This week on Premeditated Opinions:

Pamela and Josh cover the truly important things: stalking authors (lovingly), bourbon correctness (it’s Kentucky or it’s whiskey), and whether the new electric VW ID. Buzz is the millennial minivan of our dreams. We spiral through culture, faith, and streaming TV, with just enough politics to keep your blood pressure spicy and your Google tabs open.

Pamela gushes about Jen Hatmaker’s upcoming memoir Awake (launch-team perks, activated) and why affirming your kid (and your conscience) might cost you everything and still be worth it. We detour into National Guard photo-ops vs. real public safety, nerd out on canceled genius (Netflix’s KAOS), celebrate Wednesday (Jenna Ortega hive, rise), worship Pedro Pascal in The Last of Us, and palate-cleanse with Somebody Feed Phil. We also plot a chaotic group trip to SXSW (pray for Austin traffic), and settle the eternal debate: bourbon ≠ Tennessee.

Other highlights:

• EV nostalgia: the electric VW ID. Buzz and why configurable seats + LEDs = instant serotonin.
• Faith & LGBTQ+ inclusion: how Hatmaker’s “affirming” stance reshaped evangelical discourse, and our own.
• Public safety sanity check: fund local solutions > out-of-state Guard deployments.
• TV you should (and shouldn’t) watch: KAOS (RIP), Wednesday, The Last of Us, and food-joy via Somebody Feed Phil.
• City culture mashup: Austin × Louisville energy, “Keep It Weird,” and the Bourbon Trail you swear you’ll finally do.

If you like millennial dry humor, progressive faith conversations, EVs & tech, Austin/SXSW culture, bourbon nerdery, and TV recs that actually slap, this episode is your algorithm’s love language.

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