My Best Friend Tried to Kiss Me—It Was a Test | Roasted on a First Date & Bieberchella FOMO | Ep. 60

You're holding the diploma and the feeling isn't what you expected. The future just showed up out of nowhere and it feels lonely and limitless all at once. This is a Community Episode about graduation, the stories nobody bothered to warn you about, and why neither of us actually got our diplomas on stage.Have a story? We read every one. Send it to us on Instagram (@besomebodypod) or email.📰 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@bsomebody🧵 Check out our Threads: https://www.threads.com/@besomebodypodBe Somebody is a global community of people like you who are chasing their dreams and supporting each other along the way. We celebrate self-discovery, self-growth, and self-realization while exploring how to live a purposeful life you're proud of. Be Somebody. Two words to change your life.🎵 Music by Aisle Seat: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LXQjYZv0XAT5934qgLGOH?si=OanR_c4QSP2K3_aWbeE-Ag⚠️ This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. We are your friends, not licensed therapists. This podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.

Okay so you just graduated, and instead of feeling excited, you feel lost. The structure you knew and were used to for 18 years is now gone, and nobody, absolutely nobody could have prepared you for how heavy that freedom can feel.This week, Amadeo and Enrique go back to the summer that changed everything and started it all. One of us hit the ground running, one of us drifted between two words: "I guess."Whether you're already packing for the dorm or you're sitting in your childhood bedroom wondering what's next, this is the conversation we wish we had back then. Your next chapter starts now. Congratulations.Submit your stories on email or Instagram DM. We read every single one.You can also reach us on Instagram (@besomebodypod) or email.Be Somebody Ep. 64 - "I Said "I Guess" to My Entire Future | Graduating, Feeling Lost, & Starting Over"📰 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@bsomebody🧵 Check out our Threads: https://www.threads.com/@besomebodypodBe Somebody is a global community of people like you who are chasing their dreams and supporting each other along the way. We celebrate self-discovery, self-growth, and self-realization while exploring how to live a purposeful life you're proud of. Be Somebody. Two words to change your life.🎵 Music by Aisle Seat: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LXQjYZv0XAT5934qgLGOH?si=OanR_c4QSP2K3_aWbeE-Ag⚠️ This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. We are your friends, not licensed therapists. This podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.

You speak two languages. You're also two different people. That's a tough thing to explain to people who only speak one. Beyond that, you left everything comfortable behind because something within you knew there's more to life than being comfortable. Funny enough, that's where life begins. Now you're somewhere new, building something real, and wondering if the person you were when you got on the plane is the same one that landed.Rachel Gutierrez left Guadalajara at 28 to become the face of Pozolazo, her family's business bringing authentic, instant pozole, menudo, and birria from Jalisco, Mexico to bellies across the USA and eventually the world. Rachel talks code-switching, imposter syndrome, making friends from scratch in your late twenties, dealing with judgement and hate comments, and why her mom's advice — "You've already got the no, so work for the yes" — changed everything. Plus: community stories on cooking as a love language, red flags in relationships, and a pasta trick we still don't believe is real.🛒 Try Pozolazo! Use code BESOMEBODY for 10% off your order: https://pozolazo.com/📲 Follow Pozolazo:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pozolazousa/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pozolazousaHave a story? Reach us on Instagram (@besomebodypod) or email. We read every single one.📰 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@bsomebody🧵 Check out our Threads: https://www.threads.com/@besomebodypodBe Somebody is a global community of people like you who are chasing their dreams and supporting each other along the way. We celebrate self-discovery, self-growth, and self-realization while exploring how to live a purposeful life you're proud of. Be Somebody. Two words to change your life.🎵 Music by Aisle Seat: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LXQjYZv0XAT5934qgLGOH?si=OanR_c4QSP2K3_aWbeE-Ag⚠️ This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. We are your friends, not licensed therapists. This podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.

