What do Harry Styles, a giant light-up concert sign, unclaimed packages, and a quadruple murder have in common? Absolutely nothing. But we're talking about all of them.

Mary and Jenny are back in the sauna for Episode 2 of The Write Collab Podcast, and this week, things take a turn.

First up, Mary recaps her trip to New York City to see Harry Styles, including the adventure of getting a giant light-up sign through TSA and finally seeing Harry up close.

Then Jenny shares a truly chilling personal connection to a quadruple murder. What started as an ordinary message to someone she knew from childhood became something she never could have imagined.

On a slightly less terrifying note, Mary takes us along for her morning ritual of Coffee, Cruisin' & Crimin', where true-crime podcasts and unexpected jump scares are part of the daily commute.

In the Writer's Room, we're diving into Blanket Truth, Mary's novel in progress. We're talking first chapters, the realities of writing and rewriting a book, and one phone call that changes everything after 26 years.

And, of course, we're putting Ask Harry, our trusty Magic 8-Ball, to work. Skinny jeans? Separate bathrooms? The Irish goodbye? Harry has opinions. Well, answers, anyway.

In This Episode:

• Harry Styles, New York City, and a memorable TSA experience
• Jenny's chilling true-crime connection
• Coffee, Cruisin' & Crimin' with Mary
• The Writer's Room: Blanket Truth, the prologue, and Chapter One
• Ask Harry: Skinny jeans, separate bathrooms, and Irish goodbyes

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Harry Styles
• Ace of Base
• Crime Junkie
• SYLTBAR Prosecco
• Law & Order: SVU

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Production Credits: Audio production and engineering by Wayfare Recording Co.

Welcome to The Write Collab Podcast with host Mary and co-host Jenny-coming to you straight from the sauna for a little detox, a little retox, and a lot of questionable conversation.

In our first official episode, we cover everything from neighborhood floodlights and parenting pranks to stoplight nose-pickers who clearly forgot windows work both ways. Then we switch gears and head into the real reason this podcast exists: helping Mary finish her novel, Blanket Truth.

This week, Mary reads the prologue, introduces eight-year-old Emmy, and brings Jenny into the conversation about what’s working, what isn’t, and where the story should go next. Then we wrap things up with Ask Harry, our Magic 8-Ball with an obviously very reliable connection to Harry Styles.

• Sauna Sessions & Confessions: Catching up on a busy week, gearing up for New York City, and dealing with a neighbor whose blinding floodlights are driving nocturnal animals crazy.
• Wild Listener Story: A nurse shares an unbelievable story about looking up a patient's past.
• Parenting Pranks & Yahtzee: How a game of Yahtzee turned into a full-scale prank call operation, plus flashback stories of scaring the kids into going to bed on Christmas Eve.
• Schoolyard Rumors: What happens when your kid tells classmates he has a prosthetic leg and was an orphan.
• Phone Upgrade Nightmares: Spending hours on customer support calls, dropped service, and getting stuck in SOS mode right before a big trip.
• Driving Pet Peeves: People digging for gold at stoplights thinking front windows are tinted, and pedestrians stepping right into traffic outside crosswalks.
• The Writer's Room: Reading and dissecting the prologue of Mary's unpublished novel, Blanket Truth, about eight-year-old Emmy getting dropped off in 1999.
• Ask Harry Segment: Asking our trusty Harry Styles Magic 8-Ball about the Seahawks' Super Bowl chances, math class grades, and our upcoming trip to Madison Square Garden.

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Credits: Audio production and engineering by Wayfare Recording Co.

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