Are You Garbage? Comedy Podcast · Kevin Ryan & H. Foley

How to Feel Rich! w/ Kevin Ryan & H. Foley

·1 hr 9 min·4 clips
A king-size comforter on a queen-size bed is called a game changer.
1. RU Garbage's "How to Feel Rich!" focuses on small home details that made Kevin Ryan and H. Foley feel classy. 2. Kevin Ryan and H. Foley host the show as a comedy duo, and their back-and-forth gives the episode its pace. 3. The episode asks what specific objects or upgrades in a house create the feeling of being rich without actually being rich. 4. Foley opens with a story about a dozen long-stem red roses delivered to Aunt Tootie at Tootie's. 5. Ryan and Foley turn that flower story into a discussion about how people signal class at home and in relationships. 6. Foley brings up a painting from his childhood home in Mountaintop that later moved with the family to Wilkes-Barre and then outside Philadelphia. 7. He says the painting came from his mother and grandmother, and he describes it as a print that only looks valuable. 8. Ryan compares that kind of inherited object to a house feature that can make an ordinary room feel upgraded. 9. The conversation moves to a kitchen island that Foley remembers from the house built in 1989. 10. Foley says his mother kept the house for the school district and called the family "house poor" even though the house was nice. 11. A listener named Hugh Jazz suggests dimmer switches in the bathroom, and the hosts treat that as a practical luxury. 12. Foley says he likes showering with the lights dimmed because it does not feel like "the OR." 13. He also tells a story about lighting a candle, forgetting it, and finding it still burning the next morning. 14. The episode then turns to a king-size comforter on a queen-size bed, which Nick describes as a way to make the bed look less shabby. 15. Ryan and Foley discuss how the larger comforter changes sleep, wrapping up in blankets, and foot-shaking while trying to fall asleep. 16. Another listener mentions small individual salt and pepper shakers, which the hosts treat as an old-fashioned detail that feels like an estate dinner. 17. Foley and Ryan keep the tone loose and argumentative, with jokes about flowers, plumbing, old apartments, and tiny upgrades around the house. 18. Their style is conversational and comic, with rapid swings from family memories to product-like household details. 19. Listeners who like home-decor jokes and family nostalgia should listen. 20. Listeners who want a serious interview or a tight narrative should skip it.
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