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Virgin River’s Alexandra Breckenridge (Mel Monroe) and Zibby Allen (Brie Sheridan) started their own podcast this past July (of 2024) called “I LIke You Very Much”. I”m not the Podcast type and usually can’t get thorugh them probaly in part to having ADHD and getting distracted easily. However I LOVE Virign River and these two besties are my absolute favesies so I wanted to check it out.
The one thing that makes this podcast different than any of the others out there is they are doing it through Supercast where you have to have a subscription to listen. While this might turn some people off, I can assure you that it is worth the $25 or $30 one time purchase of subscription a year to listen to. If you would like to listen to it go here. A portion of the subscription money goes towards Save The Children. My favoritre thing about the podcast is the fact that you can watch the episodes. It makes it even better.
Zibby and Alex seem so down to earth and such wonderful people. Their first episode is an introduction to the pod where they tell you a little bit about it, they explain the subscritpion process and what all comes with what you purcahsed. They show so much excitement about staring this new adventure together. Their excitement made me excited to listen to more episodes! They just really weant poeple to love it, well girls I LOVE it.
In the second episode they interview Annette O’Toole who plays Hope McCrae on VIrign River. It was such a great interview. The girls did so good with their questions and talking to her. Alex and Annette talked about motherhood, how hard is to work and being away from your kids. Zibby wants to be Annettes agent and has so many ideas for her. They all talked about their husbands, and how they grew up, Alex opened up about her difficulty reading as a child and how it effected her, Zibby opened up about her choice to not have children, and Annette opened up about her past miscarriages. They talked about their acting careers and really it was just a great episode of them bonding even more than they already are! I loved it and loved how open they all were.
The third episode was another interview this time with Lauren Hammersly who plays Charmaine on Virgin River. This was another interview where the girls opened up a lot to each other. All three of the mtalked about their past history with being bullied. I was so sad to hear they were all bullied but it was also a relatable conversation to have as I was bullied to growing up. Like Lauren I have ADD so it was nice to be able to relate to that. Lauren told us about her cabin, and talked about how she felt being a newbie on the set of Virgin River when the show just got started. She said it took her awhile to feel like she could fit in.
In episode 4 Zibby and Alex explained why they are doing the podcast. They had the idea to do one a year or so before actually doing it. Zibby was unsure about it at first due to having a bad experience with a podcast before but eventually she got on board and is having so much fun with Alex doing the pod.
Overall I would 10/10 reccomend this podcast! They are are so open, honest, and down to earth. They open up about things that are hard to open up about. I love that they talk abouit their famlies, they not only get serious but they have funny hilarious moments too that just make you laugh out loud! I can’t wait to listen to more so check back for more upcoming reviews!!