Welcome to First & Feral: Utah Unfiltered — and this is our first-ever Feral File (aka our new monthly pop culture recap bonus episode). 🎙️🔥

In this episode, Jordyn & Jessica talk through how we’re restructuring our release schedule (because pop culture refuses to cooperate), how we’re balancing Secret Lives of Mormon Wives recaps with what’s happening right now, and why some shows are way easier to cover weekly (hello, The Bachelorette).

We get into the hottest and messiest headlines, including:

• Secret Lives of Mormon Wives updates: Demi, Jen, Zach, Marciano + the latest drama and hypocrisy discourse

• Chase & Latia’s new podcast “Lonely Friends” — and why we’re officially eating our words on Chase 👀

• Tom Brady & Alex Earle rumors + the age-gap conversation

• Gisele’s new chapter and why the internet is… internetting

• Glenn Powell & Michelle Randolph (Landman / 1923) spotted together — stunning people doing stunning things

• JoJo Fletcher & Jordan Rodgers welcome baby Romy Blair Rodgers 💛

• Utah beauty culture: plastic surgery, face trends, and the very real phenomenon of Utah hair blindness (extensions, blunt cuts, and the “more hair the better” mindset)

This one is chatty, unfiltered, and fully feral — and we want YOUR submissions for next month’s Feral File. Drop the pop culture stories you want us to dig into. 👇

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Part 2 of this powerful conversation on First & Feral: Utah Unfiltered dives deeper into a mother’s lived experience navigating her child’s gender transition, faith and the LDS church, and the complicated grief that can come with change — while still choosing love, safety, and compassion.

We talk about the difference between sexual orientation vs. gender identity, what it’s like when your child asks for a preferred name and different pronouns, and how parenting becomes an “in the moment” journey — not a future projection. This episode also takes an unexpected turn into her own health battle: a breast cancer diagnosis, multiple surgeries, double mastectomy, chemotherapy, reconstruction, and the emotional whiplash of carrying it all at once.

This is not a debate. This is one family’s story — shared with care, honesty, and empathy.

Content note: This episode includes discussion of a child’s gender transition, faith, serious illness, and fear of suicide ideation.

LGBTQ Help Resources-

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https://wiconicc.com/

If you or someone you love is going through something similar — you are not alone.

Before we begin, we want to share a quick note with our listeners.
Today’s episode includes a personal story involving a child’s gender transition, faith, and serious illness. This conversation reflects one family’s lived experience and is shared with care, honesty, and love.

Our intention is not to persuade or debate, but to create space for understanding and compassion. We encourage everyone to engage with empathy.

In Part 1, Jordyn & Jess sit down with lifelong friend Anna for a deeply personal conversation about parenting the child in front of you — especially when life takes a turn you never expected. Anna shares what it was like when her child came to her and said, “This is who I am,” the early signs, the questions no one prepares you for, and what choosing love can look like even when you don’t have all the answers.

We also talk Utah culture vs. Church culture, what “sustaining” means in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and how family dynamics can shift when people process the same story differently.

Part 2 continues next week.

If you or a loved one is experiencing something similar, support resources are linked below — you’re not alone:

• LGBT National Hotline:
  https://lgbthotline.org/

• Neurobehavioral / Therapy Resource:
  https://www.neurobcg.com/

• Support & Counseling Resource:
  https://wiconicc.com/

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