Messy mornings, quick reads, real callers.
Kat & JJ is a brisk highlight feed from a morning show where small domestic problems become full-room debates. Tarot cards, Psychic Kim calls, dating-app judgments, job drama, family secrets, and gross little life details all get tossed into the same noisy, warm rotation.
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Kat & JJ feels less like a polished studio recap and more like the funniest stretch of a morning show caught mid-spin. The format is simple. A prompt goes out, a caller answers, and within seconds the conversation has taken on its own slightly unruly shape. Some days the question is emotional, like whether covering for a cheater reveals something rotten about a partner's character. Other days it is wonderfully small, like why strangers on Facebook Marketplace ask for dimensions and then vanish. The show has a real appetite for ordinary friction. Job interviews that seemed perfect and then went silent. Friends from childhood remembered because two middle schoolers sat at a library puzzle table. Dating profiles still bragging about sports. Family secrets inspired by a messy streaming drama. Public meltdowns over video games. The tarot category is present, but it is not the whole show. Fortune Friday and Psychic Kim calls act more like accelerants for conversation, letting callers talk about careers, moving, marriage, hesitation, and the strange pressure of wanting a sign. That gives Kat & JJ a useful split personality. It can be silly about Renaissance Fair tarot, hand wax, dash clutter, pet quirks, or bathroom reads. Then it can slow down for a caller whose father is on the mend after a stroke, or for a parent trying to enjoy a child's graduation milestone. The humor is blunt and sometimes crude, but the emotional gear shift is part of the appeal. The show does not behave like advice from a professional. It behaves like a table full of opinionated people reacting in real time, correcting each other, laughing too early, and occasionally landing on the right question. Kat is clearly a recurring named presence in the excerpts, often driving stories from shopping, libraries, family, or Marketplace frustration. JJ is the other name in the frame, pushing back, teasing, and keeping the pace from getting too neat. The listener calls are not filler. They are the show. Dylan, Kim, Cammie, Isaac, Keisha, Ashley, Brandi, Lynn, and others become quick snapshots of real-life decisions, embarrassments, hopes, and grievances. Kat & JJ works best for people who want morning-show comedy with actual human mess in it. It is not solemn tarot, not tidy relationship advice, and not a scripted comedy panel. It is loose, fast, nosy, affectionate, and willing to chase the weirdest part of a story until a better one calls in.
Made for: For listeners who like caller-driven morning talk, relationship debates, workplace drama, playful psychic segments, and banter that can turn sincere without getting soft.
What sets it apart: The tarot and Psychic Kim pieces give the show a hook, but the standout is how quickly it turns tiny everyday irritations into communal judgment calls. It treats callers as the main event, not decoration.
Highlights from Kat & JJ in the morning on 104-7 KCLD
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Kat and JJ turn caller dilemmas and domestic irritations into brisk comedy powered by disagreement, curiosity and quick changes of mood.
Kat & JJ turns everyday friction into quick, social comedy, with Kat and JJ testing their own reactions against callers and each other. Parenting disputes, awkward dating choices, work complaints and household habits become prompts for the room rather than setups with fixed…
Tarot cards, towel hygiene, and family dilemmas become the group chat that actually calls you back.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A chatty episode that moves from tarot and caller banter into open family and career talk.
Kat and JJ keep this Playhouse Podcast episode moving from a rummage-sale find to Fortune Friday tarot, then into a caller reading for Dylan and a long stretch of career talk.
Covering for a cheater and exploding over a video game become character tests.
Kat and JJ use Cammie's relationship text to get at a thorny question: when does loyalty turn into cover? Her boyfriend has been keeping his best friend's cheating secret, and Kat reads that silence as a form of participation.
Fast, messy, and warmly held together.
Kat and JJ keep this catch-up moving through Fortune Friday, a debt collector problem, sudden cramp panic, marketplace wins, and family asides about youth baseball, a new nephew, and hairy-dad complaints.
Towel hygiene, bus bullies, and two friends facing the same romantic question make this a brisk comedy listen.
This Playhouse Podcast episode turns a throwaway towel habit into a lively argument about everyday standards. Carly's "Ew" bit gives Kat and JJ plenty to work with, moving from moisture and mold to dating expectations and the message sent by a bed that barely looks lived in.
A cannabis dating question leads into daily stress, relationships, and the unsettled middle of life.
Kat and JJ's episode catches the jumpy texture of morning radio, with a thousand-dollar Secret Sound guess sharing space with a more serious dating question about a partner who smokes pot or takes cannabis edibles every day.
Survival talk, co-parenting friction, and a useful payoff, all in one quick conversation.
Kat and JJ keep the episode moving without making it feel chopped up. They start with a goofy but genuinely useful survival bit, then slide into the bigger co-parenting problem: what to do when an eight-year-old will only eat pizza because the other house keeps saying yes.
A messy, funny week of caller confessions, small fights, and sudden sincerity.
