036 - Put This On My Tombstone

036 - Put This On My Tombstone

From Midnight Cheesecake by Ruha Tacey and Bekah Rodgers

February 6, 2026 · 56 min

About this episode

Ruha and Bekah celebrate life's unexpected wins with hilarious personal stories.

Put This On My Tombstone Some moments just brand themselves onto your soul — the ones that make you laugh until you wheeze, the ones that feel like a movie montage, the ones that have absolutely nothing to do with weddings, babies, or résumés. Today, Ruha and Bekah are celebrating the other greatest moments of their lives, and the stories are peak Midnight Cheesecake energy. I mean, the aura points in this episode are ka-chinging harder than Ruha's slots machine. Ruha kicks things off with her lifelong streak of improbable luck — the kind that wins raffles, costume contests, and, apparently, a mini‑jackpot on a cruise ship slot machine after betting ten cents. (A fortune which she immediately returned to the sea, like Rose at the end of Titanic.) Then Bekah delivers what might be the most iconic story in podcast history: the day she became a real‑life Supermarket Sweep champion at Aldi. We’re talking a 90‑second grocery dash, a news crew, an air horn, a cart full of nuts, a heroic turkey heist, and a total that absolutely smoked the other contestants. It’s chaotic, triumphant, and deeply on‑brand. Link to that below. From there, we wander into cozy games, recycled‑plastic…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ruha Tacey, Bekah Rodgers

Topics covered

  • life moments
  • comedy stories
  • unexpected wins
  • grocery shopping
  • personal anecdotes

Keywords

  • Midnight Cheesecake
  • Aldi
  • Supermarket Sweep
  • Titanic
  • grocery dash
  • chaotic stories
  • life moments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aldi

Books & works: Titanic

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