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In this week's story from the hood, a girl wanders through the woods, finds a cute butter-yellow farmhouse and a friendly woman with a silver tooth, then comes back with witnesses to find nothing but a rotting ruin. Amber and Jen continue spooky season with this ghostly tale that may just give you chills, plus Amber's own haunted hotel room experience (and the phone call years later that confirmed it).

Also on the docket: recurring dreams (elevator cranes, Care Bears, crumbling teeth), the old-person alter egos you didn't know you needed, and a few words for the trolls in the comments.

Plus, Jen learns the hard way that her W-2 wasn't enough for her REAL ID, so learn from her 90-minute DMV wait before you go.

Pull up a chair, it's time to neighbor ;)

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Amber's friend and a former HOA president, Josh Stewart, joins Neighbors Neighboring to confess what really happens when you run the neighborhood: a cloudy pool on opening weekend, furious neighbors, and one very fast resignation.

Josh is a level-two sommelier and the founder of a wine club. He leads a live pod tasting that ends with a wine glass trick revealed.

Plus: a Reddit story about door-to-door visitors who picked the wrong yard (and the wrong garden hose), a crash course in seasonal color analysis, which game show each of them could actually win, and why a letter to your neighbor about their tree might save you an insurance headache.

Silver linings go to Jen's mom and the friends who always stay in touch.

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A neighbor bangs on the door demanding the Halloween decorations come down because his wife has arachnophobia. But the spiders are purple, fuzzy, and have googly eyes. Hmmmmm. Does this make sense?!?!

This week's Stories from the Hood also features a 17-year-old who gets her neighbors blacklisted by every local babysitter after they try to break her vacation nanny deal (good thing it was in writing).

Plus: which movie deserves a sequel with the original cast (we're down for Dirty Dancing & The Goonies), the case against bathing in cologne, car air fresheners, sourdough starter curiosity, and the fall treats we're craving most.

If you love AITA neighbor stories, HOA drama and a little spooky season chaos, pull up a chair and hang with Amber and Jen, neighbors.

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It's eggplant season (if you've been a long-time listener, you know what that means!) and Jen finally spills the secret she's been keeping from Amber (spoiler alert - she hired a cat psychic to find out why Parker's behavior is increasingly more mischievous). The answer? Much to Jen's dismay, pretty much what Google would say.

Amber has her own bombshell too. Strawberries ARE NOT actually berries, but bananas are, which is big news for Jason and may change minds about the green gummy bears.

In Stories from the Hood, new homeowners are done letting their neighbors cut across their driveway, and a very wealthy neighbor "accidentally" opens $900 of someone else's designer shirts and tosses the boxes.

Plus: which fast food chain you'd save if every other one disappeared, Amber's surprise treadmill run, and a Long Island teen who became best friends with his grandpa's pickleball crew.

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A guy buys the cheaper corner lot, then tells his neighbors which bushes they're allowed to plant...because their yard is the only thing between him and the lake view. Well, they planted twenty HOA-approved palms. Amber and Jen get into this Story from the Hood and one about a garden-theft that ends with a grown man getting hosed down over a handful of tomatoes.

Our question of the week reveals the first cars Jen and Amber called their own. Amber shares an unexpected update on the pickleball millionaire (FYI - he's been arrested again) and we cover Pennsylvania's deeply uninspired new license plates.

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Amber and Jen dig into one of the best stories from the hood yet, starting with a guy whose neighbor "Karen" turns his backyard pool into her personal water park then hands him a typed list of pool rules for HIS OWN pool. Savage.

They also unpack a neighborhood snooping scandal that ends in glorious googly-eyed revenge, and finally crack the case on why there are so many olive oil stores (spoiler: it's probably a drug front).

Along the way: the childhood phobias that honestly still hold up, Amber's audiobook narrator retreat, Jen's furniture-buying adventures, and a real website where you can buy a seat at a stranger's wedding.

If you've ever had an entitled neighbor, an irrational childhood fear, or strong opinions about olive oil, this one's for you.

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Meet Tiffany Song...Amber and Jen's actual next-door neighbor on Pinetree, and a therapist who's spent 20 years treating OCD and phobias, including emetophobia (fear of vomiting), which she says is the most-Googled phobia name there is.

She breaks down exposure and response prevention therapy, "safety behaviors," and why cold and flu season (or back-to-school) can quietly wreck your peace of mind.

Then it's a hard swerve into the fun stuff: a 14-hour flight to Seoul, palace tours, Korean food, and the neighborhood mystery of a scream that turned out to be...not a person.

Plus: the songs Amber, Jen, and Tiffany will never skip, and why liking your neighbors is actually good for your mental health!

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Amber and Jen are furious about an HOA that forced a dad to tear down the treehouse he built with his sons during the pandemic...and rightly so. This episode covers neighbor drama stories, including a petty revenge package thief, why e-bikes continue to divide the masses (and our position is backed by Pennsylvania law), and a beautiful silver lining about neighbors who show up for each other.

From HOA overreach to hilarious petty justice, this is the chaos and community that makes Neighbors Neighboring tick.