you speak twice at my church also, and it has been a delight as well. Can’t wait for the next few years of podcasts!
Happy 300th episode!
And also happy moving day to Alex- couldn’t have picked better weather ????
This podcast has been such a source of joy! I became a regular listener during the pandemic and still look forward to it every week. Here’s to 300 more episodes!
Love the Big Boo podcast! Have been with you since almost the beginning…celebrating big, very grateful for you and Melanie!
Congrats on 15 years! And for surviving college move in week. You’ve got me craving Olive Bread, didn’t even know it was a thing!
I’ve been listening to the podcast since about 2010 and still a huge fan! Your books are so similar to my upbringing, thanks for being a cheerful voice in my life! We
Y’all are the best! Thanks for lots of fun listening!
Congratulations on 15 years of podcasting and 300 episodes! “The Big Boo Cast” is my favorite podcast and has been ever since I found it. Even though I do not follow football at all, I still enjoy hearing your thoughts on your teams (and on other teams, which I shall not mention by name. Haha!) In fact, I enjoy all of your topics: fashion, makeup, your families, books, music, etc., etc., etc. Thank you so much for so much fun each week!
Congratulations on 15 years! Yours is my only *must* listen podcast each week. Thanks for all of the laughs and great recommendations through the years!
Love your books and podcasts so much! I’ve been a fan since 2010 and going strong. Thanks for being a cheerful voice.
Pick me, pick me ?????????????????????
Congratulations!
Love listening to your podcast!
How do I feel like I have known you for years, yet I have never met either one of you? :) From listening to your school days (I am a teacher), to your parenting advice (I have two girls), to your takes on sporting events (went to Auburn, so Melanie, I get your feelings toward Alabama), I can relate to you girls in more ways than one. I have recommended your podcast to lots of friends and family members, and we all try out products from your Top 5 each week. You girls are a delight to listen to each Thursday morning! With the craziness of the world, it is so nice to listen to something so refreshing as two friends catching up! Sophie, I keep thinking I will run into you at Trader Joe’s or TJ Maxx here in Birmingham, but it hasn’t happened yet! :)
Happy anniversary! My favorite is when you play the elevator music when you have to stop recording for a minute. Makes me giggle every time. Also Melanie’s issues with Notre Dame crack me UP
Congratulations on Episode 300!
Happy 300th episode to some of my favorite podcast friends. I will always remember My first podcast listening to Sophie talk about MSU women’s basketball, “Oh Blaire, oh Blaire and Tiara” ( instead of Tierra) HailState.
I have loved finding y’all and being part of this family. I lived in Birmingham for 17 years (Samford grad!) until moving back to hometown in Virginia and hearing y’all chat is like I’m back sitting with my friends at Taziki’s and having the best time ever.
Sigh. I really miss Taziki’s.
Happy #300 to my favorite podcast friends ????
I really just want to meet both of you!!! Congratulations, girls!
Love you two!! I listen every week!
You all have brought me hours of enjoyment during mundane household chores and long car drives. Thank you and congratulations!
Happy 300! What an accomplishment!
The Big Boo Cast is my FAVE!!! Love that Melanie and Sophie talk about ALL THE THINGS!!! I look forward to listening each week!
Thank you for the work you do to deliver such fun content every week! And especially for the kindness and encouragement in every episode!
Congratulations on 300 episodes! I’ve been a fan from the beginning just reading your blogs. I connected with you both about college athletics and raising small humans. I have strong family ties to Mississippi State and I’m a proud Texas Tech Red Raider with adjacent Aggie feelings. I share Melanie’s distaste for the ‘horns and I give a strong side-eye to Norte Dame.
Thank you for continuing to entertain, looking forward to football season!
Congratulations on 15 years!! I have been following you and listening since your original blogging days. My oldest son is the same age as your kids and I am an Enneagram 9, so I have related to many of the things you have talked about over the years. Thanks for welcoming us into your chats and friendship every week!
Congratulations! I’m a new mama but started listening to you all when I was a new college graduate young adult. I think I must have found out about you through The Pioneer Woman, it’s been so long I barely remember. I’m a proud born and raised California girl enjoy hearing about your southern lives that seem so different from mine (what is Buccees???) (I do think you two would enjoy a visit out west though!). Your weekly podcasts (and Patreon episodes) have been a joyful bright light through my ups and downs over the last 7 or so years. So thankful for your podcasts and books!
It really tickles me that it only took Sophie 1 year to get through nearly 400 levels on June’s Journey, but 15 years to reach 300 podcast episodes. Lol!
Regardless, congratulations on the milestone! I enjoy listening to you ladies every week!
Thank you and congratulations for all you shared these last 15 years!
Congratulations on 15 years and 300 shows! I love listening to you every week and laugh out loud every episode. You both are such a delight!
Here’s to another 300 episodes!
Love this so much! And love the podcast and both of you! Old school blog comments!!
Congratulations on 300 episodes! I look forward to hearing you ladies each week. My favorite podcast hands down!
Thank you for making us laugh over the past years, and congrats on episode 300. I loved hearing Caroline and Alex’s voices.
Congratulations, I love listening and feel included in your friendship each week!
I don’t know if there’s a higher compliment than this one: “Y’all just tickle me to death!” And it is true, every single week and twice a month on Patreon! Thank you both for making the world more fun and interesting!
Love you both! Thank you for all the laughs over the years!
You all are so much fun and a highlight of my week!
Congrats on 300 episodes!! Keep ‘em coming.
Happy 300! I have always loved following along!!!
