If you'll excuse the sniffles (pollen + big feelings), I'd love to chat without an opening theme song or organized outline. Maybe you've needed this too?

I'm hopeful that we can right the ship, fix what's been broken, figure this whole mess out...but not all at once. And not without speaking and facing the truth.

Perhaps we'll be the pocket of big-hearted folks to do just that.

Thanks for being here, y'all! I'd love to hear from you at @ButNotAllAtOnce on social media or via ButNotAllAtOnce.com.

Welp, we're skipping the official relaunch and jumping right back into things thanks to highly-paid professional athlete (and evidently in-demand graduation speaker) Harrison Butker.

He’s got thoughts about your purpose, calling, vocation, life choices . . . and I have thoughts about THAT.

If Travis Kelce weren't busy making heart eyes beside Lake Como with the woman Butker quotes only as "my teammate's girlfriend," I'd be curious to know his thoughts.

Instead, I'll offer my own in a warm-up to But Not All At Once's sixth season.

Episodes Mentioned Today:
Girl, That's Not An Apology (Episode 88: Rachel Hollis' Career and Kerfuffle)

The Sweetest Days of My Life (Episode 47: An Interview with Brooke Turner)

Resources:
Full Transcript and Video of Butker's May 2024 Speech at Benedictine College

Benedictine's Intentional Culture of Inclusion

Benedictine Accepts Students of Any Faith

Butker's May 2023 Speech at Alma Mater Georgia Tech's Commencement

Thanks for being here, y'all! I'd love to hear from you at @ButNotAllAtOnce on social media or via ButNotAllAtOnce.com.

Welcome to 2023 and a metric ton of royal updates, flip-flopping opinions and journalistic analysis. Recently, royal-watching has been both a sociological study and a Rorschach test; what we see reveals much about us.

If you haven't heard the in-depth walk-through of H&M's first three docuseries episodes, listen to The Doc Without Drama before pressing play here. (BTW, an additional 100-minute royal rundown will be live tomorrow on Patreon as thanks for subscribing!)

I intended this to be a streamlined chat, but it's far less cohesive than a typical episode. And to be fair, if we were gathered in person with something to sip and snack on, the word count could have doubled easily. There's just so much to unpack.

Come back next week for a breakdown of Spare; the publicity gaffes that shifted my opinions; the next steps I'd advise, were H&M my clients; and how the most intense scrutiny since Diana's death may impact the monarchy itself and the family inside it.

Recent news stories mentioned:
Lady Susan Hussey's bias, resignation & horrendous hostessing; her apology
Prince Harry's "kill number" & hopes of suicide prevention
Jeremy Clarkson's disgusting column
Royal family silent about Clarkson's vitriol
Disgraced Prince Andrew's security still paid for by family
Andrew included in family's annual Christmas stroll
Harry is first royal to reference his uncle's "shameful scandal"
Meghan given 30-point "how to be a princess" dossier pre-wedding

Royal episodes to explore:
Don't Call It A Megxit (January 2020)
HRH No More: Sussexit’s Conclusion (January 2020)
Megs & Haz Take Hollywood (April 2020)
Finding Freedom: A Sussexit Book Report (August 2020)
A Royal Rundown: What Comes Next (February 2021)
Oprah, Harry, Meghan & Media Madness (March 2021)
"Lili? But...": A Baby's Name & a Brouhaha (June 2021)

Thanks for being here, y'all! I'd love to hear from you at @ButNotAllAtOnce on social media or via ButNotAllAtOnce.com.