Middle Children

Jessie Jolles and Chris Burns

About

Jessie Jolles and Chris Burns aka Fat Carrie Bradshaw didn’t ask to be born as middle children, who would? Born into a life of being desperate for attention, the dynamic duo known mostly for developing a sense of humor as a defense mechanism brings you a show about their favorite thing, themselves. Talking through their endless embarrassing stories, the many famous middle children of the world, and interviewing guests from the oldest of the family, the youngest of the family and everything in between Middle Children is a show for all and there’s only one condition; Jessie and Chris are the stars.

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179 episodes

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4m
Apr 01
Between Some Kind of Farm Situation and The Fierce Women of The X-Men

Jessie is finally taking song writing classes to get back her creative juice. Chris would love a world where we all get more appetizers. This episode features a fabulous new roast and toast of this audience's favorite subject, super heroes. Get tickets to our next virtual event- The Wedding Of Jessie Jolles, below! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/856249975727?aff=oddtdtcreator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

57m
Mar 25
Between Snakes In The Garden of Eden and Wedding Flash Mobs

Chris is in his slut phase and back from an eventful trip to LA. Jessie is in her artist phase and writing again. This week C and J have weddings on the mind and get into some improv about the big day. Get tickets to our next Livestream, "The Wedding of Jessie Jolles" below! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/856249975727?aff=oddtdtcreator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 5m
Mar 18
Between A Rock and A Hard Place

Chris tells the crooked tale of his latest, scandal filled, dating saga with an ending that may SHOCK you. Ticket link for our next live stream show "The Wedding of Jessie Jolles", below! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/between-something-borrowed-and-something-blue-the-wedding-of-jessie-jolles-tickets-856249975727?aff=oddtdtcreator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 6m
Mar 11
Between Building Forts With The Man of Your Dreams and A Giant Box of Fortune Cookies

Jessie has had a busy week of hitting the club and building forts. Chris is not new to wild nights and doesn't think Jessie could keep up with him. This week features a wild QVC segment for the ages with prices on items that just can't be beat! Get Your Tickets Now For Our March Live Stream- The Wedding of Jessie Jolles! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/between-something-borrowed-and-something-blue-the-wedding-of-jessie-jolles-tickets-856249975727?aff=oddtdtcreator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 5m
Mar 04
Between A Flawless American Fitness Test and A Well Funded Artist Collective

Chris is grateful for American Idol for all the amazing talent they've brought the world. Jessie just wants to fund her dream art collective for all the artists in world. We also roll out a brand new Hallmark about.....well, we don't really know, but it's fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 22m
Feb 26
Between A Delicious Buttercream Cake and High Powered Hotellier In Love

Chris is in his cake baking era and Jessie is over award shows. Luckily today's Hallmark features a love story for the ages about a high powered hotellier finding love when they least expect it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 23m
Feb 12
Between Stigmatizing Mental Health and Getting Free Sexy Massages

Chris would love to move out of the heathen hell hole that is New York City but if he can't get a boyfriend here, where would he go? Jessie is back on the apps and feeling frisky....for free erotic massages. If you like being sold things you don't need, great news, the iconic QVC segment is back and better than ever. Get a ticket for the Sunday Valentine's Day Brunch Live Stream for this Sunday (2/11) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/814189672227?aff=oddtdtcreator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 3m
Feb 05
Between Being Stuck In Traffic With Sciatica And First Dates At Orange Theory

Chris thinks people who go on first dates to workout classes are out of their minds. Jessie can't sit in traffic while driving because her Sciatica is killing her! This and other musings. Get tickets for the Valentine's Day Brunch Livestream Here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/between-red-roses-and-eating-chocolates-alone-a-middle-children-valentines-day-live-show-tickets-814189672227?aff=oddtdtcreator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 0m
Jan 29
Between Falling Out of a Hammock and Snow Shoveling Dyslexia

Chris and Jessie debate the merits of trying to be sexy in a hammock, pretending to be dyslexic to get out of shoveling and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

55m
Jan 22
Between No Carb Diets and 2024 Bingo Boards

After a long break for the holidays, Chris and Jessie are back to kick off their 2024 with positivity (kind of) and a slew of New Years Resolutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 10m
Jan 08
Between Giving Away Furniture and Cuddling With Bad Intentions

