In this episode of the Dudes and Dads Podcast, hosts Joel and Andy are replaced by their "better versions," Raegan and Aaron. Reagan and Aaron interview their sisters, Hadie and Molly, who are best friends. Hadie and Molly discuss their unique friendship, noting that their limited time together makes it more special. They share memories, talk about their similarities such as being "weird" and "crazy" and being "partners in crime". They answer pop quiz questions and reveal what they value most in a friend. The episode also includes a pop quiz for Raegan and Aaron who discuss their current challenges and goals. They reflect on their lives and what advice they would give, their career goals, and their most used phrases.

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It's Reagan and Aaron here.

Hello.

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Exactly. Today we got my sister Molly and Reagan's sister Hattie.

We're going to be talking and interviewing them.

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Well, welcome girls.

Thank you. Hi. Hello.

How are you doing today?

Good.

How was school?

Normal.

Normal.

Normal.

We did school stuff.

Yeah, normal school.

What was your favorite part about school?

School.

Lunch.

School lunch.

Yeah, lunch definitely.

Not recess.

I had pea tea and jade.

No, it's still cold.

Ew.

Well, my lunch today was pizza.

I didn't have lunch.

Sounds good.

Noice.

I had no lunch today.

Noice.

Ha ha.

Oh yeah, but you did have pretzels.

So Hattie and Molly, you guys have been friends basically your entire life.

Yeah.

What do you think makes that special between you two?

Because we never see each other.

Can you explain about that more like?

Because we never see each other and it's hard for us to not get along.

Okay.

The reason why is like we have so many similarities.

Yeah.

And we just get along very well together.

What are some of your similarities?

We're girls.

We're girls.

We're girls.

We're...

We both...

We're both the youngest.

Yeah.

We both have three siblings that are older than us.

Yeah.

What's it like being the youngest?

Terrible and bad.

Good and terrible too.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So can you explain why you don't see each other that often?

Because we live so far away and we don't go to the same school.

We don't go anywhere together really.

Our parents are party poopers so that's...

Taking shots at the parents.

That's part of the thing.

Oh okay.

Okay.

So you don't go to the same school?

No.

And you don't...

No.

You don't see each other that much?

No.

Not really.

Not really.

Other than the fair and...

Now.

Yeah.

How was the fair when you guys went to it?

Pretty good.

What'd you guys do?

Tased Reagan.

Yeah.

I bet Reagan really enjoyed that one.

And had a sleepover.

Have a sleepover.

I had a sleepover in my camper.

Oh no.

Okay.

So what about not seeing each other that often?

What makes that special about when you do get to see each other?

Because it just makes it fun.

It just makes it so much better because we never get to see each other and it's nice

to actually see each other for once.

I'd say it's because like...

It's like Christmas.

Like if we had Christmas every day it wouldn't be that fun.

So since we don't see each other every day...

Yeah.

It's fun.

Just like to see each other once and do something.

Yeah.

Even though it's for a very short time.

Yeah guys.

That's our parents.

Yeah.

That's our parents.

It's not us.

Of course.

In school.

Yeah.

So what... can you name a couple things about each other that you like?

Funniness.

Definitely.

We definitely share that.

Yes.

Definitely.

Weirdness.

Yes.

That's true.

That's true.

Craziness.

Craziness.

Yeah.

Craziness.

Yeah.

Craziness.

Yeah.

Craziness.

Yeah.

Craziness.

Yeah.

Well really...

Craziness.

We're mostly more crazy when we're together.

Yeah.

Yeah.

We're just... yeah.

Like partners in crime.

Yes.

My girl.

Do you have like a favorite memory together or like something you guys like to do together

a lot?

Umm...

Not right now but...

Yeah.

We might have some later.

But yeah.

Think about it.

Yeah.

Just... yeah.

We'll think about it.

Just think about it.

Wait.

We were just trying to babysit you.

Oh.

And you were coming over and our bunk bed was like half built.

It was like bottom bed and like two...

I don't think I remember that but still.

And you were on the bed and... because you are afraid of Casey.

Casey was a pretty scary dog.

Okay yeah.

She was.

It was very scary.

Yeah.

Didn't she bite you?

Especially for like a three year old.

Didn't she bite you at one point?

No that was math.

Yeah.

She bit math or she tried to...

Tried to...

Yeah.

She bit the mailman.

Okay.

For a three year old that's very scary for a three year old.

Okay.

You're right.

You're right.

Yeah.

Makes sense.

So do you want to start asking some pop quiz questions?

Yes.

Sure.

Sure.

While you think about your memories.

Yeah.

Sounds good.

We have many memories.

Oh wait.

I do remember that time where we were out on the trampoline and...

Oh yeah.

We were...

Yeah.

And then my eyes were closed so I fell off of the trampoline.