You're 20 and sneaking out of your own house because your parents still treat you like a kid. You're 27 and haven't gone a day without thinking about the ex you dated for four months over three years ago. You're 30 with a house, a paycheck, and absolutely nothing to look forward to. You're sitting in a meeting that should've been an email wondering if this is really all there is.This week's community episode covers six real stories from people who feel completely stuck. Our boy Isaac from the Good Friends Podcast joins us once again to give us a fresh take.Have a story? Hit us up on Instagram or email. We read every single one.🎧 Listen to Good Friends:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0b9gXH5jcvypS1CpSeXbHbYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCPH3Rg4NrF1w2QBtXU897Fw 📰 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@bsomebody🧵 Check out our Threads: https://www.threads.com/@besomebodypodBe Somebody is a global community of people like you who are chasing their dreams and supporting each other along the way. We celebrate self-discovery, self-growth, and self-realization while exploring how to live a purposeful life you're proud of. Be Somebody. Two words to change your life.🎵 Music by Aisle Seat: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LXQjYZv0XAT5934qgLGOH?si=OanR_c4QSP2K3_aWbeE-Ag⚠️ This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. We are your friends, not licensed therapists. This podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.

You're watching self-help content to feel better about your life, so why do you feel worse? Every other Reel is telling you to wake up earlier, fix your morning, change your habits, upgrade your mindset. Eventually, you start wondering if everything about you is wrong. This episode is about what happens when self-improvement becomes self-destruction.Have a story? Hit us up on Instagram or Substack!📰 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@bsomebody🧵 Check out our Threads: https://www.threads.com/@besomebodypodBe Somebody is a global community of people like you who are chasing their dreams and supporting each other along the way. We celebrate self-discovery, self-growth, and self-realization while exploring how to live a purposeful life you're proud of. Be Somebody. Two words to change your life.🎵 Music by Aisle Seat: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LXQjYZv0XAT5934qgLGOH?si=OanR_c4QSP2K3_aWbeE-Ag⚠️ This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. We are your friends, not licensed therapists. This podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.

What would you do in this scenario? You're chilling with somebody you've known almost your whole life, someone who's been there through it all. Then they do the one thing that makes you question everything...Welcome to a Be Somebody Community episode, where we react to real-life stories from real people: a friendship destroyed by a test, a first date turned philosophy lecture at Applebee's, what to do when you're the person who forgets every birthday, how to tell someone they smell bad without making it awkward, and the collective FOMO spiral of Bieberchella 2026. Plus, we got a voice memo update from one of you 🫡Have a story? Hit us up. We want to hear from you.📰 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@bsomebody🧵 Check out our Threads: https://www.threads.com/@besomebodypodBe Somebody is a global community of people like you who are chasing their dreams and supporting each other along the way. We celebrate self-discovery, self-growth, and self-realization while exploring how to live a purposeful life you're proud of. Be Somebody. Two words to change your life.🎵 Music by Aisle Seat: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LXQjYZv0XAT5934qgLGOH?si=OanR_c4QSP2K3_aWbeE-Ag⚠️ This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. We are your friends, not licensed therapists. This podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.

You're 24. You're 27. Maybe you just turned 30. Somewhere along the way, somebody said your twenties would be the best, most important years of your life. Maybe you were promised a dream job, the love of your life, and everything would figure itself out. So why does it feel like you're running out of time?In this episode, we tear down the fantasy we were sold about our twenties, the pressure to "have it together," the nostalgia trap, and what it actually looks like to stop waiting for your life to start. It already has.Have a story? Hit us up. We want to hear from you.📰 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@bsomebody🧵 Check out our Threads: https://www.threads.com/@besomebodypodBe Somebody is a global community of people like you who are chasing their dreams and supporting each other along the way. We celebrate self-discovery, self-growth, and self-realization while exploring how to live a purposeful life you're proud of. Be Somebody. Two words to change your life.🎵 Music by Aisle Seat: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LXQjYZv0XAT5934qgLGOH?si=OanR_c4QSP2K3_aWbeE-Ag⚠️ This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. We are your friends, not licensed therapists. This podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.