It's the last Middle Children of 2023. Jessie ponders whether or not men can cuddle for a night without wanting sex. Chris takes solace in the fact that if he puts some furniture out on the street, it's not wasteful because someone is always gonna take it. The final Hallmark of the year features a high powered crude energy attorney looking for a holiday romance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 9m
Dec 18, 2023
Between Hitting It Off With A Stranger and Delicious, Edible, Essential Oils

Jessie is convinced that Chris will hit it off romantically with a friend of hers that she seems to know very little about. Chris is skeptical because it's not common that he really likes anybody any way. With the holidays coming up, we've also got you covered for gifts with another edition of the new fan favorite QVC segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 2m
Nov 20, 2023
Between Not Needing A Man At All and Selling Milkshake Machines

Chris profoundly declares that he'd rather Netflix and NOT chill. Jessie, on the other hand, loves an ice cream date. We unveil a new segment where Chris and Jessie can sell you ANYTHING and of course we close the show out with a look inside the world of daytime television and a whole lot of vodka. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 15m
Nov 13, 2023
Between a Room Full of Organized Chaos and A Rant About E.L. Fudge Cookies

Jessie and Chris try to get on the same page about their dream houses but run into some difficulty landing on a shared aesthetic. Chris cannot contain his strong feelings about the new and def not improved E.L. Fudge cookies but Jessie is in love with a soft and chewy sugar cookie. We wrap up this week's show with a Hallmark featuring a high powered book editor on wild ride of self discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 23m
Nov 06, 2023
Between Hundred Dollar Doll Houses and Open Toed Shoes In NYC

Chris is binging horror shows to get in the spirt of Halloween. Jessie is in her building miniature houses phase and no one can stop her. In place of a Hallmark, we unveil our first ever test run of the "Roast and Toast" segment focusing on the footwear of summer in New York City. Prepare yourself, because it for sure, is a test run. Buy tickets NOW for TONIGHT'S Halloween Livestream https://www.eventbrite.com/e/middle-children-between-trick-and-treat-halloween-live-stream-tickets-728864472257?aff=oddtdtcreator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 1m
Oct 30, 2023
Between People Secretly Hiding In Your House and The Invention Of Pumpkin Spice

Chris has been revisiting too much Tyra Banks content and realizing just how problematic she was. Jessie is getting to know her neighbors and trying to not let the fear of a stranger unknowingly living in her house ruin her vibe. Later we present an autumnally classic 'Hallmark' featuring the inventors of pumpkin spice and a trip to the homeland with tons of making out along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 24m
Oct 23, 2023
Between Too Many Dating Apps and Show Business

Jessie is back on the dating apps and wants to know why everyone is ugly now but also, somehow not funny. Chris is fed up with showbiz, specifically Ryan Murphy and his obsession with putting hot people who can't act into his TV shows. All we know is we're doing a live stream for Halloween and the ticket link is below. Tickets For The Tri-Annual Middle Children Halloween Live Stream--> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/middle-children-between-trick-and-treat-halloween-live-stream-tickets-728864472257?aff=oddtdtcreator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 5m
Oct 16, 2023
Between Ballet As A Hobby and Day Time TV Choirs

With Halloween coming up, Jessie is a little worried about being possessed by demon. Chris doesn't think you can be considered a ballerina unless you've been paid to dance. Plus a very sexy Hallmark with a couple of choir stars and a little rough passion in a public bathroom. Tickets For The Tri-Annual Middle Children Halloween Live Stream--> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/middle-children-between-trick-and-treat-halloween-live-stream-tickets-728864472257?aff=oddtdtcreator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 1m
Oct 09, 2023
Between Stealing Tuna And High Powered Private Detectives In Heels

Chris and Jessie take a stroll down memory lane to relive the nightmare of some of their greatest food related embarrassments. Stolen tuna fish, weekends full of 15 doordash orders, and sneaking food out of the kitchen is just the beginning. Later we present a Hallmark straight from the 1940s with a couple of high powered private detectives in heels and capes hot on the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 15m
Oct 02, 2023
Between Being 'She's All That'd' and Ranting and Raving

