Talking Monroes

They're baaaack. After a seven-year "hiatus" (their word, not ours), Aaron and Nicole return to the podcast that almost wasn't. The twist? Nicole - the one who pulled the plug on Season 1 - is the one who wanted back in. Aaron's not letting her forget it anytime soon. Season 2 kicks off exactly where Season 1 began: with a stack of Table Topics cards and absolutely no script. Aaron's got the Couples deck. Nicole's got the Family edition. What follows is an hour of real, unfiltered conversation between two people who've clearly spent a lot of life together...and still manage to surprise each other. In this episode: The seven-year gap explained: What changed, who blinked first, and why they're recording in a brand-new space with Meta glasses and Bluetooth hearing aids Grandparent status unlocked: The biggest Easter egg of the episode drops casually mid-conversation The raw egg story: Aaron's grandfather Silas, a stoic Cleveland public-works man, had one party trick