Why would you be jumping on the trampoline with your eyes closed?

Okay because we were playing dead man with Reagan.

Yeah.

And then my eyes were closed.

I don't remember this.

Wait.

Was it their net on the trampoline?

No.

Huh?

There was a net on the trampoline.

So I was...

Smart ideas.

I had my eyes closed and then I walked off the edge of it.

Yeah.

Whose idea was it to play?

I think it was Reagan's.

Poor guy.

I do not remember this memory so I'm claiming my not me about it.

It was either me or Reagan.

I think it was Molly because I don't even think that we knew about dead man before.

Oh yeah.

Because you guys didn't have the...

I don't think you had that trampoline for that long.

No.

Just because we didn't have the net and we just didn't.

Yeah.

You guys want to get to your pop quiz?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay so your first question is if you had to teach a class on one thing what would it

be?

Reading.

I'm the best at reading.

Reading.

Yes.

Reading is so fun.

I'm reading on a sixth grade level.

Technically middle school because I've checked out on the grade school.

Okay.

Yeah.

We get it.

We get it.

We get it.

Yeah.

Alright.

Alright.

Alright.

Second question.

What would be your best day ever?

What?

Like a best day ever.

Oh.

What would you do during that day?

Be with you.

Yeah.

Be with her and...

What would you do together?

Be crazy.

I would like we would probably go to movies maybe.

Yeah.

And like...

Like dancing.

Maybe because I mean like staying the night it's not like a day thing but still.

Yeah.

Or like spend like a week together.

So like a week off school.

Yeah.

A week is not a day but okay.

That's okay.

Yeah we get it.

We get it.

Same thing.

Next question.

Yes.

So you just like hanging out with each other a lot mostly?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Like what are the besties?

What do you value most in your friends?

We don't know what that means.

So like what are the best qualities of people can have as a friend?

We already did that.

Craziness, weirdness.

No that's like what you guys like about each other.

What's your favorite...

Okay the best part...

Like...

Like they have to be nice or like you know like...

Uh yeah.

Yeah.

Just yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

What is your most treasured possession?

Oh.

What did you say?

Most treasured possession.

What's a possession?

Like something you have.

Her.

What's your favorite?

Yeah her.

Her.

That's like an object.

It's like this inanimate object.

So like not living.

Oh.

Oh.

I don't have one.

Um.

Um.

Our house.

Something that's specifically yours.

Oh.

Oh.

Or a present that you got or something.

Uh.

It's like we have the same mind because we say the same things like at the exact same

time.

Okay yeah.

Um.

Hard.

I know.

Because I'm spoiled with a lot of things.

Yeah.

Um.

Specifically ours.

So maybe you're like...

Yeah.

That's confusing.

Definitely.

It's hard.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Which talent would you most like to have?

Uh.

Um.

Either.

Okay there's two I might have.

Either doing the splits or...

You already know how to do it.

Barely.

Or liking writing.

Yeah I love to write.

I absolutely hate writing.

Okay back story on the splits.

The other night they were together.

And ten minute split video.

Ten minute splits.

I'm only a couple inches now.

Tutorial.

Yeah.

Oh.

I'm only like.

You gotta keep watching those ten minute videos you know.

Yeah I know.

Keep stretching.

Oh gosh it hurts so much.

That hurts so much.

My arms my neck.

My arm.

My arm for that.

My arm for that.

It's so old already.

I can tell that your neck would hurt.

I can't even stand up by myself.

And I haven't since like I was five.

Do you guys have anything else you would like to add while you're here?

Um.

No.

Not really.

No not really.

Sup guys.

What?

Alright.

Well thank you for being on the show.

Thank you.

Yeah.

You're welcome.

Alright we'll see you later.

See ya.

Bye.

See ya.

We're leaving.

Toodaloo.

Toodaloo.

Bye bye.

Alright now we're gonna talk.

Um so what have you been enjoying recently?

Um.

I think just I don't know school's pretty boring but like hanging out with my friends

and like talking during classes and stuff is a lot better.

What about you?

Um.

Well my winter percussion season's starting up here.

Like full swing next week when we're getting into like all of our practices.

Baseball is in full swing right now with our winter practices.

It's really really busy.

But it's fun.

I enjoy it.

I like doing stuff all the time.

I can't just like sit still and do nothing.

Yeah.

Me too.

What's what's what's being what's challenging to you right now though?

All my okay school is just like everything is just hard like some of it I feel like I

don't know.

Getting all the work done and like having the energy to do my homework.

What classes are you taking?

Um I have history honors English.

Uh algebra biology ag Spanish and art.

We don't we don't take history at Goshen until 10th grade.

Oh I enjoy history.

I wish I could I wish I could have taken history this year.

Yeah we have a choice.

You can do it freshman or sophomore.

They didn't let us do that.

