Who’s the Ultimate Teen Drama Guy? + Brooks Nader Responds to Topless Critics

“I just love talking shit. I do,” Ria says about halfway through this episode of Chicks in the Office, and that’s essentially the thesis for the whole thing. Co-hosts Ria and Fran spend a slow August Wednesday doing exactly that — talking shit about nothing and everything, from nail salon drama and the mechanics of gossip to a surprisingly deep bracket on the all-time greatest teen drama boyfriends. The episode is loose, conversational, and self-aware about its own lack of structure, but it covers a handful of distinct subtopics worth unpacking.

The Boredom of Being Home Alone

The episode opens with Ria explaining that her husband Matt is traveling for work, and she is bored. This leads to a funny, relatable riff on how being home alone while your partner is away creates a specific kind of restlessness — you text too much, you don’t know what to do with your hands, and everything feels less fun. Fran points out that when she travels for work, she’s not bored because she’s busy; the boredom only hits when she’s home and her partner Joe isn’t there. Ria reframes this: “When your brain is feeling free and not much anxiety, there’s room to be bored. And sometimes that’s nice.” She calls it a privilege to be bored, because it means your mind isn’t cluttered with stress. It’s a small but genuine insight buried in the chit-chat.