This week, it’s just your hosts Paige and Emily, and it's the final episode of Mall Talk. We talk about our dinner at mom's paradise Bar Verde, and cover a giant store that just couldn’t be skipped. It’s loomed large over the past 3 1/2 years, but it’s never truly had its moment in the sun: Anthropologie. Plus, some last, reflective listener questions, and our finalized personal desert islands.

Returning guest Lindsay Adams (Snack Time podcast) zooms in to talk AMC private screenings and Coke Freestyle machines, World Market clothes, Sephora lip plumpers, and of course — wanting to eat all the products at Bath & Body Works. Plus a special Bath & Body Works segment and some airport talk.

Chinedu Unaka joins us this week to kick off the new year by talking about his action-filled latest mall trip, seeing his first movies at the Del Amo Fashion Center, and working at babyGap in high school. Plus, we discuss the the foam icon, the star, the moment: Crocs.

Scott Gairdner of Podcast: The Ride joins us to close out the malliday season! We talk about his son’s first mall Santa pic, a recent celeb sighting at the Puente Hills Mall, going to Topanga Plaza as a kid, and why he and his wife seek out Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory wherever they go (hint: it’s not the chocolate). Plus this year's edition of The Price Is No Object: Roger's Gardens Christmas.

A clip from last week's Patreon Plaza episode "See's-ons Greetings with Felicia Folkes" in which we catch up and try some See's Christmas treats with the guest from our original See's Candies episode, Felicia Folkes.

Clare O'Kane joins us on the pod to talk missing malls now that she lives in New York, how to be in a relationship where only one person has AMC Stubs A-List, the Valley Fair & Great Malls in San Jose, and the complicated cultural artifact that is American Apparel. Plus, Paige and Emily's visit with Burbank Santa and a game of Snowy Island.

Ellie McElvain (What’s Your Favorite Taylor Swift Song?) joins us to talk about tall socks and loose jeans, watching Love Actually at the Americana AMC, blue cheese-crusted steaks, Brookstone massage chairs, and a harrowing middle school tale centered on a rumor about Kay Jewelers.

The Malliday season is officially upon us and we're kicking it off by welcoming past guest Amy Silverberg back to the pod for a Hanukkah hoedown. We catch up on everyone's latest mall trips from The Grove to Texas to Seattle, jeans, dogs, cats, food poisoning, and of course, LOFT. Plus, a Hanukkah edition of Name That Store and some listener questions.

The latest Patreon Plaza episode UNLOCKED! Topics include Paige's visit to Spokane, Emily's sock journey and fall mall news including a talking Christmas tree in Nova Scotia, an aquarium in an old Sears, a Squid Game promo, and more.

Bianca Cristovao joins us this week to talk ROW DTLA, her teenage mall in Prague and the concerts they had there, new stores in old buildings, which American fast food chain is better in Europe, and the once-cool now-uncool GUESS. Plus, an abundance of mall trips from this week and Desert Island.

Chris Thayer joins us to talk trying the lime lemonade from Hot Dog on a Stick, going to the Redlands Mall with his grandpa as a kid, loitering as a teen at Sunland Park Mall, and learning that Hot Topic was for posers at the Tuscon Mall. Plus all things Vans and another round of Who Wants to Be a Mall-ionaire!

Dana Donnelly joins us to talk about the business of buying and returning, Betsey Johnson, eating paninis at the Stanford Shopping Center, her short-lived career with the Gap corporation and finally, the trend-resistant and bafflingly proportioned lace & crochet world of Free People.

In a very special Malloween week episode, Paige and Emily discuss all things Spirit Halloween, including their field research from Glendale’s 2021 Spirit location in a former Sears, lore found on the Spirit Wikia, and competitors like Aahs! and Party City. Plus a little on CityWalk, Roger’s Gardens, and the AMC Burbank Town Center 6. Also, as promised, answers to the last of this season’s Malloween listener questions.

M.K. Paulsen joins us to talk fall at the malls, nachos at the movies, driving to Ridgmar Mall and Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, TX as a teen, and the time he was in a Toni and Guy fashion show. Plus, how Fossil sparked his dream of becoming a teen model, Fossil watches, and this year’s Halloween Mall Libs.

Rachele Friedland joins us to talk trash cans and blackout curtains at Bed Bath & Beyond, talking trees at South Coast Plaza, her time working on Second Street in Belmont Shore, and of course, all things francesca’s from chunky plastic necklaces to bachelorette party flasks to mugs for your mom. Also, Malloween month continues with another round of The Price is No Object: Roger’s Gardens edition.

Subhah Agarwal joins us to talk Cake Boss vending machines, buying things just to return them, working at Hollister at Hawthorn Mall in Illinois and the flagship Apple Store in New York, making trips to Woodfield Mall for Black Friday, and finally, all things Bed Bath & Beyond. Plus our first Malloween listener question of the season!

A clip from last week's Patreon Plaza episode "The Big See's Candies Malloween Kickoff" in which we try some See's Candies Halloween treats in our continued celebration of See's 100th anniversary.

Eliza Skinner comes by to talk having revolving sushi at the Glendale Galleria, touching t-shirts at malls on the road, shopping at Up Against the Wall and eating free bagels at O’Brienstein’s at malls in Richmond, VA, and finally, learning to be a little scientist at The Nature Company.

Greg Santos joins us to talk about grabbing a haircut and a coffee at Westfield Topanga, growing up going to Las Vegas malls like The Boulevard Mall and the Galleria at Sunset, being ahead of the tight jeans trend, the ultimate Gap backpack-based heist, the mystery of the ceiling at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace and his halcyon days of having unlimited game credits at GameWorks.

Jack Robichaud joins us to talk about the various Burbank AMCs, a harrowing search for brown pants at the Beverly Center, causing trouble as a teen at Rockingham Mall in Salem, NH and of course, his youthful longing for a pair of Oakleys. Plus a listener question about mall bar crawls, which is a really hard phrase to say.

A clip from last week's Patreon Plaza episode "Perfect & Powerful" in which we discuss the new AMC Theatres ad campaign starring Nicole Kidman, and what we would have done differently.

Kevin Camia joins us to talk searching for a new look, getting Oak Tree hammer pants and mock turtlenecks at Florin Mall in South Sacramento, and feeling connected to the earth through Patagonia vests.

Wally Baram zooms in to talk napping at the Americana, the stress vortex that is a mall parking garage, going to Garden State Plaza in New Jersey with her mom, and hating childhood birthday parties at Putting Edge in the Howard Hughes Center. Then we try to tell the difference between Sharper Image and Brookstone, and play a special Sharper Image-themed game. Also, Emily’s first visit to the Americana AMC!

Cooper Lyden joins us to talk skating in the parking lot of Westfield Topanga, traversing the bridge to Maggiano’s and SusieCakes at The Village, working seasonally at Charleys Philly Steaks, and finally, LA mall skate shop Boarders.

Sarah Squirm joins us to talk Sticker Planet at the Grove Farmer’s Market, Long Island malls Roosevelt Field and Walt Whitman, and not being allowed to go in Hot Topic, have an American Girl doll, or eat at Rainforest Cafe. Plus all things Tiffany & Co. and a special Tiffany edition of The Price is No Object.