hi hello hey, yes—we’re still out here watching cartoons, and we’re very excited to talk about it.

This is our third installment in our cartoon-watching series (affectionately known as Buddy Watch). We keep joking that only three of you care, but based on the messages and suggestions we’ve received, we know there are some very dedicated cartoon lovers among you.

If you’re newer to Rare with Flair, cartoons are one of our many shared loves. We’ve been watching shows together almost daily since 2022, which puts our current total at around 14 series watched (and counting). In this episode, we break down the last five shows we watched—Fairly OddParents, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Gravity Falls, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, and Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse—and then run through our ever-growing (and slightly unhinged) watchlist.

We’re always taking recommendations—email us at hello@rarewithflair.com or slide into our DMs! We’ve fully committed to watching cartoons together until the day we die, so please send us your favorites that we should add to—or bump up on—our list.

Check out the previous installments in our cartoon series:

• 105. case & cass’ carTWOon adventures
• 69. cass & case’s cartoon adventures

hi hello hey, happy 2026! And more importantly… welcome to season SEVEN of Rare with Flair! 🎉

There’s no better way to kick off a new year than with one of our favorite traditions: vision boards. This year’s boards are our most ambitious yet, with over ten focus areas each—covering everything from mind and health to home, spirit, and the big-picture dreams we’re calling in. We love the practice of setting intention at the start of the year and creating something tangible we’ll see every single day.

They say vision boards have a way of coming true (often in the most unexpected ways), so we’re diving in with fresh habits, big hopes, and a few exciting announcements you definitely won’t want to miss. 👀✨

Do you make a vision board—or did listening to the pod inspire you to start one? We’d love to hear about it! Send us a note at hello@rarewithflair.com.

If you haven’t heard our 2025 recap episode, look back with us! 134. guide dogs, rings, and traveling things: 2025 recap

For our past vision board episodes, check out these episodes:

• 110. are we ready to thrive in 2025?
• 84. 2024 vision boards: moving forward with courage

hi hello hey, what do you mean 2025 is over??

We truly cannot believe another year (and season SIX of Rare with Flair) is coming to a close. Before we get sappy, we’re keeping up our longtime tradition of recapping the year. These episodes mean a lot to us—they’re like little time capsules of what our lives looked like at the end of each year.

It’s also a chance to pull back the curtain just a bit and let you in on what we were up to throughout the year (with boundaries, of course). Oh—and there’s a breaking announcement at the very beginning of this episode that we know you won’t want to miss!!

As we mention in the episode, we’re always intentional about how much we choose to share. By no means do we want y’all to think our lives were perfect—we simply try to strike a balance between openness and privacy. That said, we genuinely look forward to this episode every year, and it wouldn’t be complete without sharing our top artists from our Spotify Wrapped.

No matter what kind of year you had, we’re so grateful we got to be a small part of it. We hope you enjoy celebrating whichever holidays are meaningful to you, and we couldn’t be more thankful for such loyal listeners. Be sure to join us at the beginning of 2026 to find out what’s landing on our vision boards next year!

Check out other episodes we mention in this one for more fun from our 2025:

• 110. are we ready to thrive in 2025? what we put on our vision boards this year
• 117. few but many: hps conference 2025 our time at the Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome conference
• 120. still alive but barely breathing lmao: ats recap our time at the American Thoracic Society in 2025
• Our two-part series from when Cass went to guide dog training this year!
  • 127. guide dog training, part 1: meet cass’ new guide!
  • 128. guide dog training, part 2: come train with cass & mr. a!
• 132. yer a wizard, bestie: live from universal orlando! our trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

If you’d like to binge our complete set of year-in-review episodes to see how we’ve changed over time, let us know if you take on the challenge!

• 109. our wildest vision board dreams came true! 2024 recap
• 83. getting personal: recapping 2023
• 59. recapping a wild & wacky year 2022 recap
• 36. 2021 wrapped: our year in songs & seasons
• 11. looking back & moving forward 2020 recap