Playhouse Podcast with Kat and JJ stays close to the small, oddly revealing moments: hated jobs, lessons from grandma and grandpa, a bright light bulb apology, a caller carrying family pressure, and a cat rescued after a house fire.
A loose Groundhog Day episode that turns detours, workplace talk, and small absurdities into the main event.
This episode treats Groundhog Day as a funny excuse to wander. It opens with the live trip to Gobbler's Knob, which the hosts dismiss as a giant waste of time, even as they keep leaning into the joke.
Disney fandom told through memory and craft.
Astrology with nerve, care, and homework.
Late-night lore, stories, and raw creator static.
Kat and JJ open with a quick check-in about a busy, fun week.
Psychic Kim provides spiritual career guidance to a caller named Kim who is conflicted about taking a dream job due to obstacles and her wife's disapproval.
The hosts discuss a personal library encounter that sparks a conversation about childhood friendships and invite listeners to share their own stories.
The hosts discuss whether a guy named Dave has a girlfriend, using it as a springboard to talk about people who brag about past achievements like being a Division I athlete or prom queen on dating apps.
Kat and JJ debate whether covering for a cheating friend makes you as culpable as the cheater, sparked by a listener text about a boyfriend keeping his best friend's affair secret.
Kat and JJ discuss job interview disappointments and share humorous personal stories.
Kat and JJ discuss family secrets and a TV show recommendation in a humorous morning radio format.
Kat and JJ discuss quirky pet habits and Kat's frustration with flaky buyers on Facebook Marketplace.
Kat and JJ discuss listener opinions on not wanting kids, with humorous anecdotes and banter.
Kat and JJ joke about couples with matching names and share funny listener stories.
Kat and JJ open with the week's favorite moments.
Kat and JJ host a phone-in morning-radio style episode covering bathroom hygiene deal-breakers, a women's group karaoke love triangle, alternate career fantasies, and a call from a listener named Jay who quit his construction job on the spot and started his own LLC.
Hosts Kat and JJ recap segments from their KCLD morning radio show, covering five topics: their 'Secret Sound' game where listener Nick won $1,000 by identifying the sound of a TV remote backing being removed, listener Matt's discovery of his wife's secret debt collection calls, a listener-overheard quote about preferring a daily cannabis user over a drinker, whether infant twins should share a crib, fast food as a viable career, and middle-age self-awareness.
Kat and JJ open with survival talk and start picking at the kind of TV advice people repeat without really thinking.
Kat and JJ discuss Trisha's birthday and a husband's gift of a decision-free weekend in Minneapolis for a concert.
Kat and JJ open with a week's worth of favorite moments and a reminder that the daily podcast catches what the listener may have missed.
A morning radio show host and co-host take listener calls, sharing embarrassing teen stories and giving advice on job rejection.
Kat and JJ discuss secrets from jobs, retirement plans, and humorous anecdotes in a lighthearted morning radio format.
Kat and JJ share humorous listener stories about awkward public bathroom experiences.
Kat and JJ discuss teen slang and a listener's uncomfortable encounters at a gas station, offering humorous relationship advice.
Kat and JJ share funny stories and listener interactions from their morning radio show, including awkward things to say to pregnant women and family food orders.
Kat and JJ discuss a news article about the negatives of sleepovers, mixing humor with caller stories and personal anecdotes.
The hosts discuss a tense situation where a husband's insensitive comment on a friend's social media post about an unhealthy meal creates conflict, putting his wife in an awkward position.
The hosts discuss how long single parents should wait before introducing new dating partners to their children, sparked by a story about a mom who has done this 70 times.
The hosts discuss reactions to the Super Bowl halftime show and share anecdotes about public transit experiences, exploring why people get triggered by entertainment choices.
Kat and JJ discuss a news story about domestic partners using chemicals to harm each other, then play a game about annoying partner habits.
The hosts discuss unusual airport fashion and travel behavior sparked by a listener call-in, while also touching on a Netflix documentary about people living secretly in places.
Kat and JJ share humorous banter and life advice, including a segment called Listener Bingo, in a morning radio show podcast.
Kat and JJ open with a live Groundhog Day recap from Gobbler's Knob, then move into caller stories about money, habits, and odd everyday behavior.
Kat and JJ discuss pet spoiling habits and share humorous stories from the week.
Kat and JJ discuss listener reactions to open marriages and pet spoiling in a lighthearted morning radio show format.
Kat and JJ discuss first kisses, Valentine's Day, and practical love in a humorous morning show segment.
Kat and JJ share good news stories, including high schoolers fixing cars for single moms and a parent reflecting on their child's high school elective packet.
A morning show segment where hosts discuss a listener's dating dilemma and a caller's inheritance dispute with her mother.
Kat and JJ discuss a listener's email about oversharing savings on consignment Lululemon, leading to humorous debate on parenting and teen embarrassment.