Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe

#981. How much of parenting your kids is actually about parenting yourself first?
Lauren Magers became a mom in a way she never could have planned — adopting two young boys at 22 and raising four children by 25 — and it completely changed the way she thought about family, discipline, and the kind of humans she wanted to send into the world.
Lauren joins Kaitlyn for a conversation that will make you question some of the parenting advice we’ve all been fed. They talk about breaking cycles without overcorrecting, why your own childhood can quietly show up in the way you parent, and whether constantly stepping in to make life easier for your kids may actually be making things harder for them in the long run. Lauren also gets into what she does instead of traditional punishment, how young she believes kids can start learning responsibility, and why the words you use inside your home matter more than you might realize.
And yes, Kaitlyn asks the questions moms are actually wondering — from babies and toddler meltdowns to bribery, boundaries, screen time, losing your patience, and what happens when Mom is the one who needs a minute.
Whether you have kids, want them someday, or are still unpacking how you were raised yourself, this one might have you looking at your family a little differently by the end.
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#980. Does grief actually get easier with time… or do you just learn how to live alongside it?
Amanda Kloots is back on Off the Vine for a conversation about the part of grief we don’t talk about enough: what happens years later, when the world has moved on but your relationship with loss is still changing. Amanda opens up about where she is six years after losing her husband Nick, why she no longer believes in being fully “healed,” and the unexpected therapy experience that completely shifted the way she looks at grief.
She and Kaitlyn also talk about what actually helps when someone you love is grieving, why we’re so afraid to talk about the people we’ve lost, and how Elvis is getting to know his dad as he gets older.
Then things get a whole lot lighter with Harry Jowsey. Amanda takes us inside their unexpected friendship, what it was like helping him look for a wife on Netflix’s Let’s Marry Harry, and why losing Nick completely changed what she believes a healthy relationship should feel like.
It’s grief, healing, dating, friendship, a little Harry Jowsey chaos — and a conversation that might change the way you think about loss.
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#979. James “Murr” Murray has spent 15 years getting publicly humiliated by his best friends. Somehow, he’s also found time to become a bestselling author, make a horror movie, and develop a very questionable approach to date night.
Murr is back on Off The Vine, and Kaitlyn is getting the stories you don’t see on Impractical Jokers. He takes us behind the scenes of a punishment so insane it left him questioning his life choices, and opens up about what happens when the cameras stop and he goes home to Melyssa.
And apparently, married life is not exactly quiet. Murr shares their hilariously unhinged date nights, the unexpected way they met, and how a drunken DM turned into a friendship with T-Pain and a role in his new horror movie. He also reveals how a book that sat unread for years became the start of a whole second career, proving that sometimes the best revenge is becoming a bestselling author while your friends are still trying to shave your eyebrows off.
It’s chaotic, unexpectedly sweet, and very Murr. Tune in for the stories that somehow make Impractical Jokers look like the normal part of his life.
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#978. Wells Adams has spent the last decade watching Bachelor Nation fall in love, fall apart, and occasionally make very questionable decisions from the other side of a bar — so at this point, he’s seen some things.
Wells and Kaitlyn get into what he can spot almost immediately on Bachelor in Paradise, what contestants tell the bartender that they may not tell anyone else, and why he actually prefers NOT knowing everything the producers know behind the scenes.
Then Wells opens up about life with Sarah Hyland, the rule they’ve had since the beginning of their relationship that still guides their marriage today, and how they’re navigating months of long distance while she’s in London — including the one rule they have about how long they’ll go without seeing each other.
And before he leaves, Kaitlyn puts ten years of Bachelor Nation knowledge to the test with a round of trivia that proves Wells may know the beach a whole lot better than he knows the franchise history.
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#977. Top Chef Season 23 winner Rhoda Magbitang is fresh off the win and she’s taking KB behind the scenes of what it actually takes to get there. Rhoda opens up about moving to the U.S. at 17, working two jobs while putting herself through culinary school, and navigating male-dominated kitchens. Plus, why she finally said yes to the competition she spent years avoiding.
Rhoda also reveals what Top Chef viewers don’t see, why she hated everything she cooked on the show, and how reality TV messed with her confidence. Then things get a little less serious when KB puts her chef opinions to the test: ketchup on eggs, ranch on pizza, truffle oil, jarred garlic, and one VERY unexpected death row meal.
Come for the Top Chef BTS, stay to find out which food trend Rhoda is sending straight to jail.
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