Wife Approved with Shane & Caroline

Shane's back from Apple's smart home event in New York City, and we're sharing what it was like behind the scenes… from being at the event to Apple's new HomeView smart home display, it's criticisms, and why Caroline actually wants one. Plus, Caroline shares her first-ever NYC experience! Amazing food, surprisingly friendly people, a subway adventure, and two very different opinions about big-city life. Would you buy Apple's new HomeView? Let us know in the comments! -- 🎙️ New episodes every week 📺 Watch/listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts *💬 SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS:* Got a topic or question for us? Submit anonymously here: https://shanewhatley.com/wife-approved-podcast/ --- *📱 CONNECT WITH US* 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wifeapprovedpodcast 🏠 Shane's Smart Home YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ShaneCreates --- *⭐ If you're enjoying the podcast, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts – it helps us a lot! Thanks for listening.* #WifeApprovedPodcast #MarriagePodcast #RealTalk #SmartHome

It finally happened! After nearly eight years of making YouTube videos, Shane got his first invitation to an Apple event! And Caroline might be just as excited… mostly because it means a trip to New York City. We're talking about Apple's upcoming "Welcome Home" event, what it could mean for smart homes, and why this is such a big milestone for us. Plus, our backyard project is finally wrapping up, Caroline has some complaints about Shane's latest smart lock, and we're getting into the usual marriage debates. A little tech, a little marriage, and a whole lot of real life. Just another week at our house! -- 🎙️ New episodes every week 📺 Watch/listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts *💬 SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS:* Got a topic or question for us? Submit anonymously here: https://shanewhatley.com/wife-approved-podcast/ --- *📱 CONNECT WITH US* 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wifeapprovedpodcast 🏠 Shane's Smart Home YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ShaneCreates --- *⭐ If you're enjoying the podcast, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts – it helps us a lot! Thanks for listening.* #WifeApprovedPodcast #MarriagePodcast #RealTalk #SmartHome

Our backyard is a construction zone, the neighbors are watching (a little too closely), and Caroline finally found her passion. This week we talk backyard drama, decorating battles, getting older, and Caroline’s new mission helping local shelter dogs. She shares what’s pushed her to get involved, why fostering and volunteering matter, and why she wants to help save as many dogs as she can. Plus, a little Apple Vision Pro talk, Pilates pain, and the drink mix-up that almost made this a very different episode. --- 🎙️ New episodes every week 📺 Watch/listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts *💬 SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS:* Got a topic or question for us? Submit anonymously here: https://shanewhatley.com/wife-approved-podcast/ --- *📱 CONNECT WITH US* 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wifeapprovedpodcast 🏠 Shane's Smart Home YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ShaneCreates --- *⭐ If you're enjoying the podcast, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts – it helps us a lot! Thanks for listening.* #WifeApprovedPodcast #MarriagePodcast #RealTalk #SmartHome Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:54 Backyard Chaos & Nosy Neighbors 3:49 The Drone Incident 5:49 Leopard Print, Man Caves & the Cooking Fight 10:39 Our Backyard Plan & Why We’re Doing It 16:52 Caroline’s New Mission: Helping Shelter Dogs 26:49 If Anything Happens to Shane… Dog Farm 38:17 Vision Pro, Art & Unexpected Tech Uses 42:50 Pilates, MMA & Getting Older 48:25 The Drink Mix-Up + What’s Coming Next

This week, Shane found a smart door opener that can literally open and close your doors for you—which sounds amazing… until Caroline starts thinking about hackers, AI, getting locked inside the house, and all the ways it could be used to terrorize the kids (which could be fun...). We get into the smart home upgrades we actually want, why fingerprints still matter on smart locks, Caroline’s campaign for smart curtains, whether Apple is EVER going to release its rumored smart home display, and why AI could finally make smart homes interesting again. Then somehow robot lawn mowers lead to an argument about who actually does yard work, the internet roasting our fence, whether the giant trampoline needs to go, and Caroline making a very passionate case for leopard-print cushions on the back porch. Plus: gray sweatpants and backwards hat season, Shane’s inability to buy Caroline clothes, and a surprisingly sweet MySpace love story from one of you. Just a normal week around here. --- 🎙️ New episodes every week 📺 Watch/listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts *💬 SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS:* Got a topic or question for us? Submit anonymously here: https://shanewhatley.com/wife-approved-podcast/ --- *📱 CONNECT WITH US* 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wifeapprovedpodcast 🏠 Shane's Smart Home YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ShaneCreates --- *⭐ If you're enjoying the podcast, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts – it helps us a lot! Thanks for listening.* #WifeApprovedPodcast #MarriagePodcast #RealTalk #SmartHome Chapters 0:00 – Intro 0:45 – IFA Merch & Shane Can’t Buy Caroline Clothes 5:57 – Becoming More Like Our Family 9:23 – Would You Trust a Smart Door? 17:34 – Smart Locks & How People Actually Use Them 24:29 – Smart Doors for Dogs, Vacuums & Everyday Life 28:27 – What We’d Change in Our Smart Home 33:00 – Waiting on Apple & the Future of Smart Homes 40:39 – Robot Lawn Mowers & Our Yard Drama 52:17 – Backyard Plans & a MySpace Love Story

What would our dating profiles look like if we suddenly had to start over in 2026? Apparently… not great. This week starts on a much more serious note after a scary situation at our daughter’s school left us a bit shaken right before filming the episode. Thankfully, everything turned out okay, but it was one of those parenting moments that drains every bit of energy out of you. Then we desperately needed to lighten things up. So we decided to answer dating-app prompts and build the profiles we’d have if we were single today. Bucket lists, greatest strengths, love languages, biggest risks, dating dealbreakers… and somehow Shane’s entire profile basically becomes Apple, dessert, and food. We also get into whether we’d actually use dating apps, blind-date photo shoots, why Caroline would absolutely run a background check, old movie quotes, and much more. Turns out we should probably just stay married. Thanks for hanging out with us! If you have a topic, question, or ridiculous idea for a future episode, drop it in the comments or send it anonymously through the link below. --- 🎙️ New episodes every week 📺 Watch/listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts *💬 SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS:* Got a topic or question for us? Submit anonymously here: https://shanewhatley.com/wife-approved-podcast/ --- *📱 CONNECT WITH US* 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wifeapprovedpodcast 🏠 Shane's Smart Home YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ShaneCreates --- *⭐ If you're enjoying the podcast, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts – it helps us a lot! Thanks for listening.* #WifeApprovedPodcast #MarriagePodcast #RealTalk #SmartHome Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:31 — A Scary Day Before Filming (as a parent) 7:44 — Let’s Talk Dating Apps 10:41 — Building Our Dating Profiles 18:15 — What Is Dating Us Actually Like? 22:53 — How We Wind Down & Get Out of a Funk 26:34 — Two Truths and a Lie 29:49 — Would We Actually Use a Dating App? 31:17 — Love Languages & Dating Dealbreakers 34:33 — Movie Quotes, Rom-Coms & Why Movies Changed 44:12 — Caroline’s Pilates Update 47:16 — Our Embarrassing MySpace Era 51:41 — Dating Again Would Require a Background Check 53:13 — Wrapping Up