WE’RE BACK: influencer drama, surgery, health problems…

"Bitch, imagine I kept going around telling people I have vertigo," Yoatzi Castro says, recounting how she spent days telling friends she had "her deligo" before realizing she was confusing the word with vitiligo. This moment of self-deprecating humor captures the tone of the season four premiere of Pretty, Not Smart, where hosts Louie and Yoatzi Castro return after a months-long hiatus to catch listeners up on a whirlwind of surgery recoveries, health scares, drugged dogs, and a falling-out with a fellow influencer.

A New Studio and a New Format

The episode opens with the hosts visibly nervous, comparing the feeling to their very first recording session. The reason for the jitters is a major studio upgrade—a full room with arches, new microphones, and a set designed by a creator named Rashi. "It just actually feels like a podcast studio," Louie says. Alongside the physical transformation, the show is retiring its "Dumbass Word of the Day" segment in favor of a listener-interactive feature: fans can submit their own "pretty not smart moments" (like the listener who thought Earth losing gravity for ten seconds wouldn't affect her because she'd be in Mexico). A new creative producer, Grease (a friend since high school), has also joined the team.

Surgery, Vertigo, and a Dog's Bad Trip