A man turning 50 shares something he wishes he learned sooner. A woman resents her partner for living the life she never chased. Someone called their boyfriend a man-child over a box of Captain Crunch. A 35-year-old from the midwest can't stop thinking about Bad Bunny. Plus, we've got updates from two previous community stories you don't want to miss.Welcome to another Be Somebody community episode.Have a story? Hit us up on Instagram, Reddit, or email. We want to hear from you.📰 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@bsomebody🧵 Check out our Threads: https://www.threads.com/@besomebodypodBe Somebody is a global community of people like you who are chasing their dreams and supporting each other along the way. We celebrate self-discovery, self-growth, and self-realization while exploring how to live a purposeful life you're proud of. Be Somebody. Two words to change your life.🎵 Music by Aisle Seat: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LXQjYZv0XAT5934qgLGOH?si=OanR_c4QSP2K3_aWbeE-Ag⚠️ This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. We are your friends, not licensed therapists. This podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.

Have you ever hit a point where the thing you always dreamt about — the career, the achievement, the prize — starts feeling like it might not be meant for you? This episode is about that moment, and what happens when you do something about it.Amadeo talks about stepping away from acting and auditioning after months of sending tapes he didn't believe in, and why walking away is the best decision he's made this year. Enrique reflects on attending the final Sundance Film Festival in Utah, what it meant to realize a community he's built across years in the industry, and how a filmmaking fellowship is reshaping his creative path. We also get into half marathon training when your body is actively fighting you, a 5K that tested our friendship, building something meaningful in the hours after your day job, family vacations, our unfiltered Oscars and Super Bowl halftime takes, and why even 1% progress still counts when the year's already moving so fast.If your year 2026 has taken you by surprise, sit down for this one.📰 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@bsomebody🧵Find us on Threads: https://www.threads.com/@besomebodypodBe Somebody is a global community of people like you who are chasing their dreams and supporting each other along the way. We celebrate self-discovery, self-growth, and self-realization while exploring how to live a purposeful life you're proud of. Be Somebody. Two words to change your life.🎵 Music by Aisle Seat: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LXQjYZv0XAT5934qgLGOH?si=szncD3CaRlGlOItxWfr7Pw⚠️ This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. We are your friends, not licensed therapists. This podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.

You tried to do the right thing. You hyped yourself up. You read the room. And then everything went perfectly wrong.It's the April Fools Special.We dive into five real listener stories, each a cinematic masterpiece of F-ups beyond comprehension.A guy breaks his wrist trying to make his girl breakfast in bed (the cat did it).A co-worker amusement park trip becomes an accidental bromance that outlasts the actual relationship.Two people go on a date at the same coffee shop at the exact same time — with the wrong dates.A girl shoots her shot at her gym-crush and has to get CPR.And a brand-new husband thinks his brother-in-law's divorce is some kind of theatrical prank.We also talk about upgrading your "pre-friends" to friends, whether the gym is even an appropriate place to shoot your shot, and the painful truth that no good deed goes unpunished.Five stories. Zero regrets. Okay, maybe a few regrets.Chapters:00:00:00 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished00:01:50 The Cat Left a Toy on the Stairs. He Left in an Ambulance.00:09:26 She Brought Her Boyfriend. Her Co-Worker Kept Him.00:20:53 Two Wrong Dates. Same Coffee Shop. Same Time.00:28:27 She Shot Her Shot & Got CPR.00:38:17 He Slow-Clapped Through a Real Divorce.00:48:07 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. Do It Anyway.📲 Follow Be Somebody:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/besomebodypod/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@besomebodypodcastBe Somebody is a global community of people like you who are chasing their dreams and supporting each other along the way. We celebrate self-discovery, self-growth, and self-realization while exploring how to live a purposeful life you're proud of. Be Somebody. Two words to change your life.🎵 Music by Aisle Seat (https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LXQjYZv0XAT5934qgLGOH?si=CZ26on5QT6m4DWbbsevmvQ)--This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. We are your friends, not licensed therapists. This podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.