Congratulations on the 300th episode. Twenty a year is not a bad average! You are my #1 listen each week. I am a Northerner but my mom is originally from Louisiana and I have family all over LA and TX. Love to hear your authentic Southern accents.
Congratulations on 300 episodes! Y’all make my week so much better.
I’ve feel like I’ve been reading/listening since the dawn of time. I found you, Melanie, Pioneer Woman and Kelly Stamps all about the same time. Y’all are the OG blogs I read religiously. Then I was able to see y’all at dot.mom in Dallas and Mel signed my copy of “Sparkly Green Earrings” and I have a picture with you and another one with Melanie :) The OG Podcast and the Patreon podcasts have brightened many days and accompanied me on many walks. Never you mind that I have my airpods in and am just randomly laughing … my neighbors already think I’m crazy! Congrats on these monumentous milestones. I’m cheering you on, always, here in the 806!
What a fantastic milestone! I love the podcast!! Congratulations!
Always look forward to your podcast each week and may have even “stalked” my podcast app a few times in anticipation! Keep the laughs and the recommendations coming! Thanks for taking a chance and dming Phil. That show has changed my life in terms of how we should always be treating and honoring people!
Yay!! Congrats, y’all! ????
Pick me! Love your podcast so much!
Congratulations on 15 years and 300 episodes! I have enjoyed you ladies for 6 of those years.
Love this episode and all of the ones before it! I started listening in 2020, started with the 1st episode, and have listened to every single one! Happy 300th and 15th anniversary!
I love the podcast, you both make my day! Congratulations!
Happy 300th Anniversary. You and Melanie are a delight! Adore this podcast and thoroughly enjoy listening.
Y’all are my favorite podcasters!! Love all the fashion, home decor, family and football news! Y’all feel like family! Congratulations!!
I look forward to listening every week, I feel like we’re all friends!!! Congrats on 300!!
I love everything about your podcast! I can’t wait from one week to the next so I can listen. Of course I also get all the Patreon! You all are the best!!!!
Love listening to you and Melanie! It’s one of the highlights of my week! The fact that I know Sophie and her family in real life just makes it even more special!!
Thursday mornings are my favorite because I get to listen to The Big Boo Cast!
My favorite podcast! Look forward to y’all every week!
Congrats on 300! I’ve listened for many years and you guys are my fave ????
Toots and Jigs ????????????
Bells and Whistles ????????
300 episodes and 15 years!!!
Congrats! Congrats! Congrats! Y’all are the best and have the most fabulous podcast out there. Thank you for making me laugh so hard!
Kudos to you for 15 years of fun and laughter! It has been a delight to listen and call you friends! Here’s to 300 more episodes ????
Congratulations on reaching your 300th Episode in a mere 15 years!! I found ya’ll through a friend when I shared a quote from one of Melanie’s books online during the big shut down. This was exactly what I needed in 2020 and my only regret is that I didn’t find ya’ll sooner. I agree that my favorite things are when you laugh so hard we can’t hear anything and when Melanie gets salty about Notre Dame (mostly because I agree 100%). Thank you from the bottom of my heart for staying with this. My enneagram nine heart needs ya’ll!
Congratulations on 300 episodes and 15 years! I always look forward to every episode-you both are so fun to listen to!
Happy 300th episode!! Thanks for bringing so much joy to my ears every week!!
Highlight of the week!
FIFTEEN YEARS!!! Congratulations on your consistent and “professional” voice you’ve brought over the years to me. My firstborn daughter was born in Nov 2003 in between Caroline and Alex. You two have been my virtual parenting friends as we’ve navigated the same phases of our children’s lives. When you asked Melanie on the podcast how often she checks in on her friends, I thought “I ‘check’ in with Melanie and Sophie every week. And my husband thinks it’s amazing that I have “friends” who know so much about college football.
Congratulations from your virtual friend on the central coast of California.
Deanna
Love y’all!!! On Thursday’s my drive to work is like riding with girlfriends catching up sharing all the things and the laugher! Keep it up y’all are the real deal!
Congrats on 15 years and 300 episodes. I’ve listened to everyone of them. My husband makes fun of me as I laugh along with you and Melanie but it makes me so happy! We could be real friends!
Congratulations on #300! What a joy your
Podcast has been to me! I love the laughter that
erupts from y’all and then me!!
God’s blessings to you!
Congratulations on 300 episodes and 15 years!!! Look forward to each new episode and just love y’all!
Please know that this is the singular podcast I don’t miss. And the fact that my sister and I ‘meet up here’ is a bonus. Blessings on #300.
Congrats on 15 years!
I’m so, so glad I found you in someone’s blogroll back in the early aughts. You’ve brought untold joy no matter how much time lapses between episodes!
Hey Ms. Soph!!! My favorite part of the podcast is any time you talk about stuff as Martha would, such as describing a color of a necklace or pillow. It’s a blue green but not a blue blue green! Melanie, my favorite thing that you bring to the table is Perry’s love and need for illumination!!!!!!
I’m so thankful I finally found your podcast a year and a half ago. I just wish I’d found you sooner. What a joy you and Melanie are. Much needed light and laughter in this world. :)
Congratulations on 300! You’re one of the highlights of my week!
Love listening to “my ladies” every week! Congrats on 300
Love your podcasts! Grew up in Mississippi now live in Texas. Relate to everything you discuss.
Thanks for all of the laughs! Love you ladies so much!
I first listened during the height of the pandemic and I haven’t stopped since! The two of you brought a sense of normalcy to a very weird time in history. Thank you!