Chris is tired of all the flirting that just goes nowhere. Jessie loves a good flirt and shows off her baller status by buying coffee for a hot 50 year old on the coffee line. Later, an aborted Hallmark leads to an epic Middle Children rant about housing that the world NEEDS TO HEAR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

59m
Sep 25, 2023
Between Male Therapists and Playing For Fun

Chris has been riding a struggle bus on a freeway with no exits and is wondering when he can finally get off. Jessie wants to go to camp but doesn’t understand why all sports have to be played to win. We also feature a heartwarming hallmark featuring high powered toy executive decisions, an autumn in Vermont, and Ryan Reynolds chopping wood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 9m
Sep 18, 2023
Between Living in Vans and Having An Existential Crisis

Jessie’s visit to the home of a friend with two children lights the fuse for and epic existential crisis. Is any place on earth safe for children? Does community still exist in modern day America? Should Chris and Jessie start a cult? All these questions and more, answered in this week’s action packed episode.

1h 0m
Sep 11, 2023
Between The End of Movie Credits & Crushing Apples

With the extinction of fun movie credit openings, Chris and Jessie discuss how they would start the movies they will be starring in. Jessie explains her plan to fix streaming, and Chris reveals his nit picks of “Schitts Creek”. Later we present to you a very jolly Hallmark filled with performers on the run in the little town within the town of Albany, NY.

1h 8m
Sep 04, 2023
Between Hating Hot Tubs and Re-marketing Milk

Jessie gets ready to push out of her comfort zone as she prepares for her first ever pole dancing class. Chris loves the concept of sex, but he can’t figure out why people like baths or hot tubs. Later we dial things back and simmer down with a wholesome rural Hallmark where we set out to save a million trees and a couple of hot farmers who’s business is being crushed by the non dairy craze. 

1h 8m
Aug 28, 2023
Between Unlikely Movie Recs & Selling Swatches

What can we really say about steakhouses that are also a speakeasy? Necessary? Not likely. Chris tells the tale of his secret steakhouse adventure and admits to being knee deep in a rewatch of the “Fast and The Furious” franchise while Jessie has a fun interaction at the coffee shop initiated by her fun breakfast jewelry. Later we dig into possibly our most suspenseful Hallmark of all time. It has it all, secret identities, hot guys with big forearms on the farm, and high stakes strategies to sell more swatches. 

1h 14m
Aug 21, 2023
Between Puffy Eyes & Voice Recordings

Jessie has a puffy eye, oh no! Chris is officially a Rumblehead, and we humble brag about working out. Does anyone actually like urgent care? We discuss dating app weirdness, Chris has been buying new furniture, new home = new him. We close with a gym vent including our opinions on short trainers. Big announcement coming soon!!! Episode 150 next!   Have you checked out patreon.com/middlechildren for more?

43m
Aug 14, 2023
Between Being Financial Gurus & Hashing Out School Trauma

We kick this one off with a rich bit. Do thin rich people really have it all? Once we get back into our own personalities Jessie let’s us in on her lonely weekend. Chris has been out of the city reconnecting with nature. We get into a fun conversation reminiscing about high school trauma. Would you like to be part of a heist? Chris went on a deep dive about Ariana Grande, and we close chatting about her. Big month for the Patreon!

43m
Aug 07, 2023
Between Being Back & Being Back on Track

We’re back, with lots to share! Jessie has a new relationship status and took Winnie to the vet (you go girl), Chris has been traveling and has a question: How do you feel about liars? After discussion we hop into a Hallmark since it’s been forevaaa: Love Is Wild, a silly veterinary adventure similar to Tiger King but more ethical!!  July flew by and we know it. We're getting back into the swing of things, big August plans for the Patreon y'all.  Thank you! Love you!

55m
Jul 31, 2023
Between Beach Vacations & Being Haunted

We’re back! Chris is a lil bit sick, but has been busy trying to look great for Spain. Jessie’s family beach trip was a success! She loved the dynamic with her family, and it get us talking about the right way to make plans on vacation. Winnie is still avoiding the nail clippers, and Jessie’s watching a new Showtime show about scammers. Have you ever thought about joining an MLM business? Do you believe people can be haunted? Patreon for all the extras!

42m
Jun 26, 2023