Um is there anything that you would want to like do over in your life.

Not really.

I don't know.

There's not.

I feel like I'm kind of young.

I have no regrets.

What about you.

Um I don't know.

Maybe taking baseball more seriously when I was little instead just like messing around

more.

I think I could be way better but can't can't go back.

Yeah.

So I got to deal with it.

I got to push harder.

Do you have any goals right now.

Um so for baseball is probably a big one.

I'm trying to throw off the mound try to hit 80 miles an hour by the end of the season.

So right now I'm sitting at like 73 which is good.

Um that's like a kind of a shorter long term goal but like a goal.

I'm trying to end up playing college.

So it's like four years down the road.

I'm trying to pass all my classes with good grades A's and B's.

There's stuff like that.

How about you.

Yeah I would agree.

Stuff like with tennis for me.

Just the season hasn't started yet but getting myself like working out and getting better

before the season starts so I can actually play.

And I would say like a long long term goal going to college.

But yeah that's pretty far in the future so.

How good is Fairfield's top tennis.

Um I don't really know like girls tennis.

I don't really know since I have never actually watched them play but boys tennis is pretty good.

Our number one singles went to the state semifinals this year.

So that was yeah.

What is one thing you like about Fairfield.

Um I like the classes that we have because like ag classes and vet classes a lot of schools don't have.

And so like because of our a lot of our kids are more like country and like yeah.

So a lot of there's like a lot of people in ag classes and it's fun because that's a lot of my interest.

Yeah Goshen doesn't have any of that.

You just have like your kind of your basic flight plan if you want to call it that.

Like I'm taking engineering right now.

That's that's going good I guess.

Last year one of our like this bridge building team I guess or like this some sort of engineering team that Goshen has went to national finals for like bridge building.

That sounds cool.

I might end up doing something like that.

That's interesting.

Yeah Fairfield has like engineering classes but we don't really like it's just sort of like a class you don't really do that much.

Yeah.

If you were given five hundred dollars right now what would you do with it.

Five hundred dollars.

I'd actually probably save it.

So our school does this thing with Goshen College where they take a group of kids down to Key West Florida for like a marine biology trip and they go like snorkeling.

And they help out at this marine by this marine hospital like sea turtles and stuff.

So I'm wanting to go on that next year.

So I'm just trying to save up money and make some money for that.

Because I'm going to it's not cheap.

It's pretty expensive.

I'd probably just save it.

That's what I would do.

What about you.

I think first I would tithe some.

And then I would probably save it too.

For like.

Calves.

Other forage projects down the road.

Forage projects.

Yes.

That's a busy part of the life too.

When do you do you already have forage animals.

Not yet.

We're doing we're doing swine this year for the first time.

Just me and Hattie.

But we're going to get our calves in the spring sometime late spring.

We're doing swine and cows.

Yes we're doing dairy feeder and swine.

But our swine I don't even know when we get swine.

But.

Yeah.

You know what time it is.

I think it's time for the dudes and dads pop quiz.

I agree.

I actually have to find questions I don't have any.

All right.

Let me find you first.

I'll ask you earlier before the show we were asking the girls some questions.

So what's the best piece of advice you ever been given.

What was it.

What was it.

I don't know.

I can't really think of one.

That's a hard one.

Yeah.

Oh like stick to your gut.

Don't double.

Once you start double thinking yourself.

It's when you get confused and just stick to what you believe.

Just just take it wherever it goes and just deal with what happens.

That's good.

If you could be guaranteed one thing in life besides money what would it be.

I'd say just.

Like.

A job like a good a good job job like something that I would want.

Not something that I just do to make.

That's a good answer.

Okay.

When you think about success who comes to mind and why.

Success.

I don't know.

Just popped in my mind.

Elon Musk since you know he started in the.

He started.

He was living in his own office for one point investing everything into his company.

At one point he had to decide on what if you want to do SpaceX or Tesla.

But then he decided to split his money.

And now he's one of the richest people in the world.

So I think that's pretty successful.

That's good.

I find a good question.

If you had to leave all but three apps from your smartphone which ones would you keep.

Oh that's hard.

Messages definitely because that's how I talk to like everybody.

The Bible app.

That's important.

Or you could just like have your own Bible like a.

Well yeah but like what if I forget my Bible like I need it when I don't have it.

Okay.

And.

I don't even know.

I don't have that many like.

Or apps.

Yeah I'd say that just those two.

Let me.

Okay this is our last question.

I have a final.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse.

Um.

Yeah me too.

I use um a lot.

And me I like to say.

Um.

Um um um um.

I like to say that's an issue not an ish me.

That's my favorite.

Um.

So that's that was our pop quiz.

Next episode.

Andy and Joel will be back.

Hopefully.

Or maybe we'll just take their jobs forever.

So.

I don't need.

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